Michael Shoemaker
Chief Executive Officer at Vayda
Michael Shoemaker
Chief Executive Officer at Vayda
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - Current
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.
Independent Board Director
2020
Latam’s leading social commerce platform.
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.
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.
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.
Founder & Principal
2011 - 2012
Colombia-based search fund.
Business Development Manager - Technology Partnerships
2006 - 2010
Built and managed strategic partnerships with major ERP and best-in-class SaaS providers.