Cliff K. Locks
CEO | COO | Executive Consultant and Coach | Trusted Independent Board of Director | Governance | NextGen Expert | Author | SaaS | Clean Tech | PropTech | MarTech | AI | Supply Chain | Thoughtful ESG & DEI
Masters Professional Director, American College of Corporate Directors
Bachelor of Business Administration, Rochester Institute of Technology
Started 6 Companies, Successfully Exited 3, Currently Engaged in 3
Angel Investor in 20+ companies, 6 exits, 1 IPO, and no losses.
Managing Director of Investment Capital Growth (Worldwide Executive
Leadership Coaching to Founders, CEOs, and CXOs)
Founder and CEO/President of Millionaire Life Services (Executive
Leadership to Private Family Offices, Private Banking, and the VHNI & UHNI)
Founder and CEO/President of Reverse Logistics Solutions (Supply Chain Expert to the World’s Largest eCommerce Platform and Big Box Retailer and their Vendors)
Former Founder/CEO/President of International Automotive Showcase (Exit to Fortune 500)
Founder/CEO/President of Professional Sports Marketing (Exit)
Former Founder/CEO/President Locks Advertising Agency (Exit)
Held Senior Leadership Positions, the Majority of the Time as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing in American, German, and Japanese Owned Companies
Serve on Business Advisory Boards – Driving Profitability and EBITDA Growth, Creating Strategic Partnerships for Scaling for Hyper Growth, and Fundraising
Expert in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Developing Executive and Emerging Leaders
Ash Singh
Professor of Entrepreneurship
I’m Ash Singh of Main St AI, dedicated to elevating investment strategies for family offices and private equity firms through AI. With a track record of launching over 100 AI companies and raising $1 billion, I bring extensive experience in simplifying complex technologies.
At Quantum Venture Studios and Quantum Equity Partners, I’ve connected AI startups with family offices, integrating cutting-edge technologies into private equity portfolios. My background in education and entrepreneurship ensures our AI solutions are not only cost-effective and scalable but also seamlessly integrated, driving measurable growth and operational enhancement for your portfolio.
Jeff Wellstead
Founder and CEO, Big Bear Partners, Ltd. PEOPLE STRATEGY AND TALENT ACCELERATOR FOR EARLY STAGE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES (SAAS, AI, MACHINE LEARNING, CLIMATE TECH, BIOTECH)
35 years as a full-stack, global HR leader with Fortune 100 investment banking, professional services, technology and pharma sectors (Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, EDS/HP, Peoplesoft, and Novartis Pharmaceutical) - and the last 20 years providing end-to-end HR function builds to support hyper-growth technology start-ups and scale-ups to achieve exit or sustainable vision.
Prepared for and led acquisitions for Spinvox to Nuance Communications, Skype to Microsoft, MetaPack to Stamps.com, Oxford Nanoimaging, Summit Therapeutics and Humn.ai. in the UK and globally.
I provide leadership coaching and mentorship to entrepreneurial executives - and help them to navigate the maturation curve turbulence ahead to value realisation and speed, but with forethought and intelligence.
I work with exponential growth organizations to prepare for rapid hyper-growth across people, process and technology - providing superior cultural and employee value proposition stability, increasing attraction, selection, learning, performance and retention.