Elisa Steele

Elisa Steele is the former chief executive officer at Namely.[1] Prior to being appointed to the role in August 2018,  Steele sat on the company’s board of directors.[2]

Elisa Steele
OccupationCo-Chair at Cornerstone
Steele at Web Summit in 2015.

Career

Steele grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and moved to California in 1988.[3] She attended the University of New Hampshire and then went to graduate school at San Francisco State University.[3] After graduating with her MBA,[4] she worked for AT&T Business Services in enterprise sales before joining NetApp as senior vice president of corporate marketing.[5][3] In 2009, she became the chief marketing officer (CMO) for Yahoo!.[5] She went on to serve as CMO of Skype[6][7] and CMO & VP-Consumer Apps at Microsoft.[8][3][9]

In 2013, while at Microsoft, Steele was contacted by Jive Software and asked to join their board of directors.[10] She left Microsoft and joined Jive as the CMO and vice-president of strategy in early 2014.[10][11] At the end of the year, she was promoted to president.[12] In 2015, she was appointed CEO.[10][13][14]

References
  1. CNBC (2018-08-02). "Namely Appoints Elisa Steele as CEO and Completes Growth Financing Round". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  2. Connie Loizos (August 2, 2018). "Exclusive: HR startup Namely, once a high flier, gets a new CEO and $60 million in new funding to soar again". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  3. Rogers, Bruce. "Elisa Steele Positions Jive For Enterprise Collaboration And Communications Platform Future". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  5. "Yahoo Taps Elisa Steele For CMO Post". www.mediapost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  7. Hesseldahl, Arik (2015-02-10). "Jive Software Names Elisa Steele Permanent CEO". Vox. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  8. "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  9. "Q&A: Elisa Steele, Jive executive VP of strategy, on finding work-life balance". The Mercury News. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  10. Rogers, Bruce. "Elisa Steele Positions Jive For Enterprise Collaboration And Communications Platform Future". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  11. "Q&A: Elisa Steele, Jive executive VP of strategy, on finding work-life balance". The Mercury News. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  12. "Ex-Skype CMO Elisa Steele takes helm at Jive Software after CEO steps down". GeekWire. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  13. Fox, MeiMei. "Why Women Driven By Passion And Purpose Get Seats In Corporate Boardrooms". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  14. Hesseldahl, Arik (2015-02-10). "Jive Software Names Elisa Steele Permanent CEO". Vox. Retrieved 2021-02-05.


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