Melissa McCoy

Product leader and entrepreneur with deep expertise in emerging markets. Rhodes Scholar with MSc in Computer Science and MBA from University of Oxford, and BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech (graduated with highest honors, top 1% GPA). Co-Founder & CPO of Nova, a fintech payments startup in São Paulo backed by Monashees and Canary. Previously spent 5 years at Google as Product Manager (promoted from L4 to L6), leading Google Pay API, Google Pay Africa, Google Maps Enterprise, and Files by Google. Founded ConnectMed, a digital health platform for Africa, which was acquired by Merck KGaA in 2018. Co-inventor of US Patent. Featured in MIT Tech Review.