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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Business Intelligence space. If you think a President 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.
Amit Vyas
Global Vice President, Inside Sales of Samsara
Amit is responsible for building and scaling a high-performance sales organization and driving all revenue growth. Known for his energy, motivating leadership style and sharp attire, Amit brings over 15 years of experience across IT, networking, direct and channel sales. Most recently, Amit was Director of Sales, Cloud Networking at Cisco Meraki, where he helped build and scale the sales organization and was a key contributor to the rapid growth through Meraki’s acquisition by Cisco for $1.2B in 2012. When Amit’s not working, he can be found playing almost any competitive sport, doing Bikram yoga, riding his motorcycle, playing chess or hanging with his wife and son at Crissy Field.Amit has a B.A. in Philosophy from San Jose State University.
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About Samsara: Samsara helps businesses in harnessing IoT data to develop actionable business insights and improve their operations.
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Dan Hopkins
Vice President, Applied A.I. of Eightfold
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About Eightfold: Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Maury Blackman
President & CEO of Premise Data
Maury Blackman is CEO of Premise Data. Blackman is a tech executive with more than 25 years of experience leading high growth enterprise software companies. His industry experiences include government, construction, public safety, geospatial information, GPO’s, sharing economy services, and drone software. Blackman joined Premise in 2017; under his leadership the company has seen 661% revenue growth. In November 2020, Premise was named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a list of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. Premise is the 35th fastest-growing company in the Silicon Valley region and is 182nd on the overall list. Before joining Premise, Blackman was CEO at Accela, a civic tech company aimed at moving citizen transactions from city hall to online and mobile services. He joined the company in 2000 as the VP of Sales and Marketing and then assumed the role of CEO in 2007. To support strategic initiatives and growth, he raised more than $300M in financing from family offices, private equity, and senior debt. The capital from these raises was deployed to build out an enterprise offering, expand internationally, and execute an M&A strategy that closed 10+ acquisitions in 24 months. Prior to joining Accela, Maury worked for Investools (NASDAQ:IEDU) where he served in several executive positions from 1993 to 2000. At Investools, he first joined as an Account Executive and was later appointed Vice President, Business Development charged with selling data and content to brokerage firms and internet service providers in the nascent dot-com era. In this capacity, he built a dynamic portfolio of accounts that included Charles Schwab, Fidelity, AOL, and Netcom Online Communications. For his accomplishments at Accela, Blackman was recognized by Government Technology as one of its Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers in 2015. In 2016, Ernst and Young awarded him the prestigious Northern California’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Maury holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Houston and was a commissioned field artillery officer in the United States Army, serving on both active and reserve duty for 10 years. Maury maintains an active lifestyle and is an eleven-time Ironman finisher, including the 2008 and 2013 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona.
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About Premise Data: Premise is a data and analytics platform powered by a global network of on-the-ground contributors, data science, and machine learning.
Tobias Harris
Senior Vice President (Japan analyst) of Teneo
Tobias Harris is a Senior Vice President (Japan analyst) at Teneo. He is an expert on Japanese politics, and worked in 2006-2007 on the staff of Keiichiro Asao, at that time a member of the upper house of the Japanese Diet and shadow foreign minister for the Democratic Party of Japan, for whom he conducted research on foreign policy and Japan’s relations with the United States. He is also the Fellow for Economy, Trade, and Business at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. He earned an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Politics and History from Brandeis University. Tobias has also conducted graduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and, from 2011-2012, at the Institute for Social Science at the University of Tokyo as a Fulbright scholar. Tobias has written about Japanese politics for publications including the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs and regularly provides on-air analysis for CNBC, Bloomberg, and other networks.
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About Teneo: A New York-based corporate advisory firm
Chris Wearing
President & Vice Chairman of Teneo
Chris Wearing is a Vice Chairman of Teneo. He also serves as Chairman of Teneo Consulting and CEO of Teneo Sports. Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Wearing was with JPMorgan Chase as Head of Strategic Reengineering. Previously, he was with Accenture for 29 years consulting in Europe, the Americas and the Far East, advising clients on business strategy, technology development and delivery, outsourcing, enterprise wide cost reduction, leadership development and market development. He held a number of leadership positions during his tenure at Accenture including Managing Partner of the New York office for seven years (the largest consulting firm in NYC with 3,400 consultants), U.S. Head for their Financial Services Management Consulting practice and the Global Head of the Financial Services Talent and Organizational Performance practice. He also led their Capital Markets and Banking Client Service groups for the U.S. He was the Global Client Partner for a number of major Fortune 100 companies. In 2001, Mr. Wearing helped found NPowerNY and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for NPower (now a national non-profit that provides comprehensive, high-quality & affordable technology assistance to thousands of non- profits across the U.S). Mr. Wearing was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Big Apple Circus for six years and is now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Only Make Believe. Mr. Wearing represented Accenture on the Partnership for New York City Board and was a David Rockefeller Fellow (Class of 2003). He has presented on Corporate Philanthropy at the United Nations and The White House. Mr. Wearing holds a B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. He lives in New Canaan, CT with his wife, Danielle, and their sons Christopher and Ian and daughter Grace.
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About Teneo: A New York-based corporate advisory firm
Frank Bien
CEO & President of Looker
Frank Bien is the CEO and President at Looker. Frank brings more than 20 years of experience in business intelligence, big data, analytics, and data storage to expand Looker’s reach and capabilities. Frank is the former VP of Business Development for Greenplum (acquired by EMC) and former SVP for Virsto Software (acquired by VMware) and now serves as Looker’s President.
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About Google, Looker: Looker is a an enterprise platform for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics.
Pedro Arellano
Vice President and Product Marketing of Looker
Pedro Arellano is Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst. With more than 17 years of industry experience, Pedro has extensive expertise in business intelligence (BI), analytics technologies, and real-world customer implementations. He has appeared as a speaker at industry conferences and tradeshows across the US and Europe. Prior to Birst, he held positions at MicroStrategy as Director of Agile BI, Director of Professional Services and Senior Director of Worldwide Technical Support. Pedro holds a computer engineering degree from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico.
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About Looker: Looker is a an enterprise platform for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics.
Hugh Owen
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of MicroStrategy
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About MicroStrategy: MicroStrategy provides enterprise software for business intelligence, mobile intelligence, and network applications.
Chuck Ghoorah (Co-founder)
Co-Founder & President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing of Cvent
Chuck Ghoorah is the co-founder and President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Cvent. Chuck has been instrumental in Cvent’s growth from a two-person startup to an industry-leading global organization. Cvent has helped its more than 30,000 customers manage millions of events.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Bharet Malhotra
Senior Vice President of Sales of Cvent
As Senior Vice President of Sales at Cvent, Bharet drives the strategic direction and development for the Cvent Supplier Network, a leading eRFP channel that connects event planners with more than 200,000 venues throughout the world. Under Bharet’s leadership, in 2014 Cvent Supplier Network processed $8 billion in meeting and event RFP volume. Through Bharet’s leadership, Cvent established relationships with nearly all of the leading hotel chains around the world, including Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Marriott, Ritz Carlton and Starwood. Bharet and his team work closely with hotel executives to help enhance the properties’ exposure on the Cvent Supplier Network and capture more group business. Bharet earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, where he triple majored in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Economics. While at Duke, Bharet competed against world-ranked players on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. Following graduation, Bharet served on the Duke University Alumni Board of Directors and was President of the Engineering Alumni Association.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Brad Gillespie
Vice President of Enterprise Sales of Cvent
