Jill Grant

Jill Grant is an accomplished finance leader with over 20 years of experience driving financial strategy, operational excellence, and business transformation across complex, fast-paced organizations. Throughout her career, she has built a proven record of success improving profitability, streamlining financial operations, and delivering insights that shape executive decision-making.

As Finance Business Partner and Portfolio Lead at Merkle, Jill oversaw strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management across multiple business portfolios. She partnered directly with executive leadership to align financial strategy with corporate objectives, optimize resource allocation, and drive growth. Jill is recognized for her expertise in financial modeling, variance analysis, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration, as well as her ability to lead financial system enhancements using advanced analytics tools such as Power BI and Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Previously, as Senior Director of Finance at Media Storm, Jill led a high-performing finance team responsible for forecasting, financial reporting, and client profitability management. She played a key role in multiple acquisitions and integrations, standardizing reporting frameworks, implementing new planning tools, and designing pricing models that supported sustainable margin improvement.

Jill’s leadership style combines strategic vision with operational precision. She is known for mentoring and developing finance talent, fostering collaboration across departments, and implementing forward-thinking solutions to improve transparency, accuracy, and efficiency.

She holds both a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Sacred Heart University and is a Certified Notary Public in Connecticut.

Laura Breslaw

Laura Breslaw is a four-time B2B Chief Marketing Officer and seasoned growth advisor who helps companies turn go-to-market strategy into revenue engines. A trusted partner to CEOs, boards, and private equity sponsors, she brings enterprise-grade marketing discipline to scaling businesses, ensuring every investment drives impact, efficiency, and ROI.

With more than two decades leading marketing across technology, financial, and professional services, Laura’s career spans global enterprises and PE-backed firms alike. She works at critical inflection points, including founder-to-scale transitions, post-acquisition integrations, market repositioning, and investor-led resets, where aligning product, partner, and customer strategies is essential to accelerating growth.

Laura is known for her ability to diagnose underperforming GTM systems, clarify priorities, and build 90-day roadmaps that deliver results fast. She has moved marketing teams from brand-focused to performance-led, driving double-digit growth in marketing-influenced revenue while improving lead quality and reducing customer acquisition costs. Her approach is both strategic and hands-on, with a clear focus on traction, alignment, and long-term enterprise value.

From brand transformation to pipeline acceleration, Laura’s leadership roles have centered on turning strategy into outcomes. Selected highlights:

  • Chief Marketing Officer, Capgemini Financial Services
    Built a multi-year global GTM plan that drove 11% year-over-year growth in marketing-influenced revenue and cut Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC) by 15%.
  • Chief Marketing Officer, AlixPartners
    Repositioned the brand beyond restructuring to performance acceleration, helping fuel cross-sell growth and expand the firm’s strategic footprint.
  • CMO, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
    Reversed declines in membership and sponsorship, launched a global Climate Risk certification, and grew revenue by 20% year-over-year.
  • Americas Marketing Leader, BCG
    Led regional marketing through a period of expansion and services diversification, including a brand refresh and activation anchored by strategic partnerships and CXO engagement strategies. Increased large enterprise pipeline over $4M by implementing the first-ever account-based marketing campaign.
  • Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Financial Services, Deloitte
    Worked with the ELT to double revenue growth with GTM motions for client expansion, retention and partner co-marketing. Stood up an Account-Based Marketing (ABM) program that generated 21-30% YOY growth in years two and three.

As a fractional CMO and advisor to portfolio companies, Laura has worked with CEOs and founders of growth-stage clients across data and analytics and cloud services firms and consulting organizations. Areas of impact have included double-digit growth in Net Retention Revenue, accelerated lead conversion, and marketing KPIs tied to growth levers.

She holds a B.A. in American Studies with a minor in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.

Brian Powers

Brian Powers is a Principal in TechCXO’s Revenue Growth Practice, bringing over 15 years of experience in strategic marketing, business development, and brand leadership. He specializes in helping professional services firms, construction companies, and mid-market businesses strengthen market presence, accelerate client acquisition, and drive sustainable growth.

At TechCXO, Brian partners with executive teams to design and execute integrated go-to-market strategies that align with business goals. He has a proven track record of building lead generation programs, launching brand repositioning initiatives, and coaching teams to improve marketing and sales performance. His experience spans both corporate and entrepreneurial settings, giving him a unique ability to navigate complex business challenges with clarity and impact.

