# Melissa Gordon

> Melissa Gordon is the CEO of Rasa, the enterprise conversational AI platform powering two of the world's three largest banks and downloaded over 50 million times by developers. A two-time NCAA Division I All-American pole vaulter at Stanford and a near-decade Oracle veteran, she joined Rasa in February 2022 and has since led the company through a strategic pivot to generative AI, launching CALM (Conversational AI with Language Models) and raising a $30M Series C in February 2024 co-led by StepStone Group and PayPal Ventures.

- **Role:** CEO at Rasa
- **Organizations:** Rasa, Tradeshift, SingleStore, Oracle, Highspot
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Economics, Stanford University, Executive Education - Authentic Leadership Development, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** 2x NCAA Division I All-American in Pole Vault at Stanford University, 3x High School National Champion in Pole Vault, Led Rasa to double annual recurring revenue in 2023

## Career timeline

- **~1998-2002** — Stanford University - BS Economics; 2x NCAA Division I All-American in Pole Vault, 3x High School National Champion
- **~2002-2013** — Oracle - Regional Vice President, Enterprise Accounts (Northeast), responsible for F500 clients; nearly a decade building high-performance sales teams
- **2013-2016** — SingleStore (MemSQL) - Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Customer Success, and Services
- **2016-2020** — Tradeshift - SVP & GM Marketplace
- **~2020-2022** — Advisor at Highspot
- **2022** — Joined Rasa as CEO (February 2022)
- **2023** — Rasa launches CALM (Conversational AI with Language Models) framework and Rasa Studio; company doubles ARR
- **2024-02** — Rasa raises $30M Series C co-led by StepStone Group and PayPal Ventures; investors include a16z, Accel, Basis Set Ventures
- **2025-02** — Rasa announces strategic partnership with Cartesia for enterprise voice AI; general availability Q2 2025

## Achievements

- 2x NCAA Division I All-American in Pole Vault at Stanford University
- 3x High School National Champion in Pole Vault
- Led Rasa to double annual recurring revenue in 2023
- Closed $30M Series C funding round (February 2024) with top-tier investors
- Positioned Rasa as platform for 2 of world's 3 largest banks and American Express and Deutsche Telekom
- Nearly a decade at Oracle pioneering enterprise sales in Northeast F500 accounts
- Launched CALM framework - a major paradigm shift in enterprise conversational AI
- Grew Rasa platform to 50M+ developer downloads
- Named Representative Vendor in Gartner's 2024 Market Guide for Conversational AI Solutions

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Rasa announces partnership with Cartesia for enterprise voice AI combining Rasa's platform with Cartesia's Sonic voice technology
- **2024-02** — Rasa closes $30M Series C co-led by StepStone Group and PayPal Ventures; ARR doubled in 2023
- **2024-03** — Melissa Gordon presents at the Montgomery Summit 2024, interviewed by Emmy-nominated journalist Jacki Karsh on building high-performance teams
- **2024-04** — Interview with Melissa Gordon published on YouTube discussing Rasa's vision for enterprise conversational AI
- **2024-07** — Rasa named as Representative Vendor in Gartner's 2024 Market Guide for Conversational AI Solutions

## Links

- Website: https://rasa.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonmelissa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7NIGGzb2aY

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Last updated: 2026-05-25