MS

Michael Shoemaker

CEO Vayda | Climate Positive Ag | INSEAD

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Skills

Agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture
New Business Development
International Expansion
Business Strategy
Latin America
Spanish
Company Research
Firm Valuation
Private Equity
Colombia
Sales Operations
Enterprise Software
Telecommunications
MBA
SaaS
Financial Modeling
Marketing Strategy
Strategic Partnership Management
Oil&Gas

Education

Work Experience

2023

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2023

    Certified B Corp dedicated to enabling adoption of regenerative agriculture systems through data-based decision support for growers and landowners. Backed by Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

2020

  • Independent Board Director

    2020

    Latam’s leading social commerce platform.

2020 - 2023

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2020 - 2023

    Leading residential real estate investment platform backed by Softbank, Bain Capital, Khosla, Lightspeed, Canvas Ventures and others. Deployed roughly $2 billion in investor capital and managed approximately $5 billion in assets.

2013 - 2019

  • Global Head of Ridesharing Product Operations (Product Planning and GTM)

    2018 - 2019

    Led ~90 person product planning and GTM team for Uber’s global ridesharing business, reporting to the COO and Global Ridesharing business owner.

  • Regional General Manager, Central and South America (Spanish-speaking)

    2015 - 2018

    Launched and grew P&L to ~$2 billion in GMV across 11 countries.

  • General Manager, Colombia

    2013 - 2016

    Launched and led the Colombia market from inception as part of Uber’s founding team in Latin America.

2012 - 2013

  • Managing Director, Co-Founder

    2012 - 2013

    Launched pure play general e-commerce business and helped lead it to #1 spot in Colombia e-commerce in just 18 months. Backed by Rocket Internet. Later sold to Falabella.

Andino Ventures

2011 - 2012

  • Founder & Principal

    2011 - 2012

    Colombia-based search fund.

PDI Ninth House (now a Korn/Ferry company)

2006 - 2010

  • Business Development Manager - Technology Partnerships

    2006 - 2010

    Built and managed strategic partnerships with major ERP and best-in-class SaaS providers.