Ken Zika is co-founder of Attollo.  Ken retired from a 24 year career at Caterpillar Inc. as the Corporate Controller in 2003.  Since then, Ken has served on numerous for-profit and non-profit boards. Recently these would include Peoria Promise, Community Foundation of Central Illinois, and KidKnits.  He developed and taught a class at Bradley University on Corporate Social Responsibility.  He currently serves as the Chairman of the Peoria Housing Authority.

Ken specializes in M&A activities, start-ups, and audit and finance committees.  While developing the materials for the Corporate Responsibility course at Bradley, he developed a deep belief that socially responsible businesses can uniquely address some of the social problems in the world today.  He is excited about the opportunity for Attollo to remove obstacles for social entrepreneurs in Central Illinois and around the world.

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Steve Zika is co-founder of Attollo.  Steve, with his family, reached the decision five years ago to leave his job at Advanced Micro Devices to pursue a new career where he could apply the business leadership skills that he had developed during his time at AMD to address critical challenges facing our world today.  

Steve is the co-founder and current Executive Director of KidKnits, which builds awareness of world poverty and cultures while empowering youth to change the world.  In addition to KidKnits, Steve has co-founded three for-profit companies over the past three years, and currently advises several start-ups including NEXMachine, AAE, and One Fire.

Steve is excited about helping other social entrepreneurs create large, scalable social impact.