Best Startup
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 California based Advisor operating in the Software space. If you think a Advisor 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.
Danny Winokur
Executive Advisor of Adobe
Danny Winokur is the Executive Advisor of Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Omoju Miller
Technical Advisor to the CEO of GitHub
Omoju Miller is the Technical Advisor to the CEO at GitHub.
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About GitHub: GitHub provides code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects in organizations.
Greg Lazarus
GTM Advisor of Initialized Capital
Greg has 10+ years as an operator at high-growth startups in SF and NYC. Most recently Greg was the Chief Revenue Officer at Returnly where he built the GTM function from the ground up and helped increase the company valuation 12x over the 3 years he was there. Prior to Returnly, Greg was one of the first employees at Optimizely where he built the SMB, MM, and Corporate sales teams on both the West and East Coast. During his time at Optimizely he helped revenue grow from $3 to $70 million.
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About Initialized Capital, Lathrop Consulting Group, Polychrome: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
David Jeske
Board Advisor of Asana
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About : Asana is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of work management and productivity.
Claudia Galvan
Technical Advisor of Microsoft
Claudia Galván is a strategic and technical leader who has led global product development at Oracle, Adobe and Microsoft reaching billions of people around the world where she has built global teams from the ground-up. In the last few years, she has focused on helping startups in Silicon Valley launch products internationally.
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About : Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Lauren Holland
WW Partner Marketing Advisor of Microsoft
Lauren Holland is a Partner Marketing Advisor in Worldwide OCP dedicated to driving Go-To-Market strategies with select global channel partners. Her current mission is to guide partners to differentiate with innovative “better together” solutions and launch offers in market in the GTM “fast lane.” With 7+ years in the technology industry and Microsoft partner ecosystem, Lauren has built and implemented global programs for accelerated growth and scale. Her experience spans across Microsoft’s three clouds- Modern Workplace, Azure, and Dynamics- with disciplines including Go-To-Market strategy, enablement, integrated digital, content, and creative ideation. Lauren is from Corona del Mar, CA, graduated from Duke University, and is currently working with global indirect provider partners around the world.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Dino Brusco
Advisory Team of Zenly
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About : Zenly is a free smartphone app that allows friends and families to follow each other’s tracks and simplify their busy lives.
Hans Zimmer
Advisor of Mixhalo
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About : Mixhalo is a real-time audio platform that delivers an immersive experience for live events.
Micah Avni
Advisor & Board Members of Fundbox
Micah Avni is Advisors & Board Members at Fundbox.
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About : Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses.
Jan Uddenfeldt
Senior Advisor of Sony
Jan Uddenfeldt joined the board of GLO AB in 2012. He is one of the inventors and industry drivers for wireless GSM as well as 3G and 4G mobile broadband technology. He is currently Senior Advisor to the Corporate Executive Officer of R&D at Sony Corporation. During 2010-2012 he was Chief Technology Officer at Sony Mobile Communications (previously Sony Ericsson) based in Silicon Valley. Previously, he held various roles at Ericsson in Stockholm where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for many years. From 1990 – 2008, he was responsible for taking several mobile communication technologies such as GSM and 3G from early research stage into commercial success. In 2008 in his position as Senior Advisor to the CEO of Ericsson, he relocated to Silicon Valley to drive Internet network strategies. He is engaged on several boards and advisory boards of startup companies in Silicon Valley as well as the non-profits boards e.g., Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Uddenfeldt got his MSc and PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of IEEE and member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences in Sweden. He has been awarded several prestigious prizes for his achievements e.g., the German Edward Rhein Foundation Technology Prize, the Swedish Grand KTH Prize, and the Gold Medal from Royal Engineering Sciences.
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About Ericsson: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Josh Puckett
Advisor of Framer
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About : Framer is a tool to design interactive high-fidelity prototypes for iOS, Android, desktop, or the web.
Barbara Siverts
HR & Process Advisor of ASANA TECHNOLOGY (ISRAEL) LTD
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About ASANA TECHNOLOGY (ISRAEL) LTD: An Israeli automotive software company, founded by a team of Cisco and BMW veterans to provide an operating system for the smart-car.
Paul Phillips
Advisor of C3 AI
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About : C3 AI is a provider of Enterprise AI software for accelerating digital transformation.
Jeff Carr
Advisory Board Member of Zenefits
Jeff leads Zenefits’ go-to-market functions including sales, service, support, channels, alliances and growth organizations. Jeff is a technology veteran with an extensive Cloud HCM background and more than 20 years experience leading a variety of venture-backed startups and successful public companies.Prior to Zenefits, he was CEO at PeopleFluent, President of Saba, COO at Taleo, CEO at Motiva, President at RightWorks (President) and EVP at PeopleSoft.
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About Inkling Systems: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Stanley Kim
Advisor of Pinscreen
Stanley Kim is co-founder of Pinscreen. Prior in founding Pinscreen, he was Executive-in-Residence of Shasta Ventures. He became CEO of Trickplay for five years and in 2009, he was a Principal at Samsung. He also worked as Vice President of Broadbase Software and CEO and founder of PANOP ($110M M&A exit). Stanley studied at Stanford University and was currently residing at San Francisco, California.
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About : Revolutionizing digital communication and online human interactions with user-generated and personalized 3D virtual avatars.
Amos Ben-Meir
Advisor of Ceqoo
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About : Ceqoo makes sales teams better by helping sales development reps start faster, produce sooner and become prospecting “rock stars.”
