Nicole Alonso

Head of Growth

New York, New York, United States5 yrs 4 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led growth strategies for innovative HR tech solutions.
Successfully raised $4.2M for a fintech startup.
Developed a unique performance review system loved by employees.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth Leader in HR Tech and Fintech with a strong technical background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Growth StrategyData-driven Decision MakingTax AutomationTechnical LeadershipStartup DevelopmentSoftware Development

Other Skills

data analysisAIperformance reviewsfeedback systemsR&D tax credit automationsoftware capitalizationproject management integrationfundraisingB2B invoicingcross-border paymentssecrets managementcodinggame developmentJavaScriptPython

About

https://nicolealonso.co/

Experience

5 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Windmill

Head of Growth

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos · New York, New York, United States

Windmill builds a living performance review sytem by:
Making sense of data from the tools your team uses to capture ongoing work
Pairing it with continuous feedback throughout the year to add context
Facilitating guided conversations via Slack so feedback is seamless to give, detailed and useful
Leveraging AI to synthesize data collected to make calibrations smoother and decisions data-driven
What used to take 6 weeks now takes 6 minutes…and employees actually love it.

data analysisAIperformance reviewsfeedback systemsGrowth StrategyData-Driven Decision Making

Neo.tax

Head of Growth & Strategy

Sep 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr

- Neo.tax automates the R&D tax credit + software capitalization (ASC 350-40) in a streamlined two-birds-one-stone flow by connecting to project management systems, payroll, and general ledger.

R&D tax credit automationsoftware capitalizationproject management integrationGrowth StrategyTax Automation

Paysail/syro

Co-founder & CTO

Dec 2020 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Raised $4.2M from Uncork, Tribe, and Pear VC
Built B2B invoicing and instant cross-border payments leveraging stablecoins (before they were cool)
Ultimately, pivoted to secrets management

fundraisingB2B invoicingcross-border paymentssecrets managementTechnical LeadershipStartup Development

Google

Computer Science Summer Institute

Jul 2019 – Jul 2019 · 0 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

1 of 30 rising freshman selected to spend a summer learning to code from Google engineers
Built "Mottle", a message in a bottle experience allowing users to send & receive anonymous messages via an interactive game

codinggame developmentSoftware Development