Sara Barek

Sara Barek, a Founding Team member of Oceans and Managing Partner responsible for Operations, spent 17 years at tech startups in client-facing and operational roles. Sara is a master at getting things done behind the scenes by designing and building up just enough process to help cross-functional teams work together efficiently, even across continents.

Sara spent nine years at ClearForest, a natural language software company acquired by Thomson Reuters, running engagements with Fortune 500 companies including deciphering customers’ business requirements, designing solutions to meet business drivers, managing engineering teams to deliver on those commitments, and measuring value derived from the solutions. At Thomson Reuters, she held roles as the Global Head Deployed Solutions as well as Director of Business Value Delivery where she ensured engineering team’s efforts were focused on key strategic initiatives. Most recently, she ran strategic partnerships and product development for Harmony Labs, an incubator and research lab that studies the interaction of media, society, and the emergence of culture.

A New York City native, Sara loves escaping the city to hike, cook, garden, and be outside in the Hudson Valley, as well as traveling to new places and anything related to her two boys and husband.