About
We are a small passionate team.
Empowering the world with Astro.
We're a multi-cultural team from around the world! We come from diverse backgrounds, bringing different personalities, experiences and skills to the job. This is what makes our team so special.
Eric Rodriguez
3+ years Fractional CRO and COO work. 15+ years of scaling Ops and Sales teams at companies from series B to IPO, including as an early hire at Facebook (2011 - 2014) and Dropbox (2013-2014) as well as at Common, Shift Technologies and Unstoppable Domains.
Samantha Kanak
Chief of Staff at Arch, former Head of Operations at Accrue, Chief of Staff at Raydiant and Executive Assistant at Menlo Ventures.
Steven Howell
Former Chief of Staff at Enya building Boba Network, Second Employee at Kasa Living, Ex-Innovation Consultant
Elliott Chapman
Former Growth Marketing & Analytics leader at YouTube | 16 years of experience in B2C marketing, analytics, and eCommerce. Especially well-versed in subscription and streaming business models.
Lina Ghani
Operations Geek. Experience establishing core operational processes in EdTech (Springboard) and Big Tech (Meta).
Priyanka Shinde
Leadership Coach, Founder, formerly Head of Technical Program Management/Operations at Cruise and Technical Program Management Leader at Meta/Facebook
Ben Kessler
Strategy and Product leader, former Head of Growth at Wealthfront and StratOps lead at Amazon.
Carmeanna Eberly
4x Chief of Staff (currently Elix), Former Director of Operations at Refine Labs (scaled team from #12-130+ employees in 14 months), Founding Team at Energize Ventures, BizOps Consultant.
David Horvath
First product manager at HackerOne (cybersecurity marketplace). Launched and grew second flagship product from $0 to $12M ARR (and 250 customers) in 2 years. Technology partnerships @ Okta pre-IPO.
Sibi Murugesan
3x founder with 10+ years of enabling startups to transform customer needs into marketing that actually drives revenue || Growth Product Marketing @ Slack, Global Community Leader @ Techstars, ex-Chief of Staff @ Calm Fun, ex-Director @ Gener8tor, ex-Growth Strategy @ Best Buy
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Brandi Jackson
13+ years of strategizing and implementing operational excellence for early-stage ventures specifically in multi-unit brands and businesses.
Elise Kennedy
Operator with 2 exits in consumer tech. Former Chief of Staff at Quil, First business hire / Head of Product Design at Olivia AI (acq. by Warren Buffet-backed Nubank, NYSE: NU)
Antione Gray
Corporate Strategist at Morgan Stanley, former Accenture consultant and White House speechwriter
Becca Nordeen
Blue Apron CX founding leadership, 2x Chief of Staff at early stage food foods, Product and Biz Ops consultant.
Simran Thadani
First People & Talent leader at Springboard; founding Executive Director at Letterform Archive; Content & Community at Pocket (acq by Mozilla); PhD in English, published author
Danoosh Kapadia
First 25 employees at General Assembly, building inside sales from scratch. Founding team of 8 at IDEO U. Lead XPLANE's turnaround.
Jason Rosenberg
Chief of Staff at Circana (previously The NPD Group), formerly FP&A lead at Bloomberg
Krista Ratcliff
Head of Operations at Coder (Redpoint backed), former Enterprise cloud support leader at Atlassian, early International Product Ops hire at Indeed.
Juliana Slightam
Former Chief of Staff with 15+ years Operations experience at late stage and public Technology companies
Lisa Moretti
10 years BizOps & Sales Effectiveness; first hire at SoSha (early Stage B2B AI SaaS, raised $2M), formerly Business Operations at Pfizer, Sales Enablement at NobelBiocare, and Client Advisor at UHNW family office at UBS
Regina Magaril
Early employee at WorkBoard (from series A to D), currently Director of Professional Services, formerly Strategy & Operations Senior Consultant at Deloitte.
