Jennifer Strout, MA
Founder, CEO, & President

Jennifer is the inventor of MotivateU’s disruptive, patent-pending technology. With a master's degree in counseling, 300+ college credits, and more than 18 years of research experience, Jennifer leads her team towards leveraging technology and innovation to enable businesses and individuals to efficiently and effectively achieve their goals. Jennifer is a Petri & Pillar VC’s Founder Frequency Cohort 2 Alumna. 

Raman Lakshmanan, PhD
Development

With a PhD in Computer Science from Oakland University, Raman's experience includes being a founder, director, chief R&D officer, EVP, and CTO. He is a full stack engineer who has led teams developing machine learning, enterprise mobile apps, and proprietary cloud-based technology platforms. Raman has been awarded 3 patents and has 1 patent-pending, as well as 3 successful exits.

Robert Sparno, MA
​Operations & BOD

Rob contributes his corporate development and product management skills to the MotivateU management team with more than 40 years of industry experience. Rob has extensive experience building early-stage companies including effectively leveraging his strategic alliances, analytics, and marketing skills to launch mobile computing tools, web-based wellness solutions, and cloud based software and services. ​

Luke Getto, MSEE
​Engineering & BOD

​Luke brings more than 15 years of engineering and project/product management  experience to the team, spanning from projects including GPS satellites to terrestrial wireless communications. He has managed international teams of direct and contract employees, and he has directly shaped corporate strategy with executive and board level involvement. In addition to being awarded 1 patent and having 1 patent-pending, Luke is a current MBA candidate.

Ava Cook, BA
Human Resources

Ava has extensive experience in the area of human resources and operations. An AmeriCorps alumna, she has been in the position to employ varied schools of thought and to impact change. Her work has included advocating for SMBs and nonprofits failing to be heard—more specifically, leading and developing teams while managing complex projects and turnarounds for high growth, startup, and cultural service organizations.
Interested in joining the team?