Brad currently leads Enterprise Solutions Consulting for Cvent, the leading provider of Meetings and Events SaaS software. A former CMO, Brad works with select Enterprise customers to modernize and transform event marketing programs with an emphasis on process, technology, integrations, and analytics. Cvent was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2016 in a take-private transaction and later merged with Lanyon to form the largest technology provider in category. Today Cvent has over 4,300 employees and over 28,000 customers around the world. Prior to Cvent Brad was Chief Marketing Officer for Octiv (acquired by Conga), a document automation platform for sales and legal documents. From 2012-2016 Brad was Global Vice President of Marketing (CMO) for SiriusDecisions (acquired by Forrester), the leading global research and advisory firm for b-to-b sales, marketing, and product organizations. Prior to joining SiriusDecisions, Brad was Vice President of Marketing for the global technology solutions firm, ROLTA (BSE:ROLTA.BO), where he led marketing for the Americas, Europe and MENA regions. He was also Vice President of Marketing for Zanett, a leading mid-market business and technology consulting firm (acquired by KPMG in June 2014). The majority of Brad’s career has focused on go-to-market. Following the Dot Com crash in 2002 Brad co-founded MFGA where he led marketing strategy engagements for organizations in Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Software and Professional Services. While at MFGA, Brad also co-founded two start-ups based on patented technologies and serves as President or PEARL Protected. PEARL was an award-winning fire safety device whose IP was acquired by the Werner Company in 2009. Brad’s career began in human resources at Columbia/HCA (now Hospital Corporation of America (NYSE:HCA) and at Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX). During the Dot Com boom Brad transitioned to sales and marketing as employee #11 at Atlanta-based Newton Park which grew by 2000% over a four-year period. He also worked at digital pioneer Red Sky Interactive which was part of the Omnicon group of agencies. Brad grew up in central Kentucky and attended the University of Kentucky where he studied Political Science and Public Policy. About PEARL Protected While at MFGA, Brad co-founded two start-ups based on patented technologies and served as President of one of those companies, PEARL Protected, from 2005-2007. PEARL gained national exposure for its unique solution for fire safety. The PEARL product is a patented escape ladder that is installed permanently into an interior wall allowing egress through a window or other opening. Following its launch in 2005, the PEARL ladder became one of the most recognized home safety products in the market. PEARL appeared on several episodes of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and was showcased on NBC’s Today Show and CBS’s The Early Show. In 2006 PEARL earned the Product Innovation Award from the Home Safety Council. Widely supported by fire safety professionals across the US, former California State Fire Marshall, James McMullen, referred to PEARL at the time as “the most innovative fire safety product since the advent of the residential smoke alarm”. The National Institute of Fire and Safety Training called PEARL a “must-have” in the home. The product was launched in 2005 primarily into the new home construction market at the height of the housing boom. PEARL quickly saw mass appeal in the channel and was recognized by Building Products magazine as one of the Top 100 Building Products for 2007. The housing decline in 2007-08 significantly impacted PEARL’s traction in the market. The product saw a brief resurgence in the college and university housing community following the mass shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech in 2007. In 2009 PEARL entered a licensing and distribution agreement with Werner Ladder Company, the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of ladders, climbing equipment and ladder accessories.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Nitin Malhotra
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Cvent
Nitin drives strategic corporate initiatives across a broad range of Cvent’s businesses. In this role, he leads all acquisition initiatives, identifies new product opportunities, and serves as an advisor regarding 3rd party partnerships and integrations. Prior to Cvent, Nitin was a successful entrepreneur—having founded and sold three technology-based startups over a 20-year career. His expertise ranges from online gaming and telecommunications to non-profits and associations. Nitin graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He then went on to attend George Washington University for a Master’s degree in Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Ashley Baber
Vice President of Account Management of Cvent
Ashley Baber is the director of account management at [Cvent](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cvent#/entity), an event management platform that enables planners to manage all aspects of an event. Prior to that, he was a senior manager for account management at the same company. Baber obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from James Madison University. She lives in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Lawrence Samuelson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Cvent
As a key member of Cvent’s senior management team and the company’s principal legal officer, Larry is responsible for overseeing Cvent’s legal affairs and providing leadership in all aspects of the business, including strategic corporate initiatives, board activities, compliance and corporate governance. Before joining Cvent, Larry was the Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at NeuStar, Inc., a leading provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, information services, financial services, retail, media and advertising sectors. In this position, he oversaw all legal aspects of the company’s transactional, corporate, governance, finance, executive compensation and securities issues. In addition, he was responsible for advising the human resource department on employment matters. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Tufts University. He then received his Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and his Juris Doctor degree from Boston University’s School of Law.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Alex Rolfe
