Joe Guzik

Finance nerd / Food-first traveler / Chronic project starter

Joe Guzik at the summit of Table Mountain, with Cape Town and Lion’s Head below at sunrise.

It is important to draw wisdom from many different places. If you take it from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale.

Iroh

Cold brew in the morning, sushi at night. I married a Brazilian woman, we named our dog Pabu, and we live just outside DC — which sounds better than Virginia.

We travel whenever we can get away with it, mostly to eat. I over-plan the trips, under-finish the projects, and treat finding the right restaurant as part of the itinerary. Kitchens stress me out, which makes that harder to justify.

Lately I’m building a homelab I don’t strictly need. I only started enjoying reading as an adult and I’m still catching up. There’s more K-pop on my playlists than anyone expects. If you got the Pabu reference, we’ll get along.

Director of Finance at Relay Commerce

Helping a multi-brand eCommerce portfolio make better decisions with fewer surprises.

and also…

  • Led FP&A across SaaS and high-growth tech, including Reify Health, Highspot, and EVERFI.
  • Guided teams through acquisitions, integrations, and board-level reporting without losing the plot.
  • Cut my teeth at SAP Concur, where I learned how large systems really work (and why they break).
  • Reading the Cradle series by Will Wight, a fantasy series built on ascending strength.
  • Listening (and laughing) to the Off Menu Podcast, where comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster host a magical restaurant.
  • Learning fermentation from Patrice and her mother at Tae-Gu Kimchi.
  • Watching Culinary Class Wars, where I’m constantly reminded my true calling is to be a cooking show judge.
  • Playing PEAK, where I climb cliffs with friends.

For anything thoughtful, direct, or genuinely human, email is the best way to reach me.

For professional connections, LinkedIn remains useful enough to justify its noise and performative flair.