Don is a seasoned entrepreneur, advisor, and ecosystem builder with more than 25 years of experience supporting startups and early-stage founders. He serves as Managing Partner at Trusted Scale LLC, where he helps companies grow from early-stage ventures into scalable enterprises through strategic advisory, market insight, and operational guidance.

Don also leads the Founder Institute’s Delaware Valley/Keystone chapter, mentoring founders through validation, execution, and growth while cultivating a strong regional startup community. Over his career, he has worked with numerous ventures across cloud computing, cybersecurity, and health tech, holding executive, board, and advisory roles.

He studied Mathematics and Computer Science at McGill University and began his career at the intersection of technology and business, laying the foundation for his long-standing work in startup strategy and venture development.

Working with companies of all sizes I have direct experience working cross functionally to bridge Business Strategy, Product Marketing/Management, Partner Management, Agile Technology Development and Service Delivery teams to create great products and services that deliver long term profitable revenue quickly. Leading a Managed Solutions portfolio, my expertise in strategy, GTM,
Market Research and SaaS development underpins an established business line generating over $1.4 billion in annual revenue. I have designed a robust managed services direction, leveraging my Scrum Master and Product Owner certifications to initiate industry-leading Agile practices across global development and service delivery teams. I leverage my Pragmatic Marketing Mastery expertise and multiple certifications. I am fluent in IoT technology and AI based remote service management. development practices. I work in the full stack of the pragmatic framework between Design, Development, Engineering, Product and Marketing teams to build strong and clear use cases using new AI tools and systems for data driven analysis and requirements management to deliver great products that delight customers on time and on budget.

Driving the portfolio offerings, my team and I have crafted and deployed critical systems that
resonate with our customers continuously evolving market needs. Our focus on innovative
technology solutions and seamless user experiences has empowered us to manage large-scale projects exceeding $15 million, significantly enhancing customer engagement and retention.

My abilities for forward looking vision and predicting customer needs have been proven accurate and validated by key industry expert resources.