Evan Gelfand
Former Chief of Staff at YouTube, Head of eCommerce Operations at Google Area120 Startup, Head of Supply at Greylock-backed Marketplace Startup
Victoria Harkes
40+ HubSpot Instances Implemented & Optimized, built RevOps and Marketing in-house from scratch
Tammy Lin
Partnerships Director at Right To Be, former United Nations Consultant and Prefectural Advisor in Japan
Katy Donahue Wynn
E-Comm exec (grew Fabletics from $200 to $600M). Former BCG consultant, Chief of Staff, founder, and data nerd.
Mallory Maske
Longtime People leader in the startup tech space (15+ startups). Currently Founder, Chief People Officer, VC.
Mary Strebinger
2x First Talent & People leader with 12+ years experience inside early-stage Seed - Series C startups on a mission to put people, the planet, and purpose alongside profit
John Quayle
Chief of Staff in AgTech Robotics, Former Founder in News Media and COO in FinTech
Elliott Fisher
2x startup Chief of Staff: at Ntropy (fintech) from Pre-seed to Series A and at The Farmer's Dog (Series D, D2C).
Harry Siggins
Chief of Staff with 8+ years of hands-on experience in pre-seed to Series C startups. Former Techstars Associate. Led Quantive's scale-up from Seed to Series C as 1st US hire, spearheading strategy development, OKR execution, and business unit creation.
Jasper Stephens
Firefighter for Ops, GTM, and People challenges. Fractional exec & advisor/coach to CEOs of Series A companies (backed by 1517, YC, First Round, Khosla, Bessemer); former Chief of Staff to VC Partner with $500M AUM; first class of Thiel Fellows in 2011, built uncollege.org from 0 to $2M in revenue
Sarah Reisch
Former Director of Operations + Chief of Staff at Octane AI, Former Executive Assistant at Cratejoy
Shruti Shah
Former Founder/COO at Move Loot (YC backed), EIR at Nike and SVB, Fractional COO Activest & Network for Good, deep experience with impact focused consumer products, marketplaces, fintech, and triple bottom line businesses
Sherese Bishop
Chief of Staff | Strategy | Operations | Innovator | Educator | Researcher | Explorer | Inspirer
Melanie Steger
2x VP Finance for early-stage start-up teams (B2B, Saas & Marketplace). Highlights include: Raised $200M+ across multiple companies and transactions (Seed to Series C), lead M&A exit, helped teams reach profitability.
Emily Hollender
Marketing Director for early-stage consumer startups (10 years inside Rent the Runway, The Wing, and Tia). Built RTR’s nationwide College Ambassador Program. Deep experience in organic marketing.
Adam Engel
GTM Consultant and Advisor for Seed and Series-A stage startups, particularly category-disrupting products; Former founder & CEO of consumer mobile app; Former GTM Business Partner to $100mm channel at Yext (public AI SaaS); Also former high net worth community developer for major advocacy organization
Rachel Cavise
10+ years of brand marketing experience for high-growth startups like Uber, Cameo, MasterClass, Hey Jane, and more.
Michelle Session
20+ year Hospitality and Real Estate expert, Founder, Leadership Coach, and a 10 year COO overseeing a $500M mixed commercial portfolio. Offers Fractional Executive Support, Commercial and Branding strategy, Operational Scaling, Org and Culture Development, and customized Strategic Planning and Leadership/DEI/EQ workshops.
Jessica Christopher
15 year People Ops Leader inside Gilt.com, Glossier, Lacoste and Walmart. Founder of Fractional People Ops consultancy firm.
Simran Nath
Former founder of a non-profit organization and early stage Chief of Staff with a strong background in people ops and as an EA. Scaled all aspects of people ops at Kojo from 10 - 100+ employees in 2 years. Hands-on company planning experience for early stage companies.
Alexandra Canedo
8+ years Customer and Operations leadership inside Bungalow (proptech, Series A to C, Atomic-backed), Jiff Inc (Series B to acquisition, B2B SaaS), and more. 4+ years freelance operations consulting.
Patrick Casey
I specialize in startup advisory and founder coaching. Formerly, I served as Director of Finance and Project Management at a Series A Climate Tech firm and held a prominent role as an ex-Morgan Stanley banker with 14+ years of experience.
