About Us

At LiNQ Ventures, our mission is simple: empower small and mid-sized businesses to achieve operational excellence and sustainable growth through AI. If you’re ready to explore how AI can transform your business, let’s connect.

Erin Wagner is the Managing Director of LiNQ Ventures, leveraging her extensive experience as a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) expert to deliver AI-enhanced fractional CFO and accounting services. With a distinguished career at private and publicly traded billion-dollar companies, Erin drives LiNQ’s financial outsourcing solutions, helping small and mid-sized businesses optimize budgets, forecasts, and performance analytics. Her strategic insights enable clients to reduce costs and enhance profitability, particularly in service industries with high labor demands.

Erin’s leadership ensures LiNQ Ventures’ AI-driven tools, such as automated financial reporting and predictive analytics, deliver enterprise-grade results tailored to client needs. As a key member of LiNQ’s AI ecosystem, she collaborates with the consultancy and incubator to align financial strategies with transformative technologies. Based in Sarasota, FL, Erin’s data-driven approach and cross-functional expertise position LiNQ Ventures as a trusted partner for sustainable growth.

Erin Wagner - Co-Founder & Managing Director

Ben Wagner - Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager

Ben Wagner is a visionary business consultant and fractional C-suite executive driving LiNQ Ventures’ mission to transform small and mid-sized businesses through AI-enhanced outsourcing. As Founder, he architects AI-driven solutions for accounting, fractional CFO services, HR, and project management, turning cost centers into revenue opportunities for service industries with high labor costs. With a career rooted in operational transformation, Ben has led high-impact initiatives, including a global SAP conversion that revolutionized enterprise workflows, and collaborated with CEOs at Zep, Lincoln Financial, AAA, and Lockheed Martin on strategic planning and FP&A.

Ben’s expertise in finance, financial modeling, and valuation informs LiNQ’s scalable, tech-driven services, ensuring clients achieve efficiency and growth. As a key architect of a broader AI ecosystem, he leads LiNQ Ventures alongside a consultancy delivering end-to-end AI strategies and an incubator scaling startups like Nuvo, where he serves as CEO. Based in Sarasota, FL, Ben’s strategic leadership empowers clients to compete in a tech-driven world, delivering measurable ROI and operational excellence.

Richard Jenkins - Senior AI Strategy Consultant

Richard H. Jenkins brings over 40 years of experience in finance, compliance, and technology to his role as Senior AI Strategy Consultant at LiNQ Ventures. With a distinguished career at Price Waterhouse (now PwC), Merrill Lynch, and UBS, Richard has led diversified investment businesses as CEO and Chairman, overseeing asset management, wealth management, and compliance operations. His pioneering work includes developing a risk-assessment system at Merrill Lynch to enhance audit, compliance, and forensic audit processes, showcasing his ability to integrate financial acumen with innovative technology.

At LiNQ Ventures, Richard guides small and mid-sized businesses through AI integration, conducting readiness assessments, developing governance frameworks, and advising on ethical AI deployment. His expertise ensures AI solutions enhance compliance, streamline operations, and drive strategic growth, aligning with Linq’s mission to transform cost centers into revenue opportunities. As part of Linq’s AI-driven ecosystem, Richard supports the consultancy’s strategic initiatives and the incubator’s startups, such as NUVO, delivering tailored solutions for service industries with high labor costs.

Michael J. Borka is the Director of Accounting Services at LiNQ Ventures, bringing his entrepreneurial acumen and financial expertise to deliver AI-powered accounting solutions for small and mid-sized businesses. As the former owner of Fix-a-Flat, which he scaled and sold to Pennzoil, Michael applies his strategic vision to streamline client accounting processes, from transaction processing to compliance reporting. His leadership in implementing AI-driven tools reduces errors and processing times, enabling clients to save costs and focus on growth.

Michael’s experience in product development and market expansion informs LiNQ’s scalable outsourcing model, ensuring seamless integration of technology for service industry clients. As part of LiNQ’s AI ecosystem, he supports the consultancy’s financial transformation strategies and the incubator’s startup initiatives. Based in Sarasota, FL, Michael’s hands-on approach drives measurable value for LiNQ’s clients.

Michael Borka - Director of Accounting Services