Audrey Zhao

Audrey has dedicated her career to successfully scaling technology organizations through rapid growth and global expansion in competitive markets. Before joining us at Instructure, Audrey was the Chief Financial Officer at CloudBees, a leading enterprise software delivery platform, where she was pivotal in securing the Series F financing that elevated the company to unicorn status. Under her leadership, the company's financial profile was transformed to align with the Rule of 40, accelerating growth and product innovation.

Prior to CloudBees, she held the role of Senior Vice President of Finance at Cloudera, where she helped scale the finance organization from startup to post-IPO, guiding it through its merger with Hortonworks and eventual acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR. Her expertise includes building and scaling finance operations, stemming from earlier senior finance and acting CFO roles at companies including SugarCRM, Chegg, and PayPal.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Rochester, an MS from Stanford, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.