Elena Gomez
InvestorPartner at Operator Collective
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K β $1.5M checks Β· typically $1M
About
Board of Advisors member and Operator LP, and CFO at Toast. She was previously CFO at Zendesk and held senior finance roles at Salesforce, Visa, and Charles Schwab.
Experience
- Toast, Inc.President & Chief Financial Officercurrent2021 β present
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBoard Member, Haas School of Businesscurrent2019 β present
- Operator CollectiveFounding Limited Partner and advisorcurrent2019 β present
- PagerDutyBoard Member, Audit Committee Chaircurrent2018 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SmartsheetBoard Member, Audit Committee Chaircurrent2017 β present
- ZendeskChief Financial Officer2016 β 2021
- SalesforceSenior Vice President Finance and Strategy2010 β 2016San Francisco
- VisaSenior Business Leader - Enterprise Planning & Forecasting2009 β 2010
- Charles SchwabVice President of Finance - Corporate Retirement Services2005 β 2009
- Charles SchwabVice President of Finance - Advice and Investor Services2003 β 2005
- Charles SchwabVice President of Finance- Active Trader Division2000 β 2003
- Charles SchwabDirector of Finance - Marketing and Consumer Products1998 β 1999
- KPMGAssurance Manager1992 β 1998
Skills & more
Strategy65Leadership39Management25Forecasting43Strategic Financial Planning8Financial Modeling20Finance41Business Strategy10Financial Analysis14Financial Services6Budgets8Business Intelligence6
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Cross-functional Team LeadershipProcess ImprovementLanguages Spanish
From Elena's professional profile.
Colleagues at Operator Collective
Allison Barr Allen
Investor at Operator Collective
Anna Jacobson
Partner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator Collective
Anu Bharadwaj
President, Atlassian at Operator Collective
Caroline Caswell
Marketing Partner at Operator Collective
Cathy Polinsky
Investor at Operator Collective
Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective
Dan Scheinman
Board Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator Collective
Dana Marohn Spiliotis
Partner at Operator Collective
Network3
Allen GannettScout
General Partner at BHP Development
Julian ShapiroScout
Managing Partner at Julian Capital
Sahil BloomScout
Managing Partner at SRB Ventures
Investors connected to Elena in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Elena Gomez?
- Board of Advisors member and Operator LP, and CFO at Toast. She was previously CFO at Zendesk and held senior finance roles at Salesforce, Visa, and Charles Schwab.
- Where does Elena Gomez work?
- Elena Gomez is Partner at Operator Collective.
- What check size does Elena Gomez write?
- Elena Gomez typically writes checks of $500K β $1.5M.
- Where did Elena Gomez go to school?
- Elena Gomez studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting).
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