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Anna is the Chief Marketing Officer at Athena. She graduated from St. Paul Manila with a degree in Business Management. Impressively, she earned cum laude honors for her hard work. Following her undergraduate studies, she attended the University of the Philippines where she received her MBA. Additionally, she holds a post-graduate degree at JAIMS, located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

I help organizations navigate transformation and grow the bottom line by bringing technology and talented people together to create optimized and engaging digital and people driven outcomes. With 20 years of multi-disciplined experience spanning Human Capital, People and Talent Strategy, Operations, and Technology, I have had the privilege of leading both small and large, multi-national teams in a variety of industries and functions. I inspire teams to deliver aspirational outcomes, and I thrive in roles steeped in building strategy and executing change -- what can I do to enable your organization's success?

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Notable successes and strengths…

• Agile, Adaptable, and Collaborative: Played key roles in creating and formalizing B2B and B2C strategies and roadmaps through partnerships spanning multiple functions.

• Process and Culture Transformation through lean, agile, and design thinking methodologies.

• Global Workforce Management: Supervised up to 5500 people across facilities in 20 countries across NAM, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. Built several high performance organizations from the ground up in different functions and disciplines.

• Diverse Experience: Applied unique background in Industrial and Organizational Psychology to motivate and mobilize organizations in Program Management, Business Operations, HR/HCM, Contact Centers, Digital and Traditional Customer Experience, Change Management, Application Development, Product Development, and Service Strategy.

• Bottom Line Impact: Extensive track record of success in building, optimizing, coordinating, and executing on-target, on-budget programs with over >$750M in EBITDA impact.

• Financial Acumen: Managed P&L and departmental budgets ranging from $50M to $1.2B.



• Global, Multi-product Organizations;

• Scalable Organizational Design;

• Leadership Development & Coaching;

• Compensation & Incentive Plans;

• Cross-cultural Mentoring & DEI programs;

• Performance Management;

• Employee Engagement & Retention;

• B2C and B2B CX Service Innovation;

• People and Talent Strategy;

• Client and Brand Advocacy;

• Six Sigma, Lean, & Agile Best Practices;

• Go-To-Market Strategy & Execution;

• P&L Management;

• Stakeholder and Change Management;

• Portfolio & Program Execution;

• Enterprise-wide Transformations;

• E2E Process Re-design & Optimization;

• HR/HCM Service Innovation;

• Go-To-Market Project Execution;

• Program and Project Management;

• Change Management;

• Operations and Cost Efficiency;

• Cross-cultural & Global Teaming;

• Stakeholder Engagement & Consensus Building.

As the CEO of Athena, a cutting-edge technology company that provides AI-empowered assistants for business optimization, I lead a team of talented and passionate professionals who share a common vision of transforming the way organizations operate and grow. I co-founded Athena in 2021, after successfully exiting from TaskUs, a global outsourcing company that I helped scale from a startup to a market leader with over 20,000 employees and $500 million in annual revenue.



With more than 20 years of experience in management, operations, and business development, I have a proven track record of delivering results, driving innovation, and building high-performance teams. I have extensive expertise in customer relationship management (CRM), process improvement, new business development, and international expansion. I am also a member of YPO, a global network of chief executives who are committed to learning, leadership, and impact. I am always eager to take on new challenges, learn from others, and make a positive difference in the world.

Eliot Gattegno is Managing Director of the Office of Digital Education at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Minerva Schools. He works with creative and innovative organizations around the world exploring the space between technology and education and what can happen where they intersect. Previously a professor of business and arts at NYU where he taught in the Program on Creativity + Innovation, he has been part of founding four universities and has been published in outlets ranging from Oxford University Press to Techcrunch, NBC News, and Quartz. He studied at Harvard University, Stanford University and has a doctorate from UC San Diego. He is also a critically acclaimed musician.

Director of Matching at Athena.



I am an experienced learning design professional who has built and launched online programs from zero to one using research-based practices. I leverage my passion for the study of motivation to create engaging, learner-centered educational experiences.