Operators

The operators behind the Atlas: founders, growth leads and investors who have built referral programs first-hand.

Stefan Bader

Stefan Bader

CEO and co-founder · Cello

Stefan Bader is CEO and co-founder of Cello, a referral platform for SaaS companies, and previously co-founded Parkpocket, acquired by Continental.

Elena Verna

Elena Verna

Head of Growth · Lovable

Elena Verna is Head of Growth at Lovable and writes Elena's Growth Scoop; she previously led growth at SurveyMonkey, Miro, Amplitude and Dropbox.

Kyle Poyar

Kyle Poyar

Founder · Growth Unhinged

Kyle Poyar writes the Growth Unhinged newsletter on SaaS pricing and go-to-market; he was previously an operating partner at OpenView.

Akash Bajwa

Akash Bajwa

Principal · Earlybird

Akash Bajwa is a Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital in London and writes Software Synthesis, a newsletter about software companies and AI.

Aakash Gupta

Aakash Gupta

Product advisor · Product Growth

Aakash Gupta writes the Product Growth newsletter and works independently as a product advisor and educator, previously VP of Product at Apollo.io.

Kate Syuma

Kate Syuma

Founder · Growthmates

Kate Syuma is an independent growth advisor and founder of Growthmates, a newsletter and podcast; she was previously Head of Growth Design at Miro.

Kevin Indig

Kevin Indig

Growth advisor · Growth Memo

Kevin Indig is an independent growth advisor and author of the Growth Memo newsletter, previously leading SEO and growth at Shopify, G2 and Atlassian.

Linus Hallberg

Linus Hallberg

Former Senior Product Manager · ex-Typeform

Linus Hallberg is a product leader in London and was previously Senior Product Manager at Typeform, where he worked on Typeform's referral growth loop.

Alexander Estner

Alexander Estner

GTM Advisor · Independent

Alexander Estner is an independent go-to-market advisor in Munich who works with early-stage B2B SaaS founders and writes the MRR Unlocked newsletter.

Filip Mark

Filip Mark

Vice President · Creandum

Filip Mark is Vice President at Creandum and was formerly Chief of Staff at Passionfroot, a marketplace for booking creator and newsletter sponsorships.