Jon D Bender

• Jon’s “Bender Growth Systems” have been used by more than 100,000 business owners over 20 years.
• Founder of three (3) startups with successful exits.
• Generated over $350M in sales over 20 years.
• Today serves as Accenture Song’s Global AI lead in the Energy Industry (Accenture’s sales, marketing and customer service practice)
• Best-Selling Author of In God We Trust, A Legacy of Wealth And Abundance.
• Given over 1,400 weekly talks on gratitude-based leadership and living since 2000.
• Coaches competitive athletes, entrepreneurs to CEOs.
• Educated as a computer/electrical engineer, Jack Welch leadership trained, and Harvard Business School (HBS) CORe operator certified.
• Author of three (3) technical directories and his best-selling fictional work, In God We Trust, a book on gratitude-based leadership.
• Lover of God and People – He’s been a volunteer and advocate for the youth.
• Began his leadership journey by becoming the youngest Eagle Boy Scout ever in the state of Mississippi.
• Black Belt in Combat Hapkido, and advanced instructor training in Krav Maga
• Lives in North Carolina and is a husband of 20+years and the father of three children.

M&A and Exit Experience
(The “Founder’s DNA”)

Proven Exit Strategy & Strategic Divestiture

Demonstrated ability to build, package, and exit assets. Early career success includes founding and selling a specialized technical data firm to a defense contractor—proving an early aptitude for identifying niche value in complex markets (DARPA technologies: Semiconductors, Biotech, Advanced Engineered Materials) and executing successful liquidity events.

Scaling & Market Expansion

From Startup to Scale-Up

Jon’s ‘Founder’s DNA’ is defined by rapid scaling. He successfully navigated the sale of a media asset to industry leader Nightingale-Conant and subsequently operated as a key growth partner for an environmental technology firm that commercialized NASA technology, instrumental in its surge from boutique engineering to a multi-hundred-million-dollar valuation.

Jon then, along with his business partner, Greg Montoya, facilitated the startup of a Hong-Kong based environmental company that sold quality goods to both China and Thailand. In 2009, Jon again sold this thriving company to an international environmental and home care company.

Current Enterprise Focus

Leading the AI Revolution in Energy

Currently serving as the Global AI Lead for Sales, Marketing, and Service (Energy Industry) at Accenture Song. He also leads the Accenture Song’s OFES portfolio. Jon now applies his lifetime of commercial building to the world’s largest challenges, helping Fortune 500 energy leaders leverage GenAI to modernize commercial functions and navigate the energy transition.”

The Inspirational Change Agent

Communication that Mobilizes Capital and People

An executive communicator capable of commanding the room—whether that room contains the Board of Directors or the frontline sales team. With over 1,400 speaking engagements, Jon possesses the rare ability to translate complex strategic objectives into clear, motivating narratives that drive organizational buy-in.

Foundational Rigor

Engineering Precision meets Executive Strategy

With a computer and electrical engineering background, Jack Welch leadership training, and advanced management Havard Business School certification, Jon approaches sales not as an art, but as a challenger-based system. His disciplined leadership approach (rooted early in his leadership journey as Mississippi’s youngest Eagle Scout) ensures that growth strategies are not just visionary, but operationally executable.

Jon believes his success is based on his passion to create value and help advance others’ lives and businesses using the talents and blessings given to him by the grace of God.

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