Sterling joins the Albertini Group with over fourteen years of operational experience in technology companies. She has founded three start-ups, grown teams within large organizations and advised companies in sell-side transactions. Her unique perspective to organization-building comes from having first-hand experience of the cultural and execution requirements of companies at all stages of their life cycle.
Most recently, Sterling was VP Operations at venture-backed mobile video company where she grew the core team to 36-people and spear-headed execution that led the company to 52 million users world-wide. Prior to that, Sterling ran the OEM division of Synchronous, Inc. where she steered the organization through an acquisition by Motorola BCS. Before joining Synchronous, Sterling ran a 40-person international electronic payments company that she started in 1999. Earlier in her career, Sterling worked in Digital Home at Yahoo! and was part of the founding team of Andersen’s Corporate Finance and M&A practice.
Sterling studied finance and history at the University of Virginia where she graduated with honors. She pursued her MLA at Stanford University, and earned her MBA from the Harvard Business School.