Jamie A. Lee
14+ years guiding hyper growth ecommerce brands. 4x eCommerce leader (VP/GM) at Vital Proteins (acquired by Nestle), Nike, Walmart Grocery, & Everlane. Ecommerce advisor to early stage startups (Stripes Co). Top rated instructor on Maven (5/5 star rating).
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Leslie Kincaid
Pinterest, Uber & Convoy alum. 12+ years Business Operations experience. 10th employee at Pinterest hired to build the HR, Workplace, Finance & Legal functions. 6+ years at Convoy in leadership roles establishing and growing the Workplace, IT and HR functions.
Mari Zumbro
Strategy & Ops at Twitter, Percolate (Sequoia backed, acquired by Seismic), and Nike. First business ops hire at Percolate (covered customer success, sales ops, support, parts of IT and finance).
Matt Little
12+ years in media and advertising operations, early BuzzFeed business team, current independent consultant
Holly Stinson
Startup Operations Guru, People Advocate, First time Founder with 5 years experience inside Seed, Series A, Series B and Series C Tech Startups.
Elizabeth Meltz
Former VP of Operations at Tacombi, Formerly Senior Director at DIG and Eataly, Co-Founder of Women in Hospitality United.
Kate Adams
Fractional Product Manager for B2B pre-Series A startups. Former Senior PM and CSM at Amplitude Series A - IPO.
Scott Schopman
Founder of Understory Cacao. Seasoned product innovator and problem solver with 10+ years of experience in tech. From streamlining e-commerce conversion funnels to democratizing and easifying access to earth observation data. Passionate about helping to craft technology that efficiently resolves real-world challenges and empowers users to get the job done.
Santiago Freyria Duenas
8 years of exp. leading Ops, Product, and Biz Dev inside B2B and Consumer marketplace startups (pre-seed to B): 2nd hire at Clip ($1B+ valuation), 1st biz hire at InnerPlant (John Deere backed), Bay Area GM at Shef (YC, a16z backed)
David Ellmann
3x founder at D2C social enterprises, raised $3 million, ran thousands of lean experiments and did zero to one product work for a dozen startups, including Octopus Energy and Accelerate Change.
Shaina Anderson
Founder of Hello Generalist. Former Chief of Staff at Yelp Restaurants, and exec at Chewse from Seed to Series B leading Supply, Ops, and Expansion (Acquired, B2B marketplace, raised $40M).
Arturo Piña
2x Founder and Product Management leader with 7+ years defining and executing Go-To-Market strategies and finding Product Market Fit for Seed through Series C companies (2 of which were acquired), 7-figure bootstrapped SMB owner, angel investor, and Capital Factory mentor.
Sarah Dzida
5x award-winning Fractional Product & UX Strategist with a track record of building successful experiences for B2B, B2B2C and government orgs no matter the tech or platform.
Monique Keshishian
Strategic finance and operations leader with over 15 years in tech and media, blending expertise as AWS Chief of Staff, Senior Operations & Enablement manager at Twitch, and CFO-caliber leader at Series C+ startups (Amp and National Resilience) and Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon and Disney.
A.J. Angus
10+ years in product, growth and data in B2B SaaS companies. Most recently: Product lead at Observable (Series B, Data Visualization)
Ari Ratner
15+ years of marketing experience, mainly in consumer products for Chobani, Under Armour, Perfect Day, and more. Led brand activation across digital, events and campaigns.
Adam Liu
Product at SeedFi (acquired by Intuit), BizOps at BlueVine, Strategy at Photo Butler, former founder
Benjamin Flajnik
5x CPG Founder with 3 exits, raised millions for startup, deep experience with business development and brand.
Michael Sheets
21 years of People and Operations Leadership. Founder at LGO Strategic Advisors (a Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness consultancy). Former SVP People at Hero Health, VP People at PAX, and Chief of Staff and VP, International Operations at GREE International.
Molly Fisher
Financial and Operations leader with extensive startup experience at HelloFresh, Dig Inn, and Wonder
Chandler Bair
Recovering Management Consultant and former Strategy & Operations leader for major consumer tech brands Google, Airbnb, and Twitter
Victoria Monarch
Founder and COO at Angaza, PhD and former post-doctoral fellow at Stanford
Sarah Colburn
Former Cofounder at Backdrop (DTC, acquired). Deep experience in finance (ex-investment banker) and supply-chain ops capabilities from manufacturing to customer delivery.