Vice President of Sales, Event Solutions of Cvent
Alex Rolfe is the Vice President of Sales, at Cvent.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Michael Lu
Vice President of Product Development of Cvent
He is the Vice President of Product Development at Cvent. Before he joined Cvent, Michael provided technical consulting services to Intelsat, a global satellite services provider. Prior to Intelsat, Michael worked as a principal consultant at Price Waterhouse, later PricewaterhouseCoopers. At Price Waterhouse, Michael led teams that designed and developed workflow management and financial applications for the public sector. Michael holds an MS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University. He is a certified Microsoft professional and Java developer.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Daniel Lapus
Senior Vice President of Product Management of Cvent
Daniel Lapus has been with Cvent since November 1999 and has been instrumental in the design and delivery of Cvent’s product offering since the first beta release of the Event Management software. Today Dan is responsible for both the Product Management and Quality Assurance teams within Cvent’s technology department. He remains heavily involved in the overall success of Cvent’s current products offerings and spearheads the research and design efforts for new products and any enhancements to existing products. Prior to Cvent, Dan worked as a technical consultant in the telecommunications industry. Dan worked with MCI WorldCom as a quality assurance manager for their local telephone billing system. Dan led and organized test procedures, ensured accurate testing coverage, and collaborated with team members and other leaders to provide superior product delivery. Previous to this, Dan worked as a technical analyst for AT&T and was responsible for software programming, software testing, and product support. Dan holds a BBA in Computer Information Systems, with a concentration in Programming and Analysis, from James Madison University.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Brian Ludwig
Senior Vice President of Sales of Cvent
As SVP of Sales, he oversees Cvent’s worldwide sales of the flagship event management solutions division and the mobile app solutions division. To this end, Brian travels across the globe and is often called upon to speak at conferences regarding technology trends in the meetings industry. Brian works very closely with leadership across the organization to help shape strategy and direction in terms of product roadmap, client services, marketing initiatives, operational efficiencies, and acquisitions. Brian arrived at Cvent with a strong technology sales foundation. Brian worked as a Regional Sales Director for Lutron Electronics, an industry-leading lighting control systems manufacturer. Brian dramatically grew Lutron’s footprint in the southern part of the United States. Brian’s technical acumen landed him as a regular instructor of architects, engineers, and electrical contractors at Lutron’s training institute. Brian graduated with an MBA from University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith Business School, where he studied Entrepreneurship and Marketing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Pete Floros
Senior Vice President, Product of Cvent
He is a Senior Vice President, Product at Cvent. Prior to Cvent, Pete worked at Artesia Technologies, a leader in enterprise Digital Asset Management solutions, where he focused on the implementation of Artesia’s flagship product for numerous large and medium-size enterprises. Pete’s clients included Sony Electronics, Home Box Office (HBO) and The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Pete also worked at First Consulting Group, a leading provider of information-based consulting services, where he developed custom applications for large clients including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Eurasia Foundation and the United States Postal Service. Pete holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Anil Punyapu
Vice President of Enterprise Sales of Cvent
Today, Cvent is the leading SMM solution in the marketplace, helping many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical, financial, technology and healthcare organizations centrally manage enterprise-wide meetings spend and streamline meetings processes. With his technology expertise combined with his deep knowledge of the meetings and events industry he continuously helps shape the development of the company’s SMM product. He also leads the division’s strategic marketing initiatives, sales processes and training programs. In addition, Anil oversees the management of Cvent’s relationships with industry-leading travel and meetings management companies across the globe and built the company’s partnership division, which currently includes Maritz Global Events, American Express Meetings & Incentives, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, BCD Meetings & Events, and HelmsBriscoe. Under his leadership, the partnership team has grown to manage 24 of the top 25 meetings management companies and 50 of the top 100 travel management companies in the U.S. Prior to his current role, he also built Cvent’s chapter sales division, which is focused on chapter-based associations, such as Meeting Professionals Internationals. Anil holds a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a law degree – Juris Doctorate (J.D.) – from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he graduated with honors.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Anthony Oland
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of KBM Group
Anthony Oland is the Global Chief People Officer at Boxed.
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About Boxed, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Bill Burkart
President & Chief Operating Officer of KBM Group
As president and chief operating officer, Bill Burkart oversees KBM Group’s operations, including data and consumer engagement services, analytics and customer insights, business development, and organizational alignment across all business units, including data services, health services, and client solution delivery services. Bill Burkart is responsible for the delivery of KBM Group’s integrated marketing strategies and solutions, including orchestration of data-driven platforms and technology partnerships, product and service innovation, IT operations and data security. In addition to being responsible for day-to-day operations, Bill Burkart sets the company’s direction and growth strategy, participating in planning, acquisitions and other leadership activities as part of the company’s Executive Management Board. Bill Burkart has deep experience in data, analytics, technology and customer engagement, the pillars of KBM Group’s service offerings. Coupled with CRM, digital, agency, and consulting services, his background has prepared him to address the many challenges our clients face to stay competitive in today’s marketing landscape. Bill Burkart understands clients’ business challenges, having delivered marketing solutions to industries that include telecommunications, technology, health insurance, automotive, financial services and retail. A strong and inspirational leader, Bill Burkart has helped world-class brands deploy data, technology and insight-driven marketing to achieve a competitive advantage. Prior to joining KBM Group, Bill Burkart was Vice President of Acxiom’s Global Agency, where Bill Burkart was responsible for the firm’s digital agency and email/SMS platforms and led the global servicing teams. Previously, Bill Burkart was group vice president at MarketBridge, where Bill Burkart launched a marketing services practice to complement the firm’s consulting services. Earlier, Bill Burkart was a managing partner at the San Francisco office of Grey, where Bill Burkart launched an integrated advertising, digital and media business unit. Originally from St. Louis, Bill Burkart has a B.S. in Commerce (Marketing) and M.B.A. with a specialty in integrated marketing from Saint Louis University.
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About KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Tom Young
Executive Vice President of Client Delivery Services of KBM Group
Tom Young is executive vice president of client delivery services for KBM Group. Tom Young leads the teams responsible for our data, database marketing and CRM solutions, which include technical design, development, implementation and customer support of our AmeriLINK® data services and database marketing offerings. Tom Young also oversees our IT solutions, business intelligence and enterprise infrastructure groups. Tom Young has over 25 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing technology solutions for automated database marketing and other business critical challenges. As an executive sponsor, Tom Young is actively involved with KBM Group’s largest clients bringing thought leadership on enabling practical consumer engagement strategies, and the technology and execution resources to make it happen. C Clients respect his ability to understand and address the underlying causes of their marketing challenges with business-justified solutions. Today, his creative strategic solutions help clients tackle multi-channel attribution, integrate disparate data silos and make real-time intelligence-based decisions to customize conversations with consumers on the fly. Before joining KBM Group, Tom Young was president of Component Solutions, Inc. specializing in business process re-engineering, customer relationship management, database marketing, data warehousing and business intelligence solutions for clients such as Union Pacific Railroad, Staples, Inc., and Owen Healthcare. Prior to this, Tom Young was partner and vice president of operations for Project Solutions Corporation, Inc., which provided business management solutions to multinational companies and government agencies. Tom Young worked with more than 40 major corporations and government agencies in Europe, South America and the United States.
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About Choreograph, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson Data: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
David DeMarsh
President of Data Services of KBM Group
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About Data Alliance, KBM Group: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Frances Le
Vice President of Engineering of Dropbox DocSend
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About Dropbox DocSend: Dropbox DocSend is a secure document sharing and tracking solution that helps companies share business-critical documents with ease.
Jay Blazensky
Vice President of Business Development, Voice of LivePerson
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About LivePerson: LivePerson provides real-time intelligent customer engagement solutions that help companies enhance the relationship with their customers.
