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As Managing Partner, John is an operational leader who guides and helps spearhead the company’s portfolio partners. He is noted for his vision, sound practical management style, ability to build dynamic companies, and ensuring a winning culture that achieves critical goals.

Along with multiple very successful exits, he has scaled organizations from inception to 8 figures, grew mid-level companies with 8 figure revenues north of 250% and has experience at $100M+ large global providers. John is passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs to define and execute their dreams and live up to their potential.
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John Roshala

Managing Partner
Scott starts working from day one with our partner community to help entrepreneurs get selected by Ideal Strategic Partner’s selection committee. Scott’s truly hands-on experience helps Entrepreneurs in the initial phases of their concept to ensure they have what it takes to be successful. His unique and very engaging process of working side by side with entrepreneurs has positioned him as a very sought-after business development partner.

Scott is relentless in achieving the critical success factors for his partners when they are fully engaged. His years of experience in launching new products and applications has provided him a keen insight as to the main factors that determine new business success.
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Scott Moffat

Head Of Partnerships
As Partner Operations Coordinator, Amber works with our Partner portfolio in a multitude of capacities, including but not necessarily limited to: initial Partner contact, recruitment, engagement, ongoing Partner operational assistance, and affiliate Partner coordination and management. In addition, due to Ideal Strategic Partners IdeaPath process, she frequently assists with ISP’s project management teams to ensure a World Class level of service is provided to our Partner portfolio companies.
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Amber Polanco

Partner Operations Coordinator
As Operations Manager, Brianna implements and oversees our organization’s processes to assist in scaling the operational components and the system development requirements in our high growth and dynamic environment. She also acts as a coordinator between numerous departments to formulate strategic and operational objectives.

In addition, Brianna leads project initiatives for ISP and works closely with the founders of our portfolio companies to ensure their journey through our disciplined process develops them operationally. She has a proven track record of success through her hands-on experience and multifaceted background.
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Brianna Perdue

Operations Manager
Among his many endeavors, as Director of Partner Marketing, David specializes in providing our community of partners with website development and deployment, search engine optimization, lead generation, digital marketing, mobile marketing, and search engine marketing. Whether it’s a widget, specialized product, or application, David’s expertise has been instrumental in the successful adoption of products and services worldwide.

David’s passion is helping entrepreneurs create and define their uniqueness and value proposition helps position them as a premier provider and creates a marketing strategy that dynamically drives sales.
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David King

Director Of Partner Marketing
Brittany spearheads ISP’s Market Research group and works with our portfolio partners to ensure Stage 1 of IdeaPath is a success. Through her leadership, Brittany works with her staff to generate very robust, thorough, and effective Marketing Research reports for our portfolio partners. These reports serve as the basis for the strategic and tactical initiatives in launching new products in a multitude of industries.

Brittany is an experienced marketing professional that focuses on content creation, delivery, and value creation. In addition, she remains an independent contractor as Marketing Director for Eckis Marketing Agency
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Brittany Richardson

Market Research Manager
As Partner Success Manager, Raymond works directly with our Partners during their journey with Ideal Strategic Partners. Ray also works on the front end in the initial phases with the business development team so he can be involved with our partners from the start. With his past experience as a corporate trainer, Ray has a mentor/communicator type approach in his skillset which is paramount in the development of our partner entrepreneurs and their relationship with Ideal Strategic Partners.
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Ray Chavez

Partner Success Manager
Cheryl is ISP’s Partner Bookkeeper responsible for overseeing the recording and maintenance of our portfolio partner’s business’ financial transactions.

Her experience includes but is not necessarily limited to: payroll functions, reconciliation of accounts, maintaining and balancing the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivables, financial report preparation, and ensuring accurate accounting policies, rules, and regulations for compliance with GAAP and applicable standards.
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Cheryl Moyer

Partner Bookkeeper
As ISP’s General Counsel, Sean has over 17 years of practice in various areas of law with experience representing clients in well over 10,000 cases in 14 years in all relevant matters including employment disputes, compliance, construction, contracts, governing documents, budgeting, and every other aspect a corporation or another business organization needs.

Sean works with ISP’s Portfolio of Partners and also has a long history of leadership in many varied sectors including colleges, military, churches, law firms, and corporate America.
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Sean C Boynton

General Counsel
Sydney’s passion is spearheading Marketing research and projects that center around working with ISP’s portfolio partners allowing her to take an active role in communicating with the founders of our partners as well as working with ISP team members. Sydney has a background in the customer experience in numerous industries. She is skilled in phone etiquette, customer service, research and data entry, as well as document management. She graduated from California State University-Sacramento.
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Sydney Ratza

Market Research Analyst
David’s role at ISP is covering the Partner Experience for Stage 3 of IdeaPath, Product Development. David excels at cultivating strong professional relationships in manufacturing which helps guide our portfolio partners to initiate the right manufacturer specific to our portfolio partner’s product.

