2022 OG Summit Directory

Abigail is an independent senior ops consultant with early-stage companies, primarily in consumer and health tech spaces. Previous adventures in start-up ops include launching new markets for Capsule Pharmacy, and serving as Chief of Staff at Knotel (flexible office). Prior to making the jump to start-up ops, Abigail worked in management consulting, internat’l development, and social vc. Misc interests: wine, intense fitness, Mexico City.

Alamin is a SaaS finance and strategy executive with a deep passion for metrics, storytelling, business partnering, and team building within high-growth VC-backed startups. He’s raised $90m in total financing from debt and equity between Seed to Series B, led 3 international M&A opportunities, created 60+ institutional relationships with firms and lenders, helped grow Rewind 10x in revenue and from 20 to 150+ people (including finance team of 1 to 8), built best-in-class reporting and modeling outlining path to $100m ARR. Alamin is a member of the Operators Guild, Investor and Diligence Committee Member at FOG Ventures, and Author for MetricHQ.

Allison currently serves as Partner at Guild Talent. Having spent the majority of her life in the Bay Area and within the tech industry she truly understands the mindset and motivations of the technology industry’s entrepreneurial executives. Allison has built a strong network of top VCs and industry leaders and has helped of 100’s of companies scale. Allison has previously held GTM positions spanning SDR to Global Sales Director at Salesforce.com, Box, Betts Recruiting and Findem.

Lead Finance, HR, Operations & Partnerships at Skan.ai, an Enterprise SaaS Company focused on providing the most detailed and comprehensive view of business processes. Formerly the Head of Product and Business Operations & Strategy at JUUL Labs, and an Associate Partner with McKinsey. India is home, spent my formative years in Singapore & Hong Kong and now count the Bay Area as home. Dabble in cooking, running and trying to discover the golf skills I once had as a teenager.

I started my career in finance (i-banking + VC) covering consumer tech, before joining the startup life. I love building communities and teams from scratch. Currently I’m the VP Operations at Bravado, the global sales network that helps sales professionals level up their career. I also co-founded Women in Network, a non-profit mentorship program and community for women professionals. In my spare time, I love to teach yoga and host wellness retreats.

Andrew Hessel is a scientist, communicator, and investor exploring the future of biology and biotechnology. He is the co-founder and chairman of the Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology and the Genome Project-write, the international scientific effort to design and build large genomes, including the human genome. He co-founded Humane Genomics, a developer of precision artificial viruses targeting cancer. Andrew is a former distinguished research scientist at Autodesk Life Sciences. His new book, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, co-authored with Amy Webb, was released in February 2022.

I’m a passionate Finance executive specializing building the systems, teams and processes that allow fast growing companies to thrive. As a strategic leader who can weave data and human stories together to create innovative solutions and actionable results, I’ve helped both startups and professional services firms explosively scale.

Anne Raimondi is Asana’s COO and Head of Business, leading and scaling Asana’s growth and global business operations and go-to market teams, including sales, marketing, customer operations, partner programs and business development. Anne is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience leading various product and business functions in fast-growing SaaS companies. Prior to her role at Asana, she was the Chief Customer Officer at Guru, Senior Vice President Operations at Zendesk, Chief Revenue Officer at TaskRabbit and held senior positions with SurveyMonkey and eBay. Anne serves on the boards of Gusto, Patreon, and Guru. She holds a B.A. in Economics and Sociology, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University, and is a Lecturer in Management for Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Beatrice currently leads finance and operations at Tempo Interactive, a series C funded company that delivers personalized fitness training through an AI-powered smart home gym. Before Tempo, Beatrice was VP of Finance and Strategy at Wonolo, the leading staffing marketplace platform for light industrial work. Beatrice has also worked at Microsoft’s Corporate Development Group and co-founded two startups previously. She lives in San Francisco and enjoys gardening, travel, and art.

Legal and operations executive servicing global emerging technology companies.

Bryan Wolff has been a technology investor and executive for the past 15 years, having held various positions at Venture Capital-backed start-ups and Institutional Investment firms, including Thrive Market, Bonobos, DogVacay and Staircase. He current works as the CFO of AllVoices, a Santa Monica based Employee Feedback Management Platform. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Anthos Capital, a Santa Monica-based growth equity firm. Bryan has also advised over a dozen companies as a Board Director or formal advisor, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of BBQ Holdings (NASDAQ: BBQ), an innovative global franchisor, owner and operator of restaurants. Bryan lives in Santa Monica with his wife and 3 children.

