OUR EXECUTIVES

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Jonathan Barnes
Jonathan has over 20 years of leadership, strategy, team management, and successful execution of high growth plans. His experience spans all business functions and stages of business growth. He is the founder of Staffing as a Mission, a 2019 Inc. 500 company focused on Healthcare IT delivery, and in 2020 he launched Work Heartily, an executive leadership firm focused on delivering excellence for growing companies.
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Connor Botes
Connor is an integrator at heart, specializing in harmonizing operations, technology, and people to create efficient and sustainable business systems. With a strong background in bringing order to complexity, Connor thrives on turning vision into reality by building scalable processes and aligning teams with organizational goals. His hands-on experience in designing, optimizing, and scaling workflows makes him a crucial asset in ensuring that every piece of the operational puzzle fits perfectly. At Work Heartily, Connor leverages his integrator expertise to drive cohesive strategies that not only support growth but also uphold the values and mission of the organizations he serves. 
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Kari Brown
With over 20 years of marketing experience, Kari Brown helps businesses create clear, effective strategies across both digital and traditional channels. She focuses on building strong brands, launching successful products, and streamlining marketing tools like HubSpot and Salesforce to improve teamwork and drive growth.
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Wayne Easterwood
With nearly 30 years of technology leadership, strategy, and successful growth through acquisitions, Wayne’s experience is primarily in healthcare technology, enterprise business systems, and administrative services. Most recently he led administrative services for a Nashville-based healthcare provider system.
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Sean Farrell
Award-winning healthcare executive with 20 years’ experience developing and leading high-performing sales teams. Results-oriented leader with proven record of exceeding revenue quotas for emerging start-ups, mid-sized firms and the world’s largest laboratory.
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Shane Sloan
With over 15 years of experience (tech and services), Shane excels at crafting and communicating visionary strategies, leading teams, and delivering innovative solutions for complex enterprises. His expertise spans various business areas, and he drives enhancements in internal operations and customer experience. His track record of on-time, budget-conscious project delivery with measurable ROI underscores his commitment to excellence and high-performing teams.
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Sloane Scott
Sloane Scott is a self-described "Chaos Pilot". She helps founder-led companies transform momentum into measurable value by building operational clarity, brand positioning, and go-to-market structure. With a track record of guiding 84 founders through scaling, restructuring, or selling—resulting in 31 exits and 3 IPOs—she serves as a hands-on executive, bringing structure and action-oriented solutions when everything works but nothing scales.
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Walt Yates
Walt Yates turns marketing from expense to growth engine. In 20 years he has directed $500 M in digital ad spend, generating $2 B+ in revenue for start-ups and national brands alike. A data-first strategist, Walt tackles the entire funnel—positioning, audience segmentation, demand gen, conversion, lifecycle email, and performance analytics—translating complex metrics into goals leaders can act on.
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Our Strategic Partners

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Stephen Barnes
Stephen is the owner and founder of Barnes+Law, a boutique family business law and consulting firm guiding leader families, entrepreneurs, and business owners through Expansion, Succession & Protection issues for their businesses. With a generational approach to wealth, Barnes+Law strives to solve the difficult problems unique to leaders.
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Paul Cleckner
Over the past 35 years, Paul has successfully led major transformational change across multiple organizations. From Standard & Poor’s where he drove exceptional growth as EVP of Global Money Management Markets, to Deloitte where he served as the Global Managing Director of Technology, to LifePoint Health where he led the integration of over 14 newly acquired health systems.
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Jarrod Lawson
Jarrod Lawson is a dynamic marketing executive with a rich background in the medical technology and healthcare technology industries. With a focus on both B2B and B2B2C marketing strategies, Jarrod has a track record of driving growth and innovation, notably facilitating the acquisition of Endochoice, Inc. by Boston Scientific Corporation. His expertise covers a broad range of marketing disciplines from product roadmap and market strategy to value proposition and lead generation.
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Johnny Poole
Johnny is focused on the revenue side of the equation for our clients: Chief Revenue Officer work and overall growth strategy for organizations. He brings immense value through his relationship-first approach as well his diverse background and range of experience with all sizes of companies.
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Equitas Strategic Partners
Equitas Strategic Partners is a boutique financial consulting firm providing strategic financial advisory services nationwide . Their offerings range from bookkeeping and outsourced controller/CFO advisory to comprehensive financial planning, reporting, and strategic consulting . With a team of seasoned financial advisors, they partner closely with businesses of all sizes to enhance financial clarity, operational efficiency, and long-term growth Guided by founder Craig Cook, the company emphasizes personalized service and collaboration to support clients at every stage of their financial journey.
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Scale Or Sell Consulting
Scale or Sell Consulting helps business owners scale profitably or prepare for a successful sale by offering hands-on strategic finance, operations, and M&A advisory. Their team of seasoned executives brings real-world experience in growing, acquiring, and selling businesses, acting as fractional CFOs and COOs when needed. They specialize in financial clarity, operational efficiency, and helping owners understand their true cost-to-serve. The firm prides itself on a collaborative, no-fluff approach tailored to each client’s growth or exit goals.
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Element 47
At Element 47, they turn clarity into confidence, crafting digital brands and marketing strategies that cut through the noise and create real connections. As Nashville's trusted branding partner, they blend smart strategy, intentional design, and purposeful storytelling to bring a brand’s true identity to life. Simply put: they help the best ideas shine brighter, resonate deeper, and drive results that matter.
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Low Code Road
Low Code Road specializes in developing custom-built software systems using low-code platforms like TrackVia and Bubble.io. Since 2014, they've helped over 100 businesses transform their operations by replacing spreadsheet chaos with streamlined, automated solutions. Their unique approach combines rapid development with comprehensive training, empowering clients to own and modify their systems. Low Code Road delivers solutions that typically save businesses 20+ hours monthly while increasing profitability through better data visibility and decision-making.
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You’re still the leader. We’re just here to facilitate clarity, support, and traction.
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Growth Stalls

When you delay executive support:

  • Opportunities pass you by
  • Your competitors keep moving ahead
  • Inefficiencies keep draining your energy and budget
  • You continue to shoulder too much with too little support

You deserve support that’s aligned, embedded, and decisive.

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