About Izba
Our People Are Your Advantage
We're a global team of operators, builders, and problem-solvers. You'll meet a few of us here, but you'll feel the impact of our whole team from day one.
Our Global Impact
5
Countries
100+
Brands Served
$2.1B
Value Created
$2.5B
in Client Exits
Meet the Team
Get to know the operators, builders, and problem-solvers who will be working alongside your team.
Jen Polce
VP, Client Strategies & Solutions
Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer is a motivated and seasoned operations and supply chain professional. Having co-founded a start-up business, her entrepreneurial background makes her uniquely placed to help deliver rapid growth and bring organizations to their next phase of development.
"For me, the best moments are when a founder realizes they can finally breathe, and the business still runs better than ever."
Aaron Alpeter
Principal and Founder
Montreal, Canada
Founded Izba in 2016 after scaling operations at Unilever and multiple startups. Led operational due diligence for $500M+ in consumer brand acquisitions.
"Every founder deserves a team that believes in their vision and has the experience to make it reality. That's what we built Izba to be."
Margarita Bello
VP, Client Strategies & Solutions
Houston, TX
Margarita is a highly adaptive professional with a proven track record of success in operations, product development, and quality assurance.
"Every brand has a unique path to scale. My job is to help founders see around the corners and avoid the pitfalls I've seen before."
Harry Hartman
Director, Supply Chain & Operations Consulting
New York, NY
Harry is a dynamic operations and supply chain leader with extensive experience in fulfillment, logistics, and business process optimization. He has worked at industry-disrupting startups and enterprise companies, bringing a unique perspective on scaling businesses and achieving operational excellence.
"The right systems don't just solve today's problems, they anticipate tomorrow's opportunities."
Lauren Pitts
Director, Supply Chain & Operations Consulting
Philadelphia, PA
Lauren joins izba with 15+ years of end-to-end Supply Chain expertise, having managed multi-billion dollar portfolios for leading global brands. Her extensive experience spans project & new launch management, supply & demand planning, S&OP, ERP implementation, and procurement & negotiations across interiors, generators, personal care, beauty, and pharmaceuticals.
"The best operations are invisible to customers, they just know everything works exactly as it should."
Shreya Maddireddy
Manager, Supply Chain Consulting
Atlanta, GA
Shreya is an industrial engineer with a focus in supply chain and a passion for humanitarian logistics. With versatile experience in operations and customer experience at both large and small high growth startups, she utilizes effective project management and data-driven decision making to push continuous improvement.
"Numbers tell the story, but it's the operational details that write the ending. I help founders make sure it's a happy one."
Ahmed Zedan
VP of Technology
Dallas, TX
Ahmed is a seasoned entrepreneur whose extensive background in technology makes him an invaluable asset to any business endeavor. He has a proven track record of scaling companies to $100M ARR through strategic leadership and has played a pivotal role in facilitating company acquisitions.
"Sustainable growth isn't about doing more. It's about doing the right things at the right time with the right systems in place."
Adam Crownhart
Director, Supply Chain & Operations Consulting
Los Angeles, CA
Adam brings over two decades of CPG supply chain and operations leadership to Izba, with a proven track record of building scalable processes at brands within both the Food & Beverage and Beauty industries. He specializes in end-to-end operations (from procurement and production planning to fulfillment, 3PL management, and regulatory compliance) across both domestic and global markets.
"The brands that scale sustainably aren't the ones with the flashiest strategy. They're the ones that built the right systems before they needed them."
Fontaine Lloyd
Director, Supply Chain & Operations Consulting
New York, NY
Fontaine Lloyd is a Director at Izba with over 19 years of experience in end-to-end supply chain planning, S&OP, and operations across CPG and eCommerce. She brings deep expertise from senior roles at Reckitt and Unilever, spanning demand planning, customer service, logistics, sales and account management, and M&A integration, helping brands successfully fold into multinational organizations. Fontaine holds an MBA from Yale School of Management
Eric Lyde
Director, Supply Chain & Operations Consulting
Denver, CO
Eric has spent nearly three decades in supply chain and logistics, building operations across CPG, Fortune 500, and high-tech companies that run on a global scale. He's also a licensed U.S. customs broker, which means he sees the compliance risk hiding inside an operational decision before it becomes a problem.
"A supply chain that runs without chaos isn't a coincidence. It's purpose-built to bend, not break, when the unplanned thing happens."
The people behind the work
This award is for the operators, builders, and problem-solvers you meet here. It reflects a team that takes the work seriously without taking ourselves too seriously, and shows up for clients the same way.
What It's Like to Work With Us
We're not just advisors. We're embedded partners who work alongside your team to solve real problems and build lasting solutions. Our 'Do With You' approach means we don't just hand you a strategy and walk away, we roll up our sleeves and help you execute it.
Our team becomes an extension of yours, bringing deep operational expertise while respecting your vision, culture, and constraints. Whether you're scaling for the first time or preparing for an exit, we're there to guide, support, and execute alongside you every step of the way.
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