Fiona Zhao

About Fiona Zhao

A serial entrepreneur co-founder of disruptive no-code, finance, data science, AI & decentralized platforms. Co-Founder & COO of Power Web5 — the only Web5 platform & DB.\"Co-create the future in real-time with the new internet.\" Free @ https://PowerWeb5.ai. Free for unlimited users. Decentralized. AI powered. Offline-capable. Integrated everywhere. Own your data.#1 no/low-code platform in CIOReview Magazine.Join community of Power Sheet — no-code/low-code AI powered Web5 universal app/DB builder & smart spreadsheets for finance, data science, planning & hyper-automation AI. Co-create (standalone), AI generate (from any spreadsheet or data source) or embed & sync (instantly transforming any doc, spreadsheet, app or site) no-code apps, DBs & smart spreadsheets — with embedded automatic Power Tables, Dashboards, Forms, Task Boards, Calendars, Power Formulas, Python, JS, SQL & Web5DB. Web5DB — the only Web5 & offline-capable PWA DB. 615x faster & more scalable vs top cloud DBs & blockchains. Edit, sync, merge & query any kind of data (GBs of graph, JSON, multi-dimensional, time series) instantly, even offline, always conflict-free. Power Invest AI — auto invest in stocks & crypto. Based on hundreds of indicators, data sources, social sentiment & fundamentals in real-time. Showcases what\'s easy to build & only possible with Power Web5. Free @ https://PowerInvest.ai Web5 Smart Content Marketplace — Build from, share & sell smart templates & building blocks in our embeddable decentralized marketplace or private cross-org libraries. Template everything — apps, rows, sheets, formulas.Embed & smart sync platform/created apps in 1-click into existing spreadsheets, docs, sites, messages & apps — Excel, G Sheets, Teams, SharePoint, Salesforce, QuickBooks & moreI\'m ex Microsoft. A data science, automation, finance, Excel, predictive analytics guru with a track record of co-founding and growing high-tech companies into industry disrupting multinationals featured on the cover of magazines, while overseeing all operations and playing a critical role in product design, consulting, marketing, consulting, sales & strategy.An entrepreneurial & intrapreneurial leader who successfully transformed Fortune from descriptive reporting to predictive analytics, leading first adoption of data science, as well as finance modernization, automation, cloud migrations & digital transformation.Welcoming VCs to join our Seed round to expand in LA & Seattle – see Investors Deck ( https://PowerWeb5.ai/InvestDeck) or email I••••••••@PowerSheet.ai

Experience

1. Director of Finance

   Symetra

   Apr 2013 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   FP & A leadership: enterprise-wide strategic financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, driving performance through KPI alignment and cross-functional collaboration• Finance transformation & AI Adoption: implementing AI-driven automation, designing data structures for analytics, and piloting AI/ML use cases to improve financial efficiency• Financial Operations: month-end activities, fixed assets, technical accounting research

Education

• Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  MBA, Finance and General Management

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Financial Reporting
• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&a) | Financing | Investment | Due Diligence
• Business Strategy
• Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Business Intelligence – Power Bi | Tableau | Sql | Dax | Dashboards | Interactive Reports | Powerapps | Power Query | Oracle Bi | Hyperion Planning | Real-Time Insights
• Program Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Valuation
• Strategy
• Financial Services
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Due Diligence
• Corporate Finance
• Vendor Management
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Finance
• Variance Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Business Intelligence
• Management
• Business Intelligence — Power Bi | Tableau | Sql | Dax | Dashboards | Interactive Reports | Powerapps | Power Query | Oracle Bi | Hyperion Planning | Real-Time Insights
• Financial Planning
• Microsoft Access
• Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Leadership
• Risk Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Budgeting
• Business Analysis