Saša Zorović

Summary

International operations and finance executive with a proven track record of success in scaling SaaS-based businesses through pivotal stages in their lifecycle. Strong focus on data and metrics driven operational execution, financial rigor, organic growth, and M&A. Unique combination of leadership, operating experience, and financial acumen. Collaborative approach that enables building strong working relationships across levels of an organization. Experienced and effective in a larger/public (Bloomberg, PTC) as well as private equity-backed companies (Advisor360, Impel). Brings passion and commitment to execution to a company seeking a disciplined, operational business and finance partner. Prior experience as successful founder and entrepreneur (sold Datalette to Bloomberg), board member (Claria, Datalette), Wall Street investor and analyst (Goldman Sachs, Oppenheimer), and strategy consultant (McKinsey). Key Strengths Include: BUSINESS PARTNER Shaped a growth strategy, at the highest strategic level, enhancing its financial performance, positioning the company to grow 20%+ CAGR and with 20%+ EBITDA margins, thus above the “rule of 40.” GLOBAL STRATEGY & OPERATIONS Addressed timeliness issues on product delivery roadmap. Unified multiple disjointed internal roadmaps into a single company-wide one with a common set of priorities and goals. Delivered on time and at quality for clients and internal teams. LEADING HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS Led initiative to improve on-time delivery, quality, and poor coordination between departments. Laid out an agenda of deliverables and introduced clear performance metrics. Improved quality and increased employee NPS scores by 20 percentage points. Caught up with client expectations, remediating a 4-year backlog of requested product functionality. LEVERAGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES; CAPTURING AI OPPORTUNITY Stood up a ready-to-use platform for both client-facing and internal efforts within 8 months after ChatGPT launch. PROCESS OPTIMIZATION After a 3-way merger, the resulting company struggled with productivity and low margins, realizing sub-par returns to investors. Closed 2 redundant offices, centralized and consolidated operations and finance/IT teams, exited unprofitable product lines not showing a path to profitability. Realized 12% in expense savings in 6 months. FUNDRAISING, M&A AND SALE/EXIT • Raised multiple rounds of equity and debt. Acquired four companies over an 18-month period totaling $500M in value. Sold Datalette (to Bloomberg), delivering a compelling exit to investors.