Stephanie VanPutten, Fortune 40 Under 40 and international backcountry skier, is the founder and former CEO of Blendoor (acquired), a SF-based, DEI SaaS company best known for the award-winning BlendScore™, the “FICO score for corporate DEI.” Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, MIT Tech Review, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, and Bloomberg to name a few. VanPutten’s career spans 20 years in the tech industry: two software startups, Microsoft, Lockheed, Deloitte, and TripAdvisor. She is vice chair of the Fair Pay Workplace and EIR at venture fund of funds Equity Alliance. As one of less than 100 Black women in the world to ever raise $2M+ in venture capital, VanPutten founded Visible Figures: the largest network of venture-backed Black women in the world. She holds a BS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
