Friday Harbor announced it has added two engineers to its founding team: Lisa Casner and Montana Gau.
Casner brings nearly a decade of experience building platforms at the intersection of real estate and technology. She spent seven years at Opendoor, where she led initiatives to streamline resale transactions, improve operational efficiency and scale backend systems across multiple markets. Her work helped reduce manual workloads for internal teams and improve the speed and reliability of home sales, according to a release.
Earlier in her career, Casner held roles in underwriting, actuarial analysis, and fintech operations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics of finance and risk management from the University of Michigan.
Gau brings seven years of software engineering experience, including roles at early-stage startups and established tech companies. Prior to joining Friday Harbor, he was an engineering lead at Notable, a healthcare automation company, and held founding engineer roles at both Notable and Pillar. He began his career at Code42, where he focused on enterprise data security and automation.
Known for taking products from concept to launch, Gau specializes in software architecture, developer experience and building intuitive systems that scale. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota.
Friday Harbor is a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help mortgage lenders produce “clean, underwritten loan files in real time,” according to a release.