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 United States based Founder operating in the Market Research space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Philippe Laffont
Founder & Portfolio Manager of Coatue
Philippe Laffont is the founder and portfolio manager of Coatue Management. Mr. Laffont graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991 with a B.S. and M.Sc. in Computer Science. He worked as an analyst in management consulting for McKinsey & Co. from 1992 to 1994 in Madrid, Spain. After working as an independent consultant for several years, Mr. Laffont joined Tiger Management LLC as a research analyst in 1996. He focused on telecommunications stocks while at Tiger until he left to found Coatue in 1999.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
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Thomas Laffont
Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder of Coatue
Thomas Laffont is the Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management. He is currently the Member, Board of Directors at Tipping Point Community. Mr. Laffont is a former Agent & Agent Trainee at Creative Artists Agency. Thomas graduated from Yale University with a bachelor of science in Computer Science and Economics.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Peter Dodge
Founder and Chief Performance Officer of Hanover Research
Peter is the Founder and Chief Performance Officer of Hanover Research. Hanover is a global information services firm providing knowledge support to more than 1,100 for-profit and non-profit organizations. Through our unique, fixed-cost model, we provide customized, timely, and authoritative research and advice that enables our clients to make informed decisions, identify and seize opportunities, and heighten their effectiveness.
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About Hanover Research: Innovative Market Research – Washington, D.C.’s Hanover Research
Doreen Bloch
CEO & Founder of Poshly
Doreen Bloch is the CEO & Founder of Poshly Inc., a data analytics company focused on consumer intelligence. Inc. Magazine named her one of the 30 Under 30 CEOs of 2015, and she is the winner of L’Oreal’s NEXT Generation Women in Digital Award. Doreen is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (Class of 2010), where she was awarded the Jack Larson Fellowship for Entrepreneurship & Innovation for her work founding BARE magazine, one of the nation’s first collegiate fashion publications. She was a three-time Yahoo! Inc. intern during college, and after graduation she worked at SecondMarket, where she helped on auctions for shares of pre-IPO companies, including Facebook Inc. Doreen is also the Author of “The Coolest Startups in America” published February 2012, and a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Her work is regularly featured by publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Inc., ForbesWoman, Feministing, Women 2.0, and more.
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About Makeup Museum, Poshly: Poshly is the consumer intelligence company that specializes in the fields of internet, data, consumer packaged goods, and technology.
Dave Garr
Co-Founder, SVP of Customer Experience of UserTesting
Specialties:A/B testing, conversion rate optimization, interactive marketing, market research, multivariate testing, product marketing, social networking, usability
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About UserTesting: UserTesting is an on-demand human insight platform designed to improve customer insights.
Ryan Finley
Founder of Momentive
Ryan is the founder of SurveyMonkey. After graduating in 1999, Ryan launched SurveyMonkey as a part-time project out of his apartment. Since then, Ryan has successfully established SurveyMonkey as the Internet’s most popular survey tool, used by individuals and organizations throughout the world. In his current role, Ryan is responsible for overseeing product design and strategy. Ryan has been interviewed and featured in numerous publications such as the NY Times, Fortune Small Business, and PC World. Ryan holds a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His interests include architecture and design, eating good food, and searching for the perfect cup of espresso.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Alap Shah
Founder and CEO of Sentieo
Alap Shah is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sentieo. He is currently Managing Partner at Digital Investments and Co-Founder of Thistle. Mr. Shah is a former Analyst at Citadel LLC, Viking Global Investors, and Castanea Partners. Alap received a bachelor of arts in Economics at Harvard University.
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About Sentieo: Sentieo provides the first financial intelligence platform specifically designed for the research needs of investors.
Naman Shah
Co-Founder & President of Sentieo
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About Sentieo: Sentieo provides the first financial intelligence platform specifically designed for the research needs of investors.
Michael Elnick
Co-Founder of Tegus
Michael Elnick is the co-founder and co-CEO of Tegus.
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About Tegus: Tegus is a market intelligence platform for investors that provides thousands of instantly available, peer-led expert call transcripts.
Thomas Elnick
Co-Founder of Tegus
Thomas Elnick is the co-founder and co-CEO of Tegus.
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About Tegus: Tegus is a market intelligence platform for investors that provides thousands of instantly available, peer-led expert call transcripts.
Michael Winnick
Founder, CEO of dscout
Michael leads dscout working closely with our team to reshape the in-context research landscape. Prior to starting dscout, Michael served as Managing Partner at gravitytank, where he worked across all aspects of the firm’s business, from strategy to BD, producing exponential growth. Michael is an expert in consumer electronics and digital service, and has deep passion for developing high performance teams.
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About dscout, gravitytank, Jump Satori, LeadAide: dscout helps companies better understand the experiences people have with their products and brands in everyday life.
Jim McKelvey
Founder & CEO of Invisibly
Jim co-founded Square, where he now serves as a Director. Jim is also a General Partner at FINTOP Capital and Green Visor Capital. He serves as a Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and as a Trustee to Washington University in St. Louis. Jim’s first venture was co-founding Mira Digital Publishing in 1990, which is a leader in electronic publishing for scientific conferences. In 2013, he founded the LaunchCode Foundation, currently bringing free computer education and jobs to 5 US cities. In addition to his businesses and philanthropy, Jim is a glassblowing artist and co-founded one of the nation’s top glass centers, Third Degree Glass Factory. He has published two books on computer programming and one on glassblowing. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
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About Arch Grants, FINTOP Capital, Invisibly, LaunchCode, Mira Smart Conference, Square, Third Degree Glass Factory, Washington University in St. Louis: Invisibly puts the power of your data back in your hands.
Jared Smith
Co-Founder of Qualtrics
Jared Smith is a Co-Founder at Qualtrics.
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About Qualtrics: Qualtrics is a single system of record for all experience data, managing customer, product, employee, and brand experiences on one platform.
Armen Adjemian
Co-Founder & CEO of DISQO
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About DISQO, Survey Junkie: DISQO develops an audience insights platform designed to connect brands and people.
Nancy Yu
Co-Founder & CEO of AllStripes
Nancy previously led Corporate Development at 23andMe, the largest consumer genetics company. She worked on 23andMe’s next generation sequencing platform, drug discovery strategy, and business development programs. Before that, she worked on Wall Street as a biopharma investment banker. Nancy began her career doing genetics research at the University of Pennsylvania. She’s passionate about bridging the gap between patients and industry to make drug R&D cheaper, faster, and better.
