Aaron Handke

Managing Partner

2008

Heartland Opportunity Partners was founded on the belief that the central portion of the United States is realizing a resurgence in vitality and economic importance. Through direct and co-investment, HOP is working to organize a network of opportunity seekers, industrialists, agriculturists, merchants and technologists to create value and facilitate this.

Founder - Principal

2020

Founding Investor - Board Member

2013

Founding Investor - Principal

2017

One of largest Pizza Hut and Take 5 franchisee groups

Founder - CEO

2013 - 2020

OTRLeasing is a technology-enabled truck leasing business at the intersection of providing good trucks to owner operators and setting them up to be financially disciplined to succeed. We have created best practices and processes with the owner-operator in mind. Being an owner-operator is hard and we are innovating every day to give owner-operators a better shot at succeeding.

Venture Partner

2010 - 2020

Providers of Growth and Liquidity capital for the most promising companies in the central portion of the United States.

Co-Founder

2011 - 2014

Applied Abstraction Technologies is a cutting edge information technology and managment consulting company that utilizes cutting edge simulation engines to manage complex business process flow dynamics (applying system dynamics and agent based modeling). We are innovation engineers standing at the convergence of rapidly emerging information technologies and real-world enterprise management, optimization and control.

Analyst

2006 - 2008

Investment Banking and Private Equity