Michael Dyatchenko Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Helping small business owners unlock the value they've spent years creating. I invest in small businesses in Canada, US, and the UK.

I have worked with dozens of clients in on over 100 projects in every department of most industries. Below are some highlights.- Led automation and transformation initiatives through peak crypto hype as the head of growth of a blockchain technology company and top crypto wallet-- Decentral and Jaxx.- Worked with the leadership of a large Canadian private equity firm to help their companies' leaders create value from data & analytics. Developed individual and group data strategies… Show more I have worked with dozens of clients in on over 100 projects in every department of most industries. Below are some highlights.- Led automation and transformation initiatives through peak crypto hype as the head of growth of a blockchain technology company and top crypto wallet-- Decentral and Jaxx.- Worked with the leadership of a large Canadian private equity firm to help their companies' leaders create value from data & analytics. Developed individual and group data strategies for a group of North American retail companies, uniting them and guiding them through several implementations. Repeated this with the finance departments of a broader group of more diverse companies.- Co-founded an e-commerce company as COO/CTO. Developed the product, set up the supply chain, found product-market fit, and set up the systems.- Helped a large Canadian fashion retail chain CEO make quicker and smarter decisions in buying, pricing, discounting, inventory allocation, and vendor negotiations. Built a process and tool to automate integrated product, store, and financial performance reports to align a siloed executive team.- Built and led a decision support function for North American cannabis company in the top 25 on its stock exchange. Helped sales, marketing, finance, and operations use data & technology to optimize cultivation, lab, manufacturing, distribution, and sales operations.- Helped the COO and CIO of a North American manufacturer/distributor of tools & equipment leverage their data to understand their customers' behaviours to unlock sales & marketing opportunities.- Worked with a large New York hedge fund to design and build an automated process that ingests real estate data to predict REIT performance & guide investment.- Led a data science team for a top health authority in Canada to find root causes for anomalous ER visits and recommend action.- Led a team to build an analytics strategy for a content agency in Canada's Technology Fast 50 Show less

Help clients leverage data science and technology to create value in their business.

Built a comprehensive billing & reconciliation suite for a $31B and a $3B construction project. Built the processes and system from scratch with dozens of apps and reports, creating many FTEs-worth of efficiencies by reducing the cash-to-cash cycle and audit workload.

Leading technology & data initiatives to help the leadership team roll out fintech products for age-gated industries.

Created & delivered content for data analytics & AI courses within the MSci Accounting with Cognitive Analytics and the Graduate Certificate in Accounting with Digital Analytics. Created a software bootcamp leading students to proficiency in Tableau, Power BI, and Alteryx.

Led various automation and transformation initiatives for a crypto wallet app during peak crypto hype.

Worked with the founders of a group of large ecommerce & advertising companies sell high-end consumer products, delivering on growth opportunities using data analytics and technology. Led growth and automation initiatives and created a self-service analytics environment from start to finish encompassing over 20 complex systems and hundreds of companies with complex product mixes and business models. Helped launch and grow a call center that spun off into an international company with nearly 100… Show more Worked with the founders of a group of large ecommerce & advertising companies sell high-end consumer products, delivering on growth opportunities using data analytics and technology. Led growth and automation initiatives and created a self-service analytics environment from start to finish encompassing over 20 complex systems and hundreds of companies with complex product mixes and business models. Helped launch and grow a call center that spun off into an international company with nearly 100 employees. Developed RPA bots to automate tedious accounting processes that rely on PDFs. Show less

Vancouver

Created and operated an elite management consulting prep program for the university's top 16 business students. Developed and delivered lessons to two cohorts. The program became a staple at Simon Fraser University with annual cohorts and deep ties with consulting firms.

Herzogenaurach, Germany

Created and supported analytics initiatives for web, mobile, social media, brand, and market research at the global level, from strategy to execution. Helped the CIO develop a global technology strategy for adidas Group.

Led business, product, and customer development for an autonomous surveillance drone swarm startup in a team of three cofounders and seven engineers.

Supported grant adjudication decisions for a fund by evaluating social enterprises and their impact.

Conducted due diligence, financial modelling, and valuations of acquisition targets

Built and scaled a pro-bono management consultancy, now a renowned program at Simon Fraser University, impacting hundreds of student and dozens of not-for-profits.