Helena Wu
Data Analyst at Walmart and Coinbase, former Technical AM at Qualtrics, Ops lead at Examine.com. Owned end-to-end data instrumentation and analytics reporting to senior Walmart leadership on major public sector B2B partnership.
Astri Sorenson
Former McKinsey, Clinton Foundation, and Chief of Staff at seed stage start-up and large international foundation
Richard Wyatt
Eight years of functional leadership, vendor management, and business process design inside complex pre- and post-IPO orgs. GM at Tesla (Led 200+ person on the ground teams for $100M ARR), formerly Sr Workplace Ops PM at JUUL helping build teams from scratch
Holly Leonard
Chief of Staff & Head of Operations | Visionary Partner for Startup Growth | Expert in Strategic Leadership, Operational Efficiency & Growth Across Diverse Industries
Shwetha Arya
Early Uber GM - launched and ran Maryland market. Former executive at Managed by Q - led expansion and managed multiple markets (prior to WeWork acquisition). Founder/GM of Convoy for Brokers (business segment within Convoy).
Beeta Ansari
Former nonprofit COO and Chief of Staff with 10+ years of operations experience, former founding team at social impact organization.
Justin Hackett
First Chief of Staff at Voyage SMS, former Sr Product Analyst at Oscar Health.
Kasey Wien
Former Program Manager at LeafLink, Product Manager at Zuul (acquired by Kitchen United), Supply Manager at Dig, Restaurant Consultant (COTE, Fuku)
Natalie Hoop
Head of Ops at Sequel, formerly Head of Ops at Strongsuit, and Director of Customer Ops at Beam Benefits
April Montgomery
Director of Operations and Chief of Staff with 8+ years of experience growing Operations teams in Series A-C food startups.
Genevieve M Smyth
12+ years Product and Ops experience; Head of Product & Design at brightwheel (Series C, EdTech); 6+ years as a Product and City Operations leader at Uber (Series C through post-IPO).
Namrata Kothari
Experienced Chief of Staff, Director of Growth Strategy, Program Manager, and Operations Consultant.
David Smolenski
Frequent first employee, often before legal entities have been formed.
Noah Itovitch
2X Founder at Legaltech procurement platform with GMV of $10M+ and trusted home rentals marketplace.
Samanee Mahbub
4x 1st PMM hire at top venture-backed Series A-B Startups including Zapier, Secureframe, and Lumos. Can stand your PMM foundations from the ground up
Micki Seibel
Experienced startup executive, board director, and food/agtech investor – I’ve been on both the entrepreneur and the investor side of the table for over 20 years in large companies as well as early stage startups.
Adam Edrington
Real Estate & Operations at Compass (1st 50 FTE), GIC Innovation Lab leader
Christina Boland
Co-founder & COO of The Fetchery (ecomm), formerly Ecomm Manager at Blue Apron, and Director of Operations at Grind (coworking).
Jimmy Burhan
7+ years experience in product management and analytics. Early PM, and Data & Analytics hire at B2B startups. Took Persona Identities and Scale AI from Series A to Series C. Trusted by executives to lead impactful data and analytics projects end-to-end. Scale data and analytics function from the ground up.
Blake Hirt
Former Head of Growth @ Techstars ‘23 company, early Growth & Operations leader at Uber, Deep experience in data analytics, funnel optimization, and lifecycle marketing
Rajan Dhami
First Chief of Staff at Vokal, former Division 1 College Football Coach, and Product Manager
Alex Sandu
15+ years of cross-functional leadership in Product Management, Corporate Strategy and Product Marketing. Product and Strategy Manager at Mozilla Firefox, where I led organizational planning for 1,000 employee and $500M B2C business. Publish AI/ML market and product analysis newsletter.
