
Kevin Layton
President
Business connector and growth advisor. Kevin founded Accelerant in 2013. His past experience includes : Senior Vice President of $1.6 billion NYSE-traded company, VP of a private equity funded start-up, Business Developer, Digital Marketer, Sales Leader, Entrepreneur, Radar Engineer and Software Engineer.
Kevin built world-class organizations including a successful marketing start-up. He is an accomplished business leader of a two time Inc. 5000 digital marketing company ($10M annual revenue) and several advanced electronic, radar, air traffic management, embedded systems and software companies. He has led business development for advanced space qualified atomic clocks, terahertz communication, electronic warfare and radar systems.
Kevin has experience in mergers and acquisitions, company integration. He has successfully brokered company transactions up to $8M in value and raised millions of dollars for startup companies.
Kevin also serves as PPGV’s Aerospace and Defense Venture Partner.
Kevin received a BS in Computer Science from Penn State and an Executive MBA from the Melbourne University School of Business. He has traveled the world, done business in over 37 countries, and has lived in Germany, Australia and the Czech Republic.

Bill Pramenko
VP Business Development
Bill has held varied Vice President positions that include the missions of Strategy, Business Development, Program Development, Marketing, Acquisition, and Strategic Partnerships for Comtech Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: CMTL), Image Insight Inc., Advanced Technology Systems Company, Frequency Electronics Inc. (NASDAQ: FEIM)
VIP GlobalNet, LLC has provided consulting support to many companies to include notably Battelle Memorial Institute, SRI International, Draper Labs; and to publically traded companies NASDAQ: TTEK, NYSE: AME, NASDAQ: SITM, NASDAQ:FEIM, HII/ALION, and NYSE:BWXT.
He has supported many private individuals and some government agencies.
VIP GlobalNet, LLC provides consulting support to a number of government and commercial clients; and we provide a variety of strategic support services tailored to each specific business and technological community. These include competitive intelligence and landscape; product and service futures and marketability intersection; smartsourcing; and evolving technical and business best practices.

Mike Goll
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mike Goll is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Accelerant Inc. and Decision Sciences International Corporation. He is responsible for finance, accounting, supply chain, procurement, contracts, information technology, human resources, and investor relations.
Previously, Mr. Goll served as Finance Director for Era Systems Corporation, an international aviation product company headquartered in the Czech Republic. There, he oversaw global expansion into over 30 countries with annual revenues of ~$30 million and played key roles in acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures. Prior to that, he worked for Price Waterhouse Coopers as an auditor.
Mr. Goll received his Master’s degree in Accounting from James Madison University and his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from James Madison University. He is a certified public accountant licensed in Virginia.

Steve Dymant
Vice President of Capital Formation
Steve is an experienced Business Development professional and Chief Operating Officer with a proven track record of accomplishment and leadership across alternative assets, hedge funds, and financial services. He has a strong pedigree in developing and maintaining an operational infrastructure in conjunction with asset funding, compliance, accounting, legal, technology and investor relations.
Steve serves on the XTI Aircraft executive team and the advisory board of LeadKlozer. Steve has held positions with Walden Bridge Capital, Echelon Asset Management, T3 Asset Management, Paskewitz Asset Management, PK4 Capital Management, Ambac and was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch.

Tim Holmes
Vice President and General Counsel
Tim has over 25 years experience in commercial, international and government contract management and compliance. He has in-depth experience in proposal preparation, contract and subcontract negotiation, management, and termination. Tim has held positions at Viasat, Paragon and SRA International. He is incredibly good at corporate startup, corporate stock agreements, intellectual Property negotiation and protection, US export regulations. He is a driven team player with excellent interpersonal skills and he loves to travel.
Tim has his Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law and a BS from Washburn University in Commerce.
Our Mission
Double each of our customers businesses within 3 years
Our Vision
Be the most sought after business accelerator in the United States – Be the leading business development company in the US
Our Values
1. We are Ethical and Trustworthy.
2. Our customers come first.
3. We are a blessing to our employees and their families.
4. When the business does well, our employees do well!
5. We are a FOR PROFIT business.