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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 Founder operating in the Predictive Analytics space. If you think a Founder 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.
Wayne Chang
Co-Founder of Digits
Wayne Chang (born August 3, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, angel investor, film producer, and philanthropist. He is best known for founding Crashlytics, which in little over a year was acquired by Twitter for over $100 million in 2013 (later valued at $259.5 million at Twitter’s IPO), creating i2hub, a popular filesharing network, his seed investments that include companies like JetSmarter, Draftkings, and Gusto, and his lawsuit against the Winklevoss brothers, who were famously depicted in The Social Network movie.
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About Digits: Digits is building financial technology so powerful.. you’ll think they stole it from the future
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Jeff Seibert
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Digits
As Senior Director of Product at Twitter, Jeff has led the company’s consumer, developer, and publisher facing products, including Twitter for iOS, Android, and the Web, Fabric, Crashlytics, Answers, Digits, Twitter Kit, TweetDeck, Twitter’s Publisher Platform, and Gnip. Previously, Seibert was Twitter’s Director of Developer Platform where he led Fabric, the company’s suite of mobile developer tools, as well as its enterprise Data Platform and Content Syndication efforts. Seibert was the co-founder and CEO of Crashlytics, an award-winning crash analysis service for iOS and Android apps. Crashlytics was acquired by Twitter in 2013 and has become an essential piece of the mobile developer toolchain – today powering over a million apps across well over two billion devices worldwide. Seibert co-founded Increo in 2007 and served as its COO and lead architect until its acquisition by Box in 2009. He subsequently oversaw the integration of Increo’s document preview and annotation technologies into Box’s cloud content platform. Seibert gained experience at Apple in both marketing and engineering capacities and led Stanford University’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders seminar series as Co-Coordinator. He was selected as a Mayfield Fellow in 2007 and received a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2008. Seibert is a frequent presenter on both entrepreneurship and technical topics and has lectured at Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and Tufts, as well as keynoted Twitter Flight, AppsWorld, AnDevCon, EclipseCon, and others. Find him on Twitter at @JeffSeibert.
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About Digits: Digits is building financial technology so powerful.. you’ll think they stole it from the future
Kevin Mahaffey
Co-Founder & CTO of Lookout
Kevin Mahaffey began building (and breaking) software at eight years old and it has been a love affair ever since. Currently, he is CTO and Founder of Lookout. Recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, Lookout is a cybersecurity company that protects mobile devices for tens of millions of individuals and more than 150 enterprises globally. Kevin was featured as one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 and is a frequent presenter at technology and industry events, including: Blackhat, DEFCON, RSA, Web Summit, CeBIT, and the World Economic Forum. An active investor, Kevin has invested in more than 60 startups, focusing on enterprise software and technology-driven transformation of large markets. When he’s not helping build startups, he’s an avid kitesurfer, photographer, and snowboarder.
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About Lookout: Lookout is a cybersecurity company that integrates endpoint security with SASE technologies to secure data while respecting user privacy.
John Hering
Founder & Executive Chairman of Lookout
John is Executive Chairman and Founder of Lookout, responsible for driving the company’s long term vision and success together with Jim and the rest of the executive team. He is an entrepreneur with a vision of creating a more secure world in the post-PC era and has grown Lookout’s footprint to tens of millions of users globally across consumer, enterprise, and government sectors. Top publications have recognized John as an industry leader and innovator. BusinessWeek named John a Best Young Tech Entrepreneur, Fortune named him a Smartest Person in Tech, the editors of MIT Tech Review dubbed John a 35 Under 35 entrepreneur and Fortune Magazine included John on its list of 40 Under 40 entrepreneurs. John is a frequent presenter at mobile and technology industry events including: RSA, Mobile World Congress, Black Hat Technical Security Conference, DEFCON, and Fortune Brainstorm. Additionally, John is an investor in dozens of technology startups focused on the areas of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and transportation technologies. John studied Public Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California.
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About Coalition, Lookout: Lookout is a cybersecurity company that integrates endpoint security with SASE technologies to secure data while respecting user privacy.
Igor Jablokov
Founder & CEO of Pryon
Igor is the founder and CEO of Pryon, an artificial intelligence (AI) company delivering an enterprise knowledge management platform. Pryon’s natural language processing (NLP) engine ingests and transforms data into experiences that solve critical business challenges. Previously at IBM, Igor grew impatient with the gap between the invention and commercialization of AI, and departed to establish cloud computing pioneer Yap. Five years later, Amazon acquired the company for its AI expertise and machine learning (ML) technology, now embedded in billions of Alexa-powered devices. Igor was subsequently awarded Eisenhower and Truman National Security fellowships to leverage entrepreneurial ecosystems in addressing geopolitical concerns. Igor passionately supports STEM career and educational opportunities. As such, he is a TechStars’ Alexa Accelerator mentor, was a Blackstone NC Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR), and founded a chapter of Global Shapers, a program of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Igor holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, where he was named an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus, and an MBA from The University of North Carolina.
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About Pryon: Pryon is an AI company focused on enterprise knowledge management.
Peter Dodge
Founder and Chief Performance Officer of Hanover Research
Peter is the Founder and Chief Performance Officer of Hanover Research. Hanover is a global information services firm providing knowledge support to more than 1,100 for-profit and non-profit organizations. Through our unique, fixed-cost model, we provide customized, timely, and authoritative research and advice that enables our clients to make informed decisions, identify and seize opportunities, and heighten their effectiveness.
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About Hanover Research: Innovative Market Research – Washington, D.C.’s Hanover Research
Jon Brelig
Co-Founder, CTO of Cascade
Jon Brelig is the Co-Founder and CTO at Cascade.
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About Cascade: Cascade helps operations teams automate their data workflows.
Shreesha Ramdas
CEO & Co-Founder of Strikedeck
Shreesha’s an entrepreneurial executive with a track record of launching and growing products in competitive markets. He has demonstrated experience as a GM in the areas of product conception and development, growth hacking, go-to-market strategy and execution. Shreesha is currently VP of Corp Dev & Partnerships at CallidusCloud. Shreesha Ramdas was the co-founder & COO at LeadFormix, a marketing automation platform, where he raised the initial funding, built the company and contributed to a successful acquisition by CallidusCloud in January 2012. Prior to LeadFormix, Shreesha was a co-founder of OuterJoin, an online marketing services company and an early member at Yodlee, where he held the role of General Manager of Yodlee’s offshore development center in Bangalore, India.
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About Aavenir, AccuKnox, BuyerAssist.io, Cultivate, Enact Systems, Forbes Communications Council, Fullcast.io, Medallia, Metadata, Promethium, Revv, Rocketlane, Strikedeck: Strikedeck is building a revolutionary Customer Success automation solution to deliver an outstanding customer experience.
Shabd Vaid
Co-Founder, CTO of Strikedeck
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About Strikedeck: Strikedeck is building a revolutionary Customer Success automation solution to deliver an outstanding customer experience.
Dan Porter
CEO and Co-Founder of Overtime
Dan Porter is CEO of Overtime. Previously, Dan was Head of Digital at WME | IMG; CEO of the social games company OMGPOP; and SVP Corporate Development managing investments for Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. Dan started out working with bands at RCA Records, was a public school teacher and President of the Teach For America program and President of Ticketweb which he sold to IAC. He has an AB from Princeton University and an MA from New York University and has studied at Berkelee College of Music as well as at INSEAD.
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About Inside Startups, Overtime, VentureCrushFG: Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Zachary Weiner
CoFounder, President of Overtime
Zachary Weiner is the President and Co-Founder of Overtime.
