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Don is an established entrepreneur and revenue consulting executive with an impressive track record in the startup world. His extensive experience includes co-founding six startups and  three successful exits over his extensive career.  As the CEO of Strut Partners since 2016, he has helped scale multiple startups from $5 million to over $25, $50, and $100 million in revenue. 

Don's expertise spans a wide range of technology sectors, including: Cloud services, SaaS , Global Data Center Sales, High Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).  

In his role as a fractional Chief Revenue Officer, Don works closely with Founders and CEOs to develop strategic plans and tailored solutions for revenue scale. His ability to understand and

addressing client needs has been a key factor in his success.  His professional ecosystem and knowledge across the Private Equity, Venture Capital and Family Office space is extensive.  

Beyond his own ventures, Don is deeply involved in fostering entrepreneurship as a Mentor at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC) and Capital Factory, as well as, is active in his involvement at the Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership at SMU and UTD's Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  

Peter S. Vogel is a lawyer at VOGEL IT LAW aka Peter S. Vogel, PC.  Before practicing law he worked as a computer programmer, received a Master’s in Computer Science, and taught graduate courses in information systems.   Peter has negotiated hundreds of IT, eCommerce, and Cybersecurity contracts and had trials around the US on unsuccessful software implementations, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, software patent infringement, and eCommerce Internet disputes. 

For more than 30 years Peter has been an Arbitrator and Mediator with the American Arbitration Association, and a Tech List Member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center. Peter served on the State Bar of Texas AI Task Force and a member of the Emerging Technology Committee, is a Fellow of the Society for Information Management Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter, and is the General Counsel of the North Texas Information Systems Security Association.

For 12 years Peter served as the Founding Chair of the Texas Supreme Court Judicial Committee on Information Technology which is responsible for helping automate the Texas court system and creating the Texas eFiling System. Peter has taught courses at the SMU Dedman School of Law for more than 25 years including courses on eDiscovery and the Law of eCommerce. Many of Peter’s topics are discussed on his Internet, IT & E-Discovery blog www.vogelitlaw.com/blog.