Hi, I’m Annie.
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it’s where I’ve put down roots — with a teenager and a toddler under the same roof, a grumpy old dog who has seen better days, and a garden that actually feeds us some of the time, which still feels like a small miracle.
I’ve spent 25 years in tech — building companies, leading teams, and sitting in the rooms where strategy gets made and then remade. I’ve been a three-time C-level executive at growth-stage and global SaaS companies, which is a formal way of saying I’ve done a lot of things, broken a few, fixed most of them, and learned constantly. Right now I’m COO at Interact, where I work with a small, sharp team on the surprisingly human problem of how companies build real relationships with their customers online.
I also spend meaningful time as a mentor, advisor, and coach to mid- and senior-level leaders who are navigating the shift from doing to leading — figuring out who they are when the title changes, when the company changes, or when they change. I’m a part-time partner at The House Fund, an early-stage venture fund in the UC Berkeley ecosystem, and I write a small number of angel checks each year into founders and ideas I genuinely believe in. To date, 80% of my portfolio companies are women- or minority-founded — something I’m proud of and intend to keep true.
For the past eight years I’ve helped grow Moms in Tech, a global community of 19,000 operators and executives who happen to also be mothers. It started as a scrappy group chat and turned into something I’m genuinely moved by.
I write a weekly column at the San Mateo Daily Journal on technology, culture, and the texture of everyday life. I’m about to publish my third non-fiction book. I speak regularly on AI, modern parenting, women in leadership, civic life, and the places where all of those things collide.
Locally, I try to show up. I serve on the City of San Mateo Library Board, the San Mateo County Housing and Community Development Committee, and the boards of Techtonica and the San Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce. I care about public education, housing, and what it actually means to build a community worth living in.
If any of this resonates — or if you just want to talk — I’d love to hear from you.
Contact
email: hi@annietsai.co
twitter: @meannie
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