Meg Vrabel – Director, An Independent Voting Member
Meg Vrabel is an executive Operations & Strategy Leader with 17 years of success leading teams in the healthcare administration, private security, logistics, and services industries. Meg is skilled in identifying strategies for digital innovation, building productive and independent teams, and finding cost-saving operational efficiencies.
An academy-educated and military-trained professional, Meg is currently leveraging her skill set at Capital Factory, the Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas, serving as the Chief Operating Officer.
Previous to joining Capital Factory, Meg led a mid-size for-profit start up through rapid growth with the mission to maximize Military Spouse and Veteran employment. Before arriving on the startup scene, Meg led Roadside Operations for AAA. While leading over 30 senior leaders and 1,200 field employees, Meg’s team boosted customer satisfaction levels to become the highest in Club history, saved the organization tens of millions of dollars through digital innovation, and consistently implemented strategies to automate and achieve operational excellence.
Meg’s professional background is complemented by an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University and a Bachelor of Science in Pre- Law from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Meg is a third-generation Veteran and while at West Point, she was the team captain of the academy’s first-ever Women’s Basketball Team to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
Meg resides in Austin, TX with her husband, a C-level executive in the Food/Agriculture industry, and their two daughters, Milena and Zoe.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Chief Operating Officer | Capital Factory, Present
Chief Revenue Officer & SVP Innovation | Capital Factory 2022 – 2023
Chief Operating Officer | Freedom Learning Group, 2021 – 2022
Executive Vice President & Chief Experience Officer | AAA, 2019 – 2021
Senior Vice President, Road Service | AAA, 2017 – 2019
Regional Vice President | Allied Universal Security Services, 2016 – 2017
Director of Value Management | AlliedBarton Security Services, 2015 – 2016
Director, Business Services | Imaging On Call, A Division of Radnet, Inc., 2011 – 2015
Captain, Battalion Personnel Officer | U.S. Army, Adjutant General’s Corps, 2008 – 2011
Lieutenant, HQ Battery Executive Officer | U.S. Army, Air Defense Artillery, 2006 – 2008