Mike Kirkup

Scale-up experience:

• CTO at EnPowered
• Built and scaled a new business unit (Arlo) from concept to launch, leading sales, product and engineering.
• Managed investor, partner and customer relationships while implementing financial compliance and IP strategy.
• CTO at Encircle
• Grew the product team from four to 28, adding senior leadership roles across Product, UX and Engineering.
• Senior Director, Global Developer Relations at BlackBerry
• Led a global team of 35+, supporting developers worldwide during BlackBerry’s high-growth years.

Noteworthy:

• Founder of Arlo, an AI-powered loan processing platform
• Over 20 years of leadership scaling technical and product teams globally
• Board and ecosystem leadership experience at Golden Triangle Angel Network and Waterloo EDC

Ask me about:

• Scaling product and engineering teams
• Product development and go-to-market strategy