Kaliela Osha
Founder of Brillie, former Chief of Staff at biotech start-ups
Tram Nguyen
Chief of Staff at Scaleflex, former Education Individual Specialist at UNESCO
Kapil Khimdas
Former Head of Ops at Wattpad (Series D entertainment/creator marketplace, acq’d), former Chief of Staff/GM at UK and Canadian hospitals and McKinsey consultant. Executive producer of TEDxToronto
Christina Hamill
Operational leader, former VP at Lumi (acquired by Narvar), marketplace expansion at Managed by Q (Acquired by WeWork) and Customer Success leader at NuORDER (acquired by Lightspeed)
Pallavi Kuppa-Apte
Former founder, COO at Chargehound (enterprise software startup backed by Y Combinator, Khosla, Initialized). Scaled from $0-10M ARR, acquired by PayPal for $XXXM. Closed $1M+ deals with customers like Uber, DoorDash; implemented an enterprise customer lifecycle with 0% churn; Built partnerships with industry leaders including Stripe, Amex and PayPal.
Lauren Licata Funk
Fractional CMO & advisor to consumer startups. 15-year serial startup marketer. 3x Head of Marketing at seed - Series C co’s.
Danielle Polini
UX Research Advisor for growth at fast-paced B2C venture-backed startups. Former founding researcher at Strava (FitnessTech), growth researcher at Commons (Seed to Series A) and UX research consultant to Hims/Hers (HealthTech).
Armando Ochoa
BizOps & Strategy Lead and General "Business Athlete" Partner to Founders + Execs from Seed stage to F500. Experienced in Consumer Internet, SaaS, and Private Equity. Depth in Product, Data Sci, and Research.
Priya Krishnan
3x Chief of Staff & VP of business strategy & transformation at B2B businesses at Google (Finance Platform $300B), Virtusa (5 Yr 25%industry leading CAGR $300M to $1B; acquired for $2B) and Atlassian
Whitney Smith
Series A Chief of Staff owning Internal Ops, Service Ops, Hiring and Strategy. Former ops consultant who helped raise $150M+ in VC for six Y Combinator startups.
Meghan Hardy
Former Amazon marketing lead, fractional marketing lead for Nutrafol, Splendid Spoon, MindBodyGreen and other high-growth D2C and ecommerce brands.
Albert Chen
Former Founder, GM, and Strategy / Product / Analytics Director with 10+ years experience inside startups (Pre-seed through Series D) FinTech / AdTech / Gaming startups and Fortune 500 corporations. Has launched and scaled several SaaS and D2C products from 0 to 10 while building and managing 9-figure portfolios.
Woods Buckley
Woods is a seasoned operator with 14 years experience in high growth, venture backed businesses. Woods has a proven track record of raising capital, scaling operations and building high performing teams, with a focus on driving growth and efficiency. As leader of operations in two businesses, Woods recruited and managed large, distributed teams of 75+ and grew both businesses from zero to over $200M in GMV. Most recently Woods co-founded Summer, which he built into a $6M ARR business and raised over $75M in venture & debt in the first 18 months. Woods is known as a thoughtful and light-hearted leader who believes deeply in investing and developing talent. Woods holds his undergraduate and graduate degree from Stanford's School of Engineering, where he graduated with academic honors.
Andrew Blume
Word Nerd, Former Founder, B2B Sales Expert who has secured LOI's that resulted in a $53mm series C
Halie Schouten
CX and operations leader for D2C startups; Director of Member Experience and Ops (proptech, Seed stage subscription startup), former process ninja and people leader (250+ multi-layered team) at Amazon, Data Strategy and Project Manager at Booz Allen Hamilton, founder/operator of an interior design business.
Lindsay Kelley
17+ years of Data Science & Engineering experience at Microsoft, Amazon, and Axon (Nasdaq: AXON, $23B Mkt Cap)
Justin Graham
Former Strategy and Ops at Shippo and BizOps Lead at eero (acquired by Amazon). Helping startups in consumer and e-commerce tech build out the business system stack and project managing key x-functional initiatives
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Spencer Fertig
Youngest GM at Uber (employee 250, managed 20+ person teams, manager NPS of 90+). CEO and founder of Bar None Games (bootstrapped 75-employee virtual teambuilding co w/70% margins). HBS graduate and certified executive coach.
