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 Los Angeles based COO’ operating in the SaaS 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.
Motti Danino
Chief Operating Officer of OroCommerce
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About OroCommerce: OroCommerce is the company behind OroCRM, OroCommerce and the OroPlatform.
Chris Handman
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of TerraTrue
Chris Handman is a Co-Founder and COO at TerraTrue. He was the General Counsel at Snap Inc. and Partner at Hogan Lovells.
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About TerraTrue: TerraTrue is a privacy platform designed to work with product development.
Brian Kim
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Liferay
Brian Kim, Chief Operating Officer and a founding partner, leads the company’s Professional Services Organization and orchestrates the ongoing operations of a fast-growing global organization. He is also managing the strategic growth of the company’s partnership network. Prior to Liferay, Brian worked alongside upper management at HubbardOne on internal company operations. He is also an alumnus of Accenture where he worked with marquée clients within the financial services sector. Brian holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago.
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About Liferay: Liferay makes software that helps companies create digital experiences on web, mobile and connected devices.
Tamra Johnson
COO of Liquid
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About 79 Studios, FlexTeam, Liquid: Liquid is a global vendor and freelancer payments platform providing agile SMBs consolidated payments, automation and business controls.
Timothy Sovay
COO of CreatorIQ
As SVP at theAudience, Tim Sovay is tasked with leading business development and strategic partnerships with large media and consumer brands. He collaborates with the nation’s leading marketers to build deeper relationships with their fans through direct-to-consumer social media channels via a combination of strategy, technology, and a network of over 6,000 influencers. While at theAudience, he has led campaigns for such brands as Ford, American Express, McDonald’s, Sony, 20th Century Fox and CNN/HLN. Over the past 10 years, Tim Sovay has successfully executed digital and social campaigns for some of the biggest film franchises in the industry including The Twilight Saga, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Pixar franchises in addition to the Academy Award®-winning film The Hurt Locker. He has also helped spearhead eminent indie film campaigns such as Spring Breakers, The Bling Ring, and Marley, all of which used digital and social media as leading components of their marketing strategies. Tim Sovay received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration & International Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About CreatorIQ: The most trusted software to unify and power advanced influencer marketing for the world’s most innovative enterprises
Kellan O’Connor
Co-founder, COO of Duro
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About Duro: Duro provides cloud-based SaaS software to help hardware companies manage the design and manufacturing of their custom hardware products.
Matt Mayberry
COO of Boundless Mind
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About Boundless Mind: Boundless Mind is an artificial intelligence platform for behavior design.
Mark Steffler
Chief Operating Officer of Ambassador
Mark Steffler is the chief operating officer of Ambassador.
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About Ambassador, Legend3D: Ambassador turns your customers into new revenue by automating and scaling referral, partner, influencer & affiliate marketing programs.
Mischa Armada
COO of Imonggo
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About Imonggo, Lightr: Imonggo is a cloud-based POS for SMBs to manage their store inventory and the first retail solutions offered as a SaaS for free.
Vish Chatterji
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Openversa.com
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About Daimler, Openversa.com: Operational Intelligence for IoT / Connected Device
Sam Wilson
COO of AdGreetz
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About AdGreetz: AdGreetz Is The Industry’s Leading Ad-Tech/Martech DCO+ Platform Empowering Cross-Channel Personalization At Scale
Rick Bigelow
Chief Operating Officer of Digital Fuel
Rick Bigelow has 20+ years of senior level financial and operational experience for both privately owned and publicly held companies. His experience crosses many industries, including technology software development, professional services and the manufacturing/distribution of consumer goods. Prior to joining Skyview, Mr. Bigelow led operations, transition and integration for several firms in the private equity industry. Prior to Skyview Capital, he was CEO of several industry leading software companies serving Fortune 500 companies as well as CFO of a major distribution/manufacturing company. Mr. Bigelow holds a B.A. degree in Finance from Washington State University.
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About Digital Fuel: DF provides customer-facing IT Business Mgmt software solutions for SLA management, service catalog, and service financial management.
Diana Chu
Chief Operating Officer of Telzio
Chief Customer Officer at Telzio
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About Telzio: Phone systems in the cloud
Hilart Abrahamian
Co-Founder and COO of WebJoint
Hilart Abrahamian is the Founder and COO at WebJoint.
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About WebJoint: WebJoint is an all-in-one software that helps cannabis business owners manage their patients, finances, employees, inventory, and website.
James Love
COO of SpumeTech
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About : A start-up currently developing LiveERP, a SaaS solution for direct to consumer businesses.