Meet the Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Brooke Butler

VP of Partnerships

Tyler Elder

Manager of Regulatory Affairs

Marion Mariathasan

Co-Founder & CEO

Rick Matsumoto

Chief Operating Officer

John Morgan

SVP of Operations

Katrina Skinner

General Counsel & Chief Banking Officer

Dominique Vandenbulcke

Manager of Client Engagement

John Morgan

Originally from central Missouri, John committed high treason and earned a BS in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Kansas. His Missouri friends and family still haven’t forgiven him. He lived in lovely Kansas City and worked in sales for 5 years before making his way out West to work for a tech start-up in Denver. Since then, he’s held leadership positions in multiple tech start-ups.

Some of John’s favorite things: I spend my free time plinking ineffectually on my guitar, scouring eBay and Discogs for good deals on Bob Pollard records, and hanging out with my family.

Katrina Skinner

Katrina is an experienced attorney and subject matter expert in the financial services industry for banking legal cannabis-related businesses. Since cannabis was legalized in Colorado, she has represented licensed cannabis businesses in various matters and knows the challenges they face in operating in a complex regulatory environment. She has also represented financial institutions throughout the county and knows the obstacles they face when providing financial services to the industry. Understanding the importance of compliance and the role technology plays in supporting the cannabis industry and the service providers that support them, she joined Simplifya.

Some of Katrina’s favorite things: her daughters, the idea of living in Spain, Italy, Greece, and France, walking, running Red Rocks, and yoga on the patio.

Marion Mariathasan

Marion is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, invested in, or been an advisor to over a dozen start-ups. He is a regular guest speaker at events such as Denver Start-up Week, CU Denver’s program on social entrepreneurship, and the United Nations Global Accelerator Initiative. Marion studied Architecture and Computer Science at the University of Kansas and Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business Management at Emporia State University.

Some of Marion’s favorite things: Random acts of kindness, travel, the Gipsy Kings, Engelbert Humperdinck, start-ups, Sri Lanka and cooking spicy Sri Lankan cuisine, cars.

Rick Matsumoto

Over the past two decades, Rick has been both an advisor to, and a C-level executive at, several tech startups in Colorado. He brings a unique combination of expertise in compliance and in building and launching new software applications. Simplifya is Rick’s fifth tech startup and he has the scars to prove it! He earned a BA from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is passionate about river conservation and serves on the board for Colorado Trout Unlimited. He and his wife Tia are the proud owners of a local preschool.

Some of Rick’s favorite things: the Michigan Wolverines, true crime podcasts, woodworking, fly fishing, and his two sons (not necessarily in that order).

Dominique Vandenbulcke

Dominique Vandenbulcke is a driven and passionate leader of Customer Success. Originally from New Jersey, Dominique moved to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned an Honors in Communications with a focus in Marketing. After her journey in Boulder, she moved to Denver, Colorado to dive deeper into her passion for people and helping customers succeed in the Data and Saas industries. After almost 8 years in Customer Success/Client Facing roles, she feels most rewarded when she is able to create a story from customer data/insight and succeeds in being a Trusted Advisor for the customer. Outside of work, Dominique enjoys time exploring art/museums, skiing, camping and music.

Favorite things: spending time with family, exploring new restaurants and cities (huge foodie!), poetry, being outdoors, and her cat, Aiko.

Brooke Butler

Brooke Butler is an energetic professional who has spent the last decade building her career across four continents before returning to the US to help grow Simplifya. Heading up the local offices as a Country Director for global research and publishing firm Oxford Business Group, Brooke gained vital experience introducing a brand and products to new markets and fostering commercial partnerships with the public and private sectors. She was convinced it was the right time to move back to America after she saw how quickly the cannabis industry was growing and knew the expertise she had gained from working in some of the world’s most dynamic and regulated frontier economies could be used to help this emerging industry. Her greatest desire is to help ensure that any cannabis business setting out to operate in the legal market has a chance to thrive in this highly regulated industry.

Some of Brooke’s favorite things: traveling, frontier and emerging economies, the San Antonio Spurs, Sous-vide cooking, finding new books and all things music (bonus points awarded to anyone who listens to Fela Kuti).

Tyler Elder

With over seven years of experience in government and regulatory affairs, Tyler has worked at Simplifya for four of those years. His career started in grassroots activism, leading the University of Missouri chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) for three years while pursuing a degree in Business Management and Political Science. Throughout his studies, Tyler developed a passion for business, government, and technology. After graduating, he moved to Denver, Colorado to pursue a career in the burgeoning cannabis industry.

Some of Tyler’s favorite things: Spending time outdoors hiking or biking, Formula 1, traveling to new cities, trying new food and restaurants, and discovering new music to enjoy.

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