Cristina Cordova

Chief Operating Officer at Linear

Cristina Cordova is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Linear, a role she has held since May 2023. In this position, she is responsible for leading the company's marketing, sales, customer success, operations, and data functions. Her focus is on building effective teams and enhancing the company's go-to-market strategies.1 2

Professional Background

Before joining Linear, Cordova served as the Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion, where she played a pivotal role in launching the company's API and managing its partnership initiatives. She also led the growth product team, focusing on expanding the self-serve business.1

Prior to her tenure at Notion, Cordova spent over seven years at Stripe, where she was instrumental in scaling the company from 28 to nearly 3,000 employees. At Stripe, she led a business unit that developed new financial services products and established the partnerships organization, collaborating with major companies like Shopify and Google.1

In addition to her operational roles, Cordova is an angel investor and advisor to over 60 startups, primarily in the Software as a Service (SaaS), developer tools, and financial technology sectors.1

Education and Location

Cordova is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is an alumnus of Stanford University.1

Highlights

Dec 14 · twitter

Startups also face the same issue if they raise at very conservative valuations: if it’s relatively early stage and your valuation is low, candidates perceive the equity value in dollars at the last preferred price as too low (even if it’s a significant percentage of the company).

Dec 9 · twitter

If you've ever worked at a company as a PM, CSM or AE with large customer requests, @linear's Customer Requests feature is made for you.

You now have a single view of a customer alongside their relevant revenue/segment data and all their prioritized product requests. No need to dig around in spreadsheets or hunt for that Slack message to remember what quarter you committed to deliver that feature. https://t.co/Uak6d1IZXd