• Team Development, Strategic Financial Leadership & Fundraising: Rebuilt a 25-member finance & accounting team to support rapid growth, scaling bookings 21x in 18 months, and supported $100M Series E fundraising round. Post-COVID, spearheaded restructuring efforts that reduced operating costs by 75%, extending the company’s runway by 3x. Worked closely with the executive team to launch new service, iterate on product-market-fit and drive double-digit ($M) bookings in its first year.• Business Development & Operational Excellence: Negotiated high-impact partnerships with Thermo Fisher, the CDC and CDPH. Developed key financial models that optimized sales, operations, and supply chain decisions, resulting in the successful expansion of lab capacity as well as annual financial planning.

Color Health is a technology-driven healthcare company that focuses on making healthcare more accessible by integrating diagnostics, telehealth, and care delivery through its platform.

• Corporate governance, Treasury & Risk management: Managed Finance and Operations function for non-profit including setting investment and corporate governance policies, treasury management, board presentations, and donor relations. Established audit committee and charter.NPX Advisors is a company focused on transforming how nonprofits are financed by linking funding to measurable social impact through an impact security - performance-based debt that is repaid by donor funds when impact is achieved.

• SaaS Metrics and Management Reporting: Oversaw Finance, HR, Legal, and Compliance functions at an enterprise SaaS business as the most senior company leader reporting to the CEO. Created 3-statement forecast for annual planning and monthly metrics review for business optimization.• Business Development & Fundraising: Supported company through 30x customer growth, Series C fundraise, expansion of channel partnerships from 3 to 8, and annual planning process and execution that achieved breakeven in 18 months, and positioned the company to be acquired by private equity.Whil Concepts, Inc. is an enterprise SaaS platform focused on health and wellness, providing digital training solutions to improve employee performance, resilience, and mental well-being.

Provided strategic, financial and operational leadership to more than 14 Seed to Series-C startups including: Lyris, Workstep, Post Social, Flight Labs, Lyte, Folsom Labs, Live Love Polish, CropX, Mercaux, Generation Transfer, Sportority, Tasters Club, Gantri, BeMyApp and Firepie.• Series A fundraise & board relations (SaaS): Worked closely with CEO of SaaS co on strategic, financial & IR issues from board meetings, financial modeling / forecasting, cash management, and fundraising. Integrally involved in the negotiations of $8M Series A financing• Series A fundraise & strategic roadmap (eCommerce): Created forecast model, pitch deck, and strategic roadmap for online services company. Prepped senior executives for investor pitch, enabling company to raise $5M Series A financing• Metrics & Financial Analysis (eCommerce): Designed sales database for B2C apparel company to analyze trends & leverage insights to optimize business model; resulting in a plan to focus on profitable unit economics in all channels• Operational Excellence (SaaS & eCommerce): Manage team of sr. accountants to complete monthly close resulting in timely reporting of financials, cash management/runway, tax compliance, and financial insights• Supported sale to PE (Consumer Subscription): Completed GAAP revenue recognition project to adjust 3 yrs of financials to accrual accounting for a $3.5M consumer subscription service, justifying a 4x EBITDA exit multiple Early Growth Financial Services provides accounting, tax, valuation, and compliance services to venture-backed startups.

• Portfolio Management: Led sourcing, research, and analysis of long and short investment opportunities in the Internet, consumer and SaaS sectors for the hedge & crossover funds • Fundraising: Participated in fundraising efforts that led to an increase of $400M+ in assets • VC Investments & Advisory: Worked with venture team counterparts on evaluation of >200+ private investment opportunities in the Internet and SaaS sectors which lead to private investments in 10+ companies. Advised portfolio cos during their IPO prep on positioning, and investor Q&A.Crosslink Capital is an investment firm that operates as both a venture capital and crossover fund, focusing on early-stage and growth-stage investments in the SaaS, digital media and enterprise software markets. Crosslink is known for its long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs, helping scale innovative businesses by leveraging its extensive network and operational expertise.

Financial analyst investing in consumer, software, & business services for a $300M long/short Hedge Fund based in Houston.

Equity Research Associate covering Enterprise Software & Infrastructure companies, responsible for developing models, and research reports.

Strategy consulting with Bricks and Mortar Companies on their ecommerce or digital media spin-offs. Clients included Enron, Amgen, Simon Properties Group, Ziff Davis Publishing, and more.

Equity Research Associate (Summer MBA Intern) on the Internet team. Supported coverage launch of digital publishing space including ZD Net, Gartner Group, CNET, Forrester, etc.

Equity Research Associate - Internet & Enterprise Software. Spearheaded cross-industry sector reports with the Retail team (Shopping in The Year 2000) as well as multiple analysts across TMT sector (How the Internet will Impact TMT).

Following sage advice to get “industry” experience in order to get a role in equity research on Wall Street, Isabelle began her career in Public Relations - with clients in the Accounting (unfortunately, you can’t learn accounting by osmosis, it turns out) and Gaming sectors (true interactive multi-media in the early 90’s). It was at Middleberg in 1993 that she first started to use the Internet, and helped clients develop web sites, and digital communications strategies.