Michelle Zatlyn
Michelle Zatlyn | |
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Citizenship | Canada |
Education | McGill University (BS) Harvard Business School (MBA) |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Title | Co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, Inc. |
Website | www |
Michelle Zatlyn is co-founder, president, and chief operating officer of the cybersecurity firm Cloudflare.[1] She also serves on the company's board of directors.[1]
Early life and education[]
Zatlyn was raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.[2][3]
She graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 2001 and then got a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.[4]
Career[]
After working at Google and Toshiba, Zatlyn joined the startup I Love Rewards (later Achievers), a global employee rewards program.[5][6]
Zatlyn co-founded Cloudflare with Harvard Business School classmates Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway in 2009.[7][4] She sits on Cloudflare's board and serves as the company's president and COO.[1][8]
In speaking about her co-founding of Cloudflare, she states:
When we came up with Cloudflare, I knew nothing about internet security, but I care a lot about liking what I'm doing. I knew if I could help create internet security, that's something I could work hard for and be proud [of]; 10 years later, we have 165 data centres, 12 million domains and more than 800 employees.[9]
Zatlyn was appointed to the board of directors for Australian software company, Atlassian, in September 2021.[10] She is a member of the Cybersecurity team of the Aspen Institute.[11]
Awards[]
Zatlyn was named as one of Forbes magazine's "40 Under 40" (2017)[12] and "50 Self-Made Women" (2021);[8] she was also nominated as C100's "Icon of Canadian Entrepreneurship" (2019).[13] As of 2021, she is a member of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum.[14]
References[]
- ^ a b c Mehta, Stephanie (2020-12-17). "Exclusive: Cloudflare promotes Michelle Zatlyn to president, a gain for women in tech". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Hicks, Glenn. "Saskatchewan billionaire, Prince Albert's Michelle Zatlyn, becomes Wall Street tech titan". paNOW. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Groundbreaking Women Honoured by Province as Agents of Change". Saskatoon Starphoenix. March 9, 2020.
- ^ a b Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2020-11-06). "Why the CEO of a $350 Million Internet Security Company Practices Radical Transparency". Inc.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "I Love Rewards is Now Achievers - Employee Rewards and Recognition Programs". Achievers. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ Wisenthal, Lucas. "Internet entrepreneur hits the world stage". mcgillnews.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Michelle Zatlyn". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ a b Cai, Kenrick. "Cloudflare Cofounder Michelle Zatlyn Is New Billionaire As Stock Reaches New High". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Michelle Zatlyn: 'That's why I fell in love with tech. We're helping customers and users around the world'; Cloudflare co-founder knew nothing about internet security, but cared a lot about liking what she was doing". The Globe and Mail. Feb 11, 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Moore, Ben (September 10, 2021). "Atlassian names billionaire Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn to Board of Directors". CRN Australia. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Michelle Zatlyn". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Michelle Zatlyn". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ C100 (2019-08-30). "C100's Charter Members have nominated Michelle Zatlyn as C100's 2019 "Icon of Canadian…". Medium. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Community". The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
External links[]
- Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn on getting funding for crazy ideas - TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 interview - September 17, 2020
- Living people
- McGill University alumni
- Harvard Business School alumni
- Chief operating officers
- Women corporate executives
- Canadian women business executives
- World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders
- Cloudflare people