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About Overtime, The Sports Quotient: Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Giancarlo Maniaci
Co-Founder & CEO of ColorTV
Giancarlo Maniaci is the Co-Founder & CEO at ColorTV.
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About ColorTV, Estimote: ColorTV is a data and advertising company that provides data, discovery, and analytics solutions for connected TV.
Jeremy Born
Founder & CEO of CoinGenius
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About CoinGenius, NFT Genius: CoinGenius is an advanced intelligence and analytics platform specifically intended for cryptocurrency traders.
John Sall
Co-Founder & Executive Vice President of SAS
John Sall heads SAS’ JMP business division, which creates interactive and highly visual statistical discovery software designed for scientists and engineers. He also remains the primary architect for JMP®software. Sall joined Jim Goodnight and two others in 1976 to establish SAS. He designed, developed and documented many of the earliest analytical procedures while also leading research and development efforts. In the late 1980s, Sall noticed a niche to fill for researchers and engineers whose jobs didn’t revolve solely around statistical analysis. JMP launched in 1989 to dynamically link statistical analysis with the graphical capabilities of Macintosh computers. Now running on Windows as well, JMP continues to play an important role in modeling processes across industries as a desktop data visualization and analysis tool. It also provides a visual interface to SAS® software. The goal of JMP, Sall said, is to make statistical modeling as friendly, accessible and informative as possible, and to increase the efficiency of experimentation. “The value of statistics is realized when it is translated, taught and delivered with accessible computing environments to the scientists and analysts who use it,” he added. Sall is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. Reflecting his passion for global conservation and environmental issues, he serves on the World Wildlife Fund board, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History advisory board, and is a former board member of The Nature Conservancy. Sall also is a former trustee of North Carolina State University, where he studied graduate-level statistics. In 1997, he and his wife, Ginger, joined Jim and Ann Goodnight in founding Cary Academy, which integrates technology into all facets of education for students in grades six to 12. Sall earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Beloit College and a master’s degree in economics from Northern Illinois University (NIU). Both NIU and NC State awarded him honorary doctorates.
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About JMP Software, SAS: SAS provides advanced business analytics and business intelligent software and services to enable companies to optimize their operations.
Josh Troy
Co-Founder & CFO of Urbint
Josh Troy is the Head of Ops & Finance at Urbint.
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About Urbint: Urbint predicts threats to workers and critical infrastructure to stop incidents before they happen.
Wen Sang
Co-Founder & CEO of Smarking
Wen Sang is the Founder and CEO of Smarking Inc., a fast growing MIT spin out technology company backed by top investors including Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, and many others that solves the parking problem with data analytics. Wen is an MIT PhD 14′ in Mechanical Engineering. His major curriculum concentrated on thermo-fluid sciences and energy conversion systems, and minor on economics and entrepreneurship. Wen Sang led and founded the MIT Asian Career Fair and co-founded the MIT Ventureships Club during his three years at MIT. Wen loves running, sailing (MIT Sailing Club), and rowing.
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About Smarking: Smarking turns parking data into instant actionable insights.
Maokai Lin
Co-Founder and CTO of Smarking
Maokai Lin, MIT PhD, specializes in mathematics and programming. He has extensive experience in data analytics when working for Facebook and Morgan Stanley. Maokai would like to use technology and data science to solve parking problems for the future of urban mobility!
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About Smarking: Smarking turns parking data into instant actionable insights.
Ram Shanmugam
Founder & CEO of AutonomIQ
Ram Shanmugam is the Founder & CEO at AutonomIQ.
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About AutonomIQ: AutonomIQ is a cloud platform uses AI and ML to autonomously test, release and deploy software on any cloud.
Rajesh Kalidindi
Founder & CEO of LevaData
Rajesh has over twelve years of experience managing strategic sourcing and supplier management for large enterprises. He’s delivered significant bottom line savings through data-driven procurement practices for Cisco and Palm. An MBA with concentrations in supply chain management and information systems from Michigan State University, he is a thought leader on fusing human with artificial intelligence for procurement innovation.
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About LevaData: LevaData develops a supply management platform that helps control risks, reduce costs, and accelerate new product development.
Raunak Bhinge
CEO, Managing Director & Founder of Infinite Uptime
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About Infinite Uptime: Infinite Uptime is an industrial IoT solution provider for improved quality and productivity in the engineering and processing industries.
David Wilkinson
CEO & Founder of HASH
Founder and CEO of HASH; interested in market failures (and solving them in practice). Previously founded a blog network and software development consultancy/product studio.
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About HASH: HASH enables real-time modeling and simulation of complex systems
KV Rao
Founder of Aviso
K. V. Rao is the co-founder of Silicon Valley-based unicorn Zuora, Inc, which held its IPO on April 12, 2018 (NYSE: ZUO). Rao also served as Zuora’s Chief Strategist and President. Previously, Rao was Director of Technology at WebEx (acq. by Cisco), and also worked for Salesforce.com and SGI. He started his career as the proverbial rocket scientist, as an Associate Scientist at NASA, then spent several years developing products at General Motors. He’s currently CEO of Aviso, serves as a member of the Advisory Board at Zuora, and is a US patent holder in computing technology. Rao earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from Iowa State University, an M.S. from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
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About Aviso: AI-Driven Sales Forecasting and Pipeline Management
Tomas Puig
CEO / Founder of Alembic
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About Alembic, Test Kitchen Capital: SaaS, Marketing, Analytics
Gaurav Rewari
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Numerify
Gaurav is a co-founder and CEO of Numerify. Most recently, Gaurav was Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at Oracle of a $2.5 billion Business Analytics business that included the Hyperion, Oracle BI and Siebel Analytics product lines. During his tenure, his team furthered Oracle’s industry leading position in analytics, and measurably advanced its BI Platform market share through the acquisition of Endeca and the introduction of the Exalytics in-memory Analytics machine, a product with one of the fastest ramps in Oracle’s history. Gaurav started his career as the first product manager at MicroStrategy where he rose to become VP/GM with responsibility for MicroStrategy’s Product Management, Professional Services & Analytical Applications divisions. He was part of a management team that grew MicroStrategy from single digit millions in revenue through its IPO and into a $200M+ BI products leader. Before Oracle, Gaurav was co-founder & CEO of FirstRain, a venture-backed leader in SaaS search-based market intelligence. Outside Numerify, Gaurav enjoys going on nature treks in the San Francisco bay area with his wife and children. Gaurav holds BS, MS & EE degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received the Tau Beta Pi prize for Engineering Excellence, the Robert A. Boit prize in Humanities and was nominated to the Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society.
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About Numerify: AI-powered IT business analytics for the Global 2000
Srikant Gokulnatha
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Numerify
Srikant is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer for Numerify. Before founding Numerify, he was a Vice President of Product Development at Oracle where he was responsible for the development of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications as well as the development of BI based content for the Oracle SaaS Applications. Prior to Oracle, he headed up product management for MicroStrategy’s business intelligence products and served as a strategy consultant for the Boston Consulting Group. Outside Numerify, Srikant spends his time playing and coaching soccer, going on hikes with his family, and volunteering for various school district committees. He is a renowned home cook and his children think he makes the greatest humus in the greater Saratoga area. His collection of masks from around the world has been known to scare young children. Srikant received his MBA with the highest honors and as a Palmer Scholar from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering.
