About Nextspan Partners
Nextspan Partners was founded on a simple idea: the most important work happens in the span between where an organization is today and where it needs to go next.
That span can be shaped by growth, new ownership, acquisitions, or the arrival of technologies like AI that change how work gets done. Crossing it well takes more than a strategy deck. It takes a clear view of where value lies, the operating discipline to execute, and the experience to bring people along.
We partner directly with leadership teams, bringing executive experience in data, AI, and business transformation to help organizations move forward with clarity and confidence, and to build capabilities that last long after an engagement ends.
Scott Kaufman
Founder & Managing Partner
Scott has spent his career leading business transformation where technology meets value creation. He has served as Chief Data Officer at CME Group and as Chief Analytics and Data Officer at a top-ten U.S. accounting and advisory firm, where he built an enterprise data and AI capability from the ground up, grew a global team of more than 85, and led AI adoption across a workforce of more than 14,000.
His experience spans private equity value creation, the integration of more than 15 acquisitions, re-architecting the Chicago Board of Trade’s global trading platform during the shift to electronic markets, and helping launch exchanges across Asia.
Scott founded Nextspan Partners to help leaders cross the span from where they are to what’s next.