The People Behind Aprize
Aprize is led by a small, senior team committed to delivering actionable insights and serving our clients with excellence.
Matthew Fenton
Founder · Upland, IN
Matthew founded Aprize, PBC to give nonprofit fundraising teams the kind of donor intelligence that, until now, only the largest institutions could afford to build in-house. He has spent his career at the intersection of analytics, strategy, and mission-driven work, leading and advising organizations on how to turn complex data into decisions that actually move money to community impact. He leads Aprize's product direction, methodology, and administration.
Brian Myhre
Co-Founder · Dallas, TX
Brian co-founded Aprize, PBC to make rigorous donor analytics practical for nonprofit teams of all sizes. His background spans analysis, people leadership, and operations across elite organizations, with a focus on building reproducible, defensible logic that leaders can stand behind in front of any board or major decision-maker. He leads Aprize's business development, partnerships, and board relations.
Jeffrey Weber
Senior Business Advisor · Greater Pittsburgh, PA
Jeff brings 40+ years of IT and business consulting to Aprize, with deep expertise in IT strategy, governance, information security, business continuity, and operational improvement. He is Principal of JTW Advisor Services LLC and previously served as Executive Director at Robert Half, Managing Director at Protiviti, and Partner at Arthur Andersen. He is concurrently pursuing a PhD in Leadership at Taylor University, with research focused on performance analysis.
Mahafahatra Vonintsoa
Economic Development Specialist · Antananarivo, Madagascar
Mahafahatra channels the fund-receiving community perspective into Aprize’s analytics and business development strategies and materials. She leverages extensive experience in economic development building institutional marketing tools for the investment promotion agency of Madagascar, facilitating public-private partnership, and conceptualizing development projects across key economic sectors in Madagascar. She holds an MBA and a Master’s in International Business from I.N.S.C.A.E. Antananarivo and Université de Poitiers.
Dan Mayer
Director of Entrepreneurial Operations · Upland, IN
Dan is a serial entrepreneur whose career spans more than two decades of building and operating early-stage companies. He is the owner of Flame Source LLC, founder and former CEO of Numa Coffee Co., and founder of Auxiom, a business-IT consulting practice he ran for over seven years under the banner “The Gold Standard in Business I.T.” At Aprize, he leads entrepreneurial operations—helping the company set its operating rhythm, navigate the practical mechanics of early-stage growth, and turn product traction into a scalable business.
Advisors & Partners
Network
Aprize works alongside an advisory network of nonprofit executives, philanthropic leaders, fundraising consultants, and data-engineering practitioners who help us pressure-test our methodology and stay close to operating reality. We are grateful for their contributions and insights.