Founder and CEO
7Rivers | Milwaukee
Paul Stillmank is a veteran technology executive and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of 7Rivers Inc., a consulting services firm focused on AI and data modernization. The startup raised an initial $4 million seed round in 2023 and an additional $2 million in 2024 to support its expansion. Previously, he founded and grew 7Summits, a Salesforce consultancy, to 200 employees and five appearances on the Inc. 5000 list before selling it to IBM in 2021.
Education: Bachelor’s, Marquette University
Would you change your career if you could: “No way! I already had that conversation with myself over a dozen years ago and it led me to launch companies like the one I’m driving now: leveraging technology on the edge to drive incredible business value for our customers.”
If you could time travel: “I would have loved to have been on a major expedition alongside Roald Amundsen when he drew the first line through the Northwest Passage or made it successfully to the South Pole before anyone else.”
Favorite Wisconsin destination: “That’s an easy one for me: just picture me sitting in a 1923 cedar and canvas Old Town canoe floating down the beautiful Bois Brule River, fly rod in hand. That river flows through northwest Wisconsin in Douglas County near the Town of Brule, Wisconsin.”
Cocktail of choice: “A Sazerac: Rye Whiskey, absinthe, sugar, bitters, lemon or orange.”
