Alice Ella Harris

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Co-founder & CTO at Quill Foods | ex-Commonwealth Bank

Quill Foods
Auckland, New Zealand · NZST (UTC+12)
11+ years experience
Melbourne Business School
English
Raising
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Overview

Building Quill Foods in Auckland - HR software. Raised $39 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Commonwealth Bank and CIMB. Most at home with SaaS and sales. Outside work: long runs and longer podcasts.

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Skills
automationSaaSHR techsales
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - insurance claims for shipping lines, $41k MRR

Stage
Series B
Raising
$41k
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$644k from angels
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
$41k MRR after 17 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

$41k MRR after 17 months. Looking for investors who know climate tech and can help with expansion into the UK.

Auckland, New Zealandsalesautomationsaas
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Dec 2025 - Present
    Quill Foods · 10 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Took Quill Foods from zero to $11 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small HR software company.
  2. Financial Analyst
    Oct 2023 - Dec 2025
    Commonwealth Bank · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 11.
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jun 2020 - Sep 2023
    CIMB · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 10 straight quarters.
    • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  4. Finance Manager
    Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
    Coupang · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  5. Financial Analyst
    Dec 2015 - Nov 2018
    Naver · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $71 million raise.

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Education

  1. Melbourne Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2008 - 2010
  2. University of Melbourne
    BSc, Engineering
    2001 - 2005

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