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Melissa Forstell McAneny

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Director of Operations & Strategy at Trunk Tools
📍 New York, New York, United States

Melissa is the Director of Operations at Trunk Tools, leveraging her MIT MBA and materials engineering background to transform the construction industry. At SpaceX, she was a product manager and engineering lead, managing teams for NASA and Air Force missions and contributing to human space flight advancements.

Outside of her professional life, Melissa is passionate about empowering women in construction, recently speaking at a NAWIC conference. She also enjoys a variety of personal interests including scuba diving, skiing, music, and traveling to new places.

Unique fact: She holds a patent application for a Sapphire Thin Flexible Layer Fabrication Technique.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Director of Operations & Strategy
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
Personality Overview

How Melissa shows up

Driven But Considerate
Dynamic But Sincere
Friendly But Fast

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Melissa cares about

AI in Construction
Her current company, Trunk Tools, is building the "AI brain for construction. " She recently spoke at a National Association of Women in Construction conference about the topic.
Go-to-Market Strategy
As the co-founder and COO of Stack AI, she was responsible for managing products and driving go-to-market strategies for their computer vision tool.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Director of Operations & Strategy
Trunk Tools
6-2023 - 7-2024
Chief of Staff
Trunk Tools
7-2022 - 3-2023
Chief Operating Officer
Stack
6-2021 - 8-2021
Product Manager
nTopology
1-2021 - 8-2021
Venture Scout
Draper Associates
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Media appearances

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Education
2020 - 2022
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014 - 2015
Master of Science (M.S.)
UCLA
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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