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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 Director operating in the Computer space. If you think a Director 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.
Carlo Arellano
Art Director of Big Time Studios
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About Big Time Studios: Big Time Studios is a new game company dedicated to crafting online adventures through space and time.
Rajeev Mishra
Sr. Director Quality, Reliability, Safety, & Compliance of Magic Leap
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About Magic Leap: Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.
Andrew Poelstra
Director of Research of Blockstream
Andrew has been programming computers since he was four years old and has taken an interest in cryptography since 13. Today he is a main developer of the libsecp256k1 high-performance ECC library as well as the sidechain Elements Alpha. Andrew became involved in the Bitcoin community in late 2011; in 2013 he began contributing to the high-performance cryptography library libsecp256k1 which underlies Bitcoin Core’s signature validation and signing. While completing his Masters of Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, he wrote and co-wrote several papers about Bitcoin, wrote the rust-bitcoin library, and contributed code and design to the sidechain Elements Alpha. In March 2016 he joined Blockstream full-time as a mathematician, where he continues to interact with the Bitcoin research community.
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About Blockstream: Blockstream provides Bitcoin and blockchain technology solution for financial markets.
Sage Durain
Art Director of Bright Star Studios
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About Bright Star Studios, Ember Sword: Bright Star Studios is an international independent video games development studio working on next generation MMO experiences.
Kanwaljit S Bombra
Program Management Director of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Ujwal Rajbhandari
IT Director, Infrastructure Automation & Cloud Engineering of Dell
Ujjwal Rajbhandari is an IT director at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Gary Radburn
Director of Virtually eVeRything of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jason Chan
Sr. Director, Global Network Services of Dell
Jason Chan serves as a senior director at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Todd Edmunds
Director Industrial IoT Strategy and Solution Architecture of Dell
Todd Edmunds is the Director of Industrial IoT Strategy and Solution Architecture at Dell Technologies where he has global responsibility for digital manufacturing solution development across the seven strategically aligned companies that make up Dell Technologies. Todd is an industry expert with 20+ years’ experience in industrial IoT and Edge Computing having worked for Cisco, Rockwell Automation and a leading nationwide solution integrator. Todd currently chairs the Edge Computing TG for the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) where he led the recent publication of the “Introduction to Edge Computing in IIoT” whitepaper and is heading up work on a more detailed technical report to be published later this year.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Kirsten Billhardt
Marketing Director, Internet of Things of Dell
Kirsten Billhardt has been part of Dell’s IoT business since before there was a formal IoT business. Over the past five years, Kirsten has been listening, learning, writing and speaking about the evolution of IoT with our customers, partners and with Dell Technologies itself. Kirsten leads the team responsible for the global marketing campaign that supports the Dell Technologies IoT/Edge division. Kirsten has engineering degrees from Kettering University and Purdue University, and an MBA from Harvard. She resides in Austin, TX with her husband and three children.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
David Bohl
Director Global Services Delivery Social Media Support of Dell
David Bohl serves as director of global services delivery social media support at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
John Whittaker
Executive Director Product Marketing of Dell
John Whittaker is the executive director of marketing for Dell Software’s Information Management group, where he oversees marketing activities for a diverse portfolio of solutions spanning database management, data integration, business intelligence and big data analytics. Prior to joining Dell, he was the director of product marketing for Quest Software’s database management business. Whittaker has more than 20 years of experience with a variety of technology companies, including leadership positions with companies such as AlertSource, Trinent Internet Solutions and KnowledgeCentrix, among others. His areas of expertise include database management, business intelligence, advanced analytics, information security, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, managed services and E-Commerce.
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About Dell, Persistent Systems, SmartBear: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jack McMichael
Director, Service Delivery, Mobile of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Wendell Wierenga
Member of Board of Directors of SRI International
Wendell Wierenga, Ph.D., joined SRI’s Board of Directors in 2014. Previously, he was executive vice president of research and development (R&D) of Santarus, Inc. from 2011 to 2014, executive vice president of R&D at Ambit Biosciences from 2007-2011, and executive vice president at Neurocrine Biosciences, which he joined in 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Wierenga was chief executive officer of Syrrx, Inc., a private biotech company specializing in high-throughput, structure-based drug design (sold to Takeda in 2004/5). Prior to joining Syrrx, from 1997 to 2000, he was senior vice president of worldwide pharmaceutical sciences, technologies, and development at Parke-Davis/Warner Lambert (now Pfizer). From 1991-1997, Wierenga was senior vice president of drug discovery and preclinical development at Parke Davis. Concurrent with his tenure there, he was vice president of Medtech Ventures, a Warner Lambert investment fund. Prior to Parke-Davis, Wierenga was at Upjohn Pharmaceuticals for 16 years, where his last position was executive director of discovery research. Wierenga led and/or participated in the R&D of more than 70 Investigational New Drug (IND) disclosures, more than 15 New Drug Applications (NDAs), and 16 marketed products, including Lipitor®, Neurontin®, Lyrica®, and Uceris®. Wierenga serves on the following public company boards: Xenoport, Inc., Cytokinetics, Inc., Apricus Biosiences, Inc., Concert Pharmaceuticals, and Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. He also serves on the scientific advisory boards of Ferring Research Institute, aTyr Pharma, and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, and is an ongoing advisor to WibiWorks Pharmaceuticals and the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University.
