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 Advisor operating in the Finance space. If you think a Advisor is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Randy Komisar
Advisor of Kleiner Perkins
Randy Komisar joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2005 and focuses on the firm’s digital and greentech practices. Earlier in his career, he was a co-founder of Claris Corp., served as CEO for LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, and acted as a “virtual CEO” for such companies as WebTV and GlobalGiving. Randy also served as CFO of GO Corp. and as senior counsel for Apple Computer, following a private practice in technology law. Randy is a founding director of TiVo and serves on the advisory board of Roadtrip Nation, as well as on the global advisory board for the University of California, Santa Barbara, Institute for Energy Efficiency. He is a lecturer on entrepreneurship at Stanford University and the author of the best-selling book The Monk and the Riddle, as well as several articles on leadership and entrepreneurship. He is also the co-author of Getting to Plan B, a book on managing innovation. Randy frequently speaks in the United States and abroad on such topics. Randy holds a B.A. degree in economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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About Farmers Business Network, TiVo: Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.
Shaquille O’Neal
Advisor of LOYAL3
Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal, nicknamed Shaq, is an American retired basketball player and NBA Hall of Fame member since 2016. Shaq is also a former rapper, actor, fashion trend setter, investor and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA
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About : Democratizing the stock market, making it easy and affordable for everyone to invest in brands they love, and IPOs, fee-free.
Natalie Soto-Wright
Advisory Associate of Fifth Wall
Natalie Soto-Wright currently works as the Advisory Associate for Fifth Wall. She previously worked at Barclays Investment Bank as an Investment Banking Analyst.
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About Fifth Wall: Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
Louis R. Chenevert
Exclusive Advisor of Goldman Sachs
Louis R. Chênevert is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation. He was elected President & Chief Executive Officer in April 2008 and Chairman in January 2010. He held the position of President & Chief Operating Officer, and served as a Director of United Technologies since March 2006. Prior to that he served as President, Pratt & Whitney, from April 1999 through March 2006. Before joining Pratt & Whitney in 1993, Chênevert spent 14 years at General Motors. He served as Production General Manager of General Motors’ St. Therese operation. Chênevert is a member of the Executive Committees of the Business Roundtable, where he chairs the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, and The Business Council as well as a member of the US-India CEO Forum. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Cargill, the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and is Chairman of the Yale Cancer Center’s Advisory Board. In 2005, Chênevert was inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Chênevert earned a bachelor of commerce degree in production management from the Université de Montréal, École des hautes études commerciales (HEC). He is Chairman of HEC Montreal’s International Advisory Board and a founding director and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Friends of HEC Montreal.
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About : Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Sanyin Siang
Advisor of GV
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About : GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.
Craig Kornblau
Advisor of GV
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About : GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.
Guillaume Le Cunff
Advisor of GV
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About : GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.
Steve Bolze
Executive Advisor of Blackstone Group
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Wayne Berman
Senior Advisor for Global Government Affairs of Blackstone Group
Wayne Berman is Senior Advisor for Global Government Affairs to the Blackstone Group. A highly regarded advisor on the management of political and legislative risk, government relations strategy, and both domestic and foreign policy, Mr. Berman has advised dozens of companies over his 35 years in Washington. He is a former chairman of Ogilvy Government Relations, one of the leading firms of its kind in the United States. Mr. Berman’s public service includes a presidential appointment as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Policy and a variety of positions in eight Presidential political campaigns. He served as Senior Advisor for the Bush-Cheney Transition (2001), Vice Presidential Campaign Director for Dole-Kemp (1996), member of the Budget and Policy Priorities Committee of the Pataki Transition Team (1994), Deputy Director and Executive Producer of the 1992 Republican National Convention, Senior Staff and Director of Congressional Relations during the Bush Campaign (1988), and Deputy Director of the Reagan-Bush Transition Team (1981). Mr. Berman received a B.A. in History from the University of Buffalo.
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About : Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Isauro Alfaro
Senior Advisor of Blackstone Group
Isauro Alfaro is a Senior Advisor to Blackstone, focused on advising Blackstone on investment opportunities in Mexico. Mr. Alfaro is a founding partner of Alfaro, Dávila y Ríos, S.C.(“ADR”), one of the leading independent M&A and restructurings advisory firm in Mexico. Before founding ADR, Mr. Alfaro was a Managing Director and Head of Credit Suisse Mexico. He was also Co-Head of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Mexico before its acquisition by Credit Suisse (CSFB). Prior to joining DLJ, he was Managing Director and Head of Salomon Brothers Mexico. Mr. Alfaro has extensive investment banking experience and has been involved in a wide variety of transactions including cross-border M&A, privatizations, restructurings, and international debt and equity financings. Mr. Alfaro received a Bachelor of Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey (first in his Class) and an MBA from The Wharton School.
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About : Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
William Burns
Senior Advisor of Blackstone Group
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About : Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
William Burns
Senior Advisor of Blackstone Group
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About : Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Peter Brack
Venture Advisor of Mucker Capital
Peter Brack is the Managing Partner at Hypothesis.
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About Collective Laboratories, Hypothesis: MuckerLab is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, pre-seed, seed, startup, early-stage, and Series A investments.
Howard Morgan
Co-Founder & Special Advisor of First Round Capital
Howard Morgan is currently the Chairman of B Capital. He co-founded First Round Capital with Josh Kopelman as the first professional Seed Stage Fund, where he remains Senior Advisor. Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Prior to his move into the business of technology, Howard served as a professor at the Wharton School and the Moore School, both at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at Cornell University. He is also an Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley. Howard’s research on user interface technology and the optimization of computer networks was critical to bringing the ARPAnet to Philadelphia in the 1970s. Through this early internet participation, he helped corporate and government agencies use technology to improve the efficiency of both large and small organizations. He also has deep experience with very large databases, and served as the first Editor of the ACM Transactions on Database Systems Journal. Throughout his career, Howard has sought out great people and nurtured them so that they could realize their dreams. His mentees have included both PhD students researching a key topic, and early stage entrepreneurs building companies and taking them from seed stage through initial public offerings. He currently serves as a Director of Idealab, and he is on the board of several non-profits including Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and Math For America. He has also served on a number of public company Boards, including Franklin Electronic Publishers and Internet Brands, Inc. He was CEO of Kentek and Franklin during various turnover or transitional periods and in 1997 he was named Delaware Valley Entrepreneur of the Year. Howard is a respected author and a frequent speaker at major industry conferences. Howard received a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1968, and a BS in Physics from City College of the City University of New York in 1965.
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About Arca Group Inc, Arca Group Inc, B Capital Group, First Round Capital, Gust, Nacre Capital: First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
K. Tighe
Expert Network Advisor of First Round Capital
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About : First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
John Connolly
Senior Advisor – Boston Operations of Bain Capital Ventures
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors at A Cloud Guru. Board Member at TokenEx, iboss & LiquidX.
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About Bain Capital Ventures, Eaglehead Capital, MIM-Hayden Real Estate Funds: Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.
Enrico Ferrari
Advisor of Global Founders Capital
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About Global Founders Capital: GFC is a globally oriented, stage agnostic venture fund that empowers gifted entrepreneurs.
Mark Perry
Strategic Advisor of New Enterprise Associates
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About : New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Anthony Vinciquerra
Senior Advisor – Technology, Media & Telecom Sectors of TPG Growth
Anthony J. Vinciquerra is a Member of the Board of Directors at QUALCOMM Incorporated since July 2015. Tony is a Senior Advisor to Texas Pacific Group (TPG) in the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors, where he advises TPG on acquisitions and operations. Tony has been a Senior Advisor of TPG since September 2011. From September 2008 to February 2011, Tony was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Fox Networks Group, the largest and most profitable operating unit of News Corporation and from June 2002 to February 2011, President and Chief Executive Officer. Earlier in his career, Tony held various management positions in the broadcasting and media industry. Tony has been a Member of the Board of Directors of DirecTV since September 2013. Tony previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. from January 2011 to May 2012, and Motorola, Inc. from July 2007 to January 2011. Tony holds a B.A. degree in Marketing from the State University of New York.
