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Alex Ip

Go-getter · DISC type d
Chief Financial Officer at Newfront
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Alex Ip is a seasoned finance executive and the Chief Financial Officer at Newfront, specializing in scaling high-growth technology companies. With an MBA from Harvard and a degree from Cornell, his career spans leadership roles at startups like Stitch Fix and MasterClass, as well as corporate development at eBay and Amazon.

He has a notable track record of building finance functions from the ground up, having been the first finance hire at both Stitch Fix and MasterClass, guiding them through periods of exponential revenue growth.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Chief Financial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Alex shows up

Fast-Paced
Vision Oriented
Decisive

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They respond well to confident salespeople. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Alex cares about

Scaling Businesses
He has extensive experience leading finance for high-growth companies, overseeing 17x bookings growth at MasterClass and significant revenue increases at Stitch Fix.
Building Finance Teams
As the first finance hire at two major startups, he built and led FP&A and accounting functions. He frequently posts about hiring for his growing teams.
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Career

Work history

12-2020
Chief Financial Officer
Newfront
7-2017 - 10-2020
VP of Finance
MasterClass, Inc.
3-2013 - 12-2016
Head of Finance
Stitch Fix
6-2011 - 3-2013
Corporate Development
eBay
6-2010 - 8-2010
Corporate Development
Amazon.com
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2009 - 2011
MBA
Harvard Business School
2000 - 2004
2004
Cornell University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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