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About AllStripes: AllStripes is a healthcare technology company that accelerates drug development and research for the treatment of rare diseases.
Ray Wang
Principal Analyst, Founder & Chairman of Constellation Research
Ray Wang is the Principal Analyst, Founder & Chairman at Constellation Research.
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About ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE U S, City of Cupertino, Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Mike Beares
Founder of Clutch
Michael Beares is the Founder at Clutch.
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About Clutch: Clutch operates as a ratings and reviews platform for IT, marketing, and business service providers.
Mathias Wengeler
Founder and CEO of Atheneum
Mathias has an extensive due diligence experience with L.E.K. Consulting in Munich and Boston, during which he worked on over 80 private investment transactions across Europe and the Americas. His prior work experience includes major investment banks in London, as well as Oliver Wyman in Munich and Dubai. Mathias holds a triple Master‘s degree in International Management from ESCP-EAP Grande École in Paris and a Basis doctoral in Economics from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.
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About Atheneum: Atheneum is a knowledge sharing platform that offers corporations access to up-to-date market insights for better business decisions.
Deepak Savadatti
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of BlueDot
Deepak Savadatti is Founder & CEO at RIFFIT.
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About BlueDot, Punch’d Energy, RIFFIT: Our mission is to identify the most promising technological innovations at NASA & National labs
Joshua Abram
Co-Founder of Dstillery
Joshua Abram is the Co-Founder of Dstillery, Integral Ad Science, and NeueHouse. He is also the Founder & Co-CEO at TMRW Life Sciences, Inc. and Co-Founder, Partner at Coriolis Ventures.
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About Coriolis Ventures, Dstillery, Integral Ad Science, NeueHouse, TMRW Life Sciences: Dstillery is the leading custom audience solutions company, empowering brands and their agencies to maximize the value of customer data.
Justin Wohlstadter
Founder & CEO of Wonder
Justin is the Founder and CEO of Wonder (AskWonder.com), an on-demand research service with thousands of analysts around the world. Before founding Wonder, Justin served as the Director of Product Design for Divide (acquired by Google) out of their New York, Hong Kong, and London offices. Prior to that, Justin co-founded BOLDstart Ventures, where he led or co-led investments in Divide, GoInstant (acquired by Salesforce), Klout (acquired by Lithium), Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn), Blaze (acquired by Akamai), ThinkNear (acquired by Telenav), IndieGoGo, and Yipit, among others. Justin attended Harvard University and Oxford University, writing his master’s dissertation on how the Internet will affect access to higher education.
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About Wonder: Wonder is a research service that provides access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a network of analysts around the world.
Rana el Kaliouby
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Affectiva
A pioneer in artificial emotional intelligence (Emotion AI), Rana el Kaliouby, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of MIT spinoff and category-defining company Affectiva, and is the author of Girl Decoded. Rana led the innovation of the company’s award-winning technology, which uses deep learning and massive amounts of data to analyze complex and nuanced emotions and cognitive states from face and voice. She has raised over $50 million in venture and strategic funding for Affectiva, where the company’s technology is used by automotive OEMs and tier 1 suppliers to improve road safety and the in-cabin experience, in addition to 25% of the Fortune Global 500 companies to test content, and in other industries like HR video recruitment and mental health. Rana is now paving the way for Human Perception AI: software that can detect all things human, from nuanced human emotions and complex cognitive states, to behaviors, activities and the objects people use. Prior to founding Affectiva, Rana was a research scientist at MIT Media Lab where she spearheaded the applications of emotion recognition technology in a variety of fields, including mental health and autism research. Rana holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo, a PhD from the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate at MIT. Rana is one of few women leading a disruptive AI company. A Muslim-American and passionate advocate, she frequently speaks in press and on stage about innovation, women in technology, ethics in AI and leadership. Forbes recently included Rana in their list of America’s Top 50 Women in Tech, Fortune Magazine included her in their 2018 40 under 40 and she was named one of the three Global Business pioneers by Bloomberg in 2017. Rana is a trustee at the American University in Cairo and a senior advisor to the Technology and Public Purpose project at the Harvard Kennedy School. Rana is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders and a member of the Partnership on AI, alongside founding companies Amazon, Apple, Google/DeepMind and others.
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About Affectiva, Affectiva, Harvard Business School, The World Economic Forum, The World Economic Forum: Affectiva is a developer of an emotion-recognition software designed to analyze subtle facial and vocal expressions.
Nico Sand
Founder, CEO of Zanbato
Nico Sand is the Co-Founder & CEO of Zanbato. Mr. Sand is co-founder of Oolong and serves as its Chairman of the Board. He is a serial entrepreneur with experience founding and growing several businesses in Norway and the United States. He led sales for several years at Zanbato. He built and ran a medium-sized food retail business in Norway. He serves as a Director of Zanbato, Inc.
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About Sutter Securities, Zanbato: Zanbato is a private securities crossing network that provides market data, counter-party verification, and order execution.
Kent Collier
Founder & CEO of Reorg
Founder & CEO at Reorg.
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About Reorg: Reorg is a provider of news, commentary, and analytics on the distressed debt market.
Amir Hemmat
Co-Founder & CEO of Welcome Tech
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About Welcome Tech: Welcome Tech is a digital platform that builds data-driven services for immigrant communities.
Raul Lomeli
Co-Founder & Chief Community Officer of Welcome Tech
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About Welcome Tech: Welcome Tech is a digital platform that builds data-driven services for immigrant communities.
Kelly Miller
Co-Founder, CTO of Field Agent
Kelly Miller is the CTO and Co-Founder of Field Agent™ where he operates as the design architect for the company. Prior to Field Agent™ Kelly has acquired over 20 years of experience working for Walmart, Monsanto, Southwestern Bell, MasterCard and National Alliance Insurance. Kelly is also the owner of Millcreek Software, an agency that writes custom computer software, mobile and web applications. Kelly has a Computer Systems Engineering Degree from the University Arkansas.
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About Endeavor, Field Agent: Field Agent is a provider of enterprise services used to offer mobile research and retail data collection.
