Brittany Forsyth
Founder at Backbone Angels
Profile
Brittany is an operating advisor at Bessemer and a founding partner at Backbone Angels, an angel collective aimed at providing more opportunities to Women and non-binary founders.
Prior to Backbone Angels, she was the chief talent officer at Shopify where she built the talent function from the ground up, growing a team of 20 employees to a global team of over 10,000.
During her time at Shopify she was integral to their IPO in 2015, international expansion (opening offices in Toronto, Waterloo, San Francisco, Berlin, Sweden, Vilnius, and more), and managed the acquisition and successful integration of eight global companies.
Brittany earned her BA from Carleton University and an executive MBA from Harvard Business School.
Outside of nerding out on humans and mentoring founders, you can generally find her on the move.
She has a passion for travel, adventure, and new learnings.
Brittany Forsyth active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Backbone Angels | Founder | 2021-02-28 |
Deer Management Co. LLC
Deer Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Consultant / Advisor | 2021-12-31 |
Former positions of Brittany Forsyth
Companies | Position | End |
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SHOPIFY INC. | Human Resources Officer | - |
Training of Brittany Forsyth
Carleton University | Undergraduate Degree |
Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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SHOPIFY INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 2 |
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Deer Management Co. LLC
Deer Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
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