Quentin Cantu

Founder who scales consumer brands end-to-end: Quentin co-founded Ranch Rider Spirits from a food-truck experiment into a funded RTD spirits company that grew rapidly during the pandemic, achieved multi-million-dollar early revenues, expanded into multiple states, built a 20,000 sq ft production facility, and led national sales and distribution efforts. utexas+2

GTM and commercial leader in healthcare AI: In 2024 Quentin joined Cercle as VP of Revenue / R&D where he leads GTM and commercial strategy for women’s healthcare AI products, negotiates large enterprise contracts, and rapid-prototypes R&D workflows to align engineering with sales goals. cercle+1

Operator with strong operations & finance chops: across roles he has led national sales organizations, negotiated sizable equity and debt financings, built manufacturing and ERP infrastructure, and worked at the intersection of product operations and strategic finance. kingscrowd+1

Background in politics and consulting that funded further study and entrepreneurship: prior to his consumer ventures Quentin co-founded QE Intelligence LLC (political communications consulting) and performed consulting work that he used to self-fund an MBA at UT McCombs. sec+1