Our Team

Operon Group connects strategic insight with the work of building and growing partnerships. Jake’s background spans technology and enterprise sales, including serving as Director of Sales for a healthcare and technology consulting company.

He began his startup journey by founding Hygenie.ai, a live sales coaching platform designed to help B2B sales teams turn demos into closed deals faster. Currently, he is Founder and CEO of RepLaunch, an HR technology platform focused on career optimization and hiring.

At Operon, Jake leads business development and strategic partnerships, identifying opportunities and bringing together the people, technology, and resources to advance them.

Delani’s background spans healthcare operations, revenue cycle analytics, and process improvement. Her experience includes senior analytics consulting, program management, and interim team leadership within a nonprofit healthcare organization generating approximately $16 billion in annual revenue. Her work supported revenue cycle teams with financial and operational insights to guide collection strategies and performance improvement.

She is the Founder and CEO of Ascendra Collective, a consulting firm focused on healthcare financial performance and operational analytics. She also serves as COO of Spark Healthcare Consulting, supporting practice operations, revenue cycle management, and workflow improvement.

At Operon, Delani leads operational coordination, helping partner companies translate insights into clear priorities and practical execution.

Patrick works with founders and commercial teams to strengthen positioning, sales execution, pipeline development, and go-to-market strategy. His work connects market opportunity with the structure, messaging, and operating discipline required to create repeatable growth.

His experience includes territory and account roles at The J.M. Smucker Co., Mondelēz International, and PepsiCo, serving healthcare, hospitality, education, and restaurant markets.

He brings experience in distributor relationships, commercial planning, market analysis, and CRM-based pipeline management.

Parker helps organizations improve how they identify, hire, onboard, coach, and develop commercial talent. His work connects role requirements and performance evidence with practical systems for improving individual and team execution.

He serves as Regional Sales Director for AI Security & SASE at Cato Networks. Previously, he led public-sector and small-business sales at Keeper Security and held regional sales leadership and channel management roles at Fortinet.

Parker also serves on RepLaunch’s Board of Advisors, bringing a commercial perspective shaped by direct sales, partner development, and team leadership.