Lauren Dunford is a tech entrepreneur and the CEO and Co-Founder of Safi, a company that is building a manufacturing operations cloud for real-time platform. The platform enables manufacturing teams to achieve operational excellence quickly, cost-effectively, and simply. Lauren is an expert in building and leading teams, and she manages the day-to-day activities of the company to ensure that it runs optimally.

Lauren is a graduate of Stanford University where she got her BA and MBA. She is also a former Fulbright Scholar, where she researched supply chain efficiency in New Delhi. She has an extensive background in sales and operations, having worked at Revolution Foods' East Oakland plant for five years, where she led a team managing $65M in revenue.

Lauren is passionate about helping manufacturing teams achieve operational excellence and visualizing data to help teams make informed decisions. She is happiest when she is trail running with friends or Zumba dancing with her husband, Jason.