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Gautam Gauba is the founder of Gallopify. He has close to two decades of industry experience across Banking and Management Consulting having worked for the Boston Consulting Group, Royal Bank of Canada and Lehman Brothers.

Prior to Gallopify, he was a Director at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in the Enterprise Payments group where he supported the largest transformational program at RBC (Payments Modernization) and partnered with industry players on delivering new payment products for RBC.

His prior roles at RBC (in Canada and UK) included leading large scale, global transformation and strategic initiatives for RBC Capital Markets and RBC Compliance group. He was selected for the RBC Leadership program. Prior to RBC, Gautam was a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on various strategic initiatives (revenue synergies, cost optimization, market entry, and branding).

He received his MBA from the premier Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta) and his B.Sc. Engineering (Electrical) from the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton).

Mark Huges is an advisor to Gallopify. He is a member of the Board of Directors of UBS Group AG as well as the chair of the Risk Committee. Previously, he was the group Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of Royal Bank of Canada and oversaw the strategic management of risk on an enterprise-wide basis. He was a member of Group Executive, which set the overall strategic direction of RBC.

Mark is also a senior advisor with McKinsey & Co associated with the risk practice. He serves on the board of the Global Risk Institute (GRI) where he is the chair. He is also a frequent lecturer at Leeds University.

He received his MBA (finance) from Manchester Business School and his LLB from Leeds University in England.

Kara Foley has been in the property management industry for 29 years, but her passion is homeowners associations.

As the Vice President of Community Management with Seabreeze Management Company and co-host of the HOA Pros Podcast, she uses her experience and drive to lead her team and offer a superior customer experience for the associations she oversees.

Through her dedication and passion, Kara continues to elevate the standards of community management, making a lasting impact on the associations she serves.

Scott Clements has served as CEO of Reserve Studies Inc., a pioneering firm in the industry, for over 25 years.

Having personally conducted thousands of property inspections and served on multiple industry standards committees over three decades, he is a nationally recognized expert and industry award winning author and speaker in building inspection and analysis, financial modeling and funding options illustration.

Retired IT executive with over 35 years in business and technology across Canada and the United States, including senior technology roles at Johnson & Johnson and Sun Life Financial, where he served as Chief Information Officer of Sun Life's Canadian division (insurance, wealth, and health).

Graduate of the University of Waterloo (BMath) and Wilfrid Laurier University (MBA). Currently serves on the board of the Unionville Home Society, a not-for-profit operating a long-term care home, life-lease apartments, and a seniors' community centre.