Pascal Schaary

About Pascal Schaary

I help companies to scale and run better.How? 1) by building empowered teams that make quick decisions, prioritize well, embrace learning from failure, become super resourceful and adopt front-to-back ownership of their focus areas2) by creating systems that empower end-users and designing workflow that improves operating efficiencies and controls, without loss of creativity Strong reputation for persistence and execution.Love fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.

Experience

1. SVP, Business Operations

   Datadog

   May 2014 — Present · NY, US

   Datadog is the observability and security platform for cloud applications.I joined Datadog as employee #27 to lead Operations, Finance, HR & Corp IT and scaled us to 180 employees within 20 months.Now I\'m focusing on national & international expansion while continuously scaling and improving our infrastructure as we\'re growing towards employees across 6 continents.My goal is to keep our employees safe, happy and productive.

Education

• Fordham Gabelli School of Business

  MBA, Finance & Entrepreneurship

  2007 — 2009

• Stellenbosch University

  Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)

  1996 — 1999

• AICPA / Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

  Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) / Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)

  2004

Skills

• Coaching
• Financial Modeling
• Management Reporting
• Project Management
• Regulatory Affairs
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Start-Ups
• Process Improvement
• Control Design & Implementation
• Budgets
• Finance
• Risk Management
• Policy & Compliance Enforcement
• Team Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Relationship Management
• Change Management
• Financial Analysis