Meet Team Textio

We have an audacious vision.Every team can build a culture of authentic inclusion, equity, and belonging. We’re building a remarkable platform to transform the way teams communicate, hire, and measure their health. Textio is creating fairer and more effective workplaces, one word at a time.

Founders

Founders

Jensen Harris
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Jensen Harris
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jensen is co-founder and CEO of Textio, the only AI platform purpose-built to help companies hire and develop remarkable teams. A graduate of Yale University and Interlochen Arts Academy, Jensen led the creation of some of the most widely used and influential software in the world: the innovative Ribbon user interface of Microsoft Office, the widely emulated email user interface of Microsoft Outlook, and the pioneering touch user interface built for Microsoft Surface. Jensen is recognized throughout the industry for designing beautiful, powerful, and forward-thinking products used by a billion people every day.
Kieran Snyder
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Kieran Snyder
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Emeritus
Kieran is Chief Scientist Emeritus at Textio, the company she co-founded and led as its founding CEO. After earning her PhD in linguistics at Penn, Kieran spent a decade creating the world’s most impactful language products at Microsoft and Amazon. A sought-after public speaker, Kieran was selected to the Forbes Future Of Work 50 list in 2023. A world-renowned expert on language and bias at work, Kieran’s writing has appeared in Fortune, The New York Times, Slate, and The Washington Post. She serves on the Board of Directors of Textio, Atlas AI, Masterful AI, and ConvertKit.

Executive Team

Executive Team

Anna Henningsgaard
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Anna Henningsgaard
VP of Marketing
Bobby Kolba
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Bobby Kolba
Chief of Staff
Clay Satterfield
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Clay Satterfield
VP of Design
Colleen Gallagher
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Colleen Gallagher
Chief Operating Officer
Jackye Clayton
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Jackye Clayton
VP of Talent and DEIB
Jon Gordner
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Jon Gordner
VP of Product
Kim Thompson
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Kim Thompson
VP of Sales
Mykel Rangel
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Mykel Rangel
VP of Engineering
Rhodette Zuñiga
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Rhodette Zuñiga
VP of Customer Success
Rocki Howard
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Rocki Howard
VP of People
Tacita Morway
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Tacita Morway
Chief Technology Officer

Meet the Textios

Meet the Textios

Adam Sanderson
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Adam Sanderson
Staff Software Engineer
Alejandro Lozano
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Alejandro Lozano
Senior Software Engineer
Alissa Ramberg
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Alissa Ramberg
Senior Operations and Enablement Manager
Alita Campbell
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Alita Campbell
Senior Customer Success Manager
Amber Redig
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Amber Redig
Senior Customer Success Manager
Anna Eklund
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Anna Eklund
Customer Success Manager
Ariel Tam
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Ariel Tam
Software Engineer II
Ashley Lynch
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Ashley Lynch
Senior Account Executive
Brad Engel
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Brad Engel
Director of Engineering
Cass Petrus
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Cass Petrus
Staff Software Engineer
Cassie Sanchez
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Cassie Sanchez
Lifecycle Marketing Strategist
Cherrie Rhodes
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Cherrie Rhodes
Senior Customer Success Manager
Chris Zamierowski
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Chris Zamierowski
Staff Software Engineer
Cody Jarratt
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Cody Jarratt
Senior Analyst, IT Services and Compliance
Connor Doyle
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Connor Doyle
Staff Salesforce Administrator
David Davidson
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David Davidson
Engineering Manager
Gregory Hill
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Gregory Hill
Senior Software Engineer
Jake Pogue
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Jake Pogue
Finance Manager
Jason Crawford
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Jason Crawford
Senior Payroll and Accounts Payable Specialist
Jen Sikos
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Jen Sikos
Engineering Manager
Jennifer Baron
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Jennifer Baron
Manager, Customer Success
Jennifer Sharp
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Jennifer Sharp
Director of Legal
Jessica Fahrenholtz
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Jessica Fahrenholtz
Market Development Representative
Jessica Marx
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Jessica Marx
Senior Data Scientist
John Avellar
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John Avellar
Information Security Manager
John Cathey
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John Cathey
Principal Product Manager
Josh Potter
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Josh Potter
People Operations Partner
Karrie Pilgrim
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Karrie Pilgrim
Staff Technical Program Manager
Kimberly Anderson
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Kimberly Anderson
Senior Content Marketing Manager
Leron Tolmachev
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Leron Tolmachev
Senior Technical Implementation Manager
Liz Falvo
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Liz Falvo
Director of Customer Success, New Product
Marissa Johnson
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Marissa Johnson
Senior Manager, Revenue Operations
Mattie Kleczka
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Mattie Kleczka
Senior Software Engineer
Max Winderbaum
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Max Winderbaum
Staff Software Engineer
Mikayla Jordan
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Mikayla Jordan
Data Scientist
Nicole DePrey
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Nicole DePrey
Senior Manager, Customer Success
Olivia Gunton
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Olivia Gunton
Staff Software Engineer
Onna Harrigan
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Onna Harrigan
Senior Customer Success Manager
Rachel Fukaya
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Rachel Fukaya
Senior Director, Communications and Content
Rachel Hodge
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Rachel Hodge
Senior Visual Designer
Raphael Gunn
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Raphael Gunn
Strategic Growth Manager
Robby Takeuchi
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Robby Takeuchi
Accountant
Ryan Sloan
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Ryan Sloan
Senior Data Scientist
Ryn Truitt
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Ryn Truitt
Senior Technical Implementation Manager
Sarah Hevrdejs
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Sarah Hevrdejs
Revenue Enablement Manager
Stacy Patterson
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Stacy Patterson
Deal Desk Analyst
Stefano Quaranta
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Stefano Quaranta
Market Development Representative
Tasia DeMuth
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Tasia DeMuth
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Tolossa Hassan
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Tolossa Hassan
Product Specialist
Yixiang Wang
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Yixiang Wang
Software Engineer II

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Aileen Lee
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Aileen Lee
Founder & Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures
Gordon Ritter
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Gordon Ritter
Founder & General Partner, Emergence Capital
Stacey Bishop
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Stacey Bishop
Partner, Scale Venture Partners

Investors

investors Emergence Capital Scale Venture Partners Bloomberg Beta Cowboy Ventures Upside Partnership Industry Ventures Operator Collective

Advisors

Advisors

Shari Slate
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Shari Slate
Chief Inclusion & Collaboration Officer, Cisco
Shari is responsible for designing Cisco’s next horizon people strategy to deliver on the company’s commitment to power an inclusive future for all. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Systemic Inequalities and Social Cohesion, Partnering for Racial Justice Initiative and CDIO Virtual Community. Under her leadership, Cisco has achieved its highest diversity levels for five years running, and the company was ranked #2 on Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces for Diversity list for 2019.