Advisors

Partner Advisory Group

Our expansive team of business experts offer entrepreneurs and inventors real world insights so you don’t have to learn every lesson the hard way. Success is a joint effort and our resources become yours when you’ve been selected as a portfolio partner.

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 May

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 Gilveli

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.

Chris Chen

Jason is a versatile and experienced leader enabling individuals and ecosystems to thrive in complex environments. Originally a UX designer, his skills centered on product management. Rooted as a “product person,” he focuses on methods to visualize product objectives. The spirit of invention has led Jason to create many new things, partially represented by his 304 granted patents.

Jason Kenagy

Ken May

John Gilveli

Chris Chen

Jason Kenagy

Dynamic and growth-focused executive with 20+ years of proven leadership scaling startups, mid-market, and global organizations across SaaS, telecom, construction tech, and private equity. Recognized for driving 400%+ revenue growth, leading companies from zero to $25M+, and orchestrating multiple successful exits. Combines strategic vision with operational rigor to transform underperforming divisions, integrate complex acquisitions, and build world-class sales organizations.

John Roshala

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

Jamison Gilveli

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.

Mark A. York

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 Irza

John Roshala

Jamison Gilveli

Mark A. York

Jude Irza

Russel McHugh serves as an advisor partner for our portfolio companies seeking expertise in applications and product development. His vast background working with 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 mobile TV content management services.

Russell McHugh

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

Timothy Friend

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, executing the plan and then seeing the product in use is what he most enjoys.

Jan Lezny

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.

Mark Faust

Russell McHugh

Timothy Friend

Jan Lezny

Mark Faust

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.

Jane Stoller

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.

Katie Troutman

Sherese is an entrepreneurial-minded strategist and leader. 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.

Sherese Bishop, PHD

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.

Fred Weiss

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.

Evangelina Marshall

Sherese Bishop, PHD

Fred Weiss

Evangelina Marshall

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.

Eric Ratza

Fred is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully launched and scaled several businesses over his 30+ year business tenure. He serves as a unique advisor due to his plethora of experiences in various sectors and industries including medical, automotive and transportation, telecommunications, oil and gas, and construction to name a few.

Fred Gluckman

Michele is Founder and Principal at mPower Consulting. She has been instrumental in leading multiple successful product developments from strategy to launch. She is experienced in communicating product roadmap and proposed plans to executive management and Boards and leading organizations through the process of transforming business strategy to execution.

Michele Maccollum

Robert is Director of Broadway Capital Partners and assists with portfolio partners to help scale their businesses and provide mentorship and counsel in financial matters. Robert also provides guidance and coaching to newly minted founders in a multitude of business areas and industries.

Robert M. Koch

Eric Ratza

Fred Gluckman

Michele Maccollum

Robert M. Koch

John Hudson Messerall is a creative strategist and brand storytelling expert with over two decades of experience helping global companies craft meaningful content with intentional narratives that inspire engagement and growth in the B2B and B2C space. He brings an extensive mix of branding leadership, strategic messaging insight, and relationship building, with a heart for spiritual mentorship—guiding founders and leaders in a Kingdom-first approach to success in both life and business.

John Messerall

With leadership experience across media companies, ad agencies, PR firms, and startups, Bob empowers his clients with innovative solutions to their most complex sales and growth challenges. As a true partner and agent of change, he drives transformation and velocity by integrating key data and customer insights with GTM alignment strategies that unify product, marketing, sales, and customer success for scalable revenue growth and monetization.

Bob Brown

I bring over 25 years of experience to ISP as a consultant, risk manager, entrepreneur and coach. I have a passion for working with others to help them grow personally, professionally and beyond. My gifts center around simplifying the complex & communicating a message to fit the audience. It's part listening, engineering & creatively solving problems that helps others propel a business forward.

Bill Jager

Craig Micklich is a visionary leader with a proven track record of transforming challenges into triumphs across military, finance, and technology. As a former U.S. Navy SEAL Team Operator, he executed high-stakes global missions. While on vacation in Dallas during his finance career, he led the first civilian Hurricane Katrina rescue team, saving 800 lives in four hours, an effort featured on Fox News. His crisis leadership and ability to deliver under pressure make him an invaluable advisor for strategic growth and operational excellence.

Craig Micklich

John Messerall

Bob Brown

Bill Jager

Craig Micklich

Justin Grice is an operations executive with over 15 years of experience transforming retail and eCommerce businesses. He specializes in integrated business planning, product launches, and building supply chains that unlock profitable growth. Known for reducing inventory risk and increasing working capital, Justin combines strategic insight with pragmatic leadership to help companies scale effectively.

Justin Grice

With over 25 years of extensive experience in manufacturing and distribution industries, Robert has demonstrated exceptional leadership as an accomplished CEO for the past 8 years. His focus has been on operational and financial excellence, driving sustainable growth, and optimizing business performance. He has also provided consulting services to help owners create and sustain value in their businesses through the development of clear metrics and KPIs, empowering teams to embrace accountability and achieve goals.

Robert Moeck

Etienne Capgras is a seasoned senior executive in operations and supply chain management, bringing over 25 years of experience across retail, manufacturing, and service provider environments. With a unique dual perspective—over a decade in retail operations and more than 15 years leading supplier and manufacturer organizations—Etienne has built a reputation for driving operational excellence, transformation, and sustainable growth across B2C, D2C and omni-channel platforms.