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About : TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.
Matthew E. Rubel
Senior Advisor of TPG Growth
Mr. Matthew E. Rubel, also known as Matt, is a Senior Advisor at TPG Capital, L.P. and TPG Growth. Mr. Rubel served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Collective Brands, Inc. from joining on July 18, 2005 to June 15, 2011. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Payless Shoesource Inc., a subsidiary of Collective Brands, Inc. from July 18, 2005 to June 15, 2011. He served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cole Haan, Inc from February 1999 to July 2005, where he transformed it into a global lifestyle brand celebrating American luxury. Prior to joining Cole Haan, Mr. Rubel served as an Executive Vice President of J. Crew Group and Chief Executive Officer of Popular Club Plan from 1994 to 1999. Since November 1998, Mr. Rubel led the sale of Popular from J. Crew to Fingerhut. While at J. Crew Group, he was responsible for all licensing and international activities, as well as brand marketing. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pepe Jeans USA and President of the Specialty Division of Revlon managing Revlon Inc.’s prestige cosmetic brands.
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About : TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.
Alana Ackerson
Advisor of Figure
Alana Ackerson is an entrepreneur, board member and investor in industries including financial services, blockchain, and international development. Alana is Co-Founder and Chief People Officer at Figure, whose primary mission is to build and promote self-sufficient, independent blockchain solutions to eliminate rent seeking and facilitate innovation in financial services. As part of this objective, Figure has a financial services business, including lending and asset management, executed entirely on blockchain. Provenance is Figure’s blockchain protocol for the origination, custody, trading and securitization of whole loans and other assets. Provenance has a native token, Hash, which is used to both access the blockchain and to memorialize off-chain exchange of fiat currency. Previously, she served as CEO of The Thiel Foundation, where she led the organization’s efforts to support the next-generation of entrepreneurs and to promote radical scientific and technological innovations. Alana is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the Board of Directors for Opportunity International. She has sat on the Boards of Stanford Student Enterprises, SFTS, and the Association of Women in Alternative Investing, as well as the Executive Committee of Breakout Labs and the Organizing Committee for International Justice Mission. Alana holds a B.A. with Honors in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University, an M.A. in Philosophical and Systematic Theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and a Doctorate of Ministry with a focus on technology and faith from San Francisco Theological Seminary, where she also earned a Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction. She is a candidate for a Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Stanford University.
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About Figure: Figure is a financial services company leveraging blockchain technology.
Travis Nelson
Management Advisory Board of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Travis Nelson is a Managing Director of TowerBrook. Prior to joining TowerBrook, he was a Managing Director and co-founder of Pacific Partners. Previously, he was an investment professional at Goldman Sachs, Oak Hill Capital Partners and Freeman Spogli & Co., and he served as a consultant to Rich Santulli, CEO of NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company. He earned his B.A. from DePauw University and received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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About : TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Tom Marano
Advisor of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Mr. Marano, who has over 30 years’ experience in finance and lending and is widely considered an expert in the residential mortgage industry, most recently served as CEO of ResCap, a subsidiary of Ally Financial (formerly GMAC). Prior to joining Rescap, Mr. Marano spent 25 years at Bear Stearns where he ultimately served as the Global Head of Real Estate until his resignation in 2008. Mr. Marano’s responsibilities at Bear Stearns included oversight of the firm’s mortgage banking and mortgage related capital markets operations. Following his resignation from Bear Stearns, Mr. Marano joined Cerberus Capital Management where he established the mortgage capital markets group. At the request of Cerberus, Mr. Marano joined ResCap, first as its Non-Executive Chairman and later as its CEO. As CEO Mr. Marano lead ResCap’s restructuring and ultimate bankruptcy processes. Mr. Marano holds a B.A. in History from Columbia University.
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About : TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Thomas S. Roberts
Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Summit Partners
Robert Thomas brings more than 30 years of technical, sales, marketing and management experience in the technology industry. In his current role as president and CEO of Infoblox, he has built the company into a highly profitable and valued business and successfully took it public in May 2012 (Nasdaq: BLOX). Previously, he was CEO and president at NetScreen Technologies, which was acquired by Juniper Networks; and he held senior management positions at Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu and ICL. During his nine years at Sun Microsystems, he was general manager of intercontinental operations and director of international marketing development, overseeing Sun’s international business opportunities and policies. Robert holds a B.Sc. in mathematics from Adelaide University in Australia.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Harrison B. Miller
Senior Advisor, Former Managing Director of Summit Partners
Harrison B. Miller first joined Summit Partners in 1988. After then attending business school, he was part of the founding management team at Lightspan, an online education company that completed its initial public offering in 2000. At Amazon.com from 1998 to 2003, Harrison was the founding VP and GM of Platform Services, a $180 million unit of the company developing and deploying Amazon’s technology infrastructure as a managed service for major retailers and other customers. Harrison rejoined Summit in 2003. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, Harrison today co-heads the firm’s venture capital activities in North America, Europe and Asia, and focuses primarily on the technology and healthcare & life sciences sectors. Harrison’s directorships and investments include Autobase (acquired by Dominion Enterprises), Clearwater Analytics, Cloudmark, Delphix, LiveOffice (acquired by Symantec Corporation), NetWitness Corporation (acquired by EMC Corporation), Postini (acquired by Google), Software Spectrum (acquired by Level 3 Communications),Tiny Prints (acquired by Shutterfly), Wildfire Interactive (acquired by Google), AdvaCare (acquired by Medaphis Corporation), Diagnostic Hybrids (acquired by Quidel Corporation), and The Mutual Fund Store (acquired by Warburg Pincus). Harrison holds an AB in religion, cum laude, from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford Business School. He serves numerous nonprofit organizations in an advisory or board capacity, including Common Sense Media, Opportunity Fund and Worldreader.org.
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About Autobase, LiveOffice, Postini, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
C.J. Fitzgerald
Senior Advisor of Summit Partners
C.J. Fitzgerald joined Summit Partners in 1990. He then attended business school, and was founder and Chief Executive Officer of North Systems. C.J. rejoined Summit in 2001. Based in Summit’s Menlo Park office, C.J. is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia, and focuses primarily on the technology sector. During his 17 years with Summit Partners, C.J. has served as a director of many companies including three public companies. His past and present directorships include Access Information Management, Answers, GoldenGate Software (acquired by Oracle), Heald College (acquired by Corinthian Colleges), Help/Systems, Infor, M-Audio (acquired by Avid Technology), Mo Industries Holdings (acquired by VF Corporation), RuffaloCODY, Trident University International, Ubiquiti Networks (NASDAQ: UBNT) and WebSideStory (NASDAQ: WSSI). C.J. holds a BS in computer science, with Honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Jon McCarter
Managing Director & National Energy Leader for Transaction Advisory Services of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Jon McCarter
Managing Director & National Energy Leader for Transaction Advisory Services of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Jill Sommers
Advisory Board Member of Green Key Technologies
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About : GreenKey is the voice-driven collaboration platform for financial markets: enhancing compliance and enabling sophisticated data analytics.
Stuart Auerbach
Senior Advisor of Ampersand Capital Partners
Stuart Auerbach, a founding member and former director and treasurer of the TBM 700 Owners and Pilots Association, earned his private pilot certificate more than 30 years ago. Today, Stuart is a CFI and ATP, and holds single-and multiengine land and sea, turbojet, and rotorcraft ratings. He is a member of EAA’s President’s Circle and President’s Council. Professionally, Stuart serves as a general partner at Ampersand Capital Partners. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Columbia University and a master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School.
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About Ampersand Capital Partners, Unilever: Ampersand is a middle market private equity firm focused on investments in two core sectors: Healthcare and Industrial.
