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Colton Calandrella

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Founder at Barti

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedBartiBarti

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About

Colton Calandrella is Co-Founder and CEO of Barti, which develops software for optometrists. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co., where he developed software for Fortune 500 transformations and built a machine learning venture within the firm's accelerator, and in 2016 he founded CheckTheQ (now Qstodian), a queue-management software company used by venues including St. Louis Airport. Through Teach for America, he taught high school math and special education while earning a Master of Teaching degree, and he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington University.

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Barti's investors · 5

Correlation VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $4M checksFive Elms CapitalKansas City · $15M – $150M checks · since 2025Recall CapitalSan Bruno · $300K – $1M checksVertical Venture PartnersPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checks · since 2022Zag Capital

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Barti's investors · 3

Five Elms CapitalKansas City · $15M – $150M checksVertical Venture PartnersPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checksZag Capital

Experience

  1. BartiCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2021 — present
  2. Bain & CompanyAssociate Consultant2019 — 2021Dallas/Fort Worth Area
  3. Intrinsic SchoolsSpecial Education & Math Teacher2017 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
  4. CheckTheQCo-Founder & CEO2016 — 2017St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
  5. Washington University Writing CenterPeer Mentor2015 — 2017
  6. Bain & CompanyAssociate Consultant Intern2016Dallas, Texas
  7. Cultivation CapitalStrategy Intern2015St. Louis

Skills & more

Public Speaking99Team Leadership60Negotiation10Communication48Writing32Leadership19Teamwork11Strategy11Management10Microsoft Office30PowerPoint11Microsoft Excel9
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Who is Colton Calandrella?
Colton Calandrella is Co-Founder and CEO of Barti, which develops software for optometrists. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co., where he developed software for Fortune 500 transformations and built a machine learning venture within the firm's accelerator, and in 2016 he founded CheckTheQ (now Qstodian), a queue-management software company used by venues including St. Louis Airport. Through Teach for America, he taught high school math and special education while earning a Master of Teaching degree, and he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington University.
Where does Colton Calandrella work?
Colton Calandrella is Founder of Barti.
What companies did Colton Calandrella found?
Colton Calandrella founded Barti, Barti.
Where did Colton Calandrella go to school?
Colton Calandrella studied at Washington University in St. Louis (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Economics & Strategy); Relay Graduate School of Education (Master of Arts in Teaching; Special Education, Secondary Education and Teaching).

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