Jan 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• I led Confluent’s global Real Estate and Workplace Operations, focusing on building and optimizing workplace strategies that support our rapidly growing, remote-first culture.
• After joining in 2016, I helped scale the company from 30 FTEs during Series C to over 3,200 employees, IPO, profitability, and $1B in ARR. I’ve driven key initiatives to enhance employee experience and productivity, improve ROI, and navigate pivotal moments—from managing a distributed workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic to establishing a robust remote-work ecosystem.
• I’m passionate about creating workplace solutions that empower teams, foster innovation, and support business growth, all while prioritizing employee well-being.
• Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®, pioneered the enterprise-ready event streaming platform. With Confluent, organizations benefit from the first event streaming platform built for the enterprise with the ease-of-use, scalability, security and flexibility required by the most discerning global companies to run their business in real-time.

Sep 2022 – Feb 2023 · 5 mos

Feb 2020 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

May 2017 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Report directly to the CFO, leading global real estate, workplace operations, and employee experience initiatives.
• Manage and forecast a $20M annual budget across real estate, workplace, and internal events, consistently delivering on or under budget.
• Built the function from the ground up - programs, processes, and teams - scaling to dozens of global team members.
• Partner with the C-suite on business strategy to scale global office footprint while creating meaningful ways for employees to connect, fostering collaboration, productivity, and measurable results.
• Lead global site selection, full-cycle lease negotiations, and build-outs for 200,000+ sq. ft. across 20 offices worldwide (U.S., Europe, and APAC), with new sites opening quarterly.
• Directly responsible for planning and executing the company’s largest internal events, including annual 5-day all-company kickoffs (2017–2020) and large-scale programs such as a half-ship charter for 800+ employees from 16 countries.
• Established and managed the President’s Club Incentive Program, overseeing budgeting, site selection, and execution (2018–2020).

May 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr

• Scaled global workplace operations and programs; lead real estate expansion, internal events, and serve as Executive Assistant to co-founders Jay Kreps and Neha Narkhede.