Jason Thompson

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Founder, Orbit Logistics - agriculture · fintech · supply chain

Orbit Logistics
Columbus, OH · ET (UTC-5)
9+ years experience
Harvard Business School
English
Advising
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Overview

Founder of Orbit Logistics (agritech). 9 years of building before that. Raised $25 million across 2 rounds. Before that: PepsiCo and Capital One. I teach a weekend class on supply chain.

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  • Advice on agritech
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
rural distributionfintechclimate techagriculturesupply chain
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: agritech and climate tech

Topics
agritech, rural distribution, fintech
Format
Office hours
Terms
Open to discuss
Capacity
One advisory role at a time
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

9 years of agritech. Small equity or paid hours - flexible.

Columbus, OH · remote OKagricultureclimate techsupply chain
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Jan 2024 - Present
    Orbit Logistics · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Grew the team to 78 people across 3 countries.
    • Took Orbit Logistics from zero to $12 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small agritech company.
  2. Financial Analyst
    Sep 2022 - Jan 2024
    PepsiCo · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 14.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 8 straight quarters.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
    Capital One · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Saved $7 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  4. FP&A Manager
    Sep 2018 - Jan 2021
    Cloudflare · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 18.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $272 million raise.
  5. Finance Manager
    Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
    VMware · 11 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $102 million raise.

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Education

  1. Harvard Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. NYU
    BA, Engineering
    2012 - 2016

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