Strategic Operators
The people who have done the work.
Founders who built from zero. C-suite leaders who scaled through complexity. Investors who backed winners.
Founder and CEOHarpreet GrewalFormer CEO and CFO of Constant Contact, through its $1.1B sale to Endurance International, and COO of Volante Technologies. Board member at Penumbra (NYSE: PEN). Executive in Residence at Progress Partners.LinkedIn
Business transformationCaitlin BoodroFormer VP of Business Transformation at Volante Technologies. Seven years at Constant Contact across corporate strategy, integrated business planning, operations and as Chief of Staff.LinkedIn
People and leadershipClive CrooksFormer Chief People Officer at Volante Technologies. Founder of LeadersInVision, a fractional chief people officer and executive coaching practice for growing companies.LinkedIn
Go-to-market and communicationsPia De LimaGo-to-market and communications executive across payments, fintech and AI. Former SVP at ACI Worldwide and VP at Western Union. Board Director, OrderStream Australia.LinkedIn
Payments go-to-marketPat DevlinPayments sales and partnerships executive with 20+ years in card issuing, real-time payments and payment hubs. Former SVP, Global Head of Sales at i2c and SVP, Head of Payments Sales, North America at Temenos. Earlier at Worldpay, Visa and PayPal.LinkedIn
FintechJohn FarrellCEO of Vaiu Global. Former CTO of Visa Payments Ltd (Visa Direct) and Earthport, and SVP Product at Volante Technologies. Twenty years building payment infrastructure.LinkedIn
Strategy and marketingRich GoldPresident of R.N. Gold & Company since 1981 and a long-time board director. Former EVP at Glendinning Associates and Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble.LinkedIn
Co-founder and COOTony SpaniolaChief of Staff at Volante Technologies, Constant Contact through its ~$1B sale and Privy ahead of its sale to Attentive. E for All and Techstars mentor.LinkedIn
Product and technologyKen SurdanFormer Chief Product Officer at Diligent and Endurance International, and SVP Product at Constant Contact. Independent Director at Preservica.LinkedInThe wider network
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