Rick West
Co-Founder, CEO of Field Agent
Rick West is the CEO and Co-Founder of Field Agent, a global Work-On-Demand Platform. Prior to starting Field Agent, Rick worked 16 years with Procter & Gamble in various assignments in the United States, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Since leaving P&G, he has been a start-up Entrepreneur for 18 years. He has co-founded multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research, JOYN, and most recently Field Agent. He is a mentor and speaker within the entrepreneurial community and an active board member. He is also a member of the global Endeavor Entrepreneur network. Rick is an 8 wing 7 and has a BBA in Personnel and Industrial Relations with a minor in Economics from the University of Kentucky. Calling – https://www.faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/blog/2018/12/19/calling-versus-business-decision October Sky – leaving Appalachia (app-a-latch-cha) : https://bluezoocreative.com/backstory-boon-october-sky-an-intervie-rick-west/ Arkansas Life – who we are at Field Agent: http://arkansaslife.com/rick-west/ Why Fayetteville – you should visit us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G4kFHxiwtk Man Wipes – Launching a product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6j9gIEb6E
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About Endeavor, Field Agent, JOYN: Field Agent is a provider of enterprise services used to offer mobile research and retail data collection.
Henry Ho
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer of Field Agent
Henry Ho is the CBDO and Co-Founder of Field Agent™ and currently leads the Business Development effort for the team and our International expansion. Prior to Field Agent™, Henry worked 19 years with Procter & Gamble, with a broad array of assignments. Henry was a founding member of P&G’s Walmart Global Customer Team in 1988 and has worked with Walmart for over 25 years. Henry’s international experience includes six years as P&G’s Wal-Mart Asia Team Leader, Category Management/Shopper Insights Leader and also Country Manager of Procter & Gamble Hong Kong. After leaving P&G Henry has been a part of multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research and most recently Field Agent™. Henry is also a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman of JOYN, LLC a Multiple Bottom Line company located in India. Henry has a B.S. degree in Computer Science/Business from Furman University.
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About Endeavor, Field Agent: Field Agent is a provider of enterprise services used to offer mobile research and retail data collection.
Richard J Stephenson
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Cancer Treatment Centers of America
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About Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Gateway for Cancer Research, International Capital & Management Company, Sheridan Capital Partners: CTCA has been helping patients win the fight against cancer using advanced technology and a personalized approach.
Sherwin Seligsohn
Founder of Universal Display Corporation
Sherwin Seligsohn is our Founder and has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors since June 1995. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from June 1995 through December 2007, and as our President from June 1995 through May 1996. Sherwin serves as the sole Director, President and Secretary of American Biomimetics Corporation, International Multi-Media Corporation, and Wireless Unified Network Systems Corporation. He was also previously the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of NanoFlex Power Corporation (formally known as Global Photonic Energy Corporation) (NanoFlex) since its inception until April 2012, when he resigned from his positions at NanoFlex. Since that time, the only relationship Sherwinhas had with NanoFlex is as a shareholder and option holder. From June 1990 to October 1991, Sherwin was Chairman Emeritus of InterDigital Communications, Inc. (InterDigital), formerly International Mobile Machines Corporation. He founded InterDigital and from August 1972 to June 1990 served as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Sherwin is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) at Princeton.
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About Universal Display Corporation: Universal Display Corporation is a leader in the research, development and commercialization of organic light emitting diode.
Mike Greenfield
Co-Founder and CEO of Change Research
Mike is co-founder of [TeamRankings](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/teamrankings). After graduating with honors from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science, Mike served as an early employee of [PayPal](http://www.paypal.com/), where he designed and built some of the company’s first fraud prevention models as a Senior R&D Scientist. He then moved on to manage the analytics team at [LinkedIn](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/linkedin), gathering and processing intelligence about the patterns and behaviors of millions of site users. Inspired to create objective and sophisticated methods to more accurately gauge the performance of sports teams, Mike started the original TeamRankings.com web site from his Stanford dorm room in 2000. In addition to his current role with Team Rankings, Mike is also co-founder and CTO of Bantr.com, the creator of Circle of Friends, one of the fastest growing applications on [Facebook](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/facebook) and [Bebo](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bebo). He is a rabid Stanford basketball fan and served as the captain of the Stanford squash team while a student, and as the coach of the Stanford women’s squash team after graduating.
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About Bantr, Change Research, TeamRankings: Change Research provides fast, affordable, and accurate technology-based polling to forward-thinking campaigns and causes.
Pat Reilly
Co-Founder & Political Entrepreneur of Change Research
Pat Reilly is the Co-Founder/Political Entrepreneur Of Change Research.
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About Change Research, Fenton: Change Research provides fast, affordable, and accurate technology-based polling to forward-thinking campaigns and causes.
Rachel Carpenter
Founder and CEO of Intrinio
Rachel Carpenter is a Founder and CEO at Intrinio. She received her Undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a double major in Finance, Investment and Banking as well as Management and Human Resources, and a double minor in Spanish and European Studies. During her second year at UW-Madison, Rachel spent a semester in Barcelona, Spain, and studied International Trade and International Business. Rachel is a graduate of The Starter League Advanced Front-End Development course, with proficiencies in HAML/HTML5, CSS, SASS, Javascript, and CoffeeScript. Rachel has proficient knowledge of equity research and analysis, valuation techniques, building online communities, social media and content marketing, SaaS business models and SaaS marketing strategies.
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About Intrinio: Intrinio is a financial data company that offers platform consists of an application programming interface.
Joseph French
Co-Founder & Board Member of Intrinio
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About Intrinio, Workiva: Intrinio is a financial data company that offers platform consists of an application programming interface.
Matt Talbot
Co-Founder & CEO of GoSpotCheck
Matt leads Strategy, Finance, and Innovation and has a BS from Bucknell. He is a former corporate finance leader at Johnson & Johnson.
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About GoSpotCheck: GoSpotCheck develops web and mobile apps that help employees gather real-time retail intelligence information from the field.
Samantha Holloway
Co-Founder & Chief Sales Officer of GoSpotCheck
Sam leads Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. She is a former retail entrepreneur with graduate degrees in business and psychology from the University of Denver.
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About GoSpotCheck: GoSpotCheck develops web and mobile apps that help employees gather real-time retail intelligence information from the field.
Joey Alfano
Co-Founder & CPO of GoSpotCheck
Joey leads Product and has a BS from Bucknell and an International MBA from the University of Denver. He is an expert in global IT consulting, ERP, and big data.
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About GoSpotCheck: GoSpotCheck develops web and mobile apps that help employees gather real-time retail intelligence information from the field.
Christian Vanek
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of SurveyGizmo
Christian Vanek is co-founder and chief executive officer of SurveyGizmo. As CEO, Mr. Vanek is principal of the data collection industry’s leading survey software company. He helps such businesses as FedEx, IBM, Microsoft, Bloomberg Television, GE, and ESPN overcome the challenges they face with organizational ad hoc research. He continues to provide solutions for companies to collect, centralize, and distribute data as a means of reaching informed business decisions. His strategic vision for the company is to establish SurveyGizmo’s rightful place as the leader in the survey software industry and drive the industry forward. SurveyGizmo, a 100% bootstrapped company, is proudly celebrating 10 years of service and over $13 Million in revenue. Under Mr. Vanek’s leadership, in 2016, SurveyGizmo was named Editor’s Choice for PC Magazine, and voted #1 in survey software satisfaction for the G2 Crowd’s Fall Grid Report. Prior to SurveyGizmo, Mr. Vanek first became interested in building software in 1995 during his year of service for AmeriCorps. While working in the homeless shelter there, he noticed a need for greater efficiency and built a software package to help manage clothing and service distribution. In 1997, Mr. Vanek joined the Digital Consulting Institute, automating processes for their in-house travel agency and marketing teams. He worked closely with the marketers there and developed a content management system for the company. In 1999, Mr. Vanek left DCI and began work on his own marketing automation software company, but the platform was ahead of its time and market. In 2002, Mr. Vanek started his consulting company, CVanek Studios, where he created and sold a co-registration brokerage software package. In 2005, after consulting for many marketers and market researchers who felt there was a large gap in the survey software industry, Mr. Vanek proceeded with working on what would become SurveyGizmo. He launched the company in 2006 with his business partner Scott McDaniel. Mr. Vanek is known for his perseverance, grit, immense creativity, and sense of humor. His consistent choice to invest in employee benefits while maintaining SurveyGizmo’s success reminds everyone that you can accomplish your business’s goals and still be a fantastic and ethical employer.
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About Alchemer, SurveyGizmo: SurveyGizmo is a powerful, online survey platform that empowers business professionals to make informed decisions.
George Trebbi
Founder and President of StrataMark Dynamic Solutions
George strongly believes that a thorough understanding of the informational needs of the client, and the marketing context for applying that information, are the bases for developing superior research solutions. Over the years, George has established the highest standards for operational excellence, with the ultimate goal of making StrataMark a focused and dedicated partner to its base of clients. George has 30 years of experience in full-service marketing research and extensive knowledge base in research design and analytic methodologies. He has a BS in Marketing and a PhD in Marketing/Social Psychology both from the University of Cincinnati. George is a professor of marketing at Xavier University since 1972 and has a bibliography of academic and scholarly publications.
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About StrataMark Dynamic Solutions: A full-service consumer and business-to-business research company.
Alex Brigham
Executive Chairman & Founder of Ethisphere Institute
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About Ethisphere Institute: The Ethisphere Institute measures, defines, and advances the standards of ethical business practices using data-driven insights.
Martijn Atell
CEO & Founder of VoteBash
Martijn is founder and CEO of VoteBash. At VoteBash, he is responsible for outlining the strategy and managing the company’s operations. He has over 10 years of experience at BMW. Prior to VoteBash, Martijn was at a Silicon Valley tech start-up. Martijn has both worked and lived in the Netherlands, Germany and the United States. With VoteBash he is carrying out the mission to surface the opinions of others and make them more accessible in a universal way. Martijn holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering with honors and a BSc in Information Communication Technology both from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.
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About Black Girls CODE, VoteBash, VoteBash Corporate Security: VoteBash is a visual real-time research tool with brand amplification and personalization.
Oliver Schmalholz
Co-Founder & CEO of News Quantified
Oliver Schmalholz is the co-founder and CEO of News Quantified. With over 15 years of experience in the global technology and finance industries, he has built four start-up companies, raising more than $50 million in venture capital. Schmalholz has both the vision to create revolutionary businesses and the skill to execute them successfully. Before working in fintech, he co-founded European Telecom and was the first to sign an interconnection agreement with Austria after the industry de-regulated. This work was so sought-after that the firm was ultimately acquired by the fifth-largest publicly traded telecom in the world. He then managed a U.S. equities trading firm where he designed a software solution that allowed for the low-latency, real-time processing of large volumes of information, along with no-delay order execution. Schmalholz’s keen understanding of how news directly impacts stock movement inspired him to launch News Quantified.
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About News Quantified: News Quantified specializes in matching financial news with market data.
Jay Larmee
Co-Founder & CTO of News Quantified
Jay Larmee, who lives in Evanston, Ill., has 25 years of application development experience in IT as well as nine years in the trading industry. Mr. Larmee and and his team have developed custom trading applications for over 175 customers, including traders on the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange. He also ran a software development firm focusing on financial industry applications. Mr. Larmee holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Loyola University Chicago. He has worked as a programmer, instructor, an IT executive and an independent consultant. In addition, he has taught computer science courses at Loyola University Chicago and at Robert Morris University.
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About News Quantified: News Quantified specializes in matching financial news with market data.
Jay Larmee
Co-Founder & CTO of News Quantified
Jay Larmee, who lives in Evanston, Ill., has 25 years of application development experience in IT as well as nine years in the trading industry. Mr. Larmee and and his team have developed custom trading applications for over 175 customers, including traders on the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange. He also ran a software development firm focusing on financial industry applications. Mr. Larmee holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Loyola University Chicago. He has worked as a programmer, instructor, an IT executive and an independent consultant. In addition, he has taught computer science courses at Loyola University Chicago and at Robert Morris University.
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About News Quantified: News Quantified specializes in matching financial news with market data.
Tim Harsch
CEO & Co-Founder of Owler
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About Owler: Owler is a business information and insights platform that provides company data and real-time news updates on various companies.
Chris Kelly
CEO & Co-Founder of Upwave
Chris Kelly is currently the founder of Survata, a startup in Silicon Valley. He previously did marketing and business development for SavvyMoney, a financial service startup. Before SavvyMoney, Chris was an associate in the Silicon Valley office of Matrix Partners. He focused on early stage Internet and mobile companies. Earlier, Chris worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., where he served media and telecom clients on various strategic, financial, and operational issues. Prior to McKinsey, Chris co-founded multiple web startups, including an online college textbook market and a same-day delivery service for consumer goods. Chris graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Finance and Economics.
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About Upwave: Upwave is a marketing analytics company providing brand marketing measurement tech to the world’s leading brands, agencies, & publishers.
Ori Greenberg
Co-Founder & CEO of Algopix
Ori has Years of experience in the eCommerce industry. Ori Co-Founded and manages Algopix – a global market research platform for Brands, CPGs and Marketplaces, Co-Founded & and managed a successful eCommerce agency called iCommerce (Acquired), and more. Specialties: Expertise in setting up internet departments for organizations that are not yet recognized in the online arena and extensive knowledge of eCommerce strategies, sourcing merchandise, supplying and end-to-end eCommerce solutions from Social, SEO, PPC, Affiliate, and CSE, commercial arenas – eBay, Amazon etc., to characterization and design of commerce sites. Broad knowledge regarding all of the logistics related to eCommerce, from beginning to end. Ori also holds a B.Sc. in Industrial engineering from BGU and an MBA from TAU.
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About Algopix: Your real-time window into eCommerce
Kevin Hughes
Co-Founder of Sagetap
Kevin Hughes is the Co-Founder at Sagetap.
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About Sagetap: Help enterprise software vendors build better products
Sahil Khanna
Co-Founder of Sagetap
Sahil Khanna is the Co-Founder at Sagetap.
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About Sagetap: Help enterprise software vendors build better products
Peter Hartzbech
Founder & CEO of iMotions A/S
Peter Hartzbech passion is global entrepreneurship and building companies. Driven by a desire to make a difference in the world, he embarked upon his entrepreneurial career by starting his first venture at the age of 25. Prior to founding iMotions, he worked in Ernst & Young Denmark and Venture Cup Denmark, where he advised start-up companies on business plans, strategic and financial issues. In December 2006, Peter was appointed by Red Herring Magazine as Top 25 under 35, where the Magazine appoints Notable Entrepreneurs under 35. Peter’s positive attitude and global vision have been the main driving forces behind iMotions’ rapid growth and expansion.
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About iMotions A/S: iMotions A/S develops and provides biometric platforms, neuromarketing, psychology, VR, and engineering solutions.
Ramin Ahmari
Founder & CEO of FINESSE
Ramin Ahmari is the founder & CEO of FINESSE. He holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University where he specialized in Artificial Intelligence. Prior to founding FINESSE, Ramin spent time in industry across Morgan Stanley, Two Sigma, BlackRock and Curology and conducted research under Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Sudhof, Gordon Bell Prize winner Ron Dror and ACM Fellow James Landay.
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About FINESSE: FINESSE is a fashion house that leverages AI on big data and community feedback to predict trends and optimize distribution.
Bowei Gai
Founder & Chief Ambassador of World Startup Report
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About World Startup Report: World Startup Report is a social mission to document and connect the different startup ecosystems in the world.
Phil Marshall
Founder and Chief Research Officer of Tolaga Research
Phil Marshall is the Chief Research Officer of Tolaga, where he leads its software architecture and development and directs Tolaga’s thought leadership for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and mobile industry research. Before founding Tolaga, Phil was an Executive at Yankee Group for nine years and most recently led its service provider technology research globally, spanning wireless, wireline and broadband technologies and telecommunication regulation. Phil serves on the advisory boards of several startup companies and was a Non-Executive Board Member of Antone Wireless, which was acquired by Westell in 2012. Phil has 20 years of experience in the wireless communications industry. Phil spent many years working in various engineering operations, software design, research and strategic planning roles in New Zealand, Mexico, Indonesia and Thailand for Verizon International (previously Bell Atlantic International Wireless) and Telecom New Zealand. In addition, Marshall was an electrical engineer at BHP New Zealand Steel before he attended graduate school. Phil earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Auckland and is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Phil’s technical specialty is in radio engineering and advanced system modeling and his operational experience is primarily in communications network design, security and optimization.
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About Tolaga Research: Tolaga Research is based in Newton Massachusetts and was established by veteran industry analysts in 2009.
Kevin Carson
Founder / CEO of Earnest Research
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About Earnest Research: Earnest Research transforms raw data into a source for business and investment professionals to make better decisions.
Dushyant Joshi
Founder & Managing Director of Azure Knowledge Corporation
First generation serial entrepreneur who has successfully built several knowledge-based businesses in market research, IT training, business process outsourcing, and digital education and software.Co-founded Azure Knowledge Corporation in 2001 as a holding company for several knowledge-based ventures.Responsible for Azure’s overall group strategy and driving the build-out of group company Zoomi – a digital education platform for Indian universities.
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About Azure Knowledge Corporation: Azure Research & Analytics is a leading integrated market research solutions provider with a full range of market research.
Grant Johnson
CEO & Co-Founder of Interpret
Grant is the President and Co-Founder of Interpret, a market research and consulting firm focused on the convergence of new media, entertainment, technology and advertising. Grant has 15+ years of academic and consumer-based research experience across global video game, consumer electronics, mobile, home entertainment, theatrical, and music while at Nielsen Entertainment, Lieberman Research Worldwide, and Coleman Research. Prior to co-founding Interpret, Grant was instrumental in launching Nielsen Interactive Entertainment, a unit that achieved profitability in its first year through Grant’s integration of innovative methodologies and advanced analytics. Grant also served as VP of Nielsen NRG International Theatrical and Home Entertainment operations, returning the International division to profitability in less than one year. Grant is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oregon, majoring in philosophy, holds a Master’s in Psychology from Brandeis University, and conducted doctoral research in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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About Interpret: Interpret provides custom market research services such as measurement and planning tools.
Brandon Andrews
Co-Founder of Gauge (Gauge.AI)
Brandon Andrews is co-founder of Gauge; an AI-driven mobile market research platform connecting brands to consumers and influencers to identify opportunities and avoid mistakes. As Senior Consultant at Values Partnerships he leads the company’s work on technology and entrepreneurship, including leading a nationwide casting tour focused on bringing more diverse ideas and voices to ABC’s Shark Tank and building inclusive ecosystems. Named a Global Innovation Fellow by the U.S. Department of State, he has traveled the world speaking and hosting events on entrepreneurship and innovation.
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About Gauge (Gauge.AI): Gauge connects decision-makers with the diverse culture leaders charting our future. Look around the cultural corner. Decide with confidence
Paul Lubock
Co-Founder & Principal of Inceptus Medical
Paul is a Principal and one of the co-founders of Inceptus Medical, a medical device incubator founded in June 2011.
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About Inceptus Medical: Inceptus Medical offers the healthcare industry with an incubator service that provides capital, research expertise, consulting, and more.
Robert Rosenbluth
Co-Founder & President of Inceptus Medical
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About Inceptus Medical, Okami Medical: Inceptus Medical offers the healthcare industry with an incubator service that provides capital, research expertise, consulting, and more.
