Sam Goodner

Entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, and author of Like Clockwork: Run Your Business with Swiss Army Precision. Passionate about solving business problems through the innovative use of technology. Recently retired as President and Chief Strategy Officer of FlashParking, Inc., the largest parking technology company in the world. During my tenure, the company grew from 12 to over 800 employees across 30 states and 6 countries. As Chief Strategy Officer, I oversaw the acquisition of 10 companies. FlashParking achieved unicorn status (valued at over $1B) in our last round of funding. Founder and Managing Partner of Four Winds Capital LP, a family investment holding company. Founder and CEO of Catapult Systems from 1993 to 2014. Catapult was a Microsoft-focused information technology consulting firm with over 450 employees and 10 regional offices across the United States. During my 20 years at the helm of Catapult Systems, also founded two successful software product companies (PowerDOC and Inquisite), started Mobile Alchemy (a mobile application development firm), and launched Slingrock (an interactive, design, and marketing agency).