Ari Shahdadi

Ari Shahdadi is the current Head of Ops, Biz Dev, & People at Vanta. Prior to this, Ari was with Enneract Inc., Capsule, and Enigma Technologies, Inc. In their previous role as SVP, Global Head of Business Development and Partnerships at BuzzFeed, Ari led the company's strategic partnerships and general new business development function - starting several new lines of business that generated over $90M of new incremental revenue. Ari has also served as General Counsel for Tumblr and Associate for Gunderson Dettmer and Fish & Richardson P.C.

After completing a S.B. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ari Shahdadi pursued a M.Eng. in the same field from the same school. Ari then went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

Ari Shahdadi reports to Christina Cacioppo, CEO & Founder. They work with Stevie Case - Chief Revenue Officer, Christian Fatoohi - Head of Finance, and Matt Spitz - Head of Engineering.