Ramon has over 20-year experience as a seasoned executive in finance, analytics, operations, and entrepreneurship. Ramon leads Propeller’s Enterprise Tech practice and covers strategic and operational finance in high-growth, high-volatility environments for SaaS, Fintech, and AI companies.
Prior to joining Propeller, Ramon spent several years leading a team of financial executives providing CFO consulting services for 800+ venture-backed businesses across all industries. Ramon started his career in Investment Banking, structuring, modeling, and eventually managing hundreds of millions of dollars in deals for Fortune 100 clients at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He later was recruited to its Capital Markets team, where he managed a secondary portfolio of over $1B on his way to becoming head of a proprietary trading desk. Ramon eventually relocated from New York to Silicon Valley to become an operator, taking on a variety of critical roles in growth startups and working directly with founding CEOs. He has led and/or managed finance, accounting, operations, and growth departments and teams, through standup, scaling, and acquisition phases.
Ramon earned a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Economics from James Madison University with summa cum laude distinction and was trained in Data Science through a fellowship with Correlation One. He also has an MBA from The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.
Outside of finance at Propeller, Ramon is an avid appreciator of music and the arts. He likes to watch and stay active with boxing, basketball, and tennis. He gives back to the Bay Area community as a nonprofit board member for BUILD.org (youth entrepreneurship) and Family Support Services (caregiver support).