About Us.

Comprehensive business development, IT, and telecom consultants.

Established in 2016

Kairos Partners launched in 2016 as a subsidiary of UDK International, a capital firm that seeks to end poverty through business. We are a group of experienced small business consultants that understand the challenges of growing small businesses, start-ups, and non-profits. We have worked with dozens of clients, in industries as wide ranging as professional services, to solar energy, to food and cleaning services.

Our Goal

Working with a variety of clients at any stage in the business life-cycle, we engage businesses in a collaborative process to identify and strategically resolve any issues and challenges that prevent a company from achieving its fullest potential. Our firm operates with deep integrity, passion, and a talent for delivering results through building relationships with employees, a deep understanding of company needs, innovative strategic planning, and superior execution.

Our ​Team

Ryan Ku-Borden
President
Senior Business Development and
​Telecom Consultant

Ryan Ku-Borden is the President and a Senior Business Development and Telecom Consultant for Kairos Partners. Ryan specializes in launching small business, with experience in a variety of sectors, from construction, to solar energy, to cleaning services. Ryan is also the founding member of UDK International, a capital firm that invests in ventures that aim to alleviate poverty. He completed his undergraduate degree at University of California Los Angeles, and graduated with his MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and lives in Boyle Heights with his wife Teresa, son Malachi, and daughter Miriam.

Jessica Wong
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Business Development and
​Managed IT Consultant

Jessica Wong is the Chief Operating Officer and a Senior Business Development and Managed IT Consultant for Kairos Partners. She is an experienced consultant with over a decade of experience launching start-ups  and IT environments for small to medium-size businesses. Her clients span a variety of industries, from healthcare, to insurance, to professional services.  When not lending her skills to the business world, Jessica is the Executive Director of a non-profit that mentors under-resourced children and youth in unlocking their full potential. Jessica is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles and is based in Pasadena, CA.

Samuel Geonetta-Trihus
​​Engineering Manager

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Samuel Geonetta-Trihus works in account development and as the Engineering Manager for Kairos Partners. He loves identifying custom IT solutions for business needs, and is especially passionate about supporting the work of small and socially-minded businesses and entrepreneurs. An alumnus of Pomona College, he lives with his wife Alejandra and son Emanuel in East Los Angeles.
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Charlton Kao
​​Consultant
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Charlton Kao is a consultant for Kairos Partners. Charlton has worked in all aspects of IT - systems architect, system administrator, database programmer, developer, business analyst, and project manager. His passion is to solve business problems by leveraging technology to improve organizations. He completed his undergraduate degree at University of California, Los Angeles, and graduated with his MBA in Leadership & Organizational Transformation from Boston University. He is based out of Boston, MA with his wife and daughter.

Thomas Irwin
​​IT Consultant and Web Designer
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Thomas Irwin is a Kairos Partners IT Consultant and Web Designer. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in economics. For the last few years, he’s served as Director of Operations for UDK International. Through this, Thomas built up a great deal of expertise in the realm of IT and web management, specializing in Software as a Service and Web Development.

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