ControlBright Names Barbara Stinnett President

After raising $500,000 in capital in recent months, ControlBright is set for growth and has chosen veteran technology executive and private equity trailblazer Barbara Stinnett to lead the charge. Stinnett’s role as President began on 3/15/2022.

Barbara Stinnett is a highly respected industry executive who brings a wealth of global leadership experience in high-tech organizations. Stinnett served and led operationally in the C Suite at Hewlett Packard, Sybase/SAP, Oracle, & Cisco where she was directly responsible for global sales, services, and support groups. She was also the first female CEO for one of the largest global Private Equity firms. In 2008, she founded Timmaron Group, based on her passion to work with companies to address their strategic desires by applying technologies to be the best they can be.

“Barb brings unparalleled leadership skills and a deep skill set in technology,” says ControlBright Founder Chad Behling. “We are excited to have her join our team. With her industry acumen, financial expertise, and extensive connections, we have no doubt that Barbara will position ControlBright for considerable growth.”

Stinnett holds degrees in International Business and Management Information Technologies, Applied Technologies, and International Studies from the University of Wisconsin. She is a National Association of Corporate Directors certified fellow and seasoned board member serving on over 15 public, private, and non-profit boards.

Over the next year and beyond, Stinnett and ControlBright will work to build out their team to scale up production and sales. With Stinnett in place, Behling will be able to shift his focus to spending time on the company vision and areas of the business he is best at.

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Scott Litman is a serial entrepreneur, advisor, and investor who brings decades of hands-on startup and growth experience to Traction Capital. With five successful company exits and a long list of accolades, he’s a driving force behind innovation and scale in Minnesota’s business community.

As a Strategic Growth Partner, Scott has an immense level of experience in entrepreneurship that he brings to Traction Capital.  He has gone from startup, funding, growth and exit five times (Imaginet Inc, Spot Buy Spot, Imaginet LLC, Magnet 360 & Lucy). In that time, he has received a number of honors & awards including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Journal Titan of Technology, University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement, Smart Business Dealmakers Hall of Fame, Twin Cities Business 100 People to Know / Watch (3 times), Minnesota Business The (Real) Power 50 and Business Journal 40 Under 40. Along the way, Scott has experienced being #1 in The Business Journals Fast 50, made the Inc 500 and has worked with over 25% of the Fortune 500.

Scott founded the Minnesota Cup, the largest state wide business plan competition in the US and has been on the Board of Advocates for Backpack, a student run marketing and communications agency out of the University of Minnesota.

Scott has served on the BOD, Advisory Board or been advisor to a number of startups that have had tremendous success including Enstratus (acquired by Dell), InStereo (acquired by Salesloft), HealthSimple (acquired by J&J), Hollywood Fashion Secrets (acquired by American International Industries), I See Me (acquired by The McEvoy Group) and more.