Todd Paoletti

About

With a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication/Media Studies from the University of Utah, I have built a distinguished career in technology and product management. As the Founder and General Partner of UpRize Group, I lead a premier Go-to-Market agency, advising on product management, operations, and marketing for clients like Chainalysis, Couchbase, KPMG, and Microsoft AI. I also serve as an Operating Partner at Stage Fund, providing executive advisory services to its portfolio companies. My previous roles include Chief Product Officer and GM Accelerator at Cognizant, where I led global product development and innovation in advanced technologies. Additionally, I have held board positions at Rx.Health and Measure, contributing to strategic decision-making and governance.

Experience

• Founder & General Partner · UpRize Group06-01-2022

  Founder and Partner of leading Go-to-Market agency, specializing in product management advisory, operations, product marketing, solutions positioning and marketing, GTM planning, market and buyer research, packaging and pricing. Helping emerging and established technology firms from crypto analytics pioneer Chainalysis, NoSQL leader Couchbase, KPMG and Microsoft AI divisions, Private Equity firms Stage Fund and Recognize among others.

• Operating Partner · Stage09-01-2023 – 05-01-2024

  Executive advisor to Private Equity firm Stage Fund and its portfolio companies.

• Member Board Of Directors · Rx.Health09-01-2020 – 04-01-2022

  As a Member of the Board of Directors, likely contributed to strategic decision-making, governance, and oversight of the company's operations and growth.

• Chief Product Officer and GM Accelerator · Cognizant11-01-2015 – 04-01-2022

  Chief Product Officer, GM of the Accelerator Products and Incubator Division and member of Executive Leadership Team for Cognizant, a Fortune 200 Global Technology firm. Lead a globally distributed product development, marketing and engineering organization that builds and manages a portfolio of emerging technology products. Additionally oversee Cognizant's central function for Global Solutions Management; a team and discipline leading cross-functional identification, development, packaging, enablement, marketing and selling of packaged solutions across the company. Additionally run the incubation program for sourcing, selecting and developing new product and solutions in advanced technology areas such as Blockchain, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, IoT and others. Charter is to refine and develop advanced technology ideas into sellable solutions.

• Board Of Directors · Measure03-01-2020 – 08-01-2021

  As a Member of the Board of Directors, likely contributed to strategic decision-making, governance, and oversight of the company's operations and growth.

Education

• University of UtahBachelor of Arts (BA), Mass Communication/Media Studies

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