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Jennifer Ceran
Advisory Board Member
Bio:

Jennifer joined Smartsheet, a leading SaaS platform that enables organizations, teams and individuals achieve more, in September 2016 as their CFO where she leads finance, IT, procurement and facilities.  Prior to Smartsheet she was the CFO of Quotient Technology, (formerly Coupons.com) a publicly traded company in the digital coupons space.  For three years, she also served as VP finance for Box Inc., a leading content management company, where she was responsible for helping the founders scale the company and prepare for a successful IPO.


From 2003 to 2012, Jennifer held various positions at eBay Inc., a global e-commerce and payments company including vice president (VP) and treasurer, VP financial planning and analysis and VP investor relations.  She also ran their first finance leadership development program.  Jennifer has received numerous recognitions during her career.  She was recognized by Treasury and Risk Management Magazine from 2006 through 2009 as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance”.  In 2011, she was ranked #1 investor relations professional in the internet industry by Institutional Investor by Sell Side analysts.  In 2017, she received the honorable Puget Sound Business Journal CFO of the year award.


Prior to joining eBay, Jennifer spent three years at Cisco Systems Inc. where she was a director in treasury both in Ireland and the U.S. and more than ten years at Sara Lee Corporation in finance roles of increasing responsibility including three years in the Netherlands.  She started her career as an analyst at Merrill Lynch for two years prior to attending business school.


Jennifer holds a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and french from Vanderbilt University.  In her free time Jennifer enjoys spending time adventuring with her family and friends.