Dan Ellis

Startup Investor

2016 - Current

Inroad is my shell for Angel Investing. 50+ deals in startups. Managing Direct investment for a family office (Sher Ventures). I also mentor founders on matters of Product, Strategy, Go-to-Market approaches, market positioning and fund raising for their businesses.

Mentor

2023

Mentor and advisor since 2023. Named Allstar (top 1%) out of 4000 mentors.

Angel Squad Member

2021

Mentor

2019

SaaS B2B Speciality Accelerator. Mentor on matters of product, fund raising and pitching for up and coming early-stage Enterprise Startup businesses.

Co-founder (Acquired)

2013 - 2018

(Acquired by Workday) Disruptive Talent Management platform that helps organizations achieve success through their most valuable resource - people. Venture backed | Silicon Valley based. I was founder and co-built the first several iterations of the Product from the ground-up.

Founder

2004 - 2013

Managed teams to design products and implement technology-based business solutions for enterprise customers including Business Intelligence / Big data / custom applications / strategic consulting. Global 500 clients.

Co-Founder

2000 - 2004

Founded marketing and branding agency with a focused on creating web presence for clients.

Systems Consultant

2000 - 2004

Reporting and analysis applications and strategy for Operations and Financial teams. Systems and application development for various aspects of corporate operations.

Business Intelligence Consultant

1998 - 1999

Business Intelligence, Big Data and Dash Board analytical systems for clients in the Calgary market area.