Katelyn Quaresma
Partner
Katelyn successfully leads our CFO practice and has placed executives across the C-Suite at numerous public and private equity backed companies. With a focus on the finance function, she has worked with notable firms like Thoma Bravo, Clearlake, TA Associates, Apax, and others in solving critical search needs, resulting in successful placements.
Katelyn has been with Bespoke Partners since 2015 and has conducted successful searches at companies such as: ECI, BeyondTrust/Bomgar, MyCase, Brightly, Medallia, QAD, Mailgun, Government Brands, WebPT, Imprivata, Pluralsight and many more. She has led more than 250 successful CFO searches during her time at Bespoke, driving over 15 company exits exceeding $20 billion. She has reach; Katelyn has orchestrated successful placements of high-impact executives for a wide spectrum of clients, including growth oriented, buyout stage, IPO Public carveouts and turnarounds, among many more.
Before finishing Law School (Magna Cum Laude) in San Diego, Katelyn graduated with her BA in Psychology from California State University Long Beach, where she was a Division I athlete, playing soccer for the 49ers.
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Number of dairy cattle on our family farm in Northern California
10
# of inches of rain compounded by 20mph headwinds and 29* weather at the 2018 Boston Marathon- finishing time 3:35
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Years played DI soccer for Long Beach State
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