Brian Napack
Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners
Brian Napack is president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons, a global leader in education and scholarly research. He joined the Company in December of 2017 as the 14th CEO in Wiley’s 210-year history. Brian has devoted his career to the education, information, publishing, and media industries. Prior to joining Wiley, Brian was a senior advisor with Providence Equity, one of the world’s leading private equity investors, where he was focused on making and managing investments in the media, education, and information sectors. From 2006 to 2012, Brian was president of Macmillan, overseeing publishing businesses in education, consumer books, digital media and magazines. Macmillan’s imprints include St. Martin’s Press; Farrar Strauss & Giroux; Henry Holt; Bedford, Freeman, & Worth; and Scientific American where he was chairman. Before that, he was a partner at L.E.K. Consulting, a global management consulting firm, where he served corporate and private equity clients in media, publishing, entertainment, and education. Brian founded and was CEO of ThinkBox, a digital media company focused on pre K-12 education. At The Walt Disney Company, Brian founded and ran Disney Educational Publishing and was a co-founder of Disney Interactive. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Simon & Schuster and A.T. Kearney. Outside of Wiley, Brian serves on the boards of Burning Glass, a leading data and analytics software company, and Zero To Three, a science-based early childhood advocacy group. Brian received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College.
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About John Wiley & Sons: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Katya Fisher
Investment Director & Legal Advisor of Runa Capital
Katya Fisher is an attorney providing advisory services in corporate law and business immigration. She is licensed to practice in the state of New York and before the United States Tax Court. Notable current and former corporate/general counsel clients include representing the U.S. interests of global cyber security firm, an international television channel, the largest private university in the Russian Federation, an art investment fund, and numerous startups and established companies in the fields of tech, A.I., and blockchain. Katya is well known for her work in business immigration as well, having successfully filed many nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions including the O, L, E-2 and EB visas. In 2016 Katya won an AAO appeal (Matter of Y-S) on behalf of her client. Katya is a graduate of New York University, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a former Howard M. Squadron Fellow in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford. Katya has been selected to Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
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About Fisher Cataliotti, Runa Capital: Runa Capital is a VC focusing on B2B SaaS, machine intelligence, complex software, IT, fintech, edtech, and digital health.
Edward Hamburg
Advisory Partner of Morgan Stanley
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About American Institutes for Research (AIR), Morgan Stanley, VizExplorer: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Katy Zhao
TitleSenior Vice President | Senior Portfolio Manager | International Client Advisor of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Jack Wadsworth
Advisory Director of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Peter O’Brien
Wealth Advisor of Morgan Stanley
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About : Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Alex Pancoe
Associate Vice President, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Manager of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Antonia Abraham
Advisor of Flybridge
Antonia started her career as an investment banker and lawyer. She left her law firm, Cravath, to join Betaworks where she managed investments and finance/operations for their in-house companies and later stepped in as CFO of two of their portfolio companies, SocialFlow and Chartbeat. Antonia worked at Yodle in Business Operations and subsequently ran finance and operations for Handshake, Inc. As a born and raised New Yorker, Antonia has a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
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About : Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing with entrepreneurs to leverage the power of the community.
Bob Freier
Advisor of Flybridge
Bob has been active in the communities he has lived in for over 20 years. Before moving to Woodbury, he was active in the East Williston School District, serving on many committees to help the district with technology and construction projects. Bob eventually ran and was elected as a Trustee of the Board of Education where he served for 4 years, the last 2 of which he was Vice President. During his tenure, Bob oversaw several multi-million dollar construction projects as well as an energy performance contract which resulted in significant savings to the district. Because of efficiencies, more programs and services were created for the students of the district. In his professional life, Bob is the owner and Partner of (2) small businesses, Genero Search Group and District Wise Search Consultants. As a co-founder of Genero Search Group, he works with venture-backed technology startup companies in helping form their initial core teams. The great majority of the companies he helped put together have gone on to achieve great success and create numerous jobs that help fuel our economy. Many of these companies have also been successfully acquired or gone on to become successful public companies. Through Bob’s work at Genero, he has also become an Advisor to Flybridge Capital Partners, assisting in the formation of many of their portfolio companies. Bob also is a co-founder of District Wise Search Consultants, which primarily focuses on finding new Superintendents for public schools after current Superintendents decide to either move on or retire. All of the public school boards that have hired District Wise have resulted in significant taxpayer savings and are leaders of what a 21st Century education should be. Bob’s firm frequently holds community forums in his clients’ districts (Students, Parents, Seniors, Teachers, Custodians, Clerical and Administration) so that they can have input into the process of hiring the next leader of their district. Bob is married to his wife, Suzy, who is a former Special Education teacher and now the Director of a pre-school. They have a daughter Michelle, who is a Special Education teacher in the New York City Public School System. They also have a son Dylan, who is an entrepreneur working for a startup software company in NYC. Bob was also an avid runner and has run 13 (26.2 miles) marathons and even more half marathons. He ran the majority of these races to raise needed funds for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. In 2010, Bob was nominated to be “Man of The Year” by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Bob was a previous candidate for the Town of Oyster Bay Town Council. He has been frequently quoted in Newsday and an outspoken critic of the corruption and mismanagement in the current elected and appointed officials at the Town.
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About : Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing with entrepreneurs to leverage the power of the community.
Joel Schwartz
Advisor of Flybridge
Joel Schwartz recently retired from EMC Corp as Senior VP and General Manager Global New Business Development. While there in this role he was responsible for the overall strategic direction of EMC’s New Business Activities around the world. In this capacity, he initiated EMC’s R&D efforts in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Colombia and Mexico, as well as led numerous investments/acquisitions in Israeli companies and joint ventures in China. Prior to this role, Joel headed EMC’s Clariion Division, growing its revenues from $500M to $2B in five years. Joel also served as the Sr. VP and GM for the Clariion Division as well as leading WW Sales and Marketing for Data General Corporation prior to its acquisition by EMC. Joel sits on a number of boards including: the Board of Directors of Mass Ventures, Board of Directors of the Finca Vigia Foundation and the Board of Overseers of the Brandeis International Business School. Joel is also a member of the Board of Directors of the US Russian Business Council, The International Visiting Committee of Case Western Reserve, Board of Advisors to Mass Challenge Israel and the Board of Directors of Israel and Co. He has also been a board member and advisor to several healthcare IT startups.
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About : Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing with entrepreneurs to leverage the power of the community.
Kenneth Berger
Advisor of Flybridge
Kenneth Berger is an advisor to Flybridge Capital Partners focused on a new generation of user-focused business startups: tools for work. As the first product manager at Slack, Kenneth helped them grow 10x from 100K–1M+ daily active users. He co-founded YesGraph, another bottoms-up enterprise startup in the social recruiting space, and raised funding from top investors. At Adobe, he helped build some of its first SaaS products, managed the $100M+ Dreamweaver business, and drove critical acquisitions including Typekit, Omniture, and Behance. Kenneth holds an MHCI in Human-Computer Interaction and a BS in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and HCI from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About : Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing with entrepreneurs to leverage the power of the community.
Jared Cohen
Advisor of Flybridge
Jared has a wide range of skills, from operations and product, to law and finance, that he calls upon to help startups build, grow, and scale. He spent three years at Kickstarter, building all business operations from scratch. Initially tasked with solving payments and real estate, he continuously took on more responsibility eventually overseeing all of finance, human resources, payments, international, data, legal, marketplace integrity, and facilities. He was a company officer, member of the five-person executive team that ran the company and made all high-level decisions, and ran the all hands, exec, and board meetings. Since leaving Kickstarter, Jared has been advising several startups and serving as VP Product and member of the exec team at Teachers Pay Teachers, a marketplace where teachers share, buy, and sell their original classroom resources that has made nearly 20 teacher-millionaires.
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About : Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing with entrepreneurs to leverage the power of the community.
Monique Guimond
Advisor of Flybridge
Monique Guimond is a MBA candidate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management who worked with the firm as a summer associate in 2016 and continues to support the firm as a Flybridge Fellow focused on identifying student-led investment opportunities. At MIT Monique runs the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, which stewards dozens of the top ideas across MIT through three annual competitions, mentorship programs, and non-dilutive venture funding. Prior to arriving at Sloan Monique was one of the first employees at a healthcare design startup focused on building interventions that improved patient outcomes. In her five-year tenure she set up and built out operations and worked to expand the business model, helping the company grow to over 50 employees and three offices abroad. Monique hold’s a B.S. from Georgetown University in Global Health and has spent time conducting research for the Ministry of Health in Uganda.
