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Robert Lopez

Senior Growth Leader / Investor / Advisor

New York, New York

Work Experience

2014

  • Chief Revenue Officer

    2018

    Lead all GTM, commercial and plg efforts at one of NYC's premier growth companies. - 600+ person team across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product Led Growth (PLG - Cross-Functional team of Product Managers, Engineers, Designers), Onboarding, Business Development, Product Specialists, etc. - ~$0-$300M+ ARR ($1B+ GAAP revenue) - Have grown business from ~50 to 11,000+ customers - Worn various hats during tenure such as leading Workplace/Real Estate strategy, Janitor, and planner of company events/retreats - VC Backed, Series E, growth stage company in the HR Tech, Payments, Insurtech and Benefits space

  • Vice President

    2014 - 2018

    - Joined shortly after the company was founded and helped establish product/market fit - Hired initial GTM team and scaled from 0 to 150+ - Involved and partnered with founder on fundraising rounds

2023

  • Fellow & Growth Advisor

    2023

  • Scout

    2021

2021

  • Limited Partner

    2021

  • Investor

    2019

    Investor in a variety of software companies (early and growth stage) and a scout for Spark Capital. A few companies I have invested in: Runa HR, Glean, Nivelo, Archer Aviation, Gong, Wonder Brands, Finch, Palolo, Butter, Milu Health, Figure AI

2016

  • Founding Member

    2016

2023 - 2023

  • Angel Track

    2023 - 2023

    Member of First Round Capital's Spring 2023 Cohort  —  a masterclass and community for angel investors and operators.

2011 - 2014

  • GM, Groupon Basics

    2014 - 2014

    Launched new business vertical from the ground up with full P&L responsibility, enabling Groupon to enter the CPG industry.

  • GM / CEO, Groupon Andean Region

    2012 - 2013

    Full managerial and P&L ownership (HR, Finance, Sales, Marketing, CS, QA, Planning) for a $50 million business. Oversaw and managed a 150 person team with responsibility over 3 countries: Colombia, Peru, and Panama.

  • Head of Sales, Sales Operations & Biz Dev

    2011 - 2012

    Part of the Latin America management team responsible for making both strategic and investment decisions. More specifically, responsible for the optimization and control of the sales process, revenue, strategy and technology initiatives throughout the region.

2010 - 2010

  • Summer Associate

    2010 - 2010

2009 - 2009

  • Fellow

    2009 - 2009

    Worked with the Inter American Development Bank and JP Morgan to implement and run a business case plan competition focused on entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses. Specifically, we advised entrepreneurs to build businesses that focus on helping people that are living below the poverty line.