The backgrounds of co-founders Brian Jones and Scott Hatch span from the C-suites of the Fortune 500 to the highest levels of leadership in government and politics.
Scott Hatch possesses a rare combination of policy and political acumen, having served as the Chief Floor Assistant to the Majority Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, acting as the Whip’s “eyes and ears” on the floor of Congress. He also served as the Executive Director of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Following his time on Capitol Hill, Mr. Hatch leveraged his experience into a successful career as a strategist and lobbyist at the highest levels of the non-profit, corporate, and political domains.
He developed a reputation for his exceptional advocacy, relationship building and management skills. Among his many successes he served as the lead strategist and advisor to Bono of the band U2 for his highly successful antipoverty foundation the ONE Campaign. He worked closely with Bono on several key initiatives, most notably facilitating a bipartisan agreement between the White House and Congress that passed and funded the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (“PEPFAR”) program to change the tide on poverty and disease in Africa.
Mr. Hatch transitioned from politics to business as co-founder of Resolute Ventures, a firm that navigates, negotiates and closes specialized transactions.
He has been profiled in numerous articles, including a Washington Post Magazine cover story, “The Insider,” and recognized by Roll Call newspaper as one of the “50 Most Powerful and Influential Staffers in Washington.”
He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and resides in Fisher Island, FL with his golden retriever Reagan.
Brian Jones brings with him over 25 years expertise in solution development and delivery with a particular focus on technology, business operations, finance and healthcare management. He has over 28 years of technology and enterprise application delivery experience and extensive operational knowledge in running technology organizations. Mr. Jones is a leader who integrates strategy, people and process to deliver solutions that create and provide competitive advantage to his customers, stakeholders and employees.
Mr. Jones has founded multiple technology companies both domestically and internationally.
While in corporate America, Mr. Jones served as a senior executive and the chief information officer of Gentiva Health Services, a leader in home health care delivery with over $2B in annual revenue, 250 branches, and 25,000 nurses And over 600 thousand patient visits annually. He specialized in delivering an enterprise management tool and key indicator reporting system, which enabled each branch to efficiently manage patient care while maintaining fiscal oversight, delivering operational savings that improved operating profit by 12%.
Prior to Gentiva Health, Mr. Jones was chief technologist for PepsiCo’s $12 billion Global Procurement organization and head chief information officer of Pepsi Cola North America with revenues of over $10 billion. At Pepsi, Mr. Jones designed and implemented the enterprise solution that tracked and managed over $1.5 billion in marketplace spending.
He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA from Connecticut College.