Andrew Konya
Co-Founder, CEO of Remesh
Andrew is a physicist by training and began a Ph.D. program in Chemical Physics at Kent State University with a focus on theoretical modeling & supercomputing. Through his research, Andrew became interested in artificial intelligence and has spent the past eight years applying AI and machine learning algorithms to a wide range of problems from material science and bio-sensing to peacekeeping with the United Nations. In 2014 he co-founded Remesh with the goal of using AI to turn a live audience into a conversational representative intelligence.
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About Remesh: Remesh offers an AI-powered platform that enables users to have live conversations with their customers at scale.
Gary Ellis
Co-Founder, President & COO of Remesh
Gary Ellis serves as a co-founder and COO at Remesh.
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About Remesh: Remesh offers an AI-powered platform that enables users to have live conversations with their customers at scale.
Elena Bajic
Founder, CEO, and Board Member of Ivy Exec
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About Ivy Exec: Ivy Exec offers executives jobs, career advice, and consulting engagements for senior business leaders and subject matter experts.
Jake McGraw
Co-Founder & CTO of The Block
Jake McGraw is the public policy coordinator at the William Winter Institute and the editor of Rethink Mississippi.A native of Oxford, Jake studied public policy and economics at the University of Mississippi and economic history at the University of Oxford.
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About The Block: The Block is the first and final word in digital assets.
Alex Fedosseev
CEO & Founder of 1World Online
Alex Fedosseev has did 3 successful startups and exits in Telecom / Smart Home / IoT space Now bringing #Blockchain revolution to MediaTech industry via 1World Platform.
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About 1World Online: 1World Online is a blockchain-powered platform that unifies the values of data and advertising into an all-in-one engagement driven model.
Antti Uusiheimala
Co-Founder, Business Development of Cocoon
Antti’ is the backbone of company development and strategic business development at Cocoon. His background is in patient monitoring and he traveled at an early age to set up the US operations of a startup called CRF-health. He has Masters degree in both Finance and Law, which have been the foundation for his track record of building funds such as Vision Capital. He has additionally worked in private investment and at Goldman Sachs. Antti is driven by strategic excellence and want’s to make big dreams come true. He is a logical thinker and excels at building companies and learning new things. Antti loves quantum physics, hot yoga and pho.
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About Cocoon: Fueling insights for the female economy.
William Rhind
Founder & CEO of GraniteShares
FOUNDER & CEO WILL RHIND In 2016, Will Rhind challenged himself to find a way to do things differently. As a 16-year veteran of the ETF industry with experience working at, building and running, well-established successful ETF businesses, he made a keen observation: investing just isn’t as exciting as it once was. Will asked himself is how do you bring back that excitement? As an experienced entrepreneur, he decided to answer that question by launching his own ETF company – GraniteShares was born. Will’s focus on disrupting the financial industry has taken GraniteShares from an idea to a successful start-up garnering the attention of Bain Capital and other well-known ETF investors who support his passion to create products that will change the way people see investing. Will spends his time outside of GraniteShares with his wife and three children. He’s on the Board of Directors of the Bath University Foundation, has a passion for classic cars, Manchester United, and travel – especially back to his roots in Aberdeen, Scotland, “The Granite City”.
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About GraniteShares: GraniteShares is an independent, fully funded ETF company headquartered in New York City.
Michael Hogan
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of PathogenDx
Michael Hogan, a cofounder of GenVault, has 27 years experience in the area of physical biochemistry. Michael Hogan has founded and co-founded five additional companies in the biotechnology and biopharma arena including Triplex Pharmaceutical (antisense and antigene oligonucleotide technology) and Genometrix (DNA microarray services & technology). He has published extensively and is a co-author of numerous patents and patent applications in the area of DNA based technologies for pharmaceutical discovery and genetic analysis. Michael Hogan previously held faculty positions at Princeton University and at Baylor College of Medicine and currently holds a faculty position at the University of Arizona. He is the inventor of 11 issued patents in DNA chips and therapeutics. Michael Hogan holds a B.S. in biology from Dartmouth College, a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and received post-doctoral training at Stanford University.
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About Genomics USA, GenVault, PathogenDx: Arizona-based PathogenDx creates testing solutions that rapidly identify bacterial, fungal and viral threats—helping save money and lives.
Eric Lachance
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of PathogenDx
Eric Lachance has 25+ years leading programs and companies. Recently, Eric served as COO for Metris LLC, a startup, and as a leadership/contracts consultant for multiple organizations serving both corporations and Federal and Local governments. Eric has extensive experience in organizational structure, contracts, negotiations, business strategy, business development, and supply chain management.
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About PathogenDx: Arizona-based PathogenDx creates testing solutions that rapidly identify bacterial, fungal and viral threats—helping save money and lives.
Roger Lang
CEO & Co-Founder of Predicta
Roger Lang is the CEO and Co-founder of Predicta.
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About Predicta: Predicta delivers actionable insights to brands by analyzing data from social media, reviews, and blogs within market categories.
Michael Bach
Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Survey.com
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About Survey.com: Survey.com empowers it’s customers with data and technology to offer targeted solutions to their specific retail challenges.
Inder Guglani
Founder & CEO of Guru
Inder Guglani is the Founder & CEO at Guru. There has never been a day when Inder did not consider himself an entrepreneur. With an unconventional approach to risk-taking, Inder is driven by fierce optimism and an unshakeable belief in Guru’s core mission: to help skilled individuals around the world find work opportunities regardless of location. In less than 10 years, Inder has taken Guru.com from a struggling start-up on limited funding to an established market leader in a fast-paced, emergent industry. Inder and his company have been recognized nationally for innovation and leadership in the online services industry. Inder received the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Business Services in the Upper New York, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Region. He is a past recipient of four Presidential awards for excellence. Guru has been named among the Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in the U.S. by Inc.com, Red Herring and BusinessWeek Small Biz magazines. Inder holds a Masters in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He also holds a Chartered Accountant Certification from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. A Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from Delhi University. Outside the office, Inder serves the Pittsburgh community, focusing on entrepreneurship education and international arts. H e is a Board Member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and a charter member of The IndUS Entrepreneurs. Inder supports local arts organizations like the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival to foster understanding and expression across global cultures.
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About Guru: Guru is an online marketplace allowing businesses to find support from freelancers worldwide.
