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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.12
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
While being part of Google gave Waymo extensive resources early on, it also made the perception of their achievements "what you'd expect from Google" rather than recognized as the breakthrough it is.
Scale is helping fuel the most exciting advancements in AI. After growing rapidly and switching to Linear this year, they now resolve bugs twice as fast. https://t.co/9X4g2ofG35
