Meet the Simon Quick Advisory Board

Mark Accomando

Investor, EOS Implementer®

Mark Accomando is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with a rich history of fostering growth and innovation across various industries. Born and raised on Long Island in a family business environment, Mark developed a deep understanding of the intricacies of privately held businesses, learning the critical importance of investment, technology decisions, and their long-term impacts.

After spearheading a successful sale of his company, Mark pursued further education at the University of Notre Dame, where he helped launch Heartland Ventures. At Heartland, Mark led all internal operations as well as new investments and portfolio support, ultimately aligning his portfolio companies with established industrial corporations to drive mutual growth and innovation.

Before Heartland Ventures, Mark honed his skills in diverse roles, including leading Sceptre as Vice President, where he managed international sales and operations, and exploring hospitality management with Ritz Carlton in Ireland, logistics in New York, and marketing for Tyson Foods in Chicago. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Muhlenberg College, an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and serves as a board member for six different technology companies.

Mark's journey through entrepreneurship is marked by both successes and valuable lessons learned from failures, particularly in areas like vision clarity, execution, and team dynamics. His introduction to the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) significantly shaped his approach, enabling him to support businesses in achieving their full potential.

Today, Mark's mission is to help entrepreneurs build remarkable organizations while living better lives. As a Professional EOS Implementer with a focus on businesses seeking venture capital or private equity, Mark continues to contribute to the growth of the next generation of leaders, ensuring they are well-equipped to leave lasting legacies.

Pranjal Shah

Founder, Katalyst Advisors

Pranjal Shah has 20+ years of experience in advising executive leadership teams spanning the globe from Fortune 50 companies to small and mid-sized companies. Through her corporate, board, and start-up experiences, Pranjal determined that leadership team dynamics were highly correlated with success. As a result, she launched Katalyst Advisors to support individuals and companies with their leadership challenges.  

Previously, Pranjal founded, Jupiter, a start-up that simplified family travel by offering on-site delivery and pick-up of baby equipment rentals and everyday essentials. Prior to founding Jupiter, Pranjal Shah was a Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) where she also served on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Leadership Connection. She built and led multiple cross-functional teams across a variety of industries including retail, media, technology, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, and government. Ultimately, Pranjal leveraged her experience as an advisor to her clients and built a global market intelligence organization to support client delivery teams with research and analysis. Pranjal’s professional background also includes roles in the CEO’s office at NIKE and as a Senior Consultant at Accenture. 

Pranjal serves on the Board of the ALS Network and is Co-Chair of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rhythm Club. In addition to her work with the ALS Network and Jazz at Lincoln Center, Pranjal has spent considerable time supporting underserved communities and organizations domestically and internationally, including Burmese refugees, South African girls, and Costa Rican farming communities. Pranjal earned her MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and has a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley. Pranjal resides in New York City with her husband and two children. 

Mitch Cohen

Retired Vice-Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mitch is retired Vice-Chairman of PwC. During his 36 year career he served as the client service partner on a number of the firm’s largest clients including AT&T, Comcast, and Xerox. In addition to his clients, Mitch had a variety of management responsibilities including the Firm’s strategy, M&A, public relations and communications, innovation and corporate responsibility.
 
Mitch is co-author of a groundbreaking study and book on self-made billionaires. Since the publication of The Self-Made Billionaire Effect, Mitch has been a frequent speaker in the media and at colleges and universities on innovation and entrepreneurship.
 
Since retiring from PwC Mitch has concentrated on investing and serving on the boards of various venture backed emerging companies including Farmer’s Fridge and Cordex Systems LLC.
 
Mitch is a graduate of Penn State University and serves on the Board of Visitors of the Smeal Business School. He also serves on the advisory board and finance committee of DonorsChoose and the Board of Directors of ProVetus.
 
Mitch and his wife Carri have two children and live in New York City.

Vaughn Crowe

Managing Partner, Newark Venture Partners

Vaughn Crowe is a Managing Partner at Newark Venture Partners. Prior to joining Newark Venture Partners, Vaughn served as Managing Director at Wesray Social Investments, the investment arm of Ray Chambers’ family office. While at Wesray Social, Vaughn led direct and LP investments and served on a three-person investment committee, where he worked with companies at every stage, including seed, series A, growth, and buyout. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Vaughn served as Executive Chairman of a portfolio company which, under his leadership, experienced the most profitable year in the company’s 55-year history.

Vaughn was born and raised in Newark, NJ. He attended Weequahic High School and then attended Colgate University where he earned a BA in Political Science with a minor in African-American Studies. Vaughn currently serves as Vice Chair of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, a RWJ Barnabas Hospital and New Jersey State Investment Council, the governing structure for the State’s $100b+ pension assets.

Vaughn enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, reading and listening to audio books, and watching sports competition – basketball, football, baseball, hockey, and soccer.

Andrew Horowitz

Founder - Enclara Pharmacia

An attorney by education, Andy Horowitz has formed and managed a number of regional and national businesses in the post-acute healthcare industry over his 30-year career, with a focus on the elderly and end of life.  Initially, his businesses included the large regional specialty pharmacy provider Partners Healthcare serving the long-term care industry, Infusion Therapy provider Solutions Healthcare and Care Alternatives hospice.  In 2006, he founded hospice specialty pharmacy provider Enclara Health. Years later, Andy founded Turn-Key Health as a subsidiary of Enclara Health focused on palliative care and the avoidance of of poor quality and extreme high cost at end of life. 

