Meet the Leadership Team

Susan Acheff is the Senior Director, R&D Chief of Staff at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Susan was the Product & Engineering Chief of Staff at Zuora and lead the Technical Program Management and Quality Engineering departments at Zappos, an Amazon subsidiary. Susan holds a B.A. in Computer Science from University of San Diego. Outside of work, Susan enjoys running, soccer, puzzles, and spending time with family.

Elizabeth is the VP of Talent at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Elizabeth was responsible for attorney recruitment at both Paul Hastings LLP and Sidley Austin LLP. She also spent two years living and working in Shanghai. Elizabeth holds a B.A. from UCLA. In her spare time, Elizabeth enjoys going to breweries with her dogs Growler and Boo.

Jeff is the Chief Financial Officer of Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Jeff was a Managing Director at H.I.G. Capital in San Francisco. Earlier, Jeff worked in technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan and product management at Salesforce.com. Jeff holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and undergraduate degrees in business and psychology from the University of Colorado. Outside of work, Jeff enjoys skiing, mountain biking, live music, photography, and spending time with his wife and two boys.

Miles is the VP / GM of Insight at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Miles practiced corporate and securities law at Weil Gotshal in London and Simpson Thacher in New York. Miles holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. In his spare time, Miles enjoys surfing, songwriting and playing the guitar.

Sayre is the VP of Strategy at Ontra. Prior to joining the firm, he worked on the investment team at Thunderbird Partners, a hedge fund based in London. Earlier, he worked on the investment teams of several different hedge funds and at J.P. Morgan in the investment banking division. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from Pomona College. In his spare time, Sayre enjoys rock climbing, skiing, and reading science fiction novels.

Bridget is a Senior Managing Director at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Bridget practiced corporate and capital markets law at Kirkland & Ellis and Cravath. Bridget holds a J.D. from Georgetown and a B.A. from Yale. In her spare time, Bridget enjoys cooking, arts and crafts, and country walks with her dog.

Joe is the Vice President of Business Operations and Strategy at Ontra. Before joining Ontra, Joe held a series of operations and strategy roles at Thomson Reuters. Earlier, he was an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, focused on commercial litigation. Joe has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in computer science from Yale University. Outside of work, Joe enjoys playing softball, exploring new board games, and cheering on his kids at sporting events.

Sara is the VP of Legal Partnerships at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Sara managed attorney recruiting and professional development at Paul Hastings LLP. Sara holds an M.A. in Organizational Communication & Development from Emerson College. Sara enjoys scuba diving and taking her dogs to the beach.

Frank is GM of Contract Automation at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Frank practiced corporate real estate law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Frank holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Frank is a passionate sports fan and marathon runner.

Megan Hansen is the chief people officer at Ontra, responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing world-class global talent across the organization. Before joining Ontra, Megan was the chief people and culture officer at Smartsheet, where she led its people team during a time of tremendous growth for the organization. Her previous experience includes several prominent human resource and talent roles, including serving as the senior vice president of people at MOD Pizza, as vice president of talent management for Outerwall including its Coinstar and Redbox brands, and leading global HR programs at Frog Design. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Seattle Pacific University and a master’s degree in organizational development from the University of San Francisco. She enjoys many adrenaline-inducing activities, including skiing, climbing mountains, hang gliding, and cheering on her daughters from the sidelines of the volleyball court.

Chi Hoang is the VP of Engineering at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Chi was the VP of Engineering at Zuora and served in software development and engineering leadership roles at Groupon, Cisco, Netflix and Oracle. Chi holds B.S. in Computer Science from San Francisco State University. In his spare time, Chi enjoys hiking, biking, and grilling.  

Brian is the VP of Sales at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Brian practiced corporate law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, served as VP and Counsel at Jefferies, and was Senior Counsel of a leading financial technology company. Brian holds a J.D. from Harvard and a B.A. from Yale. Outside of work, Brian enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with his family and friends.

Nat is the Chief Product Officer at Ontra, responsible for leading the strategic direction of Ontra’s Legal Operating System, focusing on expanding Ontra’s breadth of products while also overseeing Ontra Synapse, our private markets AI technology. Prior to joining Ontra, Nat spent fourteen years at AppFolio, where he led the product organization and served as General Manager and Division CEO of the Investment Management business unit. In these capacities, he was instrumental in growing revenue from $0 to $550M, expanding AppFolio’s customer base to over 20,000 firms, and taking the company public. Nat sits on the board of directors for the UCSB Alumni Association and is a Forbes Business Council member. He received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his M.B.A. from Arizona State University. Outside of work, he enjoys skiing and stand-up paddle boarding with his wife and three children.

Ben is Co-Founder and COO of Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Ben practiced corporate law at Kirkland & Ellis. Earlier, Ben taught English-as-a-Second-Language at Belmont-Cragin in Chicago. Ben holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Yale. In his spare time, Ben enjoys skiing, hiking, and road biking.

