Team

Ownership for the people who build this country

Phantom stock and profit sharing have kept the best people at the best companies for decades. They were just never built for a plumbing company with twelve trucks.

We are technologists from families that own small businesses. We have built a company, sold it, and watched the people who actually run businesses like ours get left out of the upside. Reins is how we fix that: a valuation an owner can stand behind, incentives that follow it, and a team that stays.

We are building a dynasty, not a season. That means doing more with less, asking the difficult questions respectfully, and putting the product first. It is how we work with each other, and it is how we work with you.

Mission

Giving millions of small business employees a reason to stay

Vision

Enable new forms of liquidity for millions of small business owners

Meet the team

A small, in-person team in Las Vegas. Founders, first hires, and the people who joined because the problem was worth it.

  • Chris Buttenham, photograph coming soon

    Chris Buttenham

    Co-owner, CEO

  • Alex Sopinka, photograph coming soon

    Alex Sopinka

    Co-owner, CTO

  • Brad Henderson, photograph coming soon

    Brad Henderson

    Founding AE

  • Jenna Toon, photograph coming soon

    Jenna Toon

    Founding CSM

  • Thomas Harris, photograph coming soon

    Thomas Harris

    Lead Designer

Backed by the best

  • Album Ventures, logo coming soon

    Album Ventures

  • Amino, logo coming soon

    Amino

  • Better Tomorrow Ventures, logo coming soon

    Better Tomorrow Ventures

  • Torch Capital, logo coming soon

    Torch Capital

Come build it with us