Northstar Team

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Kehkeh Nyeayea

Founding Managing Partner

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  • Business and Technology transformation leader partnering with enterprises for 9+ years throughout their value realization journeys. Accountable for sales, delivery, and executive alignment of multiple large-scale business transformation engagements in excess of $55MM+ in revenue. Empowering enterprises to adopt modern, automated, and scalable operating models to future proof their investments.

    Successfully building and leading enterprise management ecosystems of 100+ SAP Architects, Product Engineers, Developers and more for business and technology leaders to optimize their strategic investments in SAP intelligent technologies. Enabling modern business processes for modern challenges, unified data platform, advanced AI capabilities, and improved workforce productivity.

    Designed and delivered cloud services architectures for $2B+ ERP Transformation Programs across California Utilities.

    Successfully led multiple commercialization campaigns of innovative Power Distribution products across the electric utilities industry: E3X Transmission Conductors, High Amapcity Transmission Conductors, Partial Discharge Asset Management Technologies, Smart IoT Devices, and more.

  • Angel investor in 3 startups in FinTech, AgTech, Retail, and Energy

  • Purdue University alum with a degree in Economics, Business Analytics, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation studies.

    Contributed to the improvement of orthopedic health as a Biomedical Engineering undergrad researcher.

    Artificial Intelligence and Implications for Business Strategy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Payton McCoy

Legal Advisor

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  • Attorney primarily focusing on the technology and intellectual property aspects of complex business transactions.

    Experience includes mergers and acquisitions (both public and private - including those involving private equity portfolio companies), initial public offerings (IPOs), joint-ventures, and other corporate and securities matters.

    Successfully represented clients in technology, healthcare, energy, consumer product, and numerous SPACs.

    Pro bono matters centering around racial and social equity, prison reform, and the performing arts.

  • Co-Founder and CEO of Greenshoe. Building software that makes SEC disclosure easier and better, while saving time and money

    Co-founded delivery company Rubberz, which delivered party supplies, fast food, and other miscellaneous goods. Primarily responsible for operations, social media marketing, and management of iOS and Android app development.

  • Purdue University alum with degree in Philosophy.

    J.D. from Columbia Law School.

    Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy from the Massachusetts School of Technology.