Long-term value is created through first principles: wisdom, empathy, and positive-sum collaboration.
No matter what’s happening outside of our control, it’s up to individual organizations, and the people within them, to create the conditions for the collective success that we want.
That’s Astoundly’s mission. When you connect dots across complexity, you’ll start to envision an elegant constellation.
Communication is how it all comes into focus.
Team
As Astoundly’s CEO and consulting team lead, Ritika equips executives, investors, and institutional leaders with insights, strategies, and tactics to shape markets and uncover optimal paths to traction. Prior to co-founding Astoundly, in her early career, she helped shape the practice that is known today as content marketing.
She has deep experience on teams bringing new innovation efforts to market, with a strong track record of delivering on promises. She is particularly skilled at not taking herself too seriously and bringing light to tough conversations.
She holds an M.A. in Demographic and Social Analysis from the University of California, Irvine and a B.A. in Literature from Claremont McKenna College.
Ritika Strauss
As Astoundly’s CTO, Justin develops the infrastructure that powers the our data analytics capabilities and guides our long-term technical direction.
Prior to founding Astoundly, Justin worked in public health and pharmaceuticals, managing large-scale data partnerships with research institutions and health systems. Justin is the most rigorous systems architect you’ll ever meet.
Justin holds an M.A. in Demographic and Social Analysis and a B.A. in Sociology with a Management minor, both from the University of California, Irvine. He is the inventor of SCENT and Expansively.
Justin Strauss
Rohan serves as a strategic advisor to Astoundly, bringing deep experience in scaling operational, financial, and technical infrastructure for high-growth businesses—with prior experience raising $10B in the residential real estate sector.
He holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Chicago. He’s Ritika’s brother and super skilled at calming everyone down, so we can get stuff done instead of competing.
Rohan Puri
Daniel is an ecosystem partner to Astoundly, bringing creative and marketing technology expertise to our customers. He specializes in value lifecycle analysis, is an expert in the Salesforce ecosystem, and drives operationalization for ambitious roadmaps. He’s an aspiring, up-and-coming stand-up comic with an arsenal of incredible marketing humor.
Daniel holds a B.A. in Marketing and Modern Art from John Cabot University.
Daniel Barnett
Mitch is an ecosystem partner and advisory board member to Astoundly. He possesses substantial Chief Growth Officer and demand generation experience, with a specialty focus on private equity-backed companies.
Mitch holds a B.A. in Marketing and Communications from Simon Fraser University.
Mitch Fanning
Kate Talbot is an ecosystem partner to Astoundly. Her expertise is in executive personal brand-building, and she is sought after as a social media expert witness to law firms. With a sharp understanding of how credibility drives capital, Kate positions executives as trusted voices in innovation.
Kate holds a B.A. in Mass Communication and Media Studies from the University of California, San Diego. She also holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in marketing from the University of San Francisco.
Kate Talbot
What people say…
Brad Young, marketing executive at Prudential Financial and others:
“A good quality test for a partner lies in the answer to a simple question: When you move companies or roles, do you make sure to bring the partner into your new place? That was a no-brainer with Astoundly.
On a personal level, I just like working with good people. Life is too short to depend on jerks.”