The Hypershift team has a long history of launching startup unicorns and running growth, innovation, product development, and customer delivery and success at global organizations.
Andre Marquis, CEO
Andre is the former Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship, founder of the Innovation Acceleration Group at U.C. Berkeley, and a serial entrepreneur with a track record of startups with initial public offerings and acquisitions. Prior to U.C. Berkeley, Andre co-founded the Chorus Group at Eli Lilly, where he pioneered agile business processes for successful drug development programs running >10x cheaper and 3x faster than the industry average. Andre is now bringing this wealth of expertise to Hypershift’s corporate customers.
Robert Freedman, VP Customers & Products
Robert is responsible for delivery of Hypershift’s platform and services to customers, and has been a founder and executive in a broad range of technology startups. Most recently, he led the hardware team at Accomplio, delivering agile hardware development for IoT products. Before Accomplio, he led the web/apps team at a fast-growing semiconductor firm, and the product and services teams at Certus, RightWorks and other SaaS startups. Robert has also held leadership roles at Method Design, Ernst & Young and Oracle.
Mark Graham, Strategic Advisor on Operations & Customer Strategy
Mark Graham is a seasoned advisor in operational strategy, customer insights, and scalable growth for B2B organizations. Founder of Graham Operations Advisors and a former VP in customer success and product operations at multiple SaaS companies, Mark has helped businesses transform complex processes into efficient, data-driven systems that boost customer satisfaction and revenue. With expertise spanning the entire customer lifecycle, he has a proven track record of driving improvements across the technology industry—from development to Go-to-Market and post-sales. At Hypershift Systems, he provides strategic guidance on data-driven business models and market expansion strategies, enabling B2B clients to leverage B2C-inspired analytics for enhanced market reach and insights.
Manav Subodh, General Manager, Asia
Manav advises on the delivery of Hypershift solutions to the fastest growing region for innovation in the world. Most recently, Manav co-founded the 1M1B (A Million for A Billion) initiative, to activate a million young leaders & entrepreneurs to drive a billion people globally out of poverty. In 2016, Manav led the creation of the first Smart Village, a local job creation accelerator providing last mile-as-a-service, now replicated in thousands of villages as Startup GuruKool. Manav has also worked with Intel, Ernst & Young, Hughes and QAI. At Intel, he was the Global Director for entrepreneurship for more than 30 countries and led mentoring & incubation for Intel’s “Make it Wearable” program.
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