San Francisco Bay Area
Marc Zablatsky is a C-level executive with 30 year history of leadership in startups, turnarounds and international organizations ready to scale. Marc has started, built, led and acquired companies in Consumer Goods / Services, Retail, SaaS, Healthcare (Aging), Education, Professional Services and Non Profits. Over his career, he has helped raise in excess of $200M for the company’s he has worked with, serving on numerous boards along the way. Since 2017 he has been a CFO for venture backed startups (Seed - Series C). In 2016, Marc moved to San Francisco after the sale of his company to a PE firm. Since moving to San Francisco Marc has been a fractional CFO for over 10 venture backed companies. He has also managed a team of 40+ CFOs as Managing Director of CFO Practice. Marc is a builder of businesses and brands with a successful track record of managing and aggressively growing multi-site B2C / B2BC organizations leveraging technology in the areas of SaaS, consumer goods & services, retail, education, professional services and the emerging aging marketplace. Marc earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing, Finance and Economics from Babson College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Marc is also a strong supporter of social enterprise ventures. He served as COO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow, premier minor leadership development program. He was CEO of Fitness Forward a technology driven non-profit addressing the childhood obesity epidemic. He was President of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston (HBSAB), serving 6000+ HBS alumni in MA and most recently served on the board of The Harvard Business School Association of Northern California (HBSANC). --- Prior to moving to San Francisco Marc was VP and General Manager of Sitecues (www.sitecues.com), a game changing SaaS technology that helps corporations better serve aging employees and online customers (and individuals with disabilities). With sitecues anyone can customize their online user experience to their specific needs without impacting other users. Websites, learning systems and other browser-based content enabled with sitecues are easier for seniors and boomers to see, hear, use & enjoy. Sitecues was the focus of Marc's passion for almost 7 years. He galvanized the resources (private equity backing) to go from an idea on a whiteboard to prototype, MVP, beta, commercial release and numerous pivots as it begins to scale into a global opportunity.
Scale smarter & achieve your vision sooner with strategic financial guidance from your Burkland CFOs Responsible for a team of 40+ CFOs and managing 40% CAGR from 2020 - Present. When I joined Burkland we worked with less than 100 venture backed companies we now work with 700+.
Burkland gives startups a solid foundation to grow with confidence. We provide the expertise that makes economic sense for all growth stages - ranging from Pre-Seed to Series C. Our on-demand CFOs, accountants, HR, and tax experts give strategic guidance to ease a company’s growing pains and provide financial and operational insight to scale. Burkland serves over 700 startups across the United States. Learn more at - https://burklandassociates.com Managing Director CFO Services Responsible for a team of 40+ CFOs and managing 40% CAGR from 2020 - Present Companies I provided CFO support to include: - RevivePV: A complete remanufactured solution for utility & residential failed solar panels. - Simplia: AI-driven marketing platform makes small businesses digitally competitive - Test.ai: delivers AI-powered software tools that help testers & developers release apps faster - Remediant: Privileged Access Management Software and Protection at Scale (rated #1 by Gartner) - Clarafoods dba The Every Company: creating the protein of tomorrow, today - Kloudless: innovate faster w/ the Kloudless API Platform, connecting storage, CRM, calendar, ITSM, - Alion Energy: has fundamentally redesigned the way utility scale solar is built and maintained - BetterView: P&C insurance companies make better decisions with less overhead using Betterview's geospatial predictive analytics platform. - Biograph: changing the way you think of healthcare - CastleWind: development of visionary offshore wind projects - Kite: the smart copilot for programmers - Springshot: reinventing the Mobile Workplace - Careskore: helps healthcare organizations better manage patient populations, using multivariate predictive analysis
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Galvanized the resources (PE Backing) to go from an idea on a whiteboard to prototype, MVP, beta, commercial release and pivots as it scaled to 100+ customers (Banks, Universities and the emerging Aging Marketplace). Granted 11 patents. Sold to Vector Capital. Sitecues is a powerful and secure cloud-based SasS solution that enables websites to reach more users. Simple, built-in features, make content easier to see, hear and use on every page of your website. It initially appears as an in-page badge which fits into the header of your website. When moused over, it expands into a panel with two simple controls. sitecues appears to users as just another feature within your website. The user interface is welcoming and avoids disability terminology and icons. Features are designed to be easy to use for all audiences.
‒ MakingCareEasier.com: social networking website to support aging parents ‒ Elyxor: retail subject matter expert on team of technologists; we offer an activity based approach to mobile commerce for retailers and brands (www.elyxor.com) ‒ Sagewell: think Google street view meets high resolution thermal images (www.sagewell.com) ‒ iTravel Solutions: increased bookings by 112% in one year for B2B internet travel business
While CEO, we tripled the number of children served to over 6000 through rewards-based Internet collaborations, cutting edge technology and scientific expertise that strived to reverse the rise in youth obesity. Fitness Forward, leverages technology to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce childhood obesity.