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About : Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing with entrepreneurs to leverage the power of the community.
Craig Gephart
Branding Advisor of Ripio
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About : Ripio is a bitcoin and digital payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America.
Craig Gephart
Branding Advisor of Ripio
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About : Ripio is a bitcoin and digital payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America.
Livia Masnaghetti
Industry Advisor of Advent International
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About : Advent International is a global private equity firm that invests in the business and financial services.
Larry Bodner
Senior Advisor of Advent International
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About : Advent International is a global private equity firm that invests in the business and financial services.
Bart Swanson
Advisor of Horizons Ventures
Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive. Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from 1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California.
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About : Horizons Ventures focuses on investing in disruptive and technology-focused start-ups.
David Dvorin
Senior Advisor of TPG
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About : TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Halsey Wise
Senior Advisor of TPG
Halsey Wise is Chairman and Chief Executive of Lime Barrel Advisors, LLC, a private investment firm he founded in 2010. He brings to Cerner more than 30 years of experience leading, operating and advising software and healthcare technology companies. He previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MedAssets Inc. (formerly Nasdaq:MDAS), a leading health care technology performance improvement company that provides technology enabled products and services for hospitals, health systems, non-acute healthcare providers, payers and other service providers and product manufacturers in the United States. Prior to that, Halsey Wise served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Intergraph Corporation (formerly Nasdaq: INGR), a provider of geospatial and engineering software; Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of the North American region for Solution 6 Holdings, Ltd.; General Manager of the North American region for Global Services for CA, Inc. and President and Chief Operating Officer of Computer Management Sciences, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: CMSX), a software and services provider. Halsey Wise serves on the Boards of Directors of WellSky and Aspen Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZPN), and he has also served on the Boards at several publicly held companies, including Cotiviti Health Inc. (formerly NYSE: COTV), Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM)) and Intergraph Corporation (formerly Nasdaq: INGR). He holds a Master’s of Business Administration in finance and marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. degree in history from the University of Virginia.
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About TPG: TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Norm Fogelsong
Advisory Partner of Institutional Venture Partners
Norm Fogelsong joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in March 1989. With more than 30 years of high-technology venture capital and growth equity experience, he emphasizes investments in private later-stage companies and in select public market opportunities. Norm has led investments in Artisan Components (ARTI), Aspect Communications, Compaq Computers (CPQ), Concur Technologies (CNQR), Convex Computers (CNVX), Cortina Systems (IPHI), Danger (MFST), Dataminr, InphoMatch (SAP), Integrated Circuit Works (CY), Lam Research (LRCX), Marketo (MKTO), Mindbody (MB), MobileIron (MOBL), Platinum Software (PSQL), Polycom (PLCM), SkyStream Networks (ERIC), TelCom Semiconductor (TLCM), and Websense (WBSN). Norm was recognized by AlwaysOn as one of the top 100 venture capitalists by his inclusion in the AlwaysOn 2013 VC 100 List. Norm also actively participated in venture investments in Akamai (AKAM), Amgen (AMGN), At Road (TRMB), Applied Biosystems (ABI), Chordiant (CHRD), ComScore (SCOR), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Digital River (DRIV), Genentech (DNA), Linear Technology (LLTC), LoopNet (CSGP), LSI (LSI), MIPS Computer Systems (MIPS), Quantum (QTM), Silicon Graphics (SGI), SuccessFactors (SFSF), SupportSoft (SPRT), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), 3COM (COMS), Verisity (VRST), and Zynga (ZNGA). For Cortina Systems, Norm arranged a $132 million investment syndicate, and the proceeds were used to buy a $100 million division that was being spun out of Intel. His most recent investments include Mindbody, the largest global provider of online business management software to the beauty, health, and wellness industry, MobileIron, the leader in Mobile IT security and management for apps, content, and devices, and Dataminr, a New York-based real-time information discovery company. Norm began his career as a computer programmer at Hewlett-Packard. He then worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialized in strategic planning. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and has served the local community as the Treasurer of the Children’s Health Council, the Secretary of the Churchill Club, the Founder of the Kona Jazz Festival and as a member of the Major Gifts Committees at Menlo School and Stanford University. Norm earned a B.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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About Institutional Venture Partners: Institutional Venture Partners is a later-stage venture capital firm that focuses on technology and media companies.
Chackan Lai
Vice President, Risk Advisory & Innovation of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Tom Crotty
Senior Advisor of Battery Ventures
Tom joined Battery in 1989 and is responsible for managing all investment and operational aspects of the firm. His primary focus has been on the communications and e-commerce sectors, with investments including @stake Inc. (acquired by Symantec), Advanced Computer Communications (acquired by Newbridge Networks), Amber Wave Systems (acquired by U.S. Robotics), AnswerSoft (acquired by Davox), CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing), FaxSav Inc. (NASDAQ: FAXX), FORE Systems (NASDAQ: FORE), Primary Rate Inc. (acquired by Xircom), RADNET Ltd. (acquired by Siemens) and Witness Systems (NASDAQ: WITS). Tom is actively involved in the venture industry and is a board member of the NVCA. In 2005, he was invited to join the board of the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), which brings together business, university and government leaders in a public/private partnership to build the state’s technology economy. Tom began his venture capital career in 1986 when he joined Abacus Ventures, a partnership focused on communications investments. He has been in the technology business since 1980, holding positions with IBM’s mainframe and minicomputer business. Tom received a BA in Business from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Rick Frisbie
Senior Advisor of Battery Ventures
Rick founded Battery Ventures nearly 25 years ago. In his current role, Rick acts principally as an advisor on the overall management and strategy of the firm. His current portfolio responsibilities are concentrated in the telecom sector and include MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) and Zayo Bandwidth. Rick’s prior investments include Allegiance Telecom (NASDAQ: ALGX), Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY), Concord Communications (NASDAQ: CCRD), Network Equipment Technologies and several mobile communications investments that became part of Nextel Communications (NASDAQ: NXTL). Rick has served on numerous private and public company boards, and has also been a member of the Board of Directors of both the New England Venture Capital Association and the National Venture Capital Association. Prior to founding Battery, Rick spent six years in venture capital at UNC Ventures and two years in law at Hutchins and Wheeler. Rick holds an AB in Government from Harvard College and a JD from Harvard Law School.
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About Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Paul Olson
Member of the Board of Advisor of Thoma Bravo
Paul Olson has been a director of the Company since the August 2005 Merger. Paul has served as the independent Chairman of the Board of the Company since May of 2011. Paul served as lead director of Entegris Minnesota and as Chairman of the Governance Committee of the Entegris Minnesota board of directors from March 2003 until the Merger with the Company and as a the Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors until 2011. Paul Olson served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of nuBridges, Inc., a software business headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia from 2008 until its merger with Liaison Technologies, Inc. in 2011; he continues to serve on the board of directors of Liaison Technologies, Inc., serving as chairman of its Compensation Committee and as a member of its Audit Committee. Paul served as Executive Vice President of Bethel University from 2002 to 2008. Prior to 2000, Paul Olson was a founding executive of Sterling Commerce, Inc., an electronic commerce software company. Prior to his role with Sterling Commerce, he held executive positions with Sterling Software, Inc. and Michigan National Corp.Paul Olson is a member of the board of directors of several private companies and non-profit organizations, including WMC Industries, Inc.(where he is lead director) and Macalester College (where he serves on the infrastructure and audit committees); Paul Olson also serves as an advisor to Thoma Bravo Equity Partners. Paul Olson holds a BA degree from Macalester College, an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and a doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About : Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm with a focus on investing in software and technology companies.
