Alyson Popola
Alyson has over 12+ years of experience in startups and operations management. She has focused predominately on commercial real estate, construction and design industries.
Before joining Artisan to run Operations, Alyson worked at JOKR focusing on Expansion Operations allowing the company to scale to five domestic cities in nine months, ran the Project Management Office and created and managed the company’s budget and forecasting tools.
Prior to JOKR, Alyson spent five years at WeWork working in real estate and construction operations. During her time at WeWork, Alyson’s scope ranged from scaling to development team during the company’s hyper-growth stage from 500 to 1,500+ employees globally, changing management procedures, implementing and tracking objectives and key results, managing Tenant Improvement Allowance collection, reducing financial exposure and overseeing monthly financial planning and analysis, cash management, and budget performance reports reviewed by the C-Suite.
In addition to managing Artisan Operations, Alyson oversees the organizations business planning, accounts payable & receivable, and development of new business venture opportunities. Alyson graduated from East Stroudsburg with a B.S. in Hospitality Management and a minor in Business Management.