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shaun Arora

Startup COO | Operations and Strategy Executive | Executive Coach | Neurodiversity Advocate

New York, New York

Work Experience

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2021

    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

2024

  • 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

2015 - 2023

  • 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

2023 - 2023

  • Corporate Development

    2023 - 2023

    Co-create the strategic narrative

2021 - 2022

  • 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

2021 - 2022

  • 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