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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based CEO’ operating in the Software space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Leemon Baird
Founder & CEO of Swirlds
Leemon is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm, and is the Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Hedera. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the US Air Force Academy and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the Co-Founder of several startups, including two identity-related startups, both of which were acquired. Leemon received his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and has multiple patents and publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences in computer security, machine learning, and mathematics.
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About Hedera Hashgraph, Swirlds: Swirlds enables developers to build applications that rapidly achieve consensus, resulting in fair.
Randy Jacops
Chief Executive Officer of IDERA
Randy Jacops joined Valhalla as a Venture Partner in 2012. He assists Valhalla with evaluating investment opportunities and advising Valhalla portfolio companies on performance improvement. Randy has 20 years of experience in enterprise technology and has focused his professional career on driving profitability and shareholder returns. Prior to joining Valhalla, Randy was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Versata Enterprises, Inc., one of the largest privately held enterprise software firms in the world, where he championed both customer success and exceptional profitability. During his tenure with Versata, the company acquired and turned around nearly 20 troubled software companies, integrating them seamlessly into Versata’s high-profit global operations. Prior to Versata, Randy worked at Deloitte Consulting, leaving as a partner in 2000. Randy started his career in Finance at Ford Motor Company, where he served in a variety of capacities from the plant floor to finance staff.
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About IDERA: Idera delivers B2B software productivity tools that enable technical users to do more with less, faster.
Jason Chicola
Founder, CEO of Rev.com
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About Rev.com: Rev’s speech-to-text services are powered by artificial intelligence and perfected by a community of skilled freelancers.
Ryan Rafols
Founder & CEO of Newchip
Engineer, army veteran, and founder of 3 startups. Ryan graduated at 15, founded his first startup at 17 and has 10+ years experience building international teams, 7+ years in public and private sector fundraising, corporate boards, working with regulators and lobbying.
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About Astralabs, Newchip: Newchip is a global Remote Startup Accelerator.
Lloyd Armbrust
Chief Executive Officer of OwnLocal
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About Armbrust American, OwnLocal: OwnLocal offers a platform that automatically transforms data and offline advertisements into multichannel online marketing campaigns.
Joe Liemandt
CEO of Trilogy
Joe Liemandt is the founder of ESW Capital.
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About ESW Capital, Trilogy: Trilogy offers enterprise-class software and service solutions targeted to the automotive industry.
Greg Mercer
Founder and CEO of Jungle Scout
Greg Mercer is the Founder and CEO of Jungle Scout.
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About Downstream, Jungle Scout: Jungle Scout is a platform for finding, launching, and selling products on Amazon.
George Baker Sr.
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of ParkHub
Entrepreneurial, practical, and a visionary. These words seem somewhat contradictory, but these words truly describe George’s leadership style. His experience and education have led him to the point where he is today – building his own brand in the parking industry and beyond. Even though he has big ideas, he possesses the pragmatism to see the limitations, challenges and obstacles at hand. He believes in others and enjoys building teams and driving innovation through collaborative effort. This team-first ethos forms the foundation upon which George built ParkHub into the successful and driven organization that it is today. George has nearly 17 years of hands-on experience in the parking realm, focusing on managing the parking operations of class-A office garage facilities and comparable top-tier parking operations across the continental United States. He prides himself on deep domain knowledge of the event parking space and providing a comprehensive suite of services both software and hardware to support his ever-growing clientele therein. In order to consistently exceed customer expectations in the event-parking space, ParkHub provides logistics and occupancy management services, as well as cutting-edge insights into parking management. Truly, George is reshaping the parking universe, one satisfied customer at a time. When he’s not modernizing the parking world, he’s at his home in Dallas, Texas, spending time with his wife Chelsey and their two children, George II and Kuper. George graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s of Science in Regional Development | City Planning. George is a proud Eagle Scout, Past Worshipful Master of his Texas Masonic Lodge, winner of the 2016 Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award, multiple recipient of the National Parking Association 40 under 40 award, 2016 finalist of EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and devoted member his local Highland Park United Methodist Church congregation.
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About ParkHub: ParkHub is a technology company that provides software and hardware for the destination industry.
Paul Lynch
CEO of Chargify
Paul is considered one of the leading SaaS CEO’s in the global market. Paul has enjoyed enormous success throughout his career in industries spanning Telecoms, Hosting and Software as a Service. In his most recent role, he led Assembla, a then flat Subversion code repository business, to 200% growth over a three year period, successfully exiting the business to HGGC-backed Idera in September 2018.
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About Chargify: Chargify is a subscription billing software service that offers a recurring billing and subscription management space.
Matt Cohen
Special Projects Consultant, Office of the CEO of Woven Planet Holdings
Matt Cohen is the Special Projects Consultant at Woven Planet Holdings.
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About Capital Factory, Woven Planet Holdings: Woven Planet Holdings develops technologies designed to achieve zero casualties and provide mobility for all.
Nathan Sportsman
Founder and CEO of Praetorian
As the Founder and CEO of Praetorian, Nathan is responsible for championing the vision, maintaining the culture, and setting the direction of the company. He also holds the additional duties of CTO where he is responsible for overseeing the innovation and development engine of the company keeping the firm well positioned to defeat the ever evolving cybersecurity threat. Prior to bringing in professional management to help run the company, Nathan managed the day-to-day operations of the firm from its 2010 beginnings as a bootstrapped start-up to its current YoY hyper-growth. Since Praetorian’s founding, Nathan has successfully instilled a “customer first” mentality that has become part of the DNA of the company which has led to unprecedented customer satisfaction reviews as reflected in a historical net promoter score of 86%. This reputation for delivering value to the customer has resulted in a three year growth rate of 214%. Under Nathan’s leadership, the company has earned national recognition on the Inc. 5000 list multiple times, the Cybersecurity 500, CIO Top 20, and locally on Austin’s “Fastest 50” growing firms. Prior to founding Praetorian, Nathan worked in various technical roles at industry-leading companies such as Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and McAfee. His experience has cross cut most industry sectors, and customers have ranged from Wall Street and Silicon Valley to government intelligence agencies and renowned educational institutions. Nationally recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity field, Nathan is a frequent public speaker, is a contributing author to the world’s best-selling computer security book, Hacking Exposed, is a U.S. patent holder, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin (nationally ranked #5 for Computer Science and Engineering). Nathan holds a BS in electrical & computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
Arthur Veytsman
Co-Founder/CEO of Immerss
Co-Founder of Immerss.
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About Immerss: Anchored around live video, Immerss offers a suite of engagement and monetization tools designed for D2C brands.
Max Paltsev
CEO & Founder of Service Fusion
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About Service Fusion: Service Fusion provides a suite of management software applications to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, IT and many other service businesses.
Kevin Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer of SolarWinds
Kevin Thompson brings nearly 20 years of corporate finance, strategic planning and management experience to the NetSuite board. Thompson currently serves as president and chief executive officer at SolarWinds, a leading provider of Windows-based network management, network monitoring and network discovery software applications. Prior to SolarWinds, Thompson was senior vice president and chief financial officer at SAS, the largest privately held software company in the world. Before that, he was chief financial officer, treasurer, and an executive vice president of Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHT), the world’s leading provider of Linux and open source solutions to the enterprise. Earlier in his career, Thompson served as a partner in the Global Technology Industry Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he managed operations, debt and equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions for public and private technology companies.
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About Samanage, SolarWinds: SolarWinds develops a technology that manages IT infrastructures.
Paul Bettner
Founder & CEO of Playful Studios
Paul Bettner has been creating beloved entertainment for 20 years, including the smash hit Words With Friends. He started Playful Corp in 2012 and recently launched Lucky’s Tale, a delightful platforming adventure bundled with every Oculus Rift.
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About Playful Studios: Playful is a new game development studio in McKinney, TX. Our team has shipped beloved titles such as Words with Friends.
Brent Bellm
Chief Executive Officer of BigCommerce
Brent is the Chief Executive Officer of BigCommerce. A retail and ecommerce veteran of 20 years, Brent has served in a variety of executive leadership positions, successfully growing industry-leading companies including HomeAway and PayPal.
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About BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.
John Olajide
President & CEO of Axxess
John Olajide is the founder and CEO of Axxess, a technology solutions company that provides software to help home health care organizations run more efficiently and provide quality care. With customers in all 50 states nationwide, Axxess’ innovative technology helps organizations and professionals provide quality care to over a million patients in their homes. Prior to founding Axxess in 2007, John was an independent IT consultant for home health agencies nationwide, starting in the Dallas area. While doing this, he quickly identified the need for a one-stop resource to accomplish all aspects of operations. John’s entrepreneurial nature led him to found Axxess as a consulting company to meet this need. After consulting for hundreds of organizations nationwide, John recognized the opportunity to create a user-friendly and web-based software solution to improve business management and patient outcomes, which triggered Axxess’ entrance into the home health software business. Today, Axxess has grown into one of the leading home health software companies in the country. Headquartered in Dallas, Axxess has employees nationwide. John is passionate about improving the quality of health care services given to patients in their homes by empowering home health agencies and professionals through the use of technology and education. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce and is the current Chair of the Innovation and Capital Committee of the Chamber. John continues to advocate for quality healthcare delivery through improved education, innovation and collaboration across different healthcare settings. John attended the University of Texas at Dallas where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
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About Axxess: The fastest-growing home health technology company.
Lisa Su
Chief Executive Officer of AMD
Dr. Su is AMD’s President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD, a leading semiconductor manufacturer. Previously she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from July 2014 to October 2014 and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Business Units from January 2012 to July 2014. Prior to joining AMD in January 2012, Dr. Su served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Networking and Multimedia at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. from 2008 to 2011 prior to that, as Chief Technology Officer from 2007 to 2008. Dr. Su also spent 13 years with IBM in various engineering and business leadership positions; and was a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments in the Semiconductor Process and Device Center. Ms. Su also serves as a director of AMD.
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Jonathan Lonsdale
Co-founder, CEO of Ender
Jonathan Lonsdale is the Co-founder and CEO at Ender.
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About Ender: Ender is a real estate company that helps owners of rental homes to more efficiently handle day-to-day operations of property management.
Rob Taylor
Co-Founder & CEO of Convey
Rob has two decades of experience on founding teams and early stage operations, including four venture backed businesses and two IPOs. Rob currently serves as Co-Founder & CEO of Pivot Freight, a SaaS software company helping companies that ship freight manage their supply chains. Previously, Rob was President of BlackLocus, a SaaS software company focused on pricing and assortment intelligence for retail and acquired by The Home Depot in late 2012. Prior to BlackLocus, Rob was one of the early execs at TrueCar, Inc, an auto pricing and buying service disrupting the way cars are bought and sold, where he started and scaled Truecar.com. Rob was also a founding team member of Pricelock, another disruptive software company helping companies and individuals protect against fuel and commodity price volatility. Rob lives in Austin, TX with his wife Renee and toddlers Jack and Grant. Rob’s passion outside of family and startups is road cycling in Texas hill country.
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About BlackLocus, Capital Factory, Convey: We leverage unique intelligence to transform customer delivery into a competitive advantage for the world’s largest retailers.
Michael Boustridge
Chief Executive Officer and President of Ciklum
Mr. Boustridge is the president and chief executive officer of Ciber as well as a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining the company, he served as chief executive officer of Contact Solutions, a provider of voice and mobility customer self-service solutions and business intelligence offerings. Before that, he was president of BT Global Services, where his team served the needs of some 7,000 clients in more than 170 countries worldwide. He joined BT after an 11-year career with Electronic Data Systems, also known as HP Enterprise Services. There, he was vice president of sales and chief marketing officer. Mr. Boustridge started his career in New Zealand, where he worked for Hitachi and IBM. A well-known technology executive with deep expertise in the IT services and telecom industries, Mr. Boustridge served on Ciber’s Board of Directors for two years before being named CEO. He is also a board member for several other firms, including Riverbed Technology, a leader in application performance infrastructure and Cyan, a SaaS solution provider. Mr. Boustridge’s charitable efforts include serving as a board member for the Xprize Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on bringing about radical breakthroughs to benefit humanity through prize competitions that stimulate research.
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About Ciklum, Guidepost Growth Equity: Ciklum is an software development outsourcing company specializing in Client owned software development centers in Eastern Europe.
Bill Boebel
Founder & CEO of Pingboard
CEO and founder of Pingboard.
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About Capital Factory, Pingboard: Pingboard is a real-time, collaborative org chart that makes it easy to organize teams and workforce planning.
Manish Patel
Founder, CEO of RealYields
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About Arrive Logistics, Mighty Equities, RealYields, SeedSumo, Springdale Ventures: RealYields is an intuitive and relevant real estate financial analysis on the web.
Travis Oliphant
CEO & Co-Founder of OpenTeams
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About NumPy, OpenTeams: OpenTeams is a web platform for open source contributors to get recognition for their work.
Mance Harmon
CEO & Co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph
Mance is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of strategic leadership experience in multi-national corporations, government agencies, and high-tech startups, and is Co-Founder and CEO of Hedera Hashgraph. His prior experience includes serving as the Head of Architecture and Labs at Ping Identity, Founder / CEO of two tech startups, the senior executive for product security at a $1.7B revenue organization, Program Manager for a very-large scale software program for the Missile Defense Agency, the Course Director for Cybersecurity at US Air Force Academy, and research scientist in Machine Learning at Wright Laboratory. Mance received a MS in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, and a BS in Computer Science from Mississippi State University.
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About Hedera Hashgraph, Swirlds: Hedera Hashgraph is a public distributed ledger for building decentralized applications.
Chuck Gordon
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Storable
Chuck Gordon is CEO @ SpareFoot.
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About Storable: Storable is a provider of self-storage management software used to help storage operators increase efficiency and improve profitability.
Chris Richter
Co-Founder & CEO of FloorFound
Chris is a 15 year veteran startup sales leader and entrepreneur with a proven track record of success with high profile, VC backed B2B SAS and enterprise software companies. Chris has expertise across eCommerce and Social Media and developing market opportunities for companies in the media, financial services, retail, CPG and manufacturing verticals. Chris was an early employee and sales leader with companies including Webify, Bazaarvoice and the Founder of Socialware which has become the market leader in the social media compliance solutions category.
