Zack Francis Slezak is a startup investor and advisor based in Chicago, IL. Previously he worked as Director of Operations at Firefly. He got his start as one of the first 200 employees at Uber.
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MVCR Chicago
2020 – Present
MVCR is an early stage tech startup fund that I founded in order to invest in the next generation of innovative companies. We’ve invested alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Google, Chicago Ventures, and Fidelity. Along the way I’ve consulted for over a dozen projects, primarily focusing on product design, content creation, and community engagement.
Firefly Systems
2019 - 2020
Firefly is the next-gen car advertising solution, featuring taxi and rideshare top advertising, in-car advertising, holograms, car wraps and more. As Director of Operations I managed multiple P&L's, coordinated international supply chain logistics, restructured our carrier agreements, launched multiple new markets, and oversaw a distributed team of more than a dozen direct reports.
Eat Purely
2018 - 2019
Eat Purely was a Chicago based food delivery startup. We delivered fresh, thoughtfully sourced, chef-driven meals on demand. As the Director of Marketing and Communications I was responsible for telling our story, growing our customer base, and using data to determine what of our meal offerings were resonating the most with our customers. As it was a small team, I additionally filled numerous internal management gaps: scrum mastering for Eng, heading up Product, and revamping then taking over our customer support team.
Uber Technologies
2013 - 2018
I joined Uber when it was a small livery app working out of a co-working space. Over the course of five years I would move from running our customer support team to launching more than a dozen markets across the Midwest. Along the way I would run marketing campaigns to millions of users across the world, negotiate deals with some of the country’s largest brands, sports teams, and music festivals, and help drive the passing of ridesharing bills in multiple states.