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Between Two COO's
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Advisor, Board Member, COO

Catherine is the former COO of Shippo as well as the former Chief Business Officer at Automattic. While at Shippo, a shipping software company backed by Bessemer, she led Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Customer Success, Customer Support, People Ops, and Strategic Planning. During her time at the company, Shippo's revenue grew 3x faster than the US eCommerce shipping market, and the company's valuation grew from $220M to over $1B in just 18 months.

Prior to joining Shippo, Catherine was the Chief Business Officer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, during the company’s growth from a valuation of $1B to $3B. While at the company, she led the acquisition and integration of WooCommerce. Previously at Facebook, she helped launch the Facebook Audience Network and led the three-year planning process.

Jan. 19, 2022

Part 1: Catherine Stewart on Scaling Operations and People Management at Shippo and Automattic

Catherine Stewart, former COO at Shippo and former CBO at Automattic, joins us in part one of a special two-parter, to talk about the craft of scaling operations at hyper-growth tech companies. Topics include shifting strate…