Blake Pridham

Blake Pridham has been in the professional world since 2008. Blake began their career as a Ski Coach at Alpine Ski Club, where they were responsible for training, coaching and mentoring ski racers. Blake then moved on to Mosaic Sales Solutions in 2010, where they organized groups of individuals to represent brands and lead sales for Rogers Communications and Diageo. In 2011, they joined Dish Cooking Studio as the Retail Operations Manager, where they managed and reported daily sales reports, batch reports, and managed inventory. Pridham then moved on to Hurontario in 2012, where they were the Director of Operations, managing staff of 100+ employees and organizing inventory, inbound and outbound trip logistics and day-to-day operations. In 2014, they joined Plug and Play Tech Center as a Startup Accelerator, and also became Co-Founder & COO of Adventure Bucket List, providing e-commerce plugins and back office software that solves real-time availability for destination marketplaces and local vendors. In 2017, Pridham joined 500 Startups as part of Batch 21 and in 2018, they joined Parallel18 as part of Generation 5. In 2020, they returned to Dish Cooking Studio as an Ecommerce Consultant, redesigning and building a new website for the company, and providing business strategy services on product offerings, customer acquisition strategies, and branding. Most recently, in 2021, Pridham joined Yervana as a Product Manager.

Blake Pridham attended The University of British Columbia from 2009 to 2014, where they earned a degree in Business Management with a focus on Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. In 2013, they also attended Universit\u00e9 Jean Moulin (Lyon III) to study International Business.