Our Team — Halo Advisory Group, Inc.

Lou Sandoval

Founder, Board Member

Lou Sandoval is a seasoned executive leader, entrepreneur, and bestselling author with more than three decades of experience guiding organizations through growth, transformation, and inflection points across the corporate, private, and nonprofit sectors. He has served in C-suite and senior operating roles in both domestic and global environments, spanning technology, healthcare, financial services, energy, and durable consumer goods.

Lou brings deep Fortune 100 leadership experience across strategy, operations, sales, marketing, and enterprise growth. He is widely regarded as a trusted advisor to CEOs, boards, founders, and investors for his ability to pair an independent perspective with insider-level insight. His work consistently focuses on strengthening operating systems, aligning leadership teams, and translating strategy into measurable performance.

As a five-time founder, Lou understands firsthand the realities entrepreneurs and leadership teams face as they build and scale businesses. He has advised and led organizations through market expansion, digital transformation, M&A integration, capital strategy, regulatory complexity, and organizational restructuring. His approach blends disciplined execution with technology-enabled growth, governance, and long-term value creation.

Lou’s sector experience includes healthcare and life sciences, financial services and fintech, software and SaaS, martech, durable consumer goods, energy infrastructure, and data center strategy. His work in energy and data centers focuses on growth strategy, regulatory and policy alignment, capital planning, operational scalability, and the intersection of power generation, grid reliability, and AI-driven demand. Across all domains, he brings a practical, outcomes-driven mindset grounded in real operating experience.

John Nelson

President, Managing Partner

John Nelson is an experienced executive, business consultant, and strategist with more than twenty years of proven impact serving clients across healthcare, technology, and telecommunications sectors. He combines deep operational leadership experience with consulting expertise to deliver solutions that drive growth, operational excellence, and differentiated customer value.

John’s career spans client engagement, leadership, and project delivery, during which he has consistently delivered strategic insights and practical solutions to complex business challenges. His consulting work focuses on digital transformation, change management, connected technologies, and customer experience optimization. His perspective reflects both customer priorities and delivery execution, enabling outcomes that are aligned with measurable business objectives.

Before transitioning to consulting, John led global, multifunctional teams that developed disruptive technology solutions for major enterprises. In these roles, he shaped innovations that improved operational performance, strengthened customer engagement, and supported organizational scalability. He has partnered with major brands and technology producers such as Motorola, Lucent Technologies, and John Deere, where his leadership influenced cross-disciplinary teams and complex solution deployments.

John’s strength lies in creating compelling client experiences that balance strategic vision with execution discipline. He is known for his ability to guide organizations through technology adoption, business model innovation, and market transitions while maintaining focus on practical business results.

Areas of Expertise: Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT | Digital transformation and change leadership |Customer experience design and delivery |
Cellular networks and MVNO strategy | Telecommunications ecosystems and connectivity solutions | Agritech platforms and technology applied to industrial production | Financial and operational due diligence | Program and portfolio delivery excellence

News:

November 8, 2023- Halo Advisory Group Announces Leadership Transition