A graduate of DePauw University with experience spanning the venture capital, financial services, advertising technology, and real estate ecosystems, JT Benton's relentless focus on targets has helped him launch, scale, and drive numerous businesses to memorable and meaningful outcomes. At DoublePositive, he conceived and launched a mobile ad-tech product to reach $10 million in annual run rate within 12 months. Subsequently, he founded WorkBook6, a strategic partnership firm that generated more than five hundred engagements between startups, not-for-profit organizations, and Fortune 500 enterprises. As a board member, he helped an upstart insurance technology firm become a market-leading, choice-driven insurance marketplace, eventually leading to its sale to a top-10 US underwriter.

A resident of Bozeman, Montana, JT is a frequent guest lecturer and mentor to students at Montana State University's Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship. And, being passionate about the outdoors—particularly fly fishing—he volunteers with the Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping wounded combat veterans experience the restorative benefits of being on, or in, the water.