Ross Paul

Experience

Head of Business Development, Product Partnerships (and acquisition transition) 2019 (7 months)

Joined as part of the acquisition of LemonStand to help with the transition of the team, technology, and customers. Also led a new Business Development team responsible for... more

PlaceSpeak

Board Member 2013 - 2018 (about 5 years)

Galvanize

VP Go To Market and Global Operations 2011 - 2015 (about 3 years)

Initially hired in 2011 to help drive a turnaround and reignite go to market, growth and brand strategy and execution with leadership of Marketing, Product Management and... more

PlaceSpeak

Advisor 2011 - Present (over 15 years)

Wazoku

Advisor 2011 - Present (about 15 years)

Wazoku

Interim Founding COO 2010 - 2011 (7 months)

Early investor - helped founders with company set up and initial commercialization of product prior to moving with family from the UK to Canada.

Avg Technologies

VP Business Development 2009 - 2010 (about 1 year)

Member of senior management team responsible for driving growth through strategic partnerships globally. AVG went public on the Nasdaq in 2012 with a valuation of ~$850M and... more

Forcepoint

Director, Product Management 2005 - 2009 (almost 5 years)

Led cross-functional teams of 75+ (product management, sales, marketing, development) and responsible for Product Strategy, P&L and growth for all SaaS content security... more

DN Capital

Associate / MBA Intern 2004 (9 months)

Venture deal review, due diligence, analysis and market research to identify new strategic areas of investment focus.

SunCommerce

Founder, CTO 1996 - 1999 (about 3 years)

Led all overall technology development, infrastructure and operations for high growth, bootstrapped eCommerce application service provider (ASP). SunCommerce was sold to Bell... more

Hyperion Ventures

Co-Founder 2021 - Present (over 4 years)

Investing early in mission-driven technology founders. Portfolio of 40+ startups and growing.

Snowball Advisors

Startup and Growth Stage Advisor / Consultant 2020 - Present (over 6 years)

Advisory, consulting and executing coaching for private equity, early and growth-stage companies. Areas of focus include fundraising, M&A strategy, due diligence, team... more

Newchip Accelerator

Mentor 2022 - 2023 (11 months)

Mentoring startup founders and CEOs.

Exit

LemonStand

Investor, Board Member, and VP Growth 2015 - 2019 (almost 4 years)

Joined as Investor, Board Member, and operational leadership over all aspects of revenue and customer growth for venture-backed SMB SaaS eCommerce platform startup including... more

Exit

Onvia

Co-Founder and CTO 1997 - 2001 (over 4 years)

Led all overall technology development, infrastructure and operations for high growth, venture backed eCommerce startup, with a cross-functional team of 200+. Drove corporate... more

Founder

SunCommerce

Employee

Onvia, LemonStand, Newchip Accelerator, Snowball Advisors, Hyperion Ventures, DN Capital, Forcepoint, Avg Technologies, Wazoku, Galvanize, Mailchimp

Advisor

Wazoku, PlaceSpeak

Board Member

PlaceSpeak

Education

About

Achievements

Founded and member of senior leadership teams for multiple exited companies, from acquisitions to a NASDAQ IPO.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

SaaS Startups Leadership GTM strategies Product Management Growth Strategy and Execution Strategic Partnerships Marketing Management Executive Management Business Operations Mergers & Acquisitions Entrepreneurship Pricing Strategy

Locations

Vancouver

Ross Paul

Multiple exit tech founder and exec turned angel investor, advisor/consultant and syndicate lead.

Founded and member of senior leadership teams for multiple exited companies, from acquisitions to a NASDAQ IPO.