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 COO’ operating in the Apps space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Justin Lau
President & COO of Mightyapp
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About Mightyapp: Mighty makes Google Chrome faster & use 10x less memory.
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Jared Yaman
Co-Founder, COO of Boxed
Prior to Blackgate Ventures, Jared was a corporate attorney at Proskauer before becoming a Co-Founder at Astro Ape Studios. Most recently, he was made upper level management at Zynga Mobile NY where he oversaw high profile mobile properties. Jared holds a J.D. from Fordham University and a Bachelor’s in Economics and Business from Michigan State University. Unbeknownst to most, Jared is actually Troy Aikman’s younger, stronger, better looking brother.
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About Blackgate Ventures, Boxed: Boxed is an online bulk grocery retailer used to offer wholesale club experience for modern shoppers.
Gary Coover
COO of Stealth Project of Rally
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About Rally: Rally provides a blockchain platform for the development of video streaming and gaming apps.
Mike Don
COO of InMarket
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About InMarket: InMarket offers a self-service location-based platform that captures accurate consumer location data, which drives campaign performance.
Andrew Maguire
Chief Operating Officer of Elevate Labs
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About Elevate Labs, Oakhouse Partners: Elevate is a cognitive training tool designed to build communication and analytical skills.
David Bos
COO of Maple Media
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About Maple Media: Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising, and technology company that acquires and operates category-leading, consumer apps.
Amit Agrawal
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Cyber Infrastructure (p) Ltd
Mr. Amit Agrawal directs CIS’s Operations Quality & Process initiatives that are instrumental in driving major Financial and Operational benefits to CIS and its clients. He plays a vital role in establishing key alliances and building competent teams who are quite adept in using Latest Technology, Frameworks and Techniques; giving CIS a competitive advantage. He is also responsible for providing direction to strategic initiatives at CIS and building up CIS’s technical capabilities.As a technology veteran since 2002, he is leading and managing multiple projects, while maintaining budgets and meeting deadlines. He also steers the development lifecycle of all our web initiatives, mentors the research and implementation of innovative Web/ Mobile & Cloud Solutions. He is responsible for assimilation and adoption of latest technology in the company. Prior to CIS, Mr. Agrawal has served in various managerial roles in global IT companies in the US, Europe, and India. He possesses a number of certificates in Programming Languages, Project Management, Quality Control and Innovation Straategies.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BE) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of RGPV and graduated in 2002 and is an MDP alumnae of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), 2007.
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About Cyber Infrastructure (p) Ltd: Cyber InfraStructure Pvt. Ltd. or CIS is a IT and consulting company in Central India.
Nicole Houston
President, Chief Operating Officer of Fluid Credit
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About Fluid Credit: Fluid Credit provides university students with credit and personal finance education.
Umang Dua
Co-Founder & COO of Handy
Umang is an entrepreneur and along with Oisin Hanrahan, Ignacio Leonhardt and Weina Scott, a co-founder of Handybook. Handybook.com enables users to book household services such as cleaners and handymen instantly for any convenient time. Prior to doing his MBA at the Harvard Business School, Umang also founded College Connect, an online platform in India that connected aspiring college students with enrolled students around the world.
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About Angi, Handy: Handy, formerly Handybook, is an app through which users can book cleaners, plumbers, handymen, and other household service providers.
John Kramer
COO & Board Member of HoneyBook
John Kramer is COO at HoneyBook.
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About HoneyBook, Salsa: HoneyBook is a business management platform creating tools to help creative entrepreneurs run their business on their own terms.
Ada Chen Rekhi
Founder & COO of Notejoy
Ada Chen Rekhi is Founder & COO at Notejoy, a better way to organize your team documents. She is an entrepreneur and marketer with over a decade of experience in productivity, SaaS and data-driven marketing leadership roles. Previously, she was Senior Vice President, Marketing at SurveyMonkey, the leading provider of online surveys. Prior to this, she founded Connected, a contact management startup acquired by LinkedIn in 2011. At LinkedIn, she was responsible for the integration and re-launch of Connected as the new LinkedIn Contacts and also held marketing leadership roles on LinkedIn’s Growth and Sales Solutions teams. Ada holds a BS Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She writes on marketing and startups at adachen.com and on Twitter @adachen.
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About Notejoy: Notejoy is a fast and focused notes app for you and your team.
Sasha Pesic
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of RapidAPI
As VP General Counsel at Airware, Sasha manages all legal matters. Sasha has more than 19 years of legal and business experience at public and private technology companies managing legal affairs as well as corporate strategy, capital financings, and business development. He has served as General Counsel for over 10 years and as COO for over 3 years. He has worked at a range of companies including CNET Networks,LeapFrog, Lexar, and Livescribe. Prior to moving in house, Sasha worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto and at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco. Sasha has a JD from UCLA School of Law. In his free time, Sasha enjoys outdoor activities with his wife and three children.
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About RapidAPI: RapidAPI is an API Hub that enables developers to find, manage, and connect to thousands of APIs.
Jerrin James
COO & Co-founder of Food Rocket
Jerrin James, Co-founder & COO of Food Rocket Ex – Amazon | Ex – Facebook | Ex – Groupon | Last Mile Expert | Six Sigma Black-Belt Exceptional data-driven, highly analytical and technological operations leader and change agent with unusually diverse global experience, James, has a career that displays a consistent track record of positive results and transformation accomplished through leadership roles in different organizations, including technology giants such as Amazon, Facebook, and Groupon. At Amazon, James led operations for multiple fulfillment centers, was in charge of productivity improvements for the Amazon Sortable Network, and launched multiple FCs. James still holds the record to ship out the most number of units out of a single day during peak season at one of Amazon’s legacy buildings. At Facebook, James led Global Logistics and Supply Chain Ops including Global Sourcing, Procurement, FC Operations, Deployment, Transportation, Trade & Compliance and Reverse Logistics, managing a ~$500mm spend. Most recently, James was COO at Driven Deliveries building California’s largest vertically integrated last-mile operator for cannabis from the ground up, servicing consumers all over California, the largest market, in under 60 minutes. James played an instrumental role in raising the first major investment for the company to scale its growth, taking the company public as well as an exit through an acquisition in just under 2 years.
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About Food Rocket: Food Rocket is an application that provides customers with on-demand 10-15 minute free grocery delivery.
Chris Milk
Co-Founder, CEO and COO of Supernatural
Chris Milk is the Co-Founder, CEO, and COO of Supernatural. He is an artist, director, and technologist.He is the founder and CEO of [Vrse](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vrse#/entity). Milk has gained recognition as a music video director, working with Arcade Fire, U2, Kanye West, Green Day, Johnny Cash, Gnarls Barkley, Chemical Brothers, John Mellencamp, Courtney Love, and Modest Mouse. He has been honored with the top industry awards for his music video and commercial work, including the Grand Prix Cannes Lion, the D&AD Black Pencil, the Grand Clio, and SXSW’s ’Best of Show’, as well as multiple Grammy nominations, MTV Moon Men, and the UK’s MVA Innovation Award. Milk’s short film, Last Day Dream, played at film festivals around the world, and he directed the second unit of A Mother’s Promise, the film that introduced Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards recognized his work in design and art in 2011. The Wilderness Downtown was named as one of TIME Magazine’s 30 Best Music Videos of all time, and was exhibited at MoMA in NY for 6 months in 2011. Milk builds multiple projects with Virtual Reality as the canvas. The collaboration with Beck called “Sound & Vision” has been exhibited in an Oculus Rift at the Future of Storytelling Summit, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and Tribeca Film Festival. Chris Milk was born in New York.
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About Here Be Dragons, Supernatural, Within (VR/AR): Supernatural is an immersive, virtual reality fitness experience that combines music, coaches, destinations, and movements.
Rebekah Monson
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of WhereBy.Us
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About WhereBy.Us: A platform that enables creators to build a media business for their community.
Driss Ouazzani
Co-Founder & COO of mydiveo
Ouazzani, Co-Founder/COO of mydiveo, is a well-known entrepreneur having built Centurion Lifestyles, an exotic car rental company, from the ground up. He is also a partner at CurbStand – a mobile valet service that allows app users to pay from their smartphones before arriving to the venue.
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About mydiveo: mydiveo promotes creative collaborations and new connections between artists, music lovers, music industry professionals, and brands.
Luke Kathol
COO & Co-Founder of Urgently
Luke Kathol is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Urgently, Inc
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About Urgently: Urgently features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands and roadside assistance professionals.
Curtis Davis
COO and Co-Founder of Uhnder
Curtis Davis currently works as Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder at Uhnder, Inc.
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About Uhnder: Uhnder develops a digital automotive radar-on-chip designed to automate systems for safety and better feedback response.
Charu Noheria
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Practically
Charu Noheria is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Office at 3RDFLIX Visual Effects Pvt. Ltd.
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About Practically: Practically is India’s first experiential learning app designed to make learning immersive for students of classes 6-12
Zaizhuang Cheng
COO, Co-founder of Spin
Zaizhuang Cheng is co-founder at Skinny Labs, also known as Spin. He was a lead software engineer at Disqus before he co-founded the company with Derrick and Euwyn. Zaizhuang is a Stanford University graduate, holding a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering.
