Phil Valvardi

Managing Partner

Global Go

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Phil Valvardi is the Managing Partner at Global Go, LLC, one of the leading consulting and advisory firms to the global cannabis and hemp industries.  Global Go supports a wide variety of services including market entry, business expansion, M&A and compliance management serving government agencies, financial institutions, tribal nations, and licensed cannabis operators. Phil has spent most of his career leading innovative businesses within highly regulated industries.  Most recently, Phil was the CEO of Highroad Consulting Group, a leading cannabis consulting firm acquired by Global Go in 2020.  Phil also served as CEO of Maverick Network Solutions, a financial technology provider, and presided over its acquisition by Fiserv.  Phil was also President of the MAC Network, one of the largest debit networks in the U.S., which was sold to Concord EFS/First Data (now Fiserv) for $1.0 billion.  Early is his career he held executive positions in the payments and financial divisions of CoreStates Financial Corp., now part of Wells Fargo Bank. 

Phil has a BS from Saint Joseph's University and an MBA from Drexel University. Phil is currently a member of the Board of Visitors of the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University