At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based COO’ operating in the Training space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mark Williamson
Chief Operating Officer of MasterClass
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About MasterClass: MasterClass is a provider of an online education platform designed to offer video based vocational courses.
Michael Manuccia
Chief Operating Officer of STRIVR
Former FBI Analyst, Wharton Business School Michael is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation analyst who spent seven years serving the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division and Director’s Office. While in the Director’s Office, Michael worked with the Associate Deputy Director (the FBI’s Chief Operating Officer) to manage the FBI’s evolution to an intelligence-driven, threat-based, learning organization. Michael has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and, before joining STRIVR, attended The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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About STRIVR: STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance.
Joel Scott
Co-Founder & COO of SV Academy
Joel Scott is Co Founder & COO at SV Academy.
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About SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Cathy Vigrass
COO of Future
Cathy Vigrass is Head of Canada at Square. In her role, she is focused on the growth of Square’s business in Canada and leads the charge in continuing to bring powerful Square tools to the Canadian market. Cathy has spent the last several years at technology and commerce companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to Square, she was the Head of Business Development and Product Operations at Sosh, a social platform for discovering local experiences. Her career has also included strategic and operational roles at eBay, where she worked on category management and corporate strategy, and Apple, where she focused on retail innovation. Cathy holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Future: Future offers one-on-one digital training with fitness coaches at home, the gym, or on-the-go.
Eddie Medina
Co-founder & COO of BetterUp
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About BetterUp: BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
Miguel Sugay
Cofounder and COO of SidelineMD
Miguel is an established serial entrepreneur and tech evangelist. After graduating from Stanford University where he was a member of the Stanford Men’s Rowing Team, he was a founding member of a startup later acquired by Amazon. Miguel continues to bring creative minds together to inspire extraordinary results and oftentimes finds these solutions through leveraging technology. He invests in and acts as chief executive for multiple high-growth companies.
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About SidelineMD: The First Mobile App for On-Demand Sports Medicine Care
Sasha Seymore
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Learn to Win
Sasha Seymore is the co-founder of Crocodile Gold.
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About Crocodile Gold, Learn to Win: Learn to Win is a high performance micro learning training program for the most demanding situations.
Michael Colonnese
Chief Operating Officer of AlwaysHired
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About AlwaysHired, Carta, Copilot Ventures, Giveback: AlwaysHired is a full-time, remote technology sales bootcamp & training program.
Susan Houlihan
COO, Faculty, Executive Coach of Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute
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About Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, University of California Berkeley: Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute offers leadership development, executive coaching and culture transformation courses for students.
Sourabh Mishra
Founder, COO of Edbrix Inc.
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About Edbrix Inc.: Edbrix is focused on 3 C’s of Education – Collaboration, Communication, Content!
Jen Anderson
COO & Co-Founder of The Reset Foundation
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About The Reset Foundation: The Reset Foundation empower individuals, families, and communities across the country.