Elena Adriana Cruz

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General Partner at Clearwater Partners | ex-Adobe

Clearwater Partners
Miami, FL · ET (UTC-5)
8+ years experience
Purdue University
English, Arabic
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Overview

27 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Previously an operator for 11 years before investing. Most at home with applied ML and product. Volunteer coding coach for school students.

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applied MLproductventure capital

Experience

  1. General Partner
    Jun 2024 - Present
    Clearwater Partners · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Miami, FL
    • Backed 33 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
  2. FP&A Manager
    Dec 2022 - Jun 2024
    Adobe · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Miami, FL
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 13.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
    HP · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Miami, FL
    • Ran diligence on 9 acquisitions.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 8 straight quarters.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Feb 2020 - Jul 2021
    Intuit · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Miami, FL
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 10 straight quarters.
  5. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
    Starbucks · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Miami, FL
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 11.

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Education

  1. Purdue University
    BS, Economics
    1995 - 1999

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