Heri Rakotomalala

Engineer, Entrepreneur

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Hi, I am an electrical engineer who has 9 years experience in designing, developing and launching disruptive startups, media ventures, community building initiatives, and inspiring events. When I get involved, I believe I bring in big ideas, discipline, ability to decide quickly and to be always on top of things, good team leadership plus outstanding creativity. If you have a big idea, I'd be more than happy to help and make it happen.

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(January 2013 to present)

Partner, Seeding Factory

Crowdfunding consultant for product launch marketing

http://seedingfactory.com

(September 2012 to present)

Partner, Le Studio Du Plateau

(March 2012 to present)

Board Member, VentureCapTV

(January 2011 to present)

Co-Organizer, MTL NewTech

MTL NewTech gathers 5 startups every month.
Its goal is to help build the growing Montreal tech community, encourage growth and innovation, and create a local impact.

http://twtvite.com/mtlnewtech
http://mtlnewtech.com

Every 1st Tuesday of the month, 5 startups present their product for 5 minutes followed by 5 minutes Q&A session.

(August 2012 to November 2012)

Program Developer EWeek (Global Entrepreneurship Week), Dawson College

(February 2012 to July 2012)

Co-founder, OpenIt4Africa

(November 2011 to March 2012)

Event organizer, Partner and community outreach, Startup Weekend Montreal

http://montreal.startupweekend.org/

* responsible for startup community outreach
* worked with co-organizers to raise over $15,000 budget
* worked with co-organizers to raise over $100,000 in prizes for winning teams
* in charge of communications
* major partnerships

(October 2011 to March 2012)

Co-Founder, MTLStartupTalent

mtlstartuptalent.com

(February 2006 to March 2012)

Editor, Montreal Tech Watch

* Covers technology and innovation in Montreal through pictures, videos and news articles, with a heavy focus on technology and engineering
* Represents the Montreal Startups community in many events
* organizer of main technology events in Montreal, such as hackathons
* connected hundreds of entrepreneurs and teams to investors and experts
* pursued strategic partnerships with MTL NewTech, MTLStartupTalent, Startup Weekend Montreal, FounderFuel, Notman House, and many other technology initiatives

(January 2009 to May 2010)

Marketing Team Leader, Product Manager, iWeb Technologies

Social media development: created Twitter and Facebook presence
Coordinated a team of 6 marketing experts
Landing page optimization, and in charge of $80k/mo marketing budget
Was in charge of Product design (SmartServer): market research, product specifications, coordinating with technology team

(February 2004 to August 2004)

Software engineer, EDF

worked in collaborative technologies at the R&D labs, Clamart, France
open source technologies, C++, Linux

(July 2003 to September 2003)

Multimedia developer, Raison Pure interactive

* programmeur principal pour les mandats de l'agence, en collaboration avec l'équipe de création
* programmation de jeux flash
* programmation de divers site en HTML et php de sites corporatifs, campagnes marketing, sites de produits