Erica Ruliffson Schultz
InvestorPartner at Operator Collective
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K β $1.5M checks Β· typically $1M
About
Board of Advisors member and the first Operator LP into OpCo. She was President of Field Operations at Confluent and previously CRO at New Relic and a longtime Oracle executive.
Experience
- Operator CollectiveFounding LP and Fund Advisorcurrent2019 β present
- AmplitudeBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- Tipping Point CommunityBoard Membercurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Dartmouth CollegePresident's Leadership Councilcurrent2025 β present
- ConfluentPresident, Field Operations2019 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Dartmouth CollegeBoard of Trustees, Dartmouth College2016 β 2024
- New Relic, Inc.Chief Revenue Officer2018 β 2019
- New Relic, Inc.EVP, Worldwide Sales and Customer Success2017 β 2018
- New Relic, Inc.EVP, Global Enterprise Sales and Customer Success2015 β 2017
- New Relic, Inc.SVP, Global Enterprise Sales2014 β 2015San Francisco
- OptimizelyAdvisor2014 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- LivePersonEVP, Global Sales, Services, and Field Operations2013 β 2014
- LivePersonEVP, Global Sales2012 β 2013
- OracleGroup VP, SaaS Applications, North America2011 β 2012
- OracleGroup VP, CRM On Demand, North America2006 β 2011
- OracleVP, OracleDirect2001 β 2006
- OracleManaging Director, Latin America Inside Sales1997 β 2001
- OracleOracleDirect1995 β 1997
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeSpanish and Latin American Studies1991 β 1995
Skills & more
Leadership63Management91Negotiation1Enterprise Software56Marketing Strategy15SaaS99Customer Experience10Sales Enablement14Selling46Sales66Strategic Partnerships36Channel5
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CRMBusiness AlliancesCloud ComputingSolution SellingOracleProgram ManagementAccount ManagementDemand GenerationGo-to-market StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct ManagementSoftware IndustryLanguages Spanish
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Same school
Also attended Dartmouth College309
Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEAJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Amplitude12
Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalLogan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesThomas LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)James EvansDirector, Head of AI at Asymmetric Capital PartnersSandhya HegdeVenture Partner at Unusual Ventures
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Also worked at Tipping Point Community7
David MarcusInvestor at FELIX CAPITALAlan WaxmanInvestment Advisory Committee; CEO, Sixth Street at Westbound Equity PartnersPete BrigerExecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Fortress Investment GroupAlisha JaniInvestor at At One VenturesNellie LevchinInvestor at SciFi VCAmy BanseManaging Director at Comcast Ventures
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Also worked at Dartmouth College22
Ryan HaysBoard Member at CincyTechErica SunFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCJeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalBen HemaniFounding Partner at Bison VenturesMegan GormanAssociate, Investment Team at Runway Growth CapitalSteven PeraltaVP, Investments at Acumen America
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Also worked at Optimizely19
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkPete KoomenGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorEd BarrowCorporate Strategy, Market Mapping and M&A Expert at Notion CapitalShreeganesh RamananInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBAjay AgarwalPartner at Bain Capital Ventures
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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
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Jerry YangScout
Founder & Co-Founder at AME Cloud Ventures
Jon SakodaScout
Founder at Decibel Partners
Mike VolpiScout
Investor at Index Ventures
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