Talin Andonians

Talin Andonians is the current CEO of Ocelot. Prior to this, they served as the Vice President of Finance at Lighthouse from May 2017 to December 2020. In this role, they led the integration of key finance and accounting functions after the acquisition of Discovia by Lighthouse. Talin also established new forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes. Additionally, they were responsible for pricing strategy, implementation, and governance.

Before their time at Lighthouse, Talin served as the Chief Financial Officer at Discovia from February 2014 to May 2017. During their time as CFO, they built a lean, high performing finance and accounting team. Talin also significantly improved financial operations through automation which reduced the monthly close time by 50%. Additionally, they reduced DSO by 30% and invoice error rate by 40%. Furthermore, they created the FP&A function and developed KPIs used to improve performance throughout the business. Lastly, they played a key role in the M&A process that led to the acquisition of Discovia by Lighthouse.

Prior to their work at Discovia, Talin was the Founder of bSolar from January 2013 to December 2014.

Talin Andonians has a MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, an MS from The University of New Mexico in Biology with a Concentration in Ecology, and a BS from Stanford University in Biological Sciences with Distinction.

Some direct reports include Kevin O'Shea - CTO, Kevin Rich - CFO.