Elisa Steele is the former chief executive officer at Namely.[1] Prior to being appointed to the role in August 2018,  Steele sat on the company’s board of directors.[2]

Elisa Steele
OccupationCo-Chair at Cornerstone
Steele at Web Summit in 2015.

Career

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Steele grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and moved to California in 1988.[3] She attended the University of New Hampshire and then went to graduate school at San Francisco State University.[3] After graduating with her MBA,[4] she worked for AT&T Business Services in enterprise sales before joining NetApp as senior vice president of corporate marketing.[5][3] In 2009, she became the chief marketing officer (CMO) for Yahoo!.[5] She went on to serve as CMO of Skype[6][7] and CMO & VP-Consumer Apps at Microsoft.[8][3][9]

In 2013, while at Microsoft, Steele was contacted by Jive Software and asked to join their board of directors.[10] She left Microsoft and joined Jive as the CMO and vice-president of strategy in early 2014.[10][11] At the end of the year, she was promoted to president.[12] In 2015, she was appointed CEO.[10][13][14]

In 2017, Steele was named to the board of directors for Namely, a human resources platform.[15] In 2018, she was appointed the CEO of Namely.[16][17][18] She was also appointed Chairwoman of the Board of Cornerstone OnDemand.[19][15] In June 2020, the founder and former CEO of Cornerstone, Adam Miller, joined Steele as the co-chair of the Board.[20] In 2020, Bumble announced Steele to its new board of directors.[21] She is also on the board of Splunk and JFrog.[22][23]

References

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  1. ^ CNBC (2018-08-02). "Namely Appoints Elisa Steele as CEO and Completes Growth Financing Round". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  2. ^ Connie Loizos (August 2, 2018). "Exclusive: HR startup Namely, once a high flier, gets a new CEO and $60 million in new funding to soar again". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Rogers, Bruce. "Elisa Steele Positions Jive For Enterprise Collaboration And Communications Platform Future". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. ^ "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  5. ^ a b "Yahoo Taps Elisa Steele For CMO Post". www.mediapost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. ^ "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  7. ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (2015-02-10). "Jive Software Names Elisa Steele Permanent CEO". Vox. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  8. ^ "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  9. ^ "Q&A: Elisa Steele, Jive executive VP of strategy, on finding work-life balance". The Mercury News. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  10. ^ a b c Rogers, Bruce. "Elisa Steele Positions Jive For Enterprise Collaboration And Communications Platform Future". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  11. ^ "Q&A: Elisa Steele, Jive executive VP of strategy, on finding work-life balance". The Mercury News. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  12. ^ "Ex-Skype CMO Elisa Steele takes helm at Jive Software after CEO steps down". GeekWire. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  13. ^ Fox, MeiMei. "Why Women Driven By Passion And Purpose Get Seats In Corporate Boardrooms". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  14. ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (2015-02-10). "Jive Software Names Elisa Steele Permanent CEO". Vox. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  15. ^ a b "Exclusive: HR startup Namely, once a high flier, gets a new CEO and $60 million in new funding to soar again". TechCrunch. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  16. ^ "Q&A: Elisa Steele, Jive executive VP of strategy, on finding work-life balance". The Mercury News. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  17. ^ Gross, Elana Lyn. "Namely's CEO Shares Her Advice For Anyone Struggling With Work-Life Balance". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  18. ^ Garrett, Brianne. "Move Over, Work-Life Balance. Hello, Work-Life 'Integration'". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  19. ^ LaPorte, Nicole (2020-07-15). "Bumble hits 100 million users—and has new plans to take over the dating world". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  20. ^ Hasan, Abid (2020-05-14). "Cornerstone CEO Adam Miller steps down from his role". People Matters. Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  21. ^ LaPorte, Nicole (2020-07-15). "Bumble hits 100 million users—and has new plans to take over the dating world". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  22. ^ "CSOD Company Profile & Executives - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  23. ^ "Exclusive: HR startup Namely, once a high flier, gets a new CEO and $60 million in new funding to soar again". TechCrunch. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-17.