# Orisa Cherenfant

> Orisa Cherenfant is SVP of Industry Relations & Strategic Growth at Twilio, the cloud communications platform powering billions of messages, calls, and interactions globally. A first-generation college graduate from Cape Verde who earned dual degrees in Finance and Marketing from Boston College, she built her career through GE's leadership development programs before moving into tech. At Twilio, she leads industry partnerships and growth strategy, speaks at major conferences like MWC Barcelona and Twilio Signal, and was named a 2025 Entreprenista 100 Award winner. She is based in Los Angeles with her partner Eli and their twins, Margaux and Maverick.

- **Role:** SVP Industry Relations & Strategic Growth at Twilio
- **Organizations:** Twilio, Syniverse
- **From:** Cape Verde Islands
- **Nationality:** American (Cape Verdean origin)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing, Boston College Carroll School of Management
- **Known for:** 2025 Entreprenista 100 Award Winner, Speaker at Twilio Signal 2025, Speaker at MWC Barcelona 2026 Open Gateway Summit

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Advanced through GE leadership development programs
- **Mid career** — VP of Commercial Operations & Strategy at GE Digital - built and led 13-person team, managed incentive programs for ~200 digital sellers
- **Mid career** — CFO at Baker Hughes GE Digital - led FP&A, commercial finance, accounting and sourcing
- **Recent** — Joined Twilio in strategy and operations leadership
- **2025** — Named to Entreprenista 100 Award winners list
- **2025** — Speaker at Twilio Signal 2025 conference
- **2026-03** — Featured speaker at MWC Barcelona 2026 Open Gateway Summit on network API adoption
- **Current** — SVP Industry Relations & Strategic Growth at Twilio; also Director at Syniverse

## Achievements

- 2025 Entreprenista 100 Award Winner
- Speaker at Twilio Signal 2025
- Speaker at MWC Barcelona 2026 Open Gateway Summit
- First-generation college graduate from Boston College Carroll School of Management
- Led VP-level commercial operations team of 13 at GE Digital managing ~200 digital sellers
- CFO role at Baker Hughes GE Digital
- SVP role at Twilio overseeing industry relations and strategic growth

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Spoke at MWC Barcelona 2026 Open Gateway Summit on accelerating network API adoption, discussing DITO's partnership with Twilio on network-based authentication
- **2025** — Named a 2025 Entreprenista 100 Award winner
- **2025** — Spoke at Twilio Signal 2025 as a featured speaker
- **2025** — Hosted Twilio top sales performers at Sales Club 2025

## Links

- Website: https://twilio.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orisa-cherenfant-74a870288
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@orisacherenfant4187
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamTwilio

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Last updated: 2026-05-31