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About : SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Karen Myers
Lab Director Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International
Karen Myers is Director of SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center and an SRI Fellow. Dr. Myers’ research interests include autonomy, multi-agent systems, automated planning and scheduling, intelligent assistants, and privacy. She has led the development of several AI technologies that have been successfully transitioned into operational use in areas that span robotics, text understanding, collaboration tools, task management, and end-user automation. Myers has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford, a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the University of Toronto, and a degree in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Paul Chang
Director of Design of SRI International
Paul Chang, Ph.D., is Director of Design at SRI International and has over two decades of experience in the areas of product management, design strategy and user-experience design. At SRI, Paul provides user experience guidance to startups and large corporations for technology-intensive products. Previously, Paul served as Chief Product Officer at Otto Radio, a personalized (AI and human-curated) podcast and news service, recently acquired by Ximalaya FM of China. Prior to joining SRI, he consulted for corporate and startup clients including DataRobot, Immuta, Medidata, SolarWinds and Volkswagen.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Reenita Hora
Director, Marketing & Communications of SRI International
Reenita Malhotra Hora is SRI International’s Director of Marketing & Communications. She works directly with the SRI executives to communicate SRI’s strategic goals and objectives to drive storytelling around next generation technologies. Before joining SRI, Reenita was VP of Content for Otto Radio/Ximalaya FM, and prior to that she was an anchor, editor and producer for Bloomberg Radio. She was an award-winning producer for RTHK Radio 3 in Hong Kong and has also produced several broadcasts for the BBC. Over the course of her career, she has contributed to CNN, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the South China Morning Post, the Hindu and has authored seven books (fiction and non-fiction). She is a regular speaker on content, marketing and communications strategies for tech, health care and financial companies, and also for digital literary platforms. Her background as an Ayurveda Clinician and coach has led her to teach clinical programs at the University of California schools, California Pacific Medical Center and Hong Kong University’s Li Ka Shing School of Medicine. An entrepreneur at heart, she founded, built and subsequently sold Ayoma, an Ayurvedic self-care product line and the Ayoma LifeSpa, a premier Ayurvedic wellness spa. Reenita holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from Williams College and a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Celia Merzbacher
Quantum Economic Development Consortium Associate Director of SRI International
Celia Merzbacher is primarily responsible for developing novel partnerships with stakeholders in government and the private sector in support of SRC’s research and education goals. Prior to joining SRC, Dr. Merzbacher was Assistant Director for Technology R&D in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where she coordinated and advised on a range of issues, including nanotechnology, technology transfer, technical standards, and intellectual property. At OSTP she oversaw the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the multiagency Federal program for nanotechnology research and development. She also served as Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which is composed of leaders from academia, industry and other research organizations, and advises the President on technology, scientific research priorities, and math and science education. Previously, Dr. Merzbacher was on the staff of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington D.C. As a research scientist at NRL, she developed advanced optical materials, for which she received a number of patents. She also worked in the NRL Technology Transfer Office where she was responsible for managing NRL intellectual property. Dr. Merzbacher served on the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute and led the U.S. delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Party on Nanotechnology.Dr. Merzbacher received her BS in geology from Brown University and MS and Ph.D. in geochemistry and mineralogy from The Pennsylvania State University.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Joseph Broz
Director, National Security Program Development of SRI International
Joseph Broz, Ph.D., is director of national security program development in SRI International’s Advanced Technology and Systems Division. He brings 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, and deep subject matter expertise in solid state physics, nuclear magnetic resonance, the energy domain, gas and oil recovery, alternative fossil production, renewable energy, and energy security. His experience also includes significant projects in homeland security, defense, and in the areas of climate change, environmental protection and remediation. Before joining SRI in 2014, Broz worked for the Spectrum Group in Alexandria, VA from 2005 to 2013. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Senior Fellow in the Security, Energy, and Environment department at NORC at the University of Chicago. He is also the managing member of Defense Capital Advisors, LLC, a technical consulting firm, founded in 2000. From 1992 to 2000, Broz served in four senior management positions at Tenneco and at TIMET in the U.S. and Europe; He was the laboratory, environmental, and quality director at Tenneco, and served as vice president of business development and laboratory director for the Titanium Metals Corporation. Broz served as a White House Fellow and as a Special Assistant to the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and as Special Assistant to Allan Bromley, Science Advisor to President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and 1992. He has been a member of the Homeland Security Standards Panel of the American National Standards Institute since 2002, which supported the 9-11 Commission in its recommendations on private sector preparedness. He has worked closely with state governors and national laboratories on renewable energy and economic development issues around energy, economic development, and technology transfer. Broz has also participated on a number of international commissions and boards regulating industrial standards including ISO, and is a technical advisor to several ANSI standards working groups and committees. A former British-American Fellow of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1995), Broz is a member the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Swiss Physical Society. He has published numerous technical papers, and has been awarded several U.S. and foreign patents. Broz has a B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. in physics is from the Swiss Federal Institute (ETH) in Zurich.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
John Young
Director of SRI International
John Young, appointed to SRI’s Board in 2009, brings a broad range of legislative and executive branch experience on defense technology, development, and procurement programs.
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About E6 Partner, JY Strategies, SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Adrian Goh
Director, People Analytics of Electronic Arts
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About Electronic Arts: Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Molly Mason Boulé
Development Director of Electronic Arts
Molly is currently the Vice-President of Content Production for Electronic Arts Worldwide Studios. Her team is located in five countries around the world touching EA’s product portfolio in the areas of CG / Animation, Sound, Motion Capture, Applied Research as well as Tools and Pipeline Engineering. Molly is also the current GM of EA Shanghai. Molly has been leading teams of Artists, Producers, Software Engineers, Designers and Management staff for the past 20 years in a variety of Entertainment Organizations. Her experience also includes evaluating and engaging companies for production and strategic partnership in China, India, Europe and South America. Prior to joining Electronic Arts, Molly was a Broadcast, Live Action, Visual Effects and Animation Producer for Film, Television, Web and Print at companies such as DreamWorks Animation, Radium Inc. and for the global advertising and marketing firm Grey NY. Molly was born and raised in California and now resides in Vancouver, Canada. Molly holds a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from San Francisco Art Institute and a Masters of Business Administration from USC.
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About Electronic Arts: Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Denise Warren
Member of the Board of Directors of Electronic Arts
Denise Warren was named executive vice president of the Digital Products and Services Group in March 2013. As such, Warren oversees the operations, growth and development of The New York Times’s portfolio of digital products along with oversight of its subscriber relationships and digital subscription business. Previously Warren was general manager of NYTimes.com and senior vice president and chief advertising officer of the former New York Times Media Group, where she managed the daily operations of NYTimes.com, as well as other related digital and mobile products of The Times. In addition, she oversaw the advertising sales operation for all properties of The New York Times Media Group, which included print, digital and mobile products of The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. Warren was named chief advertising officer in 2005. In that year, she oversaw the print/digital integration of the advertising department’s sales staff, making The Times the first newspaper to do this. She also spearheaded the Times’s monetization efforts around unique product launches and investing in innovation, including its Idea Lab, which highlights innovation and collaboration between The Times and its advertising clients. In 2008, Warren added the role of general manager of NYTimes.com to her portfolio. In this position, she managed the business and technological operations for the largest individual newspaper Web site in the world. Under her direction, The Times launched a variety of new products including leading mobile and tablet apps, and it introduced a digital subscription model in 2011. Warren serves on the boards of The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the American Advertising Federation (AAF). She is a past president of New York Women in Communications and remains active in the organization. Warren joined The Times in 1988 as a financial analyst and has since served in a variety of strategic positions throughout the organization. She holds a B.S. and management degree from Tulane University and an M.B.A. degree in communications and media management from Fordham University. She lives with her family in Long Island.
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About : Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Luis Ubinas
Lead Director of the Board of Electronic Arts
Luis Ubinas served as President of the Ford Foundation from January 2008 to September 2013. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, Ubinas spent 18 years with McKinsey & Company, where he held various positions, including Managing Director of the firm’s west coast media practice working with technology, telecommunications and media companies. Ubinas serves on the U.S. Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation, the World Bank Advisory Council of Global Foundation Leaders, the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group of the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and the boards of the New York Public Library and the Collegiate School for Boys. He holds a B.A. degree from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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About : Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Evan Denbaum
Sr. Director & Competitive Gaming Commissioner of Electronic Arts
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About Electronic Arts: Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Hugo Fozzati
Director, Business and Operations of AutoX
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About AutoX: AutoX is a self-driving car startup that offers AI drivers to enable universal access to transportation for the people.
Mike Kim
Director of Sales, APAC of Orbital Insight
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About Orbital Insight: Orbital Insight builds SaaS technology to understand what happens on and to the Earth with AI and machine learning
Catherine Arizan
Director, Product Management and Creative of Neurable
Catherine Arizan is the director of product management and creative at Neurable.
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About Neurable: Neurable creates brain-enabled control directed towards virtual and augmented reality.
Shaun Walker
Technical Director & Enterprise Guildmaster of Softvision
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About Arrow Digital, Softvision: Cognizant Softvision provides digital product engineering services, helping global enterprise brands digitally transform.
Alexander Komarov
Director of Mobile of MyEtherWallet | MEW
Alexander Komarov is the Director of Mobile at MyEtherWallet | MEW.
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About MyEtherWallet | MEW: MyEtherWallet is a free, open-source, client-side tool for easily and securely interacting with the Ethereum blockchain.
Ville Nuuja
Director, Development & Technology of Visma
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About Visma: Visma provides business software and services for accounting and administration.
Jon Gertsmeier
National Sales Director of AMP Robotics
Jon Gertsmeier is a national sales director at AMP Robotics.
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About AMP Robotics: AMP Robotics is a pioneer in AI, robotics, and infrastructure for the waste and recycling industry.
Robert Switz
Member of Board of Directors of Micron Technology
Robert Switz was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ADC Telecommunications, Inc., (“ADC”), a supplier of network infrastructure products and services from August 2003 until December 2010, when Tyco Electronics Ltd. acquired ADC.Robert Switz joined ADC in 1994 and throughout his career there held numerous leadership positions. Robert Switz holds an MBA from the University of Bridgeport as well as a BS in Business Administration from Quinnipiac University. Robert Switz also serves on the Board of Directors for Broadcom Corporation, Cyan Optics, Inc., GT Advanced Technologies and Leap Wireless International, Inc.He has served on our Board of Directors since 2006 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in February 2012.
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About : Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Balint Fleischer
Senior Director – Near Data Computing of Micron Technology
Over 35 years of engineering management, strategy development and system design
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About Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Director of Marketing of Egnyte
Nav Singh is the Director of Marketing at Egnyte.
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About Egnyte: Egnyte is a cloud content security and governance platform that is trusted by 16,000+ businesses worldwide.
Harsh Agrawal
Director Of User Experience of Egnyte
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About Egnyte: Egnyte is a cloud content security and governance platform that is trusted by 16,000+ businesses worldwide.
Andrew Mitrak
Director of Marketing of HaptX
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About HaptX: HaptX is a leading haptics company that brings realistic touch to virtual reality for the first time with HaptX Gloves.
Christian Talmage
Creative Director of Boom.tv
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About Boom.tv: BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs.
Eric Carter
Sr. Director, Product Marketing & Management of Hedvig
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About Hedvig: Hedvig delivers modern storage for any enterprise compute environment running at any scale.
Eric Carter
Sr. Director, Product Marketing & Management of Hedvig
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About Hedvig: Hedvig delivers modern storage for any enterprise compute environment running at any scale.
