Meet 1-on-1 w/ the Experts you need –
100% VIRTUAL Format
Innovate New Albany created Expert 😎 Office Hours to make it easy for business owners & aspiring entrepreneurs to get the answers they need.
1. Review our roster of Experts, below
2. Click on the link below the Expert’s name to schedule an appointment
3. Make individual appointments w/ the experts you need – just ONE – or, up to a maximum of FIVE
4. You’ll receive an email & a calendar invitation – w/ a Zoom link for each appointment
5. Thurs Dec 19: at time of each appointment, click on Zoom link to meet w/ your selected Expert
1. For most of you, a personal computer will be the best means to access your Expert meetings via Zoom; no need to download software
2. Questions? Email Neil Collins at “neil@InnovateNewAlbany.org”
Jordan began her career at Huntington in 2016 as a relationship banker at the German Village, OH branch. She then moved into business banking as a treasury management advisor, supporting the Central and Southern, OH branches.
In 2019 she joined the Dedicated Business Relationship Manager team and managed a portfolio of 200 business banking clients in the Cincinnati area. She transitioned to a Business Development Officer in Central, OH working to find new business banking clients to bring to Huntington Bank and most recently has become an SBA Product Specialist focusing on SBA lending for Central, OH business owners.
Evan Marsh and the WynHouse team support entrepreneurs and organization by solving process inefficiencies through technology.
Evan is passionate about M&A, consulting, business development, corporate venture capital and innovation. Outside of his role as Managing Partner, he is an active angel investor and advisor to early-stage organizations.
Matt Cynkar serves as Managing Director at Rev1 Ventures. In that role, Matt leads the team that serves as the first touch point for the more than 700 entrepreneurs who reach out to Rev1 each year. That team connects entrepreneurs quickly with the startup resources available within Rev1 and throughout Ohio’s startup communities.
Matt manages exploratory meetings between qualified entrepreneurs and the Rev1 team members. Matt ensures seamless handoffs for entrepreneurs between their early contact with Rev1 and the next steps on their journey, which may be Rev1’s Customer Learning Lab, client engagement planning, or referrals to other support organizations or programs.
Before joining Rev1, Matt played key roles in Market Research and Customer Insights at Alliance Data and Bath & Body Works. Matt is a graduate of Miami University.
Kevin Hammond has been a business management consultant for 13 years, mostly focused on small businesses and start-ups. Kevin has been on the SBDC team for almost ten years as a consultant. Prior to consulting, Kevin was in financial services at Chase Manhattan. Kevin has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Ohio Dominican University and an MBA from Capital University.
The Ohio SBDC is part of America’s SBDC national network comprised of over 1000 Centers across the U.S. including 28 in Ohio. The Ohio SBDC Network provides one-on-one advising, by Certified Business Advisors, at no cost and conduct no or low cost business training.
With 15 years of experience in the accounting industry, Brett is a highly skilled Certified Public Accountant dedicated to helping tech startups and SaaS businesses navigate the complexities of accounting and taxes.
Brett previously worked for Plante and Moran, a large public accounting firm in downtown Columbus. Having the entrepreneur “bug”, Brett started Build Accounting in 2019. Over the years, Build Accounting has grown to a team of five and today provides tax filing, accounting, and advisory services for tech startups and SaaS business. Build Accounting’s mission is to make the accounting and tax process as easy, simple, and headache-free for founders as possible. Build uses cloud-based accounting systems and current technologies to help founders understand their numbers and make informed decisions that will benefit their company.
During the day, Brett can be found working out of the Innovate New Albany offices. While, in his free time he enjoys running, spending time with his wife and daughter, and trying new pizza places around Columbus. Between 2011 and 2013, he tried 100+ pizza places in the Columbus area.
Arthi Rathi is a CFO at Book+Street, a financial services firm working with startup businesses in Ohio and the Midwest. A CPA by background, Arthi climbed the ladder in Big 4 consulting and at a Fortune 25 company and has over 15 years of financial, operational and management experience. She is a strategic problem solver delivering financial value through a deep understanding of business and collaboration.
Arthi enjoys helping clients weave their stories through numbers to help business partners craft new ventures, grow businesses and showcase their value. Through her work, she has gained advanced skills in technical accounting, revenue recognition, deal modeling, and strategic finance. She loves working with startups because it allows her to solve problems creatively by rolling up her sleeves, diving into data and learning through cross-functional teamwork.
An entrepreneur since 1999, Neal Bell has learned a great deal about what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to running businesses. He holds a degree in Accounting and an MBA (both from The Ohio State University), but it is his real-world operating experience that Neal wants to share with today’s business leaders.
In his early years as an entrepreneur, Neal fell into the trap of thinking he had to do everything himself, and inventing every business process from scratch. Experience eventually taught him otherwise, and he wants to save you some of the aggravation that he experienced.
Neal discovered EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) in the early 2000s, and immediately recognized it for the game-changer that it is for the entrepreneurial community. Neal is now a Professional EOS Implementer, helping entrepreneurs and their leadership teams get more out of their businesses by implementing EOS tools and disciplines.
Javi Cuadrado is a former Fortune 500 R&D and HR executive who is passionate about helping business leaders shatter constraints and unlock growth. He is the owner of Get Coaching To Grow, a business and leadership coaching firm.
As a trained engineer, he spent the last 2 decades building world-class organizations and driving innovation at Procter & Gamble and Owens Corning, delivering hundreds of millions in revenue through new-to-market technologies and products.
Now as a certified Business Coach, he shares proven frameworks that will help you demystify, simplify, and implement your strategy so that you can transform your leadership, grow your business, and free up valuable time.