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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 United States based COO’ operating in the Mobile space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Sebastien Borget
Co-Founder and COO of Pixowl
Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.
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About Pixowl, The Sandbox: Pixowl is working to build a big entertainment family brand on mobile.
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Jared Yaman
Co-Founder, COO of Boxed
Prior to Blackgate Ventures, Jared was a corporate attorney at Proskauer before becoming a Co-Founder at Astro Ape Studios. Most recently, he was made upper level management at Zynga Mobile NY where he oversaw high profile mobile properties. Jared holds a J.D. from Fordham University and a Bachelor’s in Economics and Business from Michigan State University. Unbeknownst to most, Jared is actually Troy Aikman’s younger, stronger, better looking brother.
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About Blackgate Ventures, Boxed: Boxed is an online bulk grocery retailer used to offer wholesale club experience for modern shoppers.
Mike Don
COO of InMarket
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About InMarket: InMarket offers a self-service location-based platform that captures accurate consumer location data, which drives campaign performance.
Andrew Maguire
Chief Operating Officer of Elevate Labs
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About Elevate Labs, Oakhouse Partners: Elevate is a cognitive training tool designed to build communication and analytical skills.
Charlie Kawwas
Chief Operating officer of Broadcom
Charlie Kawwas is Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer at Broadcom, responsible for global sales and marketing across all business divisions. Dr. Kawwas joined the company through the LSI acquisition where he was head of worldwide sales. Previous positions at LSI include vice president of sales and marketing for the networking division and vice president of marketing for the networking and storage products group. Before joining LSI, Dr. Kawwas was the leader of Product Line Management for the Optical Ethernet and Multi-service Edge portfolio at Nortel. Dr. Kawwas received a B.S. in Computer Engineering, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Vic Cekvenich
CTO – COO of Apakau
I am a seasoned tech executive and entrepreneur with a proven track record of success. I have over thirty years experience combining a strong technical background and business leadership. I believe that technology must be developed solely to achieve business objectives and to satisfy market demands. I believe innovation happens with small and elite teams of superstars rather than with armies of mediocre players. I also believe that creating an environment of high innovation requires a culture of high-output based on merit; a place where people are rewarded for taking good risks.
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About Apakau: Apakau’s Cloud Proxy is an intelligent, edge-based networking solution that stops (DDoS) attacks against dynamic data.
David Bos
COO of Maple Media
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About Maple Media: Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising, and technology company that acquires and operates category-leading, consumer apps.
Taylor Wang
Founder & COO of Mayvenn
Taylor Wang is Founder at Mayvenn.
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About Groop Swoop, Mayvenn: Mayvenn enables Stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory.
Peter Moore
COO of Electronic Arts
Peter Moore With his tremendous personal passion for sports, competition and games, Peter Moore leads EA’s newly formed Competitive Gaming Division enabling outstanding competition through great games, talented players and experiences for the EA player community. Peter is a longtime champion of competitive gaming programs and is focused on bringing to life new global competitions for EA franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL and Battlefield. Peter Moore previously served as Chief Operating Officer of EA, providing strategic leadership for all global operations that enable EA to bring products to market via retail and digital direct-to-consumer channels. He also previously held the position of President of EA SPORTS, overseeing the delivery of some of the top-selling sports videogames from franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, NCAA Football and NHL. He also oversaw the growth of the FIFA Interactive World Cup, growing it into one of the world’s largest gaming tournaments. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in gaming, entertainment and consumer products. He has held leadership positions as the Corporate Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business of Microsoft Corp., as President and COO of SEGA of America and Senior Vice President of marketing at Reebok International Ltd. Peter holds a bachelor’s degree from Keele University, United Kingdom, and a master’s degree from California State University, Long Beach. He also currently serves as a VP of SpecialEffect, a nonprofit that uses technology to enhance the quality of life of people with physical disabilities. Peter resides in Atherton, California and spends his free time running and working out, and is a lifetime supporter of Liverpool FC.
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About Electronic Arts: Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Amit Agrawal
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Cyber Infrastructure (p) Ltd
Mr. Amit Agrawal directs CIS’s Operations Quality & Process initiatives that are instrumental in driving major Financial and Operational benefits to CIS and its clients. He plays a vital role in establishing key alliances and building competent teams who are quite adept in using Latest Technology, Frameworks and Techniques; giving CIS a competitive advantage. He is also responsible for providing direction to strategic initiatives at CIS and building up CIS’s technical capabilities.As a technology veteran since 2002, he is leading and managing multiple projects, while maintaining budgets and meeting deadlines. He also steers the development lifecycle of all our web initiatives, mentors the research and implementation of innovative Web/ Mobile & Cloud Solutions. He is responsible for assimilation and adoption of latest technology in the company. Prior to CIS, Mr. Agrawal has served in various managerial roles in global IT companies in the US, Europe, and India. He possesses a number of certificates in Programming Languages, Project Management, Quality Control and Innovation Straategies.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BE) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of RGPV and graduated in 2002 and is an MDP alumnae of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), 2007.
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About Cyber Infrastructure (p) Ltd: Cyber InfraStructure Pvt. Ltd. or CIS is a IT and consulting company in Central India.
Nicole Houston
President, Chief Operating Officer of Fluid Credit
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About Fluid Credit: Fluid Credit provides university students with credit and personal finance education.