Ido Hacohen
Vice President, Head of M&A and Corporate Development of LivePerson
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About LivePerson: LivePerson provides real-time intelligent customer engagement solutions that help companies enhance the relationship with their customers.
John Capaldi
Senior Vice President Of Sales of Celonis
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About Celonis: Celonis provides an Execution Management System that helps companies in running their business processes.
Southard Jones
Vice President, Product Marketing of Celonis
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About Celonis: Celonis provides an Execution Management System that helps companies in running their business processes.
Anukool Lakhina
Founder & President of Guavus
Anukool Lakhina founded Guavus, Inc. in February 2006 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Anukool Lakhina has more than a decade of thought leadership in large-scale data analytics and has published more than a dozen papers on the subject. His Ph.D. dissertation put forth the theory and algorithms for streaming analytics on high-dimensional data, which forms the basis for the technology at Guavus. Prior to Guavus, he was at Intel Research and Sprint Labs. Anukool Lakhina serves as the Director at Guavus, Inc. He holds a B.S., M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Boston University.
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About Guavus: Guavus is a big data analytics company developing apps that allow companies to embed data driven-decisions into agile businesses processes.
Stephen Forrest
Professor & Vice President for Research of University of Michigan
Stephen Forrest is Vice President for Research at the University of Michigan and the William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. Stephen is an expert in technology transfer and the holder of hundreds of patents.Stephen was appointed to the MEDC Executive Committee in 2011. Stephen investigated photodetectors for optical communications at Bell Labs before joining the Electrical Engineering and Materials Science Departments at USC in 1985 where he worked on optoelectronic integrated circuits and organic semiconductors. In 1992, he became the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. Stephen served as director of the National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology and director of Princeton’s Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM). Stephen chaired Princeton’s Electrical Engineering Department from 1997-2001.
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About Global Photonic Energy, Princeton University, Universal Display Corporation, University of Michigan: The University of Michigan is a public research university that caters business, engineering, law, and medical courses.
Wen Miao
Senior Vice President, Global Client Technical Services of TIBCO
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Matt Quinn
Executive Vice President, Products & Technology and CTO of TIBCO
Executive Vice President, Products & Technology and CTO at Tibco software.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Sherrie King
Vice President of Sales and Business Development of Constellation Research
Sherrie King is Director of Lead Generation and Sales @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
David Stanley
Vice President of Constellation Research
David Stanley is the Vice President at Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Elizabeth Herrell
Vice President and Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
Elizabeth Herrell is Vice President and Principal Analyst @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research, Forrester Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Elizabeth Herrell
Vice President and Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
Elizabeth Herrell is Vice President and Principal Analyst @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research, Forrester Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Vish Bhatia
Co-Founder & President of Hotelsoft
Vish has over 18 years of experience in revenue management and hospitality investments sectors. Prior to founding Hotelsoft Inc., Vish was the Vice President of Revenue Optimization at Aston Hotels & Resorts overseeing revenue management and distribution function for 29 hotels, resorts and condominium collection properties, with over 4,500 rooms in Hawaii and mainland USA. Previously, he held leadership positions in revenue management and distribution at Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, a 30 hotel luxury chain in Asia, Morgan’s Hotel Group, Miami and The Plaza Hotel, New York, a Fairmont managed hotel. He was also instrumental in raising a $585 million fund at Everstone Capital, a $1.7 billion private equity and real estate fund. Vish served on the Revenue Management Advisory Board of HSMAI and was a member of the Chief Revenue Officer roundtable from 2011-2013. Vish holds a Masters degree from Cornell-ESSEC university and enjoys painting and golf in his spare time.
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About Alpha Revenue Strategies, Hotelsoft, The New Amsterdam Group: Software solutions and services to independent and chain scale hotels.
Brett Weiss
Senior Vice President of Avaap
Brett Weiss joined Apex Systems as Managing Director in 2021.
