Malinda Gagnon

Ms. Gagnon is CEO of Uprise Partners, a business technology firm specializing in IT, cybersecurity, marketing technology, and software engineering. She has more than 20 years of experience in business strategy and technology. At Google, she was a founding team member of the ad technology organization. She was a senior partner at WPP, the world’s largest media holding company, where she founded and led their consulting organization and the Product Management and Technology group.

She specializes in business resiliency planning, media and communications technologies, analytics technologies, product management, and technology operations. She has advised clients such as Procter and Gamble, General Electric, Volkswagen, BlackRock, and Walmart, as well as hundreds of startups. She’s also a mentor with Techstars, MassChallenge, and Maine Center for Entrepreneurs. She’s an avid skier and scuba diver, and a certified yoga teacher.