Kristina Omari
Oakland, Ca
Kristina is an angel investor and general partner in BuildUp. She has a passion supporting entrepreneurs with a vision for positively impacting our local and global community.
Most recently, as Vice President of Corporate Development - M&A for Adobe Systems Inc., Kristina led a team focused on inorganic growth strategy, equity investments, M&A execution and post-merger integration. Overseeing over 25 transactions in her tenure at Adobe, she was instrumental in Adobe's $1.8 billion acquisition of Omniture as well as numerous private company acquisitions including Neolane, Echosign, Efficient Frontier, Day Software, Typekit and Behance.
Prior to Adobe, Kristina held positions with Lehman Brothers in Technology Investment Banking and with Hewlett Packard in Strategy & Corporate Development. Kristina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.