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About Apex Systems, Avaap: It provides full end-to-end Infor Lawson implementation services in all the Lawson core modules as well as the extended products
Debbie Lofton
Vice President & General Counsel of Qlik
Debbie is responsible for providing legal support on operational issues, as well as developing and implementing business processes to achieve business goals and mitigate risk. She also supports SEC reporting and corporate governance compliance programs, joint venture and merger and acquisition transactions, intellectual property activities, and also manages internal and external legal resources. Debbie joins Qlik from McCausland Keen & Buckman, where she provided legal services to public and private clients in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, business counseling and general corporate law. Prior to McCausland Keen & Buckman, Debbie was the SVP, General Counsel and Secretary for InfraSource Services, Inc., where she was responsible for corporate governance and compliance, SEC reporting, litigation management, acquisitions and divestitures, labor and employment, and general commercial. She has also served as SVP and General Counsel for SunGard Availability Services, EVP and General Counsel of RMH Teleservices Inc., and VP-Legal and Assistant General Counsel for SunGard Data Systems. Debbie holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.
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About Qlik: Qlik simplifies the way people use data by making it a natural part of how they make decisions.
Cory Capoccia
Co-Founder, Chief Business Development Officer, and President of Womply
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About Verifi, Inc., Womply: A local commerce platform that provides apps, APIs, marketing, and financial tools for over 500,000 American businesses.
Brian Denenberg
Vice President, Global Sales of Einsights
Brian has more than twenty years of experience leading sales teams and driving revenue for start-ups, enterprises and consultancies worldwide. His broad experience includes complex technical sales, high volume sales to the SMB market, as well as sales to C-level executives. Prior to joining Einsights Brian was a Senior Consultant at Channel Partners where he advised leading technology vendors and cloud partners on how to improve their sales and Go-To-Market strategies. Prior to Channel Partners he was a co-founder and Vice President of Sales for the leading online parenting website in Southeast Asia, MumCentre.com, which partnered with 90% of the family oriented brands in Southeast Asia and over a thousand SMB customers. Brian received his BA degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from Indiana University Bloomington.
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About Einsights: Einsights develop the business analytics tool built for the inquisitive mind.
Rajaram Kudli
Vice President of Analytic Engineering of Valgen
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About Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Parth Srinivasa
President of Valgen
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About Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Michael Lightfoot
Vice President of Operations & General Counsel of Valgen
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About Internet Law Services, Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Harold Richards
President & Co-Founder of Hybrent
During his twenty years in the Healthcare Supply Chain world, Harold has become an influential voice from the trenches and has been interviewed by leading healthcare publications on building innovative Supply Chain departments, creating strong relationships with the C-Suite and clinical departments as well as getting the most out of your GPO relationship.
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About Hybrent: Hybrent is committed to improving the current state of healthcare by providing groundbreaking technology
Brian MacLeod
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development of Cratus Technology, Inc.
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About Cratus Technology, Inc.: CRATUS provides the all-in-one AI – IoT SaaS platform for enterprise operations.
