Anna Talerico
CEO of Corporate Finance Institute
Anna Talerico
CEO of Corporate Finance Institute
Nashville, Tennessee
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2022 - Current
COO, interim
2021 - 2022
Operating Partner
2020
Arthur Ventures is an early growth capital firm that leads investments in B2B software companies located outside Silicon Valley. I partner with our portfolio companies to help them take advantage of strategic and tactical opportunities to accelerate growth and create enterprise value.
COO
2018 - 2020
As COO I built & scaled our sales, customer success, support, and HR functions to deliver rapid, capital-efficient growth. We were acquired by A Cloud Guru in 2019, where I went on to focus on the successful integration of our companies.
Advisor
2018 - 2020
Software & Digital Media Board of Advisors for Founders Advisors. Founders is a merger, acquisition & strategic advisory firm serving middle-market companies. Founders’ focus is on oil and gas, industrials, software, industrial technology, internet, digital media, and healthcare companies located nationwide, as well as companies based in the Southeast across a variety of industries. Founders’ skilled professionals, proven expertise and process-based solutions help companies access growth capital, make acquisitions, and/or prepare for and execute liquidity events to achieve specific financial goals.
Advisor
2018 - 2020
Recurring Capital Partners specializes in debt financing for Software as a Service (SaaS) and other recurring revenue model technology-driven companies. Our team, advisors and investors couple significant operating experience with start-up finance expertise to drive a focus on results founders and management teams care about: accelerating growth, controlling business and personal risks, and maximizing personal equity stakes.
Advisor
2017 - 2018
Co-founder & Executive Vice President
1998 - 2017
As one of ion's co-founders I was responsible for our customer-facing teams including sales, customer success, support, and professional services. We bootstrapped ion organically, and profitably, transforming it from a small boutique web development company (circa 1998) to a leading marketing technology SaaS focused on interactive content experiences (circa 2017). ion interactive was acquired by ScribbleLive in September 2017.
Education
BA
1990 - 1994