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Malinda Gagnon is the CEO of Uprise Partners, a marketing and advertising agency. Malinda has over 20 years of experience in the industry, including their previous role as Sr. Partner and Head of Product Management & Technology at GroupM.

At GroupM, they were responsible for building the product team and developing the agency's product development methodology based on agile principles. Malinda also led product development focusing on audience targeting, search, social, programmatic, ecommerce, analytics, mobile, and local. In addition to their product development responsibilities, they also advised on corporate development, technology partner evaluations, service offering development, product marketing, sales support, and technology integration management.

Gagnon has also been published in CMO.com for their article "How to Operationalize Innovation at an Agency". In it, they discuss how agencies can operationalize innovation to stay ahead of the curve.

Malinda Gagnon has a bachelor's degree in linguistics from Bates College, a master's degree in international relations and communications from Boston University, and certification from the Scrum Alliance as a certified scrum master and certified scrum product owner. Malinda also has certification from the Federal Communications Commission as a ham radio technician, Yoga Alliance as a 200 hour registered yoga teacher, and PADI as an advanced open water scuba diver.

A direct report to Malinda Gagnon is and Brian Gagnon - CTO.