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Maria Colacurcio, CEO of Syndio, tripled her productivity with AI, but a surprising conversation with her college-aged daughter, Sofia Frei, made her rethink the tech’s…

f Editor’s note: Maria Colacurcio is the CEO of Syndio, a decision intelligence company focused on pay. Her daughter, Sofia Frei, just completed her...

Editor’s note: Maria Colacurcio is the CEO of Syndio, a decision intelligence company focused on pay. Her daughter, Sofia Frei, just completed her first year at Dartmouth College. They wrote these essays independently. Editor’s note: Maria Colacurcio is the CEO of Syndio, a decision intelligence company focused on pay. Her daughter, Sofia Frei, just completed her first year at Dartmouth College.

Editor’s note: Maria Colacurcio is the CEO of Syndio, a decision intelligence company focused on pay. Her daughter, Sofia Frei, just completed her first year at Dartmouth College. They wrote these essays independently. Editor’s note: Maria Colacurcio is the CEO of Syndio, a decision intelligence company focused on pay. Her daughter, Sofia Frei, just completed her first year at Dartmouth College. They wrote these essays independently. Part One: Three Times the CEO I Was a Year Ago by Maria Colacurcio, CEO, Syndio The strange part wasn’t watching the AI do my work. It was reading my own voice come back to me in something I never wrote. I’d spent the past year building agents to help run my company. Somewhere along the way, they learned to sound like me. Down to the tics. The short sentences. The way I trail off into a comma instead of landing the point. The weird little parentheses I drop where they don’t belong (like this one). I read a draft one of them had produced and went looking for the seam between what was mine and what was the machine’s, and couldn’t find it. That’s when I sat back and thought: What have I...

Do you want to empower organizations to build smarter compensation strategies while ensuring fair pay for all employees?Syndio is a Series C technology company leveraging advanced technology and responsible AI to accelerate decision-making, streamline compliance, and democratize insights for consistent, equitable compensation practices at scale. Backed by $83M in investments from Bessemer Venture Partners, Voyager Capital, and Emerson Collective, we are expanding our team and products to help...

Syndio’s CEO and the founder of Salary Transparent Street told Fortune workers aren't just demanding to know what their colleagues earn—they want to know why. Most employers can't tell them.

Do you want to empower organizations to build smarter compensation strategies while ensuring fair pay for all employees?Syndio is a Series C technology company leveraging advanced technology and responsible AI to accelerate decision-making, streamline compliance, and democratize insights for consistent, equitable compensation practices at scale. Backed by $83M in investments from Bessemer Venture Partners, Voyager Capital, and Emerson Collective, we are expanding our team and products to help...

— Syndio, a Seattle startup that helps companies analyze and address pay equity, announced seven new additions to its leadership team. “This next phase of growth requires innovation and velocity,” said Maria Colacurcio, Syndio’s CEO, adding that the new hires bring “proven track records of transforming innovative enterprise solutions into industry-defining brands.” Several of the new hires come from BetterUp, a professional coaching and training platform. The new leaders include: Erik Darby, president, previously co-founded Motive Software, a San Francisco Bay Area startup using AI to understand employee and customer experience that was acquired by BetterUp in 2021. Devin Luquist, senior vice president of product, was previously at BetterUp after holding technology and leadership roles at multiple companies. Erin McClintock, SVP of marketing, joined from Workhuman and was formerly at BetterUp. Elizabeth Temples, SVP of revenue, joined from the revenue platform Clari and was previously at BetterUp. Shonna Waters, SVP of executive engagement and insights, is an organizational psychologist and adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and was at BetterUp. Manuj Bahl, VP and head of architecture, joined from Talent.com and previously held roles at Seattle-area companies Microsoft, OfferUp, Apptivate.IO and RealNetworks. Meredith Conroy, VP of account management, joined from Clari...

Pay equity startup Syndio name seven new years while two Amazon leaders depart, and avante and Tanium add to their C-suites.