Missy Leiting is an accomplished executive leader with more than 20 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming high-growth organizations. As a COO and CFO, she has led finance, operations, human resources, technology, legal, and strategic initiatives across venture-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and mission-driven organizations.
Known for her ability to bring structure to complexity, Missy specializes in translating ambitious business goals into scalable operating models that accelerate growth while improving efficiency and accountability. Throughout her career, she has guided organizations through periods of rapid expansion, operational transformation, fundraising, system implementations, and organizational redesign.
Missy has successfully built and led cross-functional teams spanning finance, accounting, people operations, information technology, business operations, and strategic planning. Her leadership combines analytical rigor with a strong people-first approach, enabling organizations to strengthen culture while achieving measurable business outcomes.
More recently, Missy has been at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence into business operations, helping organizations leverage emerging technologies to improve productivity, streamline workflows, enhance decision-making, and create sustainable competitive advantages.
A trusted partner to CEOs, boards, investors, and leadership teams, Missy is passionate about building resilient organizations, developing future leaders, and creating systems that allow businesses to scale with confidence.