Bradford Stroh

Stroh received his MBA from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar,{{cite web | url = http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/commencement/ArjayMillerScholars.html |title=2002 Arjay Miller Scholars |publisher=Stanford.edu |accessdate=18 February 2010 }} and received a BA from Amherst College, where he captained the men's Lacrosse team.{{cite web | url=https://www.amherst.edu/users/S/bgstroh96 |title=Bradford Stroh Amherst College Page |publisher=Amherst.edu |accessdate=8 February 2010 }}

Prior to founding Achieve, Stroh was an investor in financial services and growth companies at TA Associates, a private equity fund, CIVC Partners, an investment fund, and Doll Capital Management, a venture capital firm. Stroh has also worked with two start-ups: Trigo Technologies (sold to IBM{{cite press release |url= http://search400.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid3_gci954338,00.html# |title=IBM to buy Trigo, expand data sync offerings |publisher=TechTarget |date=March 9, 2004 |accessdate=31 January 2010 }}) and Luminous Networks, a Gigabit Ethernet startup. He is an investor, board adviser and board member to several entrepreneurial companies, including Ujogo, BioIQ, Goldline International, Position2, SharesPost, Stream Dynamics, Realty Nation, Vertical Brands,{{cite web |url=http://www.verticalbrands.com/our-team/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423054600/http://www.verticalbrands.com/our-team/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2010 |title=Vertical Brands Board of Advisors |publisher=Vertical Brands |accessdate=19 April 2010 }} Group Card, Home-Account and Vitality Health (sold to CarePayments Technology,{{cite web|url=http://www.8kfiling.com/carepayment-technologies-inc-pinkcpyt-acquires-vitality/|title=Vitality Financial Acquired by CarePayment Technologies|agency=Reuters|accessdate=1 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822081123/http://www.8kfiling.com/carepayment-technologies-inc-pinkcpyt-acquires-vitality|archive-date=22 August 2010|url-status=dead}}).{{cite web |url=http://freedomfinancialnetwork.com/about_us_management.htm |title=Freedom Financial Network Management Team |publisher=Freedom Financial Network |accessdate=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120708201730/http://freedomfinancialnetwork.com/about_us_management.htm |archivedate=July 8, 2012 }}

In 2002, Stroh and his business partner Andrew Housser founded the company to provide a full range of specialty financial services to U.S. consumers.{{cite news | url=http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/05/31/smallb1.html |title=Freedom Debt Relief: Pitching the last inning of client debt |work=San Francisco Business Times |accessdate=8 February 2010 |first=Sarah |last=Duxbury |date=May 30, 2004}} The company employs approximately 2,800 people.{{cite journal | title=Achieve Revenue, Valuation, Funding, Number of Employees and Business Profile | journal=Silicon Valley Journals | url=https://siliconvalleyjournals.com/company/achieve/}}

Stroh also wrote the fictional novel The Dharma King about Tibetan Buddhism and the search for the Panchen Lama.{{Cite book|title=The Dharma King: The Thrilling Novel of One Man's Quest to Save Tibet—and Himself (Hardcover) |publisher= iUniverse|isbn=978-0595716906 }}

• 2008 Winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Northern California region{{cite press release |title=Award recipients for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 Award in Northern California announced |publisher=Ernst & Young LLP |date=June 23, 2008 |url=http://www.ey.com/US/en/Newsroom/News-releases/Media-Release-23-06-08DC |accessdate=6 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710212755/http://www.ey.com/US/en/Newsroom/News-releases/Media-Release-23-06-08DC |archivedate=July 10, 2011 }}
• Named to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list{{cite journal |url=http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/05/19/focus1.html |title=Dynamic Duo |date=May 16, 2008 |journal=Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal |accessdate=11 December 2009 }}

Brad is of German descent. Brad is married to Brandy Stroh and they have 2 kids Brooke and Brayden. They currently live in San Francisco Bay Area. Brad sits on several boards and advisory councils, including USA Lacrosse Foundation Board{{cite web | url=https://www.usalacrosse.com/usa-lacrosse-foundation-board |title=USA Lacrosse Foundation Board |publisher=usalacrosse.com }} and the Amherst College President’s Council.{{cite web | url=https://embarc.com/capital/spac/1850047/QPAA/quiet-plus-i-acquisition |title=Quiet Plus I Acquisition Corp.|publisher=embarc.com}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEdssJjwDRk Early Stage Sales – Stanford Business School]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBecD5NjBY Starting a Business After School – Stanford Business School]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090202063033/http://fora.tv/2008/07/10/Surviving_the_Great_Recession#fullprogram Stroh at The Commonwealth Club]}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100205110251/http://www.bills.com/videos/credit-card-debt-cnn-video/ Interview on CNN]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEoHr0GPbqk Interview on KRON4 TV]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025084952/http://www.bills.com/videos/student-credit-card-video/ Interview on NBC News]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100301045806/http://www.bills.com/videos/fox5-reducing-debt-brad-stroh/ Bradford Stroh on Fox]

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