Bio

Brett Holland has over 15 years of experience in executive leadership, marketing, operations, and new product development for growth oriented companies. Mr. Holland brings to Old Willow Partners the experience and entrepreneurial zeal to create and launch successful new products and business initiatives. Mr. Holland is currently leading marketing and product development efforts for Rainbo Sports LLC. Prior to his current position, Mr. Holland was the President of Akoya, the leading provider of on-demand, cost intelligence software for Fortune 500 manufacturers. As President of Akoya, Mr. Holland was responsible for leading the company through a significant revenue growth period and into profitability. Mr. Holland was a co-founder of Akoya and also led the original planning, product development and marketing efforts for the company. Prior to Akoya, Mr. Holland was in charge of developing new products for one of the pioneer business-to-business Internet marketplaces, PaperExchange. Mr. Holland's tenure at PaperExchange was the result of a successful sale of the company he founded, BoxDirect. Mr. Holland developed BoxDirect into one of the premier marketplaces for the corrugated packaging industry. Prior to developing BoxDirect, he served as Vice President of Operations for Summit Container, helping triple the size of the manufacturing company in two years. Mr. Holland also worked as a consultant in environmental engineering, where he gained extensive experience managing multi-disciplinary projects for both public and private clients. Mr. Holland earned a MBA from the University of Chicago and both a MS and BS in engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana).