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Chris Pollak

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Founder at Wayside Ventures
📍 New York, New York, United States

Chris is a highly driven general manager with a 20-year record of delivering growth across tech, finance, and media. He has led global go-to-market and analytics operations at Silicon Valley Bank and Google. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Brown University.

Beyond his corporate career, Chris is an entrepreneur in the sports industry, having co-founded the Legend Fighting Championship. This venture became the Asia-Pacific Championship of Mixed Martial Arts and grew into one of the largest MMA broadcasts in the world, highlighting his ability to build ventures from scratch.

Unique fact: He co-founded and managed a major Mixed Martial Arts promotion company based in Hong Kong and Macau.

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Go-to-Market Operations
A core focus of his career, having led GTM operations, strategy, and planning for major divisions at both Google and Silicon Valley Bank.
Data & Analytics
He built and led the enterprise data science and analytics function at SVB, focusing on transforming data into actionable insights for the innovation economy.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Founder
Wayside Ventures
Head of Analytics & Sales Operations
Silicon Valley Bank
Head of Go To Market Operations
Google
Head of Sales Strategy & Operations
Google
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Legend Fighting Championship
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Education
2002 - 2004
MBA
Columbia Business School
1994 - 1998
BA
Brown University
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