Christopher Payne
Financial Advisor & Vice President of Payne Capital Management
Christopher Payne is a financial advisor at Payne Capital Management (PCM). His responsibilities include speaking with each of his clients on either a monthly or quarterly basis. Every client also receives a comprehensive annual review that entails both updated wealth projections and discussion about any changes that have impacted their lives or goals. In addition to working with his current clients, Christopher focuses on growing the practice of PCM. Prior to joining Payne Capital, he worked at SunGard Availability Services as an account executive. What triggered the move to wealth management? “I spent most of my previous career working as an account executive for an IT company,” says Christopher. “My job included both client relationship management and business development. After almost six years with that organization, I felt it was time for a change. I wanted to be part of a growing company that offered a unique and valued service. PCM covered both of those criteria.” Christopher is originally from the Philadelphia area, where he lived until 7th grade before attending preparatory boarding schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He then headed out west to the University of Denver, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration. In his spare time, Christopher enjoys reading, sailing, working on computers and traveling.
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About Payne Capital Management: Payne Capital Management operates as a financial advisory group and fiduciary.
Kem Danner
Global Head of Human Resources, State Street Global Advisors of State Street Global Advisors
Kem Danner is the head of Human Resources and Senior Vice President for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and is a member of the SSGA Executive Management Group (EMG). Kem joins the company this year after over 17 years at Bank of America where she most recently served as the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for a number of business units responsible for designing and executing a sustainable diversity and inclusion strategy for the respective business units. Kem held various roles within Global Human Resources at Bank of America including Senior HR Business Partner during and after the Bank of America Merrill Lynch merger in the Global Markets & Banking business, head of HR for Global Markets Technology & Operations as well as head of Human Resources for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Kem began her career in 1997 at Bank of America in the Management Associate Program in Charlotte, NC and served various business roles in the Retail, Preferred & Small Business including the launch of the company’s Online Banking & Bill Pay initiatives prior to joining the bank’s Global Human Resources division. Kem worked on several company mergers at Bank of America including a merger related assignment abroad in Europe. Kem is actively involved in various charitable organizations relating to childhood education & development as well as cancer research for the Samuel Waxman Foundation, Storefront Academy and the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She is also a member of various employee network groups within the company. Kem attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for undergraduate and graduate studies and will be moving from New York to Boston.
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About State Street Global Advisors: State Street Global Advisors is the investment management division of State Street Corporation
Geoff Judge
Advisor of Inovia Capital
Partner iNovia Capital Geoff was a co-founder of 24/7 Media; previously the President of Interactive Imaginations, 1 of 3 companies that merged to form 24/7 Media in 1997. 24/7 Media went public in August 1998 and was acquired by WPP in 2007 for $649MM. He was at iMarket prior, a venture backed start-up, where he was on the management team as VP Marketing. Geoff Judge spent nine years at American Express in the Card Division in several roles including VP and GM, Travel & Corp. Insurance Group. He was an investor in IndustryBrains (sold to Marchex), on the Board of Fetchback (sold to GSI), Oggifinogi (sold to Collective) and current board member of Global Cash Access (NYSE: GCA), Collective, PexCard, Spanfeller Media, and Lenddo, and an observer on Chango, Resonate, Routehappy, 33 Across, and others. He’s a founding board member of Children for Children, and a Trustee for the Sacred Heart School in Manhattan for 6 years. Education: M.B.A. from Columbia, B.A. in Economics from Northwestern.
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About : Inovia Capital is a full-stack venture firm that invests in tech founders.
Dan Freedman
Advisor of Inovia Capital
Since 1981, Dan Freedman has founded, grown, financed, bought, and sold software companies, primarily in the networking and security sectors. Freedman served as Vice-President of Security Products at anti-virus giant McAfee Corporation (now part of Intel) in the 1990’s, and has established successful companies in the networking, security, financing, and Internet Telephony spaces. Today, Dan’s leadership roles are in advising high-growth management teams. Born in the UK but growing up in Canada, today Dan lives in California, where he balances business with the pleasures of family life, and is an avid pilot, yachtsman, pianist, and mentor.
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About : Inovia Capital is a full-stack venture firm that invests in tech founders.
Lou Gatto
Strategic Advisor of Scratchpay
37 year veteran of the veterinary industry. Founding partner of Gatto McFerson (CPA firm for vets), and owner of many animal hospitals. Dedicated to helping pets receive great care and helping vets build great businesses.
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About : Scratchpay is a patient financing solution for veterinary care.
Neil Coleman
Advisor of Magma Partners
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About Attune, Magma Partners: Magma Partners is an early-stage investment firm that supports Latin American entrepreneurs.
William Perry
Venture Advisor of Vision Ridge Capital Partners
Bill Perry serves as Venture Advisor at Vision Ridge Partners, as well as at Infield Capital. He is active across a broad spectrum, including: fund strategy, sector research, deal identification and screening, deal structuring and negotiation, and development of portfolio companies. Bill came to Colorado in 1982 as President of Precision Visuals, Inc. (a software company focused on engineering graphics). He built the venture from a ten-person garage shop into number 49 on the Top 100 Software Company list. In the early 2000s, he developed Webroot Software, Inc. into his second Top 100 Company. He also co-founded, and continues to serve with SoftBridge Advisors. Under his leadership, SoftBridge has logged three IPOs, seventeen successful mergers, and raised or assisted in over forty financings totaling $350 million. Bill spent the early years of his career in large corporations, with key assignments as off-highway, then later on-highway marketing manager at Detroit Diesel Allison (a $1bn line of industrial products), and as chief financial officer of a rapidly growing, Latin American telecom group. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from MIT, an MBA from Harvard, and is a recipient of Esprit’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship.
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About : Vision Ridge Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the technology, energy, and transportation sectors.
Chris Allen
US Startup Scout & Advisor of Haatch
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About Haatch: Award-Winning Investors from Pre-Seed to Exit. Investments via Haatch Angel and our SEIS, EIS & Follow On funds from Haatch Ventures.
Esteban Reyes
Venture Advisor of Las Olas Venture Capital
Esteban Reyes is a serial technology entrepreneur with three exits that co-founded Las Olas Venture Capital to invest in the next generation of B2B, technology companies. He is the former Managing Director at Lender Processing Services [NYSE: LPS], as part of the company’s $600 million technology data & analytics division leadership team. Currently, he is a board member and early investor at Cypress.io, IOPipe, Rotabull, and SmartHop. Esteban is a Kauffman Fellow and serves as a mentor and advisor at Techstars, Endeavor.org, and Georgia Tech’s ATDC. He is a visiting lecturer at Kellogg’s School of Management at Northwestern University on the topics of entrepreneurship and venture capital. He spends his free time mastering the art of learning new things, playing soccer, and devising new travel adventures with his three boys.
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About Kauffman Fellows, Recast Capital: Las Olas Venture Capital is an early-stage fund that invests in startups in a variety of industries.
Erik Blachford
Executive Advisor of TCV
Currently a Venture Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, Erik has previously served as CEO of Expedia, Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp’s travel division, IAC Travel (including online travel businesses Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Custom Vacations and Interval International), CEO at Butterfield & Robinson and CEO at Terrapass, Inc. His prior positions at Expedia Inc. included SVP of Marketing & Planning and various roles in product management. Erik is an active private company investor, serving on boards including Glassdoor, Zillow, Siteminder, Liftopia and Terrapass, and participates in non-profit boards including EcoAmerica, The Cutting Ball Theatre and the US National Council of the World Wildlife Fund. Erik holds a bachelor’s degree in English and certificate in theatre from Princeton University and a master’s in business administration from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Narrative Fund, TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Jonathan Teo
Advisor of SparkLabs Global Ventures
Mr. Jonathan Teo is the Founder, Partner, Founding Partner, Co-Founder, and Managing Partner of Binary Capital. Mr. Teo serves as an Advisor at Gen Y Capital Partners I LLC and SparkLabs. Mr. Teo serves as a Venture Advisor at General Catalyst Partners. He helps General Catalyst Partners explore emerging models for consumer products.
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About : SparkLabs Global Ventures is a seed-stage investment firm.
Ben Turner
Advisory Board Member of Plus Eight Equity Fund LP
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About : Plus Eight Equity Partners is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in music technology companies.
Pete Tong
Advisory Board Member of Plus Eight Equity Fund LP
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About : Plus Eight Equity Partners is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in music technology companies.
David Scheible
Operating Advisor of CD&R LLP
David W. Scheible is Chairman and CEO of Graphic Packaging Holding, a $4.6 billion (NYSE: GPK) company headquartered in Atlanta, GA. He has been the chief executive since 2007. Graphic Packaging Holding is the world’s largest manufacturer of paper-based folding cartons for the consumer food and beverage markets, supporting global brands like AB, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Kellogg, Kraft, Miller Coors, Nestle, Pepsi Co., and many more. The company has more than 14,000 employees globally, makes 2.5m tons of paper in seven North American paperboard mills, and operates 70 converting plants and numerous sales and distribution centers in over 20 countries. Scheible has held numerous executive leadership roles in the company, including President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations. He was previously affiliated with the Avery Denison Corporation in a variety of global operating roles spanning a 13-year career. He was recently named the 2015 North American CEO of the Year by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The award was presented to Scheible at the 30th Annual RISI North American Conference. Scheible was also named Executive Papermaker of the Year by PaperAge magazine. This award is based on corporate vision, strategic objectives and strong leadership both within the executive’s company and in the paper industry as a whole. Scheible serves on the Board of Directors of Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE), a provider of integrated electronics manufacturing, design and engineering services, and on the Board of Flint Industries, a global manufacturer of printing ink and supplies. He serves on the Board of Cancer Treatment Centers of America and the Metro Area Chamber of Commerce where he was Chair of the education committee. He is a past Chairman of the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA). He was a 2013 winner of the E&Y Entrepreneur of the year in the Southeast for industrials. Scheible holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Purdue University and an M.S.I.A. from the Krannert School of Business at Purdue University.
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About : Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a global private equity manager that invests in and builds valuable businesses.
Marcus Antebi
Special Advisor of Rosecliff Ventures
Marcus Antebi is a special advisor to Rosecliff Ventures. He is the Founder and CEO of Juice Press, New York’s fastest growing organic food retailer. For over 25 years Marcus has been highly involved and interested in athletics and nutrition. In the early 90’s he started with rock climbing and then got involved in ultimate frisbee where he played in competitive leagues. In his mid 20’s he pursued skydiving where he began his business career by starting a company called Pier Video. After getting introduced to thai boxing he became consumed by it, had his first fight in 2004, and became captivated with nutrition and the benefits of a plant-based diet that especially included superfoods, raw juices, and lots of salads. Due to dissatisfaction with the commercial juice and raw food industry in New York, Marcus came up with the idea for Juice Press. Since its launch in 2010 it has grown like a weed. With now over 50 locations in the Northeast, JuicePress prides itself on being a customer-focused brand devoted to changing lives through education, product development, and the highest standards in the industry. Marcus continues to move Juice Press closer towards its goal of becoming the most trusted nutrition and wellness brand on the planet and we are honored to have him on as a special advisor to Rosecliff Ventures.
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About : Rosecliff invests in companies that are making life better, brighter, bolder, and more efficient.
Ghanshyam Dass
Senior Advisor of LongFin Corp
Mr. Dass is a Senior Advisor at KPMG. Assisting KPMG team in the region to develop and further strengthen core businesses, by maximizing business opportunities, optimizing market synergies and complementarities across industry sectors as also strengthening relationship with the Regulators, various trade bodies and Government Departments at center and State Level. Ghanshyam has had an outstanding career in domestic, international banking and Capital Markets for over 32 years, during which he developed a firm understanding of the complexities of international markets. He is thoroughly familiar with the regulatory and business environment in USA, European Union, South East Asia, The Middle East, India and other major money-center locations. While working for various organizations in the region, have been able to establish close and mutually cooperative relationship with most Banks and non-Banking Financial Institutions, Stock Exchanges, Corporates, Regulators and the Government Departments. Over the last two decades, Ghanshyam has been a significant voice in promoting India and Indian corporates in many countries worldwide. He has travelled extensively across all continents and has been a speaker and participated in panel discussions and conferences (including World Economic Forum) in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and several countries in the Middle East, among others. He is also regularly invited to speak, lead and participate at various seminars and panel discussions organized by industry associations, leading institutions and regulatory bodies. Ghanshyam has been a strong advocate of sound corporate governance and high standards of transparency to the corporate sector in the region. Ghanshyam joined NASDAQ OMX Group in 2000 and up until February 2009, he was Managing Director – Asia Pacific & Middle East, prior to which he was the General Manager and Chief Executive of Majan International Bank (a subsidiary of Commerz Bank A. G., Frankfurt, Germany) in the Sultanate of Oman. He also worked on several assignments, including the British Bank of the Middle East for two years as the Chief Executive Officer for its India operations, and with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for over ten years as Manager – South Asia & Middle East, Financial Institutions Group amongst other assignments. In his early career, he spent over nine years with US Educational Foundation in India (as Research Assistant to a Senior Fullbright Scholar), Bank of India, Wells Fargo Bank N. A., (as Assistant Representative for India) and Marine Midland Bank, N.A, (before being seconded to Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, India in January 1986).
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About : Global Alternative Financial Services company specializing in Structured Trade Finance, Real Estate Securitization powered by Technology.
Dave Nichols
Advisor of LongFin Corp
Dave Nichols has over 14 years of experience in entrepreneurial and start up businesses. As co-founder and managing director of Pangea Capital Partners, Dave built a portfolio of carbon emissions projects in China, South Africa and Indonesia. Mr. Nichols also understands the importance of executing day to day operations to ensure the success of new companies. At Pangea, he managed 30 projects through the United Nations registration process and oversaw the monthly monitoring and verification of the emissions reductions of the projects. Dave is the co-founder and managing director of Pangea Capital Partners. He is responsible for building Pangea’s global business presence in the environmental sector and manages its carbon emissions trading business. He has in-depth knowledge of project finance, carbon emissions, environmental policy, commodities sales and trading, and principal investing. At Pangea, Mr. Nichols expanded and operated the business in developing markets including China, Indonesia, and South Africa. He develops and executes projects in many sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency and water mitigation. At Pangea, Dave is directly responsible for the origination and development of over 30 carbon emissions reduction projects under the Kyoto Protocol CDM Mechanism. Mr. Nichols also has a strong track record of successfully negotiating contracts in developing markets. In China he successfully signed and developed over 30 CDM projects with counterparties ranging from small private Chinese companies to large state owned enterprises. In 2009 Mr. Nichols joined Deegon Inc. where he originated and negotiated large physical commodities transactions in both the oil and coal markets with leading Chinese companies including Norinco and Sinochem. Dave successful brokered a $50 million fuel oil deal with a Top 25 company in China. At Deegon, Dave had the additional responsibility of managing logistical aspects of the commodity deliveries. Also at Pangea Capital Partners Mr. Nichols lead successful project finance group. Raising capital for projects in China and other developing countries. Dave has valuable experience in emerging markets and has built a global presence in the environmental markets sector, including Asia, Latin America, Africa and the U.S. He has extensive knowledge in investment management, corporate finance, foreign exchange markets and business operations. Prior to Pangea Capital Partners, Dave was President of MTD, Inc. a developer of medical imaging technology. Dave earned an MBA with distinction from Columbia University and a BS in Environmental Science from University of Delaware.
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About : Global Alternative Financial Services company specializing in Structured Trade Finance, Real Estate Securitization powered by Technology.
Howard Hirakawa
Senior Vice President of Investment Advisor Operations of Pacific Life
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About Pacific Life: Pacific Life Insurance is an American insurance company that provides life insurance products, annuities, and mutual funds.
Michael C. Child
Senior Advisor of TA Associates
Michael focuses his investments in technology and technology-based service companies His prior experiences include ROLM Corporation – Product Manager, Boston Consulting Group – Strategic Planning, Hewlett-Packard Company – Production Engineer
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About IPG Photonics, Stanford Graduate School of Business: TA Associates is one of the private equity firms in the world.
Brian Hahn
Managing Director and Wealth Advisor of Neuberger Berman Group
Brian Hahn is a Managing Director at Neuberger Berman in the company’s Private Wealth Management group. Based in Chicago, Brian and his team of wealth advisors specialize in the design and implementation of strategic and tactical asset allocation programs, incorporating both traditional and alternative investment solutions. In 2015, he was named by Barron’s as one of the Top 100 Financial Advisors in America and ranked #6 in Illinois on Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors by state. Brian is also heavily involved with Changing Worlds, where he has served on the board since 2005
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About Neuberger Berman Group: Neuberger Berman is an independent and employee-controlled asset management company, providing global investment solutions.
