Kenny Kane

Premium private office and executive suite company with locations in Austin, Denver, Houston, and Atlanta

• Chief Executive OfficerOct 2022 – Present
• Chief Operating OfficerJul 2020 – Sep 2022
• Vice President of OperationsSep 2019 – Jun 2020
• Director of OperationsJan 2018 – Aug 2019
• Technology and Operations ConsultantMay 2017 – Dec 2017

• Joined as a consultant in 2017 and became CEO in 2022. Own finance, HR, IT, AV, security, construction, and compliance.
• Lead national teams delivering high-touch service to members across the U.S. portfolio.
• Scaled new locations through ground-up builds and technology integration.
• Modernized IT, AV, security, and facilities systems to improve member experience and reduce operating friction.

National nonprofit focused on testicular cancer awareness, early detection, and survivorship

• Chief Executive Officer

• Direct organizational strategy, fundraising, governance, and national programs.
• Rebuilt the organization's platform and education resources so a small team can maintain them without specialist help.
• Expanded digital presence and diversified fundraising channels.
• Deployed automated patient support in ten languages to extend reach beyond staffed hours.

Survivor-led health technology company building patient-centered digital tools

• Co-Founder, Board Member & Chief Technology Officer

• Advise on technology strategy, governance, and operations.
• Guide product direction and digital infrastructure alongside engineers, researchers, and survivors.

National platform for young adults affected by cancer. Joined as an intern in 2010; given the honorary title of co-founder during the 2012 rebrand from I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation

• Co-Founder (Honorary) & Chief Operating OfficerNov 2014 – May 2016
• Executive Vice President of MissionDec 2012 – Oct 2014
• Vice President of OperationsApr 2010 – Nov 2012

• Built and ran the merchandise operation, growing annual gross merchandise sales from roughly $5,000 to roughly $275,000.
• Produced five cross-country awareness campaigns that reached 48 states by road.
• Helped expand the combined social audience from about 15,000 to about 325,000 followers.
• Built volunteer networks, digital infrastructure, and signature programs.

• Board ChairJan 2016 – Jun 2016
• Partnerships ChairAug 2014 – Dec 2015

• Launched a recurring subscription platform to stabilize membership revenue.
• Created a job board generating new recurring income.

• Own Your Name: A Practical Guide to Digital Disambiguation in the Age of AI (2026). Structured data, sourced entity records, and how search and AI systems identify a person.
• Mission-Driven Ecommerce: What Building a Store Taught Me About Systems, Community, and Becoming an Operator (2025). One nonprofit store from first shirt to hand-off.
• The Accidental Nonprofiteer: Building Systems That Serve Your Mission (Not the Other Way Around) (2024). The systems a small organization runs on, and what happens to them when people leave.

Practical Ecommerce, May 2015 – Mar 2016; BigCommerce, Oct 2014 – Nov 2015

• Monthly column on ecommerce operations, written while running the operation it describes, including the move from in-house to third-party fulfillment. A contemporaneous record of the systems work rather than a retrospective account of it.

• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Texas State University, McCoy College of BusinessAug 2026 – Present
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Louisiana State University Shreveport2023
• B.S., Professional Communications, Farmingdale State College2010

Doctoral student, Fall 2026 cohort, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University.

Research interests are in organizational durability: how technology-enabled operations, process documentation, and knowledge transfer help founder-led and executive-dependent organizations scale sustainably and remain resilient through leadership transitions. The questions will narrow as the coursework does.

ORCID 0009-0002-1471-9887

• Recipient, Rambition Award, Farmingdale State College Alumni Association2026
• Inductee, Islip High School Hall of Fame, Distinguished Graduate2026
• Nonprofiteer of the Year, YNPN-NYC2013
• Member, Forbes Business Council2025 – Present; 2020 – 2022
• Member, Forbes Nonprofit Council2017 – 2018

Forbes Councils is a paid membership program, not Forbes editorial.