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About Numerify: AI-powered IT business analytics for the Global 2000
Sadanand Sahasrabudhe
Co-Founder & Chief Architect of Numerify
Sadanand is a Co-founder and Chief Architect of Numerify. Prior to Numerify, he held leadership positions in engineering, product management and solutions consulting at multiple Business Intelligence and Analytics companies. Early in his career, Sadanand was a key architect on the team that built the industry-leading analytical engine at MicroStrategy. He has designed products and implemented analytics solutions for large commercial enterprises and government agencies. When not working, Sadanand enjoys playing racquetball and following (almost) all sports. He is also a wine lover and an eternally struggling cook. Sadanand holds B.E. and MS degrees in Computer Science from the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India and Virginia Tech respectively.
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About Numerify: AI-powered IT business analytics for the Global 2000
Suresh Katta
Founder & CEO of Saama
Suresh founded Saama Technologies, Inc. with a vision to turn raw data into actionable insights that enable enterprise leaders to make timely and reliable decisions for critical business discovery. As the CEO of Saama, Suresh is responsible for the strategy, vision and the execution of the company’s long-term plan. Suresh applied his lifelong love of mathematics to solve complex data analysis well before the term “big data” became ubiquitous. Today, Saama is made up of intelligent, helpful people with a passion for math, data, and analytics. Since the company’s launch, Suresh and his team have built an extensive history of providing data scientist led solutions and services in the big data and business analytics market for top enterprise companies, and public sector agencies. Suresh has successfully launched two start ups, including co-founding GVI, which developed groupware applications and was sold to Netscape in 1995. His work has earned industry-wide recognition and he can frequently be seen at IT conferences as a discussion panel member and featured speaker. Suresh earned his M.S. in Computer Engineering at the University of Southwest Louisiana, and his B.S. in Electronics Engineering at the University of Bangalore in India.
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About Saama: Saama is the number one AI-powered clinical analytics cloud platform company delivering actionable business insights for life sciences.
David Elkington
Founder & Chairman of XANT.ai
David Elkington is the CEO and Founder of InsideSales.com. Dave has a rich background in technology, venture capital and corporate development. As CEO and Chairman, he has led InsideSales.com to consecutive 50-100% year-over-year growth rates, starting with the company’s inception in 2004. David has been active in the evolution and definition of the inside sales industry and speaks regularly. He is co-author of the groundbreaking Lead Response Management industry study, done in conjunction with James Oldroyd, PhD. (visiting Research Fellow at M.I.T.). David has co-authored articles that have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Kellogg School of Management, Forbes and other academic and industry publications. He is recognized both locally and nationally as a leader and entrepreneur in the cloud computing and inside sales/remote selling spaces. Prior to InsideSales.com, David co-founded Integr8ted Technology Solutions, LLC, a leading e-business consulting and application development firm. Before Integr8ted, he co-founded and served as director of business development for Everfill, Inc., an e-Health distribution company, until the sale of the company. Prior to his entrepreneur years, David worked as a financial analyst for the investment bank firm of Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, in their Baltimore, MD, office. David has also held positions with Merrill Lynch and MiraQuest Capital (a healthcare technology venture capital firm. David serves on the board of ProvoTechX, on the advisory board of the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP), and on the BYU CVLC advisory council. He has a background in computer science and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Philosophy from Brigham Young University with minors in Business, Japanese and Hebrew.
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About XANT.ai: XANT.ai provides solutions that accelerate revenue by enabling sales teams to build a better pipeline and close more deals.
Stefan Kalb
CEO and Co-Founder of Shelf Engine
Stefan Kalb is the CEO and Co-Founder at Shelf Engine.
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About Shelf Engine: Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that predicts the perfect amount of perishable goods to order.
Tim Hwang
Co-Founder & CEO of FiscalNote
Tim Hwang is a big data entrepreneur and Senior Advisor for Government Innovation. He currently serves as the Founder and CEO of FiscalNote, using artificial intelligence and big data to deliver immediate predictive analytics of governmental action to pinpoint impact. He also works as an active venture capitalist/angel investor, advising in the areas of biotechnology and robotics, and as an author of the upcoming book “In Between Dreams: How Youth Unemployment Catalyzed a Global Entrepreneurship Movement”. Featured in Forbes, TIME, Fox, and the Washington Post and a Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Winner, Tim has previously served as the President of the 750,000 member National Youth Association, launching its financial services arm and pushing the agenda of young Americans in healthcare, education, and energy. He also served as the founder of Articulance Consulting Group helping to launch a data analytics platform for small restaurants and Operation Fly. Inc., representative at Square working with small businesses in payments analytics, member of the MCPS Board of Education pushing data-based decision making to analyze education in a large urban district of over 150,000 students, and Field Organizer for the Obama for America ’08 campaign using data in GOTV and grassroots organizing. He serves on the Boards of Jumpstart Maryland (Chair), State Farm YAB, the Commission on Juvenile Justice, among many others.
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About Channel Cross Border, FiscalNote, The World Economic Forum: FiscalNote uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver predictive analytics on government information to determine its impact.
Gerald Yao
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder of FiscalNote
Gerald guides strategic and corporate culture initiatives. He co-founded FiscalNote after a decade leading operations in the non-profit, public schools, and start-up sectors. He is currently Chief Strategy Officer and a member of the board of directors, overseeing international expansion and leading FiscalNote’s corporate responsibility program. Previously, Gerald was director of finance for the National Youth Association. He studied finance and sociology at Emory University.
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About FiscalNote: FiscalNote uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver predictive analytics on government information to determine its impact.
Meghan Gaffney Buck
Founder & CEO of VEDA Data Solutions
Meghan is a founding partner in VEDA Data Solutions and leads business development, partnerships, and fundraising. Meghan leverages over 15 years working with senior elected officials to identify opportunities for new technology that enables businesses to thrive in our current regulatory environment. She is also a founding partner of LOOP LLC, a market research and analytics company serving the music and entertainment industry.
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About VEDA Data Solutions: VEDA is an AI and machine learning platform to save healthcare and administrative costs.
Bob Lindner
Co-Founder & CTO of VEDA Data Solutions
Dr. Robert Lindner leads innovation and data science at VEDA. Bob is a published astrophysicist with experience modeling data from a wide variety of sources, like radio telescopes, X-ray satellites, and Twitter. As a postdoctoral researcher at UW-Madison, he led the development of a new computer vision algorithm to help researchers interpret large data sets from next generation telescopes. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Rutgers University, and studied mathematics and astrophysics at UW-Madison.
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About VEDA Data Solutions: VEDA is an AI and machine learning platform to save healthcare and administrative costs.
Greg Petro
Founder & CEO of First Insight
Years ago, retailers engaged with shoppers one-on-one to understand their needs and preferences. As the industry grew, personal dialogues were replaced with automated systems. Today, many retailers and brands have lost touch with who their customers are and what they truly want. Greg Petro is passionate about removing the distance between consumers and retailers. During his 25-year career in the retail industry and with one of the world’s leading supply chain technology firms, Greg saw a need for retailers and brands to re-engage with consumers to determine how products will perform before costly investment decisions are made. In 2007, Greg founded First Insight to deliver what is now the world’s leading platform empowering retailers and brands to introduce the right products at the right price. Greg is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Fashion Institute of Technology, and speaks at the graduate business schools of Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh on how retailers can use technology to identify and deliver what their customers really want. Greg holds both MBA and Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
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About First Insight, Forbes: First Insight is a cloud-based predictive analytics platform empowering retailers and manufacturers to identify winning new products.