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About FloorFound: FloorFound is a developer of an e-commerce software platform that facilitates returns and resales of oversized products for retailers.
Jeffrey DeCoux
CEO and Founder of Hangar Technology
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About Hangar Technology: Hangar is a software technology company enabling robotics across industry.
Josh Smith
Co-Founder & CEO of Solovis
Josh brings a wealth of experience in investment management having worked in various investment capacities and as a consultant for investment management organizations. Josh has spent time in multiple roles as an analyst, investment team member, operations associate and subsequently, to a head of technology creating a software platform that helped a large outsourced CIO manage operations, risk and daily investment activities. After consulting for family offices, endowments and fund of funds, his passion for improving operational efficiencies and helping investment professionals make more informed decisions led Josh to co-found Solovis – the first true multi-asset class portfolio management and reporting application focused exclusively on the limited partner community.
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About Solovis, VRGL: Solovis is a multi-asset class portfolio management, analytics and reporting technology platform, designed for institutional investors.
Efstathios Maroulis
Founder and CEO of Jarvis Analytics
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About Henry Schein One, Jarvis Analytics, Mesasix: Jarvis is a business intelligence (BI) platform that is a leader in end-to-end data analytics solutions for dental support organizations
George Laughlin
CEO of YEA Networks
George Laughlin is the CEO of YEA Networks, a media content company established in 2006. Before taking on this role in 2011, George Laughlin raised $100 million+ in order to create GAP Broadcasting where he was president. Laughlin has a BA in Journalism from Louisiana State University (1991) and has worked in the radio industry for more than two-and-a-half decades.
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About High 5 Media, YEA Networks: Yea Networks has been a creator of iOS applications for a while now. There application Kiddnation has had more than 50000 downloads in the
Michael Ward
Chief Executive Officer of AnthemIQ
Mike Ward is the Chief Executive Officer at AnthemIQ.
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About AnthemIQ: We build technology that helps Commercial Real Estate brokers manage their deals from search to signed lease.
William Hurley
Founder & CEO of Strangeworks
William Hurley “whurley” is founder and CEO of Strangeworks, a quantum computing startup based in Austin, Texas. Whurley’s career has spanned over 25 years, founding startups such as Honest Dollar and Chaotic Moon Studios, as well as working in technical leadership roles for Apple, IBM, and Goldman Sachs. Prior to founding Strangeworks, Whurley was managing director at Goldman Sachs which he came to through the acquisition of Honest Dollar; a fintech startup that offers a retirement savings platform that simplifies and brings transparency to the investment products available for a range of consumers. Whurley is dedicated to fostering collaboration and establishing unified metrics and standards across the quantum computing community. He partnered with StackOverflow to create the world’s largest community of quantum computing developers, and currently serves as the Chair of the Quantum Standards Working Group at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is leading the development of the first quantum commuting standards, PAR7130 “Standard for Quantum Computing Definitions” and PAR 7131 “Standard for Quantum Computing Performance Metrics for Performance Benchmarking”. Whurley is committed to making quantum computing more accessible and improving quantum literacy. His latest book, “Quantum Computing For Babies,” offers simple explanations of quantum computing for the youngest audiences and is one of the best selling books on quantum computing. His upcoming book, Endless Impossibilities, continues his mission of improving quantum computing literacy and helps readers understand the potential of quantum computing. Whurley is a regular contributor to TechCrunch and regularly speaks around the world on the potential power and impact of quantum computing and what quantum needs to succeed. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including being named a 2018 Eisenhower Fellow, the 2012 International Genius Grant recipient, and an IBM Master Inventor. Whurley is an advocate and works on a range of issues he cares about, including diversity and equality. Whurley is a founding partner of UN Women; ‘EQUALS’: The Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age bringing together partners across sectors to bridge the gender gap in technology by championing equality of access, skills development, and career opportunities.
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About CERN & Society Foundation, Ecliptic Capital, Eisenhower Fellowships, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Strangeworks: Strangeworks makes the power of quantum computing accessible to everyone all in one place. Learn more at http://quantumcomputing.com
Jon Fry
Founder & CEO of Lendflow
Founder & CEO at ChannelGrowth
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About ChannelGrowth, FoodEagle, Lendflow, Quickline Credit: Lendflow makes it easy for software companies to embed lending services into their product.
Ravi Parikh
CEO / Founder of RoverPass
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About Code Galaxy, RoverPass, StoryBuilt: RoverPass develops a reservation management system software to make reservations online and track the availability of the site.
Michael Hansen
President and Chief Executive Officer of Alkami Technology
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About Alkami Technology: Alkami Technology provides cloud-based digital banking solutions for credit unions and banks.
Steve Winn
Founder, Chairman, President & CEO of RealPage
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President Steve Winn is a true visionary who has continually identified revolutionary business concepts and aggressively pursued their development. Before acquiring RealPage, Steve was president of Research Institute of America (RIA), the largest provider of information services to the accounting industry, with more than $300 million in annual revenue. He was also president and CEO of Computer Language Research, a publicly traded company that was a leader in tax compliance, tax research, and accounting software. Accounting Today recognized him as one of the 100 most influential people in the accounting industry. His foresight led to the development of the largest web-based application in the accounting industry, supporting more than 100,000 accountants in the United States. Similar technology is now being applied to develop RealPages on-demand systems for the multifamily industry. Steve is a member of the board of directors of the National Multi Housing Council and a member of the Real Estate Council. He has also served as a member of the Stanford University Sloan Board, the American Business Conference, St. Marks Board of Trustees, and the American Electronics Association. As a nationally recognized expert on multifamily issues, Steve has spoken at such events as the National Apartment Association Education Conference and Expo, Multi-Housing World, the Multifamily Trends Conference, the Real Estate Council Conference Group, the National Multi Housing Council Technology Conference, the U.S. Apartment Market Conference, and the Texas Apartment Market Conference. In January 2002, Steve was one of five people recognized by the National Apartment Association as a true leader in the multifamily industry. In January 2006, Multifamily Executive magazine named Steve as one of the 30 men and women who are shaping the multifamily industry.
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About RealPage: RealPage is a provider of cloud-based software for managing multi-family real estate.
Harrison Beck
CEO of Cleanosaur
My experience includes national accounts executive management on topics such as operational oversight, profit and loss income statement, M & A, Six Sigma, Loss Prevention, risk and project management, culture development. These are multi-site, regional roles that requires a combination of travel, virtual management, high level action,control planning, tactical and strategical leadership over 100+ salaried managers,site leads, thousands of front line staff. I am also an Entrepreneur who has started several healthy companies focusing on operational support for property management turn service providers in long,short term rental communities, commercial and residential real estate. This required start up efforts on sales,operations,AR/AP, marketing, lead generation,C-Suite sales and consultation,vendor management,dial for dollars. Previously I graduated from NC State University with a Bachelor Degree in Public and Interpersonal Communication, then obtained my Master Degree (3.83 GPA). During my studies– I was first team All-ACC academics as a Division 1 starting quarterback for NC State University (3 Time Varsity Letterman). Also, a Harlon Hill finalist and All-American quarterback for the University of North Alabama. This brought me the skill set of being the captain of a team, overall team management, and public relations management. Here I was able to craft my athletic skills, shine through the media with my energetic personality, and work together with senior leaders, coaches, and front line players to help support winning football games. In High School I was a scholar athlete earning over 100 Division 1 athletic scholarships– and being ranked as a 5 star ESPN, and Top Rated (#3) in the United States Pro-Rated Quarterback. Also, I was a member of the prestigious Elite 11 Quarterback Camp, An Air7Sports passer, and a member of the winning Florida vs. California championship. Lastly, I was a nominated member of the US Army All-Star classic football game.
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About Cleanosaur: Cleaning Service
Ben Doherty
Chief Executive Officer of Sunroom Rentals
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About Sunroom Rentals: Find, tour & apply for any apartment or home
JW Roberts
Chief Executive Officer of General Datatech
Founder and CEO JW Roberts has guided GDT since its inception in 1996. Under his leadership, the company has experienced continuing, double-digit growth in both revenue and profitability, and is now nearing a billion dollars in annual revenue. GDT has been nationally recognized for its commitment to customers, associates, and the community. JW values relationships and believes they set the foundation for success in life and in business. JW encourages the development of deep relationships – between associates, between associates and clients. His attitudes have fostered a company culture and business climate that promotes self-managing, self-monitoring, and personal growth for each and every GDT team. JW’s approach and attitude have stimulated the birth of creative customer solutions and led to an expansion of opportunities unparalleled in the Cisco VAR industry.
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About General Datatech: GDT is an award-winning, international multi-vendor IT solutions provider and Cisco Gold Partner.
Lee Harrison
CEO of Thru, Inc.
Lee Harrison is a proven executive with more than 20 years of management experience in technology companies. With a background in operations, financial control, engineering, sales and team leadership, Mr. Harrison is the right leader for Thru. As Director of Operation for Southwest Tele-productions, a Dallas based television post-production company, Mr. Harrison guided Southwest through forty consecutive profitable quarters. Mr. Harrison was founder and CEO of I/O Partners, Inc. I/O Partners was focused on the highly competitive digital broadcast industry. Under Mr. Harrison’s leadership I/O Partners accomplished impressive revenue growth in a short period of time. Mr. Harrison established I/O Partners as Discreet’s (a division of Autodesk) largest systems integrator worldwide with over $27 million in revenue, and the company was named by Dun and Bradstreet as the 49th fastest growing entrepreneurial company in the U.S for year 2000.
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About Thru, Inc.: Enterprise File Sharing & Collaboration
Adam Moore
CEO & Co-founder of SpaceCraft
Adam Moore is Co-CEO & Co-founder at SpaceCraft.
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About SpaceCraft: SpaceCraft provides web-based software for small business owners to create and manage websites.
Rene Larrave
CEO & Founder of CommandHound
Rene Larrave is the Chairman & Founder at MangoChango SA.
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About Altenbach Partners, Calatestra Partners, CommandHound, Cox School of Business, MangoChango, Motopia Club: CommandHound is a B2B software platform focused on enabling accountability to drive business performance.
AJ Bruno
Founder & CEO of QuotaPath
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About QuotaPath: Spreadsheets don’t scale. Let’s automate your sales commissions processes and provide sales reps with the transparency they need to succeed.
Pardeep Kohli
President & CEO of Mavenir
Pardeep Kohli, President and CEO, Mavenir, is a Wireless Industry Veteran with 18 years of experience. As co-founder, President & CEO, Pardeep led Spatial Wireless, the Mobile Next Generation Networking market leader, to broad success across the US market. Following the acquisition by Alcatel, as Senior Vice President of the Mobile NGN business, he led the continued expansion and success of the Spatial Wireless product across the global market place. Pardeep has worked in multiple roles at NEC America, DSC, Alcatel and PacBell. While at PacBell, Pardeep participated in the technology selection and network implementation of the first large US GSM network.
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About Mavenir, Xura Secure Communications: Mavenir is an end-to-end network software provider, redefining network transformation and economics for CSPs.
Peter Bonanni
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Muxy
Peter Bonanni is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Muxy.
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About Muxy: Muxy provides tools to make live broadcasters and brands successful at reaching millions of viewers.
Arvind Sarin
Chairman & CEO of Copper Mobile
Arvind Sarin is the Founder and CEO of Copper Mobile, he oversees Mobile Application development for the company and manages several clients. He holds a Masters in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, and an MBA from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Arvind has been associated with Fujitsu, WICAT, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Ranbaxy, BARC, and Impiger.
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About Copper Mobile: Copper Mobile is a preferred digital transformation partner that has specialized in enterprise mobile app development since 2010.
Ram Garg
Founder and CEO of Software Assurance, LLC
Ram Garg, a serial entrepreneur is Founder and CEO at Software Assurance, LLC; a Dallas-based IT company offering Web, Mobile App Development and Testing Services. He has 25+ years of extensive experience in global IT and Software Industry with strong business acumen and technical agility. He has held wide range of leadership roles and executed mission critical projects while managing diverse global teams. Ram has worked with fortune 500 companies and, provided consulting services to companies such as IBM, Alcatel-Lucent and Fujitsu. He has extensive experience in working for diverse domains such as mobility and telecom, cloud/SaaS, finance, e-Commerce, gaming & entertainment, human resource, hospitality, real estate, education, etc. Ram is founding member of SID Information Framework (initiated by TM Forum Standards) which is used world-wide by most of the telecom solutions providers. He has served on Board of PMI Service & Outsourcing SIG and various other companies. Recently, he has joined YooLotto Board of Directors. As an Angel Investor, Ram has been actively involved in fueling entrepreneurial growth in Dallas Fort Worth Area. Over the last few years; he has invested in various fast growing Technology Startups and, additionally, is helping them with his technology expertise. Ram is a published author, and as an international speaker he has talked on topics focusing on how to deliver outsourced projects successfully.
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About appbiz360, Software Assurance, LLC, Tech Wildcatters, YooLotto: Web, Mobile App Development and Testing Solutions company
Brandon Metcalf
CEO & Founder of Place
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About Blueprint Advisory, Place: Place Technology is a developer of strategic finance software for SaaS companies.
Saurav Agarwal
Co-Founder, CEO of SIERA.AI
Saurav has worked at Qualcomm Research developing multiple patents for autonomous drones. He has won the prestigious Qualcomm Padovani Fellowship for his work along with National Innovation Awards and NSF I-Corps.
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About SIERA.AI: SIERA.AI is a mobility tech company that helps warehouses and factories increase safety and efficiency of their industrial vehicle fleets.
Ross Blankenship
Managing Partner and CEO of Angel Kings
Ross Blankenship (https://angel.co/ross-blankenship) is a media expert on startups, entrepreneurship, and angel investing; Ross Blankenship is a 3x entrepreneur, 7x bestselling author, angel investor and expert on the next billion-dollar startups (https://www.udemy.com/user/ross-blankenship/) and how to invest money with angel investments and venture capital (http://rossblankenship.com). Ross Blankenship has written extensively on the topics of venture capital and angel investing, and is also an early-stage angel investor in America’s hottest, must-watched startups: both software and hardware companies. Ross Blankenship advises the media on important topics from startups to entrepreneurship. Ross Blankenship has invested in early technologies ranging from multi-factor authentication (MFA) to digital assets such as Ethereum and Bitcoin: According to a recent interview with Ross Blankenship, “Investing is about discovering the next-big thing. It’s about spotting the trends, identifying problems, and understanding solutions. Having been on both sides of the equation: as an entrepreneur and investor, I can spot pain points for both consumers and enterprises. I can also spot big profit opportunities. For example, I was one of the first investors in a technology of a modified version of the blockchain called “Ethereum”… I studied Ethereum, smart contracts, and literally interviewed and met with everyone on this planet who would tell me about what they were building with Ethereum.” In another recent interview with Ross Blankenship in which he discussed focus and what it means to be an entrepreneur, “The first challenge is the focus. I have to make sure I am not doing ten things at once, but I am doing one if not two things all the time. The time motif returns, i.e., there’s never enough time to get everything done in a day, so prioritize those things that are most likely to be profitable – professionally and personally. If you only have a certain amount of time, you have to focus. I inspire entrepreneurs to find one or two products or services that they are passionate about but to limit their focus to just those.” Ross Blankenship continues to advise America’s top startups and be a member of technology development communities from the West Coast to the East Coast.
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About Angel Kings, Blankenship Ventures, Stonehawk Investment Group: Angel Kings is a software and mobile app development firm that builds America’s top startups.
Mandy Price
Co-Founder and CEO of Kanarys
Mandy Price is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Kanarys. Kanarys is a social enterprise that works with organizations to build more inclusive cultures, and is committed to creating a world where diversity is sought after, inclusiveness is honored and equity is evident.
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About Kanarys: Kanarys is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion focused SaaS platform providing clear metrics to diagnose, prioritize and optimize DEI efforts.
Mouzon Bass
CEO of Vivature
Mouzon Bass is the CEO of Vivature.
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About Vivature: Vivature provides practice management software for campus health centers and athletic departments to streamline billing and track injuries.
Gabriel Pinchev
CEO of FieldPulse
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About FieldPulse: FieldPulse is an all-in-one application to run your mobile service business – available on iOS, Android, and computer WebApp.
Divy Shrivastava
CEO of Paladin Drones
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About Paladin Drones: Paladin Drones is a simple system to give first responders instant situational awareness
Umer Fazal
Founder & CEO of Nespon IT Services
Mr. Fazal, with over 10 years of leadership as President and Founder of Nespon IT Services, oversees all aspects of the business. He is a roll-up your sleeves type of leader, jumping on technical calls with his clients, helping kick off major engagements, all the while creating an environment that reflects his values – Family, Drive, Intelligence, Humility, and Success. With 17 years of experience as a strategic thinker as well as a tactical mover, Mr. Fazal has developed, trained, and managed stable professional IT teams to consistently deliver multi-million- dollar enterprise business solutions, with a philosophy of “Keeping IT Simple.” With 3 University degrees – BSME, and 2 MSCS with honors, there is only one way a person could describe Umer – Intelligence with Humility.
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About Nespon IT Services: Nespon IT Services is an IT company for desktop and internet/intranet based applications, providing professional software solutions.
Lyal Avery
Founder & CEO of PullRequest
Lyal Avery is the founder & CEO of PullRequest, a Google-backed platform that combines automation with a network of on-demand reviewers to improve and simplify the code review process. Lyal Avery’s career as a leader in the technology industry spans over 18 years, with multiple exits across Vancouver BC, San Francisco CA, and Austin TX. Previous to PullRequest, Lyal cofounded Playerize, a payment and distribution platform for mobile and social games (exited to TSE:PER in 2015).
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About PullRequest: PullRequest’s code review as a service helps development teams ship code faster, with improved quality and lower costs.
Bill Moore
Founder/CEO of Zello
Bill is CEO of Zello, founder and director of TuneIn, and an early stage angel investor. Zello is social radio with 55 million anonymous users enjoying live public conversations from around the globe. NPR, PBS, BBC, CNN and Fox Business have covered Zello’s role as the most popular app for activists in Turkey, Egypt, Venezuela and Ukraine. While CEO of TuneIn thru 2011 Bill’s team created a platform to organize the worlds radio, created a top 50 overall app across 100 countries and won embedded deals powering BMW, Sonos and product lines across auto, mobile and connected device. Bill closed the funding with Sequoia Capital, moved the team to Palo Alto and returned to Texas.
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About Zello: Frontline workers save the world everyday. We build technology for them.
Raymond Kaminski
Co-Founder and CEO of ibble
Successful Entrepreneur, exceptional Engineer and proven Business leader within the Space Exploration and FinTech industries. Career spanning the NASA Space Shuttle & International Space Station Programs, Honest Dollar acquired by Goldman Sachs within 1yr of the product release, COO of HyperSciences launching rockets for NASA, and CEO of ibble revolutionizing fintech.
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About ibble: Ibble is the social video app for users to spark conversations and ignite new ideas with other people.
Wael Mohamed
Chief Executive Officer of ForeScout Technologies
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About ForeScout Technologies: ForeScout Technologies provides enterprises and government agencies with agentless visibility and control of devices.
Greg Stock
Chairman & CEO of Zenoss
Chairman & CEO at Zenoss.
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About Manugistics, Zenoss: Zenoss is the leader in Software-Defined IT Operations™, ensures the the world’s largest organization”s IT services & apps are always on.
Vinay Bhagat
Founder and CEO of TrustRadius
Vinay is an entrepreneur passionate about tackling big problems. Vinay conceived TrustRadius after experiencing challenges when buying enterprise solutions at his last company. In 1999, Vinay founded Convio, the leading Software as a Services platform for nonprofits. In April 2010, Convio became a public company, and was acquired in May 2012 for $325 million. Prior to Convio, Vinay was a Director at Trilogy Software and a Consultant at Bain & Company in London, Hong Kong and Kiev. He holds an MBA Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar, an MS Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University, and a MA Engineering Information Sciences from Cambridge University with First Class Honors. When he’s not working, Vinay loves playing with his kids, swimming and the occasional squash game.
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About TrustRadius: TrustRadius is a provider of an online review site used to offer business technology and software reviews.
David Wilson
Founder & CEO of JamKazam, Inc.
David Wilson is a serial entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas, with exits as an executive across a wide variety of technology startups to Google, eBay, Cisco, GameStop, Worksoft, and more. David loves to create and build products and companies that change the world in positive ways. His strengths functionally include product management, product marketing, marketing communications, business development, operations, strategy, fund raising, and general management. David has experience and proven success in both consumer and enterprise markets, spanning software, hardware, and Internet ventures. David earned his bachelor’s degree with majors in economics and computer information systems, graduating summa cum laude from Baylor University in 1987. He earned an MBA degree from Stanford University in 1992.
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About GameStop, JamKazam, Inc.: Disrupting the $8B music lesson marketplace with unique technology platform that lets musicians play live in sync from different locations.
Chris Boyd
Founder/CEO of Apptitude
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About Apptitude: App development made easy.
Brian Cruver
Founder & CEO of AlertMedia
Cruver is the Founder & CEO at Alert Media. He is a Co-founder at Xenex.
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About AlertMedia, Marketdriver Ventures, Xenex: AlertMedia provides a critical communications platform and monitoring services to enterprise customers.
Joe Rohrlich
CEO of Top Hat
As Chief Revenue Officer, Joe leads the global Sales, Marketing, and Client Success teams at Bazaarvoice. These teams are responsible for developing and growing client value across a range of industries and regions. Previously, Joe was General Manager of Bazaarvoice EMEA, leading the company’s strategy and growth across Europe. He initially joined Bazaarvoice in 2010 to establish and grow the firm’s CPG offering, and went on to lead the Client Success practice globally. Prior to Bazaarvoice, Joe led account management at a Procter & Gamble-owned marketing consultancy. He has consulted on digital marketing strategies with brands ranging from Pampers to Sprint to Newell Rubbermaid. Joe holds a BA from the University of Michigan and is teaching his wife and two children to be avid Michigan sports fans – Go Blue!
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About Bazaarvoice, Top Hat: Top Hat’s interactive software helps college professors quickly activate classrooms by engaging students over their own devices.
Alex Davern
CEO of National Instruments
Davern serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at National Instruments. Prior to joining National Instruments in 1994, Davern worked for Pricewaterhouse-Coopers in Europe and the United States. Davern holds a bachelor’s degree in business studies and a post-graduate diploma in professional accounting from University College Dublin.
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About National Instruments: National Instruments Corporation manufactures and supplies measurement and automation products.
Sudhakar Pennam
CEO & Founder of Kairos Technologies Inc
Sudhakar was the Founder & CEO of Cigniti Technologies, the world’s 3rd largest independent software testing services company. Sudhakar started Cigniti Inc as a two-member company in 2004, and under his leadership, Cigniti rapidly expanded its global operations and added many Fortune 500 customers. Sudhakar has led Cigniti to great success with the market capitalization of the company touching its all-time high during 2016-17. In 2014, Sudhakar knew that the next big technology wave would be around cloud, mobility and social. To ensure he expands his passion for the technology he founded Solunus Inc. Within four years Solunus grew to be a 100-plus member strong technology focused organization. Sudhakar now personifies Solunus Inc. commitment to customer satisfaction and high quality. Through his experience in a variety of leadership roles, he has built a reputation in the software industry for his exceptional ability to build and grow new business offerings and nurture long-term relationships. He is extremely passionate about the impact of technology on human lives. In particular, he believes Education as a great enabler for Social Empowerment. His vision, commitment, and direction are today responsible for Solunus’ strong Corporate Social Responsibility focus. Sudhakar is also credited with building global leadership on Software Testing across the world. He chairs and mentors many global leadership and IT forums and conferences. He serves as an advisor to many budding entrepreneurs and start-ups. He served as IT Serve President for the year 2015 and was a part of IT Serve Executive Chair 2016. Currently, he plays an impeccable role being on IT Serve Governing Board.
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About Kairos Technologies Inc, Solunus: Kairos Technologies is an information technology company offering salesforce integration and development services.
Altaf Khan
CEO of Infxl
Although Altaf started his career as an accelerometer system engineer in the Silicon Valley, simplifying neural nets has been his passion for the last 26 years. His patent-pending inventions include fast deep nets for real-time apps, low-cost, energy-efficient deep nets for IoT devices, and simplified deep nets for FPGA. He has worked on intelligent solutions for a major US airline and a well-known auto parts supplier. He has been the CTO of a brokerage company, CEO of two startups, consultant for software process improvement, and an industrial controls engineer. More recently, he has consulted on speeding-up malware detection with SparkCognition and advises TestRigor, a test-automation startup, on machine learning. PhD Warwick, MSEE Pennsylvania, BSEE Wilkes.
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About Infxl: Edge AI for FPGA, DSP, MCU
Jeff Haynie
Co-Founder & CEO of Pinpoint.com
Jeff was co-founder and CEO of Appcelerator before the Axway (NYSE:AXW.PA) in January 2016. Jeff is a long-time serial entrepreneur, angel investor, technologist and blogger. Previously, Jeff was Co-founder and CTO of Vocalocity, a software provider in the communications arena and before that, CTO of eHatchery, a digital incubator and off-shoot of Bill Gross’ idealab!. Jeff has worked on numerous standard committees such as IETF and W3C as well as core contributor to a number of important open source technologies such as JBoss and OpenVXI. Jeff served with distinction in the U.S. Navy.
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About Pinpoint.com: A collaborative workspace that is free from distraction so you can create, share, and work together no matter where you are.
Peter Li
CEO, Co-Founder of Atlas Wearables
Founder of Atlas Wearables.
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About Atlas Wearables: Atlas Wearables is a fitness-technology company that designs products to enrich the fitness experience both in and out of the gym.
Jack McDonald
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Upland Software
Jack McDonald is Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Silverback Enterprise Group. Founded in 2010 and backed by Austin Ventures, a $3.9 billion venture capital firm, Silverback acquires and builds industry-leading enterprise software companies. In the past 15 months, Silverback has completed four acquisitions and its PowerSteering Software subsidiary is today the largest cloud software company in the enterprise project and portfolio management (PPM) market, with over 800 active enterprise customers and more than 250,000 active users in 50 countries. Prior to Silverback, Jack was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Perficient, Inc., a leading information technology consulting firm, from 1999-2009, where he led a team that grew the business from startup to a publicly traded (NASDAQ: PRFT) $250 million revenues award-winning industry leader with operations in North America, Europe, China and India. Jack is a serial entrepreneur and a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He is actively involved in the Austin civic and nonprofit community and currently serves as chairman elect of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, chairman of PeopleFund, a community development loan fund for low-income entrepreneurs, and serves on the Board of Directors for KIPP Austin Public Schools, a network of seven nonprofit schools serving more than 2,000 students in east Austin. Jack previously served as Chairman of the Greater Austin Technology Partnership and Chairman of Texas Emerging Technology Fund for the central Texas region, as well as on the Board of Peoples Community Clinic, which provides high quality healthcare to more than 10,000 low income central Texans.
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About Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Upland AccuRoute, Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
Chris Ripley
Co-Founder and CEO of Smarter Sorting
Chris Ripley is the co-founder and CEO of Smarter Sorting.
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About Smarter Sorting: Smarter Sorting helps companies know more about consumer products to make, market and move them better.
Krishna Kurapati
Founder & CEO of qliqSoft
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About qliqSoft: Secure messaging application provider
Bryan Burkhart
Founder and CEO of Worksmith
Bryan Burkhart is founder and CEO at H.Bloom. Under his strategic leadership, H.Bloom has developed into a recognized luxury floral brand with a rapidly growing national presence. Bryan has extensive leadership and management experience gained through more than a decade in the software industry. He began his career in sales at Trilogy Software, in Austin, Texas. Later he served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Callidus Software, Inc., where he was responsible for all revenue and managed the company’s sales operations globally. Bryan joined Callidus when it was a start-up and helped grow the company to over $100 million in revenue and an IPO in 2003. Bryan graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Entrepreneurial Management. Bryan is a weekly contributor to The New York Times with a blog about team-building, talent development, and leadership.
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About Worksmith: Worksmith is a store experience management platform provider that helps brands adapt to the new world of retail.
Scott Brighton
CEO of Aurea Software
Scott Brighton is the CEO of Aurea Software. He has a master’s degree in Business Administration at Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business.
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About Accept Corporation, Aurea Software, Aurea Software, Jive Software: Aurea helps global businesses accelerate digital transformation through unlimited access to the world’s first business software library.
Jeff Moyer
President and CEO of Luminoso
Jeff Moyer is the President, CEO, and Board member at Luminoso Technologies.
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About Luminoso: Luminoso is a new way for computers to understand language and turn text into actionable business intelligence.
Nir Leibovich
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of GoCo.io Inc
Nir Leibovich is a seasoned entrepreneur and serial startup founder with a proven track record. His strengths span across business operations, product and market strategy, business development, and scalable marketing. Currently the Founder and CEO of GoCo.io Inc based in Houston, TX on a mission to simplify and automate business operations and administrations for SMBs. His previous startup, Arpeggi Inc, a genetic data analytics company that he co-founded and served as CEO was acquired by Gene by Gene Ltd. Before Arpeggi, Nir was at Zynga Inc where he spearheaded several key product initiatives and served on an executive board tasked to define emerging market opportunities and corporate product strategy. His arrival at Zynga came through the acquisition of MarketZero Inc, a gaming analytics company Nir co-founded in 2005 and sold to Zynga in 2011. Additional previous ventures include a successful stock training & analytics platform with hundreds of thousands of members earning a highly respected weekly spot on CNBC, a portfolio of web commerce assets, and a Dallas, TX based restaurant. In his free time, Nir invests, advises and mentors startups, fulfilling his passion to harvest and empower the entrepreneur spirit. Nir is a devoted father of two wonderful daughters and an incredibly supportive wife.
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About GoCo.io Inc: GoCo.io offers software that helps businesses simplify their human resources systems.
Sri Rao Boddapu
Founder and CEO of Arctic
Sri Rao Boddapu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arctic.Sri is a renewed leader, President of Esolvit Inc, Cloudsolvit Inc, Voice of Big Data, Technozant and Inforide Technologies. Sri is a great motivator.
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About Arctic: Arctic is an analytics and predictive insights employment platform that connects job seekers, hiring agencies, employers, and recruiters.
Nick Koston
Founder, Owner & Chief Executive Officer of cPanel
Nick is a developer and the Chief Executive Officer of cPanel. He started the company out of his childhood home and has grown cPanel into an operation with more than 200 employees and a global customer base. In his journey from part-time programmer to full-time CEO, Nick has had a hand in marketing, customer service, and even human resources. This experience, a testament to Nick’s leadership style, makes him one of cPanel’s most versatile team members.
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About cPanel: cPanel is a control panel designed for the web hosting industry.
James Vaughan
Co-founder and CEO of Value Voting
Entrepreneur and investor with experience in politics, energy, and real estate. Over the years I’ve specialized in advocacy strategy, energy law, and real estate finance. My concentrations have varied based on the tasks at hand. Currently, I’m focused on political advocacy, send me a message if you want to talk politics, I’m always looking for new ideas on how to improve our political system.
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About Value Voting: Value Voting develops political targeting software for advocacy groups.
Wayne Roberts
CEO of Abrigo
Wayne Roberts is a transformational leader and builder of high growth technology companies and teams. He joined Abrigo as CEO in 2016 when the company was still called Banker’s Toolbox, and led its resurgence by driving next-generation products and services, unleashing a powerful company culture, generating impressive organic growth, and leading multiple acquisitions to make Abrigo the Enterprise Risk Management partner of choice for America’s community financial institutions. Earlier, he was chief operating officer at Accruent, the leading provider of software solutions in the commercial real estate management market, and also held senior leadership roles at Rackspace, Dell, Trammell Crow, and Accenture. A native of Austin, he is also a proud graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned a BBA in business analysis and research and an MBA in finance.
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About Abrigo: Abrigo provides market-leading compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions to enable its customers to think bigger.
Antonio Arocha
CEO & Co-Founder of Nuve
After graduating from the University of Texas with a double degree in computer science and government, Antonio was driven to use his background and computer science degree to help solve a real world problem that would benefit society. He started working on Nuve, which was accepted into IBM’s SmartCamp (Mexico) in 2012. Antonio won that competition and Nuve began receiving recognition from local incubators in Austin. Currently, Antonio is leading the company towards unrivaled success in asset protection and with a broader vision related to the Internet of Things.
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About Nuve: Nuve is a software company that develops and delivers asset management and fraud prevention solutions.
Joe Walsh
CEO of Thryv
Joe Walsh joined Thryv as CEO and president in October 2014. He is charged with leading the overall company strategy and operations. A respected leader in the industry, Joe brings a wealth of experience to Thryv with previous leadership roles in a variety of companies. Most recently he was the CEO and chairman of Walsh Partners, a private company focused on investments and advisory services. He previously served as the chairman of Cambium Learning Group (NASDAQ ticker symbol: ABCD), a leading educational technology company. Joe is best known for his leadership at Yellowbook, where he served as president and CEO. During his tenure, Yellowbook grew from a small telephone directory publisher to the nation’s premier provider of small business advertising and marketing solutions. He led the company through a series of acquisitions and new market launches, as well as unprecedented print and online growth. The company saw revenue expand from $38 million to $2 billion, with revenue doubling every two years for more than a dozen years. Early in his career, Joe co-founded IYP Publishing, a company he sold to DataNational in 1985. He served as vice president of sales at DataNational until joining Yellowbook in 1987. Joe has received numerous awards and has been recognized by some of the country’s top print and broadcast outlets. In 1999, Joe was featured in Forbes Magazine’s “Entrepreneurs – Up and Comers.” He was awarded Ernst and Young’s “Master Entrepreneur of the Year.” A front page feature in the Wall Street Journal highlighted his accomplishments in an article titled, “Yellow Book USA Grabs Business from Baby Bells with Cheap Ads.” He also appeared on news programs such as CNBC and CNNfn. In 2010, Joe was among an elite group of U.S. leaders selected to participate in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference sponsored by the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Joe served as chairman of the Local Search Association (LSA) and on the board of LSA’s predecessor, the Yellow Pages Association. He was also chairman and a long-term board member of the Association of Directory Publishers and served on the board of the Association of Directory Marketing. Additionally, he served on the board of trustees for the Bullis School in Maryland. Since its endowment in 1999, Joe has directed the activities of the Joe and Missy Walsh Family Foundation as chairman.
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About DexYP, Thryv: Thryv provides software and the end-to-end client experience platform for growing small businesses.
Dan Cornish
CEO & Founder of Cosential
Dan oversees Cosential’s strategic direction. He’s grown the company for more than 20 years, providing the marketing and business development expertise needed to build the industry’s leading solution. Previously, Dan spent eight years as the President of Cornish Productions, where he created marketing presentations for architecture, engineering and construction firms. He is also known for his photography of the Statue of Liberty’s restoration in the 1980’s.
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About Cosential: Cosential provides cloud-based CRM and proposal automation solutions for architecture, engineering and construction firms.
Josh Knutson
Co-Founder & CEO of Rhithm
Former psychotherapist turned entrepreneur. I use my diverse knowledge base to identify high impact problems and leverage technology to engineer efficient solutions. The current manifestation of that process is Rhithm, Inc. I am a polymath, problem solver, autodidact, change maker, and born communicator.
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About Rhithm: Rhithm is a wellness company currently serving K12 students, staff and administrators.
Matt Hawkins
Co-Founder and CEO of Hoss
Matt Hawkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hoss.
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About Hoss: Hoss is an enterprise software company that helps teams make better API-driven products by tracking and managing the APIs they consume.
Eric Kavanagh
CEO of Inside Analysis
Eric has more than 20 years of experience as a career journalist with a keen focus on enterprise technologies. He designs and moderates a variety of New Media programs, including The Briefing Room, Information Management’s DM Radio and Espresso Series, as well as GARP’s Leadership and Research Webcasts. His mission is to help people leverage the power of software, methodologies and politics in order to get things done.
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About eWEEK.com, Global Association of Risk Professionals, Inside Analysis, The Bloor Group, The Bloor Group, United Nations: Inside Analysis is a web-based multimedia to deliver vendor-neutral education.
Pankaj Kumar
Chief Executive Officer of PMAM
Kumar is the Founder and CEO of PM AM; having over 30 years of experience in leading the operations of large multi-national corporations. Prior to his leadership role at PM AM, Mr. Kumar was the CEO of Birla Consultancy and Software Services (now PSI Data System) a CMM5 and ISO company with 15,000+ employees. In addition, Mr. Kumar led and oversaw IT operations for the Aditya Birla Group in Thailand and India which were responsible for some the organization’s highest valued initiatives. Appointed as the IT advisor to Chief Minister of an Indian state, he was responsible for developing the complete IT strategy for the state including all departments and infrastructure, as well as establishing the department responsible for its management and oversight on an on-going basis. This was an honorary position to which he volunteered his time to help the state.
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About PMAM: PMAM Corporation is a global information technology company
Stuart Lloyd
Co-Founder / CEO of DoctorLogic
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About DoctorLogic: DoctorLogic offers an EHR-integrated marketing service that helps doctors grow their practice.
Dayne Myers
Chief Executive Officer of TalonX
Dayne Myers is co-founder and CEO of TalonX, a startup company whose mission is to help address the severe shortage of cybersecurity talent through automation and analytics solutions and managed services.
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About Imagine Sports, TalonX: TalonX is a software and services company helping organizations automate security and provide actionable insights.
Ian Wilson
Founder and CEO of Servient
Founder & CEO at Servient.
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About Servient: Servient is a full enterprise eDiscovery solution.
Nathan Henderson
Chairman & CEO of BILT
Mr. Henderson is the chairman and CEO of BILT Incorporated, a SaaS company he co-founded in 2015. Under his leadership, BILT has grown from an idea to improve assembly instructions to a consumer experience revolution fundamentally changing the way consumers interact with the brands and products they buy. BILT’s 3D interactive Intelligent Instructions® connect users to manufacturers and provide a dramatic increase in positive customer sentiment (NPS) while reducing product return rates and customer support costs. Prior to BILT, he spent 17 years at SAP where he filled various roles to include: consulting project manager, applications consultant, SRM product manager, global lead for partner programs and senior director for business growth initiatives. As the senior director for enterprise mobility, he built mobile applications for some of the world’s greatest companies. He also drove sales and the positioning and packaging of all mobile applications across North America. Mr. Henderson graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in manufacturing engineering technology and the Thunderbird School of Global Management with an MBA in international business.
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About BILT: BILT is a mobile app that provides 3D interactive intelligent instructions for assembly and installation.
David Fuller
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Artificial
David Fuller is the Chief Service Robotics Strategy and R&D officer for KUKA North America. In his role, David is responsible for driving the integration of key IT technology from the cloud, web, and mobiles spaces with the traditional core of KUKA’s operating technologies (OT) in industrial robotics, service robotics, and emerging areas of emphasis such as healthcare and healthcare logistics. David has held previous roles spanning from a professional software engineer to global Vice President of SW R&D with areas of emphasis such as the integration of I/O, deterministic buses, processors and FPGAs and their application within test and measurement in particular. David holds more than 30 patents and was jointly awarded the prestigious 2011 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Technology Innovation from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST). He graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University in 1995 with a Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering.
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About Artificial, KUKA Robotics: Artificial is a software company that develops a lab automation platform.
Arlo Gilbert
Founding CEO of Osano
Visionary High Growth Technology Leader with a deep understanding of developing new technologies and marketing them to consumers in industries including credit card processing, telecommunications, and digital health. Track record of envisioning, developing, and delivering new B2B and B2C products across a wide range of industries. Experienced at conceiving new ideas, communicating value proposition to the marketplace, and building organizations that meet customer and market demand for new products. Skilled at leveraging technology and engaging it at a commercial level to rapidly grow new companies. Adept at assessing constantly evolving market conditions and rapidly pivoting company strategy to ensure profitability and growth.
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About Meta SaaS, Osano: Osano is a provider of a data privacy compliance suite that aids businesses in complying with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
Clint Cornett
CEO & Founder of ValuTrac Software, Inc.
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About ValuTrac Software, Inc.: ValuTrac Software develops SaaS technology solutions that help financial institutions solve complex operational problems.
Alex Doubet
CEO of Door.com
Alex Doubet is the Chief Executive Officer at Door.
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About Door.com: A next-generation real estate transaction platform that leverages technology to provide home buyers and sellers a superior service.
Richard Bagdonas
Chief Executive Officer of ReplyAll Health
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About Mindful Appy, Operation Turkey, ReplyAll Health, Twinedge: When someone important to you is in a health crisis, you can help. Give them the power to update everyone with one text.
Zafar Shaikh
President and CEO of SoftNice
Zafar Shaikh serves as president and CEO of SoftNice.
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About Cambay Consulting, SoftNice: SoftNice provides deployment and delivery of IT solutions enabling enterprises in their digital transformation journey.
Matt Flake
President & CEO of Q2ebanking
Matt currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Q2 and is a member of the Board of Directors. He has been with Q2 since its founding in 2005. During his tenure at Q2, he’s been a significant contributor to the growth and strategic direction of the organization. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including sales and banking operations, Matt is intensely determined to help regional and community-focused financial institutions compete with the Mega and money center banks. He is a recipient of the esteemed EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the Central Texas region and was an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National finalist. Matt received his degree from Baylor University and is currently a member of the Dell Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees.
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About Q2ebanking: Q2ebanking designs virtual, mobile and voice banking applications for financial institutions.
Alex Nataros
CEO of Leap Computing
Alex Nataros is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at LEAP Computing.
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About Leap Computing, Robotics Networking and Automation Inc.: Leap Computing is a software and hardware company that provides graphically accelerated