Key Areas of Expertise:

  • Strategic Marketing & Business Development: Translating market insights into actionable plans that build pipeline and drive revenue
  • Go-To-Market Execution: Leading cross-functional initiatives that elevate brand visibility and support service-line growth
  • Lead Generation & Client Acquisition: Building systems that attract and convert high-value prospects through digital and relationship-driven channels
  • Brand Strategy & Messaging: Defining brand positioning and developing compelling content to support thought leadership and differentiation

Professional Background:
Before joining TechCXO, Brian held senior leadership roles in marketing and business development across a range of industries, including professional services, construction, and media. He led strategic planning, managed high-impact campaigns, developed referral networks, and implemented systems that delivered measurable business outcomes. He is known for aligning marketing strategy with firm-wide growth objectives and driving collaboration between marketing, sales, and leadership teams.

Brian holds an MBA and a BA in Public Relations, both from Mount Saint Mary College. He actively contributes to his community and industry, serving as Chair of the Strategic Marketing Committee for a regional economic development alliance and Chairperson for Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Bob Dennen

Robert Dennen is a partner in TechCXO’s Finance and Accounting practice. He is called on by investors, Boards, and senior management teams to leverage his unique combination of financial, strategic, operational, and systems expertise as a fractional CFO.

Bob has served as a fractional CFO for the past seven years for more than 25 companies, primarily in SaaS, Consulting Services, Digital Media, Business Services, and e-Commerce. Bob has helped guide three of his clients through periods of high growth and due diligence to financially successful acquisitions. During his distinguished career, Bob has also served as:

(Interim) CFO, SourceMedia (now Arizent) – SourceMedia, was an $80mm PE-owned, digital media company with advertising/lead generation, subscription and events revenue platforms. Bob’s efforts stabilized the company and allowed it to exceed its Revenue and EBITDA goals. He also successfully on-boarded a new CEO.

CFO, Fahrenheit 212 – Fahrenheit 212 is a global innovation strategy and design firm. Bob led growth in revenue of 300% and personnel of 250% and opened an international office in London. He aslo put in place many new processes and systems. The company’s clients included Coca-Cola, Marriott, and Samsung. F212 was acquired by Capgemini. Bob led the post-merger integration efforts.

His earlier roles included VP of Client Solutions at Navagate, Inc., a CRM software and services company focused on the financial industry, and Managing Director of Enhanced Capital Partners, a venture capital fund. He also held leadership roles with Barnes & Noble and Simon & Schuster. Bob began his career with Accenture.

He holds a BS in Economics, Accounting and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Virginie Glaenzer

Virginie Glaenzer is a partner in TechCXO’s Revenue Growth practice. She is a visionary digital strategist, entrepreneur, and Fractional Chief Marketing Officer with over 30 years of experience driving transformative growth across industries.

With more than a decade of experience in both Silicon Valley and New York City, Virginie has worked extensively with rapidly growing B2B technology companies, developing go-to-market (GTM) strategies for software products and leading digital transformations in the SaaS industry.

She has excelled as a fractional CMO, specializing in relieving stress for CMOs, CROs, and CEOs by bringing clarity and strategic direction to leadership teams.

She is often called upon for her expertise in:

  1. Brand Realignment: Helping brands reconnect with customers through data-driven strategies that enhance loyalty and outpace competitors.
  2. Product Launch Execution: Streamlining go-to-market strategies to ensure seamless product launches, alleviating pressure on internal teams.
  3. Scaling Challenges: Developing growth strategies and streamlining operations to help organizations scale effectively while freeing up resources for expansion.
  4. Leadership Gaps: Providing clear strategic direction and senior marketing expertise to improve communication and foster team cohesion.

Virginie Glaenzer is a business transformation expert with a proven track record of leading organizational shifts.

  • Executive VP of Marketing & Customer Experience at Great Eastern Energy (GEE) – Virginie transformed the company from a paper-driven, sales-focused operation into a tech-driven, customer-centric online business, resulting in a 150% increase in customer acquisition, a 45% reduction in churn, and improved employee engagement.
  • VP of Marketing at LiveWorld Inc. – For this social content marketing company Virginie transitioned the company from a service provider to a SaaS platform, boosting brand recognition, building a 6,000-strong database, and securing high-profile clients like Sony and LinkedIn.
  • VP of Marketing and Social Media at Archer Mobile – Archer Mobile is the leading global provider of mobile engagement solutions. Virginie successfully repositioned the company and was instrumental in rebranding and repositioning the company to become an acquisition target, leading to a $42 million merger with Lenco Mobile.

Virginie is also a pioneer in blockchain and web3, having invested in cryptocurrency since 2017. She has hosted blockchain conferences, contributed to Ethereum token creation, and authored The Economy of Abundance, a deep dive into decentralized economies and regenerative systems.

Her multifaceted expertise spans:

  1. Strategy: Crafting innovative digital marketing strategies that drive growth and deepen customer loyalty.
  2. Leadership: Empowering teams to navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.
  3. Storytelling & Growth Hacking: Engaging audiences with compelling narratives and growth hacking techniques to build strong brands.

Her journey began in 1998 when she moved from France to the U.S. and co-founded three tech startups. Virginie lives in Washington with her husband and their three daughters. She holds a Master’s degree from HEC Paris, one of France’s top business schools. She continues to lead with a passion for conscious leadership, gender balance, and digital innovation, inspiring change in every business and community she serves.

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Michael Weinstein

Michael Weinstein is a New York-based partner in TechCXO’s Finance practice. He serves as a CFO, investor, and capital raiser for public companies, start-ups/early-stage companies, and PE-owned companies within the renewable energy, insurance, manufacturing, fast food franchising, and equipment leasing industries. He brings a strategic perspective on finance and capital to the executive suite and Boards he advises.

Michael increases the shareholder value of his clients through successful financial planning and reporting, results analysis, and capital management, as well as:

Advising on M&A transactions

Due diligence

Valuing the business

Capital planning, management, debt and equity financing

Strategic planning

Financial planning and analysis

Performance management and reporting

Insurance programs.

Michael began his career in corporate planning with Inland Steel, where he ran the capital budgeting process for the Board and served as a member of strategic task forces reporting to the Board. As a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little, he focused on strategic planning, company valuation, and business process improvement programs primarily in natural resources and metal and mining companies globally.

As a Senior Vice President with Putnam Investment Management in Boston he oversaw investments in natural resources, extractive industries, insurance, and global diversified financial services firms, was Co-Chair of the Investment Strategy Team, and led a task force to improve internal communications and knowledge sharing among investment professionals.

He joined a broker-dealer subsidiary of Swiss Re where he built a bespoke investment research business de novo and led global product marketing.

As a Managing Director, and Head of U.S. Research for Credit Agricole, he rebuilt the research department, produced a significant increase in productivity and marketing, and managed several of the firm’s external client relationships.

Mike has served as CFO for a publicly traded solar system developer, a privately held trucking company where he redesigned their financial systems and insurance as part of a turnaround, an innovative insurance start-up, and a renewable energy company where he is focused on raising the capital to bring breakthrough technology to market.

He has a BS in economics and an MBA in finance and marketing, both from Washington University in St. Louis.

Allison Somerset

Allison brings both a deep and a broad experience set across a diverse range of business models, including technology-driven growth within startups and more mature settings, international expansion, and established public organizations, with vertical expertise spanning the software as a service, media agency, and retail sectors.

She excels in leading and managing budgeting, financial planning and forecasting processes, demonstrating a keen ability to drive strategic initiatives that optimize both financial performance and enhance employee engagement.

A seasoned leader in finance and operations, Allison is known for her dynamic and results-driven approach.

Allison began her career journey at Quiksilver Americas as an accountant in Huntington Beach, CA, where she first developed her financial skillset.

Later, she joined Brandwatch LLC in New York, NY, initially as Financial Operations Controller – The Americas. Brandwatch, a leading social intelligence tool, was acquired by Cision during Allison’s tenure. At Brandwatch, Allison spearheaded key initiatives such as platform consolidation coupled with wide-ranging and material enhancements to financial operations, both in the Americas and globally.

Her career journey reflects her growth from an accountant at Quiksilver to her recent role at twelveNYC as SVP Finance, highlighting her expertise in financial management and strategic leadership.

She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Long Island University, C.W. Post.

