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Brandon Mills

President, Massachusetts and Illinois

4Front Ventures

4Front Ventures President, Massachusetts and Illinois, Brandon Mills

As 4Front Ventures’ President of Massachusetts and Illinois, Brandon Mills oversees the Company’s operations and manages overarching strategy in key markets. Mills is also charged with implementing a low-cost CPG production and distribution strategy and building and maintaining wholesale relationships at the Company’s state-of-the-art facilities in each of 4Front’s operational markets.

Prior to joining 4Front, Mills co-founded and served as president and chief operating officer of Island Cannabis. With his strong entrepreneurial and C-Suite background, Mills brings expertise in corporate strategy, operations, technology, product and data in both public and private operating environments.

In addition to his role at Island, Mills served as: co-founder and head of product for true[x], an advertising technology platform acquired by 21st Century Fox for $200M in 2014; founder and CEO of BlockBeacon, a mobile marketing platform acquired by Credibility Corp in 2012; and vice president and general manager of Dun & Bradstreet, where he was responsible for the global portfolio of credibility, credit and risk products within in its high-growth emerging business division. Mills holds a Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.