Go With Your Gut

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Tracey Figurelli. The two continue with our M&A Series, and talk about her journey to the private equity space, how she looks at risk and reward, and how to overcome obstacles and listen for the nudges as a woman in leadership.

In this episode, we discuss:

What led her into the mergers & acquisitions space

What varying strategies she has seen in the private equity space

How she finds balance in navigating the challenges of work and family

How Tracey looks at risk and reward, and what questions she asks when making big business decisions

Why it’s so important to take a positive approach to moving forward when you’re underappreciated or under-rated

Tips from Tracey for women leaders

Over two decades, Tracey Figurelli has built her career on making connections and developing collaborative teams in order to achieve successful outcomes. With over 19 years in professional services, she honed her ability to listen to client needs and deliver relevant services with a technology enabled component. Tracey is an expert in harnessing technology innovation for business growth. Under her leadership, her consultancy segment grew tenfold to nine top line digits. Her leadership skills are deeply rooted in empathy and empowerment, she is confident without the ego. She built high performing successful teams by giving them the room to make their own decisions but supported them as needed. She has established multiple partner relationships with leading edge software companies, universities, and incubators to create new revenue streams.

Tracey’s career has taken her to interesting places all over the world, where she connected with clients to help solve their business issues, spoke at conferences, evaluated acquisitions and partnerships, and much more. She not only gained knowledge of international business, but more importantly how to connect with diverse cultures and build trust with people of various backgrounds.

Tracey brings a passionate desire to see companies reach their fullest potential and leverage her vast network to support in any way possible. Her ability to make connections and truly foster her network has proven invaluable.

Tracey holds her B.A. and M.B.A in Finance from Seton Hall University and recently completed the Columbia Business School VC & PE program.

Website: https://www.andrapartners.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceyfigurelli/