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Emily Azevedo

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Partner and Head of Talent at Mainsail Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

About

Emily Azevedo is a Partner and Head of Talent at Mainsail Partners, which she joined in 2016, focusing on portfolio talent needs including executive recruiting, leadership development, compensation, and assessment. She previously spent eight years in executive search, most recently as an Engagement Manager at Heidrick & Struggles, and earlier worked in management consulting and served as Managing Director for the Brazil subsidiary of Altimetrik. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Ibmec São Paulo.

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Experience

  1. ExtensivBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  2. Mainsail PartnersPartnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Mainsail PartnersVice President of Talent2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Mainsail PartnersDirector of Talent2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Heidrick & StrugglesEngagement Manager2013 — 2016Boston, MA
  6. SynovaManaging Director Brazil2011 — 2013Sao Paulo, Brazil
  7. Egon Zehnder InternationalAssociate2011
  8. Robert Wong Executive ConsultingExecutive Search Associate2009 — 2011
  9. Kline & CompanyConsultant (Contract/Project)2008 — 2009
  10. SynovaInternational Operations2004 — 2008Michigan (US), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Shanghai (China), Bangalore (India)

Education

  1. University of MichiganBachelor, Business2002 — 2006
  2. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessNegotiation2019
  3. Insper Instituto de Ensino e PesquisaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), General Management2009 — 2011
  4. Salem High SchoolHigh School Degree1998 — 2002
  5. Gastro- Curso Culinaria

Skills & more

Native English5Fluent Portuguese3Project Management50Consulting76Executive Search42International Sales6Management Consulting99Management92Research6ERP28Business Strategy87Strategic Planning29
+12 moreBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentMergersTeam LeadershipMarketing StrategyPortugueseOrganizational CultureOrganizational CommunicationSaaSEnterprise SoftwareTalent ManagementTalent Acquisition

Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish

From Emily's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Michigan374

Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaHannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 368 more

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,144 more

Also attended Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa55

Carolina de AzevedoHead of Impact & ESG at Emerald Technology Ventures AgCecilia NgPartner, Talent & People at MVP VenturesPedro MoreiraInvestment Analyst at NXTPMatheus AbizaidVisiting Investment Analyst at 415 CapitalIsabella PiassiInvestor Success at Astella InvestimentosAndresa BicudoInvestor Success Analyst at Astella Investimentos

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Shared employers

Also worked at Extensiv2

Dan BlakeCTO-in-Residence at Mainsail PartnersBrad PritchardSenior Managing Director at Structural Capital

Also worked at Mainsail Partners38

Ryan KruizengaGeneral Partner at Arthur VenturesLars AhlstromCFO at Electric Feel Ventures LlcKathryn MooreSenior Associate at LiveOak VenturesBashir AbdallahVice President, Product at Mainsail PartnersJeniffer AgudeloExecutive Assistant at Mainsail PartnersMichael AndersonPartner at Mainsail Partners

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Also worked at Heidrick & Struggles25

Kandace ElamVice President of GTM Talent at Menlo VenturesElyssa PedoteDirector of Talent at GreycroftTom MonahanFormer Chairman & CEO, CEB at MissionOGChristina PasanenInvestor at GGV CapitalTejas ManiarInvestor at Mayfield FundYumin LiuInvestor at 1955 Capital

+ 19 more

Also worked at Synova1

Padmavathi SKSr. Executive Assistant at Kalaari Capital

Investments

Board seats

Extensiv

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Colleagues at Mainsail Partners

Andrea McNees
Senior Manager, GTM Strategy & Operations at Mainsail Partners
Ania Frankel
Senior Director, Internal Operations at Mainsail Partners
Anthony Hayes
Partner at Mainsail Partners
Anurag Sharma
Associate at Mainsail Partners
Apoorva Polisetty
Talent Director at Mainsail Partners
Atasha Bozorgzad
Executive Assistant at Mainsail Partners
Barnaby Dorfman
CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners
Bashir Abdallah
Vice President, Product at Mainsail Partners