Richard McGinn
Advisory Partner of RRE Ventures
Richard McGinn is General Partner at RRE Ventures.
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About : RRE Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers early-stage funding to software, internet, and communications companies.
Carrie Dolan
Board Advisor of LendUp
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About Tradeshift: LendUp is a socially responsible lender for the 56% of Americans shut out of mainstream banking due to low credit or volatile income.
Jenn Wolf
Portfolio Advisor of NextView Ventures
Chief People Officer & VC Start-up Advisor
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About CLEAR, JW Player: NextView Ventures invests in companies that use technology to drive a brighter collective future.
Cem Koray
Managing Director, Advisory of Perella Weinberg Partners
Prior to joining Perella Weinberg Partners, Mr. Koray was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan, where he advised a broad range of clients in the consumer and retail industries on M&A and capital raising transactions. Prior to attending business school, Mr. Koray worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co in Istanbul and Sydney. Mr. Koray received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University in Turkey and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.
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About Perella Weinberg Partners: Perella Weinberg Partners is a privately-owned financial services firm that provides corporate advisory and asset management services.
Mauro Rossi
Managing Director, Advisory Business of Perella Weinberg Partners
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About Perella Weinberg Partners: Perella Weinberg Partners is a privately-owned financial services firm that provides corporate advisory and asset management services.
Liron Petrushka
Senior Advisor of UpWest
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About Petrushka Investments, UpWest: UpWest is a Silicon Valley-based seed fund investing in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs targeting the US market.
Ryan Walsh
Advisor of Floodgate
Ryan Walsh is a Partner at Floodgate. He leads early stage investments in technology companies. A student of great products and how they impact culture, his focus areas include marketplaces, subscription businesses, and products that include unique network effects and social psychology. Prior to Floodgate, Ryan directed product management for media at Apple, including Apple Music and the iTunes stores for movies, music, and television. He joined Apple as part of the Beats by Dre acquisition, where he was Vice President of Product, managing design, product development, analytics, and growth. Prior to working with Beats, Ryan spent 15 years starting ventures, building businesses or helping others do the same. He respects the process of creating something out of nothing, and believes that technology can be our vehicle to turn science into art, and vice versa. Ryan actively performs improvisational theater and is a noted storyteller. He has produced and deejayed electronic music for over 15 years, under an alias.
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About : Floodgate caters to digital businesses with early, seed, and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
Saman Majd
Advisor of Betterment
Take a look at Saman Majd’s background, and you’ll see why we value his advice -Most recently, Saman was Vice Chairman of Deutsche Asset Management. Prior to that, Majd was Global Head of Derivatives and Fixed Income Government Bond Trading in Deutsche’s Global Market Division. Before joining Deutsche Bank in 1995, he was a Managing Director and head of derivatives at Salomon Brothers. Saman Majd has a distinguished academic record with a degree in Physics from Oxford University and a PhD in Finance from MIT. He was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylva
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About : Betterment is an online investment company that offers investing and retirement solutions for their current clients and clients-to-be.
Diane Gherson
Executive Advisory Board Member of SemperVirens Venture Capital
Diane Gherson serves as an Executive Advisory Board Member at SemperVirens Venture Capital.
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About SemperVirens Venture Capital: SemperVirens Venture Capital invests in technology transforming work, health, and financial wellness.
Wenxiang Ma
Venture Partner / Advisor of Tsingyuan Ventures
Wenxiang Ma is an Investment Partner of TEEC Angel Fund who specializes in enterprise software. Concurrent to his role at TEEC Angel Fund, Wenxiang serves as executive vice president of Engineering and Operations at Arena Solutions, with responsibilities include product development, QA, engineering operations and customer support. Wenxiang holds his Master degree in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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About Arena Solutions: Foothill Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund that invests in seed to A-round startups in the United States.
Mark Licht
Advisory Board Member of Motus Ventures
Mark Licht is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the formation, financing and operations of wireless location services and technology companies. Mark founded three high profile companies in the telematics and IOT markets including Teletrac (250,000 fleet subscribers now part of Danaher), Ituran (publicly traded on Nasdaq with 800,000 vehicles in service) and SigmaOne Communications (E911 technology provider). Mark Licht is both an investor in the telematics industry and currently serves on the Boards and Advisory Boards of a number of fleet management, traffic information, cybersecurity, data mining, and OEM focused telematics companies. Mark is President of Licht & Associates, a strategic advisory services firm that conducts strategic business analysis, develops business and operating plans, evaluates market opportunities and technology trends, assists with financing, and proposes alternative business strategies for CEO’s and their executive teams in the telematics, IOT and LBS industry. In that capacity Mr. Licht has worked with investment bankers, private equity funds, as well as directly with Boards and management teams of companies in the US, Latin America and Europe in exploring strategic investments, acquisitions and the sale of companies in the telematics market.
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About : A combination of recent technology shifts and emerging consumer trends – internet connected cars, vehicle to vehicle communications.
J. Neil Weintraut
Advisory Board Member of Motus Ventures
J. Neil Weintraut has been involved with Internet businesses dating back to its initial commercialization in 1994. Neil is presently an Advisory Member of Motus Ventures. Neil co-founded and co-ran Palo Alto Venture Partners focusing on Internet businesses and produced five public-offerings and one significant acquisition out of 18 total investments. At PAVP Neil’s investment and board involvement included CareerBuilder (OTC-CBDR and subsequently acquired by Knight-Ridder), AdForce (OTC-ADFC and subsequently acquired by CMGI), Nextance (acquired by Versata). Prior to PAVP, Neil was an Internet Analyst at Hambrecht & Quist, underwriting Internet pioneers such as Checkpoint Software, cNet, Netscape, and UUNET Technologies. Neil was also an advisor to the International Olympic Committee on the application of the Internet to the Olympic Games. Neil is on the board of advisors of the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab. He worked as a design engineer at Daisy Systems, and IBM. Neil has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BSEE from Drexel University.
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About Cloud Ventures, CrowdClock, Motus Ventures, Pathway Venture Partners, Rendevu – Meet Your Interest: A combination of recent technology shifts and emerging consumer trends – internet connected cars, vehicle to vehicle communications.
John Formisano
Advisory Board Member of Motus Ventures
Chairman of board at CALSTART, a member-supported organization dedicated to the growth of clean transportation industry. Member, Board of Directors at Azure Dynamics Corporation. Advisor to fleets and automotive OEMs and a contributor to the Electrification Coalition’s “Fleet Electrification Roadmap” – serves on the Electrification Leadership Council Previously, VP, Global Vehicles of FedEx Express (since 2003) managing 96,000 vehicles and ground support equipment units and spearheaded the integration of fuel-efficient vehicle models under his leadership. Pioneered the creation of hybrid vans in 2003 in partnership Eaton Corporation, and has worked with Azure Dynamics, Hino, Iveco and Isuzu, to advance the availability of commercial hybrid vehicles. At his retirement (2010) the company’s hybrid and electric truck fleet around the globe had covered more than five million miles of revenue service saving over 33 million gallons of fuel (700 million pounds of CO2 ). Responsible for the industry’s largest fleet of airport Ground Support Equipment: FedEx Express Memphis, Tennessee Hub (worlds’ largest concentration of GSE at one airport). Also oversaw GSE at FedEx Hub, Guangzhou, China and expansion of European hub at Charles de Gaulle airport. Joined FedEx team in 1983 as a project engineer; Senior Manager, Service Engineering (1984), Managing Director, Regional Planning & Administration (1985), Managing Director, District Operations (1990), VP, Worldwide Ground Ops Planning & Support (1997), VP, Regional Operations (1997).
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About : A combination of recent technology shifts and emerging consumer trends – internet connected cars, vehicle to vehicle communications.