He is also dedicated to identifying areas of improvement designed to increase sales, strategies on building a book of business, and solidifying our portfolio partners' place within a growing industry.
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David Wheeler

Partner Manufacturing Manager
Alexa is a partner success representative at Ideal Strategic Partners (ISP) who works with founders to help them apply and qualify for IdeaPath, ISP's disciplined and operational approach for selected founders.

With her experience in customer service positions and her current work towards her Master's degree in Business Administration, Alexa has the right skillset and is a welcomed addition to ISP and our portfolio partner community.
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Alexa Stoll

Partner Success Representative
As an aspiring entrepreneur, McKenzie works as a partner success representative at Ideal Strategic Partners (ISP), collaborating with founders to help them through the initial phases of qualifying for IdeaPath.

She is currently completing her bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship at the University of Tampa. In addition to her several years of experience in customer service, she is also a well versed public speaker and contains skills in problem solving and critical thinking. McKenzie highly values entrepreneurship and is motivated to speak with individuals who possess a passion and drive for their idea. Her dedicated and hardworking mindset makes her an ideal addition to our ISP and portfolio partner community.
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McKenzie McGuirk

Partner Success Representative

Partner Advisory Group

Ken brings over thirty years in leadership positions in sales, marketing and operations, with a consistent record of overachievement. He has been a founding member of organizations from inception to unicorn status, and traveled the world working with the global organizations helping them fuel growth. Ken has a diversified perspective of all functional and business operations with an emphasis in sales, marketing, strategic planning and operations. This experience and skill set directly benefits our partner portfolio companies and the entrepreneurs who lead them.
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Ken May

Russel McHugh serves as an advisor partner for our portfolio companies seeking expertise in applications and product development. His vast background working with entrepreneurs and companies includes technology and applications in Internet of Things, embedded systems, ruggedized devices, connected car systems- mapping and next generation telematics solutions deployments, driver behavior and driver safety solutions and mobile TV content management services. With his applications development tenure, he also has broad based experience in Software (UI technologies, data and content management solutions).
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Russell McHugh

Katie heads up community and partnership development at Tale Tree and she is founder of Truli Uli, headquartered in Dallas. She is a consultant, organizer, and business planner for numerous organizations and works towards a specialty in combining research and development and activism..

Her essential skillset and unique background are an asset for Ideal Strategic Partners as she works with our partner community and specializes in helping woman entrepreneurs.
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Katie Troutman

Mark is strategic business development consultant IPSecureTech LLC which works to increase client revenues. He teams with ideal Strategic Partners portfolio companies specializing in structuring relationships and providing guidance to initiate new market entry and continued growth in existing markets. In addition, he can analyze commercial business concepts and demographics to implement strategic plans to increase cash flow on a projected timeline. In partnership with Ideal Strategic Partners, Mark provides general counsel and specializes in intellectual property and corporate law.

Mark’s contacts and network allow him to utilize executive level corporate and legal contacts around the world to develop relationships that enable projects to move from initial concept to targeted client goals.
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Mark A. York

Mark is president of Echelon Management, a growth and turnaround consultant, syndicated writer, professional speaker and advisor to owners and CEO’s. He is the author of Growth or Bust! Proven Turnaround Strategies to Grow Your Business, published by Career Press and High Growth Levers published by Pelican Publishing.

Mark has worked with and interviewed many Fortune 500 CEO’s and top turnaround CEOs. His client companies have included P&G, IBM, Monsanto, Apple, Syngenta, Bayer, John Deere as well as smaller closely held organizations including over 50 third-generation family owned companies, government agencies, universities and even non-profits. He is also active in helping entrepreneurs avoid some of the early pitfalls of growing a new company and is positioned as an experienced advisor to Ideal Strategic Partners portfolio companies. Through this, he works side by side with our portfolio Entrepreneurs as an executive coach.
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Mark Faust

Jason is a versatile and experienced leader enabling individuals and ecosystems to thrive in diverse cultures and complex environments. Originally a UX designer, his skills centered on product management with additional experience including business development, program & project management, board advisor/member, M&As, corporate & intellectual property (IP) strategy, marketing, invention, and commercial deployment. Rooted as a “product person,” he focuses on methods to visualize product objectives, establish clear pathways to success, motivate teams to collaborate, and drive invention all along the way. The spirit of invention has led Jason to create many new things, partially represented by his 304 granted patents.
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Jason Kenagy

Jane is the founder of organizedjane.com. She is a Life-Biz Organizer, Author, Director and University Instructor who found her passion by de-cluttering spaces and business processes. She is also referred to as a "Structure Strategist" who loves to help companies and individuals get more organized. One of her passions is to help and work with women entrepreneurs in helping them stay focused on their priorities so she works as a partner advisor with our woman owned portfolio companies to provide that operational expertise and business coaching
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Jane Stoller

Kevin is founder of The Idea Guy® which helps people create new ideas that solve problems through speaking, workshops, training and consulting. These specialized programs and services teach people to become more creative, facilitates innovation for teams, and helps leaders to build systemic creativity. His expertise is in the development of a strategy that meets business objectives, the creativity to gain awareness, and the communications that facilitates engagement.

