Team
Ed Harris
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Ed Harris is an experienced business leader with extensive investment banking and corporate management experience. Ed began his career with the investment banking firm of Salomon Brothers in New York, where he worked on several billion dollars worth of debt, equity and merger and acquisition transactions for a range of domestic and international clients. After moving to Seattle in 1990, Ed served as CFO of three startup companies which he led to liquidity: a wireless company acquired by AT&T for $400 million; an internet company acquired by Disney for $1 billion, and an online high school purchased by the parent company of the University of Phoenix.
Ed also served as a senior member of the investment team which managed the venture capital portfolio of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. At Vulcan, Ed was responsible for investments in a wide range of communications and technology companies. Ed has served on several public company boards, including Edison Schools, acquired by private equity for $190 million and Click2Learn, which completed a merger of equals with a public competitor valued at $400 million.
Ed earned his BA in Economics from Rutgers University and his MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, graduating from both schools with academic honors. He has lived and traveled internationally and speaks two foreign languages. Ed currently lives with his family in the greater Seattle area, and as a former New Yorker enjoys life in the Pacific Northwest.
Jabarie Campbell
Partner
Partner
Jabarie Campbell leads Harris Northwest Advisors in sourcing new clients and assisting in ongoing client assignments. His education includes a Harvard Business School Cohort focusing on Management, Negotiations & Growth. He has a background providing professional services to Ultra High Net Worth Real Estate Investors.
Currently, he serves in a limited capacity as Vice President of Commercial Property at Cres Corp International. His primary specialty consists of Income producing property between $20mm - $100mm in portfolio value with an industry focus on Multifamily, Hospitality and Senior Living.
Jabarie also has an entrepreneurial history as a founder of Reve Industries, which focused on providing innovative biotechnology services and products to the pharmaceutical industry and government agencies. He created this company with a previous college professor.
Jabarie resides in South Florida.
Dave Wescott
Senior Advisor
Dave Wescott
Senior Advisor, Facilities Services and Entrepreneurship
Dave is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist. He is the founder of Evergreen Brands, holding one of the largest privately held facility management companies in the US, an asphalt paving firm, a landscape design shop, a consulting and coaching firm, a bee farm, and a host of other companies: His business enterprises are the market leaders in snow and ice removal, landscaping, repairs and maintenance, capital construction, janitorial, parking lot and pavement services and integrated facility management. Dave’s businesses operate in all 50 states and Canada and has worked with major customers including CBRE, Costco, Starbucks and Walmart.
Dave is also a leading business influencer, and his podcast, The Entrepreneurial Journey, has over three million views and corporate sponsorship. Dave has served on numerous boards in leadership roles, including Chairman of SIMA, the Snow and Ice Management Association.
A significant amount of Dave’s time, energy and personal wealth is devoted to various charitable and humanitarian endeavors, and he is a strong believer in giving back to the community and those in need.
Dave lives in the Pacific Northwest and his favorite activity is spending time with his kids and family while achieving a goal of running a monthly marathon.
Dan Mintz
Senior Advisor
Dan Mintz
Senior Advisor, Pacific Northwest and Business Partnerships
Dan Mintz is an entrepreneur who has started and managed a number of successful companies during his 40-year career. During that time, he has solved problems for a wide range of businesses, from manufacturers and distributors throughout Washington State to the largest law firms in the world. Dan’s background covers a variety of specialties, including freight transportation, mortgage, SaaS software, legal services and Workers’ Compensation.
Dan is a Seattle native who enjoys all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. When he’s not at work, you may find him on the ski slopes in the winter or waterskiing or wake surfing on the lakes in the summer.
Howard J. Stern
Senior Advisor, Healthcare
Howard J. Stern
Senior Advisor, Healthcare
With over 30 years of experience in Dermatology Pharma and other healthcare marketing roles prior to joining Harris Northwest Advisors, Howard built an extensive network of relationships within the industry. He is particularly known for building collaborative relationships with doctors who are key opinion leaders (KOLs) in their fields and skilled in moderating high-profile commercial advisory boards.
In his most recent role as Director of Professional Relations at Ortho Dermatologics, Howard successfully led initiatives that developed relationships with leading doctors and strengthened professional engagement and education between the company and practitioners. Prior to this, he served as Client Services Director with CPE Communications, where he worked with Commercial and Medical Affairs clients and KOLs in Dermatology and Rare Disease therapeutic areas to drive professional education strategy and tactics. Howard holds a Master of Arts in Audiology from the University at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Rowan University. In his spare time he enjoys camping and the outdoors.
Craig Callé
Senior Advisor, Industrials, Technology and Business Services
Craig Callé
Senior Advisor, Industrials, Technology and Business Services
Craig began his career as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers in New York,where he completed numerous transactions for Fortune 500 and emerging companies. He was a senior member of the Industrial and Paper, Packaging & Forest Products groups.
Thereafter, he was SVP-Finance and Treasurer at Crown Cork & Seal and helped transform the company into the global consumer packaging industry leader.
He was the CFO at Amazon.com responsible for Digital Media, including Kindle and Audible.com, and the North American Books e-commerce businesses. He was divisional CFO and Treasurer at Gateway, helping to lead the turnaround and sale of the company to Acer. He also has served as CFO at PE-backed companies in the broadband wireless, logistics, and document management industries.
Since 2015, he has been CEO of Source Callé LLC, a consulting firm focused on data security, privacy compliance, and value creation.
He holds BA and BS in Economics degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University. He and his wife live in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.
Pete Papano
Senior Advisor, Healthcare, Education, and Technology
Pete Papano
Senior Advisor, Healthcare, Education, and Technology
Pete is a seasoned financial executive with experience as the Chief Financial Officer of five companies in public and private markets. He led finance and operational teams and completed many acquisitions and two liquidity events.
He was Chief Financial Officer of Captaris, a public software company. Pete had a broad financial and operational role, including IT, Legal, HR, Finance/Accounting, facilities, inventory, fulfillment, and license/support contract renewals. Pete led three divestitures executed to narrow strategic focus and drove growth through four acquisitions. He helped lead the sale of the company in difficult market conditions.
In addition to his role with Harris NWA, Peter is an independent consultant providing strategic CFO services to a diverse mix of clients in technology, health care, services, and not-for-profit endeavors.
Peter has BS and MBA degrees from the University of Colorado and is a CPA (inactive). He has served on the boards of not-for-profits, professional finance organizations, and on a joint venture in Japan. Peter currently resides in San Diego.
Ed Harris
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Ed Harris is an experienced business leader with extensive investment banking and corporate management experience. Ed began his career with the investment banking firm of Salomon Brothers in New York, where he worked on several billion dollars worth of debt, equity and merger and acquisition transactions for a range of domestic and international clients. After moving to Seattle in 1990, Ed served as CFO of three startup companies which he led to liquidity: a wireless company acquired by AT&T for $400 million; an internet company acquired by Disney for $1 billion, and an online high school purchased by the parent company of the University of Phoenix.
Ed also served as a senior member of the investment team which managed the venture capital portfolio of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. At Vulcan, Ed was responsible for investments in a wide range of communications and technology companies. Ed has served on several public company boards, including Edison Schools, acquired by private equity for $190 million and Click2Learn, which completed a merger of equals with a public competitor valued at $400 million.
Ed earned his BA in Economics from Rutgers University and his MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, graduating from both schools with academic honors. He has lived and traveled internationally and speaks two foreign languages. Ed currently lives with his family in the greater Seattle area, and as a former New Yorker enjoys life in the Pacific Northwest.
Matt Medlin
Senior Advisor, Accounting and Professional Services
Matt Medlin
Senior Advisor, Accounting and Professional Services
Matt is currently a partner at one of the leading mid-sized Accounting/Tax firms in the Pacific Northwest. Matt has a long list of professional achievements including serving as a Lecturer at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.
In his current role, he leads his firm’s practice focused on angel, venture and PE-backed enterprises in SaaS, AI, AR/VR, telecom, product innovation, cryptocurrency and health sciences.
Previous experience includes serving as an Audit Partner at KPMG for technology and telecom industry clients including Sprint Nextel, Nextel Partners, Northland Cable and several privately held angel or venture-backed enterprises. He also implemented and executed Sarbanes-Oxley audit standards.
Prior to that, Matt was a Partner at Arthur Andersen, where he worked with major clients on IPOs and mergers, including T-Mobile USA, XO Communications, Applied Voice Technology, Nextel Partners, Northland Communications, and Western Wireless as well as several smaller entities. Strategic sales included Voicestream Wireless to T-Mobile USA, McCaw Cellular to AT&T, and Data Critical to GE Medical.
Matt received his BA in Accounting and MIS from Eastern Washington University, along with additional executive education from IMS (Switzerland) and Insead (France)
Megan Williams
Senior Advisor, Healthcare and Healthcare Technology
Megan Williams
Senior Advisor, Healthcare and Healthcare Technology
Megan is the founder and CEO of LocutusHealth, a content marketing consultancy that provides strategy and executive thought leadership support to leading brands including Wolters Kluwer, Samsung, and HP. She uses strategic content to drive business development and innovation.
Megan has over 20 years of experience in enterprise healthcare technology, where she has developed an extensive network of business leaders in this growing sector. Through LocutusHealth, she enables revenue acceleration, competitive shielding, sales enablement and brand dominance on behalf of her clients.
She has served as a startup advisor in AI cancer detection and as chair of The Liberation Project, an anti-sex trafficking non-profit. She holds an M.B.A. in International Business from Florida Atlantic University and a B.S. in Health Services Administration from the University of Central Florida. Megan lives in the greater Miami region, and in her free time she enjoys exploring the potential of vibe coding, travel, linguistic studies, gardening, and Brazilian jiu jitsu.
Jabarie Campbell
Partner
Partner
Jabarie Campbell leads Harris Northwest Advisors in sourcing new clients and assisting in ongoing client assignments. His education includes a Harvard Business School Cohort focusing on Management, Negotiations & Growth. He has a background providing professional services to Ultra High Net Worth Real Estate Investors.
