Mark Wade
Building the infrastructure layer for pet adoption at national scale.
Founder of WeRescue. Architect of the Clear The Shelters tech stack. Hands-on engineer, product builder, and entrepreneur.
Founder of WeRescue. Architect of the Clear The Shelters tech stack. Hands-on engineer, product builder, and entrepreneur.
I sit at the intersection of technology, animal welfare, and national media. For over a decade, I've been building products that help people find the right pet — and helping shelters save more lives doing it. I don't just lead teams. I build the systems.
A pet adoption platform with hundreds of thousands of adoptable animals across iOS, Android, and web. Integrates data from RescueGroups.org and the broader rescue ecosystem to match people with pets more intelligently.
The operational backbone for animal shelters. Integrates with ShelterLuv, PetPoint, and RescueGroups. Built for shelter operations — volunteer workflows, event management, video-first pet discovery, and AI-assisted matching. Other shelter management systems available by request for integration. Not just listings.
The operational backbone of NBCUniversal's national Clear The Shelters campaign. Replaced spreadsheet-based coordination with a structured platform serving TV stations, shelters, and sponsors across the country. Licensed SaaS with a negotiated enterprise agreement.
A beat-synced photo slideshow platform for weddings, school events, memorial tributes, galas, corporate events, and more. Built for photographers, DJs, funeral homes, and event planners. White-label B2B model with music licensing integration.
Unusually hands-on for a founder. I architect, ship, and maintain production systems across the full stack.
8-year technology partnership powering a national adoption campaign that has placed over 1.3 million pets into homes.
Deep integration serving thousands of rescue organizations — the connective tissue between shelters and adopters.
Active integrations with ShelterLuv, PetPoint, and others. Building the data layer the industry runs on.
Most people in animal rescue are running on donated time and legacy tools. I'm building sustainable, revenue-generating technology that makes the industry more effective — not just more visible. The goal is a system that outlasts any single campaign or funding cycle.
Based in Naperville, Illinois. Husband and father. I built WeRescue over 11 years alongside a full-time career — because I believed the problem was worth solving. We have two rescue dogs: Apple and Pi (rescued on March 14, Pi day!). That's not a detail. That's the whole reason.
Open to strategic partnerships, media collaborations, platform integrations, and investment or acquisition conversations. If any of that sounds relevant, reach out.