James Calver

James is the Managing Partner of TechCXO’s Executive Operations practice, encompassing career CEOs and COOs. With more than three decades of executive leadership across private equity, family-owned, and publicly traded companies, James brings strategic insight, operational discipline, and transaction-savvy expertise to every engagement. 

His portfolio at TechCXO spans interim and fractional CEO and COO roles, M&A advisory, and board governance across sectors, including healthcare, life sciences, business services, consumer packaged goods, and high-end luxury goods. James is a go-to partner for companies navigating complexity, whether that’s preparing for a transaction, integrating recent acquisitions, leading on an interim basis, or recalibrating operations for growth.

He also serves as a fractional Operating Partner, supporting lower-middle-market PE and growth firms across the full deal lifecycle. This includes diligence and thesis development, post-close execution, and portfolio optimization across a range of sectors and ownership models.

Recent engagements for TechCXO include:

  • Directed a post-merger integration for a $400M PE-owned healthcare payments company.
  • Led M&A strategy and company readiness for a $30M family-owned home health provider, including diligence and pipeline development.
  • Served as interim CEO for a $30M healthcare staffing company during a critical leadership transition.
  • Acted as interim COO for a market leading, family-owned greeting card brand.
  • Advised the CEO and Board of a luxury lighting and furniture company.

These engagements reflect a consistent focus on transitional leadership, transaction execution, and strategic advisory across a range of ownership structures.

Across his career, James has led multiple business transformations as CEO, guided strategic direction as a board member, and built enterprise value across both public and PE-backed firms. As CEO and Board Director of EMSI, a PE-owned healthcare services provider, he delivered a full-company transformation; he focused on driving growth in new segments, implementing digital workflows, and restructuring sales for commercial excellence. At Hooper Holmes, a 2,500-employee public company, he executed a turnaround through divestitures, recapitalization, and the creation of a high-growth wellness division.

James’s board experience includes Alcanza Clinical Research, where he supported strategic direction, M&A execution, and performance oversight. At RSA Medical, he partnered with the CEO and founder to navigate post-Affordable Care Act strategy and prepare the company for a successful exit. He has deep experience advising private equity and private credit sponsors, helping companies accelerate value creation through strategy, operational excellence, and leadership alignment.

Earlier in his career, James served in senior roles at GE and Mellon, and started his advisory and M&A work with COBA (part of Bain) and Broadview/Jefferies. His work across strategic planning, integration, and performance improvement gives him a 360-degree view of what it takes for growth-mode and mid-market businesses to scale and succeed.

James earned his MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor and Master of Engineering from Oxford University.

Based in the New York area, he is a trusted advisor to CEOs, boards, and investors. Known for building trust before strategy, he brings calm confidence to complex moments and helps organizations move from strategic intent to execution with clarity and results.

Paul Rhoda

Paul Rhoda is a Partner in TechCXO’s Revenue Growth Practice. He is most frequently called upon by Boards, investors, and senior management teams to fix growth problems and improve revenue durability as an interim and fractional Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Sales Officer.  Paul is a gifted leader and problem solver, having grown revenues and businesses despite some of the most challenging economic cycles and seemingly impossible circumstances.

During his distinguished career, Paul has served as:

Head of Business Development, Revenue Partner (The Alexander Group, Inc.)  – In this role, he launched a sister company start-up focused on creating and supporting implementation options for the revenue growth consulting work performed by AGI for their PE portfolio businesses.   In addition, he worked as a consultant helping B2B businesses accelerated sales processes, enhance compensation plans, design go-to-market strategies, expedite digital transformation, and optimize deployment of selling personnel. He doubled annual revenues 3 years running and continuously expanded provider partnerships and new client logos.

Vice President of Sales, BI Worldwide – BIW is a privately-held, global provider of SaaS-supported sales and channel incentive systems, employee engagement platforms, learning and development services, and consumer loyalty solutions. For over twenty year, Paul led his teams to achieve record growth year over year.  Many top performers under his mentorship achieve multiple performance awards and promotions.

Paul has also held senior sales leadership and general manager roles with Maritz, Olsten, Baxter, and Techaid.