Tom Shaughnessy Jr
Co-Founder of Delphi Digital
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About Delphi Digital: Delphi Digital is an independent research firm providing institutional-grade analysis on the digital asset market.
Medio Demarco
Co-Founder of Delphi Digital
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About Delphi Digital: Delphi Digital is an independent research firm providing institutional-grade analysis on the digital asset market.
Tim Lawton
Founder of SightX
Tim Lawton is the Co-Founder of SightX.
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About SightX: SightX is a developer of a consumer intelligence software used to transform the way marketing and user experience teams work.
Naira Musullam
Founder of SightX
Naira Musullam is the Co Founder of SightX.
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About SightX: SightX is a developer of a consumer intelligence software used to transform the way marketing and user experience teams work.
Liz Stahura
Co-Founder of BDSA
Liz has been in the business intelligence market for over 10 years, working for some of the leading names in retail sales tracking.She is a widely recognized authority in retail sales analysis and strategic consulting, and brings with her insights learned from years in the cycling, running, outdoor and sports apparel business. During her time at Leisure Trends and NPD Group, Liz assisted the business through product launches in three new industries.Her most recent role was to lead the bike and running division of the company. Often asked to speak in front of clients and at industry events, her various works can be seen, heard and read through the numerous industry presentations, webinars, articles, white papers and trend pieces she has delivered over the years. Liz looks forward to bringing her voice and expertise to similar platforms in the cannabis industry.
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About : Market research for the legal cannabis markets in the USA, Canada, and over forty countries worldwide
Andrew Hoppin
Co-Founder of CoverUS
Andrew is a civic tech entrepreneur, former government CIO, and active angel investor, currently working as co-founder and CEO of CoverUS, an mHealth solution helping consumers to take control of your health data, keep it secure, and earn money from directly engaging with the medical industry. He also organizes the New York Government Blockchain Meetup, is a Global Impact Entrepreneur in New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary Fellowship, and serves as Chair of the DC-based good governance NGO Global Integrity. Previously, Andrew founded and built DKAN, the open source platform that runs numerous government open data sites worldwide, before selling the company to Granicus Inc. From 2009-2011, Andrew was the first Chief Information Officer for the New York State Senate, where his team opened up hundreds of datasets and published all of its code in the first ever government Github repository. Andrew was selected by GovTech as the 2010 New York State Public Sector CIO of the Year and by Information Week as one of the “Government CIO 50.” He has served on the Board of Directors or Advisory Boards of Global Integrity, Humanity in Action, Open Plans, Civic Commons (later Code for America), the Space Generation Foundation, and OpenCongress.
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About CoverUS: CoverUS helps clients find personalized deals on the prescriptions, procedures, and health products that they need.
Christopher Sealey
Co-Founder of CoverUS
Christopher Sealey builds transformational businesses that have the potential to remake society. As co-founder of CoverUS, Christopher aims to help people better afford healthcare by leveraging the power of their personal data. CoverUS’s new prescription discount tool saves Americans up to 87% off their medications at more than 67,000 pharmacies nationwide. He also founded ChainLink, a hedge fund of funds in the crypto asset space, and Narrative New York, a design and branding consultancy serving elite global clientele. Prior to CoverUS, Christopher was Chief Operating Officer for the Institute for New Economic Thinking, where he helped build the $150M+ organization. Founded by George Soros, William Janeway, and Jim Balsillie, the Institute brings together Nobel laureates, business leaders, and policy minds to address the vital challenges of the 21st century. Previously, Christopher was a Director at the $2B Peter G. Peterson Foundation, where he focused on the National Debt and healthcare spending. Before that, Christopher was the first-ever Creative Director in United States Government, serving all Democratic and Republican members of the New York Senate. Christopher also was Vice President of Housing Works, where built the communications and marketing divisions of the largest community-based AIDS service organization in the United States. Prior to working at issue-based organizations, Christopher spent nearly a decade in entertainment and consumer marketing, helping to design and launch brands and create events and marketing programs for Fortune 500 companies and artists including Pepsi, General Motors, Sony, the National Football League, The Gipsy Kings, and the Wu Tang Clan. In his spare time, Christopher is also an internationally recognized event DJ, performing domestically and abroad for clients including The Rolling Stones, Prince, and three United States Presidents.
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About ChainLink Capital Management, LLC, CoverUS: CoverUS helps clients find personalized deals on the prescriptions, procedures, and health products that they need.
Rajit Marwah
Co-Founder & CEO of Loop Survey
Rajit is Co-Founder & CEO of Loop. Prior to this he was VP Product at Myspace and held various product roles at Microsoft in Hotmail, Messenger, CRM. Rajit graduated from Stanford University with degrees in Management Science & Engineering and Economics.
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About Loop Survey: Loop Survey is Real Time Mobile Feedback Surveys For Teams & Organizations.
Andrew Rawana
Founder, Director of Bridger
Andrew Rawana is the Founder and currently serves as Director, Business Development for Bridger Consulting Group, where he manages and oversees all business operations including strategies for acquiring enterprise clients, driving revenue, and establishing brand awareness. Andrew is a former Vice President, Business Development of Guidepoint, the second-largest expert network firm. There he managed a portfolio of institutional investors composed of hedge funds, private equity firms, and strategy consulting firms.
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About Bridger: A tech-enabled consulting platform connecting businesses with industry professionals to share knowledge, on-demand.
Nadia Genevieve Masri
Founder & CEO of Perksy
Nadia Genevieve Masri is a young entrepreneur in the tech industry who has recently relocated to San Francisco to build a mobile market research platform for brands to better understand and research their demographic, in a way that is rewarding to the consumer. A gamechanger-in-training, she is passionate about startups, innovation, and leadership. Nadia launched her first company at seventeen out of her college dorm room, from where she was concurrently running a self-published fashion blog. She subsequently founded a small media company, which launched a niche publication that made a small splash in the Toronto fashion scene. Nadia spent five years in the fashion industry in both Toronto and New York, where her primary focus was marketing, social media, and creative. Through her work, she has had the experience of working with various types of businesses and is able to adapt quickly to new industries and new practices. In 2013, Nadia cofounded a digital marketing platform in Toronto, which allowed brands to create shoppable social feeds. At Foursixty, her work predominantly involved early growth and acquisition, strategic partnerships, and early marketing efforts. Upon exiting the company, she returned to New York and began consulting with a few startups on strategy, product, marketing, and business development. Nadia is dedicated to creating products that revolutionize the way consumers experience and interact with brands. Her background in marketing applied in the fields of fashion, e-commerce, and technology has allowed her to gain an intimate understanding of what tools marketers and growth hackers need in order to effectively build, scale, and grow their businesses. Her specialties include growth hacking, product development, startup marketing and development, brand strategy and positioning, and strategic partnerships.
