Leadership | Executive Coaching | Sales

Jake Pastick

Hello there. I'm Jake. I'm an Executive Coach and connector who's passionate about leadership. I run a small executive search practice and am currently searching myself for my next CEO seat ...In early 2026, I was promoted from VP of Operations to my first "formal" CEO seat. In this seat, I ran the day to day operations of a 22 person, 2-entity business, all-remotely. During my tenure, I tripled our ARR from ~$760,000 to $2.3M in just 6 months. By improving revenue and changing our operations model, I was able to bring the business from a $2M valuation to $25M.Specifically, I launched 2 new offerings in my first 90 days from scratch. This helped stabilize our cash flow, de-risk from our core products, improved operating margin by 35%, and cut payroll costs by 80% - all while giving everyone a compensation boost through targeted variable compensation.In August 2026, resigned from this company when I found out the Founder had been spending company money on personal expenses, sabotaging our growth and ability to meet payroll.Prior to being CEO, I spent 8 years in Corporate Sales and Marketing, with a client roster that includes Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Advil, Sensodyne, KinderJoy, and many others. In 2021, I pivoted from Corporate Sales and Marketing to consulting for remote, online-only companies full-time. In that time, I consulted for offers in Career Coaching, Trading and Investing, Hedge Fund Software, and Real Estate.Outside of work I'm a proud citizen of the Pacific Northwest. I played D1 hoops at Davidson College, where we won 90 games in 4 years and went to 2 NCAA tournaments. I'm now an avid golfer playing to a 12 handicap. I'm a devout Star Wars patron. Quarterzip nationalist.You can find me on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.