Paul’s practice is focused on enabling clients to develop and execute strategies that:

  • Grow revenues by double digits year over year.
  • Accelerate new and organic revenue growth
  • Improve cross-functional alignment and profitability
  • Enrich pipeline volume, quality, and analysis
  • Maximize the value proposition for strategic and enterprise accounts
  • Dramatically improve executive and outcome-based selling
  • Increase confidence in forecasts and sales execution
  • Build a profit-focused revenue growth culture
  • Optimize the effectiveness of compensation and incentive strategies
  • Boost leads, referrals, and brand awareness through digital transformation
  • Integrate the “push” and “pull” approaches to growth to enhance results

He received his BS – Management and Marketing from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

Frank Connolly

Frank Connolly is a New York-based partner in TechCXO’s Finance & Operations practice. He has been a CFO for public companies, VC startups, and PE-owned firms. He was also a principal in a PE investment firm and an M&A banker in a boutique NYC-based investment bank. Frank has executed 25 equity and debt transactions as a principal executive, private equity investor and M&A advisor with a total value of $2 billion including public equity and private debt offerings, as well as the purchase and sale of public and PE-owned companies.

Founders, Boards, investors and executive leadership teams from marketing, media, advertising, market research, professional services, technology, and customer information services companies most frequently call on Frank to help them as an advisor and interim or fractional CFO. He provides value in the following areas:

  • Advice on M&A transactions
  • Strategy for Successful Fundraising
  • Insight on best practices in finance and operations
  • Counsel on policy and procedure
  • Guidance for systems implementations
  • Investigation of tax strategies
  • Benchmarking management compensation
  • Industry insights for the marketing, media, market research landscape.

Throughout his career, he has executed transformational M&A transactions, provided strategic insights, built highly effective teams, designed new operating/financial procedures, restructured balance sheets, rolled out scalable business process flows, realigned costs, and implemented a variety of systems to support high growth businesses.

Frank began his career with Accenture in the New York Metro practice. This provided an excellent grounding in the use of technology by businesses to create value. His clients included General Electric, Pitney Bowes, Marsh & McLennan, US Tobacco, American Can and Xerox. After his start in consulting, Frank joined The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, which at that time consisted of 35 operating units across the information, marketing, and media spectrum where he held various corporate HQ finance positions.

While still a division of Dun & Bradstreet, he transferred to Donnelley Marketing, a B2C marketing business with three units in marketing technology/consumer data, promotion services and direct marketing. He continued as CFO with Donnelley Marketing after it was sold to a private equity sponsor. Frank was instrumental in creating value at Donnelley through exiting unprofitable product lines, reducing expenses and optimizing the balance sheet. The marketing technology/data business was subsequently sold to First Data Corp., and the consumer promotions and direct marketing units were sold to Cox Enterprises resulting in a combined 11x equity return.

He then joined DigaComm, the private equity group that had purchased Donnelley. Frank evaluated dozens of PE and late-stage VC investment opportunities in North and South America. Four investments were made during Frank’s tenure focused on emerging internet marketing services companies. Following DigaComm, Frank joined Modem Media, a public internet marketing pioneer as CFO after the severe industry downturn. He was pivotal in returning that company to top-line growth and achieving profitability. The enterprise value of the company doubled during his 3-year tenure. Modem was acquired by Digitas.

He was CFO at Harris Interactive, a public market research firm that pioneered the use of the internet to collect and interpret custom research data for clients. Harris was acquired by Nielsen.

Frank was an investment banker at AdMedia Partners, an M&A advisory firm in New York, for five years. He would source clients, find buyers, and execute transactions. He closed 9 deals during his time there, focused on marketing services, media, and market research.

He was CFO at a full-service agency, Media Storm, that more than doubled its billings from $200 million to $550 million in the four years since he started. He was instrumental in building a team, establishing operating workflows & processes, and implementing new financial and media buying systems to support this hyper-growth. Media Storm was acquired by the Merkle division of Dentsu.

Frank was CFO of FocusVision where he introduced the use of operating metrics to improve the profitability of the professional services and software implementation businesses. FocusVision has been acquired by Forsta.

He was the CFO at Viamedia for the past four years as part of a turnaround effort. While aligning costs with revenue and optimizing working capital, Frank’s accomplishments provided liquidity for the digital transformation of the company to transition its advertiser clients and media technology clients to new digital marketing solutions and TV advertising technology platforms.

Frank has and MBA in Finance from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from Stony Brook University.

