Tony Rizzo

About Tony Rizzo

I’m an enterprise product leader with deep experience building and scaling SaaS platforms for CFOs and CHROs, focused on turning complex financial and people data into actionable decisions.Across my career, I’ve led large, cross-functional product organizations and platform transformations spanning financial planning, workforce analytics, compensation, spend management, and enterprise data platforms. My work has consistently centered on systems with real decision gravity - where accuracy, trust, and workflow integration matter more than surface-level features.I’m particularly interested in how AI can be embedded natively into core enterprise workflows, moving beyond insight generation to decision support and execution at scale. This includes applying AI to scenario modeling, constraint-based optimization, and operational planning in environments where the cost of error is high.In parallel with my operating background, I advise select early-stage companies building AI-native platforms in complex enterprise domains. My advisory work typically focuses on product narrative, customer traction signals, success metrics, and fundraising readiness, complementing hands-on leadership experience without taking on execution ownership.I’m currently open to senior product and platform leadership roles where the mandate is to build durable, AI-driven systems for finance and/or people leaders.

Experience

1. Product & Customer Success Advisor

   Antela.Ai

   Feb 2026 — Present · San Ramon, CA, US

   Advising the founding team on product adoption, customer success strategy, and early go-to-market for an AI-native commercial real estate platform.Supporting customer feedback loops, success metrics, investor narrative framing, and fundraising readiness. Providing senior-level perspective on embedding AI into operational workflows for decision-oriented enterprise use cases.

Education

• Western Connecticut State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting and Finance

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Data Warehousing
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Customer Service
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Dashboard
• Enterprise Project Management (Epm)
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Epm
• Cloud Computing
• Consolidation
• Big Data
• Erp
• Saas
• Business Alliances
• Business Intelligence
• Business Process Improvement
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Start-Ups
• Sap Businessobjects
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Sap
• Solution Selling
• Business Planning
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Essbase
• Solution Architecture
• Business Performance Management
• Enterprise Software
• Business Process
• Committed to Professionalism
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Business Analytics
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership