Operators,
armed with software.
LAMPWORK is deliberately small. Everyone here has scaled a consumer brand hands-on or built the AI systems that make scaling repeatable — most have done both.
Leverage over headcount
Headcount is not a moat. Every repeatable process here is a candidate for automation — which keeps the team small, senior, and fast.
Operators only
Everyone has shipped product, bought media at scale, negotiated supply chains, or written production code. No tourists.
Founders' terms
We've sat on the other side of the table. When we acquire, we move fast, speak plainly, and honor what the founder built.
The people behind the platform.
Alex Collins
A decade on the operating side of digital growth — directing marketing for a regional jewelry retailer, consulting on retail technology, buying media for DTC brands, and running digital for one of Arkansas's largest home-services companies — before founding LAMPWORK in 2024. Canvas & Ivy was the proving ground; the holding company is the thesis at full scale.
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Lauren Collins
Seven years at CVS Health, rising from proposals consultant to strategic account executive on national accounts — managing enterprise relationships and complex contracts at Fortune-5 scale. At LAMPWORK she runs the space between strategy and shipped: priorities, process, and follow-through.
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Hattie Badeen
Hattie runs the operational core of the portfolio, with day-to-day command of Canvas & Ivy's fulfillment and supply chain. Her years in title work — a business where the paperwork is the product — built the precision that keeps every order, vendor, and deadline accounted for.
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Kayla Cash
Nearly two decades of relationship-driven sales: business development through Arkansas's natural-gas boom and Oklahoma's energy sector, five years co-owning Diamond Center Jewelers, and national account leadership at Thinkspace selling web technology to the jewelry industry. She owns revenue relationships across the portfolio — wholesale, retail, and the partnerships that open new channels.
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