Scott Petersen

Co-Founder and Managing Director

2022 - Current

Stalwart Ventures is a seed-stage venture fund designed to scale founders faster and help them drive more value for customers, employees, and investors. We combine our deep operational experience with a commitment to keeping our promises to help founders allocate capital, build high-performing teams, prevent premature scaling, and enlist the help of others to scale their businesses. We’re not just passive investors; we actively participate in the startup journey, matching our capital with expertise. Founders drive. We help navigate.

Board Member, Partner, and Former Executive Chairman

2006

Benefit Communication Insourcing is a work-site marketing company that assists large corporations and hospitals in HR related insurance benefits to employees. BCI is the largest voluntary benefits company in the U.S. with a very unique delivery system that has revolutionized the industry.

Investor/Managing Director

2020 - 2022

Founder and Former Chairman and CEO

2013 - 2021

Omadi is a venture backed SaaS software mobile platform that serves the highly fragmented Towing and Field Services Industries and the enterprise customers that support the Insurance industry.

Executive Director

2010 - 2020

The Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at BYU is one of the top entrepreneurship programs in the world. Under Scott's leadership the program was ranked in the top five of all university programs each of the 10 years he served as its executive director.

Board Member

1999 - 2020

Mentors International is a private foundation that provides micro-lending in many developing countries. They are unique in that they provide business training in ethics and entrepreneurial skills to better enable their clients to build successful enterprises.

Founder & Former Chairman and CEO

2000 - 2012

APU Solutions is the technology leader for the insurance, collision-repair and alternative parts-supply industries. APU's web-based network provides nationwide parts availability, quality, pricing and procurement, plus tools to track and manage Alternative Parts Utilization. Real-time access to inventories, combined with their support teams, makes APU Solutions the clear choice to boost Alternative Parts Utilization. APU was acquired by Audatex, a Solera Company, in October 2012.

Chairman

2008 - 2010

The Founders Organization supports the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (CET) in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. They are a group of successful entrepreneurs who in addition to financial and student mentoring support, assist in teaching and managing entrepreneurial programs and competitions, The organization is comprised of more than 200 Founders from all over the globe.

CEO

2002 - 2009

Best Vinyl grew from $1.3M in 2001 to $35M in 2008. The founders sold the firm to a private equity group in March 2007; Petersen resigned in February 2009 to become Executive Chairman of Benefit Communication Insourcing. Best Vinyl is the largest installer of vinyl fence, decks, pergolas (patio covers), and porch/deck railing in the nation.

President

1988 - 1998

Life & Safety Products, Inc. was an OEM Manufacturer/Wholesaler of occupational health and safety products sold through protected contract distribution territories and our own company operated locations. Founded by David L. Hoggan, Petersen joined as a partner in the fledgling company in 1988. The company was sold to Cintas, the Uniform People, in Sept. 1997. Petersen remained with the company through Sept. 1998.