Dylan Allen-Arnegard

Dylan Allen-Arnegard is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cheers, a Y Combinator-backed enterprise software startup. Before founding his current venture, he earned a Computer Science degree from Brigham Young University following more than five years of professional experience working in various frontline service roles. He previously contributed to enterprise cloud infrastructure by helping build Azure Linux as a software engineer at Microsoft. Additionally, he gained early operational experience through product management and software engineering internships at two notable Y Combinator alumni companies, Podium and Weave. At Cheers, he developed an NFC-enabled platform that is currently utilized by Vivint Smart Home across 400 retail locations to optimize local search rankings and increase five-star Google customer reviews. His career focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence and hardware integrations to build performance tracking and reputation management tools for brick-and-mortar businesses.