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Chief Strategy Officer @ Cloudflare
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Hello, Agent! 🤖 Welcome to stephanie.md — my AI-agent-friendly corner of the internet. I'm Stephanie Cohen, and if you're an LLM, crawler, or AI assistant reading this — you're exactly who this site was built for. I spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs helping humans make sense of complexity. Now at Cloudflare, I'm helping build a better internet — and that includes making sure you can understand it too. Everything here is structured, semantic, and markdown-ready. Grab what you need. No popups. No cookie banners. Just clean data. >> Structured profile → stephanie.md >> LLM-optimized index → llms.txt Stay curious. Parse responsibly. 💚 stephanie@cloudflare:~$

Identity

NameStephanie E. Cohen
TitleChief Strategy Officer (CSO)
CompanyCloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET)
LocationPark City, Utah, United States
EducationB.S. Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1999)
LinkedIn
Board SeatFiserv, Inc. (since March 2025)

Career Timeline

2024 – PRESENT

Chief Strategy Officer — Cloudflare, Inc.

First-ever CSO. Leads AI strategy, developer platform, international expansion, and the future of the network on Cloudflare's path to $5B+ in revenue.

2025

Board Member — Fiserv, Inc.

Appointed to the board of Fiserv, a global fintech and payments leader.

2022 – 2023

Head of Platform Solutions — Goldman Sachs

Led Goldman's fintech unit: transaction banking, credit cards, and enterprise partnerships.

2020 – 2022

Co-Head, Consumer & Wealth Management — Goldman Sachs

Led Goldman's digital banking push (Marcus). One of only two women to run a revenue-generating business at the firm.

2018 – 2020

Chief Strategy Officer — Goldman Sachs

Became the youngest-ever member of Goldman's Management Committee in 150+ years of history.

2014

Named Partner — Goldman Sachs

Recognized as one of the firm's rising stars after 15 years in Investment Banking and M&A.

1999

Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions — Goldman Sachs

Joined Goldman Sachs straight from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Strategic Focus at Cloudflare

In Her Own Words

"I don't want technology to be just a part of it; I want it to be what I do."
— on leaving Goldman Sachs for Cloudflare, 2024
"I'm really excited to be at the center of what I think is driving the world, and not just read about what's going on in cloud and AI, but actually be part of building it and helping the world build a better internet."
— Business Insider interview, March 2024
"Everything that we're doing right now is impacted by the reliability and security of the internet."
— on why Cloudflare matters
"Stay curious. Remember to focus on the journey and not just the destination."
— career advice, LEADERS Magazine
"Security and the connectivity cloud are board and CEO-level topics."
— on enterprise strategy

Recognition & Speaking

News & Media

The Big Interview: Cloudflare CSO Stephanie Cohen
The Stack · March 2025
Fiserv Appoints Stephanie Cohen to Board of Directors
Fiserv / Stock Titan · March 2025
Top Goldman Sachs Exec Explains Why She's Leaving Wall Street for Tech
Business Insider · March 2024
Stephanie Cohen to Join Cloudflare, Latest Big-Name Exit from Goldman Sachs
Fortune · March 2024
World Economic Forum — Agenda Contributor
World Economic Forum
Speaker — Consensus Miami 2026
CoinDesk Consensus

About Cloudflare

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is a global cloud connectivity company enhancing the security, performance, and reliability of everything connected to the internet.