Our Team

Meet Ichan Stall, FYA’s Managing Partner, who brings over 25 years of rapid growth, enterprise software, operations, sales, business intelligence & analytics experience with companies like Tesla, Shell Oil Co., Intuit, Expedia, CenturyLink, JBS Foods, MolsonCoors, NBC, StubHub, UCSF Hospital, Palo Alto Networks, Ball Corp, Zions Bank, and Autodesk. Deeply passionate about helping founders and entrepreneurs scale, Ichan leverages his business and operations expertise, growth strategies, and technology innovation to drive high growth and increase shareholder value. Currently serving as the Co-Chairman with North Texas Angel Network and as a board member with The DEC Network, Ichan is an active angel investor, advisor and mentor to startups, entrepreneurs and small business owners. He also co-founded Crunch Data and CrunchBot AI (both acquired by QlikTech) and is a current owner and operator of two Stretch Zone franchise businesses. Ichan previously founded Accolade Advisors and worked for leading worldwide software organizations including Brio Technology, Hyperion Solutions, Oracle Corporation, and QlikTech. Ichan grew up overseas on a U.S. Army military base (Camp Zama) in Japan and enjoys traveling and being a husband and father to his two young kids, Zoe and Jaxon.