Blair Kelsie

Owner, Lion Mentorship

I understand that keeping up with the latest technological advancements, developing products and managing tech teams can be overwhelming. That's why my mission is to use my knowledge and expertise to provide clear, practical guidance to my clients.

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EXPERIENCE MATTERS

EXPERT

Founder, Co-Founder, Mentor, Investor and Consultant
Chief Technology Officer, Software Engineer, Project Manager, Product Owner, Software Development Manager
Software planning, design and implementation
Staff acquisition, leadership and performance evaluation
Lecturer, Course Instructor

TECHNOLOGY

Operations software / tools
Cloud Services / Infrastructure
Payment Gateway Integrations
Security processes and implementations
Web, desktop and mobile applications
Product Lifecycle and management
Software stacks / frameworks
Quality control
System monitoring

GUIDANCE

MVP planning / development
Evaluating technology options
Managing expectations and defining deliverables
Agile methodologies
Software lifecycle management and tools
Technical team hiring, management and retention
Assessing existing systems, procedures and software
Recommendations

ABOUT BLAIR

Blair has been immersed in the tech industry for over 20 years. He's held ground-floor, key roles in successful high profile companies such as Vendasta, a company whose valuation is now well into the hundreds of millions as well as SkipTheDishes, where he was instrumental in developing the MVP, building out the first tech team and helped carry the company through a $200M acquisition.

Throughout his career, Blair has helped launch startups and occupied a diverse set of roles, including software engineer, tech lead, product owner, project manager, CTO, co-founder, investor, instructor, advisor and many more. Currently, he is CTO at Alto ("Find Alto") where he created the company's MVP, established a tech team and is guiding the company's product development and technology direction.

Through Lion Mentorship, Blair offers specialized services tailored for non-tech founders. His expertise lies in helping startups grow from inception to reality.

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