Van Oakes is a Founder of Goat Media at Goat Media. Colleagues describe them as "When I hired Van we were doing $4M a year in revenue. With him as our chief marketing officer Van took us from $4M a year to $30M a year in just a few short years. Aside from his vast knowledge and experience in marketing, Van injects energy and excitement into whatever group or project he’s a part of. He’s a phenomenal leader and genuinely good person. I will always try my best to get Van involved in all of my future projects because he will make it 10x better just by being a part of it."