Ben Sykes
Board of Advisors – User Experience of Samesurf
EXPERIENCE • 20+ Years of designing, building and launching digital products. FUN FACTS • I have taught and mentored over 600+ design students • Part of the camera crew for the Oscar Winning motion picture AMERICAN BEAUTY. • Marine Corps Veteran & former laundry room attendant at Saddam Hussein’s palace. • Personally, slurry yeasted all the Beringer ’95 Knights Valley Cabernet • Sous Cheff’d the Opus One Winery opening in Napa. • A lead designer for AdWords at Google with a filed patent. LEADERSHIP STYLE • Lead by example • Remove roadblocks • Set others up for success. • Empower others to be better than they are • Get out of the way
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About : Samesurf is a cobrowsing platform that provides the ability for screen sharing from anywhere.
Bryce Forney
ProAdvisor of Intuit
A past member of the Accountant Advisory Council for Intuit, Bryce is an Advanced Certified ProAdvisor, a CPA and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and a member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network. More than all of that, he is an understandable, likeable, down-to-earth proponent of outstanding accounting and tax returns. An avid disciple of the Intuit philosophy of listening to customers, and a fanatic of the benefits of an open exchange with clients on product and workflow improvement, Bryce began his practice many years ago, and operates as much virtually, as from my home office.
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About : Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Jonathan Kibera
Advisor of Pathover
Jonathan Kibera is the Co-Founder & Manager at SFR3 Fund.
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About SFR3 Fund: Pathover is an API-based intelligent optimization and logistics solution for the last mile.
Alex Turkeltaub
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor of Roam Analytics
Alex is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Roam. Before Roam, Alex co-founded and served as Chief Executive of Frontier Strategy Group (FSG), a venture-backed data and analytics company focused on emerging markets that currently serves more than 250 leading multinationals. Alex and his family immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1988. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in International Relations from Stanford University and a J.D. from the Yale Law School.
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About Roam Analytics: Roam transforms patient and physician pathway analysis through a proprietary artificial intelligence platform built for the healthcare.
Phil Young
Senior Advisor of U.S. Venture Partners
Prior to joining US Venture Partners, Phil Young was President & CEO of Oximetrix, a manufacturer of critical care instruments and disposables, where he spent 8 years growing the privately-held venture-backed company from $1 million in revenues to nearly $50 million. Prior to Oximetrix, Phil Young spent 6 years at New Court Securities in venture capital and corporate finance, 2 years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., and 6 years on Admiral Rickover’s project management staff at the Atomic Energy Commission. Phil Young has represented US Venture Partners on the boards of Aerogen, CardioThoracic Systems, CardioVascular Imaging Systems, CoCensys, Compugen, FemRx, Penederm, 3Dfx Interactive, Vical and Xoma–all of which became public companies. Currently Phil Young sits on the boards of Zoran, a public company, as well as Aptus Endosystems, Bayhill Therapeutics, Caspian Networks, Claria, Dotomi, RelayHealth, Synarc, St. Francis Medical and Timi3 Systems.
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About : U.S. Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in information technology and health care.
Mike Maher
Senior Advisor of U.S. Venture Partners
Mike Maher joined U.S. Venture Partners as Chief Financial Officer in 1991. Mike is responsible for financial reporting, legal and tax matters, and general administration for USVP and its funds. Mike currently serves as a member of the IPEV Board, as a participating member of the National Venture Capital Association’s CFO Task Force, and from 2003 through 2011 as an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Investment Companies Expert Panel. Prior to joining USVP, Mike was an audit partner with Ernst & Young, serving E&Y clients for 17 years in a variety of industries including financial services, health care, manufacturing, and pension plans. Mike received his B.S.C., cum laude, from Santa Clara University.
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About : U.S. Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in information technology and health care.
Lynn Salo
Advisor, Former VP of Facial Aesthetics Allergan Medical of TRUINJECT
Lynn Salo is a 25-year veteran of Allergan whose career has provided her with strong strategic and commercial experience across global healthcare pharmaceutical, biologic, and device markets in Canada, Europe, and the United States. Formerly the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Facial Aesthetic Division of Allergan Medical, Lynn led a growth strategy through strategic business development acquisitions. Prior to her current position, Lynn has held various business unit leadership positions throughout her years at Allergan. Highlights include leading the 250-person U.S. Neurosciences Division as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, overseeing BOTOX® therapeutic applications for patients with neurologic conditions resulting in movement disorders and upper limb spasticity, spearheading the creation and expansion of a new 226-person Urology business vertical as Vice President of Sales and Marketing – U.S. Urologics, developing the Glaucoma Ophthalmic commercial strategy for Europe, Middle East, and Africa as Strategic Marketing Director EMEA, and leading Allergan’s commercial UK/Eire organization as Business Unit Head of Allergan Ophthalmics. Lynn has launched several important products for Allergan including BOTOX®, Vectra®XT, ALPHAGAN®, LUMIGAN®, SANCTURA XR®, and numerous dry eye products. Lynn sits on the Boards of the Medical Device Manufacturer’s Association, Girls Inc. Orange County, and is a member of Orange County United Way Women’s Philanthropy Society. Lynn was recently nominated for an Orange County Business Journal ‘Women in Business’ Award, and is now the recipient of Girls Inc. Member of the Year Award for her philanthropic contributions. She holds an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
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About : TRUINJECT™ is a software company focused on the innovation, development & commercialization of medical products for the injectable market.
