Liz Hocker is the Managing Director of New Listings and Capital Markets at Nasdaq. Based in Austin, Texas, she works with private companies throughout the Southwest United States on IPO, deSPAC and Direct Listing planning and execution.

With more than 20 years of business consulting, HR, banking, and talent acquisition experience, Liz has worked with hundreds of companies which were positively impacted through the strong operations & people-oriented initiatives her teams have delivered. She has worked with start-ups to large international organizations, and has worked throughout Asia, N. America and Europe.

In recent years, Liz has worked with the executive teams of some of the highest profile IPOs in the world, such as: Bumble, The Honest Company, LegalZoom, Olaplex, Frontier Airlines, BigCommerce, Xos Trucks, European Wax, Leslie’s Pools, Array Technology, FTC Solar, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, TaskUs, and Virgin Orbit.