Craig Powell

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Mr. Craig Powell served as Strategic Advisor, Software at Diversis Capital. Craig is a software and Internet executive with experience in growth, turnaround, and roll-up business environments. Craig has built companies from inception to industry leadership positions as well as consolidating assets to create growth platforms. Previously he served as the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at ConnectEDU. Craig established ConnectEDU as the industry leader in student transitions and human capital development, capturing a significant share of the college-bound and entry-level talent within the United States while establishing himself as an industry thought leader on trends and issues surrounding human capital development. As CEO, Mr. Powell built an experienced team of seasoned managers and outside directors, with whom he transitioned day-to-day operations, as well as creating a scalable staffing and professional development model to support the Company's rapid growth. Mr. Powell's operational experiences include identifying acquisition targets, integrating and growing them; successfully selling into, negotiating, and delivering products to some of the most difficult customer segments at scale government, education, fortune 100, non-profits, and small businesses as well as domestic and international business operations. Craig has deep experience with data, data privacy, security, and data-driven business models as well as hardware, service-oriented architectures (SOA), infrastructure on-demand technical environments, and technology platform migrations. Before pursuing his own entrepreneurial and operational pursuits, Mr. Powell had a variety of experiences with various investment banking firms, asset and mortgage-backed securities originators and investors, as well as working in the private equity industry. Craig is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in Business Economics. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer at Motus. He is also an Angel Investor.