Currently, he serves in a limited capacity as Vice President of Commercial Property at Cres Corp International. His primary specialty consists of Income producing property between $20mm - $100mm in portfolio value with an industry focus on Multifamily, Hospitality and Senior Living.
Jabarie also has an entrepreneurial history as a founder of Reve Industries, which focused on providing innovative biotechnology services and products to the pharmaceutical industry and government agencies. He created this company with a previous college professor.
Jabarie resides in South Florida.
Dave Wescott
Senior Advisor, Commercial Services
Dave Wescott
Senior Advisor, Facilities Services and Entrepreneurship
Dave is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist. He is the founder of Evergreen Brands, holding one of the largest privately held facility management companies in the US, an asphalt paving firm, a landscape design shop, a consulting and coaching firm, a bee farm, and a host of other companies: His business enterprises are the market leaders in snow and ice removal, landscaping, repairs and maintenance, capital construction, janitorial, parking lot and pavement services and integrated facility management. Dave’s businesses operate in all 50 states and Canada and has worked with major customers including CBRE, Costco, Starbucks and Walmart.
Dave is also a leading business influencer, and his podcast, The Entrepreneurial Journey, has over three million views and corporate sponsorship. Dave has served on numerous boards in leadership roles, including Chairman of SIMA, the Snow and Ice Management Association.
A significant amount of Dave’s time, energy and personal wealth is devoted to various charitable and humanitarian endeavors, and he is a strong believer in giving back to the community and those in need.
Dave lives in the Pacific Northwest and his favorite activity is spending time with his kids and family while achieving a goal of running a monthly marathon.
Craig Callé
Senior Advisor, Industrials, Technology and Business Services
Craig Callé
Senior Advisor, Industrials, Technology and Business Services
Craig began his career as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers in New York,where he completed numerous transactions for Fortune 500 and emerging companies. He was a senior member of the Industrial and Paper, Packaging & Forest Products groups.
Thereafter, he was SVP-Finance and Treasurer at Crown Cork & Seal and helped transform the company into the global consumer packaging industry leader.
He was the CFO at Amazon.com responsible for Digital Media, including Kindle and Audible.com, and the North American Books e-commerce businesses. He was divisional CFO and Treasurer at Gateway, helping to lead the turnaround and sale of the company to Acer. He also has served as CFO at PE-backed companies in the broadband wireless, logistics, and document management industries.
Since 2015, he has been CEO of Source Callé LLC, a consulting firm focused on data security, privacy compliance, and value creation.
He holds BA and BS in Economics degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University. He and his wife live in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.
Dan Mintz
Senior Advisor, Pacific Northwest and Business Services
Dan Mintz
Senior Advisor, Pacific Northwest and Business Partnerships
Dan Mintz is an entrepreneur who has started and managed a number of successful companies during his 40-year career. During that time, he has solved problems for a wide range of businesses, from manufacturers and distributors throughout Washington State to the largest law firms in the world. Dan’s background covers a variety of specialties, including freight transportation, mortgage, SaaS software, legal services and Workers’ Compensation.
Dan is a Seattle native who enjoys all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. When he’s not at work, you may find him on the ski slopes in the winter or waterskiing or wake surfing on the lakes in the summer.
Howard J. Stern
Senior Advisor, Healthcare
Howard J. Stern
Senior Advisor, Healthcare
With over 30 years of experience in Dermatology Pharma and other healthcare marketing roles prior to joining Harris Northwest Advisors, Howard built an extensive network of relationships within the industry. He is particularly known for building collaborative relationships with doctors who are key opinion leaders (KOLs) in their fields and skilled in moderating high-profile commercial advisory boards.
In his most recent role as Director of Professional Relations at Ortho Dermatologics, Howard successfully led initiatives that developed relationships with leading doctors and strengthened professional engagement and education between the company and practitioners. Prior to this, he served as Client Services Director with CPE Communications, where he worked with Commercial and Medical Affairs clients and KOLs in Dermatology and Rare Disease therapeutic areas to drive professional education strategy and tactics. Howard holds a Master of Arts in Audiology from the University at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Rowan University. In his spare time he enjoys camping and the outdoors.
Pete Papano
Senior Advisor, Healthcare, Education, and Technology
Pete Papano
Senior Advisor, Healthcare, Education, and Technology
Pete is a seasoned financial executive with experience as the Chief Financial Officer of five companies in public and private markets. He led finance and operational teams and completed many acquisitions and two liquidity events.
He was Chief Financial Officer of Captaris, a public software company. Pete had a broad financial and operational role, including IT, Legal, HR, Finance/Accounting, facilities, inventory, fulfillment, and license/support contract renewals. Pete led three divestitures executed to narrow strategic focus and drove growth through four acquisitions. He helped lead the sale of the company in difficult market conditions.
In addition to his role with Harris NWA, Peter is an independent consultant providing strategic CFO services to a diverse mix of clients in technology, health care, services, and not-for-profit endeavors.
Peter has BS and MBA degrees from the University of Colorado and is a CPA (inactive). He has served on the boards of not-for-profits, professional finance organizations, and on a joint venture in Japan. Peter currently resides in San Diego.
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