Show Notes
In this episode of This Week in NET, Heather Orsi, Director of Strategic Finance & Investor Relations at Cloudflare, shares her unusual career path across finance, startups, and tech, and what it means to communicate Cloudflare’s story to investors and analysts.
Heather talks about her first days at Cloudflare just after the IPO, what it takes to explain a highly technical company to Wall Street, and how finance, strategy, and storytelling come together in investor relations.
This conversation is part of the Women of Cloudflare series for Women’s Empowerment Month.
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⏱️ Timestamps 00:38 — From banking and startups to Cloudflare 02:21 — Joining Cloudflare right after the IPO 04:16 — Explaining a deeply technical company to investors 06:31 — Communicating Cloudflare’s story to analysts 08:51 — The role of investor relations inside a tech company 11:16 — Being a woman in finance and tech 13:11 — Advice for people starting a career in finance
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