VITALIZE Venture Capital is an early-stage VC investing in WorkTech, which includes enterprise platforms that transform workflows, infrastructure for the freelance economy, and AI driven HR tech. VITALIZE is investing out of a $25M Fund II and a 500-person angel community. The Venture Partners are an elite group of nearly 50 CHROs, CPOs, HR tech execs, and future of work experts who convene quarterly to share insights and trends on cutting edge WorkTech.

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* Stepped into CTO role after M&A to join the senior executive team to drive business and technology growth and integration strategy* Deployed organizational architecture that mapped strategy to process and execution.* The democratization of the OKR driven process that valued the outcome and health.* Grew engineering team by 4x in multiple locations, including Toronto, CA as an R&D hub.* Led Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) and DevOps practice.* Developed API driven platform architecture that included Material Design and React/Redux driven UI framework, microservice, Kafka based messaging solution, and AWS/HashiCorp based cloud infrastructure. (https://workmarket.tech)* Led cybersecurity program (PCI-DSS, SOC2, Fraud, Identity) and privacy (GDPR, CCPA) program.* Led pre-acquisition due diligence for technology and security assessment. * Other initiatives included hackathon, team-building events, coop and internship program sponsorship.