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Cory Azzalino

CEO

Eaze

Cory Azzalino is the CEO at Eaze where he leads all business operations of the Company, including delivery & retail operations, private label, marketing, corporate development and strategy.  Since joining Eaze, Cory helped oversee the expansion from a single-state California operator to a four-state, vertically integrated delivery and retail operator while raising $170M in capital.  He also held the COO, CSO and SVP of Finance roles at Eaze. Prior to joining Eaze, Cory was the restructuring CEO of DionyMed Brands, Inc. (CSE: DYME), where he led the corporate restructuring and management of over 100 employees that resulted in the sale of the business to Eaze. In his previous capacity as the SVP of Corporate Development at DionyMed, he helped raise over $70 million in debt and equity capital, while completing a successful public listing via a reverse takeover transaction onto the Canadian Securities Exchange. Previously, Cory was a founder of a Techstars-backed technology company and product manager in early stage startups. Cory started his career as a CPA for Deloitte and leading an investment team for Prudential Capital, where he completed 26 transactions and more than $1B invested. Cory graduated magna cum laude with dual-degrees in Accounting and Finance from the University of Southern California.