Steve Chew
Co-Founder & COO of BuildOps
Accomplished leader in Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Business Development, and Marketing with over a decade of experience at both Consumer and Enterprise technology companies. Demonstrated versatility in both start-up and corporate environments.Early employee at two Silicon Valley startups that successfully exited through acquisition. Launched the European business for a “unicorn” startup valued at $1.2B+. Led technical product management for two of Microsoft’s largest cloud-first products – Outlook and Exchange Online (Office 365). Proven track record of success in the following areas: Mobile Apps, Cloud Computing, SaaS, Social Networking, Crowdfunding, and eCommerce. Engineering degree from Stanford and MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About BuildOps: Industry leading all-in-one software solution for subcontractors driving profitability through best-in-class technology
Jerrin James
COO & Co-founder of Food Rocket
Jerrin James, Co-founder & COO of Food Rocket Ex – Amazon | Ex – Facebook | Ex – Groupon | Last Mile Expert | Six Sigma Black-Belt Exceptional data-driven, highly analytical and technological operations leader and change agent with unusually diverse global experience, James, has a career that displays a consistent track record of positive results and transformation accomplished through leadership roles in different organizations, including technology giants such as Amazon, Facebook, and Groupon. At Amazon, James led operations for multiple fulfillment centers, was in charge of productivity improvements for the Amazon Sortable Network, and launched multiple FCs. James still holds the record to ship out the most number of units out of a single day during peak season at one of Amazon’s legacy buildings. At Facebook, James led Global Logistics and Supply Chain Ops including Global Sourcing, Procurement, FC Operations, Deployment, Transportation, Trade & Compliance and Reverse Logistics, managing a ~$500mm spend. Most recently, James was COO at Driven Deliveries building California’s largest vertically integrated last-mile operator for cannabis from the ground up, servicing consumers all over California, the largest market, in under 60 minutes. James played an instrumental role in raising the first major investment for the company to scale its growth, taking the company public as well as an exit through an acquisition in just under 2 years.
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About Food Rocket: Food Rocket is an application that provides customers with on-demand 10-15 minute free grocery delivery.
Rebekah Monson
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of WhereBy.Us
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About WhereBy.Us: A platform that enables creators to build a media business for their community.
Ram Mohan
Chief Operating Officer of Afilias
Ram Mohan is Chief Operating Officer of Afilias Limited. Ram oversees key strategic, management and technology choices for the company in support of the generic top-level domains (gTLDs) .INFO and .ORG, sponsored domains .mobi, .asia, and .aero and country code domains including .IN (India) and .ME (Montenegro). Ram has led the strategic growth of the company in registry services and security as well as new product sectors such as RFID/Auto-ID, global DNS and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Before joining Afilias in September 2001, Ram was at Infonautics Corp., a pioneering online database and content distribution company. He held various leadership positions at Infonautics, and led the company to market leadership through product innovation. Ram is the founder of the award-winning CompanySleuth product, and created the Sleuth line of business at Infonautics. He helped architect Electric Library, North America’s most used online reference database in schools and libraries, and Encyclopedia.com, the first free encyclopedia on the Internet. Prior to joining Infonautics, Ram worked with First Data Corporation, Unisys Corporation and KPMG Peat Marwick in a variety of leadership, engineering and technology positions. Ram is also founder of the technology behind TurnTide, an anti-spam company acquired by Symantec. Ram is active in the ICANN community. He is the author (with others) of the Redemption Grace Period (RGP) and the IDN implementation guidelines, now global industry standards. He led the GNSO IDN Working Group, is a co-founder (along with the UN and the Public Interest Registry) of the Arabic Script IDN Working Group. Ram is a founding member of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), a Board advisory committee comprised of Internet pioneers and technical experts including operators of Internet root servers, registrars, and TLD registries. Ram’s educational background reflects his belief that technology is best used for business advantage and market leadership. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mangalore, an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Bharathidasan University, and left most of the way through his second Master’s in Computer Science at Philadelphia’s Drexel University in order to take Infonautics public. An inventor, he is the author of several patents. Ram was previously named one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 under 40. He is a founding member of the ISOC Philadelphia Area Chapter and serves on the advisory boards of several Philadelphia-area startup companies, and is actively involved in cancer-related nonprofits. Ram Mohan served as a Board member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the coordinating body for all domain names and internet addresses from 2008 to 2018.
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About Afilias: Afilias provides back end domain name registry services, DNS, idn and RFID services.
Lloyd Gladstone
Founder, Chief Operating Officer of Prong
Founder of Prong.
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About Crush Roulette, Prong: Prong is a consumer electronics company that is dedicated to designing and manufacturing innovative accessories for electronic devices.
Luke Kathol
COO & Co-Founder of Urgently
Luke Kathol is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Urgently, Inc
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About Urgently: Urgently features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands and roadside assistance professionals.
Zaizhuang Cheng
COO, Co-founder of Spin
Zaizhuang Cheng is co-founder at Skinny Labs, also known as Spin. He was a lead software engineer at Disqus before he co-founded the company with Derrick and Euwyn. Zaizhuang is a Stanford University graduate, holding a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering.
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About Spin: Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
Fred Licon
Chief Operating Officer of ePlata
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About ePlata, Plata Pay: ePlata is a mobile platform that enables its users to conduct online and peer-to-peer transactions.
Eric Bowman
President & COO of Stream
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, S/W Engineer, Media, Fed/Dept. of Def, Healthcare, Beverage Distribution, Sports, Entertainment, etc.
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About SPARC, Stream: Stream is a company behind Stream, a live first OVP that powers video for publishers, professional sports, and top brands.
Charnsin Tulyasathien
COO of Billaway
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About Billaway: Billaway provides mobile phone subscribers across the globe free mobile airtime when they share their opinions in surveys.
Josh Yguado
President, COO & Co-Founder of Jam City
Josh Yguado is co-founder, COO and President of Jam City, where he oversees the company’s operations, growth strategies and game portfolio – which has repeatedly dominated the top grossing charts of the Apple and Google Play stores. Before launching Jam City, Josh was Vice President at Fox Entertainment, where he helped Fox in its acquisition of MySpace, its creation of Hulu and its launch of new television networks. His career also includes working at MTV Networks and Univision. Among other honors, SoCalTech named Josh one of its top “50 Most Influential People” in Southern California’s technology industry. A board member of The Young Turks, he received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Harvard University. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Jed Nachman
COO of Yelp
Jed Nachman joined Yelp as Chief Operating Officer in 2016.
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About Yelp: Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Michael Orlando
Chief Operating Officer of YapStone
Michael Orlando is the Chief Operating Officer at Yapstone.
