Protenus CEO and leadership

Nick served eight years in the US Army and completed his service as a highly-decorated Special Forces operator (Green Beret). He was awarded two bronze stars during his service, one for extraordinary valor.

Brian Holtmeier is a CFO at Protenus and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. He has worked as Assistant Controller, North America at Benjamin Chi and CFO, IBM Security at Benjamin Chi. Brian studied at Stern School Of Business between 2007 and 2010, Clemson University between 1998 and 2003, and Harvard Business School Executive Education.

Brit brings to the team a track record of driving sales, revenue and customer engagement for leading edge technology, information and analytics products and services. Before joining Protenus, Brit was the Chief Operating Officer at Yet Analytics, a learning analytics firm in Baltimore. Prior to that, she led HR operations and diversity & inclusion (D&I) strategy at Dun & Bradstreet and was a Vice President at AOL, where she was responsible for managing client services and operations for AOL’s digital advertising business.

Brit has always believed in giving back to her industry and community through service, which has included serving on the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), serving on the Board of Directors for the Towson University College of Business and Economics, and serving on the Advisory Board for the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Advertising Operations Council. Brit is particularly active with women’s mentoring programs, including the Women in Media Mentoring Initiative (WIMMI), the Lean In Foundation, and AOL’s women’s mentoring program. She was honored for her work in women’s leadership with the 2018 Daily Record’s Leading Women award and 2014 MAKERS@AOL recognition. Brit has also led the community outreach programs for Dun & Bradstreet and AOL Baltimore, including AOL’s annual Monster Help Day.

Don leads the overall go-to-market strategy and execution for the Protenus revenue team. An accomplished sales and operations leader over the past 20 years, Don previously led global sales at Advertising.com, which sold to Aol in 2004 for $435MM. He then served as President of Advertiser Platforms at Aol, where he played a major role in the company’s 2015 sale to Verizon for $4.4B.

Born and raised in Baltimore, Sherrod demonstrates his passion for the city by supporting a number of startups in the area to facilitate growth and contribute to the burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Sherrod studied Philosophy at Davidson College where he was also a member of the football team before getting his master’s degree from Wake Forest University. After graduation, Sherrod stayed in Winston-Salem, NC to work as a Client Value Manager at Inmar, a large analytics and consulting firm. He then had the opportunity to be a co-founder at an advertising technology company with some friends back home in Baltimore. AdWap created an advertising engine that transformed marketing dollars into charitable donations. After AdWap, Sherrod served as the VP of Operations at a data privacy startup, TrackOFF before they were acquired by Avast Software.

As the Chief of Staff at Protenus, Sherrod supports the team from both a strategic and operational capacity, helping Nick and the team advance our healthcare compliance analytics vision.

Nick served eight years in the US Army and completed his service as a highly-decorated Special Forces operator (Green Beret). He was awarded two bronze stars during his service, one for extraordinary valor.

Brian Holtmeier is a CFO at Protenus and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. He has worked as Assistant Controller, North America at Benjamin Chi and CFO, IBM Security at Benjamin Chi. Brian studied at Stern School Of Business between 2007 and 2010, Clemson University between 1998 and 2003, and Harvard Business School Executive Education.

Brit brings to the team a track record of driving sales, revenue and customer engagement for leading edge technology, information and analytics products and services. Before joining Protenus, Brit was the Chief Operating Officer at Yet Analytics, a learning analytics firm in Baltimore. Prior to that, she led HR operations and diversity & inclusion (D&I) strategy at Dun & Bradstreet and was a Vice President at AOL, where she was responsible for managing client services and operations for AOL’s digital advertising business.

Brit has always believed in giving back to her industry and community through service, which has included serving on the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), serving on the Board of Directors for the Towson University College of Business and Economics, and serving on the Advisory Board for the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Advertising Operations Council. Brit is particularly active with women’s mentoring programs, including the Women in Media Mentoring Initiative (WIMMI), the Lean In Foundation, and AOL’s women’s mentoring program. She was honored for her work in women’s leadership with the 2018 Daily Record’s Leading Women award and 2014 MAKERS@AOL recognition. Brit has also led the community outreach programs for Dun & Bradstreet and AOL Baltimore, including AOL’s annual Monster Help Day.

Don leads the overall go-to-market strategy and execution for the Protenus revenue team. An accomplished sales and operations leader over the past 20 years, Don previously led global sales at Advertising.com, which sold to Aol in 2004 for $435MM. He then served as President of Advertiser Platforms at Aol, where he played a major role in the company’s 2015 sale to Verizon for $4.4B.

Born and raised in Baltimore, Sherrod demonstrates his passion for the city by supporting a number of startups in the area to facilitate growth and contribute to the burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Sherrod studied Philosophy at Davidson College where he was also a member of the football team before getting his master’s degree from Wake Forest University. After graduation, Sherrod stayed in Winston-Salem, NC to work as a Client Value Manager at Inmar, a large analytics and consulting firm. He then had the opportunity to be a co-founder at an advertising technology company with some friends back home in Baltimore. AdWap created an advertising engine that transformed marketing dollars into charitable donations. After AdWap, Sherrod served as the VP of Operations at a data privacy startup, TrackOFF before they were acquired by Avast Software.

As the Chief of Staff at Protenus, Sherrod supports the team from both a strategic and operational capacity, helping Nick and the team advance our healthcare compliance analytics vision.

Nick served eight years in the US Army and completed his service as a highly-decorated Special Forces operator (Green Beret). He was awarded two bronze stars during his service, one for extraordinary valor.