As a partner advisor, Kevin assists Ideal Strategic Partners portfolio companies to formulate unique, highly engaging, and creative marketing tactics to elevate awareness, interest, and effective branding.
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Lauren Wiswall is CoFounder and Chief Product Officer at Coaching.com where her passion and commitment to scale coaching globally stems from her prior work as a mental health therapist and executive coach. She helped found Coaching.com based on the belief that the coaching industry needed a scalable technology solution for coaching practice management.

Lauren’s career began as a mental health therapist, which later evolved into executive coaching and consulting. She earned her BA in Psychology at the University of Washington, her MS in Clinical Psychology at Pacific University, and completed coach training at the Coaches Training Institute.
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Jan is principal at Ocean Wolf Consulting and works with Ideal Strategic Partner’s portfolio of entrepreneurs on a selected basis to help design and build organizations, teams and products. The process of identifying new opportunities, assessing alternative solutions, selling the concept to investors, defining the requirements, building the team, executing the plan and then seeing the product in use is what he most enjoys.

He has held senior leadership positions in business development, product development, program & project management, operations, board advisor/member, M&As, corporate strategy and intellectual property management.
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Jan Lezny

Tom is a seasoned senior executive with over 30 years in defense and aerospace at corporate, senior, and middle management levels. Technical background combined with 10 years in program management and 10 years in business development. He is actively involved in the San Diego technology community. Entrepreneur-in-Residence at UCSD's CONNECT and board member for the San Diego chapter of ACT-IAC.

Tom helps Ideal Strategic partners navigate applications for government or federal agencies that may apply within our partner network. He is an excellent communicator both in business and as an educator. He is an Adjunct Professor of Business at local colleges teaching Management and Leadership.
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Tom Hernandez

Jude is a competent, reliable leader with excellent people skills, who learns and adapts rapidly to new situations, synthesizes ideas, and solves problems to accomplish organizational goals and objectives. His areas of expertise help Ideal Strategic Partners in several industries and provide strong financial acumen to help our portfolio companies scale and meet operational and financial goals. Jude is a strong consulting professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Finance from University of San Diego and he is also a graduate of Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Technology and Society.
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Jude Irza

Chris' mission is to use his decades of utility industry innovation experience to instantiate new technologies which make the world a better place. He has been an adjunct professor at California State University, Long Beach and held management positions in the business strategy, intellectual property, information technology, finance and human resources functions. He has two Smart Grid-related patents, has published four books and articles on a variety of topics and serves on the advisory boards of GridX, Xendee and Hygge Power. He has a BA in Economics and an MBA from UC Irvine.
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Chris Chen

With over 40 years in technology implementations, Michael's background includes deep industry experience in Construction, Technology, Manufacturing, Beverage, Entertainment, and Packaging. Michael knows the importance of implementing Technology Solutions based on Goals of the Company and where the solution fits within its Technology framework. He is a Change agent in both large and small environments. Regular speaker for National Construction Technology events and webinars.
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Michael Oster

Kimberly is President of IPSecureTech LLC and has a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. In her capacity as a Partner Advisor to Ideal Strategic Partners, Kimberly provides our first time founders with services to help establish their company/legal entity and assist in setting up the initial business operations. She is skilled in customer service, organization and time management, marketing, team building, and training.
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Kimberly Brown

John is President of Revel8tion Media, a media and communications firm set up to serve the Hispanic community by offering affordable and valuable media distribution across a plethora of industry verticals. John is passionate about raising awareness of the Hispanic community by spearheading many programs designed to advance others and elevate the community.

At Ideal Strategic Partners, John aides Hispanic founders within our portfolio of partners by offering his experience and expertise in entrepreneurship, media, content, and advertising.
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John Campa

Dale is a Partner Advisor for Ideal Strategic Partners that helps our portfolio partners in the telecommunications, wireless, and other technology industries.

