[1] After college, she worked at Thomas Weisel Partners and Morgan Stanley in San Francisco and then HSBC Securities in New York City.
In 2011, she started working with Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness as her triathlon coach, reduced her work-load to 30 hours per week and achieved success in the amateur ranks.
She moved to Santa Monica, CA to work with renowned open water swim coach Gerry Rodrigues.
In her first season as a Professional she won 70.3 New Orleans which was held as a duathlon, starting with a 2-mile run when the swim was cancelled due to weather conditions.
[9] Piampiano's 2014 season started well with second-place finishes at 70.3 Pucon[9] and 70.3 New Orleans,[10] but came to an abrupt end at IM Texas in May.
[11] Piampiano returned to racing with a 7th place at 70.3 Miami in October 2014 and went on to finish 8th at Ironman Western Australia in December.
Similar to her Kona performance, she had a strong 3:01 run, beating second-place finisher Mareen Hufe of Germany by over six minutes.