Ross Overstreet

Pensacola, Florida

RossOverstreet

I build the systems businesses run on.

Founder of Rev.io. Co-founder & CTO of Talent Pronto.

Ross Overstreet

Now

Co-founder & CTO, Talent Pronto

An AI hiring platform. Back to building full-time, with AI in the stack from day one.

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Track record

$17B+In payments and invoices, calculated and processed by systems I architected and built
HundredsOf companies run their whole business on it. Their system of record for CRM, billing, reporting, and sales channels.
200+Employees at peak, bootstrapped
Inc. 5000 honoree
150Banks penetrated as a security consultant. Legally.
MillionsOf people use software I architected and built, most without ever knowing my name

The Rev.io years

I founded and ran Rev.io, a billing and fintech SaaS platform for recurring-revenue businesses. Bootstrapped it through 200+ employees and eight appearances on the Inc. 5000, then exited via a majority recap to private equity. A life-changing outcome.

Along the way I held every seat: CEO, CTO, CFO. The software my teams and I built moved more than seventeen billion dollars in payments and invoices for hundreds of companies. For those companies it isn't a billing tool. It's the back office: CRM, billing, reporting, and sales channels, the system of record they run the whole business on. The invoices weren't just processed. Systems I architected and built calculated every line on them: usage, charges, prorations, and the taxes on all of it. Then rendered, printed, and delivered them. Millions of people have used software I built, mostly without ever knowing my name. That's how B2B works, and I love it.

Background

Before that

In my early twenties I was a security consultant. Banks hired me to break into them: their networks, their branches, sometimes their locks. I got into 150. Every engagement made me better at building systems that don't break.

The short version

Self-taught, starting at eight years old. I read every technical book I could get my hands on. Never cared about playing games on computers. I only ever wanted to build things with them. Still true.

Off the clock

I retired at 38. It lasted a few years. Turns out I'm a builder, not a retiree. Husband, father of four boys. I shoot photographs, play music, collect guitars, pick locks, and lift heavy things. Currently in Pensacola, Florida, with deep roots and a lot of ties in Atlanta.

Timeline

No.WhenWhat
01Age 8Self-taught. Read every technical book I could get my hands on.
02Early 20sSecurity consultant. Broke into 150 banks, legally.
03Rev.ioFounded it, built it, ran it, exited it. Every seat: CEO, CTO, CFO.
04Age 38Retired. It lasted a few years. Turns out I'm a builder, not a retiree.
05NowTalent Pronto. An AI hiring platform, with AI in the stack from day one.

Contact

[email protected] 850.490.8850
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Ross Overstreet: systems that businesses run on
Location
Pensacola, FL
Prior base
Atlanta, GA
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Founded
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Talent Pronto

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