Celia Poon

CEO

Los Altos, California, United States29 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in M&A with over $6BN in transactions.
  • Proven track record in financial planning and analysis.
  • Leadership in corporate finance across multiple industries.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive experience in corporate finance and M&A.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial PlanningCorporate FinanceStrategic PlanningMergers And AcquisitionsFinancial AnalysisValuationFinancial Modeling

Other Skills

AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentDue DiligenceFinanceManagementMergersMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic Financial PlanningStrategic PartnershipsStrategyVenture Capital

About

Finance executive with broad experience in strategic & financial planning, business development, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and knowledge in a variety of other functional areas (tax, accounting, real estate). Specialties: Strategic and financial planning, financial and deal analysis, mergers and acquisitions finance, business development finance

Experience

Eightfold.ai

Chief Financial Officer

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Wag labs inc.

Chief Financial Officer

Oct 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Highfive

Chief Financial Officer

Nov 2017Oct 2018 · 11 mos · Redwood City, CA

Twitter

VP of Finance (FP&A, Sales Finance, Corporate Finance)

Mar 2013Aug 2017 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Zynga

Vice President, Corporate Finance & FP&A

Oct 2011Feb 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Oversee financial planning & analysis for corporate and all partner groups including technology, sales & marketing and G&A. Also manage corporate finance function that is responsible for long range planning, financial analyses for mergers & acquisitions, business development, financing and real estate transactions.

Yahoo!

VP, Finance - Corporate Finance & Treasury

Jan 2002Oct 2011 · 9 yrs 9 mos

  • Strategic Planning
  • Formulated long term plans and established strategic and financial goals for CFO and BOD
  • Analyzed product profitability and ROIC
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Oversaw and performed financial analyses for over 20 closed M&A and joint venture transactions totaling almost $6BN in transaction value
  • Business Development
  • Worked closely with business unit leaders to evaluate the financial impact of major business development deals and provided recommendations to executive management
  • Treasury & Capital Markets
  • Oversee all Treasury activities including cash management, treasury operations and risk management (insurance) activities
  • Other Functional Experiences
  • Led a variety of other financial projects including equity compensation, real estate planning and tax entity restructuring

Jpmorgan h&q

Associate

Mar 2000Jun 2002 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Advised, executed, and closed several buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions in the software, services and communications technology industries; approximately $4 billion in total value. Managed and coordinated numerous other M&A engagements and marketing pitches to prospective clients.

Houlihan lokey

Associate

Aug 1999Feb 2000 · 6 mos

  • Managed a number of valuation and fairness opinion assignments in the online services, software and utilities industries. Also worked on various M&A sell-side and private equity placement transactions.
  • Performed company and industry analysis, due diligence, financial modeling and comparable company analysis for various valuation and fairness engagements. Also analyzed transaction structures in the case of fairness opinions.

Pwc

Consultant

Jan 1994Jan 1997 · 3 yrs

  • Analyzed and designed internal and external financial business processes for Fortune 100 high tech multinational corporations. Implemented SAP R/3 systems for a client’s worldwide operations in its North American headquarters and satellite offices in Hungary, Japan, and Thailand. Involved in varying capacities from conception to completion on these large scale projects, including management and leadership responsibilities.

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

MBA — Business Administration

UCLA

BA — Economics

Maryknoll Convent School

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