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About Spin: Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
Josh Yguado
President, COO & Co-Founder of Jam City
Josh Yguado is co-founder, COO and President of Jam City, where he oversees the company’s operations, growth strategies and game portfolio – which has repeatedly dominated the top grossing charts of the Apple and Google Play stores. Before launching Jam City, Josh was Vice President at Fox Entertainment, where he helped Fox in its acquisition of MySpace, its creation of Hulu and its launch of new television networks. His career also includes working at MTV Networks and Univision. Among other honors, SoCalTech named Josh one of its top “50 Most Influential People” in Southern California’s technology industry. A board member of The Young Turks, he received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Harvard University. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Jed Nachman
COO of Yelp
Jed Nachman joined Yelp as Chief Operating Officer in 2016.
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About Yelp: Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Andrey Kazakov
Chief Operating Officer of Adjust
Andrey K. is the Chief Operating Officer at Adjust.
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About Adjust: Adjust is an analytics platform that helps marketers grow their mobile apps with with tools that measure, automate and protect user data.
Alex Larsen
COO of Roomi
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About Roomi: Roomi is a free mobile platform that helps people find flexible, affordable co-living solutions.
COO of Match Group
Navin Ramachandran currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer of The Match Group and General Manager of PeopleMedia. Navin has served in multiple roles since joining the Match Group in 2012, including GM of Match Events and GM of Match Latin America. Prior to Match, Navin held various management and consulting roles at Amyris, i2 Technologies and McKinsey & Company. Navin holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology and a Master’s in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
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About Match Group, Match Group, People Media: Match Group is a division of IAC & online dating portfolio that comprises over forty brands around the world.
Scott Chesrown
Chief Operating Officer of K Health
Scott Chesrown is the COO of K Health and Co-Founder of [Vroom](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vroom-com#/entity). Chesrown holds a bachelor’s degrees in Business and Spanish from the [University of San Diego](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/university-of-san-diego-2#/entity) and Master’s degree in Engineering from [Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rose-hulman-institute-of-technology#/entity). He also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and PhD in Leadership Studies from [Gonzaga University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gonzaga-university-2#/entity). Chesrown lives in New York, United States.
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About K Health: K Health is a data-driven digital primary care system that uses AI to deliver personalized primary care.
Patrick McHugh
Chief Operating Officer of Euphoria.LGBT
Communications and design specialist with a passion for building innovative technology solutions for overlooked problems. CCO, graphic design, technical writer and lead researcher at Euphoria and former Executive Director at Spokane Food Fighters.
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About Euphoria.LGBT, Euphoria.LGBT: Euphoria.LGBT builds technology solutions that restore agency and dignity for transgender individuals going through gender transition.
Jamie Marshall
Founder & COO of Snackpass
Jamie Marshall is the COO and founder at Snackpass.
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About Snackpass: Snackpass is a social commerce platform that focuses on mobile order pickup at local restaurants.
Joshua Heckathorn
Co-founder & COO of Tomorrow Ideas
Joshua Heckathorn is Co-founder and COO of Tomorrow, the easiest way to plan your family’s future today.He is an entrepreneur, investor, and a nationally licensed life and health insurance producer. Josh began his career in finance with Zurich Financial Services, where he spent five years in global roles prior to founding Creditnet. As President of Creditnet, Josh positioned the site as one of the top 10 online credit card comparison engines prior to its acquisition in 2012. Joshua holds a B.S. in Management from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business and received an MBA from Seattle University’s Albers School of Business. He resides with his family in the Seattle area, where he enjoys climbing in the Cascades and running ultra-marathons.
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About Tomorrow Ideas: Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future.
Mark Rosenthal
COO of HqO
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About HqO, HqO: HqO helps building owners and property teams thrive with technology that engages tenants and creates the most value for their assets.
Zachary Goldberg
Co-founder, CTO/COO of Lynk Messenger
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About Lynk Messenger: Lynk Messenger is a hyper-local messaging application that lets its users to chat with friends nearby for free.
Karan Singh
Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer of Ginger
Karan co-founded Ginger.io and currently leads its clinical operations and strategy. He has over 13 years of experience in healthcare from management consulting for biopharma to data analytics, having worked at leading health care firms including ZS Associates and Humedica. A leader in the digital health community, Karan is a frequent speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, health innovation and new models of care. He has served as a scholar at the Aspen Institute, delivered keynotes at Public Health Institute (PHI) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and recognized as a rising star in Healthcare by LinkedIn’s Next Wave. Karan holds his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan, attended the Harvard Medical School / MIT Health, Science & Technology (HST) program, and received his BA and BS in Economics and Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
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About Ginger, Pixel Vector Media: Ginger is an on-demand mental health company providing around-the-clock access to emotional support via coaching, therapy, and psychiatry.
Darren Chait
Co-Founder & COO of Hugo
Darren Chait is the Co-Founder & COO at Hugo.
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About Hugo: Hugo is a collaborative note-taking app focused on sharing meeting notes across teams within companies.
Crid Yu
COO of Fyber – A Digital Turbine Company
Crid Yu is Vice President and Managing Director, North America for InMobi, where he is accelerating the phenomenal growth of the region. Crid is a digital media industry veteran with experience growing transformational businesses at Google and Demand Media. Previously, he held senior leadership positions during his eight years at Google. He was responsible for the top 1000 strategic partners in Google’s US Display Business, and was also a key member of the management team in Asia Pacific, where he established Google’s operations in China, Hong Kong, and Korea. In his role as SVP, Strategic Partnerships at Demand Media, he developed partnerships that expanded distribution and increased revenue. Prior to his career in digital media, Crid was an Associate Principal at the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company. Crid holds both a BS and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Confidently, Fyber – A Digital Turbine Company: Fyber, part of Digital Turbine’s independent Mobile Growth Platform, develops ad monetization solutions trusted by top mobile app publishers
Cathy Vigrass
COO of Future
Cathy Vigrass is Head of Canada at Square. In her role, she is focused on the growth of Square’s business in Canada and leads the charge in continuing to bring powerful Square tools to the Canadian market. Cathy has spent the last several years at technology and commerce companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to Square, she was the Head of Business Development and Product Operations at Sosh, a social platform for discovering local experiences. Her career has also included strategic and operational roles at eBay, where she worked on category management and corporate strategy, and Apple, where she focused on retail innovation. Cathy holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Future: Future offers one-on-one digital training with fitness coaches at home, the gym, or on-the-go.
Benjamin Dent
COO | Co-Founder of Hallo
I am fortunate to have been involved and continue to be involved with organizations that are driven to make the world a better place through technology, innovation, research and education. Whether it has been working with startups, being a researcher in academia and medicine, contributing to the growth of global technology organizations or being involved in the community, I appreciate every opportunity to learn something new and solve challenging problems that make a lasting positive impact.
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About Hallo, The Language Summit: Hallo is a real-time language learning platform for speaking.
Doug Dooley
Chief Operating Officer of Data Theorem
Doug is the Chief Operating Officer of Data Theorem. He heads up product strategy, marketing, sales, and customer success teams. Before joining Data Theorem, Dooley worked in venture capital leading investments of cloud-centric security, machine-learning, and infrastructure startups for Venrock. While at Venrock, Dooley served on the boards of Evident.io (Palo Alto Networks), Niara (HPE), and VeloCloud (VMware). Dooley earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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About Data Theorem: Data Theorem was built on 18 years of experience in the information security & privacy industry.
Ashish Walia
Co-Founder and COO of LawTrades
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About LawTrades: LawTrades is an online message-based platform that allows anyone to seamlessly find, hire, and work with lawyers.
Arshia Siddique
Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder of Skrite Labs
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About Skrite Labs: Skrite Labs is a sky-based augmented reality platform.
Matt Bijur
COO of HONK
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About HONK: HONK is an innovative roadside assistance platform that uses both technology and a unique business model.
Justin Turetsky
Founding Team & COO of FlexIt
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About FlexIt: FlexIt is a mobile app that enables users to access fitness wherever and whenever they want and only pays for what they use
David Kang
Co-Founder & COO of Keeper Tax
David Kang is the Co-Founder and COO at Keeper Tax.
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About Keeper Tax: Discover the tax write-offs you’ve been missing
Giff Carter
Co-founder & COO of Seek
Giff has more than 20 years of experience in growth, strategy, and operations at Global 100 companies and startups. Prior to co-founding Seek, he was part of the original executive team at Stash where he led business and operations as the Chief Revenue Officer and was the General Manager building and launching its banking business. During his tenure revenues increased by 100 times and customers and equity value by 25 times. Previously, he led Voya Financial’s IPO and launched its venture capital arm.
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About Seek, Stash Financial: Seek is a content platform that connects tastemakers with consumers seeking trusted recommendations on how to spend their leisure time.
Jonathan Reich
CFO & COO of Zedge
Jonathan is an Internet entrepreneur with a proven track record of scaling hi-tech, telecom and media ventures that are players in disruptive technologies and game changing markets and transforming them into established category leaders. With 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations and finance Jonathan is a creative and strategic thinker with a penchant for sales, marketing, business and corporate development, financial and commercial operations and strategy.
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About Zedge: ZEDGE is the world’s #1 content platform for mobile personalization and self expression.
Quinten Farmer
COO of Even.com
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About Even.com: Even is the leading responsible on-demand pay platform helping companies reimagine the way they pay so people can live the lives they want.
