shaun Arora

Chief Operating Officer

2021 - Current

After 6 years investing capital in venture, switched over to investing time helping CEOs & Founders to scale their businesses Hats: Chief of Staff, Executive Coach, Head of Strategy, Head of Operations, and Head of Corporate Development roles Gigs: Established workflows and improved operations for scale-ups, repositionings, turnarounds, and more

Partner

2024

https://evolution.team/shaun-arora

Founder

2024

Managing Director & Head of Investment Operations

2015

Led business operations and fundraising operations Note: fund is fully deployed and no longer making new investments

Director of Corporate Ventures

2015 - 2023

Created the innovation arm of a multinational company and spun it out with internal and external backing Diligence on companies for strategic investments and M&A Attracted technologies for net positive impact on P&L, culture, and growth

Corporate Development

2023 - 2023

Co-create the strategic narrative

Head of Strategy

2021 - 2022

• Lead customer discovery and narrow company positioning, resulting in biz dev funnel process and marketing initiatives • Lead fundraising process • Co-create the strategic narrative

Chief Operating Officer

2021 - 2022

• Strategized with CEO to execute a post-COVID pivot • Led a remote customer support and retention team to reduce user wait times from 17 to 1 minute • Directed product roadmap driven by user insights and SEO data • Created and implemented Partner Agreements and Service Level Agreements

Director of Marketing and Sales Operations

2013 - 2015

Led strategy and operations for organic growth team including corporate rebrand.

Director of Business Operations

2005 - 2013

Led operational integration through hypergrowth and five acquisitions -- from fewer than 200 employees to more than 4,000 At various times, was responsible for operations across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT Infrastructure, MIS, Sales Operations, Marketing, Corporate Development, HR, People Operations, Recruiting, Business, Product, and Facility teams

Board Member

2005 - 2008