✅ Patrick G. Kedziora Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Helping companies, start-ups and ecosystems solve strategic, financial, technology and operational problems.COMPANIES HELPED/HELPING• Board Member advising on product development, strategy and growth - Done Robotics, Finland.• Board Member and Head of the Deal Flow Committee - Sophia Business Angels, France.• Founder & CEO - All One Robotics (Making Farmers More Profitable ™), Kedzoh (Democratizing Learning ™).• World Furniture Group - Advising $100 million manufacturer on robotization.• Wyzchef - Board Member advising a Singapore B2B start-up on launching and fundraising.• Genesis Corporation: Head of US Bus. Dev. for this C-Level consulting/training company to the banking sector.• PicaroSoft: Executed for this early stage SaaS “citizen journalism” company on product-market-fit, software development, and fundraising.• Cisneros Group/Movida Cellular: Leader on a data/finance project. Linked databases and created a management KPI dashboard. Result: improved pricing and ARPU profitability.• Americanet, Bogota, Colombia: Interim CEO for a hardware distribution company, turned the business around, increased sales by 20% and sold the business in six months.GOVERNMENTS AND NGOs• Vietnam, University of Hue and Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST): Advising on developing their entrepreneurial ecosystem.• University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL: Developed strategic plan and grant application.• World Bank: Mentor of Mentors for their Afrique Excelle project. Coaching VCs and partners.GIVING BACK• Professor of Entrepreneurship & Finance at EDHEC, SKEMA: Teaching MBA and undergraduate classes in entrepreneurship and finance.• Angel group memberships: EBAN, France Angels, SBA - Board Member.• Former High Commissioner for France for the World Business Angles Forum (WBAF).• Speaker and moderator at angel & start-up conferences: Vox Angels - Moscow, WBAF – Istanbul, TakeOff - Istanbul, South Summit - Madrid, Techne - Alexandria Egypt.

Making Farmers More Profitable ™

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Kedzoh.com has evolved into a content portal that uses its original learning technology platform (used by enterprises, large and small) to provide online training for dental technicians in the fast-growing field of digital dentistry. Other content and training portals are planned.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

An enterprise mobile mLearning platform that lets companies train employees on their mobile phones; even with no internet access.• Founded Kedzoh as a global company from day one - "You're not global if you're not mobile" ™• Bootstrapped the company by raising $250,000 in equity-free funding.• Won three major global innovation awards - Startup Chile, Startup Brazil, and French Tech Ticket.• Designed an easy to use user interface and scalable back-end.• Built a global team: Kazakhstan, France, Tunisia, Ukraine, and US. • Expanding globally.

• Team leader driving an increase in revenue from $6 million to $28 million, operating budget from $500,000 to $1,750,000 and staffing from 12 to 23; all in less than 12 months.• Completely reorganized the finance department: including new accounting software, new staff and new processes and procedures.• Prepared company for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. Full responsibility for contract monitoring, auditing and quality assurance and improvement.• Negotiating with government officials on funding and contracts. Actively involved in State wide committees to streamline contracting and billing.• Developed reports and presented financial information to board and funding sources.

An activist investment firm taking significant stakes in public companies and creating value for all shareholders:• Full responsibility for all aspects of daily operations including budgeting, human resources, accounting, vendor relationships, audited financials, tax returns and IT infrastructure.• Worked closely with the Chairman to identify, select and acquire target companies.• Acquired control of Musicmaker, Inc. a public company. Became CFO. Filed 10Q, 10K and other SEC filings. Actively involved in Board meetings and managing shareholder relations.

Mba, Finance

Ba, Double Degree In Economics And Political Science