Tactegra Leadership
Ian Cato, Founder & Managing Partner
A US Marine and Master Black Belt with a formal education in Finance. This managing partner is a former corporate executive with a long successful history of delivering business results for his former trend-setting powerhouse employers such as Bank of America, GE Medical Systems, Johnson Controls, Kraft Foods, and Wellpoint.
Whether leading a team of Marines, or the Quality Executive attached to a $35B acquisition, or the problem-solver focused on identifying the black hole where claims valued at millions of dollars were hiding, Ian is always focused on achieving the objective and delivering results.
Today Ian leverages his experiences to lead Tactegra in achieving its goals while ensuring his partners and clients are left better than they were before Tactegra. Ian has co-authored two books and served on the Systems Engineering Advisory Board at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Ian holds a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Marquette University.
Ismael (Izzy) Sanchez, Founder & Partner
An engineer with 35 years of hands-on problem-solving experience, Izzy has worked at many levels of industry. Starting as a water management engineer with the State of Florida, he then moved into manufacturing of technology equipment where he authored 7 technical patents and worked in Japan, Mexico, and Europe.
Along the way he became a Lean Master and Six Sigma Master Black Belt. As an executive at Bank of America he became a mortgage banker driving improvements in lending operations, and then led technology services where he saved the bank over $306 million within a single fiscal year.
At Tactegra, Izzy has continued to leverage his skills and international background with clients who seek his advice and expertise in innovative problem-solving. He has authored 4 books and serves as Chairperson for the county waste management advisory board. Izzy holds dual B.S. degrees from Cornell University and a M.S in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester.
