Rose Punkunus

Rose Punkunus has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Rose is currently working at Sudozi, where they are involved in building solutions for finance and procurement teams to achieve profitability targets. Rose joined the company in January 2021. Rose is also a Board Member at Austin Diaper Bank since August 2021.

In 2017, Rose became a Member of the Operators Guild, an independent group for finance and operations leaders. Rose joined as one of the early members in San Francisco and is still an active member.

Prior to that, Rose worked as CFO at ScaleFactor in 2020, where they held the responsibility for financial operations. Rose also worked at Fundbox as the VP Finance from 2017 to 2019. During their tenure at Fundbox, they managed teams in both San Francisco and Tel Aviv and was responsible for investor relations, strategic planning, forecasting, monthly close, audit, collections, and overall finance department.

Before joining Fundbox, Rose had a successful career at Uber from 2013 to 2017, where they held various roles including CFO - US & Canada, Head of Pricing, and Founded Product Strategy Group & Finance Data Science. Rose played a key role in Uber's global business and contributed to its growth from an early unicorn status to a $60B+ market cap. Rose also led the deployment of finance technology transformation projects.

Prior to Uber, Rose worked at Apple as the Data Science and Analytics Lead for Apple TV. During their time at Apple, they advised major studios on global digital video strategy and led data science and analytics efforts for iTunes Movies, TV, Podcasts, and Education worldwide businesses.

Apart from their corporate experience, Rose also has experience in coaching volleyball. Rose served as the head coach for high school and club teams, working with top girls' volleyball players in the Bay Area. Rose has coached teams at Encore Volleyball Club and Palo Alto Elite Volleyball Club.

Additionally, Rose has been involved in social impact initiatives. Rose was a founding member of Technovation in 2010, an organization that empowers girls to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders. Rose was part of the team that launched Technovation, and since then, over 10,000 girls from 78 countries have participated in the program.

In 2011, Rose worked at FIJI Water in a Direct-to-Consumer role, where they built the Fiji Water home delivery P&L for a new international market and created models to forecast market demand and impact on other distribution channels.

Overall, Rose Punkunus has a diverse background with experience in finance, operations, technology, coaching, and social impact initiatives.

Rose Punkunus has a Sc.B degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Additionally, they hold an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and they also participated in a one-semester UCLA/Tsinghua exchange program at Tsinghua University, where they obtained an MBA as well.