Eric Sprauve is the manager of Plaid's Financial Identity team (FIT), which builds products that help consumers understand and use all their financial accounts. As a manager, his role entails people management, execution, culture-building, and recruiting. Due to COVID-19, social distancing has impacted his team by forcing them to work from home, but he is adapting by scheduling daily hangouts and standup meetings to maintain team cohesion and productivity. He believes that team culture and psychological safety are crucial for creativity and trust. His favorite Plaid Principle is "Think rigorously; act with urgency," which balances rigor and urgency when building unproven new products. Sprauve enjoys people, building new products, and the company's culture and mission, but also faces challenges in navigating an open landscape with no single right course to arrive at a goal. He has learned to reevaluate frequently and uses the phrase "necessity is the mother of all invention" to inform his actions.