Orisa Cherenfant

Orisa Cherenfant is the VP of Strategy & Operations at Twilio. Prior to joining, they were the CFO at Baker Hughes GE Digital and the VP of Commercial Operations & Strategy at GE Digital. At Baker Hughes GE Digital, Orisa lead FP&A, commercial finance, accounting and sourcing personnel in developing financial frameworks and establishing operating rhythms to deliver revenue growth and gross margin expansion. Orisa also partnered with the CEO & leadership team to re-define and execute on business strategy consisting of R&D investment and IIoT market capture. At GE Digital, Orisa built and led a team of 13 high-performing commercial professionals responsible for driving sales operational excellence in support of significant annual orders growth in GE's digital start-up P&L. Orisa also performed industry bench-marking to establish success metrics, scalable commercial processes (QMI, Quarterly Business Reviews, After Action Reviews) and optimal organizational structures for increased deal velocity. This resulted in optimized cross-functional teams (sales excellence, pricing, deal desk operations, risk management, and commercial technology) as well as annualized cost savings. Orisa also owned and managed the Sales Incentive Program for ~200 digital sellers, ensuring incentive alignment with overall business strategy.

Orisa Cherenfant graduated from the Boston College Carroll School of Management with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing.