ABOUT US

Ruthie leads Startups Only Services as CEO.  She oversees the day-to-day operations, as well as creating, planning, implementing and providing strong leadership to the company in the strategic vision set forth by the company’s founder.  She also serves as President & CEO of Connect IT Opportunities, a conglomerate of small businesses in Nevada.   Ruthie brings extensive experience in the area of entrepreneurship. She is skilled at establishing business operational excellence on a diversity of business platforms, executing business startups and improving business operations. Previously, Ruthie served as the Founder & CEO of RJ's Communication a Computer Store and Consulting firm in northern California.    Ruthie studied Computer Information Technology at San Francisco State University and Business Administration at the College of Southern Nevada. In her spare time, Ruthie enjoys spending time with her three grandsons, family and friends, traveling, watching and playing all sports, one of her favorites being golf which she plays most weekends.

Mr. Watkins brings experience in the area of entrepreneurship and training. Mr. Watkins is skilled at bringing people together for a common cause and training them in the areas needed to see the vision to completion. Mr. Watkins is currently an SVP with 5Linx and IT Account manager with TEKsystems. He previously worked as an office manager at State Farm, leading the team in sales and training. Bobby has an associates degree in general studies at Southwestern Oregon Community College and a bachelors in business admin from St. Edwards University where he excelled in both studies and basketball. In his spare time he loves being with his 2 kids, playing basketball and always willing to catch a good movie.

Josh provides the expertise of bringing life to a concept as well knowledge in all areas of starting a business. He implements a full array of development, analytical, sales, financial and marketing experience. Josh is currently the Franchise Owner of One Minute Taxes Las Vegas and is a licensed tax specialist in all 50 states. He is also a Business Development Executive for the number one dental marketing company in the nation. He is also the owner of his own digital marketing company and, in addition to all that he does in the space of finances, marketing and sales, Mr. Dismond is a talented music producer of 20 years with major publishing placements in Viacom TV networks like MTV, BET, VH1 and E! Networks. Josh studied Business Management/Administration and Accounting at College of Southern Nevada as well as Yavapai College. In his spare time he loves spending time with his amazing and beautiful wife who also owns her own business and his full of life, energetic, and amazing 3 children. He also enjoys creating more music and sports.

Kathryn serves as Chief Operations Officer working along side Ruthie, CEO, to oversee the day-to-day operations of SOS as well as develop processes and procedures to ensure company and client satisfaction and success. Kathryn has a bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration from Ashford University and spent many years in healthcare in various roles. In 2012, she moved into the healthcare IT industry in client services managing customer relationships, providing technical support and consulting to help clients meet strategic initiatives and goals. She has experience working with established as well as startup IT companies and is currently a Client Success Manager with Corcentric, a leader provider of software to automate and streamline the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process. In her spare time, Kathryn enjoys spending time with her family and friends, photography, hiking and camping, shopping and watching movies.