World class talent from world class organizations
The Board
Peter Giamalva – Personal Snapshot
Peter and his wife live in Orlando, FL. They have two adult children that Peter has moved coast to coast!
When not saving lives with the RedCross, he can be found on the golf course or enjoying great food and wine with friends.
Peter Giamalva
Board Chair and Investor
Peter has been a key advisor to Solutionz for over a decade and became the chairman of the board in 2015. He has been instrumental in vetting our advisors and leadership team and working to assemble a strong board to help the Company get to the next level.
Peter is a Senior Vice President with the American Red Cross, where he leads the Hospital Sales and Marketing organization. He also has deep experience in a wide range of leadership roles in the hospitality and travel industries.
He held senior executive roles with Wyndham Worldwide, RCI, Budget and Apple Vacations.
Peter is a remarkable communicator and he brings incredible grounding to the leadership team. His advisory services are invaluable.
His current responsibilities include working with our investment team to raise the capital needed to scale the business and to find the perfect individuals to fill the open board of directors positions.
Chicke Fitzgerald – Personal Snapshot
Chicke lives in Tampa, FL with her husband and her son (and daughter when she is home from Belgium where she attends the University). She loves cruising, a good novel and great wine, preferably enjoyed at the same time. Her personal hero is Dumbo, who didn’t know that he couldn’t fly.
Chicke Fitzgerald
CEO, Founder and Investor
Chicke is responsible for Solutionz’ strategic direction. Her focus is maximizing investor returns and inspiring the executive team to accomplish business goals.
Chicke spent the first half of her career working for industry leading travel distribution technology and telecom companies. If you have ever made a travel booking online or checked in for a flight, chances are Chicke worked for one of the companies that pioneered that technology. The second half has been spent turning trip tech and travel storytelling on its head. She is a game-changing technologist and business designer. In the current venture, we’ve engineered into our business model the things that we want to achieve – giving back and innovation.
Chicke builds companies and has invested over $1.2 million on her own, while raising an additional $6 million in investment capital. Recognized as a game changer, her investment actions reflect her commitment to innovation and her principles. She is also an investor in Rich Media Exchange, digital asset marketing and management. She is author of The Game Changer, published in 2017. And host of The Game Changer Podcast. She is pioneering the Sounding Board concept for early stage companies, which she is piloting with Solutionz Innovations.
She was recently named to the prestigious Hero Club.
The Hero Club is a group of elite CEOs dedicated to giving back to their companies and the community around them!
Olivier Houri – Personal Snapshot
Olivier and his wife Catherine are recent empty nesters, living in Blue Bell, PA. He is devoted to seeing his daughter succeed in her studies at Carey Business School at ASU. He is addicted to golf and has a passion for aviation history. He is a cigar and wine aficionado and loves rugby. His “give back” area is in providing education for “in need” children.
Olivier Houri
Board Member and Investor
Olivier was an early believer in Solutionz new TripProximity venture. He joined the team as the Acting Chief Operating Officer as we forged important relationships that were foundational to the Company’s growth. In 2016, he joined the board and then became our first outside investor.
Olivier brings his global vision to the organization, as well has his decades of experience in travel technology.
Before joining Solutionz Board, he spent 15 years as the head of Unisys Travel and Transportation. He also was a director of management consulting for Cap Gemini. He is currently the EVP Corporate Strategy and Key Accounts at SmartKargo.
Olivier has been instrumental in bringing in additional investment into the Company and advising the leadership on a wide range of topics.
His current responsibilities include working with our investment team to raise the capital needed to scale the business and to find the perfect individuals to fill the open board of directors positions.
Click on the image to learn more about the Sounding Board concept.
Imagine having the talents of some of the top experts in the industries that you serve, available to you to ensure that the board makes the right decisions, with the right expertise. Additionally, each of them bring “relationship capital” with them that can fuel the company’s growth.
The Sounding Board is a unique “virtual board member” concept that is being developed by the Game Changer Network (founded by Chicke Fitzgerald) to provide early stage companies with a vetted group of advisors that bring to the table a wide range of skills).
Solutionz Innovations is the first company to take advantage of the Sounding Board and we are working with the individuals listed below to flesh out how this pool of amazing talent can benefit other emerging companies by reducing the time that it takes to find board members and reduce risk for investors.
Introducing the 2021 Sounding Board
Chris Bradshaw
Business Strategy
Goldman Sachs – 10,000 Small Businesses Faculty
Former President LasVegas.com
Arielle Patrick
MarCom Strategy/Investor
Senior Vice President
Edelman
Holly Nelson – Investor and
Financial Strategy
Former Chief Financial Officer –
Virgin America and Jet Blue
Perry Yeatman- Investor and
Business Strategy
Head of Corporate at Save the Children a
nd Former Executive at Kraft and Unilever
Melea Guilbault
B2B and Non-Profit Tech
Former SVP/GM Community Brands
Elizabeth Kiehner
Digital Transformation
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Former IBM Design Exec
Dr. Jackie Macias
Health Care and Non-Profit
Pepperdine and former Executive with Anthem
Julie Stewart
Non-Profit and Health Care
Non-Profit Board Member and former executive DaVita
Gerry Cunningham – Enterprise & Non-Profit
Former Global Lead Client Service Principal, Deloitte
Jody Newman – Interim Chief Legal Counsel
CEO IBEX Group, former . Sr. Legal Advisor – SITA and Group VP Intl Development – Orange Business Services
John Richards – Entrepreneurial Foundation
CEO and Founder Startup Ignition
Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Former Google Exec.
Dann Hotelling – Investor and FInancial/Mktg Strategy
CFO School Outfitters, former CFO – Corporate Marketing – P&G
Bob Reiner – Investor and
Global Business & Risk Management
Former Partner – E&Y
VP Accounting/Audit Rubbermaid, Sr. Mgr KPMG
Our Professional Advisors
Krista Kersey
Nova Capital-Financial Advisory Services
Sheryl Hunter, Esquire
Hunter Business Law
Legal Counsel
Ruchi Attal, CPA
Apex Financial Solutions
Financial Planning & Support
Dr. Nancy Zare
RapportBuilderz
Business Development Coach
The Investors – Pre-Seed Round
In addition to Chicke Fitzgerald and Peter Giamalva, Olivier Houri and Perry Yeatman from the Board, and Dann Hotelling, Bob Reiner and Holly Nelson from the Sounding Board, who are all investors, following are the early believers in the Company.
Ralph Kaiser
President, CEO and Chairman UATP
Tim Horton
Investor & Advisor on Business Development
Founder Vector Trust
Luc DuCrocq
Principal – Insights and Data – Capgemini
Zeina Gedeon
CEO Travel Professionals Intl.
Bev Heinritz
Chief Development Officer – Solutionz
Sergey Fitzgerald
Founder, By God’s Design Handyman Service
Student, Charis Bible College
Kiera Fitzgerald
Business Psychology Masters Student
University of Warsaw
