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Kira Makagon serves as President and COO where she leads marketing, strategy, investment arm, global product, user experience, engineering, and operations. She has been a critical driver in defining RingCentral’s product strategy and global reach that has put RingCentral at the forefront of the communications and collaboration market, leading to rapid YoY growth from pre-IPO to over $2.4+ billion in ARR.
From 2012 on, Makagon led a number of market-first product innovations at global scale, such as RingCentral's mobile-first cloud PBX with integrated video meetings capabilities. She launched RingCentral's open platform, allowing for customizable workflows through open APIs. Makagon led the acquisition of a team messaging solution, making RingCentral the first cloud communications provider to have a truly unified solution across messaging, video and phone. Under her leadership, RingCentral brought to market AI-powered omnichannel contact center, enhancing the customer experience for businesses worldwide.
In 2021, she focused on launching RingCentral Ventures™, RingCentral's corporate ventures arm, which partners with exceptional founding teams and leading venture capitalists to reimagine the future of work through communications and collaboration. With RingCentral Ventures well on its way, Makagon expanded her responsibilities and resumed her leadership of the innovation organization.
Makagon has received numerous awards, including a 2021 Aragon Research Women in Technology Award; a 2020 Silver Stevie for Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Technology; a 2019 Gold Women World Award for Excellence in Industry Woman of the Year: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet and more.
Makagon is a regular lecturer at UC Berkeley and participant in industry panels & podcasts.
Makagon has pioneered multiple transformational technologies and has advised entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. Prior to RingCentral, she founded and served as CEO & president of Red Aril, a real-time audience and media optimization platform, acquired by Hearst Corporation. Makagon co-founded and held executive & board positions at Octane Software, acquired by E.piphany for $3.2B - making it one of the first Unicorns in the valley, and Scopus Technology, acquired by Siebel.
Makagon is an independent board director and serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Calix and American Technion Society. 
My objective is to secure an accounting position that will fully utilize my skills, education, and experience while providing an opportunity for growth in a fast-paced company.
I am proficient in NetSuite, Oracle Financials 11i, QuickBooks (desktop and online version), Intacct, RevSym, MYOB, Great Plains, Stripe, Salesforce, Zuora, Expensify, Bill.com, Authorize.net, Cleverbridge, Braintree, Forte Payment System, Excel, MS Word, and Outlook on Mac and PC. I have strong analytical, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, as well as a vast knowledge of accounting and financial concepts. I have the ability to work with minimal supervision. I am a proactive self-starter who is highly detail-oriented and a quick learner. I am extremely dependable in completing projects accurately and in a timely manner. I am also a team player with a “can do” attitude and strong customer service skills. I am diligent and versatile with excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills. I am also a highly creative individual who is extremely motivated and energetic. I take extreme pride in my work. 
Software Developer and Open Source enthusiast.
Specialties: Java, Kotlin, Python, Microservices, High availability, Performance/memory optimization, Ocaml, FP, DDD, JEE, SOA, ESB, Camel, MOM, JMS, Spring, Drools, OSGi 
Participated in 3 successful IPO’s. Worked closely with CFO on financial plan of the prospectus, S1/10K/10Q reporting, management of external auditors, build out of accounting teams, roll out new financial and reporting systems (Netsuite, Blackline, Workday), ensured correct equity accounting and management of equity in Carta and Equity Edge, ensured tax compliance, responsible for all technical accounting including revenue recognition (ASC 606), foreign currency reporting (ASC 830), equity accounting (ASC 718) and international consolidation) and management of the monthly close. 
