Kaylee Astle

Founder & CEO at Blanka

Kaylee Astle has a diverse professional background, having worked in various roles across a range of industries since 2012. Kaylee began their career as an Audit Intern at KPMG Canada, followed by Ecommerce Consultant roles at Capvision and Guidepoint. In 2014, they joined Deloitte Consulting as a Consultant, Strategy & Operations, and also held a Business Intelligence Analyst, Platform Solutions [Contract] role at SAP. In 2016, they were appointed Strategy & Operations Lead at ShareDesk, and in 2017, they became Co-Founder & Head of Communities at MobSquad. In 2019, they were appointed Director of Operations & Finance at Spocket - We are hiring!, and in 2020, they became an Advisor at Vegano Foods. Most recently, in 2021, they founded and became CEO of Blanka, an early stage technology platform enabling business creation at scale.

Kaylee Astle has an education history that includes a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) from Esade in 2013, a Bachelor of Commerce Completion from UBC Sauder School of Business in 2013 with a major in Accounting and International Business (Hon.), a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com. Hon.) from The University of British Columbia in 2013 with a major in Accounting, and attendance at Aden Bowman Collegiate Institute. Kaylee also has several certifications, including Agile Project Management (obtained in November 2016), Dive Master and Rescue Diver from PADI (obtained in October 2016), Tableau Data Visualization & Analytics from Tableau Software (obtained in February 2016), Advanced Open Water Diver from PADI, and Open Water Certificate from PADI.

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Timeline

  • Founder & CEO

    September, 2021 - present