Cale Miller is a senior vice president at Hughes Marino, an industry-leading commercial real estate firm that solely represents tenants and buyers’ landlords. Cale assists tenants in better understanding how to utilize the space they currently have and might need in the future as they continue to grow. Over his nearly 18-year career, Cale has worked with tenants from a multitude of industries including technology companies, biotech companies, law firms and other professional users of office space. Cale brings a different approach to users of real estate that adds deep thinking to the upfront portion of tenants’ occupancy and strategic planning. With experience in a variety of industries and situations, Cale enjoys working with all types of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies

I am a founder of Hughes Marino SF. We help operators make great office lease decisions and all we do is advise tenants, never landlords. I’m also an angel investor in seed stage startups.

Public market investor turned proven multi-stage, high-growth technology CFO. Strategic CFO (business first, finance second) –> Strategic Finance + Business Operations leader – proven track record across multiple company stages in the executive seat: Product Market Fit (Series A/B/C) –> (Hyper) Growth Stage (Series D/E, Pre-IPO) I enjoy the challenge of bringing category-defining products and services to market from strategy to hands-on execution — designing, implementing and building the financial, human and operational infrastructure required to scale at hypergrowth and global scale. Specialties: Public market investing, Strategic Partnership and Executive Leadership – FP&A and Strategy; Business Operations and Strategy (KPIs, Business Insights); operationalizing systems and processes to scale. Business models: SaaS B2B; B2B2C, Marketplace, Real Estate/Hospitality, Consumer Services —- Community work: Proud member of the Operators Guild (www.operators-guild.com), FOG Advisory (www.fogadvisory.com) and FOG Ventures (www.fog.ventures)

3x founder. Fintech, ecommerce, AI/ML. Product & operations background. Currently exploring web3/Fintech, building something new!

Finance operator in SF Bay Area. Speciality in SaaS and business strategy. Experience in management consulting, venture capital, and 8 years of startups at various stages. Currently an advisor at Townhall, a platform that boosts and measures engagement in large remote meetings by gamifying the experience.

Dr. Claudy Jules is a Partner at McKinsey & Company, based in Washington, DC. He is a leading expert in organization, leadership and change who focuses on driving value creation through the optimization of leadership capabilities. He is a sought-out speaker with a significant body of published thought leadership. Dr. Jules is the former head of Google’s Center of Expertise on Organizational Health and Change, where he provided expert counsel and collaboration to Google business leads to strengthen the performance and culture of their product areas. He has enhanced Google’s offerings and capabilities in the areas of Organizational Diagnostics, Design and Health, and Change Management. Prior to this role, he was Managing Director and Global Head of Accenture Strategy’s Leadership Consulting practice. At Accenture Strategy, operating at the nexus of strategy and technology, he counseled senior leaders of leading companies and public institutions on their most pressing organizational issues to build the workforce of the future and drive business model innovation and growth.

My 27 year professional career has centered around strategic and operationally focused mid-market as a SaaS CFO, optimizing the scalability of early stage, high-growth enterprises. I am particularly interested in maximizing contributions to operational efficiency, growth strategy, process improvement, data analytics, organizational culture and how each can impact company performance. Balancing this commitment with an adventurous Bay area based family, riding bikes and climbing mountains.

Typical various operator positions and clean-up duties. Began in banking in NYC, helped founders scale 7-8 start-ups, currently running a nonprofit, looking to get back in FT.

David is the CEO and cofounder of Tropic, the leading procurement-as-a-service platform. He is also a musician and soon-to-be-father.

Dr. Joe Sutherland is a senior technology executive with extensive experience in strategy, technology, marketing, and operations. He is the Director of Data, Insights & Growth for Cisco. Prior to joining Cisco, worked as a management consultant, where he led groundbreaking digital transformation, analytics, and marketing initiatives for a portfolio of widely admired Fortune 500s. He also made a few pit stops in government in finance. From 2011-2013, he served at The White House under the Obama Administration in roles supporting the movements and press briefings of the President. Joe gives back to the community as an Adjunct Professor for Emory’s Quantitative Theory & Methods (QTM) program and is a member of the advisory boards for Balto and Mentor Collective. He was previously a member of the Undergraduate Experience Committee for the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a Ph.D., M.Phil., and Master’s from Columbia, and a Bachelor’s from Washington University in St. Louis. In his free time, Joe enjoys golf, tennis, and spending time with his family.

I began my career as an astrophysicist, but left my tenured faculty job to move to a top hedge fund 11 years ago. I spent 7 years there, eventually leaving to head a data science team at Walmart. In 2020, I started Infiniscape, a learning and social platform that will launch its app in 2022. I have a PhD from Harvard in astronomy. Having spent so many years analyzing data and leading small teams, I need to expand my connections and knowledge of operations and product development.