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Tessa Wehausen
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Bio:

Based out of the San Francisco office, Tessa is currently a partner in True's Go-to-Market practice where she works on C-suite and VP B2B and B2C searches for high-growth VC, PE and public companies.  She has spent a decade doing go-to-market executive search
in a variety of tech verticals.


Prior to executive search, Tessa held GTM senior operational roles for 12 years in edtech at McGraw Hill & Pearson Education in sales, operations and as a senior director of product and marketing (directly responsible for $25M P&L) and senior director of product and digital strategy (right-hand lieutenant of GM - $300M BU).


Tessa holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.  After college, she spent three years as a math and science teacher for Teach For America, providing equitable education in underserved communities in The Bronx and San Francisco.  Tessa is passionate about DE&I—80% of her placements since joining True have been diverse executives.

Snapshot:
Loves hosting gatherings, meditating, hitting both the yoga mat and the punching bag
Enjoys off the beaten track regions of the world
Born and raised in LA, has lived in Chicago, NYC, Boston, Mexico, Barcelona and San Francisco
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