Edmond Wong
Co-Founder & COO of BuzzMob
Edmond Wong is an Operations and Strategy executive focused on delivering great customer experiences while scaling VC and PE backed growth stage companies. He currently advises growth stage companies in consumer products, eCommerce, SaaS and subscription based services and is an angel investor and co-founder of the Asian American Investors Group. Most recently, Edmond was co-founder/COO of Chatter, Inc (Appletree), a SaaS based communication platform that encourages engagement between parents and teachers within K-8 schools. He also co-founded and was COO of BuzzMob, a crowd engagement and fan technology app for live events. BuzzMob connects on-site attendees and delivers exclusive curated content to revolutionize the live event experience. Prior to BuzzMob, Mr. Wong created, built and scaled many iconic fashion and consumer product brands both in the US and worldwide.
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About BuzzMob, UCI Applied Innovation, UCI Paul Merage School of Business, VHA Corp: Connecting classrooms and schools to engage and empower parents and students.
Ben MacAskill
COO of SmugMug
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About SmugMug: SmugMug is a photo sharing website that allows its users to store, share and sell their photos online. They also own & operate Flickr.
Daniel Barnes
COO of N3TWORK
COO @ N3twork Maximizing LTV to CPI, driving scalable acquisition of revenue and profitable installs to the entire mobile portfolio across some of the most successful games in the Appstores. Focus on Product Systems, Retention & Monetization to create sustainable revenue streams through scalable, centralized tool sets to increase specific KPIs. (If you got this far, I’m trying to growth hack my profile using bingo KPI buzzwords, sorry)
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About N3TWORK: Creating, publishing, and scaling the very best in mobile games.
Eric Jaffe
Co-Founder and COO of ChowNow
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About ChowNow: ChowNow helps branded online ordering systems for independent restaurants through the restaurants’ own websites.
Jason Pratts
Co-Founder, COO & CIO of Appetize
Operations at Appetize
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About Appetize: Appetize develops point-of-sale and payment systems for entertainment, leisure and education enterprise businesses around the world.
Beth Morgan
Chief Operating Officer of TrueData
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About TrueData: TrueData is a mobile data platform that works with app publishers who generate mobile data & the companies who need data for ad targeting
Austin Hale
COO & Co-Founder of Tactic
Austin Hale is the COO & Co-Founder at Tactic.
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About Tactic: Tactic is a SaaS platform that helps manage a hybrid workplace with office space reservation, integration, and map services.
Sam Howarth
Co-Founder and COO of BUMP
Sam Howarth is the co-founder and COO at BUMP.
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About BUMP: BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.
Felicity Yost
Co-Founder & COO of Tia
Felicity Yost is a Co-Founder and COO at Tia.
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About Tia: At Tia, we believe that the healthcare system was not built with women in mind.
Miguel Sugay
Cofounder and COO of SidelineMD
Miguel is an established serial entrepreneur and tech evangelist. After graduating from Stanford University where he was a member of the Stanford Men’s Rowing Team, he was a founding member of a startup later acquired by Amazon. Miguel continues to bring creative minds together to inspire extraordinary results and oftentimes finds these solutions through leveraging technology. He invests in and acts as chief executive for multiple high-growth companies.
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About SidelineMD: The First Mobile App for On-Demand Sports Medicine Care
Courtney Caldwell
Co-Founder and COO of ShearShare
Courtney Caldwell is the Cofounder & COO of beauty-tech startup, ShearShare, the first on-demand salon and barbershop space rental app. With ShearShare, licensed stylists can rent workspace by the day in cities all over the world, while salon and barbershop owners make money on unused space. Prior to cofounding ShearShare–Google Demo Day winner 2018, Tech. Co’s Startup of the Year, and a YC Fellowship and 500 Startups alum–Courtney managed an award-winning salon with her husband and cofounder, which was the genesis behind ShearShare. Before that, Courtney spent two decades building winning teams in technology marketing and ran a boutique consulting firm where she fast-tracked international sales and marketing success for brands such as Zendesk, Zenefits, and Qualtrics. Courtney was named a 2018 Dallas Business Journal Women in Tech, the 2017 L’Oreal Women in Digital Award winner, and a Direct Marketing News 40 Under 40. She serves on the Advisory Board for Ogle Cosmetology School and is a member of the UT-Dallas Entrepreneurship Council.
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About Ogle Schools, ShearShare: Reimagine how, when, & where you work w/ the first B2B mobile platform that provides space-as-a-service for the beauty + barbering industry
Pieter Doevendans
Co-Founder, COO of Ava
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About Ava, Kairos Society: Ava empowers 400M deaf & hard-of-hearing people to have accessible in-person conversations, anytime, anywhere.
Sam McArtor
Co-Founder and COO of Rentgrata
Sam McArtor is a Co-Founder and COO at Rentgrata.
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About Rentgrata: Rentgrata is a messaging platform that connects prospective renters with current residents of apartment communities.
Ziyi Gao
Co-Founder & COO of Reframe
Ziyi Gao currently works as the Co-Founder & COO at Reframe.
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About Reframe: Reframe is a healthcare app that includes a recovery program and tools to assist users in quitting drinking.
