Passionate about your challenges
Your success is our success; It’s that simple. We can help you connect the dots across disparate issues, but ultimately we’re here to support your goals.
About Us
We believe in empowering leaders to take action when it’s most needed. The repercussions of delaying a decision, whether seizing an opportunity or addressing a challenge, can be substantial. The longer you procrastinate, the more you miss out on potential benefits or endure prolonged costs or stresses — and you can’t get those hours back.
We also believe no leader has a shortage of people clamoring for their time and attention. Give me a job. Give me a raise. Support my project. This influx of requests is coupled with the immense change companies face, especially the corridor from Richmond to Virginia Beach. Virginia CEOs routinely comment on how specialized talent is urgently needed to navigate the dizzying technological advancements exacerbated by a painful shortage of skilled labor. Adding to this complexity are repercussions from recent economic shifts affecting all economic strata.
If you’re a CEO or business owner, it’s reasonable to assume you have a lot on your mind. Time lost in indecision i so much better spent strengthening and growing your business. That’s our focus and passion.
Our Vision
The right decisions made at the right time. The decisions and direction are yours to make. We believe our role is to ask insightful questions that help prepare you for that decision and its consequences.
Our Mission
Support leaders and their businesses in a supportive but clear-eyed fashion that encourages both personal and organizational growth.
Core Values
It's not enough to be right because it's more effective to be empowering. That takes agility and an openness to diverse perspectives. We all run headlong into those realities when decisions go live, better to see the moving parts up front when you can still course correct.
Associations & Memberships
Our peer advisory groups are affiliated with Vistage, the world’s oldest and largest peer advisory framework, with 48,000+ members worldwide.
Virginia Executives is a proud member of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.
Alan Hansford is a deeply experienced tech executive with a background in strategy, marketing, operations, informational technology, and finance, where he delivers Innovative, Strategic, and Collaborative results. His leadership advisory practice leverages his proven record of success in technology, banking/credit union, and semiconductors sectors.
In addition to his startup and tech background, Alan recently served as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for Amplify Credit Union in Austin, TX ($3B in assets under management). As CRO, he rebuilt and modernized the Risk, Audit, and Compliance areas for Amplify while also increasing the depth of operational and cyber audits, focusing heavily on a core conversion and a transition to a digital customer experience.
Alan is excited and proud to be partnering with Vistage, the world’s premier CEO leadership organization, to expand deeply impactful peer advisory services in the Hampton Roads and Richmond areas of Virginia. As a Virginia native and a graduate of the University of Virginia, Alan has a deep connection to the local region, its history, and its culture. Under the Vistage framework that leverages the power and business acumen of a team of peer CEOs, no challenge is too tough.