Skip Shuda

Skip Shuda is a serial entrepreneur, medical marijuana operations executive, digital marketing specialist and startup business advisor. From January 2017 until April 2018 he was Chief Operating Officer of one of Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana dispensaries. He helped the team achieve a ranking of #8 out of 255 statewide dispensary applicants, ensuring a successful application. Skip oversaw the first sale to take place in the southeastern part of PA and the move to an operational status of two dispensaries.

As a technology entrepreneur, his company, Destiny Software, built one of the world’s first online banking systems for Bank of America and grew to over $17 million in annual revenue. He received awards for the Greater Philadelphia Area’s best management team and best startup. Skip was previously a member of the ArcView Investor Group, board member of PhillyNORML, and an instructor of entrepreneurship at the Wharton SBDC.

He is a managing partner of Philly Marketing Labs, a four-time Philly 100 award recipient, and a Fortune 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies member. Skip founded GreenRushAdvisors.com in 2015 to provide educational services to accelerate legal reform and support aspiring cannabis entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry.