Michael Collins is a partner at GSD Venture Studios. Prior to joining GSD, they served as Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Rosalyn.ai from December 2020 to June 2021.
At Rosalyn, Michael led product management, product marketing and corporate strategy and development for the startup. Michael also managed a team of product managers in North America and Europe, and developed an industry-first Student Advisory Board. In addition to product, Michael also led US & International HR, Tax and Legal, International Equity Sub plan Development and Issuance, Partnerships, Business Development, Pre-Sales and Corporate Development and Strategy.
Under Michael's leadership, the corporate strategy and development function was established. Michael also established a strategic relationship with Microsoft EDU which led to internal recommendation and acceptance into Microsoft for Startups accelerator. Michael also lead all global corp dev efforts.
Rosalyn is the enterprise virtual assessment platform. At its core is An autonomous artificial intelligence that invigilates assessments remotely anytime, anywhere at scale. This human/AI collaboration makes assessments very secure, consistent and effective.
Michael Collins has a graduate degree in general management and strategy from Harvard Business School. Michael also has an undergraduate degree in international finance from the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business. In addition, they have a college preparatory / high school diploma from the American School in London. Michael also has certification from LinkedIn in Agile Methodologies and LinkedIn Learning Highlights: Business Strategy and Analysis.
Their manager is Gary Fowler, CEO & President & Founder. Some of their coworkers include Nenuca Syquia - Partner, Adedeji Faniyan - Partner, and Tushar Kansal - Partner.
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