Scott Philips
Managing Partner and Founder TruNORTH Partners
With 30+ years of diversified experience in business leadership, Scott is recognized as an action-oriented leader. His strengths lie in family business transitions, strategic management, business coaching, succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement and productivity, culture, acquisition integration, executive coaching, and revenue generation.
Scott has successfully worked with over 500 companies and coached 300+ CEOs to better their businesses and pilot smooth transitions. Scott’s greatest joy in business is seeing transformation in the individuals, teams, and companies that TruNorth works with. In Scott’s words, “Every business is unique, but they all have needs, desires, and wishes. My greatest joy is enabling them to succeed.”
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Bob Phillips
President & CEO at RW & Associates, Inc.
Bob has over 35 years of business experience in organizations that vary in size from the very large to unfunded start-ups. His combination of soft skills in the people management area and understanding of hard skills in the financial workings of a business give him a unique view of what it takes to be successful in the complex world that we live in today. Not only has he worked with organizations in the domestic U.S. market but has also managed staff and major change management projects internationally. His international work has been conducted in Europe, APAC, Canada and Australia.
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PitchBook
PitchBook is a financial technology company that provides data on the capital markets to help professionals discover and execute opportunities with confidence and efficiency. We collect and analyze detailed data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape—including public and private companies, investors, funds, investments, exits and people. Our data and analysis are available through our suite of products (the PitchBook Platform), industry news and in-depth reports.
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Doug Rainbolt
CMO and Partner at Chief Outsiders
Doug Rainbolt is a Partner and CMO with Chief Outsiders. He has occupied senior marketing leadership roles with a number of companies, including Tektronix, Brocade Communications, and SGI. His domain expertise in product management, product marketing is extensive. Doug served for 7 years in Finance at Tektronix before shifting to marketing. Prior to Tektronix Doug worked at Ernst and Whinney. Doug now serves small and medium sized companies that require the skills of a CMO -helping set the right strategy and train the resident staff - but don’t have a full time CMO need.
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Raghavendra Reddy
Co-Founder, bluecopa
An finance trained (Chartered Financial Analyst with post graduate degrees in Finance and Marketing) entrepreneur with a track record of launching successful startups. Currently a co-founder of bluecopa, a FinOps & Business Observability SaaS platform for high growth companies
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TJ Romano
Founding Partner at Kolitch Romano LLP
I am an intellectual property attorney. I represent a varied group of domestic and international clients on patent, trademark, technological trade secret and copyright matters. I’ve also spent time working in Europe to gain a better understanding of European intellectual property laws and business marketing.
Before I entered into the legal industry, I worked in strategy and consulting for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device industries. This experience helps me offer my clients a holistic perspective on their business objectives.
I am a regular presenter at the Oregon State Bar. Past subjects have included “International Trademark Protection using the Madrid Protocol”, “Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law” and “Patent Law Updates on the Invalidity and Inequitable Conduct Standards.”
I’m also known as T.J. Romano and Thomas Romano.
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Steve Rosvold
CFO.University
Innovative and responsible financial leadership is critical to any successful business. Whether the goal is to grow exponentially or achieve stable profitability, this core function needs to be handled with intelligence, skill, and unwavering commitment. Steve has honed his ability to drive change, improve profitability, and ensure long-term financial health for businesses.
He founded KRM Business Solutions in 2004 to assist Pacific Northwest companies in developing the knowledge, processes, systems, and tools they need for success.
Steve began his professional career with Cargill and moved into leadership roles, including the Senior Financial Officer of Cargill’s Global Energy business. In 1999 he became the Chief Financial Officer of ConAgra Malt, a global leader in the malt industry.
An Augsburg University, Minneapolis, graduate, Steve was awarded a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. He is active in the community, as Executive Director of the Southwest Washington Executive Manufacturer’s Forum and Tandem Ride Coordinator for the Washington State School for the Blind.
Steve and his wife Pat live in Vancouver, Washington. They have 3 children.