Rich Makover

Rich Makover is the Managing Partner of TechCXO’s Revenue Growth Practice, bringing over 30 years of experience as a fractional Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Chief Sales Officer (CSO), and executive coach. He specializes in helping companies – from Fortune 500 to PE-backed and high-growth firms – scale revenue, optimize go-to-market strategies, and drive transformational business growth.

At TechCXO, Rich partners with executive teams to refine sales operations, build high-performing teams, and accelerate growth across B2B, B2B2C, DTC, and eCommerce channels. He also mentors executives, former self-prescribed athletes, and sales leaders, equipping them with the tools to navigate leadership transitions and achieve sustainable success.

Key Areas of Expertise:
Fractional CRO & Executive Leadership: Driving revenue expansion and leading high-impact sales transformations
Go-To-Market Strategy: Developing customer-centric sales & marketing strategies that fuel business growth
AI & CRM Integration: Implementing data-driven solutions to optimize lead generation, sales pipelines, and customer engagement
Business Turnarounds & Transformation: Helping organizations adapt to market shifts and scale effectively

Previous Leadership Experience:
Before joining TechCXO, Rich led revenue, sales, and go-to-market strategies for top-tier organizations, including:
Citizen Watch America – Full P&L ownership and multi-channel leadership for Citizen, Bulova, and Frederique Constant
Frederick Goldman – Spearheaded a 300-basis point margin increase and restructured revenue operations for the largest U.S. bridal jewelry company
Avon – Led $2.3B in sales operations, partnering with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to transform the direct sales model
A.T. Cross Company – Navigated organizational restructuring and turnaround efforts, driving new product launches and revenue growth

Rich holds a B.S. in Accounting from Penn State University, where he was a Division I lacrosse team captain. He remains actively involved as a mentor to both the Smeal Business School and the Men’s varsity Lacrosse program. He founded and now serves as director of “Teammates For Life,” a mentoring program for the men’s varsity lacrosse team. Through this program, they have successfully mentored and placed 90%+ of the graduates in entry-level jobs.

Michael Baer

Michael is an experienced, growth-focused fractional CMO and marketing leader with over 35 years of marketing and operational leadership and a track record of driving strategic insight, creativity, and executional excellence to accelerate growth. Michael leverages his diverse, end-to-end experience to help companies turn their marketing into a greater value and business development driver for their organizations.

Michael partners with healthcare and B2B companies in the marketing services, technology, and media spaces to create more powerful customer-driven brands, to professionalize and transform their marketing and business development, and innovate their Go-To-Market approaches. He is most frequently called upon by VC and PE-backed investors, Boards and senior management teams in these industries, especially start-ups and early stage growth companies, to act as interim or fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and General Manager and develop and activate comprehensive brand and marketing strategies and help align their go-to-market plans, functions, technologies, and organizations in order to generate growth.

Michael is expert at helping companies at inflection points – helping to scale-up and professionalize fast-growth organizations that need to elevate their approaches to achieve their next stage; helping unify private equity-backed mergers and acquisitions with new, more powerful and holist

Interim & Fractional CMO & CGO Engagements

Michael’s interim and fractional Chief Marketing Officer engagements have included companies at various life stages, from start-ups, to scale-ups, to SMB turn-arounds, to billion-dollar brands. These have included:

  • Digital Factory –  a geo-location mobile start-up
  • Theralytics – ABA Practice management & data collection software”
  • Hospital for Special Services (HSS) – World’s #1 Orthopedic hospital
  • GE Healthcare
  • Relevate Health – omnichannel healthcare engagement solutions
  • Haymarket Communications – privately-held global media company
  • My Diabetes Tutor – Telehealth education start-up
  • Aquestive Therapeutics
  • HealthForce
  • True North Physician Agency –Physician/provider practice management support and services
  • Immunohub
  • Paragon Loan Advisors
  • Marketing & Incentives Worldwide

Career

During his distinguished career, key leadership positions included:

Chief Marketing Officer, MJH Life Sciences – MJH Life Sciences is the largest, privately held healthcare media company in North America, delivering content, events, education, and creative services to healthcare professionals and the healthcare industry. Michael overhauled the marketing organization, oversaw and scaled a new team, including over 110+ FTEs and across 60+ healthcare brands. He drove the development of optimized processes, best practices and playbooks, led innovation in journey-based GTM approaches, and installed a new full-stack marketing approach.

