Quake is a venture fund and accelerator making investments in early-stage ventures across a wide range

of industries. Named top 10 VCs in the world by Forbes and the #2 investor in female-founded
companies by CrunchBase. Our accelerator companies receive $150k and a 12 weeks curriculum. With
offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Austin and drawing on teams from around the world.

Developed hundreds of hours of entrepreneurial classes for NYU student, faculty, and alumni
entrepreneurs. Established the first fully staffed and programmed entrepreneurship space at NYU, the
Leslie Entrepreneurs Lab. The lab, a collaborative skill-building space for students and faculty in the
heart of the Washington Square campus, is a tremendous success and a pillar of the NYU community.
Led workshops on the lean startup methodology and customer facing development. In the first year of
being open, the lab has hosted over one hundred workshops, classes, and hackathons for budding
entrepreneurs and has been visited over 25,000 times. Designed and built the first open prototyping
space on campus which includes 3D printers and a laser cutter available to all NYU entrepreneurs.

Built programs to further the entrepreneurial capacity of MIT students. Counseled student
entrepreneurs enabling them to make full use of the center's resources. Worked with little oversight
from the Managing Director to run projects that became necessary throughout the year. Planned
numerous entrepreneurship events, which were attended by hundreds of students and scores of
mentors. Led the redevelopment of the Center’s online presence including project managing a $75,000
web project.

Andrew is a passionately curious and relentlessly motivated business leader and community builder. He
is co-founder and CEO of Smartiks, a blockchain based ticketing engine that helps the live entertainment
industry better manage how tickets are bought and resold. Smartiks was spun out of it's parent
company TikTiks, a mobile ticket marketplace where sports and entertainment fans can buy and sell
mobile tickets for their favourite events transparently. He also currently works as a Business
Development Advisor for Startup Calgary, a Calgary Economic Development Initiative. He previously held
a Business Development and Product Manager role at Pump Interactive where he worked with a
boutique development team to build high impact web apps and software for many different SMBs.
Before that, he worked as the VP Operations and Development Director at Startup Calgary where he
eventually served on the Board of Directors. While completing his BBA at Mount Royal University with a
minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Andrew ran a successful painting franchise and held the
Entrepreneur in Residence Position at the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MRU.

I work with the Startup Calgary team to help guide entrepreneurs through the early stages of their
startup journey. I work directly with entrepreneurs to help them refine and iterate their business models
to maximize their chance of success, and facilitate and teach programming around lean startup strategy,
business model canvassing, startup funding and more.
Worked with fellow board members to guide the strategic direction of Startup Calgary as an
independent non-profit organization. Supported the acquisition of Startup Calgary by Calgary Economic
Development in early 2017.

Worked with fellow board members to guide the strategic direction of Axiom as an independent non-
profit organization. Supported the acquisition of Axiom by interested parties throughout the company’s
history.