Today marks my last day at
Copado after four incredible years, and what an amazing ride it’s been!
When I joined in February 2021, I had never worked at a startup and had just a couple of years of Deal Desk experience under my belt. Copado took a chance on me, offering the opportunity to build something from the ground up, and it turned into one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.
I laughed, I cried, I failed, I learned… and wow, did I grow!
In four years, I had the chance to:
✅ Build out the Deal Desk function
🏆 Be recognized as Copado Employee of the Year
🤝 Grow into my first people management role and have the privilege of leading a global team of the BEST Deal Desk pros out there
📈 Partner with Sales on countless deals and approvals
🛠️ Implement a ticketing system and overhaul the order management process
⚙️ Spearhead a CPQ reimplementation
🚀 Support multiple product launches and enablement rollouts
🎉 Attend company events full of laughs, connections, and toasts to our wins (and lessons learned!)
🎯 Close out 16 EOQs - complete with late nights, nonstop Slack messages, and lots of 🍷😂
But above all, the best part has been the people - especially my team (
Behshad Nowroozi, Karina King,
Chelsea Keene,
Amy Graham). To the team that taught me what it truly means to be a leader, made coming to work every day fun, and made it so easy to be their manager: thank you doesn’t even cut it. I’m beyond grateful for every lesson, every laugh, and every deal we tackled together.
And to everyone else who was part of the journey (there are too many to name!), THANK YOU for the lessons, laughs, and support along the way. Wishing the Copado team continued success - I’ll be cheering you on from the sidelines!
I can’t wait to share what’s next, but first.. a honeymoon! Oh, and did I mention? I got married on Saturday! Here’s to a whole lot of new beginnings! 🥂