Vetted Board Members

Tonya Jackson

Screened

Executive Supply Chain & People Leader specializing in ESG, product delivery, and corporate governance

Lexington, KY40y exp

“Angel investor (Bluegrass Angels) who advises early-stage companies on product and organizational design, with a background leading corporate back-office (finance/customer service) and supply chain. Proposed and implemented a Global Business Services/shared services unit at a large corporation, building the savings/ROI case and running quarterly progress reviews to ensure adoption and results.”

“Former founder/COO of Modjoul who spent 9.5 years building and scaling the company, including multiple pre-seed and seed raises and growth to 12M with Amazon. Brings a rare mix of operator grit, startup finance discipline, accelerator mentorship through CDL Wisconsin, and hands-on GTM/product launch experience with an 'all costs' founder mentality.”

“Product and design leader with deep experience translating AI/ML capabilities into practical, human-centered workflows in financial services and data infrastructure. At Capital Group, they led an AI portfolio analysis concept that earned a $15M investment pre-launch, and they have also built ML-powered search, summarization, and observability experiences while managing a global design org.”

“Senior public sector sales leader with deep state and local government experience across a six-state region in North America. Grew a $300M territory by 10%+ YoY while maintaining 95%+ retention, and has led complex hardware-to-software expansion strategies, including public safety software and a $36M critical communications modernization deal involving county and state stakeholders.”

“Healthcare operator and entrepreneur who founded and scaled Tellica Imaging (an Intermountain Company) from inception to serving 150,000 patients, generating $70M+ in gross revenue, and operating across 4 US states. Serves as President & CEO of two joint ventures and has hands-on experience building board-ready business cases, securing internal capital, and mastering healthcare revenue cycle/reimbursement to drive growth and customer satisfaction.”

“Education product leader and former teacher/cofounder who built Teaching Garage’s K-5 digital STEM curriculum from Harvard Innovation Lab pilot to rapid adoption across U.S. districts and international markets. Brings a rare blend of curriculum expertise, 0-to-1 product building, and educator-facing AI enablement from Renaissance, with a strong human-in-the-loop philosophy for educational equity.”

“Operations and GTM leader with HP experience managing acquisitions of industrial printing companies (e.g., Nur, Scitex, Colorspan) and driving expansion strategy across EMEA. Strong in route-to-market/channel design, post-merger role clarity (RACI), and using Salesforce for KPI-driven performance management; also brings ICF-style coaching for mentoring leadership teams.”

Andrew Lanzino

Screened

Executive Growth & Strategy Leader specializing in hospitality, entertainment, and large-scale events

Las Vegas, NV21y exp

“Strategic operations and org design leader who led restructuring at MGM Resorts, including an "org-blind" approach separating structure design from talent evaluation to reduce bias. Also teaches strategic management at a university and has advised/mentored C-suite leaders, combining high-level strategy with hands-on stakeholder listening (e.g., UNLV dean strategic re-envisioning).”

“Current COO who rebuilds and scales operational backbones end-to-end—data architecture, workflows, dashboards, and operating cadence—creating real-time visibility into pipeline, cycle times, and revenue forecasting. Known as a cross-functional integrator (hiring, GTM, finance, investors) who drives tough tradeoffs and turns ambiguity into durable operating systems.”

“Early-stage GTM and revenue-operations builder who helped Seculert (cybersecurity breach detection) scale beyond founder-led sales as US employee #3, standing up TAM/ICP targeting, first SDR/AE hires, Salesforce, and lead scoring/qualification systems. Experienced mentoring founders/executives with lightweight, stage-appropriate operating cadences and playbooks to create repeatable pipeline and scalable execution.”

Alex Lange

Screened

Executive Strategy & Technology Leader specializing in PropTech, digital marketing, and venture innovation

Bellevue, WA36y exp

“Serial entrepreneur with decades in lead gen and CRM marketing and a track record of three exits/acquisitions. Founded Roost, a national MLS-driven real estate portal, leveraging SEO/SEM/email and a pilot-led, unit-economics approach (pricing, retention, CAC/LTV). Now exploring an AI-driven, end-to-end automation concept for SMB hyper-local marketing and execution.”