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Previously, Elizabeth Loar was the Chief Financial Officer at SnapLogic, where she is responsible for overseeing the company’s finance and accounting functions. Elizabeth is an experienced corporate controller and management consultant specializing in business process reengineering for finance organizations. She previously served as SnapLogic’s Corporate Controller and before that was the director of financial planning and analysis at Merchant e-Solutions. Elizabeth holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor’s of Science from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Elizabeth joined SnapLogic in 2016 as the company’s Corporate Controller and was subsequently promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration. A key member of SnapLogic’s executive team, she oversees Accounting, Finance, HR, and Legal functions. As SnapLogic’s top finance leader, Elizabeth has been instrumental in the company’s successive financing rounds of over $150 million. Thanks to Elizabeth’s hard work and tireless dedication, SnapLogic just closed it’s latest funding round last month, which will enable it to execute on its Enterprise Automation vision for months and years to come. Elizabeth’s strengths are numerous, but she stands out as a respected and inspirational leader at SnapLogic for a couple important reasons: — She is data-driven and results-oriented. Data-driven may be the industry buzzword du jour but Elizabeth truly embodies what it means to be data-driven. She leads by example, providing key data points to back up any and all recommendations and decisions, and insists all at the company do the same. Under Elizabeth’s leadership, initiatives at SnapLogic live or die based on supporting data and proven results, which has aligned all employees around common goals, deliverables, and metrics. She has been instrumental in driving SnapLogic’s winning data culture, a critical enabler of the company’s success to-date. — She is a chief supporter and ally to other women leaders at SnapLogic. As the only woman on the company’s leadership team, she champions the strengths and contributions of all the women who work at SnapLogic. Elizabeth is living proof that SnapLogic is a place where women thrive and can do their best work. Under Elizabeth’s insistence and leadership, SnapLogic is a champion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with more than 30 percent of its engineering and technical teams being women. Under her direction, the company proudly celebrates women in tech year round, with monthly guest speakers, happy hours, and an internal networking group for women to build community. In terms of management style, Elizabeth is a strategic leader, a beloved manager, a clear communicator, a collaborative colleague, and an inspiring mentor. She demands intensity, integrity, and innovation from all who work with and for her. She deftly balances high demands and expectations of others with a warm, collaborative, supportive personality. With her data-driven approach, everyone knows what the company is aiming to achieve, where they stand at all times, and how they can contribute to the company’s success. In short: Elizabeth leads by example and brings out the best in others.
Elizabeth is a great leader. She … — has a compelling vision for the Finance office of the future — is adept at both big picture strategy and roll up the sleeves execution — brings on board the latest technologies to innovate and propel her function — is a strong people manager and is beloved by her team — is a model for collaboration across teams, functions, geographies — is a joy to work with, always with a smile and ready to help out for the good of the company
Elizabeth is one of those leaders of finance who effectively enables product strategy instead of just managing the expense like many in her role typically do. It is great to partner with her because you can bet that she will have the best ideas to move your goal forward. She is extremely talented, has highest levels of integrity, works very hard and it is a pleasure to work with.
Elizabeth is one of those people who exudes the grace of a swan, even when there is furious paddling going on beneath the water. She has deftly handled even the most difficult characters in our business interactions, always getting to the point. She has a very sharp mind, not being phazed by technical terminology, knowing who to ask when needed.
Leadership, people, and business skills. A fantastic business partner with executives in the organization, skills include a deep understanding of business drivers and underlying non-financial information to manage intelligent resource decisions plus talent acquisition and retention.
Incredibly intelligent and intuitive on all aspects of our business – from the F&A side of things to operations to personnel to revenue growth. An incredible manager to her team and leader within the executive management team. Earns and maintains so much respect for her work ethic.
Always one of the first people in the office and assessable at all times. Elizabeth takes on Finance, Administration and HR at SnapLogic and is part of our executive team. She has a firm but fair way about her. She also loves craft beer. Definitely a strength in my books.
Great executive to work with. Always brings a broad picture to a conversation providing great insights into the land of business while delivering value for the customers and all the departments internally. An enabler of great culture. Leads by example.
Transparency, dedication to the company and its employees, strong female presence which is an inspiration to other women, and not intimidating. Even though she is in a high management role, she makes it comfortable for anyone to ask her about anything.
Elizabeth is a creative thinker who finds out-of-the-box ways towards a solution. Elizabeth takes suggestions into consideration, but is also decisive to keep things moving forward. She is approachable and has a strong work ethic.
Elizabeth is super reliable, always working her hardest, and is there for anyone who may have questions or concerns. She’s supportive and understanding and all around a great person to work with.
Elizabeth’s core strengths as VP of Finance at SnapLogic are acting with intensity and integrity to drive the right business behavior and removing obstacles to achieve SnapLogic’s growth.
Elizabeth is a great person to work with. She is driven, knowledgeable, and does a great job in growing our company. She works well with all departments and to external clients.
She is a true leader in every sense of the word. She is calm, a voice of reason in times of chaos. She is a mentor and is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with.
Amazing financial and operational support at any given time. One of the best female executives I have worked with in technology for over 25 years
Elizabeth is very collaborative with other parts of the organization while maintaining a focus on driving growth. She communicates well.
Financial Planning Board management Fundraising HR/Benefits Nurturing our distinctive culture Work Ethic Courage Loyalty
Elizabeth is strategic and meticulous with her execution. She maintains reasonability in world that is sometimes messy.
Positive with focus on company but at the same time has a family first (I’m sure we’re all family with Elizabeth)
Elizabeth is knowledgeable, a great leader and has worked tirelessly to close on funding for the company.
super smart and Knowledgeable, Great interpersonal skills, outgoing and friendly. always ready to help
Elizabeth is able to see across the different areas and functions to provide solutions to problems.
Quietly works behind the scenes to make the magic happen and keep everyone in line.
She has the uncanny ability to scale companies in highly competitive environments.
Great leader, professional, well-rounded, thoughtful