Blaize Wallace

Blaize Wallace most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Rentlytics, building the company from 3 to 55 employees until its acquisition by Realpage (NASDAQ: RP) in Oct 2018. At Rentlytics he was responsible for growing the non-technical side of the company: building and managing the customer success, integrations, finance, accounting, FP&A, recruiting, and operations functions. He also led, with the CEO, Rentlytics' strategy, venture fundraising, and M&A efforts. Previously, Blaize was Cofounder and COO of Bluelight, a mobile banking company targeting emerging markets, and was involved in advisory and support capacities at a variety of early-stage companies, including Locu (acquired by GoDaddy in 2013), Podimetrics, and TrustedStudents. Blaize started his career as a technology strategy consultant with Deloitte Consulting. Blaize earned his MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, and his BS in Cognitive Science and Computing from UCLA.