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Our leadership team has deep experience at the intersection of operations, technology, and talent development.
Shawn
Weidmann
CEO & Zephyr Co-Founder
Shawn is Co-Founder and CEO of Zephyr. He has decades of experience scaling platforms in other industries. Previously Shawn served as CEO of Spring Education, CEO of Teleflora, and COO of Public Storage. Shawn is a former Army officer (with an engineering degree from West Point) and a graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Shawn
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Deklan
Robinson
Head of Strategy & Zephyr Co-Founder
Deklan is Co-Founder and Head of Strategy at Zephyr, where he oversees growth strategy and designs scalable systems to support our local brands and their technicians. Before Zephyr, Deklan worked at Harry's where he helped launch the company's M&A efforts and complete its first acquisition of Lume Deodorant. He led the ensuing integration that included a retail launch and systems migration. Deklan began his career as a private equity investor at L Catterton and is a graduate of Middlebury College.
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Deklan
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Kevin
McDunn
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Kevin is Chief Product and Technology Officer at Zephyr, where he marshals technology and design to empower technicians, delight customers, and transform home services. Previously, as Chief Product Officer at SMS Assist he delivered innovations that contributed to a $2.2B merger with Lessen in the largest PropTech deal to date. He built winning products at MxD USA, Lenovo, Google, and Motorola. Kevin has an International Masters in Management from Lancaster University (U.K.), a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and is an inventor on 24 U.S. patents.
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Kevin
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Michele
DiPasquale
Chief Financial Officer
Michele is CFO for Zephyr, focused on building, supporting and informing through all things numbers. She has decades of experience scaling Finance organizations in high growth environments. Most recently Michele served as the CFO of People Pets and Vets where the team grew the company 10x in four years culminating in a successful merger. Previously Michele served as the CFO of both Imagine Health and AdvancedMD. Michele holds an MBA from the University of Utah and an undergrad BS in Finance and Accounting from the University of Arizona and is a CPA.
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Michele
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Nick
Bayer
VP of Operations
Nick is the VP of Operations at Zephyr, where he leads our local brands in realizing their maximum true potential. Nick has years of experience in the home services industry, first with Carrier on the corporate strategy and residential and light commercial HVAC teams and then with Apex Service Partners, where he led HVAC, plumbing, and electrical businesses. Nick is a graduate of West Point and Yale School of Management.
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Nick
Raphael
Schweiger
VP of Mergers and Acquisitions
Raphael is the Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. He leads all of Zephyr's acquisitions, working with business owners through the full transaction process from the first conversation, through signing of a letter-of-intent to closing. Raphael has over 15 years of experience in investment banking and corporate development at companies including Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, ServiceMaster and 3M. Raphael holds a Masters degree in Finance and Accounting from HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management in his native Germany and the University of Florida.
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Raphael
Nicolette
Jackson
Head of Talent
Nicolette is the Head of Talent at Zephyr. She leads HR, Talent Acquisition & Development, focused on Zephyr's goal to build a culture that not only attracts top talent, but makes them feel at home. Before Zephyr, Nicolette worked with start-ups in the Tech, Home Insurance and Real Estate industries to create and execute recruiting, DEI and talent development programs from the ground up. At Hippo Insurance, Nicolette served as an integral part of the People Leadership team that grew Hippo from 95 to 650 employees and facilitated a successful IPO in 2021. Nicolette is a proud University of Texas Alumni.
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Nicolette
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Lariayn
Payne
Chief Marketing Officer
Lariayn (“LP”) is the Chief Marketing Officer for Zephyr, focused on customer acquisition and building Zephyr's local brands. Lariayn has 25+ years of Marketing experience that spans Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Disney Corporate Strategic Planning & Brand Management, Evite, Teleflora, Spring Education Group and more entrepreneurial exploits. Lariayn holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an undergrad AB in Architecture from Princeton University.
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Lariayn
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