Fearless, a digital services firm, has created a board of advisors comprised of finance, marketing, government and philanthropy leaders to guide its transformation into a billion-dollar enterprise by 2030.
The new board of includes:
- Ollen Douglass, managing partner at Lightship Anchor Fund
- Brenda Freeman, founder of Joyeux Marketing Group
- Paul Leslie, chairman of Tria Federal
- Maria Roat, former U.S. deputy federal chief officer
- Alicia Wilson, managing director and head of regional philanthropy at JP Morgan Chase
“Creating a board of advisors was a critical next step for growing Fearless,” said Delali Dzirasa, CEO of Fearless. “As we look to expand our services, customers, and geographic footprint, our leadership team recognized we needed an external team with diverse experiences and skillsets to help us think differently and guide us as we build the next billion-dollar company.”
Fearless announced its evolution from a digital services firm into a digital services integrator in August with two new divisions, Fearless Digital and Fearless Guides. These divisions allow Fearless to combine its technical services with organizational enablement, an build up its tech, people and organization.
By 2030, Fearless said it aims to improve 100 million lives, be positioned in 10 countries and generate $1 billion in revenue.
“I have been following Fearless in the GovCon space as an aggressive competitor and a high performing contractor,” Leslie said. “It was impressive to see Fearless navigate successfully through the challenges of transitioning from a small business to a more mature and fast growing company. After being introduced to Delali, I quickly realized where the company’s core energy, strong vision, beliefs and values, and desire to give back to their community emanates from. He is a visionary leader who will obviously have a significant impact on both our industry and community. It’s all about making a real difference in the world and where we live.”
Roat first connected with Fearless when she served as chief information officer for the Small Business Administration and continued following the company after her departure from there.
“Fearless was instrumental in building SBA.gov into an immutable platform,” she said. “At the onset of the pandemic and the influx of funding to SBA for small businesses, their work paid dividends when the site scaled 825% larger than normal with 93,000 concurrent users . . . At the height of the pandemic, the Fearless-supported SBA.gov saw 36 million page views in a one-month period.”
Wilson also commented, “The group of advisors that Fearless has assembled bring together brilliant minds, but also tremendous hearts who have a track record of being impactful leaders. Fearless’ leadership
will be critical as we dream audaciously about how we can build with inclusivity in mind. I believe that when the story is told in the next 50 years of the companies that had a transformative impact upon this country and world that Fearless’ name will be amongst them.”
Douglass hopes Fearless becomes “a category-defining, international company that helps improve the world through its business.” And as a native Baltimorean, Freeman said she sees potential in Fearless’ trajectory as a fast-growing, locally headquartered tech firm.
“I’ve spent the past 30 years at the intersection of great brands, technology, and culture. It’s a natural fit for me to share my talents with a fast-growing technology company with similar values and mission,” Freeman said. “There is no reason why Fearless will not reach unicorn status and become THE preeminent civic tech services company out there.”
The advisory board is crucial to Fearless’ goal to positions itself as a “purpose-driven innovator and catalyst for sustainable transformation across organizations and communities worldwide,” the company said.