Founder Spotlight #1: Brian Camposano
At Fortson VC, we believe the most important investments we make are in people. We also believe it’s important to highlight the talented people we back, which is why we're excited to kick off the Founder Spotlight Series!
Founders work day in and day out to lead their transformative companies to success. Our goal is to shine a light on who they are, their key takeaways from the past year and the opportunities they’re excited for in the year ahead. To kick off the series, we sat down with the Founder & CEO of Stratify Technologies, Brian Camposano, whose company enables companies to collaboratively plan, monitor and analyze their financial and operational performance in real time. Check out highlights from our conversation below:
Q: What is one of your biggest takeaways from the last twelve months?
A: “One of my biggest takeaways is the importance of in-person engagement, both internally and externally. Whether it’s developing our product roadmap, defining our go-to-market strategy, or recruiting, there’s no replacing the opportunity to spend time together in person, build new relationships and foster existing ones.”
Q: How has your leadership style evolved over the past year?
A: “As we continue to mature, we’ve shifted from being a primarily product development-focused organization to one increasingly focused on scalable and efficient distribution. This growth and expansion requires having a high level of confidence in the people on your team, strong communications with them and identification of specific things we agree need to get done. I need to make sure I have the right people working on my team. At Stratify, we work together closely but make space to operate independently. I look to empower my leaders with high trust and high autonomy.”
Q: What are you most excited for in the year ahead?
A: “I’m excited to see continued adoption of software to drive efficiencies within organizations. We're beyond COVID in a lot of ways but many companies are still operating remotely. People are not always in the office but need to collaborate to get work done - so how are newer companies delivering solutions to help execute this?
Stratify is still a relatively early stage company. We’ve got a big vision for the functionality we want to deliver to customers and the value we want to unlock for them. For us, it’s about getting more feedback from customers around the value we’re delivering as we help them modernize their processes. Customer engagement, feedback and delivering more value so that we can get good proof points on how our vision is enabling smarter workflows is top of mind.”
There’s no doubt the team at Stratify Technologies is on the road to more success in the coming year and beyond — and Fortson VC is excited to be along for the ride. Learn more about Stratify’s offerings and solutions at www.stratifytech.com.
Stay tuned for the next Founder Spotlight coming soon!