Nathan Walts

Mentor

KU Innovation Park

Apr 2026 - Current (4 months)

Business mentor in Lab2Market Accelerator.

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Strategic Advisor

StyleHelpr

Dec 2025 - Current (8 months)

Digital fashion platform technology start-up.

Adjunct Professor

William Jewell College

Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 7 months)

• Developed core curriculum for online asynchronous Business Analytics course serving hundreds of students annually. • Coordinated AI-focused capstone course leveraging start-up partnerships for hands-on student experience in research, product development, and business operations.

Chief Executive Officer

WorkForge

Sep 2021 - Current (4 years 11 months)

• Successfully completed acquisition and integration of multiple education technology companies, establishing foundational components of WorkForge through comprehensive M&A processes including search, evaluation, negotiation, closing, and post-sale integration. • Transformed company strategy from multi-channel, multi-sector GTM to focused B2B food manufacturing sector approach, resulting in acquisition of several large ICP clients and 200% YoY sales pipeline growth. • Established product management infrastructure with external Business Advisory Board, client workshops, and internal feedback loops, creating 12-month roadmap for content, technology platform, data-analytics, AI operations, and client services. • Built and scaled international

Senior Vice President of Product Strategy

Ascend Learning

Jun 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 4 months)

MedHub Division: Coordinated complex platform product roadmap with three platform systems at varying lifecycle stages. Drove completion of newest modular platform focused on program coordination and evaluation, which formed the underpinnings of a consolidated platform migration plan and generating millions in new revenue.

Venture Capital Advisor

Techstars

Jan 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years 9 months)

Evaluated numerous start-ups through annual engagement events while establishing mentoring relationships to accelerate business growth.

Venture Capital Mentor

Techstars

Jan 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years 9 months)

• Evaluated numerous start-ups through annual engagement events while establishing mentoring relationships to accelerate business growth.

General Manager

Ascend Learning

May 2019 - May 2020 (1 year 1 month)

Ascend Learning Clinical Health Division: Spearheaded new hospital employer market channel, working with consultants to establish strategy, identify M&A targets, and formulate GTM, creating expansion optionality during COVID business environment.

Vice President of Product Management

Ascend Learning

Mar 2016 - Apr 2019 (3 years 2 months)

ATI Nursing Division: Led modernization of student remediation product, developing complex ontologies for recommendation engine that created the most advanced learning platform and significantly increased student personalized remediation cycles.

Director of Product Management

Ascend Learning

Mar 2014 - Feb 2016 (2 years)

ATI Nursing Division: Developed advanced data-analytics product roadmap creating new core platform products focused on prediction and engagement, which generated millions in new revenue.

Director of Analytics

Ascend Learning

Jul 2012 - Feb 2014 (1 year 8 months)

ATI Nursing Division: Transitioned business intelligence team from a beta reporting project to establish a new data-analytics platform focused on commercial growth and enterprise client segments unique needs. This shift led to the creation of a premium version of client reporting that drove a new tier of service revenue and increased client retention.

Vice President, Product, Strategy, Analytics, Sales

Ascend Learning

Nov 2009 - Sep 2021 (11 years 11 months)

• Developed advanced data-analytics product roadmap for nursing market, creating four core products that generated millions in new revenue. • Led modernization of student remediation product, developing complex ontologies for recommendation engine that created the most advanced learning platform serving thousands of student remediation cycles. • Spearheaded new hospital employer market channel, working with consultants to establish strategy and identify M&A targets, creating expansion optionality during COVID business environment. • Coordinated complex platform product roadmap consolidating three legacy systems into single unified platform, balancing client commitments with new modular development. • Achieved first company territory to reac

Senior Account Executive

Ascend Learning

Nov 2009 - Jun 2012 (2 years 8 months)

ATI Nursing Division: Achieved first company territory to reach multiple millions in contracted annual revenue within one year through comprehensive growth strategy and service support in Mid-Atlantic region.

Territory Sales Manager

MercedesBenz Financial Services USA LLC

Feb 2008 - Oct 2009 (1 year 9 months)

Critical transition during 2008-2009 financial crisis to shift territory focus from sales growth to managing financial risk profile of key dealerships. This process required managing a challenging environment and relationships with legacy dealerships becoming financially stressed or insolvent. During this timeframe multiple dealerships required daily oversight while consolidating or liquidating. This oversight resulted in limiting the financial losses of DCFS.

Commercial Credit Analyst

MercedesBenz Financial Services USA LLC

Aug 2006 - Jan 2008 (1 year 6 months)

Selected for accelerated Dealer Relations Manager program. Inclusion in this program allowed for direct multi-role and multi-site exposure to credit risk and lending management functions.

Retail Credit Analyst

MercedesBenz Financial Services USA LLC

Feb 2005 - Jul 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for managing and growing large key account dealership retail relationships while managing territory credit risk profile.

Manager, Operations, Finance, Sales

DAIMLER CHRYSLER

Jul 2001 - Oct 2009 (8 years 4 months)

• Resurrected two of the worst performing collections and customer service teams through aggressive restructuring. This process resulted in shifting these territories from worst to first within 18 months across all major KPIs. • Selected for accelerated Dealer Relations Manager program. Inclusion in this program allowed for direct multi-role and multi-site exposure to credit risk and lending management functions. This allowed for a faster migration to the field sales role and quickly managing a portfolio of key dealerships. • Consistently a top performer while managing operational teams as large as 50 employees.

Operations Manager

MercedesBenz Financial Services USA LLC

Jul 2001 - Jan 2005 (3 years 7 months)

Resurrected multiple risk management operations teams through aggressive restructuring. This process resulted in shifting these portfolios from bottom quartile to top quartile performance within 18 months across all major KPIs.

Operations Manager

Sprint

Jan 1999 - Jun 2001 (2 years 6 months)

Leading outbound sales and inbound customer service groups.

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