Built by Operators, for Operators.

There’s no playbook when it comes to being an operator. Operators Guild aims to cultivate a community of highly engaged operations professionals so that they can help each other navigate the complex and nuanced issues that may come up when scaling a company. We also strive to provide an inclusive and safe space for members to develop professional and personal networks.
Our story
What began as a small group of operators in San Francisco connecting to share ideas, best practices and war stories has evolved into a community of over 700 members from all over the globe. And we’re not stopping here.
Where we came from
Operators Guild started in 2014 when a group of 9 like-minded operations professionals met over lunch. Casey Woo (an attendee) asked Jamie (the organizer) and the others if they’d be interested in formalizing the group, setting up monthly get togethers, and agreeing to a few ground rules which remain the same rules of engagement today:
- Give more than you get
- Leave your ego at the door
- No promotion or solicitation
- What is said here stays here
- Operators only


Where we are today
The Operators Guild has 800+ members, with chapters in over 25 cities across the globe. We host 40+ events annually, including networking dinners, tactical Masterclasses/Focus Sessions and the annual OG Summit - the only un-conference built specifically for multi-disciplinary and cross-functional operators.
Where we’re going
Our mission is to be the premier private community and ecosystem for finance and operational professionals at high growth companies. We are manically focused on empowering operators professionally through deepening our investments in four main verticals: social (in-person) events, education (knowledge and professional development), talent (jobs and hiring) and investing (companies and products).

About OG

Leadership
The inspiring members who lead the way in OG.

Casey Woo
Co-Founder
Operators Guild

Jamie Ceglraz
Co-Founder
Operators Guild

Molly Gunderson
COO
Operators Guild

Pete Nelson
Member Success & Community Manager
Operators Guild

Kelsey Bigelow
Head of Engagement
Operators Guild

Brittany King
Director of Content
Operators Guild

Laura Leber
Events Lead
Operators Guild
Steering committee
Ambassadors of the Operators Guild that lead our local chapters and special programs.

John Leigh
Sr. VP, Customer Success & Ops
Sitetracker
Austin

Micah Rowland
SaaS & eCommerce
Consultant
Boston

Denis Malkov
VP & Biz Ops
PandaDoc
Boston

Cassie Wang
VP & Head of Finance
Lightship Security
Canada

Mark Dhillon
Head of Biz Ops
Integral
Canada

Adam Wood
Founder & CEO
Future State
Canada

Charlie Feng
CEO & Co-Founder
Agora
Canada

Evan Meagher
CFO
CoreWeave
Denver

Jackson Stevens
Director of Operations
SpareBox Storage
Denver

Hogan Lee
President & COO
Glo

Melanie R-Meheust
Strategy & Operations
Consultant
Los Angeles

Pedro Cabassa
EIR
Co-Created
Miami

Andres Marcos
Sr. Dir. of Ops
Billie, Inc
Miami

Rusty von Waldburg
President & Founder
Spokes Group
North Bay

Abigail K-Babcock
Fractional COO
Blue Meridian, Inc
NYC

Aryn Castle
VP of Operations
Immunefi
NYC

Lidiya Becker
Interim CEO
Consultant
Raleigh

Brad Romney
VP Strategy & Ops
Pluralsight
Salt Lake City

Mitchell Cox
Dir, GTM Strategy & Ops
Expel
Salt Lake City

Amy Young
SVP Fin. & Ops
Bravado
San Diego

Todd Rakow
CFO
Gladly
SF Bay Area

Jon Micheals
Executive VP
Volta Charging
SF Bay Area

Seth Greenberg
VP of Program Ops
Springboard
SF Bay Area

Gurtej Gill
Head of Operations
Canary Technologies
SF Bay Area

Luke McKinlay
VP of Finance
Fountain
SF Bay Area

Hannah Weisman
Advisor & Consultant
Digital Health Startup
Seattle

Julie Greenberg
Sr. Dir., Market Strat. & Ops
JustAnswer
Silicon Valley

Michelle Ma
Co-Founder
Ask Ruth Inc.
Silicon Valley

Ted Kao
Strategy & Partnerships
AMD
Silicon Valley

Lalit Singh
President
Vareto
Silicon Valley

Jack Lynch
COO
EducationSuperHighway
Washington D.C.

Jeremy James
Strategy & Ops
Executive
Washington D.C.
Advisors
OG Leadership is supported, mentored and well-surrounded by some of the world's most distinguished and accomplished executive operators.

Allen Shim
CFO
Slack

Sarah Friar
CFO
OpenAI

Jeff Epstein
Operating Partner
Bessemer Ventures

Anne Raimondi
COO
Asana

Mark Hawkins
President / CFO
Salesforce

Tim Riitters
CFO
Gong