About G-P

Nicole Sahin

CEO

Nicole Sahin is the founder and chief executive officer of G-P, the leading employer of record company that created and defined the category with its industry-leading SaaS-based Global Growth Platform™. Nicole founded G-P in 2012 and changed the rules of international business by enabling organizations to unlock their full business potential and making it possible to hire anyone, anywhere in the world within minutes.

As the author of The Wall Street Journal Bestseller, Global Talent Unleashed: An Executive’s Guide to Conquering the World, Nicole credits her success and that of G-P to an exceptional team with global expansion in their DNA, and to her philosophy of the triple bottom line –building a business in a way that is good for customers, employees and shareholders.

Nicole and G-P are regularly recognized with industry, leadership and product awards. Among them, she was named one of Goldman Sachs’ most intriguing entrepreneurs of the year, and Inc. Magazine named her a Top 100 Female Founder. The Financial Times ranked G-P as one of the fastest-growing companies in America, while industry analyst firms NelsonHall and Everest Group named the company Employer of Record Industry leader in 2022. G-P was also selected as a Member of the World Economic Forum, Global Innovators Community in 2023.

A visionary entrepreneur and devoted mother, Nicole is also a passionate advocate for economic equity and elevating human consciousness. She works with organizations including Water for People and Give Directly, and serves on the board of School the World, spearheading efforts to build schools in rural communities in Guatemala, Honduras and Cambodia. Nicole is also chair of diversity on YPO New England’s Membership Committee and is a member of the Philanthropy Circle of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.

Nicole holds an MBA in international management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She currently resides in California, where she continues to be inspired by her vision of democratizing access to great jobs via the new digital world, and in doing so accessing their true potential.

Nat (Rajesh) Natarajan

Chief Product and Strategy Officer

Nat (Rajesh) Natarajan is G-P’s chief product and strategy officer. An accomplished business leader with a proven track record of developing highly innovative products and spearheading growth and transformational change, Nat brings more than 25 years of experience disrupting sectors including SaaS, collaboration, consumer tech and fintech.  

At G-P, Nat is responsible for leading the company’s strategy and product vision, with a focus on delivering innovative SaaS solutions on our industry-leading platform and innovating and leading G-P’s global team of world-class technologists. 

Nat has extensive experience delivering growth at scale and leading multi-billion-dollar portfolios. Prior to joining G-P, he served as executive vice president and general manager of product and technology at RingCentral where he led product strategy and a global team of more than 3,500 people. Nat also held senior leadership roles at innovative technology companies including Travelocity.com, TurboTax, Ancestry, Intuit and PayPal.  

Nat also serves on the boards of Bread Financials, Health Equity and TiE Silicon Valley. He holds a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University in India.

Vernon Irvin

Chief Revenue Officer

Vernon Irvin is G-P’s chief revenue officer. A dynamic senior leader, he draws upon his significant experience accelerating global sales in software and tech-enabled businesses to drive G-Ps customer-centric go-to-market strategy. 

Most recently, Vernon held the CRO and co-CEO positions at Everbridge, a $2B+ publicly traded global enterprise software company, as well as similar leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies including Silicon Valley-based Verisign, Lumen, B.T. Group – London, Verizon, SiriusXM, CGI and AT&T.  

With deep experience in building sales organizations, tech stack implementation and developing meaningful metrics to scale successfully, he has a proven tracked record of leading customer-facing relationships and overseeing global team leaders in professional services, customer support, sales engineering, customer learning and implementations.  

Vernon holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences from the University of Cincinnati and an executive degree from UNC-Kenan Flager Business School. He lives with his family in Colorado.

Archna Desai

Chief Operating Officer

Archna (Archie) Desai is G-P’s chief operating officer and is responsible for scaling the company’s business operations, operational governance and cross-functional initiative management.

With broad global experience leading operations and heading up business transformations, Archie thrives when she’s driving strategic, enterprise-level initiatives to position organizations for the future through effective operations and modern technology.

Archna has led and built high performing, diverse teams at Fortune 500 and PE backed high-growth firms, including Moody’s Corporation, Lympo, Breaker, Sterling, The Estee Lauder Companies and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Archie holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the School of Business at Rutgers University, a Master of Science in Finance and Management from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and an executive degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

Simone Nardi

Chief Financial Officer

Simone Nardi is G-P’s chief financial officer. Simone brings 25 years of experience in strategic planning, capital markets, business development, investor relations and change management with companies of various sizes, industries and complexities, both internationally and across the U.S. He has launched and scaled multiple global businesses and divisions in his career and served on several international boards.