Bob Denaro
Advisory Board Member of Motus Ventures
Bob Denaro is a private consultant in Intelligent Transportation Systems technology and strategy. He was formerly Vice President of Nokia/Navteq where he led the worldwide development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), applying digital maps to ADAS active safety and energy efficiency applications. He pioneered the first electronic horizon module, the Map & Positioning Engine. Previously, Bob was Vice President of Motorola where he developed the world’s first Telematics products for Ford Rescu, Mercedes TeleAid, GM Onstar and others. Earlier he ran Motorola’s Global Positioning System business. Prior to Motorola he spent 15 years at Trimble Navigation and other Silicon Valley companies involved with GPS, navigation and fleet management. He launched the first Automatic Vehicle Location systems with Houston, Denver, Milwaukee and other transit companies, as well as numerous courier, taxi and emergency vehicle tracking and dispatch systems. He also developed the first commercial differential GPS systems for offshore oil exploration and other applications from his own startup company. He began his career as an officer in the United States Air Force, with his last assignment in research and development, running test program data analysis for the GPS Joint Program Office. His early Air Force research developed the first aircraft automatic landing systems. Bob is currently a member of the U.S. DOT ITS Program Federal Advisory Committee and chair of the Transportation Research Board Joint Subcommittee on Challenges and Opportunities in Road Vehicle Automation. He is a member of the 2017 International Cartographic Conference Organizing Committee. Bob has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science in Astronautics from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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About : A combination of recent technology shifts and emerging consumer trends – internet connected cars, vehicle to vehicle communications.
Susan Holliday
Senior Advisor of International Finance Corporation
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About Insurance Information Institute, Inc, International Finance Corporation: International Finance Corporation is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary focused on the private sector in developing countries.
Don Aoki
Investor/ Advisor of DreamFunded
Ex-Bell Labs, Ex-Oracle, Ex-Aspect Telecommunications. Former SVP Professional Services & founding VP Engineering Keynote Systems (1999 IPO), SM EECS MIT, BS CS USC. Veteran of four startups (Telenova, Oracle Corporation, Teknekron Software Systems, Keynote.) Mr. Aoki is an active angel investor with DreamFunded, SF Angels Group, MIT Angels and a LP with Rembrandt Venture Partners.
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About DreamFunded, SF Angels Group, Teknekron Software Systems: DreamFunded is a world-class equity crowdfunding platform providing exclusive insider access to seed- and later-stage private companies.
Jacob White
Advisor of DreamFunded
Jacob White is a recent Harvard Law school graduate, who is passionate about democratizing capital markets.
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About : DreamFunded is a world-class equity crowdfunding platform providing exclusive insider access to seed- and later-stage private companies.
Jacob White
Advisor of DreamFunded
Jacob White is a recent Harvard Law school graduate, who is passionate about democratizing capital markets.
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About : DreamFunded is a world-class equity crowdfunding platform providing exclusive insider access to seed- and later-stage private companies.
Charles R. Grant
Senior Advisor of Lexington Partners
Charles Grant was named Senior Advisor to Lexington Partners in 2019. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Grant was a Partner of Lexington primarily engaged in the origination and evaluation of secondary purchases of private equity and alternative investments.
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About Lexington Partners: Lexington Partners is an independent manager of secondary private equity and co-investment funds.
Satish Tadikonda
Advisory Board Member of Blue Cloud Ventures
Satish Tadikonda is the Executive Fellow in Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.
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About Cellanyx, Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, TiE Angels, Unruly Studios: BCV is a venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage software companies.
Melvin Booth
Member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Genstar Capital
Melvin Booth has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2014 and was a member of the Board of Directors of our subsidiary Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. from July 2010 until September 2014. Most recently, Booth served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Medimmune, Inc. from 1998 through his retirement in 2003, and as a Director from 1998 through 2005. Prior to that, Booth was President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Human Genome Sciences, Inc. from 1995 to 1998. Booth also served in a variety of senior leadership positions for Syntex Inc., including leading both Syntex Laboratories, Inc. and Syntex Pharmaceuticals Pacific. Booth also served as Lead Director for Millipore Corporation until its acquisition by Merck KGaA, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Mallinckrodt plc, Chairman of the Board for eResearchTechnology, Inc. and as a strategic advisor in life sciences for Genstar Capital. Booth holds an undergraduate degree and an honorary Ph.D. in Science from the Northwest Missouri State University.
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About : Genstar Capital is a private equity firm that invests in leading middle-market companies.
Philip Herget
Member of the Special Advisory Board of Columbia Capital
Phil joined Columbia Capital in 1992 and focuses primarily on media and communications investments, both services and technologies. In 1993, Phil joined Telular Corporation as its Chief Financial Officer where he led the company through an initial public offering, returning to Columbia Capital in 1994. Prior to joining Columbia Capital, he served in various financial management positions for Energy Service Company, Energy Insurance International, Marsh & McLennan, and Lloyd’s of London broker C.T. Bowring & Co. in London, England. Phil serves on the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary and on the College Foundation Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia. Phil received his BA from the University of Virginia and his MBA from Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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About Ardent Venture Partners: Columbia Capital is a venture capital franchise in wireless, broadband, media, and enterprise information technology investing.
Janet Perna
Advisory Board of Georgian
Janet Perna has over 30 years of experience in the software industry. As the General Manager of Information Management within IBM’s Software Group, she was responsible for a multi-billion-dollar business focused on delivering and servicing products to help businesses worldwide manage their information assets including database management, content and records management, information integration, and business intelligence software. Since retiring from IBM, Janet has held board positions at a number of software companies in the US and Canada. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for JDA and Cloudmark, and is a member of the Foundation Board of Directors at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Janet is an active volunteer with the Connecticut Chapter of the American Red Cross and is the founder of the Perna-Rose Foundation for HOPE. She holds a BS degree in mathematics and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree from the State University of New York at Oneonta.
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About : Georgian is a fintech company that invests in high-growth software companies that harness the power of data in a trustworthy way.
H. Lee Buchanan
Strategic Advisor of Paladin Capital Group
Dr. Lee Buchanan is currently Venture Partner, Paladin Capital Group in Washington, DC. He is also a Director of Tektronix, Lucent-Alcatel Government Solutions, TestMart, Corp., Advantage Federal, Corp, and the Robotics Technology Consortium. Prior to Paladin Dr. Buchanan was Vice President, Advanced Concepts, EDO Corporation, a $1B producer of Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, sonar, and weapons systems for the U.S. military; Executive Vice President of Perceptis, a holding company for producers of wireless data collection and intelligence systems; and President and CEO of QualStream.
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About Alcatel-Lucent, Digital Signal, Paladin Capital Group, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Technical Communities, Tektronix, TMD Technologies, WiSpry: Paladin is a global investor that supports innovative technology companies through venture investment and growth capital.
Brett Cravatt
Venture Advisor of Crosscut Ventures
Brett Cravatt is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive in the digital advertising sector.Brett co-founded Centerfield in 2011. Prior to Centerfield, Brett founded and worked as the CEO of WebYES! During this same time period, Mr. Cravatt co-founded Achieve Financial Services, one of the fastest growing GPR debit card businesses in the prepaid industry, and now serves as the company’s Chairman. Brett has also served on various Boards including Interclick (NASD: ICLK),which was successfully acquired by Yahoo! In 2012. Brett holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
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About Centerfield: Crosscut is a seed-stage venture capital firm partnering with early-stage founders to build extraordinary high-growth tech companies.
Jason Cohen
Venture Advisor of Crosscut Ventures
Jason Cohen is a well-recognized leader in the interactive marketing industry. He began his career at DoubleClick and thrived as one of the company’s top global sales representatives. An entrepreneur at heart,Jason left and founded WiseAds New Media (an early player in the niche ad network business). Jason served as CEO and was responsible for expanding the company from zero to sixty plus employees in just eighteen months. WiseAds was subsequently acquired by About.com (An IAC Company) in August of 2000. Jason most recently served as President of MediaWhiz, a leading online direct marketing company which he founded in 2001.
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About Centerfield: Crosscut is a seed-stage venture capital firm partnering with early-stage founders to build extraordinary high-growth tech companies.