Vibha Sazawal
Board Advisor of Wonder Workshop
Vibha Sazawal is Advisor at Play-i.
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About : Wonder Workshop provides a platform that makes programming fun and accessible for children while they play.
Roy Rubin
Advisor of OroCommerce
Roy Rubin is the co-founder and was the Chief Operating Officer for Magento while the company was part of eBay. Roy directed the vision and goals for the company, leading the team every step of the way through growing the company’s customer base, as well as partner, developer and merchant integrations. He also works closely with the product and marketing teams, making sure that go-to-market plans are executed flawlessly. Prior to his position as COO, Roy founded Varien (the original company behind Magento) in 2001 as a consultancy and has since transformed the eCommerce platform market with the release of the Magento platform in 2007. A results-oriented executive with over 10 years of experience founding and building products and organizations, Roy is deeply entrenched in the eCommerce and open source markets and grew Magento to be a disruptive, global player.
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About : OroCommerce is the company behind OroCRM, OroCommerce and the OroPlatform.
Monte Stettin
Advisor of doc.ai
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About : doc.ai is a digital health company designed for a new generation of medical research.
Cecilia Stallsmith
Program Advisor of Heavybit
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About Heavybit: Heavybit is the leading investor in dev-first companies with an unrivaled track record helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
Claire Hunsaker
Advisor of Heavybit
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About : Heavybit is the leading investor in dev-first companies with an unrivaled track record helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
Raymond Raven
Medical Advisor of AppliedVR
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About : AppliedVR offers virtual reality-based therapeutic treatments that address the complexity of chronic pain.
Michael Coles
Senior Advisor of Orbital Insight
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About : Orbital Insight builds SaaS technology to understand what happens on and to the Earth with AI and machine learning
Phil Koen
Senior Advisor of Intermedia
Phil Koen is Intermedia’s Chairman and CEO. He joined Intermedia in May 2011 as part of the company’s acquisition by leading private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners. Koen brings more than 20 years of C-level industry expertise to Intermedia, most recently as CEO and director of Savvis [NASDAQ: SVVS], a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Prior to that, he was president and COO of Equinix [NASDAQ: EQIX], the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services. Koen previously served as Equinix’s CFO and in a number of senior executive positions at other leading technology firms. Koen currently serves on the boards of Infinera Corp (NASDAQ: INFN), an optical networking company, and Proofpoint [NASDAQ: PFPT], a cloud-based email security company. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from the University of Virginia. Koen also serves on the Board of Trustees at Webster University.
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About : Intermedia provides cloud IT services and business applications for small and medium-sized businesses.
Yaad Oren
Technical Advisor of SAP.iO
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About : SAP.iO helps innovators start-up and scale with SAP.
Geert Weening
Technical Advisor of Proper
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About : Proper provides AI-powered accounting and bookkeeping services to property managers and asset managers.
Lev Walkin
Member of the Advisory Board of Trucker Path
Lev Walkin is Sr. Director of Platform Technology at Machine Zone.
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About : Trucker Path provides a software platform designed for the trucking industry.
Tim Cabral
Advisor (Former CFO) of Veeva
As CFO, Tim is responsible for all aspects of financial management and G&A operations. He brings over 20 years of technology finance background and nearly 10 years of software finance and operations background. Prior to joining Veeva Systems, Tim served as CFO/COO for Walsh Wireless, a wireless solutions and services company and as CFO/CoFounder of Agistics, a start-up focused on employee management services. Tim also spent more than 7 years at PeopleSoft, Inc., where he held various positions, including VP of Products & Technology Finance and Senior Director of Corporate FP&A. During his tenure as VP of Finance, Tim created and built the Operational Controller team and developed an influential business partnership model with General Managers who owned business units driving upwards of $250m in revenue. Prior to PeopleSoft, Tim served in finance positions at Chiron Corporation and LSI Logic. Tim holds a MBA in Finance and a Bachelors degree in Finance from Santa Clara University.
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About Veeva: Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based business solutions for the global life sciences industry.
Ullas Shah
Advisor of VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES
Ullas has 20+ year of experience in field of international taxation, transfer pricing, IFRS consulting. Ullas is a commerce graduate and a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (AICPA-USA). Presently, he is associated with a renowned auditing firm. Apart from conventional areas of professional practice, he is also involved in nonconventional aspects of advisory and assurance like merger and amalgamations, system audits, risk management, valuation etc. Ullas holds degree of CA from ICAI-INDIA and CPA from AICPA-USA.
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About : VOLANSYS is a Digital Transformation and Product Realization company offering an integrated portfolio of IoT services, solutions and IPs
Peter Callahan
Advisor of Quad Analytix
Peter Callahan is Founder of Arkle Advisors LLC, a startup accelerator. A results-oriented, senior-level executive with 20+ years of sales, marketing, business development and general management success. Entrepreneurial-minded with a consistent track record for private to public company exits. Outstanding people management skills with a proven ability to foster enterprise client relationships and motivate high-performing teams. Expert in CRM Solutions including personalized data management, web analytics and brand marketing solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. Specialties: – Sales, Sales Management, Marketing Strategy – Digital marketing and technology, analytics – eCommerce, Advertising, CRM, audience/personalization strategy – Business Development, consulting – Fostering valuable relationships across ecosystem – Building for growth and success – ALL THINGS DIGITAL. Peter held senior sales roles driving large customer relationships at ADS/Conversant (formerly ValueClick/Dotomi) and at Omniture (now Adobe Marketing Cloud), as well as business development roles for Razorfish, Carat Interactive and other digital marketing firms that pioneered the internet age.
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About : Quad Analytix specializes in delivering market intelligence solutions.
Tom Edsall
Emeritus Advisor/Fellow of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Curtis Feeny
Venture Advisor of Voyager Capital
Curtis F. Feeny is a Venture Advisor at Voyager Capital who invests in enterprise software, data center systems, wireless infrastructure and clean IT technologies. Before joining Voyager, Curtis was the first Executive Vice President of the newly formed Stanford Management Company, helping oversee the University’s endowment from 1992 to 2000, when assets under management grew from $1.5 billion to $9 billion. He was responsible for investing and managing real estate and other asset classes including private equity and venture capital. Before joining Stanford, Curtis was managing partner for Trammell Crow in Seattle, with $700 million of assets under management. Previously, he worked in energy R&D and the semiconductor industry. Curtis has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BS in mechanical engineering, magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University.
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About Khan Lab School, Peterson Partners, Voyager Capital: Voyager Capital is a venture firm providing entrepreneurs with the resources, experience, and connection to build successful tech companies.
Andy Bryant
Advisor of Voyager Capital
Andy D. Bryant has been Executive Chairman of Intel Corporation since May 01, 2012. Andy Bryant served as the Chief Administrative Officer of Intel Corporation. Andy Bryant served as an Executive Vice President of Technology, Manufacturing & Enterprise Services at Intel Corporation and was responsible for technology development and manufacturing, financial operations, human resources, information technology and e-business functions and activities. In 2009, his responsibilities expanded to include the Technology and Manufacturing Group. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Intel Corporation from February 1994 to October 2007, Executive Vice President of Finance & Enterprise since January 2001 and Enterprise Services Officer since December 1999. He served as an Executive Vice President at Intel Corporation.
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About : Voyager Capital is a venture firm providing entrepreneurs with the resources, experience, and connection to build successful tech companies.
Bob Kruse
Investor, Advisor of Cyber Mentor Fund
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About Cyber Mentor Fund, Obsidian Security: Cyber Mentor Fund is a venture fund focusing on cybersecurity companies.
Walter Balmas
Advisor of Informed.IQ
Walter passionately believes in expanding accessible and affordable credit opportunities for thin file credit consumers and the underbanked. Previously Vice President of Strategic Services (product, loan originations, and servicing operations) for SoFi. Walter is an alumnus of the University of Southern California and has worked for Access to Loans for Learning, Cardtronics, Xerox and MRU Holdings (“MyRichUncle”).
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About SimpleFi: Informed is a developer of a consumer auto financing platform designed to collect and analyze loan documents.
Vaibhav Nivargi
Advisor of Element Analytics
Vaibhav is an expert in query optimization, high performance data processing and distributed systems. He was one of the first engineers at Aster Data, developing key areas of the Aster MapReduce Platform. At NetApp, he contributed to patent-pending technology for the WAFL filesystem, significantly boosting boot times. His prior experience includes optimizing the Linux kernel for multi-core processors and distributed file systems. Vaibhav graduated from Stanford University with a Masters in Computer Science and a specialization in distributed systems and machine learning.
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About Moveworks: SaaS provider transforming IT/OT data into contextualized, graph-based models to support diverse analytical workloads and data governance.
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.
Ed Kearney
Director & Advisor of Snappr
Ed has over a decade of experience in photography & videography, including founding the agency Tah Dah Productions. He co-founded GownTown & has a Masters in Engineering.
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About GownTown, Snappr: Snappr is the one-stop-shop for visual content creation, including the largest on-demand photographer and photo editing marketplace
Scott Chanatry
Member of Advisory Board of Palantir Technologies
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About : Palantir offers software applications designed for integrating, visualizing, analyzing data, and fighting fraud.
Franz Och
Advisor of Lilt
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About : Lilt powers the global experience across every step of the customer journey.
Emily White
Advisor of VSCO
Emily White is founder and CEO of a new company, still under wraps. Formerly C.O.O. at Snapchat, Inc. While at Facebook (2010-2013) Emily held several key roles most notably running Business Operations at Instagram. At Google, (2001–2010) Emily ran North America, Asia Pacific & Latin America Online Sales & Operations, and the Emerging Businesses channel. She is on the board of the National Center for Women in I.T., and lululemon, Inc. Emily received her B.A. in Art History from Vanderbilt University.
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About : VSCO is a creative channel that builds creative tools, spaces, and connections driven by self-expression.
Matt Smith
Technical Advisor of Gem
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About Gem: Gem is one of the most trusted cryptocurrency and blockchain brands in the world.
Peter Morris
Investment Advisory Board of Xfund
Peter is a member of Xfund’s Investment Advisory Board. He is the Founder/Managing Partner of Morris Investments. Formerly he was a General Partner and member of NEA’s Management Committee. Peter was ranked #10 on the Forbes Midas list and has been honored several times as one of the most successful venture capitalists in America. Past investments include Tele Atlas, Accelerated Networks (Occam), Alteon WebSystems (Nortel), Berkeley Networks (FORE Systems), Carrier Access, Clarify (Nortel), Cybermedia (Network Associates), Cyras Systems (CIENA), Fibex Systems (Cisco), Gadzoox, iAsiaWorks, IronPort Systems, Juniper Networks, Packeteer, Tasman Networks (Cisco), Troika Networks and Virata (Globespan). Prior to joining NEA in 1992, he was a General Manager at Telebit, and before that he was with Montgomery Securities and Bain and Company. Peter served for many years on the Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund and currently is on the Council of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford. Peter received his Masters in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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About : Xfund is the early-stage venture firm designed to back lateral thinkers.
Christopher K. Zarins
Founder & Senior Advisor for Clinical Affairs of HeartFlow
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About HeartFlow: HeartFlow is a medical technology company that provides new methods of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Ron Parsons
Board of Advisors of otto by DEVCON
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About : otto by DEVCON specializes in the fields of risk management and SaaS.
Dave Labuda
Founder, Chairman & Senior Innovation Advisor of MATRIXX Software
Dave Labuda Founder, CEO & CTO MATRIXX was co-founded in 2008 by telecom industry veteran Dave Labuda. His revolutionary vision: making it possible for every Telco & Digital Service Provider to realize the benefits of digital transformation. Dave Labuda co-founded Portal Software in 1994, creating the first real-time billing and revenue management solution for internet and communications service providers. As CTO, he led the architectural design and product strategy of the company. After stepping into the CEO role in 2004, he successfully sold the company to Oracle in 2006. Dave then served as CTO of Oracle’s Communications Global Business Unit until February 2008, providing architectural vision for the new organization and acting as a key advisor on several strategic acquisitions. He started his career at Sun Microsystems working for 8 years in the UNIX Operating Systems group. Dave also serves as a board member for Aria Systems. He holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and has 13 patents issued with several more pending.
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About MATRIXX Software: Provider of a digital commerce platform designed to monetize 5G
Joan Vernikos
Advisor of StandDesk
Author of Book: Sitting Kills, Moving Heals, How Everyday Movement Will Prevent Pain, Illness, and Early Death. Vernikos taught medical students at Ohio State University before being recruited by NASA in 1964. Former Director of NASA’s Life Sciences (1993-2000), Vernikos is a recognized leader in the field of stress management and coping.
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About : A Wellness Company That Makes Awesome Standing Desks
Tim McCarthy
Advisory Board Member of Cloud Lending
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About : Cloud Lending is a company that develops software for the financial lending industry.
Wayne Inouye
Advisor of Fuhu
Wayne Inouye is the former President and CEO of eMachines. During his tenure at eMachines, Wayne was credited with turning the fledgling company into one of the fastest growing PC companies in the Nation. In 2004, eMachines was acquired by Gateway Computers as a way to compliment its own strengths in consumer and business direct channels. After the acquisition, Wayne continued as CEO of Gateway. Prior to eMachinces, Wayne was Senior Vice President of Computer Merchandising at Best Buy.
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About : Fuhu is a designer and seller of cloud-served software, apps and products and services for children.
Paul Lee
Advisor of Fuhu
Paul Lee brings with him more than 20 years of experience in hardware and hardware manufacturing. Paul is the former Founder and Chairman of the Board of eMachines. Prior to eMachines, Paul joined Trigem, the first PC manufacturer in Korea, where he worked with many leading companies such as Intel, Microsoft, HP, IBM, Olivetti and Epson. In 1997, Paul became President of Trigem and increased sales revenue from $700M to $4B in three years by establishing eMachines and supplying computers to HP, Compaq and Gateway.
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About : Fuhu is a designer and seller of cloud-served software, apps and products and services for children.
Markus Rottmaier
Chief Advisor Growth of Productsup
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About Productsup: Productsup opens the gateway to sustainable commerce success.
Erin Bank
Advisor, Engineering Program Management of CA Technologies
Erin Bank is an advisor to engineering program management for the CA Technologies Office of the CTO, where she built and currently drives the InnerSource program for CA product development. Erin also provides program management for the CA Accelerator program, where internal innovators receive support and funding to get new products into market. Erin has 20 years of experience in technical communications and engineering program management in North America and abroad. She is a contributing member of InnerSource Commons, committed to establishing inner source best practices with the community. Erin is also an elected member of the CA Council for Technical Excellence and holds Lean Six Sigma and Pragmatic certifications.
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About : CA Technologies creates software that fuels transformation for companies.
Jonathan Flesher
Advisory Board Member of Baobab Studios
Head of Business Development at Discord.
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About Reddit: Baobab Studios is a VR animation company that creates story and character driven cinematic experiences.
Stephen Zocchi
Advisor of PubNub
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About : PubNub Data Stream Network is a secure global Data Stream Network that enables mobile and web developers to build and scale real-time apps.
Rana Mookherjee
Corporate Development / Advisor of Finvoice
Rana S. Mookherjee is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Throttle Capital.
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About Digital Asset Fund, Finvoice, Throttle Capital: Finvoice offers cloud-based software to help financial institutions grow sales and comply with regulations.
Razmik Abnous
Advisor and Co-Founder of Vineti
Razmik Abnous is the President at Digital Insights. He was the CoFounder & Chief Technology Officer of Vineti before that.
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About Vineti: Vineti is a commercial cloud-based platform that expands patient access to life-saving cells and gene therapies.
Ophir Samson
Venture Advisor of Telegraph Hill Capital
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About : Telegraph Hill Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on start-up companies primarily in North America.
