Kristina Salen is CFO at Moda Operandi, a trunkshow-model online shopping platform. They carry more than 1,000 brands and designers, ship to 125 countries, and have raised nearly $300M in funding from top-tier global investors.

During her time as CFO of Etsy, the company grew from $895m in gross sales to $3b. She oversaw business development, strategic planning, investor relations, data analytics, internal & external reporting, tax, internal controls and human resources, and I scaled these teams

Before joining Etsy, Salen led Fidelity Investments' media, Internet, and telecommunications group for seven years. While at Fidelity, Salen led "tens of billions of dollars" worth of investments in companies like Google, eBay, Amazon, Spotify, and Hubspot.

Salen has also held several financial and executive roles at Oppenheimer Capital, Merrill Lynch, Lazard Freres, and SBC Warburg.

Salen received her MBA in finance from Columbia University in 2003 and was designated a Fulbright scholar for her work in political science and economics that same year.

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