Joshua Z. Tabin CEO / President

Enterprise
value creation.

Growth · Acquisitions · Turnarounds · AI transformation

30+ years building, scaling, acquiring, transforming and exiting businesses across technology, consumer products and manufacturing.

Combines P&L leadership and transaction experience with hands-on technology implementation that improves operating performance.

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Joshua Z. Tabin, CEO and President

Joshua Z. Tabin · Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

$48MAnnual revenue built
Tabin Technology
6Acquisitions completed
Wild-n-Wise
40%Expense reduction
Tabin Technology turnaround
$11M+Angel and venture capital raised
PrismaStar
19AI agents deployed
Wild-n-Wise
+90%EBITDA per human employee
Wild-n-Wise
AI transformation

Executive record

Build scale.
Own the outcome.

From the early commercial Internet to today’s applied AI, Tabin has built and led businesses where technology, commercial judgment and operating discipline meet. His experience spans full P&L ownership, capital allocation, executive-team leadership, growth, acquisitions, turnarounds and exits.

Selected operating cases below show the mandate, decisions and results—across a consumer-products platform, technology, food and enterprise software.

012018—present

Consumer products · Manufacturing · M&A

Wild-n-Wise — CEO

Mandate Lead strategy, full P&L, capital allocation and the executive team across a multi-company natural-food and manufacturing platform. CEO of Wild Zora since 2014.

Built a CPG manufacturing and sales platform through a roll-up of six acquisitions (2015–2025), spanning retail distribution, eCommerce, and co-packing. Expanded the business to four operating companies: Wild Zora Foods, Cusa Tea & Coffee, Flatiron Food Factory and Gembra Health.

Q2 2026 result Revenue grew 48% and EBITDA grew 90% versus Q2 2025 through the Gembra Health acquisition, with no added headcount, enabled by 19 AI agents adopted by the human team across the enterprise.

021996—2002

Technology · Growth · Turnaround · Exit

Tabin Technology — CEO

Mandate Build an IT integration business helping organizations adopt email, websites and document-management systems.

Grew from zero to $48M in annual revenue in five years and more than 100 employees. Following the dot-com collapse, reduced expenses 40%, grew revenue 40% from $20M to $28M, and restored profitability within one year.

Exit Personally led the 2002 sale to En Pointe Technologies (Nasdaq: ENPT).

032013—2017

Consumer products · Turnaround · Exit

Free2B Foods — Executive Chairman, then Board Member

Mandate As a Partner at Aravaipa Ventures and later Managing Partner of Galiuro Ventures, led a turnaround of the maker of Sun Cups allergen-free confections.

Repositioned the brand, reset pricing, expanded distribution and renegotiated distributor economics. Doubled revenue, grew gross margin from 40% to 60% (a 20-point increase), tripled gross profit and reached positive cash flow in under two years.

Outcome Delivered the turnaround and led the 2014 sale, all in under two years; remained on the board through VG Growth Partners’ 2017 investment.

042005—2014

Enterprise software · Capital · Exit

PrismaStar — CEO (2005—2012)

Mandate Take a commercial guided-selling platform from concept to enterprise adoption.

Developed patented product-selection technology (US 7,457,772), raised $11M+ in angel and venture capital, and secured enterprise customers including Vodafone and DSGi. Moved to a strategic role in 2012.

Exit Acquired by FACT-Finder (Omikron) in 2014.

052003—2005

Capital markets · International expansion

Barista / AmRest

Co-founded Barista and merged it into AmRest. As CIO, was part of the C-suite at a $130M+ restaurant operator and participated in its investor roadshow and 2005 Warsaw Stock Exchange IPO (PLN 189M / US$59M). The Barista structure underlay AmRest’s later Starbucks joint venture, with market entry from 2008.

Applied inside the business

AI as an
operating capability.

Designed and led the adoption of 19 agents by the Wild-n-Wise team, with access to email, ERP and accounting systems. Built into daily work across Finance, Sales, Procurement, Marketing, Customer Service, Operations and Manufacturing to support operating capacity and faster management decisions.

Where the work happens

  • Finance AP / AR, collections, reporting and analysis
  • Commercial Lead research, follow-up, customer service and marketing
  • Supply Procurement support and operational coordination
  • Manufacturing Production and maintenance support

The implementation supported operating capacity as the platform integrated Gembra Health and delivered the Q2 results detailed above. Acquisition contribution and AI-enabled execution both mattered; AI was not the sole cause.

Leadership, governance & capital

Operating range.
Institutional perspective.

Experience across company leadership, investment, boards and international markets.

Leadership chronology

  1. CEO, Tabin Technology
    Built, turned around and sold an IT integration company.

  2. Co-Founder, Barista · CIO, AmRest
    Company merger, C-suite and public-market experience.

  3. CEO, PrismaStar
    CEO through 2012; strategic role through 2014 sale.

  4. Executive Chairman, Board Member, Free2B Foods
    Turnaround, sale and subsequent board service.

  5. CEO, Wild Zora
    Led the business as it developed into a multi-company platform.

  6. CEO, Wild-n-Wise
    Full P&L and executive-team leadership across four operating companies.

Governance & Education

  • YPOExecutive Committee Member and Membership Officer, Internet & Technology Network; Founding Officer, Czechoslovak Chapter; longstanding member across Rocky Mountain, Chicago, London-Mayfair, Greater Europe and Warsaw/Poland chapters.
  • BoardsCU Boulder Leeds School of Business Advisory Board (2021—2024); NatchCom (2017—2020); Promomash (2015—2018); Miralink (1996—2001).
  • EOChapter President (2021—2022); Board (2018—2023); member (1997—2024).
  • InvestmentPartner, Aravaipa Ventures; Managing Partner, Galiuro Ventures. Angel and venture capital raised at PrismaStar; investment and board leadership at Free2B Foods.
  • Education
    • MIT: Entrepreneurial Masters Program (2019–2023)
    • Chicago Booth: Executive Education (2001–2002)
    • UIUC: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Sociology

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