Joanne has many years of experience building, advising, acquiring and investing in growing technology businesses. She loves supporting founders as they build and scale their start ups. Prior to joining Cowboy, Joanne was on the investment team at private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, where she worked closely with the management teams of consumer internet, digital media, software and services companies, including in operating roles leading strategic projects at Catalina Marketing. She has also been a deal lead on the corporate development team at Google, focused on acquiring start ups. Joanne started her career in mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley. Joanne has dual degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate degree from Stanford. She founded and serves on the investment committee of The Women's Building in San Francisco.