Meet Our Team

A lifelong technology entrepreneur, Mr. Cooper brings a wealth of experience in investor relations, corporate governance, financial oversight and operational management. In 1999 he founded one of the first Internet security companies to provide financial institutions with reliable risk management solutions for their technological assets. The organization grew very rapidly eventually serving more than 400 institutions in 43 states and 6 countries. Since his successful exit in 2006, Mr. Cooper has mentored various organizations in the US and Mexico on sales, operations and financial matters with a focus on turnaround management.

A 35-year veteran of the consumer lending space, Ms. Windler brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the JFM portfolio. Most recently, Ms. Winder led a team of over 350 providing call center collection services to over 150 financial institutions nationally. In addition to the day-to-day responsibility of the organization, she managed the relationships with the client senior management teams as well as oversaw and ensured regulatory compliance in all 50 states and surrounding U.S. Territories. Ms. Windler began her career in the credit union space eventually working her way up to Senior Lending Manager and Senior Member of the Credit Committee and Business Loan Committee holding the highest level of lending authority all the while overseeing a portfolio of over $900 million. Ms. Windler served on the Board of Directors of the Alamo Area Consumer Education Program thru CCCS (Consumer Credit Counseling Services) for over 13 years and as their President and Vice-President from 2004-2006.

An advisor to multiple startups, author of five books and worldwide speaker, Mr. Griver has taken leading roles in both startups and at Microsoft. During his 10 years at Microsoft, Alan was the founding Group Program Manager for the billing stream underlying Microsoft’s Online services (Office 365, Dynamics, Windows Azure) supporting hundreds of millions of users and billions of dollars in business, an architect for the Microsoft.com community properties, and Group Manager for the Visual Studio Data group, which produces the tools used inside of Visual Studio, Office and SQL Server that surface data capabilities.

Heidi is a highly experienced legal counsel. Throughout her career, she has focused on working with private companies and their founders. She has represented emerging, high growth and startup companies in a wide range of transactions, including angel and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, and other strategic business transactions. Heidi has a BA from Western Washington University and got her JD at the University of Oregon Law School.

A twenty-year veteran of the software industry, Jon focuses on systems, scaling and team building. Having worked for companies as varied as USAA, Olo and Virtustream, he has a wide breadth of experience in FinTech, restaurants and retail verticals among others.

Ms. Cooper is a 7th-generation San Antonian with 30 years of accounting and customer service experience in various types of businesses in Texas. After spending several years managing a restaurant with more than 80 employees, she opted to turn her main focus to accounting and bookkeeping. She is comfortable working in any school of business, from restaurants to healthcare to legal to financial services. Her flexibility with handling multiple types of situations in different arenas makes her a valuable team member and a Jane-of-All-Trades. Ms. Cooper attended Baylor University, studying accounting and human resource management. Holding a Professional in Human Resource (PHR) certification from the HR Certificate Institute and certified in QuickBooks, she keeps herself up to date in all areas of interest by also being a Certified Pharmacy Technician and a Texas Master Gardener.