Mike Leslie

CEO

Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada1 yr 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Co-founded AI product company with a strong team.
Designed innovative GPS tracking solutions.
Led significant revenue negotiations with government.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Aerospace expert with strong entrepreneurial and engineering capabilities.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentEngineering

Other Skills

Project ManagementStart-upsProgram ManagementTesting

About

At Revela, we build best-in-class AI products for the planet’s most ambitious startups. We're an A-team comprised of AI/ML engineers, data scientists and software developers. We move fast. We embed seamlessly. We specialize in making your AI agents robust, scalable and incredibly fast by tapping into our deep knowledge of infrastructure and open source models. Slow is Expensive Sourcing talent takes time. With Revela, you don’t recruit an AI development team. You deploy one. No Smoke. No Mirrors. We’re pre-Altman. We were elbows deep in machine learning before he even had his first beer. Beast of Burden. We help you ship fast, bury competitors and keep your VCs as quiet as church mice.

Experience

Next ai

Participant - 2023 Cohort

Mar 2023 – Sep 2023 · 6 mos

Revela systems

Co-Founder and CEO

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Project ManagementEngineeringStart-upsProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Allsalt maritime

Connected Systems Manager

Aug 2018 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Eyespy innovations

Co-Founder and CTO

Jun 2010 – Aug 2018 · 8 yrs 2 mos · Victoria, BC

Responsibilities
Oversee the technical team, consisting of hardware engineers, UX designers, web developers, and firmware programmers
Assist in developing annual operating budgets that promote long-term stability
Protect intellectual property through rigorous security protocols and employee screening procedures
Monitor the industry for disruptive technologies, and evaluate levels of risk
Maintain strong relationships with key anchor customers
Qualify technology vendors, resellers, and strategic partners
Manage all expenditures relating to product development, engineering, and system maintenance
Ensure product designs are scalable and economical
Help define financial projections, business valuation, and revenue targets
Promote a productive atmosphere which encourages creativity, inspiration, and innovation
Major Accomplishments
Designed a full solution from the ground-up consisting of covert GPS trackers, cloud-based mapping software, and encrypted data connectivity
Gained the trust of high level RCMP investigative divisions
Led the negotiations and closing of a $100k recurring revenue Enterprise license deal with the Government of Canada

Viking air limited

Assistant Aircraft Design Engineer

May 2007 – Dec 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos · Sidney, BC

Responsibilities
Aid in the structural improvements required for certification of the Twin Otter
Oversee material specifications, drawing revisions, and substantiation reports
Work with production department to determine the best way to reference the drawing database for aircraft assembly
Major Accomplishments
Specified a new aircraft flooring material, including the ordering of materials, continuous inspection of the manufacturing progress, and completion of drawing revisions
Designed new avionics shelving and revised existing drawings for Twin Otter production
Played crucial role in a major emergency redesign of the Turbo Otter engine to plenum (air intake) connection after the realisation of limited vibration isolation