Faith Garlington
Consultant
Faith Garlington (xe/they/she) brings more than 15 years of experience in the U.S. and internationally across several industries, built around SaaS and fintech products. A natural and skilled leader, xe brings incredible energy to create momentum for new projects. In the SaaS space, their prowess lies in serving as the bridge between tech-speaking developers and feature-hungry end users. Xe directs teams toward products that align business objectives with market opportunities by liaising between developers and end users to translate feature requests into cutting-edge technologies. The developers build it. The sales people sell it. Faith drives success by holding the team accountable to the vision and results. Xe manages the delicate balance between processes, relationships, and bottom-line results: time, people and money.
Faith has worked in global risk, B2B SaaS, fintech, education, nonprofits, social justice and sales. Most recently, Faith navigated complex compliance risk with cryptocurrencies in international jurisdictions. Xe served as a key thought partner to stakeholders at all levels – beginning at the issue identification phase through the implementation of a top-tier regulatory-funded project over the course of three years.
Xe earned their MBA with an International Studies Graduate Certificate and focus on Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. Faith completed their Professional Scrum Master (CSM) and Product Owner (PSPO) certifications through a Technology Project Management Boot Camp at UC Berkeley.
Faith has served on the Peace Brigades International-USA Board of Directors for the past 10 years, including the International Operations Council of the global organization. Xe also conducted a microfinance social audit in Cameroon on behalf of Kiva through their Fellowship Program.
In their free time, Faith enjoys dedicating themself as a foster parent to minors as well as homeless LGBTQ+ non-minor dependents ages 18-24. Xe is also founder of a co-living community in San Francisco, California, focused on intergenerational community and hosting foster placements.