Daniel Carp
Member of the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments
Carp served as non-executive Chairman of Delta’s Board of Directors from 2007 until May 2016. He was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Eastman Kodak Company from 2000 to 2005. Carp was President of Eastman Kodak Company from 1997 to 2003. He is a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Texas Instruments Inc.
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About : Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors.
Mark Buccini
Director, Advanced Product Platforms of Texas Instruments
Mark E. Buccini is responsible for advanced mixed-signal product platform strategy and execution as a staff member at Texas Instruments supporting the company’s Kilby Research Labs. He has 30 years of experience that spans a range of application areas including ultra-low power deeply embedded systems, energy harvesting, human machine interface, energy metering, smart grid, wireless sensor networks, intelligent motor drives and voice recognition. In addition to strategic responsibilities for TI, Mark regularly blogs and has authored over 100 papers that have been published around world including in the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Business Journal, IEEE, EDN, APEC, ESC, Sensors Expo and even Nuts and Volts among many others. The technical workshops he has authored have been delivered live to over 20,000 engineers worldwide. Mark lives in Allen, Texas, is married with two children and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
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About Texas Instruments: Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors.
Ruth Simmons
Board of Directors of Texas Instruments
Ruth Simmons is a former President of Brown University. Prior to Brown, she served as the President of Smith College.
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About : Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors.
Konstantin Guericke
Member of the Board of Directors of StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
Konstantin Guericke is a Partner at Earlybird. He is based in Silicon Valley. Konstantin is Co – Founder of LinkedIn, where he has led marketing activities from launch to first six million members and profitability as Vice President of Marketing. Previously, he has been CEO of jaxtr (social communications start-up, over ten million registered users, purchased by SabSe Technologies). Konstantin has long-time entrepreneurial experience as founder of successful startups and he has helped established companies towards increased growth. Currently, he is Board member of several startups and Mentor of student entrepreneurs at Stanford University. Konstantin holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.
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About : StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
Dan Ha
Co-Founder, Sr. Managing Director of StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
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About StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund): StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
Paul Abadilla
Art Director of Pixar Animation Studios
Paul Abadilla is an artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently works at Pixar Animation Studios as a Sets Art Director. He has contributed in the making of several feature films, including Cars 3 (2017), Finding Dory (2016), Monsters University (2013) and Academy Award©-winning film Brave (2012). Additionally, Paul has worked on short films The Blue Umbrella (2013), Pixar’s first television special Toy Story of Terror! (2013), Lava (2015) and Sanjay’s Super Team (2015). Most recently, Paul was a designer for the Academy Award©-winning film Coco (2017) and Pixar’s latest release Incredibles 2 (2018). Additionally, Paul has contributed in the making of independent projects, such as Academy Award©-nominees for Best Animated Short Film The Dam Keeper (Tonko House, 2015), and Borrowed Time (Quorum Films, 2017). He has also lead workshops at The Animation Collaborative, and his alma mater, San Jose State University.
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About Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
John Halstead
Supervising Technical Director of Pixar Animation Studios
John Halstead began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in June 2000. Brought on for the Academy Award®-winning, “Finding Nemo,” Halstead worked on sets-modeling and articulation and effects for the film. Halstead continued as sets technical lead for the Golden Globe®-winning feature, “Cars,” and as sets supervisor on another Oscar®-winner, “Up,” and “Cars 2.” He was most recently the supervising technical director on Disney•Pixar’s feature film, “Finding Dory.”
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About Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
Danielle Feinberg
Director of Photography Lighting of Pixar Animation Studios
Danielle Feinberg began her career at Pixar Animation Studios in February 1997. As she worked her way from an entry level, technical job to one of the top creative positions, she crewed many of Pixar’s feature films including Toy Story2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Feinberg rose to be the Director of Photography for Lighting on Disney•Pixar’s Academy Award®-winning films WALL•E and Brave. Feinberg’s love of combining computers and art began when she was eight years old, and first programmed a Logo turtle to create images. This eventually led her to a degree in Computer Science from Harvard University. In addition to her Pixar work, she works with teenage girls, encouraging them to pursue code, math and science by demonstrating to them this same magic found by combining art and technology.
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About Pixar Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
Holly Lloyd
Technical Director, Sequence Lead, Win or Lose of Pixar Animation Studios
Holly Lloyd joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1996 as a compression technician, and has since held several positions throughout the company including production manager and line producer. She is currently working as technical director on an upcoming Pixar project. During her time with the studio, Holly has worked on more than 10 films including features “Monsters, Inc.,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” “Cars,” and short films “Lifted,” “One Man Band,” and “Boundin’,” and Academy-Award®-winning shorts “Geri’s Game” and “For The Birds.” In addition, Holly has helped develop promotional and creative elements for attractions at Disney theme parks, Disney World and Disney Land. Prior to joining Pixar, Holly held several jobs as a web designer, editor and journalist for companies such as East Bay Journal, Mother Jones Magazine, Facilities Planning News, and Designer Collective, Inc. She received an M.A. from Stanford University, and an A.B. from the School of Architecture at Princeton University. Holly currently resides in Piedmont, CA.
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About Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
Peter Roe
Technical Director of Pixar Animation Studios
Peter Roe started working at Pixar Animation Studios in 2010, coming from a seven-year career in video games in the U.K. He has been a sets-shading technical director on feature films and shorts, including Brave, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, The Blue Umbrella, Piper, and Coco. Peter helped design Flow and used it exclusively on his work for the most recent Pixar film Coco.
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About Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
Cynthia Slavens
Director of Post Production of Pixar Animation Studios
Cynthia SlavensDirector – Mastering & OperationsPixar Animation Studios Cynthia Slavens started her career at Pixar Animation Studios in 2006 as the Non-Theatrical Post Production Supervisor on Pixar’s Golden Globe® winning feature, Cars. She continued in this role for Ratatouille, WALL•E, Up, and Toy Story 3. In this role, Slavens shepherded each of the features into non-theatrical distribution outlets. Moving into the Director of Production Mastering role in 2010, Slavens oversaw final finishing for Cars 2, Brave, and Monsters University before being promoted to Directorof Mastering & Operations for the Studio in 2014. In this role, she manages the team responsible for creation of all in-progress and final deliverables for Pixar’s films, including Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Cars 3, Coco, and the forthcoming release of Incredibles 2.
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About Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
Bill Polson
Director of Industry Outreach of Pixar Animation Studios
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About Building Conversation Inc., Pixar Animation Studios: Pixar Animation Studios is a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry.
Jonathan Penn
Director of Strategy of Avast
Jonathan is Director of Strategy at Avast Software, with responsibilities spanning corporate strategy, M&A, business development, and market research. Jonathan joined Avast from Forrester Research, where he served as Vice President and Research Director for Security & Risk Management. Jonathan received his M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and his B.A. in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania.
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About Avast: Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Jonathan Penn
Director of Strategy of Avast
Jonathan is Director of Strategy at Avast Software, with responsibilities spanning corporate strategy, M&A, business development, and market research. Jonathan joined Avast from Forrester Research, where he served as Vice President and Research Director for Security & Risk Management. Jonathan received his M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and his B.A. in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania.
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About Avast: Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Filip Chytry
Technical Sales Director of Avast
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About Avast, ENISA: Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Filip Chytry
Technical Sales Director of Avast
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About Avast, ENISA: Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Divya Balakrishnan
Senior Product Director of IDEO
Divya Balakrishnan is a senior product director at IDEO. She leads a team of product managers, digital producers and community designers committed to building the future of blended online learning at IDEO U. Before IDEO, Divya worked with clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, China, Hong Kong and India on strategy and growth challenges as a consultant with Accenture, conducted economics research as a Fulbright scholar, and helped launch a microfinance program for women entrepreneurs in Cairo, Egypt. She has a Masters from the London School of Economics and enjoys bicycling to coffee shops, contemporary art and design, cooking, eating, and sunrise Daybreaker dance parties.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Zena Barakat
Senior Design Director of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
David Webster
Partner, Executive Portfolio Director of Product Design of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Geoff Schwarten
Growth + Digital Marketing Director of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Michelle Lee Schmidt
Co-Managing Director, Play Lab of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Carl Fudge
Executive Portfolio Director, Digital Ventures & Business Design of IDEO
As a portfolio director, Carl Fudge leads teams working to build new products and ventures that have the potential to create enormous impact for clients. That means taking a human-centered and design-led approach to building a business from scratch—from sketching an idea on a piece of paper to prototyping it with customers, and generating its first revenue. At IDEO, Carl has helped redesign a public school lunch system to be student-centered and financially sustainable, created an internal lab to prototype and launch new digital ventures, and designed new credit card offers for a variety of customer demographics. During a year-long engagement, he worked with a traditional life insurance client to build an impact investing platform for young people, taking it from a prototype to a revenue-generating business. Together with his clients, he is often strategizing simultaneously about how to design and monetize products, build brands, create marketing strategy, and hire the right kind of talent. For Carl, seeing new ventures create employment opportunities is one of the most gratifying parts of his job. Carl joined IDEO shortly after getting his MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Previously, he served as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, and a director at an innovation think tank. He also holds an MBA in organizational psychology from Columbia University and a BSc in Psychology from University College, London, a helpful background for building new ventures.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Peter Jackson
Executive Portfolio Director of IDEO
Peter Jackson is a portfolio director at IDEO San Francisco, where he is focused on the intersection of consumer experience and organizational design. He guides IDEO teams and clients to envision innovative new products, services, and service delivery experiences and works alongside them to develop the capabilities to deliver them. His experience at IDEO has enabled him to work across both the public and private sectors to transform service delivery through digital, retail, and multi-channel experiences. Peter leads a financial services portfolio where he closely partners with clients and their organizations at various life stages and scales in banking, fintech, and insurance. He’s helped a large regional bank reinvent it’s customer service strategy and bring innovative, technology-driven tools to market and shaped the future of automobile finance for one of the nation’s largest banks. He also has led IDEO’s relationship with a large property and casualty insurance company to help them develop new products and services and a venture arm capable of incubating and delivering them. Peter also leads work with government agencies to improve the citizen experience. He’s helped craft and implement new strategies for delivering public services in job training and community development, economic development, and public benefits across state, local, and federal government. Prior to joining IDEO, Peter served as senior counselor to now U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and as the first Assistant Director for Consumer Engagement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he led brand management, digital strategy, and consumer experience. His team created award-winning products and tools, including ones to help consumers manage student loan debt and find a good mortgage, all with a user experience and brand that the Washington Post called “a conscious departure from the buttoned-down aesthetic of the Beltway.”
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Steve Klopf
Senior Director ERP Programs of IDEO
Steve Klopf was SVP of Business Operations at Flite.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Shoshana Berger
Global Editorial Director of IDEO
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About Heath Ceramics, IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Coe Leta Stafford
Managing Director – IDEO U of IDEO
Coe Leta Stafford is the Creative & Managing Director of IDEO U and an instructor of the online course, Insights for Innovation. Since joining IDEO in 2006, she’s led numerous design innovation projects for organizations including Microsoft, Target, Intel, Wells Fargo, Ford, eBay, Sesame Street, and in government agencies, schools, and healthcare groups. Known for expertise in digital design, play, and data, her work has won international awards, patents for clients, and been featured in the New York Times and Wired. Coe Leta has a Ph.D. in Education from UC Berkeley and guest lectures at Stanford University’s d.School and serves on the Board at the SF Children’s Creativity Museum. Coe is never without post-it notes, multi-tools, or chocolate. She’s also skilled at creating modern art museums in Minecraft.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Michael Hendrix
Global Design Director of IDEO
R. Michael Hendrix is the Global Design Director & Partner at IDEO.
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About Hachette Book Group, IDEO, IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Matthew Tendler
Senior Director, Product, Data and Analytics of Medidata Solutions
Start up and Product guy
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About Medidata Solutions: Medidata Solutions offers SaaS-based clinical development solutions addressing the functioning of customers’ clinical trials.
Linda Magrath
Vice President, Senior Director, Customer Success of Medidata Solutions
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About Medidata Solutions: Medidata Solutions offers SaaS-based clinical development solutions addressing the functioning of customers’ clinical trials.
Robert Taylor
Board of Directors of Medidata Solutions
Bob has served on Medidata Solutions’ board of directors since April 2008. He is the senior vice president for finance and administration for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a nonprofit, tax-exempt, educational organization in Williamsburg, Virginia. In addition, Bob serves on the board of directors and as chair of the audit committee for Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments, precision optics and electro-optical design and manufacturing services. He is also a member of the finance committee for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a member of the board of directors of the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation, as well as chair of its investment committee and a member of its finance committee. Prior to joining The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Bob served as vice president and treasurer of Wesleyan University and as a staff accountant for Ernst & Young. Bob holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from St. Lawrence University.
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About : Medidata Solutions offers SaaS-based clinical development solutions addressing the functioning of customers’ clinical trials.
Petro Estakhri
Founder, CEO, President & Board of Directors of Avalanche Technology
Petro Estakhri co-founded and has served as Chief Executive Officer for Avalanche Technology since August 2006. Prior Petro Estakhri served as the Chief Technology Officer of Lexar Media, Inc. which he founded in 1996. Lexar Media is a pioneer in flash memory technology for the digital photography, consumer electronics, and communications markets and grew from a private start-up to the 55th largest company in Silicon Valley prior to its acquisition by Micron Technology, Inc. in June 2006. From 1993 to 1996, Petro Estakhri served as the Senior Director of Mass Storage Controller Engineering at Cirrus Logic, Inc., a supplier of semiconductors for Internet entertainment electronics, where he developed one of Cirrus Logic’s primary micro-controllers and co-founded the mass storage memory group. Petro Estakhri also worked at IBM and National Semiconductor. Petro Estakhri has served as a member of a number of boards, including Lexar Media’s as well as Silicon Stor, a company that Petro Estakhri co-founded in 2002. Petro Estakhri is a co-author of over 95 patents related to magnetic media, flash storage controller and systems architecture. Petro Estakhri holds a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California at Davis.
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About Avalanche Technology: Avalanche is developing innovative, ultra high performance enterprise solid-state storage arrays.
Ryan Smith
Director, Technical Strategy of Clumio
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About Clumio: Clumio is a data backup and recovery software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider.
Kristen Blos-Long
Director of Organizational Development of TA Group Holdings
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About Direct Technology, TA Group Holdings: TA Group is a veteran-owned company provides mentorship, shared operations and scalable processes.
Christopher Nichols
Director of Chaos Group Labs of Chaos Group
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About Chaos Group: Chaos Group is a leading provider of innovative rendering solutions for the media, entertainment, and design industries.
Louis Walcer
Director, Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences of Cornell University
Louis Walcer is a Director, Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences at Cornell University.
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About Cornell University: Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
Oliver Gao
Associate Director, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy of Cornell University
Transportation systems, the environment (especially air quality), and sustainable development are the research interests of Oliver Gao. He addresses various issues in urban/regional transportation planning, engineering, air-quality impact and conformity, and related transportation policies. Most of Gao’s research involves the intensive application of mathematical and probability theories, statistical/econometrical methods (estimation, inference, hypothesis testing, forecasting), scientific computing, and information technology (GIS, temporally and spatially indexed transportation/environment database).
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About Cornell University, Cornell University, Cornell University, Cornell University: Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
Shari Kearl
Assistant Director, Business Relationship Management of Cornell University
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About Cornell University: Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
Carla Gomes
Professor / Director Institute for Computational Sustainability of Cornell University
Carla Gomes is a Professor of Computer Science and the director of the Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell University. His research area is Artificial Intelligence with a focus on large-scale constraint-based reasoning, optimization, and machine learning. Recently, He is become deeply immersed in the establishment of new field of Computational Sustainability.
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About Cornell University: Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
Sarah Christen
Director IT Infrastructure of Cornell University
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About Cornell University: Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
Jo Ann Difede
Professor and Director of Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies of Cornell University
Difede is Director of the Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies and a Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is an internationally recognized expert in the assessment and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and a pioneer in the application of virtual reality technology to the treatment of PTSD. Difede has worked with those who have experienced burns, terrorism, motor vehicle accidents, industrial accidents, air disasters, and life-threatening illness during the past fifteen years. She has also worked extensively with New York City firefighters, rescue and recovery workers, emergency services personnel, and other disaster relief workers. Difede has consulted to major corporations affected by the WTC attack, including Marsh McLennan. Difede supervised the crisis center for Marsh in the immediate aftermath of the attack and has continued to advise them on establishing mental health services for their employees who escaped, as well as their bereaved families. She has worked with other major corporations by establishing and supervising their mental health screening and treatment programs. As an attending psychologist, Difede is a consultant to the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Burn Center for all inpatients and ambulatory patients who require evaluation and treatment for the psychological sequelae to burns. As such, she supervised the care of all burn patients who survived the WTC attack and their families, as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Burn Center received all burn survivors of the WTC attack. Difede has received numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private foundations to develop treatments for PTSD following terrorism, burns, and other traumas. She is currently Principal Investigator of NIH funded awards to develop interventions to treat PTSD following burn injury and terrorism in both civilians and disaster relief workers. Following the WTC attack of September 11, 2001, the NIH granted one of the few supplements awarded to Difede to extend her treatment studies to WTC survivors. She has written numerous articles and book chapters on the assessment and treatment of PTSD, and is regularly invited to address national conferences on these topics. Of note, Difede has published the first report of the successful use of virtual reality technology for the treatment of PTSD following the WTC and is now developing virtual reality treatments for PTSD following other types of traumas. Difede’s work has also been featured in many popular media outlets including the New York Times, Crains Business, Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, Washingtonian Magazine, National Public Radio, The MacNeill-Lehrer Report, NBC, CBS, ABC with Peter Jennings, and CNN.
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About Cornell University: Cornell University is an American private Ivy League and federal land-grant research university located in Ithaca, New York.
Beth Fulton
Senior Director Customer Success, North America of Delphix
As Vice President of Services Program Management Beth is responsible for ensuring that Clarabridge meets their customer’s expectations through the successful and timely delivery of Clarabridge projects. Having joined Clarabridge at the beginning of 2011 as an Engagement Manager, Beth has leveraged her 13 years of software delivery experience for both government and commercial organizations, to successfully implement multiple Clarabridge projects. Her understanding of each customer’s technical requirements, as well as their nuanced objectives and goals, has enabled her to exceed customer expectations on multiple, diverse programs. Prior to joining Clarabridge, Beth served as a Consulting Director for Johnston McLamb (CRGT), where she oversaw projects for the United States Postal Service (USPS) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Other project management and consulting positions were held at Harmony Information Systems, ExcelaCom Inc. and GE Global eXchange Services. Beth holds a Master’s of Information Technology Degree and has earned her Project Manager Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute. Her education, management and leadership experiences, and her management certification are helping to improve and standardize our project management processes for Clarabridge’s growth and future business.
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About Delphix: Delphix provides an intelligent data platform that accelerates digital transformation for companies around the world.
Lenny Tran
Director of Operations of Synapse Technology Corporation
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About Synapse Technology Corporation: Synapse uses proprietary deep learning and computer vision systems to modernize the security and defense visual analysis field.
Stephanie Dismore
Managing Director, North America of HP
Stephanie Dismore is the Managing Director, North America at HP.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Pat Baffaro
Director, Global Indirect Procurement of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Christine Hawkins
Director Digital & Customer Transformation of HP
Christine Hawkins is the Director Digital & Customer Transformation at HP.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Colin Harrison
Director of HP
Colin Harrison is Director for the Global Supply Chain and Printer Spares Organization, within the Customer Support Services (CSS) Group, part of the HP Printers and Personal Systems (PPS) business unit. Colin is leading the strategic design and transformation of the Printer and PC supply chain to support the PPS services business. In addition he manages the sourcing, pricing, spares strategy and ODM management of the Printer spares supply chain, supporting warranty, contract and spares sales across commercial and consumer product from high end graphic printing to in home solutions. Having held a number of region and global roles in HP, Harrison moved to his current position last year following the formation of PPS. Prior to joining HP he held account manager roles in Excel Logistics and DHL where his clients included HP, IBM and Dell. During this time he implemented outsourced solutions for his clients not only in supply chain but also in call center and associated service activity. He has over 20 years’ experience in customer service and supply chain ranging from utility companies, to grocery and now technology. He also spent time in sales as an account manager. Located in the UK, Harrison spends any spare time with his wife, children and grandchildren.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Nigel Upton
Senior Director of HP
Nigel Upton is Worldwide Director & General Manager, IoT/GCP for Communications & Media Solutions, Communications Solutions Business, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Communications & Media Solutions (CMS), part of the Communications Solutions Business (CSB) within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), provides an innovative portfolio of telecom industry-specific software products, solutions and professional services for demanding Communications Service Providers (CSPs) globally. The CMS industry portfolio offering is further differentiated and strengthened by our ability to combine the full power of HPE’s broad IT portfolio. CMS industry-leading solution innovation focuses on areas critical for CSPs, including OSS, Subscriber Data Management, Mediation Policy & Charging, Telecom Analytics, Applications & Cloud Enablement, Media & Entertainment assets for CSPs as well as rapidly-evolving sets of Internet of Things (IoT) and Global Connectivity Platform (GCP) assets.Nigel’s responsibilities include architecture, development, implementation, marketing, sales and support of CMS IoT and GCP solutions. The platforms and vertical solutions target the needs of large Enterprise and Telco customers with global requirements for IoT solutions who seek a single supplier for all connectivity. Nigel’s leadership spans management of the IoT partner ecosystem for the IoT platform and for the GCP connectivity relationships globally.Nigel returned to HP after spending three years in software startups, developing big data analytical solutions for multiple industries with a focus on mobility and drones. Prior to this, Nigel led multiple businesses with HP, in Telco, Unified Communications, Alliances and software development.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Kriti Kapoor
Global Director, Social Customer Care, HP Inc. of HP
Kriti Kapoor leads Global Social Customer Care at HP Inc., a team that serves 10 million customers and responds to 100,000 incoming posts each month, on Online Communities, Facebook, Twitter and other key social networks. Kriti and her team are working to develop social media as an essential and integrated support channel at HP Inc. a $50B+ Billion industry leader in printing and personal systems. Since 2014, the team has rapidly expanded HP’s social care footprint to mobile messaging platforms, including Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Line and KakaoTalk, while developing a blueprint for “best in class” social care. With a background in technical sales and marketing, Kriti understands the importance of customer experience and how it impacts brand loyalty. Over the last twenty years, she has worked across 3 continents, America, Europe, and Asia, and is an avid travel photographer. Kriti holds an MBA from the London Business School, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore. She serves on the Advisory Board Member of the CMO Council Asia Pacific, and is an Executive Sponsor of HP’s Americas Women’s Leadership Council. Recent speaking engagements: * The Big Boulder Initiative 2016 * LiNC 2016 Customer Spotlight * Social Media Marketing World 2016: Social Customer Service * Dreamforce 2015 & LiNC’15, San Francisco * [Podcast] Focus on Customer Service * [Podcast] SocialPros “How HP Balances Social Marketing With Social Customer Service” * For more: http://bit.ly/1Q588a5
