OUR TEAM

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Michelle Flowers-Taylor, Co-Founder & CEO


Michelle Flowers-Taylor, Ed.D. is an educator with expertise in promoting cross-cultural education through research, media, and service. She has worked in the STEM disciplines to further diversity and achievement of underrepresented student populations, particularly African American and Latina girls and women. Additionally, she has served as an applied anthropologist with specialized training in the visual aspects of culture to develop interactive and educational video game based content that taught the languages and cultures of various parts of the world for the U.S. military.

 
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Landon V. Taylor, Co-Founder


Landon Taylor is a seasoned CEO, operator and investor, with 25+ years of experience in creating new markets, increasing earnings, and strengthening the brand reputation of both emerging growth and large, complex businesses.  As an expert in business innovation and strategic market development, Landon has served as president and CEO for a diverse set of businesses in the real estate, technology and financial services industries including four ventures that he led at First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), an $8 Billion multi-national FORTUNE 500 real estate information services company.

 
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John D. Beneventi, Financial & Business Analyst


With over 25 years of finance and accounting experience, John is a social entrepreneur, focused on technology as an industry change agent. He has over a decade of experience leading the design, creation, and deployment of market-leading technologies and process improvements for the real estate, mortgage finance, housing counseling, and aviation industries.