Sarah Hinkfuss

Partner, Bain Capital Ventures

2022

Vice President, Tech Opportunities Fund

2020 - 2022

Next Generation Growth Technology Fund

2017 - 2020

Consultant

2016 - 2017

• Due-diligence startups that re-imagine work and life in growth markets for Seed and Series A investing • Assess the competitive positioning and future value of current portfolio firms to determine follow-on investments • Conduct market assessments to develop investing theses in new spaces

Principal / Vice President / Senior Vice President

2013 - 2016

• Led strategic consulting and software-as-a-service engagements to advise executives at Fortune 1000 big-box retail, gas and convenience, hospitality, property and casualty insurance, restaurants, financial services, and specialty retail companies • Negotiated multi-year SaaS license agreements • Designed and analyzed business experiments for clients to measure, tailor, and target programs generating millions in incremental EBITDA; developed and communicated recommendations to client executives; and designed and implemented a culture of continuous innovation • Established public sector practice, including selling and directing APT’s first commercial projects in the space • Co-led business development in Insurance, Apparel Retail; fostered prospective relationships to generate and structure 6+ new projects • Founded and orchestrated pro bono Data Dive social impact program • Managed 40+ team members across 3 offices

Business Consultant / Engagement Manager

2010 - 2013

• Organized day-to-day operations for multiple client teams • Received, validated, structured, and automated TBs of client transaction-level data into the APT data model • Structured and executed financial and predictive analysis on client programs spanning pricing, promotions, new product introduction, labor, remodels, new store construction and downsizing, technology investments, associate training, and marketing and advertising • Managed the day-to-day of client delivery teams through strategy consulting engagement and multi-year SaaS support delivery • Created and conducted internal communications and management training • Led Harvard recruiting

Fellow, National Center for Environmental Economics

2010 - 2010

• Fellow with the Benefits Assessment and Methods Development Division supporting the implementation and coordination of EPA's TMDL under Executive Order 13508. • Reviewed the economic theory of water pollution trading schemes and existing local programs to support development of an implementation mechanism for the Chesapeake Bay

Research Fellow

2009 - 2010

• Conducted original research on the political economics of water pricing in Ayn al-Basha, the area directly northwest of Amman, Jordan • Randomized survey of local families to construct the water demand for tanker water in the "gray market" - the first of its kind • Assessed water tariff market equity by social class and ethnic background • Proposed structure modifications to integrate the economic cost of water and social needs unmet by existing markets into the public tariff structure • Research published (2011): http://thurj.org/ss/2011/01/484/

Research Assistant for Professor Robert Putnam

2007 - 2010

• Member of the Contemporary American research team, focused on the interdisciplinary Study of Social Capital • Research published in Amazing Grace by Robert Putnam (2010)

Legislative Analyst, Economic Policy

2008 - 2008

• Advised Mayor’s Office on policy responses to foreclosure crisis • Coordinated private and third sector partners