Marie Velasco

Marie Velasco has held a variety of roles in the financial and technology industries since 2010. Marie began their career as an Investment Banking Analyst (TMT) at Goldman Sachs in 2010, followed by an Investment Banking Associate (TMT) role at Jefferies in 2012. In 2014, they worked as a Strategy & Planning Associate (Uber for Business) at Uber while completing their MBA at Wharton. From 2015 to 2018, Marie worked at dentsu international as a Senior Data Engineer and Data Engineer. Marie then moved to VaynerMedia as Vice President of Data Analytics Group in 2018. In 2019, Marie joined Airbnb as Sr. Group Strategy Director - North America, Head Of Strategy, and Director Of Marketplace Operations. Finally, in 2022, they began their current role as Vice President of Strategic Sales at Tontine, a full-service price optimization platform for Shopify & Shopify Plus brands.

Marie Velasco received their Master of Business Administration - MBA in Business Analytics from The Wharton School between 2013 and 2015. Prior to that, they obtained their Bachelor of Science - BS in Financial Mathematics and Statistics from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) between 2007 and 2010.