Troy started his career in regulated markets and has worked across three of them since: financial services and telecom at IBM, healthcare IT through enterprise ERP and analytics, and government and education through a state CIO role and a decade building the data rails for a national education platform. The thread is consistent. Institutional buyers, technical platforms, operating discipline that has to hold up to scrutiny.

What's exciting now is the dawn of the next frontier. AI is reshaping how technical platforms get built. Capital allocation is reshaping how they get scaled. The companies that figure out how to operate inside both shifts at once will define the next decade of regulated-market technology, and the work has never been more complex or more interesting to be in the middle of.

BrightPaths engagements include M&A diligence on cross-border platform acquisitions for institutional investors, operating model design and eal sgtructure on platform carve-out, KPI and cadence work with growth-stage CEOs, independent director service at GrantX, and early-stage fundraising and investment work.

BrightPaths Technology Advisors is based in Austin, Texas.