Our team

Our Team

LiNQ Ventures is led by Ben and Erin Wagner, a husband-and-wife team based in Sarasota, Florida.

Ben brings 20+ years of financial leadership experience across CFO roles, international management consulting, private equity, and public accounting at Kerkering Barberio. He has served on boards and advisory committees and earned 40 Under 40 recognition. Ben Wagner was nominated for CFO of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. He is co-author of two books on applied AI for business, is acting CEO of Nuvocar, Inc., and is a board advisor to Mariposa Technologies.

Erin brings operational depth and client relationship expertise to every engagement. She has experience at two different multi-billion dollar organizations as their Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, in addition to public accounting experience at Purvis Gray.

Together, they built LiNQ because they kept seeing the same problem: business owners going through a transition with no one in their corner who understood both the numbers and the human side of the change.

LiNQ works with a focused roster of clients. That is intentional.

Meet the Team

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    Ben S. Wagner

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner

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  • Erin Wagner, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LiNQ Ventures, smiling and wearing a sleeveless blue top.

    Erin Wagner

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner

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    Richard Jenkins

    AI Strategy Consultant

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    Michael Borka

    Contract or Interim CFO

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    Keith Paradis

    Contract or Interim CFO

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All LiNQ Ventures team members are independent contractors. LiNQ Ventures, LLC is an advisory firm, not a CPA firm. We do not provide tax preparation, tax advice, audit, review, compilation, or other attest services, and we do not broker business sales. Business brokerage is provided by BRiNQ Ventures, whose broker of record is Florida Business Opportunities, Inc.

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