Rob Slingerland Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Along with my partner Joel Smith, providing strategic guidance and connections to entrepreneurial companies.

• Co-founded and ran vertically integrated Nevada cannabis company.
• Led the acquisition of the cannabis licenses and assets of CWNevada out of Receivership.
• In conjunction with the cultivation team, managed the successful buildout and launch of the cultivation operations.
• Oversaw the initial launch of the Jasper brand, the company’s first consumer brand.
• Provided strategic & financial oversight of the Wallflower dispensary operations, one of Las Vegas’s highest grossing dispensaries.
• As the CFO, oversaw financial reporting, metric tracking and assisted in capital raising.

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

• Providing strategic, financial, and restructuring consulting and advisory services. Engagements include:
• Advisor and board member to company restoring water ecosystems with technology - not chemicals.
• Spearheaded restructuring and acquisition of vertically integrated cannabis operation in receivership for investors.
• Performed deep dive assessment of strategy and viability of insurtech company for its Board of Directors.

Santa Barbara, California, US

• Member of executive team and ran corporate development for cannabis company that built a market leading premium brand in California.
• Sourced, negotiated and signed acquisitions in multiple states.
• Structured and negotiated key strategic partnerships, licensing deals and vendor relationships.
• Played key role in company’s successful Series C equity raise.

Valley Village, CA - California, US

• Led pioneering insurtech company that grew to one of the largest personal lines insurance agencies in the U.S. and was a leader in bringing online/mobile comparison shopping, robust analytics, technology and.
• Turned around company and successfully executed a complicated corporate restructuring.
• Grew revenue to $80+ million, a 4x increase.
• Successfully sold company twice (to White Mountains in 2008 and Allstate in 2011).
• Recruited and built strong relationships with numerous P&C carrier partners including Progressive, Travelers, Liberty Mutual and AIG — becoming one of the largest agency partners for each of these carriers.
• Built successful B2B2C marketing partnerships with companies such as Wells Fargo, Primerica, Sam’s Club and Esurance — bringing Answer’s pioneering comparison-shopping solution to their customers.

Valley Village, CA - California, US

• During my tenure as CFO:
• Led the acquisition and integration of Inslogic. (Inslogic was a division of Capital One prior to the acquisition.)
• Revamped calculations around life-time value of customers by segment, substantially increasing understanding of the business economics.
• Enhanced financial and operational reporting, driving actionable insights.

US

• Ran financial/accounting operations of this private equity controlled, mid-sized, international storage company with 70+ branches.
• Structured, negotiated and closed $200 million Asset Backed Credit Facility in 2003. Facility improved operating flexibility and provided significant capital for growth and acquisitions.
• Filed S-1 for planned IPO that was subsequently pulled to due to poor market conditions.
• Reduced the debt leverage of the company by enhancing capital controls and cash flow.
• Enhanced financial and operational reporting.

London, England, GB

• Ran financial operations, corporate development and business development of 140-employee division.
• Negotiated and closed a number of key revenue generating business development transactions.
• Evaluated several potential acquisitions of public and private companies.

• Led business development for this online marketplace targeting small business.
• In conjunction with the CEO, raised $62.5 million from blue chip strategic and venture capital investors.
• Pitched, structured, negotiated and closed deals which resulted in major strategic relationships with Staples, Intel, Excite and others.

Burbank, CA, US

• Negotiated, structured, analyzed and closed a number of strategic deals for various Disney divisions.
• Key driver in formulating and executing the Go.com tracking stock, which initially had a $5 billion market capitalization.
• Instrumental role managing and negotiating Disney’s $1.1 billion near-control acquisition of Infoseek, including complicated governance issues involving key Disney franchises like ESPN.com and ABCNEWS.com.
• Part of three-person team that successfully divested $800 million of publishing assets, exceeding price expectations in each of the 6 businesses sold.
• Analyzed strategic and economic rationale for a number of potential acquisitions and investments.

Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Ba, Finance