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About YapStone: YapStone is a global provider of online and mobile payment solutions for global marketplaces and large vertical markets.
Yoon Kim
COO of Tapas Media
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About Tapas Media: Creator platform for “Daily Story Snacks” — bite-sized comics and novels
Matt Himelfarb
COO of Vinli
Matt is the COO/CFO of Vinli, Inc. Previously, Matt founded and served as a managing partner at Dallas Venture Partners (“DVP”). While at DVP, Matt founded Yvolver, Inc. and served as its CFO and General Counsel until its sale to Opera Software in August of 2015. He is an entrepreneurial JD/MBA with a background in all financial and legal aspects of private equity transactions and management. He has used his unique skill set to actively manage investments through their full life cycle: introduction to investment to sale. He has experience in both raising private equity funds and in sourcing investment opportunities. Formerly a Senior Associate with Trailblazer Capital, he was responsible for analyzing the firm’s deal flow as well as managing the due diligence process for every one of the fund’s investments, bridge funding transactions and the sale of a portfolio company to a publicly traded corporation. Matt is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and a former board member at DeviceFidelity, Inc. (sold to Square), Yvolver, Inc., and AgSolver, Inc. Matt received both his law and business degrees from Southern Methodist University with a concentration in Finance. While in graduate school, Matt founded a digital music company where he was successful in both raising capital for his company and attracting local talent. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colgate University.
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About Vinli: Vinli is a universal car-to-cloud data computing platform that turns any car into a connected car.
Alex Larsen
COO of Roomi
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About Roomi: Roomi is a free mobile platform that helps people find flexible, affordable co-living solutions.
COO of Match Group
Navin Ramachandran currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer of The Match Group and General Manager of PeopleMedia. Navin has served in multiple roles since joining the Match Group in 2012, including GM of Match Events and GM of Match Latin America. Prior to Match, Navin held various management and consulting roles at Amyris, i2 Technologies and McKinsey & Company. Navin holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology and a Master’s in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
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About Match Group, Match Group, People Media: Match Group is a division of IAC & online dating portfolio that comprises over forty brands around the world.
Scott Chesrown
Chief Operating Officer of K Health
Scott Chesrown is the COO of K Health and Co-Founder of [Vroom](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vroom-com#/entity). Chesrown holds a bachelor’s degrees in Business and Spanish from the [University of San Diego](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/university-of-san-diego-2#/entity) and Master’s degree in Engineering from [Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rose-hulman-institute-of-technology#/entity). He also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and PhD in Leadership Studies from [Gonzaga University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gonzaga-university-2#/entity). Chesrown lives in New York, United States.
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About K Health: K Health is a data-driven digital primary care system that uses AI to deliver personalized primary care.
Chris Smith
COO of Verituity
Chris Smith is the COO at Verituity, Inc.
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About Verituity: Verituity is a verified digital payments platform that connects banks, businesses, and payees to first-time and on-time digital payouts.
Patrick McHugh
Chief Operating Officer of Euphoria.LGBT
Communications and design specialist with a passion for building innovative technology solutions for overlooked problems. CCO, graphic design, technical writer and lead researcher at Euphoria and former Executive Director at Spokane Food Fighters.
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About Euphoria.LGBT, Euphoria.LGBT: Euphoria.LGBT builds technology solutions that restore agency and dignity for transgender individuals going through gender transition.
Jamie Marshall
Founder & COO of Snackpass
Jamie Marshall is the COO and founder at Snackpass.
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About Snackpass: Snackpass is a social commerce platform that focuses on mobile order pickup at local restaurants.
Joshua Heckathorn
Co-founder & COO of Tomorrow Ideas
Joshua Heckathorn is Co-founder and COO of Tomorrow, the easiest way to plan your family’s future today.He is an entrepreneur, investor, and a nationally licensed life and health insurance producer. Josh began his career in finance with Zurich Financial Services, where he spent five years in global roles prior to founding Creditnet. As President of Creditnet, Josh positioned the site as one of the top 10 online credit card comparison engines prior to its acquisition in 2012. Joshua holds a B.S. in Management from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business and received an MBA from Seattle University’s Albers School of Business. He resides with his family in the Seattle area, where he enjoys climbing in the Cascades and running ultra-marathons.
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About Tomorrow Ideas: Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future.
Mark Rosenthal
COO of HqO
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About HqO, HqO: HqO helps building owners and property teams thrive with technology that engages tenants and creates the most value for their assets.
Zachary Goldberg
Co-founder, CTO/COO of Lynk Messenger
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About Lynk Messenger: Lynk Messenger is a hyper-local messaging application that lets its users to chat with friends nearby for free.
Karan Singh
Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer of Ginger
Karan co-founded Ginger.io and currently leads its clinical operations and strategy. He has over 13 years of experience in healthcare from management consulting for biopharma to data analytics, having worked at leading health care firms including ZS Associates and Humedica. A leader in the digital health community, Karan is a frequent speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, health innovation and new models of care. He has served as a scholar at the Aspen Institute, delivered keynotes at Public Health Institute (PHI) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and recognized as a rising star in Healthcare by LinkedIn’s Next Wave. Karan holds his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan, attended the Harvard Medical School / MIT Health, Science & Technology (HST) program, and received his BA and BS in Economics and Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
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About Ginger, Pixel Vector Media: Ginger is an on-demand mental health company providing around-the-clock access to emotional support via coaching, therapy, and psychiatry.
Blake Commagere
Co-Founder and COO of Vault12
Blake Commagere is a growth expert, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and an advisor to several companies in the SF Bay Area. In his career, he has raised over $12 million in VC/Seed funding, started 7 companies, and sold 5 of them. He regularly gives talks on a wide variety of subjects including: Growth Hacking/Viral Marketing, Fundraising, and Building a Positive Culture. He created the social gaming category by building some of the biggest apps ever (over 50 Million players) on Facebook, including the iconic games Zombies, Vampires and Werewolves. Blake wrote and designed the first version of Causes on Facebook, which has over 120 Million users and has raised over $80 million for various charities. Currently, Blake is the Founder & CEO of MediaSpike – a company that is building the first truly social applications for Virtual Reality.