Brian Rabben
Advisor of SafeChats
ex-Googler | Founder & CEO @ Growth🔮 Wizards | Mr. @WolfOfGrowth 🐺 • AngelList → http://bit.ly/Angel-Of-Growth 👼 • LinkedIn → https://bit.ly/Mister-Wolf 🐺 — 12+ years of ⤴ obsession… ⤴ is hard. Startup ⤴ is harder. 🏆 To win, you need a full tank of GaaS*⛽ 💡 Intrigued? Read the ↓↓↓ , connect with me, then message me. Urgent ⤴ problem? Request a call here → bit.ly/Call-The-Wolf 🐺 🤓 I science so good, you’ll swear it’s magic.✨ — ⤴Growth🔮 Wizards✨ can help you: 1.) Install & configure advanced multichannel analytics platforms 2.) Design & implement a growth experimentation framework that produces predictable, repeatable, scalable growth 3.) Select & prioritize the best short, medium, & long-term growth experiments to run within this framework 4.) Assemble & manage a team of growth experts (analysts, community managers, data scientists, distribution hackers, growth marketers, PR ninjas, social media mavens, & more) to execute the tactical building blocks of these experiments for you** 5.) Set & achieve realistic, data-driven growth targets 6.) Hire & train new & current team members 7.) Guide & optimize your first/next round of funding 😎 Or, all of the above. 🎓 Or, we’ll teach you and your team how to do any/all of the above. • We charge $150-500 per hour for all of the above (except SEO***) • Our hourly rate varies according to task complexity & project duration — *GaaS = “Growth As A Service” 🔥 ⛽️ 🔥 **We may offer a unique, pay-per-action pricing model to companies with significant historical performance data. ***Contact Brian for an SEO proposal.
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About : SafeChats is an ultra-secure communications solution for wealth managers, tax professionals, mortgage brokers, creative agencies and others.
Joe Kennedy
Member of the Advisory Board of Humanoid
Joe Kennedy joined Pandora in 2004 following a five-year stint at E-LOAN, where he was President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1995 to 1999, he was the Vice President of Sales, Service and Marketing for Saturn Corporation, which he grew to over $4 billion in revenue and established as the top brand for customer satisfaction in the auto industry. Joe joined the initial start-up team at Saturn, four months after its founding, as a marketing manager and held positions of increasing marketing responsibility over the course of his 11-year tenure there. Joe holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, where he dabbled in music theory and learned to compose his own Gregorian chants. He is Pandora’s resident pop music junkie. Joe has also been playing the piano for more than 30 years, most of which has been spent attempting to master Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”
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About : Humanoid is a software company providing solutions for computer programmers to utilize human intelligence in software applications.
Donald Hammons
Advisor of mxHero
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About : mxHero develops software applications that enable users, service providers, and companies to manage and analyze their email accounts.
Manmeet Singh Bhasin
Strategic Security Advisor of Miri Infotech
Manmeet brings 20 years of in-depth entrepreneurial and leadership experience which spans the technology industry to Dataguise. Manmeet has held strategic-level positions where he has been responsible for engineering, operations, and marketing. Before joining Dataguise, Manmeet has had a distinguished career with Oracle Corporation, Zeneb Inc., Miri Technologies and HCL, where he held senior executive positions in software and business development. Manmeet received a master’s degree in computer science from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India.
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About Miri Infotech: Miri Infotech is a one-stop solution for software-based solutions.
Steve Tate
Advisor of Yobs
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About : Instantly record, transcribe and analyze Zoom interviews to hire better, faster.
Christian Fong
Strategic Advisor of Electriq Power
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About : Electriq Power is a provider of smart home battery storage solution for homes and small businesses.
Abdul Popal
Investor, Advisory Board of 500Friends
Abdul Popal is the Investor at Density
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About : 500friend provides loyalty marketing solutions for internet retailers and brands.
Paul Clayton
Board Advisor of Index
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About : Index is a retail software company that brings the personalization and measurement of online commerce to the offline world.
Michael Bensacon
Board Advisor of Index
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About : Index is a retail software company that brings the personalization and measurement of online commerce to the offline world.
Varadh Jain
Startup Advisor / Angel Investor of Startups.com
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About Startups.com: Startups.com helps over 1 million startup companies find customers, funding, mentors, and world-class education.
Brooke Partelow
Board Advisor of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Co-Founder of MNTN and Wunderkind. Founder of NeonPixel.
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About : Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Dave Cullinane
Co-Founder & Advisor of TruSTAR
Prior to TruSTAR, Dave served for more than five years as the Chief Information Security Officer and VP of Global Fraud, Risk and Security for eBay and its many global businesses (StubHub, InternetAuction.co, GSI Commerce). He has more than 30 years of professional security experience building and managing cyber security and incident response teams. He was the founder and president of the IT-ISAC and a founding member of the FS-ISAC, both organizations devoted to sharing cyber information among private companies in the information technology and financial services sectors respectively. He is currently the Chairman of the Cloud Security Alliance and continues to advise Fortune 500 companies on their cyber security posture.
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About ASIS, Cloud Security Alliance, Global Security Risk Management Alliance: GSRMA, Information Systems Security Association, TruSTAR: TruSTAR is a cloud native Intelligence Management platform that transforms and automates data for security operations.
Essy Nickolova
Media Advisor of Opsani
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About : Opsani uses the capabilities of AI to optimize applications in the cloud.
Ronen Dorfan
Sports Advisor of Replay Technologies
Ronen is a famous international sportswriter. His interests, mainly are Manchester United, soccer, running, swimming, football, Australian rules football, sumo, rugby, tennis, alpine skiing, cricket, golf, nordic skiing, horse racing and baseball. Also, Ronen likes auto racing less. Over the past year Ronen has begun reviewing Rubik’s Cube competitions, poker, and light planes races. On his vacations, Ronen travels to sporting events. Additional writing: A blog on sports. Reading: Books on sports. At Replay Ronen advises the company on Sports Broadcasting industry.
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About : Replay Technologies Inc. develops video 3D reconstruction technologies.
Atsushi Taira
Board Advisor of ENDLESS
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About Mistletoe: Endless purpose is to connect the unconnected, enhancing the development and education of all people in emerging markets.
Celeste Ford
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
Celeste Ford is the Founder and CEO of Stellar Solutions. Stellar Solutions is a global provider of systems engineering, integration and program management expertise, and a recognized leader in government and commercial programs related to the aerospace field, focusing on high-impact projects and satisfying customer critical needs in alignment with employees’ dream jobs. Celeste is a proven leader of the Stellar constellation of companies, which includes Stellar Solutions, Inc. (aerospace engineering services), Stellar Solutions Aerospace Limited (UK-based affiliate), QuakeFinder (the humanitarian R&D division of Stellar Solutions) and the Stellar Solutions Foundation. She is a valued member of the board of multiple organizations in the private and public sectors. She is a recognized and respected personality in her field; having served on congressional commissions as well as on panels focused on entrepreneurship and women in business. She is also an active advocate of community and charity outreach.
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Kathy Levinson
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Don Keller
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
Don Keller is the Founder of Joinder. He attended Boston College Law School in 1979.
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About Joinder: Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Nancy Heinen
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
Nancy Heinen joined SV2’s Board of Directors in 2009, became Vice Chair 2011, and became Chair in 2012. She has participated in the Education grant round and Partner Advisory Board, and served as Co-leader of this year’s International grant round. Nancy is an experienced corporate lawyer and senior executive in both small and multinational corporations. Most recently, Nancy was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Apple, Inc. In September 1997 Steve Jobs recruited Nancy as a key member of a small executive team at Apple focused on turning around Apple’s struggling computer business and leading its successful re-emergence as an industry leader and consumer product powerhouse. Nancy was the chief legal officer responsible for overseeing all legal matters and government affairs for Apple worldwide until May 2006. In 1994, Nancy went to work for Steve Jobs as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at NeXT Software, Inc. where she managed all legal matters and was a member of the executive management team and secretary to the Board of Directors. She was counsel for NeXT in its acquisition by Apple in February 1997. Before her work at NeXT, Nancy served as group counsel and assistant secretary at Tandem Computers Incorporated (prior to its acquisition by Compaq) where she managed legal affairs for US sales and marketing operations and various operating divisions. Previously, Nancy was in private law practice in San Francisco and Palo Alto. Following 25 years of corporate and law firm experience, Nancy is now focused on philanthropy and matters of social justice. She is particularly interested in access to quality education and the creation of economic opportunities for disadvantaged women. Nancy currently serves on several advisory boards including the Advisory Board of the University of California Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy. She also consults with individuals, start-ups and nonprofit institutions looking to develop their organizational capacity for growth. Nancy received an B.A. with honors in Psychology and English from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Steve Strandberg
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Steve Strandberg
Business Advisory Council Member of Illuminate Ventures
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Judy O’Brien
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Nancy Heinen
Member of the Board of Advisors of Illuminate Ventures
Nancy Heinen joined SV2’s Board of Directors in 2009, became Vice Chair 2011, and became Chair in 2012. She has participated in the Education grant round and Partner Advisory Board, and served as Co-leader of this year’s International grant round. Nancy is an experienced corporate lawyer and senior executive in both small and multinational corporations. Most recently, Nancy was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Apple, Inc. In September 1997 Steve Jobs recruited Nancy as a key member of a small executive team at Apple focused on turning around Apple’s struggling computer business and leading its successful re-emergence as an industry leader and consumer product powerhouse. Nancy was the chief legal officer responsible for overseeing all legal matters and government affairs for Apple worldwide until May 2006. In 1994, Nancy went to work for Steve Jobs as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at NeXT Software, Inc. where she managed all legal matters and was a member of the executive management team and secretary to the Board of Directors. She was counsel for NeXT in its acquisition by Apple in February 1997. Before her work at NeXT, Nancy served as group counsel and assistant secretary at Tandem Computers Incorporated (prior to its acquisition by Compaq) where she managed legal affairs for US sales and marketing operations and various operating divisions. Previously, Nancy was in private law practice in San Francisco and Palo Alto. Following 25 years of corporate and law firm experience, Nancy is now focused on philanthropy and matters of social justice. She is particularly interested in access to quality education and the creation of economic opportunities for disadvantaged women. Nancy currently serves on several advisory boards including the Advisory Board of the University of California Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy. She also consults with individuals, start-ups and nonprofit institutions looking to develop their organizational capacity for growth. Nancy received an B.A. with honors in Psychology and English from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).
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About : Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
Prasad Rampalli
Board Advisor – focus on Intelligent Edge Analytics of Megh Computing
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About Megh Computing: Megh Computing provides a collection of codes to be used in field-programmable gate arrays.
Tod Dykstra
Advisory Board of Streetline
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About : Streetline builds solutions to manage vehicle parking through the customized design and application of new sensing technologies.
Yoav Shapira
Advisor of Mentor Collective
Director Of Engineering at Facebook.
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About Meta: Mentor Collective provides all students with a transformative mentoring experience
Noah Judson
Technical Advisor – Board of Directors of CoinBeyond
Founder at CoinBeyond
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About CoinBeyond: Modern Payment Processing, Simplified.
