Amanda Schwartz Ramirez

COO, advisor, and consultant: strategy, ops, emerging tech.

Drop-In Advisory w/ Amanda

What brings you here?

I'm an exec thinking about going independent…

Hi, I'm Amanda.

I've spent my career bringing emerging technology to mainstream customers as a strategy and ops leader.

I spent a decade at PayPal leading transformation and driving formation and scale of both functions and business units, including the crypto unit where I was employee #1. After PayPal, I joined Dapper Labs to lead business operations and strategy during their period of hypergrowth.

Select Companies I've Worked With

PayPalInstacartDapper LabsStellar Development FoundationMina FoundationGoodFynd

Experience

Garden LabsAdvising & Consulting2022 – Present

COO & Founder

Strategy, ops, and scaling for a portfolio of companies

MavenTeaching2024 – 2026

Instructor

"On-Ramp to Full-time Advisory and Consulting for Busy Execs"

Dapper LabsScaling2021 – 2022

VP, Business Operations & Strategy

Scaling operations, emerging tech strategy, stablecoins and digital assets.

Teams ThriveCoaching2019 – 2021

Co-Founder

Executive coaching practice

PayPalBuilding2011 – 2021

Strategy & Operations: Emerging Businesses

Blockchain/Crypto BizOps · New Ventures · Strategy & BizOps · Chief of Staff (People) · Separation Program Lead (eBay/PayPal split) · Technology Leadership Program · PayPal Labs

More about me

Wife and Mom to 3 children (9, 6, 3). Subsequent expert in snakes, fast cars and K-Pop Demon Hunters. Currently building a home in Southern California. Hobbies include wondering where the day went, comparing low readiness scores with my husband, losing my phone, reminding, immaculately managing my calendar, and disassociating with puzzles.