At G-P, Simone is an integral member of the executive leadership team, playing a key role in charting the company’s future. Responsible for its overall financial health, he works collaboratively with leaders across the organization to drive optimal operating results and create value for its stakeholders.

Prior to joining G-P, Simone was chief financial officer at FuboTV, guiding the firm through a multi-billion-dollar IPO and serving as its chief financial officer as a publicly traded company. Simone has also raised over $1 billion in capital through equity and debt financing and held financial leadership positions at Scripps Networks Interactive, NBC Universal and General Electric, where he completed several leadership development programs.

Originally from Italy, Simone earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Bocconi University in Milan, where he graduated summa cum laude. He also attended the Harvard Business School Program for executive education.

Simone lives in New York City with his wife and their two sons.

Heidi Arkinstall

Chief Marketing Officer

Heidi Arkinstall is G-P’s chief marketing officer. Bringing more than 25 years of experience in business leadership, data-driven marketing and the strategic development of global enterprise and consumer brands, Heidi’s expertise spans categories including technology, fintech, enterprise software, gaming, entertainment, real estate, travel and consumer electronics.

At G-P, Heidi’s focus is on driving meaningful business impact through brand differentiation and building high-functioning, digitally oriented and analytically driven capabilities that deliver business results. Previously, Heidi led teams and programs across global brands including IBM, Samsung, PayPal, Electronic Arts and Logitech. She was recently recognized as one of Forbes ‘CMO Next 2021 – Marketers Transforming Business in a Changed World.’

Originally from Sydney, Australia, she holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management from the University of New South Wales. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children.

Richa Gupta

Chief Human Resource Officer

Richa Gupta is G-P’s chief human resources officer. With more than two decades of experience leading HR in companies ranging from start-ups to high-growth and scaled, she prides herself in helping build talent practices, strong and purpose-driven global firms and high-performing teams/cultures that enable companies to thrive. 

At G-P, Richa leads all facets of the company’s global workforce, talent and employee experience. Her business expertise plays a strategic role in scaling the organization to meet the shifting demands of the remote work and global expansions across the globe. She leads with a “people-first” mantra and leads HR as a product organization.

Prior to G-P, Richa served in senior leadership roles at notable technology companies including GE, PayPal, Vantiv Worldpay and Castlight Health. 

She has a master’s degree in organizational psychology from Delhi University and an MBA from Wright State University in Ohio. Richa lives with her husband and children in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Todd Goffman

General Counsel & EVP, Corporate Development

Todd Goffman is G-P’s general counsel and executive vice president, Corporate Development where he leads the company’s strategy and teams responsible for legal, compliance, strategic partnerships and corporate development. Todd brings more than 25 years of finance, general counsel, M&A and corporate law experience at industry-leading tech organizations.

Todd’s previous experience includes leading the legal departments at Netcracker Technology Corporation –a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, Realitywave and Improv Systems, as well as advising public and venture-backed companies. He also serves as a volunteer strategic advisor to ThinkMD, an organization that focuses on developing technology to eliminate preventable death in children around the world.

Todd is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Hofstra University School of Law.

Melissa Cooper

President, Advisory Services

Melissa Cooper is G-P’s President, Advisory Services. Melissa has spent her career breaking barriers, paving the way for women in leadership and changing the global employment landscape.

Melissa is the second employee of G-P and worked alongside G-P’s founder Nicole Sahin to create and electrify the employer of record (EOR) model and industry –enabling companies to expand operations rapidly and compliantly around the globe. Melissa’s unparalleled expertise on the global employment landscape has been critical to G-P’s rocket ship growth.

Prior to joining G-P, Melissa worked at High Street Partners, where she managed the international operations and expansions for hundreds of companies hiring in countries spanning the globe. After working in the client services division of High Street Partners for several years, Melissa led the charge to streamline the firms’ operations and billing processes.

Melissa has a broad understanding of global business compliance issues, including employment law in multiple countries, international accounting and local compliance requirements, with over 15 years advising CFOs, controllers and HR directors of venture-backed and public companies expanding their international operations.

Melissa earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fairfield University. Originally from Boston, Melissa resides in Carlsbad, California, with her husband and two children.