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Michael Shoemaker

Chief Executive Officer at Vayda

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Overview 

Michael Shoemaker is the CEO of Vayda, with a background in sustainable agriculture and international expansion. He has held key leadership roles at companies like Roofstock and Uber, focusing on business strategy and operations in Latin America. Shoemaker's career highlights include successfully leading Vayda, investing in diverse founders and companies in sectors like HealthTech and E-commerce, and holding executive positions at Uber and Linio Group in Latin America.

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.

Roofstock is an online marketplace for investing in leased single-family rental homes.

Raised $365,250,000.00 from Newton Investment Management, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Masco Ventures, JLL Spark, SVB Capital, Citi Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Empede Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund and Expanding Capital.

  • 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.

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.

Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.

  • 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.

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