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The Revby Story

Revby was founded on the belief that every
entrepreneur deserves access to expert business guidance.
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  • Our Values

Values that drive measurable community impact

Every program combines strategic guidance with practical execution-delivered in formats that maximize participation,
engagement, and measurable outcomes.
Create comfort and trust
We take a human-centered approach, meeting business owners with empathy and respect, no matter their business stage or background.
Accountbility & measurable results

We ensure measurable results, uphold our commitments, and provide the guidance businesses need to achieve sustainable growth and success.

Excitement and positivity
We are excited about how we can help each client’s unique situation and how we can apply our knowledge and expertise to help your business.
  • Our Team

Revby team

We’re a team of passionate professionals with real-world experience in business strategy, finance, marketing, operations, and technology.
Michael Aparicio
Founder & CEO
Alex Berlin
Alex Berlin
Consulting Manager – Finance and Strategy
Gergana Aleksieva
Gergana Aleksieva
Senior Consultant & Website Development Specialist
Shaashwat Nim
Shaashwat Nim
Consultant
Emilio Diaz
Emilio Diaz
Consultant
Suni Zheng
Suni Zheng
Consultant
Juan Diego Bernal Plata
Juan Diego Bernal Plata
Consultant
Brian Bishop
Brian Bishop
VP Subscription Services & Platform
Suni Frank Bruno
Frank Bruno
Economic Development Sales & Business Manager
Benjamin Cardona
Benjamin Cardona
Operations Associate
Michaela Boyd
Michaela Boyd
Executive Assistant and Growth Enablement Associate
  • Our Team

Revby team

We’re a team of passionate professionals with real-world experience in business strategy, finance, marketing, operations, and technology.
Michael Aparicio
Founder & CEO
  • Founder & CEO
Michael Aparicio
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BusinessFinancial AnalysisGrowth StrategyOperationsPeople ManagementSales
Michael holds a Master of Science degree in Leadership and Administration, specializing in Executive Leadership & Organizational Development from Boston College and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Michael served as co-head of programming for IntEnt, Boston College’s Graduate Entrepreneurship Club.

Prior to Revby, Michael worked as a global sales director for a digital media and research publisher and as a marketing & new business development director for a consulting firm. His career began as an early employee at dot-com startup, Ask Jeeves. Fun facts: Michael has traveled across 6 continents and enjoyed a short stint as a pastry baker at Amy’s Bread, a small business in NYC.
Alex Berlin
Consulting Manager – Finance and Strategy
  • Consulting Manager - Finance and Strategy
Alex Berlin
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Custom ResearchFinancial AnalysisGrowth StrategyPeople Management
Alex is a passionate small business consultant and economic development professional with diverse experience in entrepreneurship, market research, and financial analysis. His business experience began in Ethiopia, where he helped found a renewable energy company during college. During his time living in Addis Ababa, Alex taught English at a prestigious private school and was involved in multiple startups and small businesses, including a sports bar, an EdTech app, and a taxi service.

Since returning to the United States, Alex has continued to consult with small businesses and governments across multiple industries including childcare, affordable housing, athletics programming, and food service.Alex holds a Social Impact MBA and a Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. He completed his undergraduate studies at Carleton College, in Cinema and Media Studies. At Revby, Alex delivers diligent and specific recommendations with an eye for financial sustainability, social impact, and robust growth strategy. Away from work, he enjoys cooking dishes from diverse cuisines, reading, and grooming his handsome Siberian kitten Remy.
Gergana Aleksieva
Senior Consultant & Website Development Specialist
  • Senior Consultant & Website Development Specialist
Gergana Aleksieva
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Artificial IntelligenceBusinessFinancial AnalysisGrowth StrategyOperationsPeople ManagementSales
Currently, based on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Gergana is originally from Sofia, Bulgaria. She is a very technical-oriented person and proudly holds a Mechanical Engineer degree.

After ten years of working as a Business Analyst for one of the biggest enterprise technology companies, Gergana decided that it was time to make a big shift in her professional life. She started working as a freelance web designer in 2013 and since then worked internationally, in-house, and remotely on projects for big and small businesses, startups, and non-profit organizations.

Gergana cares deeply about creating world-class, useful, and beautiful products that help to achieve goals and make a difference.
Shaashwat Nim
Consultant
  • Consultant
Shaashwat Nim
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Business PlanningDigital TransformationFinancial AnalysisOperations & WorkflowSales & Marketing
Born and raised in New Delhi, India, yet having lived nearly half a decade on the East Coast, Shaashwat (Shaa) brings with him a variety of interests and experiences. Initially, an electronics engineering undergraduate, Shaashwat’s love for art and design inspired him to explore freelancing as a side hustle, where he learned to build solid connections with small business owners that required branding and illustrations.

He’s worn the hat of a software developer, from which he transitioned into business analysis and consulting at Accenture before pursuing his business degree and realizing his knack for marketing, storytelling, and public speaking.After graduating with his Master of Business Administration from the Boston College Carroll School of Management, Shaashwat built himself a diverse skillset that entails business aspects, such as marketing, strategy, and pricing, while building on the nuances of technology to help solidify possibilities.

At Revby, as a Small Business Consultant, he looks to further connect with clients at a human level and hopes to enable business owners in the best manner possible.In his downtime, you can find Shaashwat hitting open roads on his café-racer motorcycle, playing soccer, volunteering at a doggy day-care, burying his head in his sketchbook, or missing his five-year old German Shepherd, Shadow, who couldn’t tag along with him to the United States.Shaashwat is bi-lingual in English and Hindi.
Emilio Diaz
Consultant
  • Consultant
Emilio Diaz
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Business PlanningCustom ResearchFinancial AnalysisGrowth StrategyPeople Management
Emilio is deeply passionate about understanding human needs for projects. His strength lies in building empathy to navigate the complexities of the human world and drive business growth for Revby’s projects. Over the years, helped small teams get bigger, tested out new ideas for services, made marketing and sales plans, and tried to make positive changes within companies.

With a multidisciplinary background in understanding people’s needs, business, and technology, Emilio’s dedication to understanding people is shown in his pursuit of a master’s degree in Innovation and Technology from Boston University. He also holds an MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from EGADE Business School – Tec de Monterrey, with an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Emilio actively promotes awareness of diversity and inclusion and integrates these principles into all his projects. Fluent in Spanish and English, he enjoys taking a cup of tea, walking at parks, eating a dessert, petting dogs, and doing yoga.
Suni Zheng
Consultant
  • Consultant
Suni Zheng
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Business PlanningFinancial AnalysisGrowth Strategy
Suni joined Revby as a Business Consultant in August 2024. Suni brings over 10 years of corporate experience in strategic finance, mergers and acquisitions, and market intelligence. She is also an entrepreneur who self-funded and started up an online retail venture.

Suni holds an MBA from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Business, as well as an Associate’s Degree in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design. Suni completed her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

At Revby, Suni specializes in finance and strategy. She relishes data gathering and problem-solving with an eye on financial feasibility and sustainability. Outside of work, and on the rare occasion she isn’t being bossed around by her toddler, Suni enjoys reading and sewing her own clothes.

Languages: English and Chinese Mandarin
Juan Diego Bernal Plata
Consultant
  • Consultant
Juan Diego Bernal Plata
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Business PlanningFinancial AnalysisGrowth StrategyOperations & Workflow
Juan is a seasoned professional with a strong foundation in business strategy, legal advisory, and financial expertise, aspiring to make a lasting impact in innovative and entrepreneurial industries. With an MBA and an ongoing Master’s in Finance from Hult International Business School, Juan brings a unique combination of skills in M&A, startup growth, and cross-border transactions.

Juan has over seven years of experience working with multinational corporations, law firms, and startups across FinTech, EdTech, Healthcare, E-commerce, and Hospitality sectors.

Juan is a seasoned professional with a strong foundation in business strategy, legal advisory, and financial expertise, aspiring to make a lasting impact in innovative and entrepreneurial industries. With an MBA and an ongoing Master’s in Finance from Hult International Business School, Juan brings a unique combination of skills in M&A, startup growth, and cross-border transactions.

Juan has over seven years of experience working with multinational corporations, law firms, and startups across FinTech, EdTech, Healthcare, E-commerce, and Hospitality sectors.
Brian Bishop
VP Subscription Services & Platform
  • VP Subscription Services & Platform
Brian Bishop
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Business StrategyDigital TransformationProduct ManagementWebsite
Brian is a product management executive who has been developing digital products since the earliest days of the Internet. Brian began his career as employee #2 of a startup, and has worked in organizations ranging from multinational corporations to national champions and has even started his own business.

Brian graduated with a BFA from Syracuse University and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. He has held positions such as VP of Platform (at SpringerNature), Principal Product Strategist (at technology consultancy ThoughtWorks), and Product Director (at both Secret Escapes and air up). Brian is a firm believer in the principles of Agile, the design thinking approach to problems, and the Lean Startup methodology for iterating quickly to success.

Brian was fortunate to have spent time living in Princeton, Paris, Atlanta, Hong Kong, and Seoul while growing up, and carried this love for international travel into his own career, working in Philadelphia, New York, the Netherlands, before settling down in London where he can be found complaining of soreness on the tennis court or occasionally relaxing with an immersive open-world console game once the kids are in bed.
Frank Bruno
Economic Development Sales & Business Manager
  • Economic Development Sales & Business Manager
Frank Bruno
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Business DevelopmentSales
Frank is a dedicated professional whose career is marked by a commitment to excellence and a passion for continuous learning. His professional journey reflects a blend of strategic insight and a deep understanding of Business-to-Government (B2G) Sales and Business Development, making him a valuable asset to the Revby team.

Sparkling with great achievements, spanning the many decades and industries from office products and technology distribution to IT research and consulting, intellectual property management, digital preservation, security and compliance, Frank brings to Revby the business wisdom only someone with experience can deliver.

Beyond his professional endeavors, Frank finds joy in creative writing, often crafting stories that reflect his rich imagination and keen observation of the world around him. An avid disc golfer and hiker, he relishes exploring Colorado’s scenic landscapes, embracing the state’s rarified air. Above all, Frank treasures spending quality time with his children, creating lasting memories to post on social media. Frank holds a BA in History & Liberal Arts from The College of New Jersey.
Benjamin Cardona
Operations Associate
  • Operations Associate
Benjamin Cardona
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Operations ImprovementOPS Workflows
Benjamin, an executive assistant, and assistant consultant is an energetic, entrepreneurial, and dedicated young adult from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Now in Boston, Benjamin joined Revby with the intrigue of combining his passion for helping others with his interest in business to help small and emerging businesses accomplish their goals.

In 2020, while pursuing his undergraduate degree in Business Management at Assumption University in Worcester, MA, he decided to further explore his interest in government affairs by pursuing a second major in Political Science. Strengthened by legislative experiences in San Juan and Washington DC, Benjamin looks to grow his knowledge by working to combine management, business, policy, and government at Revby.

A life-long Celtics fan, Benjamin is living the dream of working in Boston while always keeping his hometown in his heart. Benjamin is full of interests and curiosity with a goal of learning as much as possible from everyone and everything through travelling, working, studying and experiences.
Michaela Boyd
Executive Assistant and Growth Enablement Associate
  • Executive Assistant and Growth Enablement Associate
Michaela Boyd
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Artificial IntelligenceFinancial Analysis
Based in Greater Boston, Michaela brings nearly a decade of experience supporting executives and organizations across business operations, administration, marketing, and strategic initiatives.

Throughout her career, Michaela has worked closely with leadership teams to turn priorities into action. Her experience includes managing complex operations, coordinating executive initiatives, supporting marketing and communications, strengthening internal processes, and bringing together the people and resources needed to move projects forward. She is known for being highly organized, proactive, and resourceful, with an ability to bring structure and clarity to fast-moving environments.

At Revby, Michaela serves as an Executive Assistant & Growth Enablement Associate, supporting executive leadership while contributing to operational and growth initiatives that help the company and its clients move forward.

Michaela studied Business Management at Emmanuel College in Boston. She enjoys bringing people together, creating structure from complexity, and finding practical ways to turn ideas into action.executive leadership while contributing to operational and growth initiatives that help the company and its clients move forward.
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