Colby Howard

Co-Founder

New York, New York, United States13 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led AI initiatives that significantly improved EBITDA margins.
Expert in executive analysis linking management to performance.
Quoted in major publications like Bloomberg and Business Insider.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS executive with strong expertise in AI and M&A.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Product DevelopmentMergers & Acquisitions (m&a)

Other Skills

FinanceMarketingOperations ManagementUser Experience (UX)Data AnalysisHuman Resources (HR)HiringRecruitingMarketing StrategyFinancial AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointFinancial ModelingMicrosoft WordResearch

About

Colby Howard is co-founder and President of Paragon Intel, a SaaS and data company dedicated to helping investors analyze executives and how they impact future company performance. He leads Paragon's AI efforts on both cost cutting and product development. He has been quoted in such national publications as Bloomberg & Business Insider, and has appeared in both domestic and international news programs. Prior to Paragon, Colby worked on Citi's Capital Markets desk. He is a graduate of Davidson College and was a recipient of the full-tuition William Holt Terry Scholarship for Leadership.

Experience

Fog ventures

Investor

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

FOG Ventures was created to invest and support innovative founders that are helping create toolbox 2.0 for the modern day operator. We’re backed by the world's top COOs & CFOs at tech’s most prominent startups. We do not just invest in what we believe in — as active operators, we’re investing in products we actually love and use.
Send amazing teams/products our way: www.fog.ventures / deals@fog.ventures

Paragon intel

President, Co-Founder

Apr 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Paragon Intel offers investors a lasting source of alpha by directly connecting management's ability to execute and the overall performance of the company.
As co-founder and President since 2017, my role has touched all parts of the company:
Head of AI:
1. Added 15 percentage points to EBITDA margin through several targeted automations.
2. Fine-tuned LLM to drive a product that analyzes executive evasion in earnings calls for over 50k calls.
3. Increased site traffic by 5,600% and qualified inbound leads by 300% in six months.
Sourcing, managing, and completing M&A. Ran asset sale of Paragon product that was 40% of revenue.
Running finance and budgeting
Running HR and Operations
Handling legal and compliance in conjunction with external partners
The goal always: allow Paragon Intel to achieve as much as possible with as few people as possible.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Product DevelopmentFinanceMarketingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Operations Management

Career break

Personal goal pursuit

Aug 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

Pursued all things entertainment in Los Angeles: acting, writing, and producing.

Citi

2 roles

Analyst - Equity Capital Markets

Jun 2012 – Jun 2015 · 3 yrs · 390 Greenwich St

Focused on all aspects of equity raising process, including public vs. private valuations, book building, market condition/precedent deals analysis, sourcing