Technical Advisors
Our mission as an Economic Development organization and an interactive community of entrepreneurs and small business owners is to master a growth mindset, stay motivated, get shared feedback, and have access to an exclusive business support system.
Donna Hover-Ojeda, MM, PhD
Mastermind Director
Dr. Hover is the Founder of Mighty Underdogs and CEO of Leaders Laboratory, a strategic growth company, mastering growing companies. She started her first company in 1987, starting over six businesses and actively growing hundreds of small businesses over her tenure. She specializes in multigenerational family-owned "big-business". She organized over 1500 CEO Masterminds serving over 50,000 executives during her thirty-five years.
Andrew Balllmann, MBA,
Financial Advisor
Andrew Ballmann, Lead Financial Analyst for Diamond Ventures. Andrew specializes in scaling small businesses. He serves on several company boards to assist in obtaining external funding for growth and capital expenditures. His current external role is with a major Venture Capital company located in Arizona. He has investment experience as an Angel investor for growth companies. Andrew has extensive experience in various value creation and scaling companies.
Daniel Goers
Mastermind Leader
Daniel Goers, creator of Creatography, a bold, digital marketing firm. Committed to doing the work to build a strong brand for graphic and website design, where innovative branding meets cuting edge web design. We provide top quality, professional design work at fair and reasonable prices. We believe in strong communication and customer satisfaction. Dan has led and participated in peer-to-peer roundtables for years. He is a strong believer in identifying and sharing best practices.
Rose Snyder ACC, CPIC
Leadership, Education Director
Rose Snyder, CEO of Rosesnyderconsulting.com, loves working with businesses in leadership, communication, team building, governance, and strategic planning. She has 25 years of experience working in key leadership positions within the Olympic sports world. Rose provides courses on leadership and professional development across the country and facilitates "Your Leadership Journey" cohorts virtually throughout the year. Rose has a master's Degree in Organizational Management and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. She is also a licensed trainer in leading team-building tools used to understand individual differences and how to utilize these differences to advance personal and professional relationships.
Bill Vinck, MBA, PhD
Merge/Acquisition, Business Valuation Expert
Bill Vinck, Senior Advisor, Excendio Advisors. BIll has a broad international operational and technical leadership background with Fortune 10 firms such as AIG, SC Johnson Wax, and Philips. Bill has experience in post-acquisition integration in large publicly traded companies and smaller private sector technology firms. At Chrysler Motors in Detroit, he worked on the integration of several acquisitions including AMC, Maserati, and Lamborghini. Bill held the position of Director of World-Wide Information Systems at SC Johnson Wax. Bill is fluent in Spanish.
Rye Whalen
Data Architect, Instructor
Rye Whalen, Founder of WENT, specializing in data architechture where he utilizes extensiven IT architecture to drive SaaS focused strategy. Rye is a tenacious spirit dedicated to solving complex issues through innovative, growt-focused initiatives with diverse corporate structures. With a wealth of experience spanning from Consumer Package Goods, Commercial Product Manufacturing, and B2B Distribution. Rye fosters environments where creativity thrives, risk are embraced, where failure is seen as a stepping stone to success.