Salih Sarikaya
Developer Advocate Advisor, Machine Learning of Saturn Cloud
Salih Sarikaya is a Turkish-American entrepreneur and product leader. He is a Lead Product Management Consultant advising Fortune 500 clients. He has previously worked with Google Cloud, eBay, and growth startups. He is a technology advocate, recognized as one of the key thought leaders in tech, blockchain, and data (CES 2017, Onalytica, MOZ, KLOUT, and Business Insider). He has spoken at several international conferences. He is an award-winning tech, data, and blockchain professional. He has been awarded as one of the best tech influencers of USA (CES2017-Onalytica). He has been listed as a key blockchain and crypto influencer by Business Insider, Cointelegraph Disruptor Daily, MOZ, Klout and Business Journal He has studied ELT – Linguistics, NLP at the university. He has a Master`s Degree in Computational Sociology with a thesis focused on Data Analysis and social media semantics. With a passion for growth & execution with data and business analytics, he has developed analytical and creative strategies for many projects to reach from zero to millions of monthly active users within a short period of time. He has worked more than 10 years in various industries like cloud computing, Blockchain, markets & financial, payments, media, marketing, advertising, consulting, and e-commerce always with a focus on business growth.
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About eBay: A cloud workspace for the whole data science team, supporting Python & R. Collaborate with powerful resources, jobs, deployments, and more
Tom Foody
Advisor of Pangia
Tom Foody is the Managing Partner of Menlo Business Advisers in Menlo Park.Menlo Business Advisers provides operations and strategy consulting services to venture firms and their portfolio companies.Mr. Foody received his MS (MBA) from MIT Sloan School, his MEng from Stanford University and his BEng from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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About : Pangia offers software-as-a-service that enables users to get actionable advice on reduced energy consumption in buildings.
Rolf Brauchler
Advisor of Pangia
Rolf is a proven entrepreneur and executive with over 30 years’ experience in building Silicon Valley companies. He has particular depth in marketing, sales and business development, and expertise in crafting market entry strategies and growing top-line results by creating targeted partner/customer relationships. Most recently, he was a partner at 532 Solar, Previously, he was instrumental in building a security software business as COO of Valyd, Inc., which was acquired by EMC Corp. Prior experience includes executive positions with FreeGate Corp., NET, Inc., and Quantum Corp. Rolf began his business career at McKinsey & Co. Rolf holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, an M.S. in Engineering Design from Carnegie Mellon University, and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About : Pangia offers software-as-a-service that enables users to get actionable advice on reduced energy consumption in buildings.
David Riemer
Advisor of Pangia
David is one of the leading marketers in the Internet industry. He spent the last decade developing and bringing great products to web users worldwide. Following his career as an ad agency President with J. Walter Thompson, David brought his strategic and marketing leadership to two start-ups and an internet titan, Yahoo!. In various roles at Yahoo!, David managed marketing for virtually all of Yahoo! ‘ s products across their customer base of 500M users. David is now advising emerging Internet and consumer technology companies and serving as an executive in residence at the Haas Business School (UC Berkeley).
David holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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About J Walter Thompson: Pangia offers software-as-a-service that enables users to get actionable advice on reduced energy consumption in buildings.
Mark F Bregman
Co-Founder, Advisor, Board of Booxby Inc.
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About Booxby Inc., Edmund Hillary Fellowship(EHF), Quidnet Ventures: A.I. to monetize stories
Patrice Breton
Advisory Board Member of Calvin
Patrice Breton is a successful serial entrepreneur. He was co-founder and Vice-President Emerging Technologies of “Mediagrif Interactive Technologiesâ€, a publicly traded world leading developer and operator of business-to-business vertical maketplaces based in Montreal, Canada (TSX:MDF). Patrice was the original founder of Mediagrif and initiator of its first and most profitable B2B marketplace. Patrice also founded and operates inVin Wine Solutions, a Montreal based company specializing in wine industry business applications including inVinSys, a white-label wine warehouse management system which offers both client and corporate-side inventory management functionalities; and Wine Price Exchange, an online service for serious wine enthusiasts and professionals which allows users to organize, appraise and source wine on a single platform. Patrice also founded and operates a highly acclaimed small luxury winery (Vice Versa) in Napa Valley, California (www.viceversawine.com).
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About : Calvin is a planning tool to help people make plans more efficiently.
Waheed Qureshi
Advisor of Welkio
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About Mesmer: Modern Visitor Registration For iPad
Jesse Dundon
Advisor of Welkio
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About : Modern Visitor Registration For iPad
Jim McDonough
Advisor of Welkio
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About : Modern Visitor Registration For iPad
Jim Wickett
Board Advisor of Countable
Jim has over 20 years of operating experience as the senior business and corporate development leader in media technology companies, where he has closed numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and equity/debt transactions, ranging from $1M to over $2B in value. Jim spent 8 years at Macrovision/Rovi as EVP, Corporate Development, where he helped develop the strategy to transform the company from a physical media copy protection and enterprise software business into a global leader in digital content search & discovery and video distribution. In the process, he completed over twenty M&A transactions, including acquisitions ranging from AMG to Gemstar TV Guide. Before joining Rovi, Jim served as general partner at Bay Partners, an early stage venture fund. Jim has also held senior executive positions or board seats at Pointcast, E.piphany, Rocket Science Games, and One Pass Film & Video, where he acquired the video division of Columbia Pictures. Jim is a member of the State Bar of California.
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About : Countable is a community engagement platform that powers virtual communities for large and small organizations.
