Mark Hlady

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ResQ is connecting business owners and operators with trusted repair technicians. Investment from Homebrew, Golden Ventures, and Inovia.

Working across Facebook to help teams set product directions, including small business strategy, advertising automation, and consumer Events products.

Supported clients as a Group PM for for their initial set of digital products. Helped senior executives build data strategies, including advanced analytics (ML/AI), to enable new customer experiences and transform business capabilities.

Off Grid Electric is lighting Africa in a decade through pre-paid solar energy at an incredibly affordable price. Investors include SolarCity, Jasmine Investments, Vulcan Capital, and DBL. I built products and capabilities within the organization including: product management, data science and data engineering, customer research, management accounting, and finance. Created and managed teams of 5 to 20 people. I was also responsible for leading the team to establish the world's first consumer-credit-based solar finance vehicle in Africa. The $45 million facility will act as precedent for Off Grid Electric and other companies as people across Africa use in-home electricity for the first time.

[Acquired by Purpose Capital - April 2016] Finance for Good (FFG) supports governments to more effectively measure and design social policy and spending strategies. FFG has worked with several provincial governments, and many major, leading not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions. FFG was Canada's first social impact bond intermediary and remains the national thought leader on the use of this emerging, powerful social funding structure.

Advised senior executives and board members on strategic issues: - Expansion into new geographies - Creation of new institues or business units - The role and effectiveness of in-house R&D Led operational improvements in Fortune 500 companies: - Administered LEAN transformation processess - Managed special procurement initiatives - Built novel measurement tools