Lazaridis Expert Network
With experience from the world’s most successful companies, our experts comprise a diverse group of seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and executives who share knowledge and valuable lessons to help Lazaridis ScaleUp companies achieve rapid growth and global success.
A sample of the Lazaridis Expert Network includes:
Goly Anvary
Former Head of Innovation and Digital Marketing, Gap Inc.
Michelle Banik
Former Chief People Officer/Global Head of Human Resources, OMERS
Geoff Baum
Former Entrepreneur in Residence, Adobe | Co-founder, Garage.com
Chris Bryson
Former CEO, Unata | Former Advisor, Instacart
Chris Caren
CEO, Turnitin
José Benitez Cong
Former Nest Head of Talent, Google | Former Technology Recruiting, Apple
Co-Founder and CEO, Hatch | Former SVP Consumer Experience, BabyCenter | Venture Partner, True Ventures
April Dunford
Former VP Marketing, Huawei | Former COO, Tulip Retail
Lise Edwards
Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Robert Half | Former Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Compliance, Salesforce
Andrew Flett
Managing Partner, Growth Control Capital
Sloan Gaon
CEO, PulsePoint | Former GM, GrubHub
Brandon Goldman
VP of Sales, Regal Voice | Former Director of Sales, SurveyMonkey
Marie Goodell
Former VP Product Marketing, SAP HANA
Samer Hamadeh
Founder and CEO, Zeel Networks | Venture Partner, Corigin Ventures
Brent Ho-Young
Co-founder and CEO, Dream Payments
Kimberly Kaplan
Former VP Product Management, Revenue Optimization and Marketing, POF.com
Tim Kendall
CEO, Moment | Former President, Pinterest | Former Director of Monetization, Facebook
Michael Litt
Co-founder and CEO, Vidyard | Co-founder and General Partner, Garage Capital
Tom Loverro
General Partner, IVP
Loren Padelford
CCO, Bill.com | Former GM, Revenue at Shopify
Jackie Poriadjian-Asch
Former CMO and CRO, ecobee | Former CMO, Canada Goose | Former SVP Global Brand Marketing, UFC
George Psiharis
COO, AlayaCare | Former COO, Clio
Ada Chen Rekhi
Founder and COO, Notejoy | Former SVP Marketing, SurveyMonkey
Sachin Rekhi
Founder and CEO, Notejoy | Former Head of Product Sales Solutions, LinkedIn
Cassie Roblin
Director Talent and HR, Symb.io
Benji Shomair
VP Commerce Business and Marketing, Facebook
Mike Silagadze
Founder and CEO, Top Hat
Nicole Smith
Founder and CEO, Flytographer
Dave Weiss
Co-Founder, President, and COO, Hatch | Former SVP Product Management and CTO, BabyCenter
Mike Wessinger
Founder and CEO, PointClickCare
Chris Yeh
Author, Blitzscaling | Co-founder, Global Scaling Academy
Andrew Zakem
Former VP Client Development, RPX Corporation | Former VP Global Agency Sales, Marin Software
Jami Zakem
Former VP, Global Customer Success, Eventbrite | Former VP, Customer Success, Yelp