Senior Vice President | Head of Brand & Marketing, Ipsos North America – Michael was called on to provide dynamic, growth-oriented leadership to the audience measurement business after years of decline and stagnation. He developed and implemented new strategies, including a new sales GTM and prospecting plan, new products, and robust marketing programming. He also developed and instituted a comprehensive Content Marketing and thought-leadership program that resulted in doubling the sales pipeline and closing new brand clients including Cadillac, Hyundai, Northwestern Mutual, Travelers, Capital One, JPM Chase, Mastercard, Kohler, Haier, Shiseido.

Chief Marketing Officer, Laughlin Constable –Michael was brought in as CMO to help transform outdated brand perception and spark new growth at this independent B2B marketing services company. He drove a new vision, positioning, marketing strategy, launching a new website, collateral, capabilities decks and a comprehensive Marketing Plan, significantly increasing leads.

Michael is also an industry thought-leader and accomplished writer on the topics of media, marketing and advertising, primarily for the industry-leading publication MediaPost. You can read Michael’s insights on his blog, Stratecution, and on LinkedIn.

Michael received a BA in History and Psychology from the University of Virginia.

 

Claus Kinder

With 30+ years of experience in engineering, operations management, and the C-Suite, Claus Kinder transforms manufacturing companies into world-class organizations through his work as a fractional COO and CEO with TechCXO.

Often dubbed “an agent of change”, Claus is naturally driven by his curiosity and love of learning which enables him to have a constant pulse on industry innovations and advancements. Combining this drive to discover with his experience is what allows Claus to identify critical factors for driving organizations towards profitable growth in sustainable ways.

While Claus has a wide range of strategies revolving around operations excellence, he is also a passionate advocate for Industry 4.0, which is the adoption of smart automation and interconnectivity.  Additional areas of expertise include M&A, CapEx factory expansions and consolidations with a focus on ROI, new product development, and ERP implementation. Claus has seen success working with companies in a wide range of industries including architectural lighting, food equipment, pharmaceutical production and research equipment.

Recently, Claus led a client to the next stage of growth from $15M to $25M. He created a business strategy to identify 3-year revenue growth opportunities and the supporting organizational structure to execute that strategy.  During the investigation phase, Claus uncovered 8% of underutilized direct labor capacity and a lean opportunity to combine multiple work cells into one reducing labor by 30% and cycle time by 80%.

Claus was presented with the Outstanding Volunteer Mentor award for the 2021-2022 academic year by the SUNY New Paltz School of Business for his work helping to advance local businesses and entrepreneurship students. In one case working with an artisanal baker, Claus changed a manual into a semi-automated operation which lowered labor by 60%. Other engagements include due diligence of promising start-ups as part of the Westchester Angels cohort of strategic investors.

Claus is also dedicated to a sustainable environment through his membership in 1% For The Planet, an environmental nonprofit organization.

Carrie Pastolove

Carrie Pastolove is a digital marketing, branding, revenue growth and business development executive who helps scale New York area lifestyle companies in consumer goods, services and tech. Carrie is seasoned and passionate about purpose and service-driven brands. She has expertise in fashion & beauty, media, luxury retail, health & wellness startups and growing companies as an interim and fractional Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Brand Officer and Chief Business Development Officer.

She has held key marketing and sales development positions with world-class brands including Rachael Ray, Shape Magazine, Lucky, Details, Marie Claire and Maxim. Among her key leadership positions are the following:

Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer, LyveBee, Remote – Carrie led all Business Development and Marketing initiatives for this early-stage Health & Wellness startup, doubling business and leading a marketing and sales team of 10.

SVP, Brand Partnerships and Development, QuickFrame – Carrie drove revenue, diversified the product portfolio and developed and closed enterprise-level clients including DoorDash, Hasbro, Pfizer and Aveeno for this Video-as-a-Service Platform company.

Head of Business Development, Fur, Inc. – Fur has a line of vegan, non-toxic, high-quality beauty products.  Carrie developed business plans and distribution channels through top-tier spas and luxury hotels.

Chief Marketing Officer, Babbleboxx – As CMO for this influencer marketing agency, Carrie built programs of more than 100 influencers, including oversight of programs, promotions, research and social media.

Brand Curator and Business Development Executive, SPRING – Carrie sourced and supported more than 50 beauty and wellness brands to join a disruptive DTC mobile marketplace.

