# Tan Lin

> Tan Lin is the founder and CEO of PIO, formerly PayInOne, a global employment and payroll platform. A former Amazon engineer and Hooli founder, he has extended his work into AI recruiting through Foundire and writes about preserving context across business workflows.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at PIO
- **Organizations:** PIO (formerly PayInOne), Foundire, Hooli, Amazon
- **Education:** Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded PIO and expanded its product direction from employment and payroll into recruiting., Previously founded Hooli, a business focused on log-data analysis., Published writing on global team building and hiring workflow architecture.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Joined Amazon; later described work on transaction and storage systems.
- **2016** — Publicly profiled as CEO of Hooli, a log-data software business.
- **2020** — Founded PayInOne in late 2020, according to its July 2025 announcement.
- **2025-02** — Published Five Steps To Consider When Building Your Global Team.
- **2025-07** — Announced the PIO identity for PayInOne.
- **2025-11** — Presented Foundire during CIIE in Shanghai.
- **2025-12** — Published The End of Fragmentation as Foundire founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Founded PIO and expanded its product direction from employment and payroll into recruiting.
- Previously founded Hooli, a business focused on log-data analysis.
- Published writing on global team building and hiring workflow architecture.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Published The End of Fragmentation, outlining the argument for a unified hiring loop.
- **2025-11** — PIO introduced Foundire at CIIE in Shanghai.
- **2025-07** — PayInOne introduced its PIO brand identity.

## Links

- Website: https://pioinc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lintan49
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/tanlin_x

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Last updated: 2026-10-25