Toopan is a strategy, innovation, and transformation leader with 20 years of global experience driving results.

Before founding Starship Advisors, Toopan was Vice President, Enterprise Strategy Development at Target, where he led a 25-person team supporting executive leadership on a range of critical topics. Prior to Target, he led strategic planning for Walmart's US Food business. Previously, he was at PepsiCo, where he served Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi as her Chief of Staff, led innovation for the Quaker brand, and co-led corporate strategy. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant for McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group.

In addition to leading Starship Advisors, Toopan serves as an Associate Director of the Carlson Consulting Enterprise at the University of Minnesota, where he coaches and mentors student consulting teams composed of MBAs and undergraduates on active client engagements with leading companies and non-profit organizations.

Toopan holds an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia, an M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. from Brown University.

Jeris has over 16 years of experience in strategy and people leadership, including 12 years at McKinsey & Co, as well as roles at CVS Health, UnitedHealthcare, and now Starship Advisors. Jeris serves clients on topics related to strategy development, strategic planning, new product strategy, development, and go-to-market, strategic transformation, talent strategy, and organizational development. Jeris has served a wide range of clients across healthcare, public and social sector, manufacturing, and other industries. Recent work has included implementation of a social care network for a large state Medicaid program, and product strategy for a healthcare services organization.

Jeris previously led McKinsey's proprietary research on employer healthcare market insights and mental health and health equity for employees and their families. Jeris has published in several publications, including the McKinsey Quarterly and Health Affairs, and has spoken at conferences such as AHIP and been quoted in broadcast and print journalism on topics related to mental health, health equity, employer-sponsored healthcare, and payor corporate strategy.

Jeris received her PhD in history from Princeton University, and her BS in physics and BA in history from Michigan State University.

Rebeccah is a team leader with over 10 years of experience in strategy, product development, and innovation. She has driven the development and launch of both physical and digital products in consumer and B2B industries. She is passionate about insights-led development and solving real consumer problems.

Before working with Starship, Rebeccah was an Associate at McKinsey & Company, where she worked on a variety of product development and technology focused projects for Fortune 500 organizations including operations improvements, GenAI strategy, ERP implementation, data monetization, and technology risk mitigation.

Rebeccah began her career in research and development at 3M, where she led international new product programs for apparel and consumer products. Rebeccah also gained experience in product management at AWS where she developed a go-to-market strategy and partner campaigns for AWS end-user computing products.

Rebeccah holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota.

Rohan is a strategy consultant specializing in growth, sales transformation, and operational excellence. He has advised executives across logistics, healthcare, and technology sectors on how to sharpen value propositions, build scalable go-to-market models, and unlock new revenue streams.

At Starship Advisors, Rohan has led engagements ranging from a sales diagnostic for a $200M 3PL, to product strategy and operating model transformation for a $100M healthcare provider, to growth strategy design for a global IoT leader that secured a $15M board-approved investment. His work blends rigorous analysis with practical execution, ensuring that recommendations translate into measurable results.

Earlier in his career, Rohan gained hands-on commercial experience at high-growth SaaS startups such as Apty, Unbxd, and Whatfix, where he consistently exceeded revenue targets, led go-to-market teams, and built scalable sales and customer success processes.

Rohan holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering from BITS Pilani, India.

Kylie is a strategy consultant with a record of success across a wide range of roles and industries including Healthcare Payors & Providers [or Systems], MedTech, Retail, Travel, and the Social Sector. She has expertise in creative problem solving, strategy development, market assessment, modeling and analytics, and crafting compelling storytelling and presentations.

Before joining Starship Advisors, Kylie was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company where she worked on a variety of projects across industries before finding her "home" working in the healthcare sector. She is deeply passionate about growth strategy and finding innovative ways to better serve patients in an ever-evolving healthcare landscape.

Apart from her work as a consultant, Kylie loves to run, ski, golf, play soccer, and fill her weekends with as many activities as she can muster. She also enjoys music and playing the guitar.

Prior to her time at McKinsey, Kylie attended St. Olaf College where she majored in Math, Spanish, and Race and Ethnic Studies with a minor in Mathematical Biology.