Meet the Team

FOUNDER | CEO

- 30+ years of global executive leadership; hi-tech rapid growth, M&A, risk management
- 3 exits
- Pioneer in AgTech and Strategic Risk Management sectors
- 9 years AgTech experience
- Served 40% of Fortune Global 500 guiding boards and C-suite leaders on growth, risk, performance, M&A
- Co-founded and grew Protiviti from $0 -$500M in annual service revenues in 5 years
- Led IBM’s multi-$billion Global Business Services unit
- Grew Ernst & Young’s risk advisory practice into an innovative global leader

PRESIDENT

- Held senior White House appointments across 4 administrations (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush)
- President & Founder of International Commerce Development Corp; over 4 decades achievement in public and private sectors
- Youngest ever U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
- Managed $2B budget, 500+ person staff, with global footprint as chief U.S. multilateral policy officer
- U.S. Ambassador to Sweden – drove historic bilateral meeting and strengthened trade accounts
- Founded ICDC to link U.S. interests with 110+ dynamic foreign markets
- Graduated BYU in International Relations; Certified Senior Government Executive, Harvard Kennedy School
- University of Southern Cal: International Business Development

FOUNDER | CTO

- 15+ years tech entrepreneurship, software product development, AI, social enterprises plus branding, marketing, and digital strategy
- 3 exits
- $50M+ venture funding raised
- 9 years AgTech experience
- 100+ startups coached / helped receive investment
- 200+ software applications designed, developed, deployed
- Created a non-profit brand & marketing strategy generating $190M+ donations

CO-FOUNDER | VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

- 24+ years launching and leading innovative tech and medical companies 
- 3 exits
- CEO of Ignite Strategies, a business incubator specializing in Go-to-Market strategies 
- VP Strategic Initiatives at LOGOS, a novel molecular platform and Vivos Therapeutics, Inc., a pre-IPO, Nasdaq listed medical device company. 
- Previously, Co-CEO Americana Arts (media group)
- Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at AirVend which sold to 365 Retail Markets, Fotopunch, which sold to Asure Software, and Kairos which sold to Dynetech