Wednesday Women

Building visibility for extraordinary executive women leaders - on LinkedIn, keynotes, podcasts, and panels.

Founder & CMO

The Joy of Connecting Show

Creator and host of the show about about modern professionals investing in connection with other humans – to increase business success, career growth, and personal happiness.

Creator & Host

Matcha.so 🍵

Led team, product, and marketing for an startup that builds matching technology for communities.

General Manager / Chief Executive Officer

2 Pizza Marketing

Host of the show (and community) for scrappy, small-team marketers.  Find out more at: https://www.2pizzamarketing.com/

Host

Gated

Gated is a startup built to help busy professionals focus on what matters most in this noisy digital world. See what we built at www.gated.com.

Google

Expert in Digital Strategy, Mobile, & Travel
Advocate for Remote Work and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Global Education Program Manager, Mobile

Mobile Strategy Lead, Travel

Crafting strategic recommendations that reflect the changing travel consumer and global market, for the long-term growth and success of Google's largest partners in the travel industry.

Industry Development Manager, Travel, Global Top Accounts

I manage marketing and research for Google's Travel team - working to inform the strategy of our largest partners in the travel industry.

Sales Development Manager, Travel

Account Planner, Travel

· Drove coordination of internal and external messaging for Google's Travel Industry Team, including production of public relations and direct marketing materials and identification of opportunity for thought-leadership.
   
· Centralized national industry brand message through speaker preparation programs and the development of Google Travel's Executive Storyline.
   
· Directed evaluation and re-prioritization of corporate participation in national industry association and partner events, including project management for TravelThink ­- Google's annual event providing insight and dialogue around key issues in the travel industry.
   
· Managed development and production of Snapshots ­ a multi-faceted program designed to convey Google's data-driven insights to partners.
   
· Supported industry research efforts by producing online content, hard-copy materials, and webinar presentations for studies including `Travel Shopping in Today's Economy' and `The Brand Value of Search for Travel'.
   
· Streamlined internal information flow globally for Google Travel and nationally for Google's NW Regional Office, across Director-level and day-to-day activity in the areas of Operations, Marketing, and Sales.

Industry Associate, Marketing Project Manager - National Travel Industry Development Team

Independent

Freelance Editor

Landmark School

Specialist Educator, M.Ed.

⚡The next evolution of Gated is here! ⚡

I'm entrepreneur and full-stack marketing executive with a passion for user-first products and a talent for creating clarity from chaos. I believe deeply in finding your focus and taking big swings. And I believe a go-to-market strategy built on human relationships is the best way to do that. 

- I am currently working full time as Cofounder and CMO on Wednesday Women: a movement to amplify extraordinary women leaders for *everyone* to be inspired by. And (newly-launched) a highly-curated network for the amazing women themselves.   
- I also work with a select portfolio of businesses that appreciate my superpower of growth-stage marketing strategy, leadership, and execution.   
- Most recently, I was CEO at Matcha - an growth-stage startup for communities and professionals invested in building connection through tech solutions.  
-Previously, I ran SaaS startup Gated as CMO & Founder, building a foundation on brand narrative and executing rapidly on multi-channel GTM strategy. 
- I've always been a passionate advocate for fast, frictionless user experiences on the web. Over 14 years at Google, I worked with Fortune 500 Travel companies to build effective cross-channel marketing strategy and create amazing user experiences.  
- I'm a major advocate of remote work and the benefits it brings for mental health, families, and the earth. 
- I am addicted to product ideation and helping entrepreneurs find product-market fit. 

When I'm not working, you'll find me busy working on my most important, fun, and ongoing project - my family. I am an avid fan of the outdoors, reading, and travel.  Bonus conversation starters:  Taskmaster, The Killers, Modern Stoicism, Mitch Hedberg, and who your favorite F1 driver is.

Melissa Moody 🦕

🚀 Day 2. Let’s go.  We’re back with another round of women founders who are scaling with serious power—and blasting into growth-stage success.

As part of our 'Founders in Focus' series—brought to you thanks to Metropolitan Partners Group and Audience Haus—we’re spotlighting five more leaders building the future in real time.

Here’s why this matters—a LOT:
 ⚡ Women-founded companies still receive less than 2% of all venture capital funding.
 ⚡ That stat hasn’t moved much in years—but these women have.
 
They’ve scaled past it, through it, and beyond it. They’re not just hitting revenue targets—they’re creating culture, setting strategy, and making bold moves in industries that need their leadership.

We're pleased to introduce:
🔹 Emily Dong — Founder & CEO, Snout
 Emily launched Snout after facing her own stress with surprise vet bills. Her startup helps pet parents afford routine care—paying vets directly at the time of service. Her advice? Be radically honest with yourself. The dream matters—but so does what’s real.

🔹 Melissa Rosenthal — Co-founder, Outlever
 Melissa is reshaping how companies go to market—drawing on deep roots in digital media and B2B SaaS. Her founder mindset? There’s no single path—just constant forward motion. She’s building with focus, and scaling for $100M and beyond.

🔹 Feyi Ayodele — CEO & Founder, CancerIQ
 Feyi is transforming cancer care—bringing precision prevention to patients everywhere, not just in academic centers. Today, her platform powers 50+ health systems. Her belief? The tools to beat cancer exist—we just need to get them in the right hands.

🔹 Oana Manolache — Founder & CEO, Sequel.io
 At HP, Oana saw the disconnect—marketers sent users away at peak engagement. Sequel.io fixes that, keeping webinars on-site to boost conversions and insights. Her edge? A strong team, smart GTM, and grit to navigate volatile markets.

