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Duke Pitts, Founder & Managing Partner of DT Growth Partners LLC

Duke Pitts

Public-Company Operator · Growth Strategist · M&A

Turning Business Challenges Into Opportunities™.

DT Growth Partners LLC
duke@dukepitts.com 303-941-4377 linkedin.com/in/duke-pitts-b95a743 Sedalia, CO

Executive Profile

Public-company operator and growth strategist with 25+ years leading scale-ups and turnarounds across nutraceuticals, consumer electronics, and subscription services. Deep capital markets experience (IPO / uplist readiness, SEC and FINRA interfaces), M&A execution and integration, FDA and OTC cGMP manufacturing expansion, and omnichannel go-to-market across DTC, Amazon, retail, and B2B. Proven record driving step-change revenue growth, building high-velocity marketing engines, and negotiating accretive partnerships that unlock capacity and margin. At my core, a problem solver focused on turning business challenges into opportunities.

Scope of Mastery

Start-Ups · M&A · IPO Listings · IPO Funding · SEC & FINRA · IPO Budgeting · Marketing & Sales · Strategic Planning · CRM · Expense Control · Operations · Corporate Communications · Amazon · Retail · Manufacturing · Corporate IR & PR

Core Leadership Strengths

  • Capital Markets & Uplist Readiness
  • M&A / JV Structuring & Integration
  • P&L Ownership
  • Manufacturing & GMP Ops (nutraceuticals)
  • Commercial Strategy (B2B / DTC / Amazon / Retail)
  • Performance Marketing & CRM
  • Sales Ops & Channel Enablement
  • Investor & Board Communications
  • Organizational Design & Talent Development

Select Achievements

  • Scaled HYEX ~5x revenue through multi-channel expansion and public-company operating discipline.
  • Sourced, negotiated, and integrated four strategic acquisitions: BergametNA, UBN, Gummy USA, and Imarais Beauty — internalizing R&D, formulation, manufacturing capacity, and multi-channel brands.
  • Advanced FDA and OTC cGMP compliance programs, including FDA Pharma approval pathways.
  • Built capital-markets roadmap, uplist readiness, and IR/PR discipline to support shareholder value.
  • Restructured millions in debt to deliver a $1M turnaround and return the business to cash-positive operations.
  • Built and led a $35M performance marketing organization at DISH Network, securing hundreds of thousands of new subscribers through direct marketing and competitive intelligence.
  • Founded and successfully exited four private companies across consumer electronics and services.

Key Metrics & Milestones

  • HYEX record annual results and first-time profitability; strengthened recurring-revenue mix and channel diversification.
  • 5x+ multi-year revenue growth driven by M&A integration, channel mix optimization, and portfolio innovation.
  • Internalized gummy manufacturing; COGS and lead-time reductions with a capacity ramp plan toward ~18M gummies/month by 2026.
  • DTC scale at DISH: hundreds of thousands of net new customers via direct marketing; operationalized competitive-intelligence workflows across the commercial org.
  • Investor-readiness discipline: board reporting, audited KPI dashboards, and uplist criteria alignment.

Experience

DT Growth Partners LLC

2016 — Present

Founder & Managing Partner

  • Advise founders, CEOs, and boards on capital formation, M&A, operational excellence, commercialization, manufacturing strategy, regulatory readiness, and public-company preparation.
  • Engagements span public and private companies across consumer products, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, retail, and emerging technologies.
  • Four private companies founded and successfully exited — full lifecycle judgment from formation through sale.

Healthy Extracts Inc. (OTCQB: HYEX) — healthyextractsinc.com

2019 — Jul 2026

President · Chief Operating Officer · Board Member

  • Owned P&L and corporate strategy for a science-backed nutraceutical platform spanning heart, brain, metabolic, and gut health.
  • Sourced, negotiated, and integrated four strategic acquisitions: BergametNA, UBN, Gummy USA, and Imarais Beauty — expanding in-house R&D, precision dosing, and manufacturing capacity.
  • Drove ~5x revenue growth through portfolio expansion, pricing/mix discipline, and multi-channel commercialization (Amazon, DTC, B2B wholesale, retail).
  • Established FDA and OTC cGMP compliance programs, including FDA Pharma approval pathways, to strengthen regulatory readiness and quality assurance.
  • Built capital-markets roadmap (uplist readiness, governance upgrades, KPI transparency) and IR/PR discipline emphasizing defensible delivery systems and vertically integrated manufacturing.
  • Implemented scalable demand generation (paid media, lifecycle CRM, analytics) and B2B programs tailored to high-volume private-label and contract-manufacturing partners.

Pitts-Dunahay, Inc. dba Envision Enterprises — Denver, CO

2007 — 2020

Founder · President & Chief Operating Officer

  • Founded and scaled a premier smart-home and commercial AV integration firm; earned Control4 Platinum Dealer status and successfully sold the business in 2020.
  • Expanded to three locations within four years while maintaining strong cash conversion and repeat enterprise / luxury residential revenue streams.
  • Designed end-to-end sales operations, margin controls, and project delivery playbooks that improved utilization and on-time installations.

EchoStar / DISH Network — Englewood, CO

1998 — 2007

Director of Marketing

  • Led national marketing initiatives with a $35M direct-marketing budget; launched 11+ specialized campaigns that delivered up to 300% incremental sales in target markets.
  • Built the competitive-intelligence function and customer segmentation engine, enabling precision targeting and sustained CAC efficiency improvements.
  • Directed retail merchandising across 7,000+ locations and delivered the company's first integrated retail and direct-marketing campaigns.

Selected Acquisitions & Strategic Initiatives

  • Healthy Extracts Inc. (HYEX) — Public nutraceutical platform and operating base for growth.
  • BergametNA — Cardiovascular and metabolic health brand built on bergamot science.
  • UBN — Brain health and nootropic nutrition.
  • Gummy USA — Precision-dose gummy manufacturing and capacity expansion.
  • Imarais Beauty — Beauty-from-within ingestible skincare.
  • FDA and OTC cGMP compliance, including FDA Pharma approval pathways.
  • Capital raising, investor relations, and public communications (IR/PR).

Industry Expertise

Public and Private Startups · Nutraceuticals & Functional Nutrition · CPG & Subscription Services · Contract Manufacturing / Private Label · Consumer Electronics & Smart Home · E-commerce Marketplaces (Amazon) · Retail & Channel Partnerships

References

Provided upon request.