Steve Jillings
Founder & CEO of Signal Automotive
Steve has more than 30 years of business-building experience, specifically in the areas of corporate finance, sales, marketing and technology. He has been responsible for eight startups throughout his career, taking them from inception to commercialization and in several cases leading to successful liquidity events. Most recently as CEO at TeleSign, Steve raised $79MM in growth capital and lead TeleSign to become the #1 Company in the Two Factor Authentication and Digital Identity category. Starting with 12 employees and single digit millions in revenue, TeleSign grew to 300 employees and more than $100MM in profitable annual revenue. Steve was also chairman and CEO of Vantage Media, an online digital marketing firm, where he and his investment partners raised $80MM to acquire in Vantage February 2007. Vantage Media grew into one of the largest performance-based online marketers in the country. As president and CEO of FrontBridge Technologies, Steve took the company from a startup to a global leader in SaaS email security services. Raising a total of $28MM of funding, this allowed the team to build a broad portfolio of services combined with the largest global distribution footprint in the email security category. This lead to the successful sale of FrontBridge to Microsoft in August 2005 for more than $200MM. Specialties: – Helping start-ups grow fast – Ensuring that the Go-To-Market strategy is the right one. – Raising money (I’ve raised more than $200m) – Product strategy – Sales and marketing strategy – Attracting the right people to win
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About Signal Automotive: Signal is a technology-enabled automotive wholesale platform that employs data to optimize wholesale dealer trades.
Sameer Kalwani
Founder & Advisor of Element Analytics
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About Element Analytics: SaaS provider transforming IT/OT data into contextualized, graph-based models to support diverse analytical workloads and data governance.
Tania Ahuja
Founder and CEO of Nobias
Tania Ahuja is Founder and CEO of Nobias and is Head of US Operations for Arkera Inc. She is a former director of Citigroup and serves on the Board of Overseers at Stern School of Business, NYU. Additionally, she sits on the board of other learning and art organizations including the Center of Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania, Salome Chamber Orchestra, The Paper Bag Players, and is Chairman of the Board for the Summit Music Festival. Tania holds a PhD in Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University. She has a BS in Statistics and an MS in Operations Research.
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About Nobias: Software tools that help protect consumers from deceptive or misleading content on the internet.
Jerry Jao
CEO & Founder of Retention Science
Jerry started his path to entrepreneurship at the age 8, making $3 a day by recycling his classmates’ plastic cans after school. Years later, he moved on to e-Commerce and started selling comic books and video games online. He’s been an online entrepreneur ever since and is now CEO and founder of Retention Science. Prior to founding Retention Science, Jerry founded two other e-Commerce marketing technologies. He was an analyst with Morgan Stanley, and an engagement manager with BearingPoint Management Consulting (KPMG Advisory), where he advised FORTUNE 50 companies. He was most recently an advisor to the CFO of Clear Channel, working on digital sales initiatives and iHeartRadio. Jerry currently serves on the Board of Directors of Penango, an enterprise email & cloud security company. Jerry is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration and a full-tuition scholarship as an Alumni Scholar, and Yale School of Management.
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About Retention Science: Retention Science is an AI-driven platform designed to engage and retain customers.
Andrew Schwabe
Founder, Chairman of ForMotiv
Andrew is a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in enterprise software, having played significant roles in multiple start-ups. Particular interests are high value data flows and data security in today’s cloud & mobile based enterprise environments. These interests led to the founding of successful ventures in the areas of cloud-based document management, data security and cryptography. Most recently, Andrew has pursued the use of predictive analytics, machine learning and AI. Andrew volunteers time both locally and around the world. He is an advisor and community evangelist for multiple startups and incubators and regularly speaks at development conferences worldwide. Recent conference topics have included API/platform design, Mobile Security, Cryptography and DevOps. Humanitarian issues are a strong motivation in all of Andrew’s work; he has been actively involved with indigenous social entrepreneurship efforts in northern Australia for many years. A common thread through all of these activities is a strong creative drive; he is an active blogger and writer, a musician / songwriter and independent filmmaker. You can reach Andrew at andrew@gmail.com or on twitter at @aschwabe
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About ForMotiv, Saigon A.I., Schwabe Enterprises: Formotiv’s platform analyzes end user behavioral patterns. Our customers learn CX behavior and measure engagement, intent, trust and risk.
Kumesh Aroomoogan
Co-Founder & CEO of Accern
Kumesh Aroomoogan is the co-founder and CEO of Accern, an NYC-based venture-backed AI startup whose mission is to accelerate AI for enterprise with a no-code development platform. Accern was named Forbes 30 Under 30 for Enterprise Technology.
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About Accern, Forbes: Accern accelerates AI workflows for enterprises with a no-code AI development platform.
Anshul Vikram Pandey
Co-Founder & CTO of Accern
Anshul Vikram Pandey is the Co-Founder and CTO of Accern.
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About Accern, Forbes Technology Council: Accern accelerates AI workflows for enterprises with a no-code AI development platform.
David Yang
Co-Founder, CEO of Yva.ai
David Yang, Ph.D., Co-founder Yva.ai, Founder and Chairman ABBYY, member of Band of Angels, Silicon Valley based serial entrepreneur specializes in AI, founded 12 companies. Dr. Yang is a globally recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor in the areas of AI, Artificial Neural Networks, People Analytics, employee surveys, HR metrics, HR strategy, talent measurement, workforce analytics, performance management and Organizational Change. He’s the Founder & Chairman of the Board of ABBYY – world leading developer of AI, Content Intelligence, Text Analytics with 1200 employees in 14 offices in 11 countries. More than 50 million users and thousands of enterprise customers in 200 countries rely on ABBYY’s solutions including: PwC, McDonalds, Xerox, Toyota, Yum!Restaurants, Deloitte, PepsiCo, Volkswagen, UCSF. World leading RPA vendors, including UiPath, BluePrism, Robiquity among others rely on ABBYY’s AI technologies. Currently Dr. Yang is dedicated to Yva.ai, the company that develops a real-time Ethical AI People Analytics, Continuous Engagement and Performance Management Platform which helps organizations save millions of dollars by predicting resignations of key employees, identify opinion leaders, Toxic Managers and Conflicts. Yva’s neural network was trained to predict resignations with up to 86% accuracy analyzing corporate communication (tested on historical data blind tests). Dr. Yang created Cybiko, world first hand-held wireless communication computer for teenagers; co-founded iiko, new generation AI powered restaurant and hospitality industry solution; co-founded Plazius, a customer loyalty and mobile payment platform; founded a number of creative art-based ventures, including: FAQ-Café studio, DeFAQto; co-founded Ayb Educational Foundation and Ayb School. Dr. Yang also a frequent keynote speaker and author of numerous patents and scientific publications. The World Economic Forum in Davos named him as one of the top 100 World Technology Pioneers.
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About ABBYY, Band of Angels, Findo, iiko, Platius, Yva.ai: Predictive People Analytics Platform
Ato Kasymov
CEO, Co-Founder of Zentist
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About Zentist: Zentist is a dental insurance billing platform that delivers improved practice financial performance and patient affordability.
Manuchehr Kurbonali
Growth Lead, Co-Founder of Zentist
Founder at Zentist, Nurafzo Medical Centers
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About Yahoo, Zentist: Zentist is a dental insurance billing platform that delivers improved practice financial performance and patient affordability.
Paulina Song
Co-Founder | Business Development Lead of Zentist
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About Practyx, Zentist: Zentist is a dental insurance billing platform that delivers improved practice financial performance and patient affordability.
Saurabh Sharma
Founder & CEO of Indus Insights
Saurabh is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Indus Insights. He is part data scientist, part management consultant, and part business manager. He has more than a decade of experience in creating value through the use of data-driven approaches. Prior to starting Indus Insights, Saurabh worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, advising senior management across a variety of verticals, including CPG and hi-tech. Saurabh also has considerable experience in the consumer finance industry through his stints at Capital One and HSBC, where he drove multiple initiatives in the fields of direct marketing analytics, product development, credit policy & risk analytics, non-traditional underwriting, and account management. Saurabh is regularly quoted by national and international media as a subject matter in payments, analytics, and consulting. He holds an MBA (with honors) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Saurabh received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and is a CFA charterholder. He is also an aviation enthusiast, and is a certified pilot.
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About Indus Insights: Indus Insights is a specialized consulting firm that assists organizations in leveraging analytics to drive business performance.
Mohan Giridharadas
Founder & CEO of LeanTaaS
I) 18 years at McKinsey & Company (7 as a partner, 6 as a senior partner/director) II) Led the Manufacturing and Service Operations practices in the US and the Asia-Pacific region III) Led large-scale operational improvement programs at major corporations across multiple sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and financial services IV) On the faculty of the Continuing Studies program at Stanford University and the MBA program at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley V) Holds an MBA from Stanford University, an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and a BTech from IIT Bombay
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About LeanTaaS: LeanTaaS is a software company that uses advanced data science to significantly improve the operational performance of hospitals and clinics
Slim Souissi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ospitek Inc.
Dr. Slim Souissi is the co-founder and CEO of OSPITEK, a leading HealthTech company that develops digital AI-IoT software for improving patient experience and surgical center productivity. He is also the founder and CEO of MIOTIV, a developer of IoT platforms specializing in the development of bespoke SAAS platforms for the automotive and the healthcare industries . He is the former president and COO of Novatel Wireless. He began his career at Motorola in ’94 and made key contributions to the architecture FLEX paging data networks. In 1997, he lead the architecture of the company’s location based services platform. In 2000, Dr. Souissi joined Novatel Wireless to lead the Software Defined Radio program. He was promoted to CTO and VP of engineering in 2002. Dr. Souissi guided Novatel Wireless through the worldwide expansion of the mobile broadband market which culminated at a company valuation of more than $800M and an annual revenue of ~ $500M. Dr. Souissi and his team invented the award winning MiFi mobile hotspot creating a global market category worth tens of billions of dollars. Dr. Souissi is the holder of several MiFi essential patents asserted against ZTE and Apple. MiFi was picked by Time Magazine as one of the greatest/most influential gadgets of the century. The company was named by Forbes as one of the top five most innovative technology companies in America. Dr. Souissi was awarded the distinction of being part of ExecRank’s “Top CTO Rankings” of America in 2013 and 2014. Dr. Souissi holds a MSEE degree from Ecole Central de Marseille, a MS degree in DSP from Supelec, France, a MSEE and a Ph.D from Georgia Tech. He was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni of Georgia Tech. Dr. Souissi is a published IEEE author and holds 60 US patents. He is the recipient of the distinguished innovator award from Motorola and the J.D. innovation award from Novatel. He served on the advisory boards of Nextivity, TAM and Zyray Wireless.
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About Miotiv Inc., Ospitek Inc.: SaaS Company – Healthcare Technology
Toby Brzoznowski
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of LLamasoft
Toby is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of LLamasoft. Over the last decade, he has helped bring supply chain design into the corporate mainstream as a key business process and competitive weapon, and has positioned LLamasoft as the leading global supply chain design technology provider. Toby is a frequent presenter and panelist at supply chain and logistics leadership forums, has been named a ‘Pro to Know’ and has authored dozens of articles on the growing importance of supply chain design as a key competitive weapon. Toby has over 20 years of experience in building and growing technology businesses, primarily focused on process improvement and analytics. His expertise has been used to launch new technologies into mainstream use at global Fortune 500 businesses. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
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About LLamasoft: LLamasoft is a supply-chain planning company that elevates lives and organizations through the science of smarter decision-making.
Donald Hicks
Co-Founder of LLamasoft
Donald Hicks is the co-founder and former President and CEO of LLamasoft, Inc. Currently, Don is the Chairman of the Board. Don is a supply chain industry visionary, specializing in strategy and technology issues and a highly sought after speaker and author. Over the last 20 years, he has personally consulted with and coached supply chain professionals at hundreds of companies around the world to optimize and improve their operations. Don has a BS in Systems Engineering from the US Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
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About LLamasoft: LLamasoft is a supply-chain planning company that elevates lives and organizations through the science of smarter decision-making.
Kerry Wang
Co-Founder & CEO of Searchlight
Kerry Wang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Searchlight. She was a Course Assistant for From Play to Innovation at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school ). Kerry received a Hastorf Award for Outstanding Service in Human Biology and The Leader Award. Ms. Wang holds a master’s degree in computer science and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in Human Biology – Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Human Behavior at Stanford University.
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About Searchlight: Searchlight is a people-centered Talent Intelligence Platform that helps companies build and retain winning teams.
Anna X. Wang
Co-Founder & CTO of Searchlight
Anna X. Wang is the Co-Founder and CTO of Searchlight. She is a former course assistant at Stanford University. Anna holds a master’s degree in computer science.
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About Searchlight: Searchlight is a people-centered Talent Intelligence Platform that helps companies build and retain winning teams.
Joshua Abram
Co-Founder of Dstillery
Joshua Abram is the Co-Founder of Dstillery, Integral Ad Science, and NeueHouse. He is also the Founder & Co-CEO at TMRW Life Sciences, Inc. and Co-Founder, Partner at Coriolis Ventures.
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About Coriolis Ventures, Dstillery, Integral Ad Science, NeueHouse, TMRW Life Sciences: Dstillery is the leading custom audience solutions company, empowering brands and their agencies to maximize the value of customer data.
Jorge Torres
Co-Founder &CEO of MindsDB
Jorge Torres Is currently Co-founder & CEO of MindsDB and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley researching machine learning automation and explainability. He has worked for a number of data-intensive start-ups, most recently working with Aneesh Chopra (the first CTO in the US government) building data systems that analyze billions of patients records and lead to highest savings for millions of patients, he started his work on scaling solutions using machine learning in early 2008 while working as first full time engineer at Couchsurfing where he helped grow the company from a few thousand users to a few million. Jorge had degrees in electrical engineering & computer science, including a masters degree in computer systems (with a focus on applied Machine Learning) from the Australian National University.
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About AllFreed, MindsDB: Open Source In-SQL Machine Learning
Eric Schadt
CEO & Founder of Sema4
Eric Schadt is Chief Scientific Officer of Pacific Biosciences and Director of the Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology and Chair of the Department of Genetics and Genomics Sciences at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. He oversees the scientific strategy for Pacific Biosciences, including creating the vision for next-generation applications of the company’s technology, contributing to the evolution of Pacific Biosciences’ transformative sequencing technology, and playing a key role in the company’s strategic relationships. At Mount Sinai, Eric is creating a world-class data analytic center where researchers can query and learn from data using cutting-edge technologies like next generation sequencing to create disease models and ultimately help develop and improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients. He is also a founding member of Sage Bionetworks, an open-access genomics initiative designed to build and support databases and an accessible platform for creating innovative dynamic disease models. Eric Schadt joined Pacific Biosciences in May 2009 from Rosetta Inpharmatics, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. in Seattle, where he was Executive Scientific Director of Genetics. Eric Schadt’s work at Rosetta involved the generation and integration of very large-scale sequence variation, molecular profiling, and clinical data in disease populations to construct the molecular networks that define disease states and link molecular biology to physiology in ways that can impact clinical medicine. Eric Schadt has contributed to a number of discoveries relating to the genetic basis of common human diseases such as diabetes and obesity, which have been widely published in leading scientific journals. His research has provided novel insights into what is needed to master diverse, large-scale data collected on normal and disease populations in order to elucidate the complexity of disease and make more informed decisions in the drug discovery arena. Prior to joining Rosetta, Eric Schadt was a senior research scientist at Roche Bioscience. He received his BA in applied mathematics and computer science from California Polytechnic State University, his MA in pure mathematics from UCLA, and his Ph.D. in bio-mathematics from UCLA.
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About Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Sage Bionetworks, Sema4: Sema4 uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze patient data to provide insights to transform the practice of medicine.
Rem Darbinyan
CEO and Founder of SmartClick
A serial entrepreneur, angel investor, seasoned advisor, author, and keynote speaker with an investment portfolio of 40+ startups. Being an entrepreneurial executive myself, I founded SmartClick, which builds deep tech innovations based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. As a customer-driven product leader, I’ve been dedicated to building technologies that are innovative and bring new value to the market. My 20+ years of technology industry expertise and executive management experience in scaling products from conception to large-scale ROI have been proven at both startups and large enterprises alike. My mission is to help companies thrive in this fast-changing world using technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence. Through active involvement in the IT community in Armenia, I’m well known for discovering and mentoring high-potential entrepreneurs, evaluating investment opportunities, and helping newly developing startups. As for my academic degrees, I hold a Master’s Degree in Business Risk Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Planning.
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About ProDiagnose, SmartClick, SmartPush: SmartClick is a full-service software provider delivering artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for Enterprises.
Slava Agafonov
Founder & CEO of Energsoft
Technical leader and architect in enterprise software including S&P 500 customers for Microsoft. Built web portals for IBM with Team International, created medical FDA-approved devices with Medtronic over Global Logic. , and certified phone station in telecom business over the globe with Alcatel over Altron. Excellent background in distributed systems, artificial intelligence, and Big Data. Passionate about tuning robust, high-performance systems that scale well. Two Master’s degrees in Technical Management from Foster School of Business – The University of Washington in the USA and also computer science masters from Kharkiv Aerospace University in Ukraine. Slava received customer obsessions awards in Microsoft and always acting as a bridge from business to technology with a pioneering spirit. Viacheslav is passionate about leadership roles on strategic and impact projects with metrics-driven, high-performance, and scalable development. Expert in lean software development – it means rapid, agile prototyping with development cycles that fail fast to learn quickly and to apply innovative solutions in iterations. Clients hire me to develop new software products for innovative markets that are rapidly growing. They know that the best products come from great empathy and customer insights, but also require courage, hard work, and perseverance.
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About Energsoft, Microsoft: Energsoft is software as a service that improves batteries and energy storage, B2B platform reports, and predicts batteries AI insights.
Suhas Ahuja
Co-Founder, COO of SIERA.AI
Suhas is an experienced entrepreneur with multiple successful exits in the high-tech sector. Suhas leads all of Stocked Robotics’ sales and business development operations globally.
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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.
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.
Nitzan Shaer
Co-Founder and CEO of WEVO
Co-Founder and CEO at WEVO.
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About WEVO: WEVO is a customer experience company that offers a solution for pinpointing WHY visitors are not engaging.
Ari Jacoby
Co-Founder & CEO of Deduce
Ari Jacoby is the CEO of Deduce. He is a former co-founder/CEO of Newsletters.com (Marketresearch.com), Voicestar (MCHX), Solve Media and Circulate (ACXM/Liveramp)
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About Deduce: Deduce provides real-time analytics profiling and scoring to detect and prevent bad actors and account takeover.
Jigar Shah
Founder & CEO of Miles
Jigar Shah is the Founder & CEO of Miles. Formerly he was a Senior Product Manager & Technical Leader at Cisco with P&L responsibilities over $750M.
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About Miles: Miles is a startup that offers rewards for traveling, regardless of the mode of transportation.
Jack Thompson
Founder – Past Chairman/President/CEO of Tango Analytics
JBT Ventures is a Family Office that focuses on investments in the Medicinal as well as the Adult Recreational Cannabis Industry, Cannabis Medicinal Pet Treatment, Cannabis Real Estate Development, Cannabis Retail High Growth Expansion, and the future of Cannabis Dining.
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About JBT Ventures, Tango Analytics: Tango Analytics is a provider of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions with purpose-built GIS and location development execution.
Founder, President & CEO of Tango Analytics
Pranav Tyagi is the Founder, President & CEO at Tango Analytics .
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About Tango Analytics: Tango Analytics is a provider of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions with purpose-built GIS and location development execution.
Travis Putnam
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Navitas Capital
Travis co-founded Navitas Capital in 2008 and is a Managing Partner with the firm. He is focused on next generation energy efficiency and green building technology solutions. His investments include Serious Materials, PowerMat, Lunera Lighting, Arxx, and Sustainability Roundtable. Prior to launching Navitas Capital, Travis founded Genesis Management Group (2005-2007), a business-development consulting firm focused on the built environment. Clients included Crest Steel Corporation (Reliance Steel Corp / NYSE: RS), Cal-Star Cement (green cement), and Artisan Precast. Travis also co-founded ValuSteel, Inc. a web-based steel trading platform. Prior to Genesis, Travis worked for Murphy & Associates Capital (2002-2004), a boutique investment bank, where he advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, private placements, and financial restructurings. Travis holds a degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Finance.
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About Navitas Capital: Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm with a focus on real estate and construction tech.
Jim Pettit
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Navitas Capital
Jim Pettit is a Co-Founder and Advisor at Navitas Capital. He currently serves as either a board director or observer on a number of boards, including Aquicore, Cherre and Optimum Energy. Prior to Co-Founding Navitas, Jim was a Principal a Bancroft Capital, a real estate investment firm located in California, and a Managing Partner at JP Morgan (Hambrecht & Quist). Jim received a bachelor’s degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley with an emphasis on Finance and Real Estate.
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About Navitas Capital: Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm with a focus on real estate and construction tech.
Chaitanya Chandrasekar
Co-Founder & CEO of QuanticMind
Chaitanya Chandrasekar is CEO and a co-founder of QuanticMind, the platform for smarter advertising. Previously, he built and managed the traffic acquisition platform and was part of the data science team at NexTag. He strongly believes in the power of data-driven technology, which can help decipher big data to unlock new ideas and opportunities, and continues to be fascinated by the possibilities of search marketing and its continued evolution alongside new and developing fields such as social and offline conversions.
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About QuanticMind: QuanticMind is a predictive advertising management software for paid search and social channels.
Kuldeep Singh Rajput
Founder & CEO of Biofourmis
Kuldeep Singh Rajput is the CEO and Founder of Biofourmis, a fast-growing digital health company filled with committed, passionate people who care about augmenting personalized care and empowering people with complex chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives. Biofourmis is pioneering an entirely new category of digital health, by developing clinically-validated software-based therapeutics to provide better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools for clinicians, and cost-effective solutions for payers. Recognized as the “Forbes 30 Under 30”, Kuldeep has demonstrated strong leadership experience with building teams, developing talents, and successfully growing, and managing strategic partnerships with global pharmaceutical manufacturers, health systems and Payers. Under his leadership, Biofourmis has raised over US$45 Million in venture capital from leading Venture Capital firms including Sequoia Capital, MassMutual Ventures, Singapore Govt-linked EDBI, Aviva plc, and Mayo Clinic Ventures. He uses his background and experience in biomedical engineering and data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to unfold his vision of “Predicting and Preventing Serious Medical Events using AI”. During his Ph.D. studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS), he built bioelectronic implants, which aim to control biological processes and treat diseases by modulating electric impulses. He believes in giving back and is part of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (YLC), supporting the mission of providing people access to education and healthcare for stable economic growth. Kuldeep has been featured in major publications and has been a keynote speaker at numerous prestigious conferences like TED. Specialties: Entrepreneur, Fund Raising, Building Companies, Digital Therapeutics, Licensing, and Deal Structure, Healthcare Strategy, Digital Healthcare, Wearable Biosensors, Pharmaceuticals
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About Biofourmis: Biofourmis is a biotechnology company that augments personalized care and therapies using digital therapeutics.
Mark Donovick
Co Founder of Amass
MARK DONOVICK is the Co-Founder of Amass Insights, a disruptive FinTech data company based in New York City, Mark is driven to take the ‘alternative’ out of ‘Big Data’, and has worked for the past five years to research and validate what the future of investment research will look like. Previously, he worked on the buy-side at QS Investors (former Quantitative Strategies Group of Deutsche Bank), and in portfolio / risk software. He graduated with a Double Bachelors Degree in Finance and Econometrics from Northeastern University in 2012.
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About Amass, Big Data Protocol: Largest Alternative Data Platform for Institutional Investors
Erik Larson
Founder & CEO of Cloverpop
Cloverpop is a product of Erik’s desire for people to be happy at work, his passion for building great things and his curiosity about how our brains create our minds, our minds perceive our world, and our world becomes what we decide it to be. An Illinois farm boy turned MIT rocket scientist and Harvard MBA, Erik spent the past decade launching a dozen v1.0 SaaS products at Adobe and Macromedia. He’s also happily married to a wonderful wife with two cute kids and two dazzling dogs. On the weekends you’ll find them hiking, biking and skiing around Northern California.
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About Cloverpop: Cloverpop’s enterprise platform is the way to keep track of decisions in Slack. Make better decisions 2x faster with 100 percent visibility.
Roger Graves
CTO & Co-Founder of Cloverpop
Roger Graves is the Co-founder & CTO at Cloverpop
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About Cloverpop: Cloverpop’s enterprise platform is the way to keep track of decisions in Slack. Make better decisions 2x faster with 100 percent visibility.
Antoine Halff
Co-Founder & Chief Analyst of Kayrros
Antoine Halff served as Director of Global Energy of Eurasia Group, Ltd. since February 2005. Antoine Halff served as Principal Administrator of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, where his primary responsibilities included price and short-term demand analysis. He served as Staff Member at the French Embassy in Seoul, South Korea from 1985 to 1987. From 2000 to 2004, Antoine Halff served as a Co-Author of the IEA’s influential monthly Oil Market Report and frequently spoke at numerous industry conferences and to the media on the demand effect of the 2001-2002 global economic downturn and China’s role as a Driver of global demand. Antoine Halff served as New York Bureau Chief of Energy Intelligence Group covering global crude and products markets for Petroleum Intelligence Weekly and other industry publications. He taught World History and Third-World History at Touro College in New York City from 1991 to 1994 and was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University from 1988 to 1989. A native of France, Antoine Halff was educated in Paris, earning an Advanced degree at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in 1986 and an MA from Université Paris 7 in 1983.
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About Kayrros: Kayrros is an advanced data analytics company that helps global energy market participants make better investment decisions.
Arijit Sengupta
CEO and Co-Founder of Aible
Arijit Sengupta is the CEO of Aible, former CEO of BeyondCore, the Chair of the Big Data and Advanced Analytics SIG at the Service Research and Innovation Institute (SRII), and a member of the Cyber Security Advisory Group set up by NASSCOM and the Government of India. BeyondCore is a market-leading Advanced Analytics firm that received awards such as Gartner Cool Vendor in Business Process Services 2012, GigaOm Structure Launchpad 2011 and the UP2010 Overall Most Innovative Cloud Provider. Arijit has guest lectured at Stanford and other universities on globalization and outsourcing; spoken at conferences in a dozen countries; and was written about in The World Is Flat release 3.0, the New York Times, San Jose Mercury News, and other leading publications. Arijit held leadership positions at several eBusiness initiatives and previously worked at Oracle, Microsoft, and Yankee Group. He has been granted eight patents in the domains of advanced analytics, Business Process as a Service, business process improvement, operational risk, privacy and information security. Arijit holds an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School and Bachelor degrees with Distinction in Computer Science and Economics from Stanford University.
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About Aible, Service Research & Innovation Institute: Aible enables business people to create Real World AI that delivers measurable business impact in a way that’s simple, fast, and secure.
Jonathan Wray
Co-Founder of Aible
Jonathan Wray is the Co-Founder of Aible.
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About Aible: Aible enables business people to create Real World AI that delivers measurable business impact in a way that’s simple, fast, and secure.
Raj Pofale
Founder & CEO of Claim Genius
Raj Pofale is a senior technology executive and product development leader with over 20 years of experience with large scale enterprise platforms for FinTech industry. With his passion for technology & entrepreneurial skills he invented this disruptive AI product which will make the “Touchless Claims” a reality than a myth. He firmly believes that his vision for the future roadmap and the power of AI will make this disruptive idea a revolution for InsureTech industry.
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About Claim Genius: Claim Genius features a real-time photo AI platform that generates auto repair estimates instantly.
Christian Kletzl
CEO & Co-Founder of UserGems
Christian Kletzl is the CEO & Co-Founder at UserGems
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About UserGems: An AI-powered solution that combines relationship data and trigger events to identify buyers who will most likely buy from you
Vivek Joshi
Co-Founder & CEO of Entytle
Vivek is founder and CEO of LumaSense Technologies, a sensor & instrumentation company focused on the energy, cleantech and industrial markets. Vivek brings significant leadership experience to LumaSense Technologies. He is an executive with experience in various industries, spanning private equity, high technology, diversified industrial manufacturing and healthcare. Most recently, Vivek was an Operating Partner at Shah Capital Partners and Senior Vice President of Marketing for Sun Services, a $3.6 billion division of Sun Microsystems. He also served at Webvan as Vice-President of Program Operations, at GE Transportation as General Manager, Off Highway/Transit Systems, GE Corporate as Manager of Corporate Initiatives; Management Consulting with Booz Allen & Hamilton and operational experiences with Johnson & Johnson. Vivek has an M.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia , Charlottesville and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Mumbai.
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About Entytle: Entytle uses AI and ML to empower manufacturers to unlock installed base value.
Yoav Izhar-Prato
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Skai Israel
Yoav is Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board at Kenshoo. As the founder of several startups around the globe in the area of Internet and mobile applications and former manager of ECI Thailand, Yoav brings more than 15 years of product, marketing and business management to Kenshoo.
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About Skai Israel, SKAI LABS: Skai Israel is an AI-powered platform that offers consumer and market insights, and omnichannel media activation services.
