# Rob Reznick (@beaconnection.bsky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/beaconnection.bsky.social
Headline: Founder at Beacon | Your Network Has Value

## About

My career journey has taken me through Flashpoint, 1010data, Financial Guard, Discover, Stroz Friedberg, and Duff & Phelps — companies that were all ultimately acquired. Those experiences gave me a front-row seat to transformation, and now I’m channeling those lessons into building something new.

## Experience

- **Founder at Beacon** (2025 – present)
  Proud to be Beacon’s Beacon — showing how the power of referrals closes deals, rewards connectors, and makes business more human.
- **Director at 1010data** (2014 – 2016)
  $30M to $50M+; $500M exit (August 2015) Big Data + SaaS
- **Building The Foundation & Finding Tech at Consultant + CPA + Fraud Investigator** (2004 – 2014)
  Building my business foundation and finding my way into tech  CPA, Forensic Accountant, MBA, and naturally curious blue collar white collar persona
- **SVP of Finance and Corporate Development at Flashpoint** (2016 – 2024)
  $5M to $100M; Cybersecurity SaaS Exit to PE in June 2021

## Education

- **The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business** — Yes, I went to Michigan (BBA) & Ohio State (MAcc & MBA)
- **University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business** — Yes, I went to Michigan (BBA) & Ohio State (MAcc & MBA)

## Other profiles

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robreznick