The evening will include a Fireside chat through Zoom at 7 pm with Paul Allen, Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer, Ordermark.  https://startupgrind.zoom.us/j/94375162518

Paul Allen is cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer of Ordermark (Techstars Boulder ‘18), one of the fastest growing restaurant tech companies helping restaurants nationwide to navigate the COVID-19 crisis with online ordering. He oversees sales, product management, marketing and special projects, including OrdermarkCares, an effort to provide delivered meals to families of restaurant workers with children battling illnesses.

He started his career in Silicon Valley helping tech giants including Intel, Motorola and Adobe to bring better products to market.

Previously he was Managing Director of a Midwest startup accelerator backed by Dan Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans. There he invested in over 60 startups led by minorities and women in the heart of downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

Prior to that he held various roles including cofounder and CMO for an Edtech company building products for children with autism -- a collaboration with Children's Hospital of Boston and Harvard University; Executive Director of the Connecticut Software Association, and various other product, sales, and marketing roles.

He is a mentor with Techstars, the SBA, and serves on the Colorado Governor's Advanced Industries Grant Committee.