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Morgan Chemij
Sr. Director Marketing, CRM & Global UX / SEO of HP
Morgan Chemij is the Sr. Director Marketing, CRM & Global UX / SEO at Hewlett-Packard.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Dan Leibou
Director of WW Service Strategy and Delivery of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Dan Leibou
Director of WW Service Strategy and Delivery of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Howard A. Bain III
Member of the Board of Directors of Norse
Howard has served on our board of directors since October 2012. Since 2004, Mr. Bain has been an independent consultant in all aspects of corporate finance. Mr. Bain has served as Chief Financial Officer at several public companies including: Portal Software, Inc. from 2001 to 2004, Vicinity Corporation in 2000, Informix Corporation from 1999 to 2000, and Symantec Corporation from 1991 to 1999. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Audit Supervisor at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was a certified public accountant. He is also a Governance Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Bain has served on the board of directors of Nanometrics, Inc. since April 2008, Learning Tree International, Inc. since 2001, as well as Nok Nok Labs, Inc. a private venture capital financed company. Mr. Bain holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic University. Mr. Bain’s significant Board, financial and operational expertise, including his experience as Chief Financial Officer at several public companies, as well as his experience in various technology companies in the areas of semiconductor devices and manufacturing equipment, laser-based large screen projection systems, and computer disk drives is directly relevant to Violin’s business and his responsibilities to the Board.
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About Learning Tree International: Norse provides internet security intelligence solutions to e-commerce and enterprise clients.
Jay Turcot
Director of Applied AI of Affectiva
Jay is VP of AI at Afeefctiva.
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About Affectiva, Affectiva: Affectiva is a developer of an emotion-recognition software designed to analyze subtle facial and vocal expressions.
Lee Turvey
Global Sales Director of Frame.io
Lee Turvey is the global sales director of Frame.io.
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About Frame.io: Frame.io is a cloud-based video collaboration platform that allows users to upload source media and assets into private workspaces.
Brett Rush
Director of Customer Experience of Frame.io
Brett Rush is the Director of Customer Experience at Frame.io.
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About Frame.io: Frame.io is a cloud-based video collaboration platform that allows users to upload source media and assets into private workspaces.
Damon Iannuzzelli
Co Founder/Art Director of Proletariat
Damon Iannuzzelli joined Proletariat as Co Founder/Art Director in 2012.
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About Proletariat: Proletariat is a Boston-based startup built by game-industry veterans
Non-Executive Director of Device Authority
George Samenuk is an investor specializing in technology Companies particularly in the software space. He formerly served as the Chairman and CEO of McAfee (NYSE: MFE), the world’s largest dedicated security leader. During George’s tenure at McAfee the stock price increased from $3 to $30 and the market capitalization grew from $500 Million to more than $5 Billion. Prior to McAfee George was the CEO of TradeOut.com, an independent, business-to-business Internet marketplace initiated to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers of excess inventory. Tradeout.com was owned by eBay and GE. George started his career at IBM. During his 22-year worldwide career at IBM he held a variety of Executive Positions in Sales, Marketing and Services. He was one of the original Executives in ISSC which was later was renamed IBM Global Services. During his tenure, George lived in Singapore where he managed 17 South Asia countries including India. George’s last position was General Manager of the Americas where he was responsible for IBM’s $45 Billion business across the USA, Canada and Latin America. George has served on the Boards of McAfee.com (sold to McAfee for $233 Million), Symbol Technologies (sold to Motorola for $3.9 Billion) and other privately-held companies. George is a graduate of Brown University where he received his undergraduate degree in Political Science.
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About : Device Authority is a global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain.
Stephen Nardone
Senior Director, Security & Network Solutions Center of PC Connection
Stephen Nardone is an industry-leading security expert with more than 35 years of experience in program development and management, risk governance and oversight, architecture, service development and delivery, and assessment and testing. As Director of PC Connection, Inc.’s Security and Mobility Practices, Nardone leads the Company’s efforts to develop solutions and services that help customers reduce exposure to security threats. Prior to joining PC Connection, Inc., Nardone worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) for 15 years and held various leadership positions in the private sector. He is a member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and InfraGard. Nardone holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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About PC Connection: PC Connection is a direct marketer of a range of information technology (IT) solutions.
Adam Kujawa
Security Evangelist / Director of Malwarebytes Labs of Malwarebytes
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About Malwarebytes: Cybersecurity solution that protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits
Josh Pederson
Global Product Marketing Director of Malwarebytes
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About Malwarebytes: Cybersecurity solution that protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits
Thomas Reed
Director of Mac & Mobile of Malwarebytes
Thomas Reed has been a Mac user since 1984, and is a self-taught developer and security researcher. He is the founder of The Safe Mac and creator of the AdwareMedic adware removal tool for Macs. He is currently Director of Mac & Mobile at Malwarebytes, where he directs product development and Mac security research. His hobbies include hiking and photography, and he is happily married with four children.
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About Malwarebytes: Cybersecurity solution that protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits
