Mark Belinsky

Experience

United Nations Development Programme

Digital Innovation & Scaling Specialist 2020 - 2024 (about 4 years)

• Led the organization's product capability overhaul by setting new standards and
spearheading the development of 5 key open-source applications in areas such as
carbon... more

Bionic

Entrepreneur-in-Residence 2018 - 2020 (over 1 year)

• Converted 6-month pilot project for top food CPG into principal client relationship by
leading team to launch a new product along with their first ever e-commerce sales.
Idea... more

LAUNCH

Mentor

A-Level Capital

Advisor

The Toolbox

CTO 2012 - 2013 (about 1 year)

• Led front-end + back-end product design + engineering operations.
• Recruited team from concept through to launch.

DoSomething.org

Advisor

The Guardian Project

Product Manager & Strategist 2012 - 2013 (almost 2 years)

• Led international strategy + technical development of 4 Android + web apps.
• Designed UX + UI through user testing + QA.

Purpose

Creative Technologist & Management Consultant 2012 (8 months)

• Built strategy + marketing campaign for automotive manufacturing company.
• Programmed web + phone app, created product strategy, + managed engineering team
to scale... more

Digital Democracy

President & Co-Founder 2008 - 2012 (about 4 years)

• Led projects in 26 countries.
• Duties included program design & implementation, client outreach & sales, research & development, and operations.
• Consultant... more

The World Bank

Advisor

KëshLäbs

Fractional Chief Product Officer 2017 - Present (about 9 years)

Business Consulting: Design + Code + Manufacturing + Management

Exit

Luma

Vice President of Product 2016 - 2017 (7 months)

• Transitioned Birdi team + technology, leading to acquisition of Luma by largest brand of smoke alarms in the USA, First Alert.
• Built SAAS revenue stream with novel... more

Exit

Birdi

CEO + Co-Founder 2013 - 2017 (about 4 years)

• Raised Seed funding from top Silicon Valley VCs + led diligence through acquisition.
• Led company ops, branding, manufacturing in China, and software development.
•... more

Employee

Purpose, Digital Democracy, The Guardian Project, The Toolbox, Birdi, Luma, KëshLäbs, Bionic, United Nations Development Programme

Advisor

A-Level Capital, The World Bank, DoSomething.org

Mentor

LAUNCH

Projects

Ostel

end-to-end secure open source VoIP

Ostel is end-to-end secure federated VoIP using open source software and Internet standard protocols.

With Lee Azzarello

Education

About

Achievements

Webby & Anthem award-winning. Raised Series Seed from top Silicon Valley VCs & led company through diligence to acquisition after manufacturing and shipping thousands of units and achieving UL life-safety certification as well as Apple MFi certification. Tim Cook then highlighted our company at iPhone 7 launch event. Additionally, I've appeared as a guest on BBC Radio, Al-Jazeera English, and NPR, testified at US Congress, lectured at Harvard, Columbia, NYU, was a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and consulted with numerous heads of state, including being invited to the White House as an advisor on youth issues.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Business Development Social Entrepreneurship Public Speaking Product Development User Experience Design Security Sales and Marketing Software Development Agile methodology Python SQL Generative AI Hardware Engineering Product Management Innovation & Growth UI/UX Design Graphic Design

Locations

New York City Los Angeles Atlanta

Mark Belinsky

Technology entrepreneur and product executive. Recent CEO & Co-Founder of acquired venture-backed connected consumer electronics startup.