ABDJ Industry Executives
ABDJ Industry Executives
Brian Bevel
Brian is a SaaS executive with significant experience leading go-to-market (GTM), product, operations & services and financial functions. Brian co-founded and served as COO of StratEx, a HRIS and payroll company targeted at restaurants. In 2019, StratEx was acquired by Toast, the leading US restaurant-tech vertical SaaS company, and became Toast Payroll. At Toast, Brian was an officer of two subsidiaries while leading client onboarding, operations and services departments. During his tenure at Toast, Brian helped grow Toast Payroll 10x+ with rapid margin expansion, enabling Toast Payroll to consistently exceed 80 on the "Rule of 40" scale.
Brian is passionate about leading teams and mentoring the next wave of leaders in the organization. With unique experience leading not only public companies, but those funded through bootstrapping, private equity and venture capital, he has excelled at simplifying the goals to allow companies at different stages to reach the next milestone and position themselves for success. He thrives in connecting the long-term vision & goals of an organization to the career goals of his team, allowing a diverse group to maximize their impact and push the company forward.
Erin DeRuggiero
Erin is a healthcare predictive analytics entrepreneur, board member, investor and executive, leading change in healthcare innovation.
She is the 2022 recipient of the PM360 Elite Award for Data in addition to being recognized as one of MM+M’s Top 100 Women of Distinction. Erin currently utilizes her 25+ years of experience as an active board member for a data insights company and an early cancer detection med device startup. She also created and co-hosts the popular weekly career-focused advice podcast “Corporate Confessions.”
As TI Health’s former Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Erin brought years of media, advertising and healthcare experience to the data-driven marketing and analytics company. She worked extensively with top 25 pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical devices and their respective advertising agencies. Erin guided TI Health to monumental growth, delivering palpable, positive impact for hundreds of therapeutics, devices and launch brands. TI Health was acquired by Real Chemistry in 2023, where she served as their Chief Digital Officer until January 2024.
Corey Weiner
Corey is the COO of FreedomCare, a fast-growing homecare provider in the U.S. which has served over 75,000 patients and caregivers across the country. Until 2023, Corey had been Advantage Solutions’ (NASDAQ: ADV) President of Media and Technology, overseeing hundreds of people for a portfolio of advertising, technology, machine learning, and digital sampling businesses. Directly reporting to Advantage Solutions’ CEO, Corey led M&A for those businesses and advised the rest of the company on maximizing sales team performance and automating processes with technology. Corey joined Advantage Solutions when the company acquired JUN Group in 2019, an ad tech company he co-founded in 2005.
Corey excels at hiring high-potential individuals, motivating them to run full force toward success, and holding them accountable to the outcome. Corey has spearheaded every aspect of a business – finance, accounting, operations, client service, sales, marketing, engineering, product management, etc. – and managed P&Ls across multiple divisions. As a proven performer who nurtures relationships and delivers consistent, predictable results, he enjoys re-imagining how a company or product goes to market, finding holes and opportunities, and pursuing them aggressively with his team.