Vetted Board Members

Dennis JU

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in revenue growth across aviation, tech, real estate, and franchising

Frisco, TX11y exp

“Sales leader with experience spanning public sector title-services growth and large-scale franchise expansion. At Stewart Title and WFG National Title, they built relationship-driven strategies targeting municipalities and state agencies, generating over $6M in revenue; at Dickey’s BBQ, they helped grow from 400 to 800+ doors with 346% YoY growth during COVID by prioritizing international markets and cloud-kitchen partnerships.”

Andrew Bartlett

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in SaaS, AI/ML, and digital transformation

Denver, CO25y exp

“Senior product leader with broad cross-industry experience spanning publishing, travel tech, recruitment tech, eCommerce, and industrial/facilities software. Has led major platform rebuilds, AI-enabled IoT products, and portfolio-level platform strategy across roughly 10 enterprise SaaS applications, while also managing large product/design organizations with a strong servant-leadership approach.”

“Founder building an enterprise AI SaaS platform for complex, asset-intensive industries, targeting fragmented-data and manual planning workflows with an AI-native, explainable scenario-analysis product. Bootstrapped to date with production platform in active enterprise trials/pilots and preparing for an institutional seed raise; emphasizes workflow integration, ROI proof points, and founder-led GTM.”

“Hands-on architect/executive who built a virtual sales platform from scratch with real-time video delivery and autoscaling global video nodes, while also operating at the stakeholder/roadmap level. Previously scaled IT as Arbonne grew from ~$11M to $1B in annual sales and led large digital transformation efforts including a 70-person team for princesshouse.com; also advises startups (e.g., SocialBud) on product expansion and roadmaps.”

“Operations-focused advisor who has helped organizations scale through major transitions (including doubling headcount and moving from fully remote to hybrid) by implementing structured scheduling, space planning, and documented processes. Uses EOS/Level 10 to drive accountability and execution, and has mentored a young executive team through role definition, ownership transfers, and exit planning culminating in a $12M sale.”

Kristen Giovanis

Screened

Executive operator and board advisor specializing in scaling PE-backed and founder-led services firms

Minneapolis, MN30y exp

“Former CEO of a rapidly scaling, PE-backed company (ULG) who rebuilt the operating model and unified fragmented systems after acquisition-driven growth. Implemented EOS and led phased deployments of NetSuite, Salesforce, Monday.com, and Power BI to create a connected, data-driven organization, with strong change-management and executive coaching experience.”

“Founder building Hubub, a digital concierge startup that automates business client entertainment workflows from reservations and ticketing to CRM updates and expense reporting. They have a business plan, 500 beta users, positive traction around event discovery, and are exploring a partnership with a major credit card company while prioritizing compliance and expense features next.”

Marcus Benayon

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff and organizational psychologist specializing in family offices and healthcare

New York, NY17y exp

“Chief of Staff/operator-advisor with an unusual blend of healthcare operations, behavioral psychology, family office advisory, and ethical AI investing. Has led operational stabilization that drove ~70% revenue growth at a healthcare business, co-founded the North American arm of an ethical AI investment platform, and now advises UHNW families across governance, succession, philanthropy, and cross-border strategy.”

Rocky Vienna

Screened

Executive Technology & Operations Leader (CIO/CTO/COO) specializing in PE value creation

10y exp

“Operations transformation leader with private-equity due diligence experience who rebuilt KIO Networks’ operating model using ITIL/COBIT/ISO 27001, stood up a PMO, and standardized tooling across countries—helping shift the business from co-location to managed services/cloud and improving EBITDA from -7% to +4% in 18 months. Also serves as a board member/mentor at EvoNexus and UCSD Rady, coaching founders on ICP, GTM, pricing, and investor readiness.”