VP – Brand Partnerships, Activate Holdings – Carrie drove revenue from $2M to $12M through partnerships with enterprise brands and publishing partners and led all communications with clients and key stakeholders.

VP – Brand Partnerships, Studio 71 – Along with developing a new Lifestyle Division within a Music & Entertainment focused talent agency, generating more than $5M, Carrie led client service and relationships as the firm’s branding partnerships expert.

Carrie’s publishing a media experience is extensive, having served as an Advertising Director, Beauty and Health & Wellness director for American Media, Meredith Corporation, Conde Nast Publications, Hearth corporation and Dennis Publishing.

She holds a BA in Advertising / Communications from the Fashion Institute of Technology.  Carrie is also founding member of Chief, a women’s executive networking club, and serves on the board of Women in Influencer Marketing (WIIM).

More About Carrie’s Personal and Professional Focus

In addition to her top flight credentials as a marketing executive, Carrie has leveraged her personal interests, training, certification and knowledge of mindfulness and conscious living throughout her career. She offers an innovative approach to managing teams and assisting executives in their personal and professional development. Carrie leverages principles and techniques from the physical, mental and spiritual realms to maximize performance from a holistic standpoint. She is dedicated to supporting executives and their teams through disruption and change using the tools she has developed through her own experiences.

Robert (Bob) Toth

Bob Toth is a seasoned executive, trusted business advisor, and TechCXO Partner with a distinguished track record of leading and transforming companies at every stage—from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. He is frequently called upon by Boards and senior leadership teams to provide strategic guidance in an advisory capacity or serve as an interim or fractional CFO, COO, or CEO, depending on the organization’s operational needs.

With extensive experience in venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE)–backed technology firms, Bob is known for driving sustainable growth, spearheading business turnarounds, and revitalizing underperforming companies across multiple industries. His hands-on leadership spans strategic planning, operations, financial management, M&A integration, business development, sales operations, IT infrastructure, HR, and international expansion.

Key Leadership Roles & Achievements

Founder & Managing Director, Wagon Wheel Associates, LLC

As the founder of Wagon Wheel Associates, Bob leads a business advisory firm specializing in transformation and enablement services, providing interim and fractional executive leadership across for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Notable engagements include:
• Serving as Interim COO for the most significant public health organization in New York, where he successfully led a digital transformation and process reengineering initiative.
• Acting as Interim CEO and CFO for a rigid packaging manufacturer, leading a turnaround effort that resolved liquidity challenges, optimized financial operations, and restructured sales, procurement, and manufacturing functions.

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer – Smile Train, Inc.

As a key executive of Smile Train, a $180M global nonprofit focused on cleft repair surgery, Bob was pivotal in scaling the organization’s operations and ensuring financial sustainability. His key achievements include:
• Increased revenue to $180M and improved operational efficiency, enabling an 11% increase in global surgeries.
• Boosting net assets by 38%, surpassing the Board’s financial target of three times operating expenses.
• Overhauling IT infrastructure, reducing costs by 20%, and modernizing technology to enhance efficiency.
• Strengthening financial controls, compliance, and risk management through expert-driven forensic reviews and Board-driven governance initiatives.

Senior Executive Roles – CA Technologies

During his tenure at CA Technologies, a $6B global IT solutions company, Bob held multiple leadership positions, driving revenue growth, operational excellence, and corporate transformation. Key accomplishments include:
• Leading global expansion efforts, generating $250M in new revenue through international markets.
• Driving over $1B in new license and recurring revenues, pioneering innovative licensing models that reshaped industry practices.
• Spearheaded corporate transformation initiatives that optimized business operations and achieved a 20% market cap increase.
• Building a $100M B2C business, developing a global e-commerce infrastructure to expand market reach.
• Led post-merger integration strategies, optimized global sales operations, and managed sales teams consistently achieving revenue targets.

President – ACCPAC International | SVP & GM – Interbiz

Bob led the strategic carve-out and sale of CATechnologies’’ $250M global business applications division, preparing it for acquisition by private equity and strategic buyers.

Early Career & Education

Bob is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who began his career with Deloitte Touche. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Rider University.

With deep expertise in financial strategy, operational excellence, and corporate transformation, Bob Toth continues to help businesses navigate challenges, unlock growth opportunities, and drive long-term success