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Krista Marks
Strategic Advisor at Saga Education
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Krista Marks is an accomplished entrepreneur and board director, currently serving as Chair of the Board & Co-Founder of restART studio and as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. With a background that includes roles such as Vice President at The Walt Disney Company and Co-Founder & CEO at Woot Math, Krista has extensive experience in product management, strategic partnerships, and entrepreneurship.
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Chair
2021 - Current
Board Member
2023
Adjunct Professor
2023 - 2024
Entrepreneurship and ventures faculty member.
Chief Product Officer (Acquired by Saga Education)
2020 - 2023
Co-Founder & CEO
2013 - 2020
Vice President (Acquired by Disney)
2008 - 2012
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
Raised $11,000,000,000.00 from Citibank.
Co-Founder & CEO
2006 - 2012
Senior Engineering Manager
2000 - 2006
Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Raised $862,000.00 from Matrix and Kleiner Perkins.
Senior Staff Electrical Engineer
1989 - 1999
Berkeley Lab is a national laboratory that creates advanced new tools for scientific discovery.
Education
B.S.
1985 - 1989