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Jeannie de Guzman isn’t your typical motorsports racer—she’s the C-suite exec using her corporate clout to punch open doors for women who want to drive. As Chief Operating Officer of cybersecurity giant 1Password, she’s leveraging her company’s partnership with Red Bull Racing and the F1 Academy to champion female racers in a sport that’s spent decades pretending women don’t belong behind the wheel.

EARLY YEARS

Born Jeannie Cho, she grew up in Toronto before her family relocated to Atlanta during her elementary school years, where she spent five years before returning to Canada. Her path didn’t start in karting or junior formulas—it began in the buttoned-up world of finance. She launched her career as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, before taking on roles at Ontario Power Generation. It was a traditional trajectory in a field that, much like motorsports, had spent generations as a boys’ club.

OTHER INTERESTS

Beyond the boardroom and the paddock, de Guzman is a dedicated wife and mother of two kids living in Toronto with her husband, Ryan De Guzman, a project manager at Sun Life. The couple got engaged in April 2019 and married in a ceremony held outside her 96-year-old grandmother’s nursing home window—a touching pandemic-era wedding that showed her knack for making meaningful moments happen against the odds. She’s known for her focus on continuous improvement, both professionally and personally, embodying the philosophy that growth happens incrementally, not overnight.

EARLY SUCCESS

Jeannie joined 1Password in 2020 as VP of Finance and Human Resources when the company had just 180 employees. Her impact was immediate and measurable. She built the finance function from the ground up and steered the company through its Series B and Series C funding rounds, including a jaw-dropping $620 million USD Series C raise—the largest in Canadian tech history at the time—which catapulted 1Password to a $6.8 billion valuation. In March 2023, she was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, and by 2025, she transitioned to Chief Operating Officer, making way for new CFO Greg Henry while she expanded her remit to include corporate development, M&A strategy, and strategic partnerships with industry titans like Amazon, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2020: Joined 1Password as VP of Finance and Human Resources, building the finance function as the company scaled from 180 to over 520 employees.
• 2021: Led 1Password through its Series B and Series C funding rounds, including a record-breaking $620 million Series C that valued the company at $6.8 billion.
• 2023: Promoted to Chief Financial Officer and named one of Finance & Investing’s Top 25 CFOs of Toronto.
• 2025: Transitioned to Chief Operating Officer, taking on corporate development and spearheading 1Password’s partnership with Red Bull Racing and the F1 Academy to drive female participation in motorsports and cybersecurity.
• 2025: Moderated a panel on female excellence featuring F1 Academy driver Alisha Palmowski and other women leaders at the Canadian Grand Prix, showcasing her commitment to creating space for women in male-dominated industries.

INSPIRATIONS

De Guzman’s passion for opening doors stems from her own experience navigating male-dominated fields. “Just like in motorsports, cybersecurity has been male-dominated, so the progress and development of women in these spaces matters,” she’s said. Her mission is clear: inspire young women to not just enter these industries, but to stay and thrive. She’s vocal about the parallels between racing and her corporate world—both demand grit, precision, and the audacity to claim your seat. “Every champion starts with a dream and the courage to chase it,” she stated during the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix partnership announcement. At 1Password, she’s championed a culture of continuous improvement, emphasizing that growth—whether on the track or in the boardroom—happens through relentless, incremental effort.

REPUTATION

In the corporate world, she’s known as a finance leader with a partnership mindset, someone who sees her role not as gatekeeping budgets but as enabling business success. Colleagues describe her as approachable yet exacting, a leader who balances technical expertise with the soft skills required to rally cross-functional teams. Her work on the Women in Tech panel at 1Password’s AGConf conference and her involvement with organizations like the Family Online Safety Institute have solidified her reputation as a champion for underrepresented voices. In motorsports circles, she’s the executive who put her money—and her company’s brand—where her mouth is, backing the F1 Academy and Red Bull Racing Pepe Jeans Academy Programme to create tangible pathways for female drivers like Palmowski.

FUTURE GOALS/PLANS

As COO, de Guzman is laser-focused on expanding 1Password’s strategic partnerships and driving M&A activity, including integrations like the recent Trelica acquisition. But her ambitions extend beyond balance sheets. Through the company’s ongoing partnership with the F1 Academy, she’s working to ensure young women see themselves reflected in motorsports and tech. The collaboration includes mentorship initiatives, panel discussions, and high-visibility activations like the bespoke livery designed by Canadian artist Kirsten McCrea for the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. Her goal isn’t just representation—it’s transformation. She wants to build a pipeline where girls grow up seeing women in race cars and C-suites as normal, not novelties.

REFERENCES

Meet The Female Race Car Driver Shaping The Future Of F1 – Three Magazine
How the Red Bull Racing Pepe Jeans Academy Programme and 1Password Are Driving Female Excellence – 1Password Blog
F1 Academy and Red Bull Working to Close the Gender Gap – FanAmp
A Bespoke Livery by Female Canadian Artist Ahead of Canadian Grand Prix – Red Bull Racing
Jeannie De Guzman – Meet the Team – 1Password
Real Weddings: Ryan and Jeannie – Toronto Life
42 Best Career Advice for Aspiring CFOs – Soldo
Jeannie De Guzman – Family Online Safety Institute
1Password Appoints Greg Henry as Chief Financial Officer – Business Wire
Finance & Investing Announces Top 25 CFOs of Toronto for 2023 – PRWeb
How to Be a Well-rounded CFO with Jeannie De Guzman – The CFO Playbook
1Password Drives Change with F1 Academy Partnership and Custom Livery Launch – Toronto Guardian