Astound is proud to be in strategic partnership with two renowned firms, RLH Equity Partners and Salesforce Ventures, and to have representatives from both firms serving as valued members of our Board of Directors.
Los Angeles–based RLH Equity Partners’ private equity investments aid entrepreneurs in driving growth at scale and enhancing competitive market differentiation. With a focus on operations and talent development, RHL’s investment and partnership are accelerating the pace at which Astound is moving toward its North Star goal.
Salesforce Ventures, the company’s corporate investment group, partners with high-potential companies through strategic capital investment. With an emphasis on enterprise cloud technology and market expansion, Salesforce Ventures’ trust in Astound is helping us realize our goal of becoming the world’s top provider of digital commerce services.
Tucker has five years of experience advising the management teams of tech-enabled services businesses as they navigate the challenges of driving rapid growth.
Ari joined RLH in 2020 with experience in private equity and corporate strategy, including numerous in-depth engagements assisting portfolio company management teams with strategic initiatives to create value and improve systems. Ari focuses his attention on growth investments in technology services businesses.
Ryan has contributed to the growth and success of nearly a dozen RLH portfolio companies since joining the firm in 2008. He is enthusiastic about building trusted partnerships with management teams to achieve their goals and finds great satisfaction in the collective success of building leading businesses.
Rob’s experience includes over 35 years in operational roles and senior executive positions that include a decade as CEO and President of Marshall Industries. Rob’s transformation of that company turned a conventionally successful $250 million electronics industry distributor into a web-enabled $3 billion global competitor and was chronicled in his book Free, Perfect and Now: Connecting to the 3 Insatiable Customer Demands (Simon and Schuster).
As the EVP and GM for Salesforce Digital Experiences (including Marketing and Commerce Cloud), Lidiane focuses on digital transformation. She brings nearly two decades of experience leading teams and bringing products related to machine learning, enterprise scalability, and consumer productivity to market.