Having both corporate and entrepreneurial experience, his background in business development, strategic channel partnerships, and customer relations provides valuable insights and direction as our portfolio partners scale their business. Dale is also skilled at managing operations, growing high-performance teams, providing professional development and coaching, and establishing accountability standards.
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Jamison is an accounting and finance professional with Big4 pedigree and leadership experience in private, public and non-profit companies. With his experience and degree from the University of California, Berkeley, Walter A. Haas school of business, Jamison serves as a premier consultant and partner advisor to Ideal Strategic Partners. He works with our portfolio companies to ensure their accounting and processes are sound, meet generally accepted accounting principles (GAP) and compliance requirements are required.
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Jamison Gilveli

John has a proven track record of developing, launching and managing strategic initiatives within a multitude of industries. He specializes in business development and new customer acquisition, and has an effective ability to communicate a company’s vision and value proposition, while providing the expertise to scale business, and drive companies to exceed forecasts.

John works with Ideal Strategic Partners and their portfolio companies mainly with the IdeaPath stage 2, Strategy and Branding.
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John Gilveli

Anna is founder and HR consultant at Accelerated HR, an HR advising and consulting firm focused on providing professional, tailored, and scalable human resources solutions to a broad spectrum of industries ranging from technology, digital marketing, hospitality, and manufacturing. Anna works with Ideal Strategic Partner portfolio companies whether their need involves one-time HR advisory, or working on an ongoing basis, Anna will be there to help minimize employment risk and maximize employee productivity.
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Anna Mikituk

Tim is an accomplished Executive with 20 years of successfully spearheading growth within the three-tiered alcohol beverage system, building brands and customer relations calling on grocery chain HQ buyers, distributors and industry leaders. He is an approachable, resilient, motivated exceptional leader who is able to identify what influences key buyers or stakeholders and build lasting relationships. He has also established key relationships in other industries, such as automotive.
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Timothy Friend

Eric is a hobby serial inventor who has created several products and applications in automotive, powersport and industrial industries. He is a great problem solver, with stellar experience leading and building teams to install, test, upgrade and maintain a variety of electronics, electrical, plumbing, general construction and telecommunications circuitry, including networks.

As a hands on partner advisor with Ideal Strategic Partners, his innovation capabilities and technical acumen positions him well with many of our portfolio partners. Eric is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, earning numerous awards while managing the 52c Air Search Radar.
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Eric Ratza

Adam is founder of Aeon law where he builds High Tech IP portfolios with his clients and counsels them on business-savvy IP strategies. As a Partner Advisor at Ideal Strategic Partners, he handles patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and related transactions and licensing for our portfolio partners.
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Evangelina (Eva) Marshall is the Owner/CEO of SoCal Beach Property, Inc. serving the real estate industry for 20 years. With a background as a Woman owner operator, her entrepreneurial experience helps guide our portfolio of woman owned founders to focus on building their business by utilizing all the resources available to them.

As a key role model, Eva has mentored and led the way for many others females break barriers in male dominated industries.As one of the first female firefighter in the City of Los Angeles, grind and grit are key factors in her success. Eva continues to stay very active, helping woman advance their careers, their spirituality, and their contributions to society.
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Evangelina Marshall

As a past President at Crawford and company, Jose is a seasoned executive skilled at growing and scaling companies. As a partner advisor to ISP, Jose helps newly minted founders with overall operational and go to market strategies. He is an expert on federal contract development and processes which helps guide our founders seeking federal traction and sales.

Currently, Jose heads up government initiatives at Haworth, leader in award-winning furniture, interior architecture and technology solutions.
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Jose Marquez

Bruce brings over 20 years of experience in customer-facing support roles delivering multi-million dollar customized software / hardware solutions, and product distribution to customers in private industry and the federal government. He is an enthusiastic and dedicated professional with an outstanding track record of success and has managed projects and delivered solutions from start up and inception to in excess of $20M.
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Bruce Krozca

David works with ISP’s portfolio partners in numerous capacities based on his expertise in a multitude of industries and products. In addition, he assists in developing operational systems to help scale their business. David has spent years capturing global clients for enterprise computer software manufacturers and his unique combination of technical sales, product and field marketing experience is of strong value to our partners as they navigate growing their business.
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David Saunders

Fred has over 30 years of experience in finance and operations ranging from being a founder of an HVAC systems control company to CFO roles in multiple public and private companies and institutions. Currently retired, Fred still assists several organizations to ensure fiscal responsibility as well as being a strategic advisor to help companies scale and grow.
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Fred Weiss

Sherese is an entrepreneurial-minded strategist and leader passionate about contributing meaningful changes in businesses. She is proactive in adapting to change, problem-solving, discovering opportunities, and delivering solutions to challenges. Her specialties include: Strategic Planning and implementation, Business Transformation, Process Improvement, Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Business Development, Portfolio, program, and project management, and Education & Training.
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