🔹 Maryna Hradovich — COO & Co-founder, Maestra.io
 Maryna’s mission is personalization at scale—without the chaos. At Maestra, she’s helping DTC brands unify their data and deepen customer engagement. Her advice? Build your support system. Family, community, and culture will carry you through.

💥 This is just the start - of December and this VIBE of supporting founder-leaders throughout the year.

We've got another day of #Founders to follow coming up tomorrow... stay tuned...

Melissa Moody

Startup Exec | Marketing Leader | Podcaster | Mom

Founders in Focus |  Spotlight on Excellence...

💌Andy Mowat

Whispered

Whispered is a platform to help top executives collaborate on insights, introductions, unposted roles and support to find their next role and build their career.

Founder

Host of "How I Hire" Podcast

Various Companies

Alongside Whispered, I advise great companies and investors
► I collaborate with top investors to identify breakout companies
► I help VC talent teams and companies connect with top GTM leaders
► I advise select companies on GTM strategy

I love learning new spaces but a few I deeply know include:
► HR tech (worked in it for 7 years at Upwork + Culture Amp + now Whispered)   
► GTM Tech (I am on speed-dial with many GTM tech CEOs)
► Data (I believe data will rewire all of GTM and am passionate about this change)
► AI (I advise a number of AI companies and am building deep in it with Whispered)

A few select companies / firms I've been involved with include:
► Spiff: Commission automation (sold to Salesforce)
► Sendoso: #1 gifting platform
► MadKudu: Lead scoring and signals
► Scratchpad: Changing UX for Salesforce
► Cabal: Helps founders leverage their networks
► Sweep: Customize and scale Salesforce configuration
► Front: Email support and collaboration (advisory board)
► Gong: Call insights and forecasting (advisory board)
► Outreach:  SDR sequencing (advisory board)
► MOPros: Ccommunity site for marketing operations
► ProService: Largest PEO in Hawaii.  Invested at initial acquisition for 50x return
► TestBox: Best demo software 
► Boostup:  Forecasting and pipeline acceleration
► Stack Moxie: No-Code Monitoring for GTM Tech Stacks
► Ampersand:  Deep integrations platform for developers
► Coffee:  CRM 2.0 attacking the enterprise
► Inflection.io:  Marketing automation on top of the data warehouse
► Fullcast:  Driving a revolution in software for RevOps
► Sonar: The first tool for sales ops!
► Bitly: 1 million link signups a month
► The Swarm:  Relationship mapping API powering connections
► Anacapa:  Leading search-fund investment fund
► GTM Fund: Investing alongside 250+ other GTM leaders

Please don’t cold outreach me on investing
Read my writings first and get introduced by someone I know well OR send a keanu emojii

GTM Advisor & Investor / Scout

Carta

(left to found Whispered)
Led 60 person team driving GTM systems, data, strategy and enablement for >$400m ARR.  

Teams included
► Marketing Operations (MOPS)
► Sales Operations (SOPS)
► Customer Success Operations (CSOPS)
► Enablement
► GTM Strategy and Analytics
► Customer Marketing (interim)
► Pricing (interim)
► Paid Marketing (interim)
► GTM Systems

Vice President of Revenue Operations

Backed by 50 GTM leaders and top VCs, we took a big swing to rewire email to give people back control over their attention.  We built the "noise cancelling headphones" for email and filtered over 2 Billions emails.

We drove a 20x increase in reply rates for senders and sanity for users.

Unfortunately the market on the user side was more niche than anticipated so we wrapped up and open-sourced our code to ensure the mission continues.

Co-founder and CEO

Culture Amp

In addition to Revenue Operations (where I had hired/grew great leaders), I took over the Demand Generation team!   This team ran pipeline growth, campaigns, SEO, content, field marketing, web, design, community and digital marketing

Vice President Revenue Operations & Growth Marketing

Working with all GTM functions, my team of ~25 people drove 10x ARR growth (to a🦄) 

I hired and grew great leaders across:
▸Sales Operations
▸Marketing Operations
▸Customer Success Operations
▸GTM systems
▸GTM Data

Head of Revenue Operations

Created and scaled customer success operations team to drive operational improvements for all post-sale services across $400 million of revenue and team of 220 global employees

Sr. Director: Customer Success Operations

Led Marketing Operations team (concurrent with Customer Success Operations role) during key transition point for Box’s marketing team

Sr. Director: Marketing Operations

Prialto | Amplify People

Built one of the leading administrative assistant outsourcing companies with operations in Latin America and Asia.

Chief Operating Officer

Upwork

As a member of the senior management team at Elance (merged with oDesk), drove operations and initiatives to double annual billings to $500 million

Alpine Investors

Led the firm’s efforts in the HR technology sector while searching for a business to buy and run

Operating Executive

VillaSport Athletic Club and Spa

Led the development of VillaSport from concept to execution, scaling the company quickly from $0 to $40 million in revenue.

Vice President

Led RevOps @ 3x unicorns / Founded Gated ......

I have spent my career building GTM engines for top companies. I led RevOps and Demand Gen at four 🦄  
▸ 2x Scaled from $10M ➡ $100M ARR @ Upwork and Culture Amp
▸ 2x IPO Scale @ Box and Carta

I have a passion for connecting people (hence the 🔌 emoji).  I've advised people on their careers for years and have launched Whispered to make searching for your next exec role less intimidating.

I'm also a big keanu fan .... recently acquired keanu.actor domain ;)

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