Our Team

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Hunter holds 10+ years of Fortune 500 experience with media conglomerates, logistic and supply chain providers, and sports & entertainment properties. 

He has spent the past decade dedicating his career to analyzing small/mid-sized businesses to identify and understand how and why they succeed, with the purpose of developing, selling and executing strategic partnership programs, that drive demand and create customer value. Hunter currently works at The E.W. Scripps Company as an integrated media sales executive.

Hunter received his bachelor's degree in business and corporate communications from the University of Miami, and completed his associates degree in business administration at the University of Houston. 

Alex has 12 years of experience holding various roles at companies ranging in size from startup to Fortune 1000 with industries that include pharmaceuticals, energy (Chevron), e-commerce (Amazon). 

Additionally, Alex also co-founded a solar business where he served as VP of Operations. Among his responsibilities were the management of construction crews and office staff, procurement, negotiation, and cashflow operations (through construction lending platforms), asset maintenance, and customer management.

After he sold his business, Alex was recruited by Amazon and worked for nearly 4 years in roles that included supply chain, vendor management, and business development. In his latest role as Director of Market Development brought him from California back to the east coast. 

Alex holds a bachelor’s degree in operations and supply chain management from Texas A&M University. 

Karen Jones is an experienced marketing and business executive with a track record of success across multiple industries including technology, energy, and transportation and logistics. She currently serves as the EVP & CMO for Ryder Systems, Inc.

Throughout her career, Karen has worked as an integral team member on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, as well as start-up businesses and initiatives within new and mature companies. More recently, her development work with Silicon Valley accelerators and incubators has led to strategic investments for Ryder Systems, Inc., that will address the disruption in the transportation and logistics industry.

Karen also serves on the Executive Board of Directors for Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) and has served on the non-profit, foundation board of the Jackson Memorial Health System on the Finance and Nominating committees