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About
Karen Walker is Chief Financial Officer at Sysdig, with over 25 years of experience in finance leadership across organizations ranging from startups to established companies. Her work has included IPO readiness activities such as financial reporting, forecasting, and building investor relations functions, as well as supporting more than a dozen M&A transactions and leading capital raises. She has also worked with boards on governance, business strategy, and capital structure, leading audit committee meetings and participating in compensation committee matters.
CFO at Sysdig
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Sysdig's investors · 12
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checksBright Pixel CapitalLisbonGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksLombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksMind the Seed - MTS Fund$30K – $150K checksNext47Palo AltoPermiraSt Peter Port · since 2021Premji InvestMenlo ParkThird PointNew York · since 2021Third Point VenturesMenlo Park · since 2021
Co-founders at Sysdig
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Loris DegioanniFounder & CTO
Experience
- SysdigChief Financial Officercurrent2021 — present
- The ALS Association Golden West ChapterBoard Of Directors2018 — 2023
- BungalowChief Financial Officer2021San Francisco Bay Area
- PagerDutySVP Finance2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- PandoraVP, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer2018 — 2019
- PandoraVice President, Chief Accounting Officer2017 — 2019
- Uber TechnologiesCorporate Controller2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Virgin AmericaVice President, Controller2012 — 2013
- CBS InteractiveVice President, Controller2007 — 2012
- CBS InteractiveVice President, Controller2007 — 2008
- CBS InteractiveDirector, Revenue2006 — 2007
- Applied MaterialsFinance Manager2004 — 2006
- Parson ConsultingProject Manager2002 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
- MacromediaSenior Financial Analyst1999 — 2001
- PwCSenior Associate1995 — 1998San Francisco Bay Area
- EYAudit Associate1994 — 1995Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Skills & more
Media RelationsB2B SoftwareBusiness DevelopmentKey Performance IndicatorsBudgetingProject ManagementFinancial Systems ImplementationDue DiligenceForeign Currency TransactionsGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Public SpeakingTeam Leadership
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karen Walker?
- Karen Walker is Chief Financial Officer at Sysdig, with over 25 years of experience in finance leadership across organizations ranging from startups to established companies. Her work has included IPO readiness activities such as financial reporting, forecasting, and building investor relations functions, as well as supporting more than a dozen M&A transactions and leading capital raises. She has also worked with boards on governance, business strategy, and capital structure, leading audit committee meetings and participating in compensation committee matters.
- Where does Karen Walker work?
- Karen Walker is CFO at Sysdig.
- Where did Karen Walker go to school?
- Karen Walker studied at Southern Methodist University (BBA, Accounting).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bungalow7
Chester NgGeneral Partner at AtomicBrett BrowmanInvestor at Khosla VenturesKurt RamirezGeneral Partner at Nine Four VenturesBryan KimPartner at Andreessen HorowitzJohnny WolffFounder at HomeRoomAlex HallidayCo-Founder & CEO at AirOps
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Also worked at Uber Technologies602
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack
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Also worked at Virgin America2
Also worked at Macromedia256
Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationLouise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalMichael MignanoGeneral Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)
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