Finalist
Aaron Woods


Aaron is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Podpal, and sets the product vision and strategy for the company. He got the idea for Podpal in 2018 while helping his wife Tania manage her first podcast. What started as a simple Kanban board on their bedroom wall in Seattle, quickly morphed into a SaaS platform that removes the busywork related to podcast management. Aaron earned his BS in Civil Engineering from The University of Florida and MS in Structural Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He also holds a MS Certificate in Product Management from Villanova. He started his career designing high-rise buildings in Seattle, and is responsible for major components of notable structures like Amazon’s Headquarters in Seattle and Salesforce Tower in San Fanscisco.