Andy is the VP of Finance at Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Andy worked in commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase. Earlier, he served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army. Andy holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Andy enjoys boating, snowboarding, and craft beer.

Troy is Co-Founder and CEO of Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Troy was a private equity investor at H.I.G. Capital. Earlier, he served as a management consultant at Monitor Deloitte. Troy holds a B.A. from New York University. In his spare time, Troy enjoys sailing, biking, reading, and spending time with his family.

Luke Ruse is the General Counsel of Ontra. Before joining Ontra, Luke was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, focused on commercial and bankruptcy litigation and regulatory investigations.

Luke started his career clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the N.D. Illinois.

Justin Shriber is the Chief Marketing Officer at Ontra.  For the past two decades, he’s focused on delivering solutions that combine artificial intelligence and process automation to unlock new levels of productivity, growth, and profitability.  Before joining Ontra, Justin served as Chief Marketing Officer at People.ai and Vice President of Global Marketing at LinkedIn.  During his career, he’s led Product, Sales, and Marketing organizations at both startups and large companies such as Siebel and Oracle.  He started his career at McKinsey and Company. Justin holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Economics from the University of California Los Angeles.  He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and five children.

Paul Morrissey is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Growth. Paul is based in London and leads Blackstone Growth in Europe.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Paul was a partner at Battery Ventures, focusing on later-stage growth equity investments. From 2012 to 2016, Paul was based in Battery’s San Francisco office before moving to London in 2016 to open Battery’s presence in Europe. At Battery Ventures, Paul was involved in Battery portfolio companies including Guardsquare, InCloudCounsel, PageUp, PrimeRevenue, Quinyx, Shippeo, Intacct (acquired by Sage), WebPT (acquired by Warburg Pincus), Gainsight (acquired by Vista Equity Partners) and Nitro (ASX:NTO). Prior to Battery, Paul spent time with Goldman Sachs’ investment-banking division focusing on the technology, media and telecom sectors.

Paul graduated from Stanford University, where he earned a BS in economics and played four years on the varsity men’s tennis team.

Mike is the co-founder of Assurance IQ, a company that makes buying insurance easier for everyone. Before launching Assurance, he was the founding president of Addepar, where he patented technology that models and reports on more than $1.3 trillion in financial assets that the company handles. Then, as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he focused on insuretech investments for the $7.5 billion venture capital leader.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford. He is a father of two.

Chelsea focuses on investments in the software and healthcare-IT sectors. She is particularly interested in vertically focused SaaS companies. Chelsea serves on the boards of ContinuumCloud, Curve Dental, Maxio, Ontra (formerly InCloudCounsel), PageUp and Redox, and she is an investor in Honeybook. Her previous investments include Avalara (NYSE: AVLR), Brightree (acquired by ResMed), ClearCare (acquired by Wellsky), Data Innovations (acquired by Roper Industries), Glassdoor (acquired by Recruit Holdings), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE), Intacct (acquired by Sage), Marketo (NASDAQ: MKTO, acquired by Vista Equity Partners), RealPage (NASDAQ: RP) and WebPT (acquired by Warburg Pincus).

In 2013, Chelsea was named to the Forbes Midas “Hot Prospects” list of up-and-coming venture capitalists, and in 2018 she was included on Business Insider’s 23 Top Venture Capitalists in Enterprise Tech list.

Prior to Battery, she was an associate at the private equity firm Key Principal Partners. Earlier in her career, Chelsea was a manager at Accenture, where she led technology and strategy projects. She also has held positions with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and with Classified Ventures. She received a BS with honors in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. She also currently sits on the Northwestern University Engineering School Board. Currently Chelsea serves on the Healthcare Technology Advisory Council for the Cleveland Clinic.

Troy is Co-Founder and CEO of Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Troy was a private equity investor at H.I.G. Capital. Earlier, he served as a management consultant at Monitor Deloitte. Troy holds a B.A. from New York University. In his spare time, Troy enjoys sailing, biking, reading, and spending time with his family.

Ben is Co-Founder and COO of Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Ben practiced corporate law at Kirkland & Ellis. Earlier, Ben taught English-as-a-Second-Language at Belmont-Cragin in Chicago. Ben holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Yale. In his spare time, Ben enjoys skiing, hiking, and road biking.

Jeff is the Chief Financial Officer of Ontra. Prior to Ontra, Jeff was a Managing Director at H.I.G. Capital in San Francisco. Earlier, Jeff worked in technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan and product management at Salesforce.com. Jeff holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and undergraduate degrees in business and psychology from the University of Colorado. Outside of work, Jeff enjoys skiing, mountain biking, live music, photography, and spending time with his wife and two boys.