Aaron Caradonna
Huntsville, AL, USA
Strategic Business & Legal Executive
Seasoned start up operator and business attorney with proven track record of scaling early-stage venture-backed companies from concept to exit as well as advising established companies and their leadership teams (outside counsel & GC).
Work
Nashville Wellness Spa (Cold Plunges/Sauna)
https://www.lolulife.com/Co-founder and Legal Advisor. We provide a space for personal growth through sessions in our cold plunge and sauna.
Willie Mays Blockchain Project
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickdiunte/2021/10/26/willie-mays-exclusive-nft-sells-for-50000-at-auction/Worked directly with MLB Legend Willie Mays and Team to offer an exclusive digital collectible, focused on his early life and career, that benefited his non profit organizations.
EQ Tickets combines cheaper sports and event tickets with a social network | TechCrunch EQ Tickets combines cheaper sports and event tickets with a social network | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/eq-tickets-combines-cheaper-sports-and-event-tickets-with-a-social-network/Cofounder/COO/Board Member
A startup that aims to combine the ticket-buying experience online with a social network, EQ Tickets. We were acquired in October 2024. I led growth & revenue, corporate development & fundraising, and legal & operations.
Experience
The University of Alabama School of Law
Adjunct Professor
Jan 2024 - Present
The University of Alabama School of Law is a top public law school with alumni living in every state. Alabama Law students graduate with one of the lowest student debt-loads in the country, and they are highly sought after by employers both within and outside Alabama. The Law School regularly places among the top 10 of all law schools in the proportion of its students receiving federal judicial clerkships. Maintaining its role as the only public law school in the state of Alabama, the Law School at the University of Alabama has produced local, national, and global leaders for more than 150 years. The University of Alabama School of Law’s LinkedIn account may share opinions expressed by faculty, staff, students, or other individuals regarding policy matters. However, those opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Law School or the University unless explicitly designated.
- Adjunct for “Start-Up Law” in Fall 2024.
Summit Information Solutions, Inc
General Counsel/VP, Business Development
Jan 2015 - Present
Summit Information Solutions provides value-add management and technology-based consulting services. These span from evaluation and recommendation, change management, program and project management, technology evaluation, systems engineering, and 3D modeling/virtual learning. Our customers include commercial businesses, federal and state government, transportation, and logistics industries, as well as non-profit organizations.Summit Information Solutions has a proven track record of delivering projects in complex and dynamic business and technical environments. Relying on our strategic IT leadership and the ability to partner with our customers to cultivate ongoing relationships, Summit Information Solutions has a reputation as a customer-centric technology company that solves business problems with a technology and process design focus. We are certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a small, woman-owned business (WOSB) and by the Department of Transportation (DOT) as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and also certified in Virginia as a Small, Woman-owned, and Minority-owned (SWaM) business. Summit Information Solutions is also a member of the Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council. Summit Information Solutions has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Virginia by Virginia Business from 2015 - 2019. The Huntsville, Alabama Chamber of Commerce awarded Summit Information Solutions Technology Business of the Year in 2018.The Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce recognized Summit Information Solutions as Best Business of 2017.Our Services• IT Strategy & Management Consulting• IT Engineering & Implementation• IT Operational Services• Scientific Research
- Head of Legal and VP.
EQ Tickets (acquired in October 2024)
Co-founder/COO/Board Member
Nov 2021 - Oct 2024
EQ Tickets was a primary and secondary ticket marketplace, with social features. We had comprehensive inventory all over North America, including MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL. We build a proprietary primary events platform that hosted events around the U.S. We were acquired in October 2024.
- Led Sales Strategy (>$25M in pipeline; 10+ sales hires that I recruited and managed); Led fundraising rounds (F&F, Angel, VC); Oversaw legal (compliance, contracts, partnerships)
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Attorney
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
Bradley is a national law firm with a reputation for skilled legal work, exceptional client service, and impeccable integrity. We provide business clients around the world with a full suite of legal services in dozens of industries and practice areas. Our 13 offices are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, giving us an extensive geographic base to represent clients on a regional, national, and international basis. We frequently serve as national coordinating counsel, regional counsel, and statewide counsel for clients in various industries. Although we are a large law firm with more than 700 attorneys, our clients still enjoy the personal attention, responsiveness, and deep relationships they would expect from a boutique firm. Our attorneys and staff combine legal experience and knowledge with a sophisticated understanding of industries to find practical, strategic solutions specifically tailored to our clients’ business operations. Bradley lawyers use their talents, judgment, work ethic, and experience to go above and beyond expectations to help clients meet their goals.
- Corporate/M&A Associate.