ScaleUp Program

MENTORS

With experience from the world’s most successful companies, our experts comprise a diverse group of seasoned entrepreneurs, investors and executives.

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A sample of the Lazaridis Expert Network includes:

Michelle Banik

Corporate Director, Empire Company LTD. | Former Chief People Officer/Global Head of Human Resources, OMERS

Mike Wessinger

Founder and CEO, PointClickCare

José Benitez Cong

Former Nest Head of Talent, Google | Former Technology Recruiting, Apple

Ann Crady Weiss

Co-founder and CEO, Hatch | Venture Partner, True Ventures 

 Former SVP Consumer Experience, BabyCenter 

Emily Mikailli 

Head of HR, Signifyd

April Dunford

Author | Former VP Marketing, Huawei | Former COO, Tulip Retail

Sloan Gaon

CEO, PulsePoint | Former GM, GrubHub

Samer Hamadeh

Founder and CEO, Zeel Networks | Venture Partner, Corigin Ventures | Scout, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Brent Ho-Young

Co-founder and CEO, Dream Payments

Loren Padelford

GM, Revenue at Shopify

Sachin Rekhi

Founder and CEO, Notejoy | Former Head of Product Sales Solutions, LinkedIn

Eli Schwartz

Growth Advisor & SEO Consultant | Author 

Andrew Flett

General Partner, Mobility Impact Partners LP | Board Director | Managing Principal, Growth Control Capital

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Chris Yeh

Co-Author, Blitzscaling | Co-founder, Global Scaling Academy

Goly Anvary

Former Head of Innovation and Digital Marketing, Gap Inc.

Chris Bryson

Impact Investor in Alt-Protein | Advisor, Instacart | Founder and CEO, Unata (exited)

Jami Zakem

Former VP, Global Customer Success, Eventbrite | Yelp

Kimberly Kaplan

CEO Snack | Former VP Product Management, Revenue Optimization and Marketing, POF.com

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