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Mahbod Haghighi

Mahbod Haghighi

Business operations leader — GTM & growth for vertical SaaS

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Waterloo, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Joined November 2025

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GTM and operations leader for vertical SaaS: Mahbod has moved into business‑operations and go‑to‑market roles supporting BusPlanner (a vertical student‑transportation SaaS) and other Union Software Group portfolio companies. His work centers on revenue operations, scaling GTM, and operational enablement for productized, industry‑specific SaaS. utoronto+2
Background in private equity and corporate finance: prior roles in TMT private equity (Novacap) and investment‑banking internships indicate a finance/transactional background that complements his operational GTM work—useful when working at an operator‑led acquirer like Union Software Group. linkedin+1
Early career & student leadership: Mahbod completed an Honours BBA at Laurier (class of 2020) and has been active in student finance/investment activities and community relations, suggesting an interest in finance, events and stakeholder engagement from early in his career. wlu+1

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Student finance / investing club involvement and student leadership (events director roles during university). wlu

Community relations & sponsorship activities (volunteer / community engagement). linkedin