Stephanie Friedman

Stephanie Friedman is an experienced investor, advisor, and startup executive with over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development, and operations in the enterprise software, SaaS, developer tools, and collaboration sectors.

Stephanie has a successful track record of building and managing innovative startups, including overseeing the operations of a $380M business post-acquisition by a public company.

Her role at Xamarin as the first non-engineering hire involved scaling the sales and customer success organization from inception to nearly $50M in annual sales within 4 years, leading a team of 100 sales and customer success professionals.

Following the Xamarin acquisition by Microsoft, Stephanie joined Microsoft as a General Manager, responsible for the global strategy and go-to-market for Mobile Application Development.

Stephanie's international experience spans across various countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the USA, and Paraguay, and she is fluent in five languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

Stephanie is passionate about photography, horses, animal welfare, and dance, as reflected in her travel blog shetravels.org, where she documents her global adventures.

With a keen interest in early-stage startups, Stephanie has been involved in advising and investing in various organizations, including Accord, Zeplin Inc., Netlify, and Apollo GraphQL, among others.

Stephanie holds an MBA in International Business and has a background in sales and customer success roles at reputable companies like Xamarin and Microsoft.

Her diverse professional background includes leadership positions at Novell, SUSE Linux, Openshop AG, and Interpreter roles at international trade shows.

Stephanie's expertise, extensive network, and multilingual capabilities make her a valuable asset in the tech industry and startup ecosystem.