Cherry M.

CEO

New York City, New York, United States17 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled ARR significantly at Hightouch.
Led multiple companies to high valuations.
Expert in financial strategy and private equity.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic financial leader in the SaaS and Private Equity sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PlanningFinancial AnalysisBusiness StrategyInvestmentsPrivate Equity

Other Skills

Strategic FinanceAccountingDataLegalRevenue OperationsFinancial ModelingValuationMergers & AcquisitionsData AnalyticsFinanceCustomer ExperienceLegal/RegulatoryInsurance OperationsFinancial ReportingStrategy

Experience

17 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Hightouch

Chief Financial Officer

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

I lead Strategic Finance, Accounting, Data, Legal, and Revenue Operations at Hightouch. Since joining, I’ve helped scale ARR by ##x, reduce our burn multiple from #.#x to 0.#x, and grow our valuation to $1.2 billion. I've built tooling and visibility to drive enhanced forecasting and pipeline diagnostics, architected a unified metrics view to strengthen expansion performance and gross margin, and helped raise $150M+. Prior to this role, I was Hightouch’s 13th customer and an angel investor.
Hightouch is backed by Amplify Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Sapphire, and Y Combinator. Our customers include Domino's, Ramp, Chime, Aritzia and many others within the Fortune 500 and beyond.

Strategic FinanceAccountingDataLegalRevenue OperationsStrategic Planning+1

Headway

Head of Finance & Data

Jan 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

I was on Headway's executive team as we expanded from one state to 10+ states and grew from 30 to 200+ employees and achieved a valuation of $750M. I led Finance, Data, Customer Experience (CX), Legal/Regulatory, Insurance Operations, and Credentialing during my time at Headway. Today, Headway is valued at more than $2.3 billion.
Headway's mission is to remake the American mental healthcare system for access and affordability and is backed with more than $100M from Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive, and GV.

FinanceDataCustomer ExperienceLegal/RegulatoryInsurance OperationsFinancial Analysis+1

Accel

Partner

Sep 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I led investments in high-growth technology companies.
Investments and boards: Galileo (fintech infrastructure, exited to SoFi for $1.2B), Trade Republic (EU investment app, now valued at $5B+), Invoice2Go (productivity tools for independent contractors + SMB's; acquired by Bill.com)

InvestmentsPrivate EquityValuationFinancial Analysis

Lightspeed hq

Vice President of Data and Analytics

Jul 2013 – Aug 2018 · 5 yrs 1 mo

I joined Lightspeed when the company had fewer than 60 employees and <$1M ARR, helping scale it to IPO (NYSE: LSPD).
In addition to leading Data, I worked closely with the CEO, CFO, and broader exec team on cross-functional growth initiatives — launching a new payments business, diligencing and integrating three acquisitions, raising $250M in funding, and building our data-driven decision-making infrastructure.

Financial ReportingStrategyData AnalyticsStrategic PlanningFinancial Analysis

Lindsay goldberg

Private Equity Associate

Jul 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs · Greater New York City Area

Analyzed and completed partnerships, including leveraged buy-outs and joint ventures, for Lindsay Goldberg, a leading multi-industry private equity firm with $10 billion under management.
Experience includes the IPO of a REIT and the formation of an asphalt refinery joint venture with a public company.

LBOJoint VenturesFinancial AnalysisPrivate Equity

Audax group

Private Equity Analyst

Aug 2008 – Jun 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Boston

Analyzed and performed control leveraged buy-outs for Audax Group, a middle-market investor with over $5 billion under management.
Completed transactions include two platform purchases, one sale process, and more than 10 add-on acquisitions. Experience includes leveraged buy-out modeling; working with management teams to enact operational improvements, including greenfield location analysis and new market entry; and monitoring of current investments.

LBOFinancial ModelingOperational ImprovementsPrivate EquityFinancial Analysis