Bryan Altman
COO of OurFamilyWizard
Bryan Altman remains the Chief Operating Officer of OurFamilyWizard.
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About Avirat, OurFamilyWizard: OurFamilyWizard is an online tool that connects the community, from lawyers and therapists to divorced parents.
Craig Dunn
COO of First Orion
Craig leads Sales, Human Resources and Business Data Products at First Orion. He has led several start-up ventures, characterizing his belief that “blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” Craig enjoyed a 10-year career at Acxiom Corporation where he found his calling combining financial acumen with a business development focus. Craig is flexible, passionate, fun, and can hold his breath for a really long time while he absorbs the wonder of nature and total “immersion” in the moment that scuba diving brings.
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About First Orion: First Orion allows businesses to brand communications, revealing the who and why behind the call to deliver enhanced customer experiences.
Chris Pesce
Chief Operating Officer of Sober Grid
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About Sober Grid: Sober Grid is a digital health application focused on creating mobile communities that engage people into chronic disease management.
Chuntao Yang
COO of Steps Mobile Inc.
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About Steps Mobile Inc.: SaaS, Mobile App, Social Media, Snapchat-powered
Carrie Chitsey
Co-Founder & COO of One Touch Brands
Chitsey Wells, a native Austinite, is a digital technology innovator currently on her 7th company.She loves to stay busy running companies like healthcare (One Touch Telehealth), digital banking (OneTouch Video Chat) and recruiting/HR (Live Video Interviews). She is extremely passionate about youthmental health and the opioid crisis, which led her to start the non-profit Humans Helping Humans andexpand her podcast “Executive Innovation Show” to gain awareness. She is nationally recognized as Top100 Female Founders, Top 50 Mobile Experts and Top 40 Under 40 Marketing executives.
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About BLK24, One Touch Brands: One Touch Brands operationalizes virtual and instant mobile video connection technology for you to connect to your customers.
Alanna Phelan
Co-Founder, COO of Kickoff
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About Kickoff: Kickoff is a dating app that connects friends of friends looking for a meaningful relationship.
Dan Hunt
Chief Operating Officer of MassRoots
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About MassRoots: MassRoots is a social network technology platform for the cannabis consumers and community.
Anh Nguyen
Co-Founder & COO of Gummicube
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About Gummicube: Big Data Anlytics for Mobile & App Store Optimization
Brandon Atkinson
Chief Operating Officer of Cleerly
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About Cleerly: Cleerly is a healthcare company whose mission is to create digital care pathways to prevent heart attacks.
Daniel Jung
Co-Founder & COO of Branch International
Daniel leads Branch’s product development and engineering organizations. Before co-founding Branch, Daniel held senior roles in product management and business development strategy at Kiva.org.
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About Branch International: Branch offers mobile financial services across emerging markets to spur human potential.
Merrick Levy
COO of SHOFUR
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About SHOFUR: SHOFUR is an online marketplace for charter bus reservations and inter-city bus tickets across North America.
Jason Hanny
Co-Founder and COO of Pet Connect Marketplace®
COO/Co-Founder *Independent Technology Sales: $2M Annual (MICROS) *Dir Strategic Accounts: $20M Accounts (Oracle) *Hospitality: Corporate GM (Legal Sea Foods, Capital Grille) *Pet Owner: 30 Years
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About Pet Connect Marketplace®: Pet Connect Marketplace is a pet-friendly online community with over 100,000 pet-friendly resources
Mohana Radhakrishnan
Co-founder & COO of Expertus
Mohana is both a visionary and pioneer in the learning industry. Co-founding Expertus in 1998, Mohana has since directed it through a decade plus of consecutive growth − transforming Expertus from a top learning services company into the provider of the #1 ranked LMS. Today as COO, she is instrumental in setting the strategy, driving execution and creating best practices for Expertus’ services and technology. She also serves as our chief consulting strategist, helping Global 2000 corporations deliver real business value through next-gen learning.
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About Expertus: Expertus Inc. offers learning management systems and services.
Daniel Padrão
COO of Solinftec
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About Solinftec: Solinftec develops and produces equipment, technology and systems for the automation of mobile assets and logistics processes.
Milos Srdjevic
COO of ActiveCampaign
I am the COO at ActiveCampaign – a web based marketing platform that helps small businesses improve and automate their marketing.
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About ActiveCampaign: ActiveCampaign specializes in email marketing, marketing automation, and sales automation.
Alexander A Volkov
COO/President of ZERØ
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About ZERØ: ZERØ is an AI-powered email management technology that automates time-consuming administrative tasks for lawyers.
Obdul Reid
Chief Operating Officer of Shypr
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About Notyced, PayVM.com, Shypr: Same day delivery technology platform.
Ken Gao
Founder and COO of Patpat
Ken Gao is a Founder at PatPat.
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About Patpat: PatPat is a shopping app for moms.
Sonia Tsao
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Camera IQ
Sonia Tsao serves as co-founder and chief operating officer at Camera IQ, helping brands tell stories that captivate. She is uniquely in tune with how technology impacts the consumer experience. Previously, she headed Brand Strategy at Google Venture-backed mobile commerce app, Spring, where she grew the supply-side community to over 1,000 digital brands. Sonia holds as MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Tufts University.
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About Camera IQ, Chief: Camera IQ is a camera experience manager platform that helps marketers create new worlds that customers love to explore.
Thomas Knoll
COO of Revelry
Thomas Knoll is the COO at Revelry.
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About 500 Startups, Revelry, StartupDigest, Techstars: Software and product engineers focused on web, mobile and enterprise software development.
Mendy Raskin
Co – Founder & COO of Bivid
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About Bivid, Raskin Risers LLC: Bivid allows you to capture moments and share it with your friends and others in your location.
Natalie Portier
Chief Operating Officer of Loóna
Natalie is an executive with a Masters in Law and +11 years of experience in a small business and startup environment, with the focus on building and managing administrative operations, legal, sales, marketing and evangelism departments. Creative and analytical, Natalie has spoken at numerous of national and international events, including Casual Connect, White Nights Conference, PG Connects, participated at panels, given interviews and judged at game competitions. Natalie is on a constant mission to find new creative ways of growing existing relationships with programmatic partners, and learn what does and doesn’t work in mobile app monetization.
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About Loóna, Operators Guild: Loóna is a mixture of color therapy, sound ambiance and storytelling that helps to let go of daily fuss and get a better night’s rest.
Abb Kapoor
Co-Founder & COO of Curu
Abb Kapoor is driven by his desire to change the world. he pursue this aspiration through a career in entrepreneurship where he allow himself to take control of his personal growth. His venture Curu is the robo-advisor for credit. their mission is to help consumers become smarter spenders and make the himstified concept of credit effortless. he co-founded Curu as the COO in the summer of 2015.
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About Curu: Curu enables lenders to open more accounts by showing users the actions necessary to meet eligibility for their financial goals.
Alexandra Wood
COO of Wearable X
Alexandra Wood is the Chief Operating Officer of Wearable Experiments, a socially driven wearable technology company. Wearable Experiments’ mission is to bring together fashion and technology with a functional design aesthetic and use creative problem solving to help us live well and have a better quality of life. Until recently, Alexandra served as the Global Product Director for communications group Havas, where she led teams globally that developed user-centric digital products, both for clients such as IBM, and for Havas. In addition, Alexandra led global operations and business development efforts for Havas Cognitive, a new practice area specialized in helping clients build AI-powered products and services to enhance customer experience. In addition, Alexandra has served in several other technology-enabled leadership roles, ranging from agency-side eCommerce at CREATETHE Group to operations and logistics for multi-billion dollar industrial supplier, McMaster-Carr.
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About Wearable X: Wearable X is a fashion tech company that brings together design and technology to create a better quality of life.
Rob Saperstein
COO of SWAG’R Digital Media
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About SWAG’R Digital Media: SWAG’R Digital Media uses gamification, geolocation technologies, and augmented reality to drive real actions with brands.
Cory Sytsma
COO of Assemble
Operations professional with a broad IT background, recognized for excellent analytical and objective problem solving skills, with the initiative and courage to drive change, while building and maintaining consensus.
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About Assemble: Assemble provides software services that deliver delightful customer experiences.
Louis Hoch
Co-Founder,Vice-Chairman, President & COO of USIO
Louis Hoch has more than 25 years of management experience 20 of which at a senior executive level of public companies. Mr. Hoch is an expert in payment processing and service bureau operations. In additions to his duties as the CEO of FiCentive, Mr. Hoch remains responsible for all operations and strategy for Payment Data Systems, Inc. in his role as Vice-Chairman, President and COO and co-founder. Mr. Hoch previously co-founded Billserv, Inc., the industry leader in Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment, where he was the company’s President and COO. Billserv reached a peak market cap of over 500 million while on NASDAQ national market exchange. Billserv is now owned by American Express. Mr. Hoch has held various key management positions with U.S. Long Distance (NASDAQ:USLD), Billing Concepts (NASDAQ:BILL) and Andersen Consulting (NYSE:ACN). Mr. Hoch holds a BBA in computer information systems and a MBA in international business management, both from Our Lady of the Lake University. Mr. Hoch is currently a director on the advisory board for Our Lady of the Lake University Business School. He is also a past executive lecturer in the school’s weekend MBA program. He is a past board member of San Antonio Children’s Museum. Mr. Hoch holds inventor status on U.S. Patent 7,021,530 “System and method for managing and processing stored-value cards and bill payment therefrom”. He has other published patent pending applications which are all related to the payment processing industry.