Rob Heiser
Co-Founder & Board Member of Segmint
Rob Heiser co-founded Segmint Inc, a fast-growing marketing technology company based in Akron, Ohio. He currently serves as Segmint’s president and CEO. Heiser is also co-founder, president and CEO of WiredViews Inc., a boutique digital marketing agency. Previously, Heiser was chief technology officer of SupplierInsight (acquired by Procuri), where he led the application and product development of the first commercially available Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) application. Heiser was also manager of internet applications and one of the founding employees of Xtrasource, Inc. (acquired by Sento in 2003). Heiser’s experience as an accomplished entrepreneur and his cross-industry expertise regarding all facets of data analytics, delivery channels and marketing technologies have provided him superior success in developing, launching and growing seven technology-driven businesses. His deep industry knowledge and experience also allow him to serve as an authoritative source regarding current and emerging trends impacting the constantly evolving digital marketplace. Heiser holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in Management and Information from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
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About Segmint, WiredViews, Inc.: Segmint is a digital marketing solutions provider that organizes unstructured data to create meaningful and actionable insights.
Ayin Vala
Co-Founder of VastBiome
Ayin Vala is the Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer of VastBiome.
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About Admissions AI, Foundation for Precision Medicine, NaN Data Science, Stanford University, VastBiome: Mapping the gut microbiome for better medicines
Kareem Barghouti
Co-Founder of VastBiome
Kareem Barghouti is the Co-Founder and CEO of VastBiome.
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About VastBiome: Mapping the gut microbiome for better medicines
Amar Chokhawala
Founder & CEO of Reflektion
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About Reflektion: Reflektion understands the individual intent and preferences of each customer and intelligently responds in real time.
Igino Cafiero
Founder, CEO of Bear Flag Robotics
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About Bear Flag Robotics: Bear Flag Robotics is an AgTech company developing autonomous technology for farm tractors to increase productivity and improve safety.
Aubrey Donnellan
Founder of Bear Flag Robotics
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About Bear Flag Robotics: Bear Flag Robotics is an AgTech company developing autonomous technology for farm tractors to increase productivity and improve safety.
Nicole Van Der Tuin
Co-Founder and CEO of First Access
Nicole Van Der Tuin is the co-founder and CEO at First Access.
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About First Access: First Access is a FinTech company that offers a smart data platform for financial institutions in emerging markets.
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.
Nate Maslak
Co-Founder and CEO of Ribbon Health
Nate Maslak is the Co-Founder and CEO at Ribbon Health.
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About Ribbon Health: Ribbon Health is a predictive analytics and data platform for the healthcare industry.
Nate Fox
Co-Founder/CTO of Ribbon Health
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About InSITE Fellows, Ribbon Health: Ribbon Health is a predictive analytics and data platform for the healthcare industry.
Jessika Lora
Founder and CEO of CarForce
A management consultant by training and Stanford BS and MS graduate with 10+ years of automotive and e-commerce experience. Previous GM of ebay’s Vehicles C2C business and Head of Automotive Corp Dev, managing strategy and operations for a $7.3B division and responsible for double-digit growth on ebay’s $1.6B vehicles C2C sector.
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About CarForce: CarForce is a multi-brand enterprise software platform that delivers real-time vehicle health insights using EDGE computing and ML
Murali Vivekanandan
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PipeCandy
Murali is an IT veteran with 15 years of Silicon Valley experience. He has extensive knowledge in developing enterprise-class applications for Fortune 100 companies, including Google, Microsoft, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems and start-ups including Valdero. He has designed and developed a range of applications including financial self-service portals, health care solutions and supply-chain visibility products. Murali has a Masters in Computer Applications. He uses ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Lord of the rings’ references to explain concepts. Need we say more? Has built four companies and talks as fast as the bullet train; maybe that’s the speed with which thoughts whiz by his brain. Murali tackles strategy and tech for PipeCandy and is one of the co-founders.
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About Ideamed, PipeCandy: Predictive Analytics Platform that tracks over 500K modern eCommerce companies and delivers insights to marketers, investors & analysts.
Ashwin Ramasamy
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of PipeCandy
Ashwin Ramasamy is the cofounder of PipeCandy that provides algorithm-generated insights and predictions about eCommerce and D2C companies. His company helps investors, banks, tech firms and governments understand the global eCommerce landscape. Slips poor jokes & gets away with a poker face. Carries a no BS attitude at getting things done. First to arrive at the office, Ashwin’s energy does not ebb through the day. Ashwin is one of the co-founders and he sets the tone for marketing, sales, design & culture.
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About PipeCandy: Predictive Analytics Platform that tracks over 500K modern eCommerce companies and delivers insights to marketers, investors & analysts.
Nikola Mrvaljevic
CEO and Co-Founder of STRIVE
Nikola Mrvaljevic is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strive Tech.
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About STRIVE: STRIVE is the only data platform proven to optimize muscle performance for elite athletes and teams.
Kimberly Foerster
Founder & CEO of CharacTour
CEO Kimberly Foerster had the “lightbulb” moment to found CharacTour when she helped her friend with her Match.com profile. By focusing on consumers’ personalities as many dating sites do, she thought she could solve a big problem for consumers: “bad dates” with entertainment when time, money, and emotion is wasted on movies, TV shows, and books they don’t ultimately connect with. Before founding CharacTour, Kim was a Managing Director at Perseus, a Washington, D.C. private equity firm where she worked for eight years. While at Perseus, she was actively involved in four publishing-related acquisitions and was a Board Member of Perseus Books. Prior to Perseus, she worked at two other private equity firms – the Audax Group and Castle Harlan. Early in her career, Kim worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs and the strategic planning group of PepsiCo. Kim received her MBA from Kellogg and her BA in English from Rice University.
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About CharacTour: CharacTour curates entertainment choices based on consumers’ unique personalities and their character preferences
Bart Heilbron
CEO & Co-Founder of BlueConic
Bart earned his stripes as an entrepreneur and visionary by founding the web content management company GX Software in the early days of the World Wide Web. Here he managed the company’s growth with his strategic insights into the online market, first as head of sales and business development operations, and later as CEO. Bart’s entrepreneurship and firm belief in the power of online engagement subsequently inspired him to co-found BlueConic. Under his leadership, BlueConic has become a highly successful provider of online marketing software. Bart is passionate about cross-channel, customer-driven online engagement and holds a master’s degree in communication and new media.
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About BlueConic: BlueConic’s customer data platform liberates first-party data so companies can transform customer relationships and drive business growth.
Martijn van Berkum
CTO & Co-Founder of BlueConic
Martijn brings to BlueConic a tremendous amount of experience and innovation in product management and business development, with an expert ability to integrate technology, the Internet and marketing. He has a passion for cutting-edge technology and its impact on markets, business and society. Martijn is a true visionary, driving the company’s thought leadership. In collaboration with R&D and marketing, he translates his vision into a world-class product.
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About BlueConic: BlueConic’s customer data platform liberates first-party data so companies can transform customer relationships and drive business growth.
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.
Jason Tan
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Sift
A software engineer at heart, Jason was an early engineer at a few Seattle startups (Zillow, Optify, BuzzLabs), before migrating to San Francisco to start Sift Science in 2011. He enjoys chess, basketball, and freestyle rapping.
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About Sift: Sift applies insights from a global network of data to detect fraud and increase positive user experience.
Ruchit Garg
Founder & CEO of Harvesting Inc
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About Harvesting Inc, Shobhit University: Connecting finance with farmers
Anthony Goldbloom
Co-Founder and CEO of Kaggle
Anthony Goldbloom is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kaggle.com. He is also the Founder Partner at Founder Collective. Forbes has twice named Anthony one of the 30 under 30 in technology, the MIT Technology Review has named him as one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 and the University of Melbourne has given Anthony an Alumni of Distinction Award.
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About Founder Collective, Kaggle: Kaggle is a platform for predictive modeling and analytics competitions and consulting.
