Joe Terry

A husband, father, friend & leader in service to others. Joe has dedicated his life to the study of optimizing human performance to help people and businesses reach their full potential. Former NFL Linebacker turned CEO & Ironman Triathlete. By concentrating on optimizing human performance, Joe builds, leads and grows world-class tech enabled business services, technology and SaaS organizations focused on serving employees, customers, and communities. Joe is currently the CEO at Culture Partners, an HKW Private Equity, portfolio company. While CEO of Corporate Visions, Joe led the company to record growth in bookings, revenue and profits, while achieving a 40% EBITDA CAGR in the first seven years under his leadership. Additionally he led and executed 5 successful acquisitions and 2 Private Equity transactions; Hammond, Kennedy & Whitney (July 2010) and Sentinel Capital Partners (May 2015). Through this almost ten-year transformation, Joe built a culture which achieved both Employee (62) and Customer (76) world-class Net Promoter Scores. In 2018 Joe was inducted into the HKW Hall of Fame for demonstrating exceptional leadership, talent, integrity and remarkable shareholder return. A highly successful athlete, Joe played middle linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks and is an accomplished triathlete competitor. In addition to completing 15 Ironman races, he finished the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii in 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Joe founded the CVI Power Foundation, which supports employee and company donations to various charitable organizations all over the world. Joe studied marketing at California State University, Hayward, and earned a B.A. in Management from the University of Phoenix. He also has completed multiple executive education courses from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford School of Business and Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business.