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About Vault12: Vault12 is the first to deliver decentralized digital custody to protect your most precious digital assets.
Doug Parker
COO of nuTonomy
Doug Parker is nuTonomy’s COO, leading the Singapore office and the company’s fundraising efforts. He joined nuTonomy from McKinsey & Company, where he was an Associate Partner in the product development and private equity practices. He has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About nuTonomy: nuTonomy is a self-driving car company that focuses on inventing software for self-driving vehicles and autonomous mobile robots.
Crid Yu
COO of Fyber – A Digital Turbine Company
Crid Yu is Vice President and Managing Director, North America for InMobi, where he is accelerating the phenomenal growth of the region. Crid is a digital media industry veteran with experience growing transformational businesses at Google and Demand Media. Previously, he held senior leadership positions during his eight years at Google. He was responsible for the top 1000 strategic partners in Google’s US Display Business, and was also a key member of the management team in Asia Pacific, where he established Google’s operations in China, Hong Kong, and Korea. In his role as SVP, Strategic Partnerships at Demand Media, he developed partnerships that expanded distribution and increased revenue. Prior to his career in digital media, Crid was an Associate Principal at the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company. Crid holds both a BS and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Confidently, Fyber – A Digital Turbine Company: Fyber, part of Digital Turbine’s independent Mobile Growth Platform, develops ad monetization solutions trusted by top mobile app publishers
Erich Litch
President & Chief Operating Officer of 2Checkout
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About 2Checkout: 2Checkout is the leading all-in-one monetization platform for global businesses.
Cathy Vigrass
COO of Future
Cathy Vigrass is Head of Canada at Square. In her role, she is focused on the growth of Square’s business in Canada and leads the charge in continuing to bring powerful Square tools to the Canadian market. Cathy has spent the last several years at technology and commerce companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to Square, she was the Head of Business Development and Product Operations at Sosh, a social platform for discovering local experiences. Her career has also included strategic and operational roles at eBay, where she worked on category management and corporate strategy, and Apple, where she focused on retail innovation. Cathy holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Future: Future offers one-on-one digital training with fitness coaches at home, the gym, or on-the-go.
Tim Grace
COO of Draftbit
Tim Grace is the COO at Draftbit.
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About Draftbit: Draftbit is a new way to build cross-platform, native iOS and Android apps.
Michael Trigg
Chief Operating Officer of Hightail
Mike manages all marketing, lead generation and e-commerce activity at Hightail. His background includes a variety roles from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies across both enterprise and consumer segments. Prior to Hightail, Mike founded an online gaming company called Spitball Entertainment and was VP of marketing and business development at hi5 (sold to Tagged), one of the world’s largest social networking sites, where he helped launch the company’s games portal, virtual currency, and original social game titles. Previously, Mike was VP of marketing and interim CEO of Spoke, a social networking site for sales professionals. He co-founded Truviso (sold to Cisco), a real-time web analytics provider. He also was VP of product management and corporate marketing at Epiphany, a leading provider of marketing analytics and web personalization (sold to Infor), and an early employee of Octane Software prior to the company’s acquisition by Epiphany. Earlier, Mike held communications, marketing and product management positions at 3Com and MCI, and was a press secretary in the U.S. Senate. He is also a board member and past president of the Palo Alto Community Fund. Mike holds a BA from Northwestern University and MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About hi5, Hightail: Hightail is a cloud service that lets users send, receive, digitally sign, and synchronize files.
Ijaz Anwar
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Payactiv
Ijaz Anwar brings extensive experience with previous tenure at GreenDot / GoBank, Unidos Financial Services, FIS, Certegy, Chex Services, and Hyatt Hotels. From running business units generating over $200 million in annual revenue to working as a bookkeeper at Dixi Cola in Dubai, Ijaz has done it. Payactiv is not just another job; it is a new frontier for Ijaz to create and manage innovative solutions that will empower millions financially worldwide. Ijaz holds a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management. He also has a minor in accounting, and though he passed the CPA exam, his entrepreneurial spirit led him away from the accounting field.
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About Payactiv: Payactiv helps put financial wellness within reach.
Roger Pavane
Managing Director COO, Head Of Sales & Marketing of Fractionality.com
A strategic, highly driven executive with over 18 years of proven experience in facilitating and developing sales and marketing in SaaS platform technology and growing revenue by understanding client needs and identifying matching solutions. Experienced leader working with hypergrowth, dynamic digital media companies. Expertise in delivering leadership in multiple facets such as relationship management, P&L, technical, industry relationships, and negotiating contracts. A builder and leader of sales managers, account managers and partners who communicates priorities and relevant reports and KPIs to the executive team. Long-standing passion for executing sales and marketing, nurturing customer relationships, and managing P&L. Leads hundreds of simultaneous high-stakes projects by creating clear strategies for their successful conclusion. Capable of combing detailed and complex data finding strengths and weaknesses that favor or hurt, respectively, clients, ensuring all queries get answered, and ultimately providing the best possible opportunities for success. Thrives by making difficult but necessary decisions that promote the sale of technological solutions, consultative engagements, and top-quality technology software products, for increased revenue and overall profitability. Expertise in overseeing technology improvement initiatives and aligning information services with business goals in B2B, B2C, mobile, AI, SaaS PaaS software cloud-based technologies. A leader who can build, assess and develop top tier sales and marketing teams, has vision for the future, but can also execute a roadmap with clear measurable results. Accomplishments across the Tenure ~ Efficiently trained teams and nurtured organizations in software application monetization, Video & Media, Fintech, Subscription Services, Pay-Walls, Gaming, Blockchain, Affiliate, Search, Mobile, Display marketing, AdTech, Marketing-tech, mobile apps, Internet, social media, commerce, LBS location-based services, The Internet of Things (IoT), e-commerce, mobile marketing, consumer/enterprise platforms-services SaaS and other emerging enterprise trends and technologies. ~ Expertly converted business deals by utilizing strong negotiating skills that enhanced +$100MM in revenue, strategic partnerships, including development and execution of go-to-market strategies that revitalize new ventures. ~ Successfully coordinated with IT colleagues to define client needs and maintain business ownership of the “revenue technology stack” including marketing automation, salesforce automation/ CRM, digital channels (e.g. the web and social), business intelligence, and data management. ~ Proficiently increased revenue by 60% from $2M to $3.2M in 90 days for early stage OTT SaaS Company focused in social, mobile, local, and the Cloud that disrupts direct to consumer mobile video communication and messaging. ~ Planned, designed and executed sales and marketing speeding up strategies, adds positive revenue results from all targeted revenue streams combined from $70M to $192M in 24 months. SKILL AREAS: SaaS Subscription Management Paywall E-commerce Micro-Payments Digital Advertising & Marketing OTT Video & OTT Messaging CRM Online Conversion Identity Management Online Marketing Emerging Technology Video Platforms Social Media Telecom Online Advertising Mobile Advertising Publishers Ad Networks Video Platforms Brand Engagement Product Management Sales Channel Development Revenue Growth Strategic Planning Team Leadership/Training Relationship Building Revenue Forecasting Account Management Contract Negotiation Deal Structure, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Start-Ups
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About Fractionality.com, Fractionality.com: Business Development, Positioning, Venture Accelerator
Dana Ledyard
Chief Operating Officer of CodePath
Dana Ledyard is the Chief Operating Officer at CodePath.
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About CodePath: CodePath is a nonprofit increasing diversity in tech by transforming CS college education.
Juan Jorquera
Founder & COO of Vagabond Vending
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About Vagabond Vending: Vagabond delivers real-time business intelligence to the palm of an operator’s hand to make a leaner, smarter and more profitable business.
Marc Yount
President, COO of Field Agent
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About Field Agent: Field Agent is a provider of enterprise services used to offer mobile research and retail data collection.
Raj Naik
Chief Operating Officer of Real
Raj Naik is the Chief Operating Officer of Real. Before that, she was the Managing Director at Workrise.
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About NextGen Venture Partners, Real, uKnow.com, Workrise: Real is a technology-powered real estate brokerage that empowers agents in the industry.
Matt Bijur
COO of HONK
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About HONK: HONK is an innovative roadside assistance platform that uses both technology and a unique business model.
Matt Stern
Co-Founder & COO of Mira
Matt Stern is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Mira. He is also one of the thirty inaugural students in Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young’s Academy for Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation at USC.
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About Mira: Mira is an operator of a mobile augmented reality company used to provide industrial-grade wearables and hands-free software technologies.
Roger D. Graham III
COO of Caretaker
Roger D. Graham III is the Co-founder and COO of Caretaker.
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About Caretaker: Caretaker builds property management automation software for small and medium sized landlords and property managers.
Justin Turetsky
Founding Team & COO of FlexIt
Justin is on the Founding Team and is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of FlexIt. Much of Justin’s professional experience lies in company growth and expansion at large global law firms and emerging tech companies. Before joining FlexIt, he worked on international and domestic expansion efforts for M&A and Private Equity practices of large global law firms. He also has experience in finance and risk management and has served non-profit organizations such as America Needs You and Center for Family Representation. Justin has been involved in numerous start ups ranging from engineering services to FinTech. Justin has participated in podcasts and television appearances on behalf of FlexIt.
A former competitive ice hockey player and fitness enthusiast, Justin loves making fitness easier to access and more convenient for customers around the world. He received his BA from Columbia University with honors.
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About FlexIt: FlexIt is a mobile app that enables users to access fitness wherever and whenever they want and only pays for what they use
Burton Jablin
Chief Operating Officer of Scripps Networks
Burton Jablin is COO of Scripps Networks Interactive, managing key business functions, including sales, programming, digital, distribution and strategy. Jablin previously served as President of Scripps Networks, named to that role in 2013. As President, he was responsible for the management and development of the company’s portfolio of lifestyle media networks – HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great AmericanCountry – digital content businesses and all other related operations. As part of the original team that launched HGTV in 1994, Jablin supervised production of the network’s original programming slate – first as Executive Producer, then as Vice President of Programming. Upon his promotion to Senior Vice President of Programming and Production in 1997, Jablin oversaw the development, budgeting, production and scheduling for HGTV’s programming and on-air promotion. His role with HGTV expanded in 2000 when he was named the network’s Senior Vice President/GeneralManager, and then again one year later when he was elevated to President. Preceding his current role, Jablin served as President of Scripps’ Home Category business for four years,where his management was instrumental in positioning the company as leading on-air and online content destinations for the home and garden category. Prior to HGTV, Jablin worked for more than 10 years in television news. He began his career as a Researcher at WBBM-TV in Chicago, eventually working his way up to Executive Producer of late night news and special events programming for the CBS-owned station. Jablin then served as ExecutiveProducer for Fox-owned KTTV in Los Angeles.
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About Scripps Networks: Scripps Networks Interactive develops lifestyle content for TV, internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and other media platforms.
Sanya Gurnani
Co Founder & COO of Radius Agent
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About Radius Agent: We’re an online real estate brokerage with a referral marketplace and social community focused on helping agents succeed.
Tom Farasy
Chief Operating Officer of Corner Media, Inc.
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About Corner Media, Inc.: Platform Company with Location-Based Consumer Targeting
Ăn cứt Chó
COO of Timehop
Rick Webb is the Co-Founder at The Barbarian Group. In 2001, Rick co-founded The Barbarian Group, an award-winning digital ad agency. Rick served as its Chief Operating Officer for the first ten years of the company’s existence. Rick left in 2011 to pursue angel investing in and writing on, technology and advertising. Rick is an Angel Investor in Foursquare, Branch, Circa, Percolate, Sherpaa, Nestio and Timehop. Rick is an Advisor to several other tech startups and marketing services companies, including Hard Candy Shell, and Small Girls PR. Rick currently serves as a Venture Partner at Quotidian Ventures and as a Marketing and Sales Consultant to such startups as Tumblr, Soundcloud and Percolate. Rick is author of Agency: Starting a Creative Firm in the Age of Digital Marketing, released by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015 and an avid writer on technology, advertising, economics and government. Rick graduated from Boston University with a degree in International Economics in 1992.
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About Ads By Nimbus, Timehop: Timehop is your throwback thursday for every day of the week. Timehop also offers Nimbus, a mobile, in-app header bidding solution.
Jonathan Reich
CFO & COO of Zedge
Jonathan is an Internet entrepreneur with a proven track record of scaling hi-tech, telecom and media ventures that are players in disruptive technologies and game changing markets and transforming them into established category leaders. With 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations and finance Jonathan is a creative and strategic thinker with a penchant for sales, marketing, business and corporate development, financial and commercial operations and strategy.
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About Zedge: ZEDGE is the world’s #1 content platform for mobile personalization and self expression.
Scott Andrews
COO & CFO of Antenna79
Scott Andrews is the Board Director at firstSTREET. Scott Andrews, Board Member, is a founder and managing partner of the Private Equity Group of a McLean, Virginia based investment firm, Winston Partners. Prior to founding Winston Partners, Mr. Andrews was Chief Financial Officer of WorldCorp, a NYSE holding company whose holdings included businesses in the transaction processing and air transportation industries. Other experiences include serving as Vice President-Finance of Presidential Airways and various positions focused principally on corporate finance, leveraged acquisitions and corporate restructurings at JPMorgan. In addition to serving on TechnoBrands Board, Mr. Andrews is a member of the Board of Directors of, World Airways (NASDAQ: WLDA), The Hobart West Group, AMSEC . Mr. Andrews earned a B.A. with Distinction from the University of Virginia. He serves on the Boards of the Christian Children’s Fund, the Virginia Athletics Foundation and the Hill School.
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About Antenna79, firstSTREET for Boomers & Beyond, Northern Contours: Antenna79 is a consumer electronics company that design and market products with built-in antenna technology.
Karen To
Chief Operating Officer of Wanelo
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About Wanelo: Wanelo (from Want, Need, Love) is an online community and social platform for shopping.
Noah Nierenberg
COO of Datalot
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About Datalot: Datalot delivers digital marketing and analytics solutions for insurance policy sales at scale.
Edmond Wong
Co-Founder & COO of BuzzMob
Edmond Wong is an Operations and Strategy executive focused on delivering great customer experiences while scaling VC and PE backed growth stage companies. He currently advises growth stage companies in consumer products, eCommerce, SaaS and subscription based services and is an angel investor and co-founder of the Asian American Investors Group. Most recently, Edmond was co-founder/COO of Chatter, Inc (Appletree), a SaaS based communication platform that encourages engagement between parents and teachers within K-8 schools. He also co-founded and was COO of BuzzMob, a crowd engagement and fan technology app for live events. BuzzMob connects on-site attendees and delivers exclusive curated content to revolutionize the live event experience. Prior to BuzzMob, Mr. Wong created, built and scaled many iconic fashion and consumer product brands both in the US and worldwide.
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About BuzzMob, UCI Applied Innovation, UCI Paul Merage School of Business, VHA Corp: Connecting classrooms and schools to engage and empower parents and students.
Tracey Revellino
Counsel / Chief Operating Officer of Globespan Capital Partners
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About Globespan Capital Partners: Globespan Capital Partners is a California-based venture capital firm that finances startups in the IT industry.
Ben MacAskill
COO of SmugMug
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About SmugMug: SmugMug is a photo sharing website that allows its users to store, share and sell their photos online. They also own & operate Flickr.
Michael Plunkett
Co-Founder & COO/CFO of PayIt
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About PayIt: PayIt simplifies doing business with state, local, and federal government through its mobile transaction and payment platform.
Robert Ackerman
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer—Towers and Small Cells of Crown Castle
Robert C. Ackerman was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer—Towers and Small Cells in September 2017, responsible for management of all tower and small cell operational groups. Prior to this appointment, he served as Area President since 2002. Bob joined Crown Castle in August 1998 and has over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry. Before joining Crown Castle, he served as a Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. Bob holds a BA from the College of Saint Rose in Albany.
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About Crown Castle: Crown Castle Provides communications infrastructure–connecting people & businesses to essential data, technology & wireless service.
Daniel Barnes
COO of N3TWORK
COO @ N3twork Maximizing LTV to CPI, driving scalable acquisition of revenue and profitable installs to the entire mobile portfolio across some of the most successful games in the Appstores. Focus on Product Systems, Retention & Monetization to create sustainable revenue streams through scalable, centralized tool sets to increase specific KPIs. (If you got this far, I’m trying to growth hack my profile using bingo KPI buzzwords, sorry)
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About N3TWORK: Creating, publishing, and scaling the very best in mobile games.
Eric Jaffe
Co-Founder and COO of ChowNow
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About ChowNow: ChowNow helps branded online ordering systems for independent restaurants through the restaurants’ own websites.
Atreedev Banerjee
Chief Operating Officer of Danal
Atreedev has helped MNOs all across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas, with 19+ years of experience in the wireless mobile industry. He has truly made his mark in the industry, helping launch the next generation of solutions in the fields of mobile identity, authentication, payments, video technologies, and more. As a Chief Operations Officer at Danal, Atreedev has continuously launched numerous strategic partnerships in the US and EU. In addition, he has authored multiple patents in the mobile identity field. In 2017, Danal was awarded by GSMA for “The Connected Life Award – Mobile Connect Award for Authentication & Identity,” with the help of Atreedev and our partnership with Orange’s Check & Go product. In addition, he has spoken at various speaking engagements such as MWC Barcelona, Mobile Connect Summit, MWC Shanghai, Danal’s Mobile Identity Summit, World e-ID & Cybersecurity in France.
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About Danal, Verizon Media: Danal, Inc. is a provider of mobile business solutions, enabling mobile payments, mobile commerce, marketing, and mobile wallet services.
Jason Pratts
Co-Founder, COO & CIO of Appetize
Operations at Appetize
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About Appetize: Appetize develops point-of-sale and payment systems for entertainment, leisure and education enterprise businesses around the world.
Ankit Vyas
COO of IQM Corporation
ANKIT VYAS, is an Industrial designer with more than 5 years of business experience. His engineering background helps him execute the concepts into reality. He is a vision oriented innovation enthusiast, value focused decision maker and a sustainable ecosystem believer. He carries a life centric approach towards any problem & solutions. After designing several industrial products, Ankit set off on a mission to design a solution that would make the world actually a better place. At Oizom, Ankit is trying to discover the hidden patterns and correlations of the environment with a data driven approach. He imagines a future where they will have a complete understanding and command over their environment.
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About Cosire, IQM Corporation, Oizom: Leveraging AI and Big Data to Nudge Swing Voters toward active decisions on election.
Kris Qiu
Co-Founder/COO of IQM Corporation
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About IQM Corporation: Leveraging AI and Big Data to Nudge Swing Voters toward active decisions on election.
Beth Morgan
Chief Operating Officer of TrueData
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About TrueData: TrueData is a mobile data platform that works with app publishers who generate mobile data & the companies who need data for ad targeting
Austin Hale
COO & Co-Founder of Tactic
Austin Hale is the COO & Co-Founder at Tactic.
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About Tactic: Tactic is a SaaS platform that helps manage a hybrid workplace with office space reservation, integration, and map services.
Sam Howarth
Co-Founder and COO of BUMP
Sam Howarth is the co-founder and COO at BUMP.
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About BUMP: BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.
Lisa Vann
COO and Founder of MeetingPlay
Lisa Vann is the Co-Founder and COO of MeetingPlay.
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About AppAtlas, MeetingPlay: MeetingPlay – The mobile event app to connect your attendees
Debe K.
Founder & COO of ManageCasa
Debe has a diverse entrepreneurial background that includes operational startup experience in various industries for almost 20 years. She is a long-time homeowner and was a commercial real estate tenant for almost 20 years.
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About ManageCasa: The leading intuitive, interactive and automated software for property managers, associations and landlords.
Courtney Caldwell
Co-Founder and COO of ShearShare
Courtney Caldwell is the Cofounder & COO of beauty-tech startup, ShearShare, the first on-demand salon and barbershop space rental app. With ShearShare, licensed stylists can rent workspace by the day in cities all over the world, while salon and barbershop owners make money on unused space. Prior to cofounding ShearShare–Google Demo Day winner 2018, Tech. Co’s Startup of the Year, and a YC Fellowship and 500 Startups alum–Courtney managed an award-winning salon with her husband and cofounder, which was the genesis behind ShearShare. Before that, Courtney spent two decades building winning teams in technology marketing and ran a boutique consulting firm where she fast-tracked international sales and marketing success for brands such as Zendesk, Zenefits, and Qualtrics. Courtney was named a 2018 Dallas Business Journal Women in Tech, the 2017 L’Oreal Women in Digital Award winner, and a Direct Marketing News 40 Under 40. She serves on the Advisory Board for Ogle Cosmetology School and is a member of the UT-Dallas Entrepreneurship Council.
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About Ogle Schools, ShearShare: Reimagine how, when, & where you work w/ the first B2B mobile platform that provides space-as-a-service for the beauty + barbering industry
Marc Patterson
Chief Operating Officer of ZeroTier
Marc is ZeroTier’s Chief Operating Officer. A former senior executive with Boingo Wireless and BT, he has delivered award-winning mobile security & remote working solutions supporting small enterprises to multi-billion dollar organizations for over 25 years. Most recently the CEO of a media publishing startup powered by Emmy®-winning broadcast news talent, Marc also chairs Esports & Gaming for the investor non-profit L.A. Venture Association.
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About ZeroTier: ZeroTier is directly connecting the world’s devices through secure software-defined networking.
Pieter Doevendans
Co-Founder, COO of Ava
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About Ava, Kairos Society: Ava empowers 400M deaf & hard-of-hearing people to have accessible in-person conversations, anytime, anywhere.
jean-claude gouesse
Co-founder, COO of ecash express
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About ecash express, Moja Ride: eCash Express is a mobile financial services startup that offers easy-to-use payment solutions.
Prabhakar Tadepalli
Co-Founder, President & COO of Tyfone
Prabhakar is a seasoned technology executive and is responsible for all product and business development aspects of Tyfone in Asia-Pacific and is responsible for developing the strategic plans for the company. Previously, Prabhakar was Founder, CEO of Finatus, Inc, a venture-backed, web-application outsourcing company and was responsible for all the strategic and business management aspects of the company. Prior to founding the company, he was responsible for Strategic Planning at Intel Online Services, and also was part of the Intel Architecture Business Group’s (Reseller Products Division) Small Business Services/Business Development team. Prabhakar received his MBA from the University of Chicago, an MS in Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BE from Bharathiyar University in India.
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About SideAssure, Tyfone: Tyfone offers a mobile financial services platform that enables banks to offer customers mobile banking and payments systems.
Jeff Tennery
Chief Operating Officer of Alef
Innovative technology executive with over 30 years of leadership in mobile & digital media. Jeff Tennery is a Cheif business development officer for CareerGig
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About Alef, Digics: Changing the way the world lives, works and plays by democratizing access to the edge through our global edge connectivity platform.
Steven Spencer
Co-Founder & COO of Alef
Mr. Spencer has extensive executive experience in early stage mobile companies. Prior to joining Alef as a founder in 2010, he served in executive management and technical positions at a number of prior companies. Previously, Mr. Spencer was the CTO at Spectrum Mobile, he was the COO at Beezag, he was the CEO at UPOC Networks, and he was the CTO at Pinnacor Financial Group, Inc. He has also served on the advisory board of several mobile content companies, such as Yankee Group and Mojiva, and was a founding board member of the CTIA Internet Caucus. Previously, Mr. Spencer was with Bell Labs for 20 years, with leadership positions in mobile applications, business development, and interactive TV. He has authored 14 patents. MSEE from Cornell University, and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, BSEE from Union College.
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About Alef: Changing the way the world lives, works and plays by democratizing access to the edge through our global edge connectivity platform.
Emre Mangir
COO & President of Mozio
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About Mozio, Stacksi: Mozio is an airport transfer search and booking engine that enables users to find the fastest means of getting to the airport.
Kent Statler
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Systems of Collins Aerospace
Kent Statler is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Commercial Systems for Rockwell Collins. Additionally, he is an executive officer. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s Commercial Systems business which produces aviation electronics and communications for the air transport, business aviation and regional airline markets. He was named to this position in February 2010. Previously, Statler was executive vice president of Services for Rockwell Collins, where he was responsible for a global network of Rockwell Collins service centers providing repair and overhaul of aviation electronics for commercial, business and military aircraft worldwide. He was named to the position in October 2005. Statler also served as senior vice president of Operations, a position he was appointed to in January 2003 with responsibility for Rockwell Collins’ entire global supply chain and manufacturing. Statler has served in numerous leadership roles throughout his career at Rockwell Collins, including vice president of Lean Electronics. Under his leadership, Rockwell Collins was recognized as a Lean Electronics leader. Statler joined Rockwell Collins in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility. A native of Waverly, Iowa, Statler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing management and economics from the University of Northern Iowa. He earned his master of business administration degree from The University of Iowa. Statler is a member of the Lean Aerospace Initiative Executive committee, Director for the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA), a trustee for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and a trustee for Kirkwood Community College.
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About Collins Aerospace: Rockwell Collins designs, develops and provides mobile satellite communication equipment and related services.
Stephanie Choi
Co Founder & COO of Sawyer
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About Sawyer: Sawyer is an online marketplace to discover and book activities, camps, and classes.
Wei Jiang
President & Chief Operating Officer of Citcon
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About Citcon: Citcon is a mobile payment network that enables global merchants to accept payments from consumers.
Connie Wong
Co-Founder & COO of Planted
Founder at Planted
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About Planted: Planted is a mobile and online recruitment platform that matches recent graduates with non-technical roles at high-growth companies.
Ted Nadeau
COO of Shoppable
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About Shoppable: Shoppable specializes in ecommerce enablement technology and distributed commerce solutions for advertisers, publishers, and merchants.
Bryan Altman
COO of OurFamilyWizard
Bryan Altman remains the Chief Operating Officer of OurFamilyWizard.
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About Avirat, OurFamilyWizard: OurFamilyWizard is an online tool that connects the community, from lawyers and therapists to divorced parents.
Guillaume Bouvard
Co-founder, COO & CMO of Extend
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About Extend: Extend is the only digital card platform compatible with every commercial card, designed to modernize the way payments are made and managed.
Craig Dunn
COO of First Orion
Craig leads Sales, Human Resources and Business Data Products at First Orion. He has led several start-up ventures, characterizing his belief that “blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” Craig enjoyed a 10-year career at Acxiom Corporation where he found his calling combining financial acumen with a business development focus. Craig is flexible, passionate, fun, and can hold his breath for a really long time while he absorbs the wonder of nature and total “immersion” in the moment that scuba diving brings.
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About First Orion: First Orion allows businesses to brand communications, revealing the who and why behind the call to deliver enhanced customer experiences.
Chris Pesce
Chief Operating Officer of Sober Grid
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About Sober Grid: Sober Grid is a digital health application focused on creating mobile communities that engage people into chronic disease management.
Ben Renda
COO of Google Fi
Ben Renda is Chief Operating Officer at Google Fi – Google’s MVNO with simple pricing and smart coverage. Prior to joining Google Fi, Ben was recalled to U.S.Navy active duty supporting Defense Innovation Unit experimental (DIUx) as Chief People Officer and Head of Business Development for U.S. Navy Programs. Before DUIx, Ben was Head of Global Scaled Services at YouTube which included global copyright and policy enforcement, scaled abuse prevention, customer support, and global vendor operations. Before YouTube, he ran multiple AdWords sales teams in the Tech B2C and Retail categories. He’s a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot/NATO strategic planner and has degrees from UCLA, University of San Diego, Harvard University, and Dartmouth College.
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About Google Fi: Google Fi is a is mobile phone operator that Google trials and operates.
Mark Loranger
Co-founder and COO of Braavo Capital
Mark Loranger is a Co-founder and COO of Braavo Capital.
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About Braavo Capital: Braavo provides mobile app businesses with capital for growth and insights to make it happen.
Chuntao Yang
COO of Steps Mobile Inc.
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About Steps Mobile Inc.: SaaS, Mobile App, Social Media, Snapchat-powered
Joshua Lucas
COO of Scalio
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About Scalio: We create digital products and services for the world’s leading companies.
Alanna Phelan
Co-Founder, COO of Kickoff
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About Kickoff: Kickoff is a dating app that connects friends of friends looking for a meaningful relationship.
Scott Orlinsky
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer of Everyware
Scott recognized from the initial conversations that Everyware was a vision larger than ourselves.Scott is high-energy and has a deep passion to inspire people with Everyware vision. Determined to hold ourselves to higher standards Scott remains all purpose driven and always focused on the outcome.
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About Everyware, Everyware, Walmart: Everyware provides a secure, user-friendly payment collection and two-way messaging platform.
Dan Hunt
Chief Operating Officer of MassRoots
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About MassRoots: MassRoots is a social network technology platform for the cannabis consumers and community.