In 2014 Andy partnered with Consonance Capital Partners to purchase and combine excelleRx/Hospice Pharmacia with Enclara Health to create Enclara Pharmacia, which served over a third of the patients enrolled in hospice nationally, through comprehensive mail order and local pharmacy offerings, digital solutions and clinical support. The deal also included PBM Plus, which was integrated into Enclara Healthcare to create GuidantRx, a boutique pharmacy benefit management provider specializing in self-insured employer pharmacy benefits management and co-pay card services. Enclara Healthcare would grow to be leading solutions provider focused on simplifying care delivery in complex care populations to improve patient experience, quality and cost.

In 2020, Enclara Healthcare, including Enclara Pharmacia and GuidantRx, were sold to Humana. Turn-Key Health was sold in a separate transaction to CareCentrix. Andy led Enclara Healthcare through a successful transition period before stepping down as CEO in September 2020. He remains affiliated with Enclara as a special advisor to the executive team.

Ellen Knarr

Partner - Day Pitney LLP

Ellen Knarr counsels public companies on corporate and securities law matters at Day Pitney LLP. Ellen primarily practices in the areas of public reporting responsibilities, SRO-compliance, corporate governance best practices and certain executive compensation matters and advises senior management, boards of directors and board committees with respect to these and other legal compliance matters. Ellen's practice involves representation of numerous NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed clients covering a wide array of industries, including retail, hospitality, banking, technology and document and data services companies.

In addition to the corporate and securities work she handles for public company clients, Ellen is a dedicated leader and participant in a variety of firm initiatives and also participates in pro bono matters. As a leader at Day Pitney, she serves as the office managing partner of New York office. Ellen also serves on the leadership committee of Day Pitney's firm-wide women's initiative, Women Working Together (WWT®), and she is an active member of the firm's Diversity and Inclusion Committee. From 2007 to 2015, Ellen served as Secretary to the New Jersey Corporation and Business Law Study Commission, a legislative commission dedicated to improving and modernizing the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.

Ellen graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in 2005 and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. Ellen has been honored as a "Woman Worth Watching" by the Profiles in Diversity Journal in 2017 and was Chosen as one of the "New Leaders of the Bar" by New Jersey Law Journal. Additionally, she received the Outstanding Nonprofit Project Award from the Pro Bono Partnership in 2013. 

Read Ellen's full bio here.

Krishna Mikkilineni

Senior Vice President at Honeywell International

Dr. Krishna Mikkilineni is Senior Vice President, Engineering, Operations and IT. In this role, he oversees the effectiveness of Honeywell’s research, development, engineering, supply chain, and operations, strengthening the company’s ability to create differentiated products and solutions for Honeywell’s markets across the globe. He also isresponsible for expanding Honeywell Operating System (HOS), driving Velocity Product Development (VPD™), and increasing dedication to quality and delivery throughout the organization. Krishna leads the Honeywell Operations and Technology Leadership Councils and is responsible for the company’s Information Technology (IT) function.

Since joining Honeywell more than two decades ago, Krishna has been instrumental in leading globalization initiatives, establishing worldwide processes, successfully executing large-scale, multi-location projects, and leveraging talent in emerging regions to meet Honeywell product development needs. As the President of Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS), he grew the organization to nearly 9,000 engineers across China, India, and Eastern Europe and established operations at SEI-CMMI Level 5 rating, PCMM Level 5 rating, AS9100, BS7799, ISO9001-2000, and ISO14001 quality standards, among many other quality certifications.

Krishna holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electronics and communications and earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Florida. He also has received a number of recognitions at Honeywell, including the Lund Award and the Senior Leadership Award.

David Olk

Co-Founder ShopKeep.com Inc.

David is the co-founder of ShopKeep, a technology company that provides cloud-based operating software to over 40,000 small and medium businesses. As one of the Company's founders, COO and CFO, David helped build ShopKeep from a kernel of an idea to one of New York’s largest software as a service companies. Prior to ShopKeep, David was Director of Mergers and Acquisitions of IAC, Barry Diller's publicly traded holding company of numerous consumer facing technology brands including Tinder, Match, Vimeo, College Humor, Citysearch, Ticketmaster, and Ask. 

David spent the first part of his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Mergers and Acquisitions team. He was also a board member of Kickstarter, which he helped finance and advise from the earliest stages. David loves the NYC tech space and is currently a board member or advisor to over 15 well funded businesses. He's a TechStars Mentor, Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Business School and a member of the Board of Directors for the University’s Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center. David loves to SCUBA dive, is not as great a skier as his wife, and has run a few Triathlons as a member of the Michael J Fox Foundation's Team Fox (“run” being very generous). A Certified Public Accountant, David has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Tulane University and an MBA from Columbia University. He currently resides in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.

Katharine Procter

Partner, Alpine Peaks Capital

Katie Procter is a Partner at Alpine Peaks Capital. Along with her current responsibilities, Ms. Procter serves on the investment committees of two endowments (Phillips Exeter Academy and The Pingry School). Prior to Alpine Peaks, she served as CIO of Hintz Capital Management Inc., a single-family office (2020 to 2023). Ms. Procter was a Managing Director (2011 to 2019) on the Investment Team and a Managing Member of White Elm Capital, LLC, a global long/short equity investment firm founded in September 2007.  From 2002 to 2010, Ms. Procter was a Limited Partner and generalist at HHR Asset Management where she was responsible for investing in equities in a long/short hedge fund across a variety of sectors.