Team
David Feldt Founder & CEO 
Synopsis:
- 10 years in Investment Banking / Derivatives Trading in the UK, US, Hong Kong and Japan
- Founder of an early Internet marketing business / agency in 1994. Clients included BMW and a national realtor. Grew it and sold it in 1997. Moved to North America
- 15 years in the Internet business with focus on Digital Marketing, e-Commerce, Advertising, Direct Marketing and Social Media in EMEA, Asia, USA and Canada. Clients included AT&T, Citibank, Ford, IBM, Nike, BMW, Chrysler and United Airlines
- Built / grew four interactive agency businesses in North America
- BS (Mathematics, Computer Science)
- MBA
- He describes himself as a collaborator, cross-pollinator, experimenter, connector, entrepreneur and builder. Proud father. Finding meaning in the noise
- Passionate about the transformational power of the Internet at the intersection of business, technology, people and markets
- Irrationally curious
- Exuberantly optimistic
- Relentlessly resourceful
- Citizen of the Universe, drawn to Canada and focused on claiming Canada’s rightful place as the leading land in global innovation
- Part of team that launched Twestival in Toronto in Feb, 2009. Collectively, Twestival across 205 cities raised $250,000 for charity:water in one night, helping bring fresh water to the 1.1 billion people across the globe who don’t have access to sanitary, healthy drinking water.
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Layla Jazrawy VP, Operations & Partner
Synopsis:
- 20 years in Finance and Operations across several industries including retail, travel, e-commerce, advertising and digital marketing
- BBA (York University, Schulich School of Business)
- MBA (York University, Schulich School of Business)
- Chronically organized
- Un-apologetically logical
- Creative solver of chaos
- Passionate world traveller
- Proven track record of building and optimizing infrastructure and process to maximize business potential across diverse teams
- Proud Canadian excited to be part of a team supporting Canadian entrepreneurship!
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JazLabs is building and connecting an ecosystem to support it’s efforts to serve Toronto’s leading startup founders:
- mentors (successful local entrepreneurs who have all gone through the process of building a startup, or two or three)
- prototypers (technology gurus who are adept at rapid prototyping)
- market strategists and design thinkers
- business support providers (legal, accounting, sales, marketing)
Please apply to be part of the JazLabs mentorship network.
