Anna recently joined the SendGrid team and is helping startups grow and become successful, by managing the SendGrid Accelerate program in EMEA. Before joining the SendGrid family, Anna was responsible for the startup program at SoftLayer, an IBM Company. She helped and mentored the startups participating in the program and also built relationships with the top tier accelerators/incubators in Europe. Before SoftLayer, Anna was leading the Spanish and international market operations for a Dutch Internet company. She was involved with strategy, marketing, sales, and accounts. Anna left her hometown of Barcelona in 2008 to start a new journey in the Netherlands. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), and in the future would like to take her degree one step further and specialize in Internet psychology. Anna is really enthusiastic and loves being around people.