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Stefanie Karwoski

Healthcare Innovation & Venture Capital

Atlanta, Georgia

Education

Work Experience

  • Manager of Digital Innovation

    2024

  • Member

    2020

2022 - 2023

  • Chief Of Staff

    2022 - 2023

    I was the first full time employee and Chief of Staff at Parable, a venture-backed, pre-seed brain health startup. While there, I project managed the launch of our first product, Daily, oversaw e-commerce, customer success, and supported our founders in strategic planning and financial analysis. Parable wound down operations and sales in summer 2023.

2020 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2021 - 2022

    While at Silicon Road, I oversaw diligence, deal memos, and onboarding for 10 new portfolio companies building in commerce tech and the future of work. Additional responsibilities included managing firm operations, fundraising support, portfolio company board attendance and advising, and more.

  • Associate

    2021 - 2022

  • Venture Capital Analyst

    2020 - 2021

2020 - 2020

  • M&A Strategy Consultant | MBA Intern

    2020 - 2020

    Served as a strategy and transactions consultant for EY-Parthenon during my MBA focusing on manufacturing. I received a full time offer and led initiatives that resulted in the client extending EY-P’s contract and increasing revenue.

Canvas HRIS

2018 - 2020

  • Business Owner & Principal Consultant

    2018 - 2020

    I founded Canvas HRIS in 2018, a consultancy specializing in Workday HR software and IT integrations. While active, I independently generated over $250K in revenue across 5 clients including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Gates Medical Research Institute among others. I exited to pursue venture capital and a Masters.

2015 - 2018

  • Senior Business Systems Analyst

    2018 - 2018

    Promoted from Business Systems Analyst in 2018 • Managed procurement and onboarding of new HR technology totaling over $1M+ in spend • Implemented Lever ATS for all of Yelp, Eat24, and additional acquisitions • Built integrations for payroll, time off, recruiting, and benefits software • Oversaw HR software security procedures applying to company PII, payroll, and sensitive data

  • Business Systems Analyst

    2015 - 2018

2013 - 2015

  • Business Consultant

    2013 - 2015

    Promoted from Business Analyst in 2015 Key Project Experience: Global Technology Implementation | Leading Technology Search Engine Company • Manage a team of 3 to successfully test and deploy 200+ HR reports for Workday launch • Implemented reporting program timeline and tracked completion for on-schedule delivery • Develop, test and train client team in over 50 UAT test cases to uncover product defects Global HRIS Implementation | High Tech Semiconductor Manufacturing Company • Collaborate with client to document technology solution gaps and identify program risks • Prototype executive facing dashboards for visualizing key performance and headcount metrics • Design and test security matrix for providing sensitive data access to reporting team

  • HR Information Systems Analyst

    2013 - 2013

    Troubleshoot Workday product defects and create technical documentation and reports.