It’s Time To Set The Bar Higher

When it’s time to move, move boldly.

In Latin, the word “valent” means to be bold, courageous and of value. In 2019, Valent Partners was formed to provide Fortune 1000 companies with a consulting partner that embodies that spirit by enabling them to identify and execute high-value strategies and solutions quickly, confidently and with certainty.

Our technology and business expertise allows us to rapidly implement strategies that will achieve your goals today and support your organization in the years to come. And our pragmatic, results-driven approach keeps our focus on providing bottom-line benefit, and enables us to spot opportunities to add value along the way.

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Founded in 2019 Valent Partners is proud to have been recognized in 2023 by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America and by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work in 2022. Our greatest recognition is being entrusted by our employees to build their careers and by our clients in allowing us to help them solve their hardest thinking problems.

 
 
 

Leadership Team 

Valent Partners is comprised of an integrated team of strategists, business leaders and technologists who have a proven track record of leveraging technology to achieve measurable business results. We approach each situation through a holistic business and technology lens that keeps the focus on delivering solutions that help your organization adapt, advance, and stay ahead of your competition.

Meet the Team!

 

Jeff Hilliard

Founding Partner

Jeff is a Valent Managing Partner and Founder with 20+ years of experience as an executive in technology, consulting and advisory services​. He has led numerous digital business and platform transformations for clients in various industries.

jeff.hilliard@valentpartners.com

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Mike Evans

Senior Partner

Mike has 35+ years of experience in Management & Technology consulting, supply chain software, telematics and fleet management, and human resources transformation in both domestic and international settings, most recently as national Retail Lead for a national consultancy.

mike.evans@valentpartners.com

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Hector Martinez

Senior Partner

Hector has 35+ years of experience leading organizations that deliver business and technical solutions to complex problems for established, global companies as well as smaller, dynamic, rapidly growing firms. He brings experience and insight in the areas of strategy development, governance, systems planning, enterprise architecture, solution development, systems integration, and technical organizational design.

hector.martinez@valentpartners.com

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Jason Carter

Partner

Jason has over 16 years of technology consulting experience and advising decision makers to bring impactful change to their organizations. He has led large scale software, data, and cloud transformations across many industries. Jason brings a passion for teaching, training and leveling up teams.

jason.carter@valentpartners.com

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Bjørn Svendsen

Valent’s talent acquisition services are led by Bjørn Svendsen. As the firm’s talent leader, Bjørn brings 14+ years of strategic, hands-on talent acquisition experience in the US, Canada and the EU. He has served as a recruiter and account executive in executive search and staff augmentation firms. He has also served in a variety of corporate and advisory talent acquisition roles in technology consulting, financial services, and government organizations.

Immediately prior to joining Valent Partners, Bjørn was a talent acquisition leader at Pariveda Solutions for 8+ years, developing and practicing tactics to find talent in Dallas and other US cities.

bjoern.svendsen@valentpartners.com

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Nick Niver

Nick has 12+ years of experience in Management and Technology consulting leadership roles. He has previously led large-scale pre- and post-close M&A transactions, strategic business transformations, ERP implementations, and advanced analytics programs.

nick.niver@valentpartners.com

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Phil Bredehoeft

Phil is a Solution Architect and Program Manager with 10+ years experience and proven track record of designing and implementing complex/cross-functional solutions for this client. He has experience navigating environments ranging from family-owned business to Global 10 international companies. He has a passion for creative solutioning that meets business needs and empowers productivity from development teams.

philip.bredehoeft@valentpartners.com

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Erin Vorland

Erin has 9+ years of experience solving complex cross-departmental business problems, technical solution architecting, development and managing/leading large scale custom software implementations. She brings experience navigating bleeding edge development solutions for real business problems and is an early adopter/driving thought leader in Metaverse, NFTs and Web3.0.

erin.vorland@valentpartners.com

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Arif Sundrani

Arif has 7+ years experience in technology consulting, architecture, and development. He has managed custom development projects of teams greater than 10 and his engagements have included architecting solutions in Azure, AWS, and some GCP, as well as Data Analysis and migration, vendor selection, reduction of cloud costs, and SDLC process improvement.

arif.sundrani@valentpartners.com

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Curtis Simmons

Curtis has 25+ years of business and technology leadership experience. Helping businesses excel in Program Management, Product Management, Application Development, Design, Marketing, & Business Operations.

curtis.simmons@valentpartners.com

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Jonathan Sprague

Jonathan has spent 12+ years solving mission-critical, complex business problems through technology. He has extensive experience leading development teams, program delivery, and designing enterprise architecture in a fast-paced environment at scale.

Outside of work, Jonathan values his time with his family, including his wife, son, daughter, and many pets. He has developed a passion for woodworking and enjoys crafting fine furniture.

jonathan.sprague@valentpartners.com

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