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About Perksy: Perksy is a consumer insights platform that rewards users for giving opinions and feedback to brands.
Ranjit Jose
Co-Founder & Head of Growth of Hyphen
Head of Supplier Solutions & Sales at GraphiteRx.
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About GraphiteRx, Hyphen: Hyphen is a leading mobile employee voice and engagement platform.
Arnaud Grunwald
Co-Founder and CEO of Hyphen
Chief Product Officer at Betterworks.
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About Betterworks, Hyphen: Hyphen is a leading mobile employee voice and engagement platform.
Luke Wroblewski
CEO & Co-Founder of Polar
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About Google, Polar: Polar is an iPhone app that enables users to create and vote on photo polls.
Jeff Cole
Co-Founder, CTO of Polar
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About Alden Scientific, Polar: Polar is an iPhone app that enables users to create and vote on photo polls.
Josh Lowitz
Partner and Co-Founder of Consumer Intelligence Research Partners – CIRP
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About Consumer Intelligence Research Partners – CIRP, J. Lowitz Company, Lab42: Consumer Intelligence Research Partners provides equity securities research data to the investment community.
Philip Yun
CEO and Co-Founder of methinks Technologies Inc
Philip Yun is the CPOO and Co-Founder of methinks. He was the CEO & Co-founder at Xoo and CEO at WeMade Entertainment US, Inc. Mr. Yun received a bachelor’s degree in Business at Seoul National University.
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About methinks Technologies Inc: methinks is a platform where businesses can instantly find and video chat with their target customers.
Steve Kashishian
CTO & CoFounder of Native
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About Native: Native is an on-demand company enabling businesses to task trained locals to collect data on their behalf and analyze results in realtime
Matt McNabb
CEO & CoFounder of Native
Matt McNabb is an entrepreneur focused on linking insights to decision makers. In addition to his work in frontier and emerging markets with businesses, investors, and governments in those areas, he also has primary field research experience some of the world’s highest risk environments, like the tribal areas of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and DRC among others.
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About Native: Native is an on-demand company enabling businesses to task trained locals to collect data on their behalf and analyze results in realtime
Lola Vega
Co-Founder of GfK
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About GfK: GfK is a market research institute in Germany.
Ingo Winzer
Founder & President of Local Market Monitor
Ingo Winzer is President of Local Market Monitor, and has analyzed real estate markets for more than 20 years. His views on real estate markets are often quoted in the national press and in 2005, he warned that many housing markets were dangerously over-priced. Previously, Ingo was a founder and Executive Vice President of First Research, an industry research company that was acquired by Dun and Bradstreet in March 2007. He is a graduate of MIT and holds an MBA in Finance from Boston University. He resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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About Local Market Monitor: Local Market Monitor is the premier real estate forecasting resource in the U.S.
Tomas Ratia
Co-Founder and CEO of Frase
Tomas Ratia is the co-founder and CEO of Frase.
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About Frase: Frase is provides Artificial intelligence based market research assistant.
Cody Jacques
Co-Founder and CTO of Frase
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About Frase: Frase is provides Artificial intelligence based market research assistant.
Nelda J. Connors
Founder & CEO of Pine Grove Holdings, LLC
Nelda J. Connors is Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer at Pine Grove Holdings,LLC, a privately held diversified growth company focused on acquiring & building middle-market businesses with a high engineering component. These investments are primarily focused in power generation, infrastructure, agriculture and construction equipment and aftermarket automotive end-markets. The current Pine Grove portfolio companies are: Alturdyne Power Systems, LLC and X-Form Equipment and Supplies, LLC. Nelda has more than 25 years technical and operating experience in diversified industrials as an OEM, supplier and distributor. Nelda’s recognized expertise has earned her a place on the Board of Directors of Boston Scientific (since December 2009), Blount International, Vesuvius plc, Echo Global Logistics and as a Class B Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Nelda has recently been named to the Independent Takata Quality Assurance Panel. Nelda was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tyco International’s Electrical and Metal Products Division, a $2.5B global producer of electrical conduit, mechanical and structural steel, fence and fire protection products. Prior to that, Nelda was a Senior Executive at Eaton Corporation and Ford Motor Company. Nelda has lived and worked in the USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Nelda holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton with post-graduate studies at the University of Tokyo in International Finance and Economics. Awards and recognition include Rotary International Japan Fellow, Harvard Business School Dynamic Women in Business panelist, Black Enterprise’s Top 75 Powerful Women in Business and NACME keynote speaker.
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About Pine Grove Holdings, LLC: Pine Grove Holdings acquires middle market companies in the Industrial space.
Jignesh Shah
Co-Founder & CEO of Rybbon
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About Rybbon: Digital gifting for marketers and market researchers. Buy, send & track gifts via email. Works with Marketo, HubSpot & SurveyMonkey.
Jim Ryan
Founder, CEO of OutPLEX
Serial entrepreneur with expertise in international logistics and business process outsourcing . CEO for Talk2Rep, Inc and Chairman for TechNearshore. Accredited Investor and Board Member to several companies and not-for- Profits
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About Glades Capital, OutPLEX, ShipMonk, TechNearshore, The Venture Mentoring Team: Global Brands Choice for Complex Outsourcing and Higher ROI
Usman Sheikh
Founder and CEO of xiQ
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About xiQ: The xiQ platform collects data from the internet, social media and public records and converts it into personalized, real-time intelligence.
Dino Gane-Palmer
Founder / CEO of PreScouter
Dino Gane Palmer (né Ganesarajah) has overall responsibility for managing PreScouter. Dino previously managed the new media project portfolio at the BBC, assessing business opportunities and managing a process that shaped the BBC’s multi-million dollar budget for new media projects. For Openbet Technologies, he established an offshore office in India and managed delivery of some of the most highly trafficked gambling websites in the world. Dino holds an MEng in Computing from Imperial College London and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a McCormick Scholar.
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About PreScouter: PreScouter provides corporate leaders with the data and insight on which to base product development and R&D planning decisions
Kristi Zuhlke
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of KnowledgeHound
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About KnowledgeHound, The Chicago Leadership Alliance: KnowledgeHound is the data organization and visualization tool for companies buried in piles of market research.
