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 United States based COO’ operating in the Productivity Tools 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.
Kun Gao
Co-Founder, President & COO of GGWP
Kun Gao joined GGWP as Co-Founder, President & COO.
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About Crunchyroll, GGWP: GGWP provides a gaming tool to help reduce toxic and disruptive in the game.
Matt MacInnis
COO of Rippling
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About Rippling: Rippling is a human resource management company that offers an all-in-one platform to help manage HR and IT operations.
Soham Khaitan
Co-Founder & COO of Ambi
Co-Founder at Ambi.network.
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About Ambi, Forbes: Ambi is designed to centralize the college experience for students through a productive and powerful social network.
Jordan Harris
Chief Operating Officer & President of Glitch
An experienced operating executive and entrepreneur, Jordan Harris formed the New Media Group at Reed Elsevier. He went on to found Hurricane Interactive and Notara Inc., which pioneered Brand Marketing Automation. He advises non-profits including Eyebeam, a platform for artists to engage society’s relationship with technology.
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About Glitch, Lela: Glitch is the friendly community where everyone builds the web.
Ron Goldshmidt
Co-Founder – COO and Head of Fintech of Briq
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About Briq: Briq is a financial forecasting and data intelligence platform for the construction industry.
Monica Jonas
Chief Operating Officer of WorkFusion
Monica leads account management for WorkFusion. She was previously SVP of Global Business Operations for Viacom Media Networks, and before that she held technology management roles at Tacoda Systems, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, PBS, AARP, and NASA Space Station Freedom Program Office. Monica’s more than 20 years’ experience in media and technology operations includes development of project management frameworks, managing capital and expense budgets, building strategic partnerships with vendors, and designing sourcing solutions.
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About WorkFusion: WorkFusion offers automation solutions to enterprises to help them reduce costs and up-skill workforces.
Maximiliano Casal
Co-Founder & COO of Nowports
Co-founder Nowports (YC W19 & YCG S20), a Logistics & trade SaaS platform. Max is a Software Engineer with more than 9 years of experience in different projects. Persistent, methodical & innovative.
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About Nowports: Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that automates the supply chain processes of Latin American companies.
Darren Chait
Co-Founder & COO of Hugo
Darren Chait is the Co-Founder & COO at Hugo.
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About Hugo: Hugo is a collaborative note-taking app focused on sharing meeting notes across teams within companies.
Tarek Alaruri
Co-Founder & COO of Fairmarkit
Tarek Alaruri is the COO and Co-Founder at Fairmarkit.
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About Fairmarkit: Fairmarkit is an intelligent sourcing platform that empowers organizations to more efficiently purchase the goods and services they need.
Casey Hester
Co-Founder and COO of otto by DEVCON
Casey comes to DEVCON with a publishing career spanning nearly two decades, managing operations and creating new digital products. Her current obsessions are kombucha, tom ka soup and turning her house into a botanist’s greenhouse.
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About otto by DEVCON: otto by DEVCON specializes in the fields of risk management and SaaS.
Clive Wu
Chief Operating and Technology Officer of HealthCrowd
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About HealthCrowd: HealthCrowd is an end-to-end communications platform for healthcare.
N. Taylor Thompson
Co-Founder and COO of Almanac
N. Taylor Thompson is the Co-founder and COO at Almanac.
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About Almanac: Almanac is the most powerful platform for async collaboration.
Ron Templeton
President & COO of 4C Health Solutions
Ron Templeton is a 25-year veteran of the healthcare industry with deep expertise in the flow of financial, clinical, and claims data between payers, providers, vendors, and employers. Ron Templeton has launched, financed, or managed many early stage healthcare technology companies. He has brought to market groundbreaking technologies and solutions. Many of these ventures were acquired by the most prominent healthcare companies including Unitedhealthcare, Walgreens, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. Ron Templeton is recognized throughout the industry for bringing novel healthcare technologies and solutions to market, turning around struggling enterprises, positioning companies for acquisitions and generating significant investor returns.
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About 4C Health Solutions: 4C Health Solutions provides an unmatched clarity and actionable tools self-insured employers need to master the business of healthcare.
Peter Giordano
COO of Seva
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About Seva: Seva is a unified search platform that helps knowledge workers discover and organize the information they need at work.
Robert Bardunias
COO/CFO, Vice-Chairman of GetSwift
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About GetSwift, IRIS.TV: GetSwift is a smart delivery platform.
Sheryl Schultz
Founder, President & COO of CabinetM
Sheryl Schultz is the Founder, President & COO at CabinetM.
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About CabinetM, Crowdly, Golden Seeds, Golden Seeds: MarTech Stack Management Platform
Lisa Cook
COO of Cien
Lisa Cook is the COO at Cien.
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About Cien: Cien helps technology sales leaders to understand the cause of low quota attainment.
Michael Gonzalez
COO and Director of Express Mobile
Michael R Gonzalez is the COO and Director of Express Mobile. He was formerly CEO and Co-Founder of IndX Software Corp. (acquired by Siemens) and VP Srategy and Business Development for Wonderware Inc. acquired by Invensys following their IPO.
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About Express Mobile: Express Mobile is a technology company that specializes in developing enterprise mobility solutions.
Michael Gonzalez
COO and Director of Express Mobile
Michael R Gonzalez is the COO and Director of Express Mobile. He was formerly CEO and Co-Founder of IndX Software Corp. (acquired by Siemens) and VP Srategy and Business Development for Wonderware Inc. acquired by Invensys following their IPO.
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About Express Mobile: Express Mobile is a technology company that specializes in developing enterprise mobility solutions.
Henry Dornier
Co-Founder, COO of Meetingbird
Henry studied Computer Science at Harvard before dropping out to focus on Meetingbird. Before Meetingbird, Henry worked at Morgan Stanley, PDT Partners, and Gavekal. He loves NY sports, podcasts and traveling.
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About Front, Meetingbird: Meetingbird is a modern scheduling platform.
Jeremey Diaz
Co-Founder & COO of Vimbel
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About Vimbel: Vimbel is an all-in-one toolbox utilizing machine learning through productivity and collaboration tools.
Pat Baier
Chief Operating Officer of AgSource
Pat Baier is the COO at AgSource.
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About AgSource: AgSource is an agricultural testing cooperative that helps farmers make better management decisions with their data.
Sandeep Chivukula
Co-Founder, COO of Ze Robot Labs
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About Ze Robot Labs: ze robot labs makes productivity software for your team that takes care of the mundane.
Michael Demere
Chief Operating Officer of Simplify ASC
Michael Demere oversees the daily operational elements of Simplify’s business bringing more than 30 years of experience to Simplify ASC. His experience crosses industry and skill boundaries, but always with companies who are targeting highly ambitious growth strategies. Michael holds a BA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and an MBA from Tulane University.
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About Simplify ASC: Simplify ASC develops a customizable, easy-to-use, and indispensable clinical and operational software.
Eric Lisciandrello
Chief Operating Officer of DLCartel
Eric Lisciandrello is the COO at DL Cartel.
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About DLCartel: DLCartel is a carrier platform that provides rate visibility that’s essential to move loads efficiently as well as equitably.
Don Burke
COO of Transflo
Don Burke is the COO at Transflo.
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About Transflo: Transflo develops software applications and services that deliver mobility, acceleration, and intelligent business processes.