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Cory Halbardier

Cory Halbardier is the CEO of AccreAI, an Fractionla Executive Consultancy focused on driving accretive growth for executives in the areas of operations, revenue and GenAI strategy.

His expertise is highlighted by his recent role as Chief Operating Officer at Blazeo (formerly ApexChat), where he spearheaded several transformative inititives across the business. This included:

• • Growing revenue per lead by 108% over 2 years.
  • Growing NRR by 9% YoY.  
  • Championing the adoption of generative AI, embedding it into daily workflows to enhance overall productivity.  
  • Increasing cross-sell rates by 60% YoY.
  • Decreasing interdepartmental conflict, eliminating silos, and creating a strong remote work culture.  
  • Launching company-wide OKRs with waterfall to all departments, with aligned comp plans.  
  • Leading several stategic GenAI projects across the business.

Cory's career is marked by a strong track record of driving growth and operational excellence across various industries. He has consistently demonstrated an ability to scale businesses, optimize operations, and achieve significant revenue growth.

Previous roles include serving as CEO of Spacial, a private equity-backed housing-tech company, and Head of ADU Sales at Veev, a Series-D VC-backed construction technology company. In his earlier career, he drove significant results in leadership roles at major organizations: as Global Head of Telematics Business Development and Operations at Flex, a Global 500 company; as National Sales Director at SunEdison, once the world's largest renewable energy company; and as Director of Sales Operations and Customer Service at Soligent, the largest solar distributor in the US.

Other accomplishments include:

• • Increasing bookings from $2m to $10m in 8 months (Veev).  
  • Contracting with 5 of the 12 largest global customers (Flex).  
  • Leading a team to 1000% growth over 2 years (Martifer Solar).  
  • 50% increase in average annual contract value through successful pricing model change (Blazeo).
  • 50% increase in sales team sales through new innovative sales comp plan (Blazeo).
  • 35% reduction in project build time through bottleneck optimization (Martifer).
  • Booked largest clients to date at Martifer, Hanwha, RGS Energy and Veev.

Cory holds an MBA in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UC Irvine. He is also actively involved in the technology community, serving on the board of advisors for BWG Strategy, an invitation-only network for senior executives in technology, media, and telecommunications.