Mark Oney

Chief Product Officer at BLACKBIRD.AI

Overview

Mark Oney serves as Chief Product Officer at BLACKBIRD.AI[1], a position held since November 2024[3], following a six-month engagement as Fractional CPO beginning in May 2024[4]. Oney holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology[11] and has pursued an MBA at The University of Dallas[12]. Oney's career includes roles as Chief Product Officer at Kyndi, which was acquired by Qlik, from May 2020 to January 2024[5], and as Chief Product Officer at Granicus from July 2012 to October 2013[8]. Additional experience includes co-founding EmployeeChannel, Inc. as SVP of Product Operations[6], and serving as SVP of Product Operations at VirtuOz, Inc., which was acquired by Nuance in January 2013[9].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

I cut my teeth early in my career at Apple, arguably one of the more entrepreneurial "incubators" in Silicon Valley. I loved the culture that routinely set the bar impossibly high, and the commitment to repeatedly achieve the impossible. That experience gave me the earned confidence to move on to co-found my first of many start-ups, Ridge Technology. I became addicted to the pace and challenge of start-up life, building upon what I had learned at Apple. I'm a "take the hill" kind of guy. I'm very competitive at heart, always intent on achieving the #1 spot in our target market. I'm wired opti…

Career history

  1. Chief Product OfficerNov 2024 to presentBLACKBIRD.AI
  2. Fractional CPOMay 2024 to Oct 2024BLACKBIRD.AI
  3. Chief Product Officer | CISOMay 2020 to Jan 2024Kyndi (acquired by Qlik)
  4. Co-founder and SVP, Product OperationsNov 2013 to Jan 2020EmployeeChannel, Inc. (Navera product acquired by FJA 04/20)
  5. SVP, Product OperationsNov 2013 to Sep 2015Navera, Inc (pivoted, rebranded as EmployeeChannel)
  6. Chief Product OfficerJul 2012 to Oct 2013Granicus, Inc. (acquired by K1 Capital 06/14)
  7. SVP, Product OperationsAug 2010 to May 2012VirtuOz, Inc (acquired by NUAN 01/13)
  8. SVP, OperationsNov 2005 to Jun 2010Sabrix (acquired by TRI 12/09)

Education

  1. BSEE, Electrical EngineeringRochester Institute of Technology
  2. work toward MBA, Master of Business AdministrationThe University of Dallas

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