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About FiCentive, Payment Data Systems, USIO: USIO is an user experience agency.
Guru Dharam Khalsa
Co-Founder & COO of MK Decision
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About MK Decision: MK Decision’s mission is to help community financial institutions thrive by receiving more deposits and more loans.
Jason Cansler
COO and Cofounder of UASidekick
Over 13 years of experience in the security field including 6 years as a decorated reserve law enforcement officer, 2 years as a South Carolina State Constable and 5+ years as armed security officer licensed by SC Law Enforcement Division. Mr. Cansler is an active ASIS member serving as the chapter web development manager. He is a licensed Private Pilot for manned aircraft and licensed as a Remote Pilot In Command with Night Flight authorization through the FAA’s 333 waiver process and through the part 107 licensing for UAV’s. Cansler is founding partner of UASidekick LLC, a mobile app development company that works closely with both manned and unmanned pilots to promote safer skies through simplified communication. Cansler also specializes in aerial imaging as the owner of Under The Sun Imaging LLC a drone aviation company. Cansler sits on the board for the Coalition of UAS Professionals and consults various industries on the inclusion of UAV’s into security workflows. Recent speaking engagements include ASIS 2016 in Orlando, ISC West 2017 in Las Vegas, ASIS 2017 in Dallas and ISC East 2017 in New York.
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About UASidekick: UASidekick goal is to bring all members of the flying community onto a common flight awareness platform.
Alberto Gomez
COO & Co-Founder of Irys
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About Irys: Irys offers AI-driven tools that bring real-time visibility and data analytics for urban stakeholders.
Steve Moore
Chief Operating Officer of BuildFire
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About BuildFire: BuildFire provides users with a seamless way to build mobile apps with no coding required.
Jan-Hein Pullens
Co-Founder and COO of roOomy
Jan-Hein Pullens is the Advisor To The Board at Loft.
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About roOomy: roOomy’s patented 3D/AR/VR technology brings your listing, home and décor to life with fast, scalable 3D modeling and rendering services.
Edward Dingels
Chief Operating Officer of GroundTruth
Edward Dingels is the Chief Operating Officer at GroundTruth.
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About GroundTruth: GroundTruth, the leading location technology company that drives results with real-world data.
Zach Gorman
Co-Founder & COO of Torii
Zach Gorman is a co-founder at Torii.
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About Torii: Your home for all things home (Buy | Sell | Search | Own)
Michael Gibson
COO of Rapchat
Rapchat Operations | Music & Ent Lawyer
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About Rapchat: Rapchat is democratizing music creation by enabling anyone to record and share songs from their phone.
Jennifer Tye
Chief Operating Officer of Glow
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About Glow, Glow: Glow is a fertility app that crunches and analyzes vast quantities of data to help users take control of their reproductive health.
Victor Abundis
COO and Co-Founder of Interpreter Tap
Victor Abundis is the COO and Co-Founder of Interpreter Tap. With expertise in medical and legal interpretation, Victor has been a trained interpreter for 12 years. Prior to founding Interpreter Tap, Victor helped run a family-owned interpreting business offering certification classes.
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About Interpreter Tap: Interpreter Tap is a mobile application that connects to a live interpreter via video or audio call.
Neeraj Rao
Co-Founder & COO of Insitome
Neeraj has over seventeen years of experience in the biotechnology and healthcare industry. He has held business development roles at life science companies including Illumina, Luminex, RainTree Oncology (acquired by Cardinal Health), and Insight Genetics. At Illumina, he was on the founding team that developed and launched BaseSpace, the first cloud based app-store for next generation sequencing research. He also helped develop Illumina’s first direct-to-consumer whole genome sequencing offering. Neeraj previously held a variety of biotech R&D roles at ag-bio, drug discovery, and oncology diagnostic companies. He graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from UC San Diego and received his MBA from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he is co-founder and COO of consumer genomics startup Insitome.
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About Insitome: Insitome uncovers your personal genomic story.
Lars Rissmann
Chief Operating Officer of Groomit for Pets
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About Groomit for Pets: Groomit is on demand platform, offering in home pet grooming services. Convenient at pet owners time & place.
Heather Luttrell
COO of FieldTest
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About FieldTest: FieldTest offers marketing tools to promote brands, products, and build ads.
Carole Tobias
Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Punch Technologies
Carole is Founder and COO of Punch Technologies, Inc., a technology company focusing on building a new platform for the work environment. She has a wide variety of skills and experiences having worked in education, publishing, project management, and software development.
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About Punch Technologies: Punch Alert is the universal safety platform. One safety app to connect and protect everyone, everywhere.
Choi Hyuk Jun
Chief Operating Officer of Spoon Radio
Cofounder of Plugger
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About Mykoon co.,ltd., Spoon Radio: Spoon operates as a real-time personal audio broadcasting platform.
