Our Leaders

Francoise Brougher serves as Chief Executive Officer of Velocity Global and is responsible for leading the company’s vision, strategy, and execution. Francoise has over 25 years of leadership experience in strategy, business, and operations at industry-leading technology disruptors, including Google, Square, and Pinterest, where she led multithousand-person global organizations responsible for multibillion-dollar sales and operations revenue. Most recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer at Pinterest, where she grew revenue from $500 million to $1.1 billion, expanded operations to 20 countries, and helped take the company public in two years. Francoise is a sought-after board member and was appointed to Velocity Global’s board of directors in 2022. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley, happily graduating from swim mom, ski mom, and soccer mom to dog mom in the last couple of years.

Craig serves as the Chief Revenue Officer at Velocity Global, responsible for driving the company’s sales strategy, growing the team across regions, and expanding the company’s partnership ecosystem. Craig has a proven track record of leading successful sales teams at top SaaS companies, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Anaplan. He is known for his customer-first focus, authentic leadership style, and commitment to transparency, and believes in bringing out the unique strengths of every person on the team.

When not with his family hosting gatherings, traveling, or pursuing their entrepreneurial interests, Craig enjoys being in nature and running on trails wherever his travels take him to enjoy the sunrise. 
 

Shawn oversees all aspects of Velocity Global's legal affairs. Before joining the company, he worked at a large national law firm representing high-growth companies. He loves the entrepreneurial spirit and continues to serve on the board of several of his former clients.

Twice a year, Shawn and his global team gather in person from all over the world for a multi-day planning meeting—these experiences continue to strengthen Shawn’s belief in the incredible value of diverse voices and perspectives for solving problems. When working remotely, he’s drawn to little cafés with the “perfect level of ambient distraction.”

Carol serves as Chief Human Resources Officer at Velocity Global. As the company expands its global footprint, Carol will be responsible for providing strategic leadership for hiring, developing and retaining our global workforce. 

Carol is an experienced people leader, board member and advisor with more than three decades of experience across all aspects of HR. She has created, scaled and led diverse teams at companies across different stages of growth from early seed rounds through IPO and as post-public companies. Most recently, Carol was the Chief People Officer at Binance.US, a technology and brand licensee of Binance.com, where she built the people team, grew in over 15 countries, and oversaw an eight-fold increase in headcount growth to a workforce of over 800. 

Now an empty-nester, Carol lives with her husband in the Bay Area. In her free time, she enjoys remodeling old houses, investing, gardening, and running. 

Susan serves as Chief Operating Officer and leads the execution of Velocity Global’s vision and strategy. In her role, she works across functions to ensure the company is operating at scale and executing on key business initiatives. Her extensive leadership experience includes leading the Enterprise Transformation Office at Workday. She also spent nearly two decades leading growth and driving scale at Cisco in roles spanning Customer Experience, Operations, Corporate Development, and Finance.

A mom to three boys, Susan’s youngest officially made her a dance mom, competitively dancing in jazz, hip hop and contemporary styles. But unlike reality TV dance moms, Susan puts her best foot forward to always be drama-free.

As Velocity Global’s Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO), Chien is instrumental in shaping and executing the company’s technological vision as we provide modern solutions for companies to hire, manage, and pay any talent anywhere. Chien brings over two decades of experience in the technology industry, having worked with hypergrowth startups and public companies such as Dave, Salesforce, FirstRain, and Lending Club. He has significantly scaled engineering organizations and driven improvements in efficiency, speed, and quality of front and back-end experiences and most recently served as CTO at investment app Stash.

A native of Taiwan, Chien now calls the Bay Area home. Outside of work, the world is his playground and you can find him scaling mountains, diving among icebergs, or building schools with a non-profit organization.