Cindy serves as interim head of marketing for Xaira, and she was previously interim head of HR. She heads the branding and people functions for Foresite Labs. She is also head of communications and people for Foresite Capital. 

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Cindy brings more than 20 years of experience as a marketing executive at technology startups, including two co-founder stints with successful exits. Prior to Foresite, she was a consultant to early and mid-stage startups with clients in entertainment, healthcare and professional services. She served as VP marketing at We Heart It, the social image-sharing platform with 40MM members. Cindy co-founded mobile ad targeting platform Metaresolver, acquired by public company Millennial Media within a year of its founding, and mobile content company Moderati, acquired by Bellrock Media. She has also held executive-level positions in HR, including serving as VP People for Yelp. 

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Cindy holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Business Administration (Phi Beta Kappa) from the Haas school at U.C. Berkeley.