Meet Our Founder
Kris Roth
Kris Roth is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor to various start-ups and entrepreneurs. He is passionate about fanning the flames of the entrepreneurial spirit in everyone, and empowering those willing to take the leap with the right resources to succeed.
He cut his teeth in the HR Outsourcing and Insurance industry with ADP TotalSource starting in 2003 where he rose quickly amongst the ranks to be in the top 1% of producers nationwide. He left ADP in 2011 to co-found his first start-up, The 86 Co., an award winning portfolio of spirits recognized as one of the fastest growing spirits companies in the US before being acquired by Brown-Forman.
Throughout the start-up community, he continued to see the pain that so many entrepreneurs went through trying to scale their businesses, while trying not to get tripped up when it came to compliance, employee benefits, vendor selection and the myriad of complexities outside their core competencies. Seeing this massive need for a trusted advisor in this space, he started BentoBox Consulting to help founders gain clarity, peace of mind and the best solutions for their business. His culture based approach to optimizing vendor fit for clients has proven to be a game changer in creating the synergies that optimize growth.