Built by people who lived the problem

Adam brings 10+ years of hands-on construction project management, having personally managed residential and commercial projects valued from $100K to $1M+. As Owner/Operator of Morgan Renovations, he managed full-cycle projects including estimating, budgeting, scheduling, crew oversight, and client relations.

While operating Morgan Renovations, Adam witnessed endemic payment governance failures: draws held up by minor disputes, no server-side enforcement of release conditions, no immutable record of approvals, and projects stalling while lenders and contractors negotiated administrative details. Recognizing this as a structural problem, Adam began building a solution called RenovateAI, architecting the platform around his direct understanding of how payment enforcement could prevent disputes before they cost projects.

Adam is accountable for Vektrum's technical architecture and product design. He built the foundational infrastructure (Supabase backend, Stripe Connect integration, API webhooks, DNS configuration) and continues to iterate on core architecture. He is self-taught in software engineering, learning the technologies he needed to solve the problem he understood.

Tanner brings deep experience in sales, marketing, and go-to-market strategy across institutional software environments. His background includes roles at Canary Speech AI (Sales Specialist & Account Manager for institutional clients), Altol Consulting (Director of Sales and Marketing), World Financial Group (Sales team management), and digital commerce.

Tanner witnessed his mother's experience with contractor fraud and misappropriation. This gave him direct insight into a critical market failure: the absence of enforceable payment governance structures that protect property owners and lenders. He independently began building Vektrum as a marketplace platform to manage money transfer and dispute resolution in construction, recognizing that payment disputes were destroying relationships and finances at every tier of the market.

Tanner is accountable for Vektrum's commercial strategy, institutional partnerships, and market positioning. He brings institutional SaaS expertise to lender conversations and understands the compliance signaling, sales cycles, and governance requirements that institutional adoption requires.

Phillip Walstad is a Utah-based serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Canary Speech, a healthcare AI company focused on voice biomarker technology for detecting mental health and neurological conditions through speech analysis.

Walstad's entrepreneurial background spans technology, social impact, and education sectors. He has founded or co-founded multiple ventures including Compass Group (board member; U.S. and Latin America expansion), Study&Work (education and internship platform), and Turnkey Social (social media marketing agency). His core expertise includes startup formation and scaling, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, product development, and team building.

As Vektrum's board member and strategic partner, Phillip provides governance oversight, capital strategy, and operational guidance from his experience building companies across multiple sectors. His background identifying emerging opportunities and scaling ventures to execution directly informs Vektrum's approach to institutional market expansion and operational rigor.