Etienne Capgras

An award-winning startup mentor and angel investor, Joe has guided dozens of startups from concept to multi-million dollar a year launches over the past 20 years in industries ranging from wellness and technology to consumer products and biotechnology. He is currently CEO of Intellicampus - a venture funded AI startup building tech for colleges and universities. He has been featured twice on the TEDx stage as well as on Fox News, CNN and the Wall Street Journal for his study of entrepreneurial behavior.

Joe Abraham

Justin Grice

Robert Moeck

Etienne Capgras

Joe Abraham

Dr. Alan Gatlin is an accomplished educator, business consultant, and sales and management professional with extensive experience in teaching, sales management, and training. With a proven track record in program management, organizational development, and solution-based sales strategies, he has consistently exceeded goals and driven organizational success throughout his career.

Alan Gatlin

With approximately 30 years of working experience, mostly as legal counsel within the corporate and financial practices, Federico is a veteran in designing, structuring, and negotiating investment deals. He brings substantial transactional exposure to Ideal Strategic Partners by having participated -on both the buy and sell side - in hundreds of different operations across a variety of industries. He has been a trusted consultant to entrepreneurs, investment bankers, fund managers, C-level executives, and shareholders of middle-market companies.

Federico Leon

Meagan is a COO and Advisor, who excels at growing businesses 2-3x. Meagan builds enterprise value and accelerates revenue by building new channels, markets, products and expanding global footprints. She's a non-profit Board member for Columbia’s Women’s Circle, LBS's Alumni Sustainability Club, co-chair of CBS' Alumni Sustainability Club. She’s also a Strategic Advisor for Astia VC.

Meagan Dietz

Romain’s career reflects a dynamic trajectory across operations, finance, and strategic leadership. He began with a successful turnaround of the Best Western Orlando Airport, delivering a 35% ROI in just eighteen months. Building on that success, he joined Regal Point Capital Management, a boutique hedge fund with $35 million in AUM, as a junior analyst. To deepen his M&A expertise, he moved to Finly Capital, where he led both buy-side and sell-side transactions ranging from $5 million to $150 million.

Romain Ly

Alan Gatlin

Federico Leon

Meagan Dietz

Romain Ly

Rhonda Frith-Lyons is a seasoned transformation leader, executive advisor, and founder of The Sassy Entrepreneur, LLC, a strategy and operations advisory firm that helps high-growth companies scale with discipline and impact. She partners with CEOs, founders, and investors to simplify complexity, align strategy with execution, and build the leadership infrastructure needed to sustain growth. With more than 20 years of experience across corporate, startup, and advisory environments, she brings a distinctive approach.

Rhonda Frith-Lyons

A social and business entrepreneur, Michelle D. Miller, MPA, is the Founder and CEO of the High Desert Discovery District (HD3), the first startup accelerator in New Mexico with the purpose of commercializing and bringing to market high value scientific and technological discoveries and innovation. Ms. Miller has 25+ years’ experience in commercialization of scientific discoveries, innovation and technology, product development and regulatory management; full team creation/management; executive management and operations.

Michelle Miller

Will is a former two-time founder with over a decade of experience working with startups and new ventures. Having founded two startups, he knows the key issues and growing pains that startups and young companies face and can help navigate. Will has also led new venture groups within healthcare to identify unique opportunities for new companies. Additionally, Will has also worked within tech transfer, understanding intellectual property strategy and identifying new technologies.

Will Krawczyk

Steven Campbell, is a military veteran and a highly accomplished technology executive, bringing over 25 years of experience in driving transformational growth and fostering strategic alliances. With a proven track record as a Chief Strategy Officer, VP of Innovation & Strategy, and Strategic Partnerships, Steven excels in developing and executing business strategies to expand market reach, and increase competitive differentiation while leveraging a partner ecosystem to gain credibility, relevance, and market access.

Steven Campbell

Rhonda Frith-Lyons

Michelle Miller

Will Krawczyk

Steven Campbell

Tim Lowery is an accomplished entrepreneur and strategic growth executive recognized for co-founding and scaling a successful technology startup in the Architects, Engineering, & Construction (AEC) and plant process industries. As Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of ClearEdge3D, Tim built a global construction technology company from the ground up—growing it from 2 to 48 employees, driving 12x revenue growth.

Tim Lowery

During his 25 year career, Jamie has served as CEO, CMO, and Chief Product Officer for some of America's most storied brands. Jamie loves helping leaders with strategic and long range planning, and is a passionate advocate of consumer and digital transformation. Jamie earned his MBA from The Ohio State University and currently works as a strategic advisor at Miami University. Jamie has led start-ups from concept to exit and enjoys the process of creating, stewarding, and growing brands.

Jamie Schisler

Professionally, Roy brings over 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive leadership experience spanning investment banking, private equity, corporate finance, and sales infrastructure development. His career includes roles with Fortune 500 companies such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and ventures he founded, including InvestSource Inc., Action Sports Hub, and Scr1pt NRG LLC.

Roy Sahachaisere

Fred is a seasoned marketing executive with over two decades of experience leading growth strategies for organizations across nonprofit, SaaS, and mission-driven sectors. With a proven ability to translate complex goals into measurable results, he has consistently delivered increases in leads, sales, and donor support.

Frederick Cizauskas

Tim Lowery

Jamie Schisler

Roy Sahachaisere

Frederick Cizauskas

Joy has built a life and career in inspiring others to have the courage to step outside their comfort zone to discover new opportunities. As an educator and business owner, she has a special enthusiasm for working with entrepreneurs to help them bring their product to market. She has 10+ years of experience developing and launching products for respected brands which have landed in retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and QVC.

Joy Jones

Jane Stoller

Joy Jones

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