Stephen Scheppmann
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Teradata
Steve Scheppmann is executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Teradata, reporting to Vic Lund. In addition to leading the financial organization, Steve has responsibility for IT services and global operations. Prior to joining Teradata in September 2007, Steve had 20 years of experience as a CFO and more than 10 years in public accounting. He was executive vice president and CFO of Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Steve was executive vice president and CFO for NOVA Information Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2006 and senior vice president and CFO for Larson-Juhl, Inc. from 1988 to 2000. He held senior auditing positions with Arthur Andersen & Company from 1978 through 1988. He was a member of the board of directors of eResearch Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnical services and technology company, where he also served as the chair of its audit committee from 2006 – 2012. Steve grew up in the Midwest and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Simon Moss
Vice President, Head of Industry Consulting and Solutions, The Americas of Teradata
Simon Moss is vice president of industry consulting and solutions for the Americas at Teradata. Simon has extensive leadership and entrepreneurial experience in banking and financial technology. Previously, he was a managing director at Grant Thornton responsible for FinTech in the Americas and was founder and chief executive officer for Mantas Corporation, leading the company to become a market leader in global anti-money laundering and compliance technology. Simon’s other experience includes founding the IBM Risk Management Practice, working as a partner at PWC, and serving on multiple technology company boards of directors.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Michael Koehler
President & CEO of Teradata
Michael Koehler is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors at Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) since September 2007. Michael led the successful spin-off from NCR Corporation in 2007 and has since led Teradata to a continuing record of strong financial performance and technological innovation. Michael began his career with NCR Corporation in 1975, and held a number of leadership positions that contributed to Teradata’s rapid growth as NCR’s data warehousing business. Before heading Teradata as Senior Vice President in 2003, Michael was Vice President of Teradata’s Global Field Operations, where he developed a world-class sales force and professional services organization. Before the Teradata Division was formed in January 2000, Michael was Vice President of NCR’s Americas Retail Division and Vice President of NCR’s Worldwide Retail Industry Marketing group where he was responsible for driving enterprise data warehousing into the retail market, where much of Teradata’s early success originated. Michael currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiary, Hertz Corporation. Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Rocky J. Blanton
President of Teradata
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Adam Landefeld
Senior Vice President of Product of Domo
Promoting a culture of innovation and execution is the norm for Adam. As Domo’s vice president of product, Adam leverages eleven years of focused BI software experience combined with a creative background in computer graphics and 3D modeling to drive Domo’s industry-defining products. Adam joined Domo from Corda Technologies where he started as a software engineer and was ultimately responsible for building and growing the company’s services organization. As VP of Product, Adam’s leadership has been critical to Domo’s elegant combination of five core products into one solution, the world’s first business management platform.Adam not only knows how to build a successful product, he knows his way around a body shop. In his free time he restores classic muscle cars and is also a nationally recognized, sponsored RC helicopter pilot.
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About Domo, Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Fred Shilmover
President & Founder of InsightSquared
Prior to InsightSquared Fred headed global IT and was an associate at Bessemer Venture Partners. His background includes an SMB consultancy he founded as well as corporate development at Salesforce.com.Fred has a B.A. from Tufts and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In his off time Fred is an avid wakeboarder.
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About InsightSquared: InsightSquared is a revenue intelligence platform that provides sales intelligence solutions for forecasting, accuracy, and decision-making.
Stephen Tsuchiyama
Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Customer Success of FortressIQ
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About FortressIQ, Pavilion: FortressIQ defines security, insights, and governance in enterprise business automation and AI.
Jason Noble
Vice President – Digital Innovation Group of Neudesic
As Vice President of the Digital Innovation Group, Jason drives the daily innovation pipeline that fuels Neudesic’s client solutions and successes. He owns a team of technology experts, dedicated to digital enterprise transformation through trending technologies including collaboration, integration, cloud, data and analytics. Jason has spent over twenty years helping medium-sized businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises build and manage complex, mission critical digital platforms that advance collaboration through knowledge and management applications. In addition to his Vice President role, Jason also leads product development for Neudesic’s Firm Directory and Pulse products.
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About ikaun, Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Brett Fisher
Vice President, Client Partner Organization – Western Region of Neudesic
Brett Fisher is Neudesic’s Vice President, Client Partner Organization – Western Region. His organization is responsible for ensuring that Neudesic’s clients obtain the greatest amount of business value for their technology investment. He has 25 years of software consulting experience and has held various roles throughout his career. Before Neudesic, Brett held the position of Vice President of Sales with Stonebridge and held various roles with Software Architects, including Managing Director, Houston and Director of Regional Sales. Brett has a proven track record of delivery, financial, sales and partnership excellence.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Brendon Birdoes
Vice President, Digital Innovation Group of Neudesic
Technology professional with over 15 years experience, helping clients with technology strategy, architecture and implementation of technology solutions. His passion is utilizing existing and emerging technologies especially in Cloud and Mobility, along with proven delivery practices to achieve Digital Transformation. Brendon is currently a Vice President of the Solution Partner Group at Neudesic shaping technology vision & strategy focusing on innovative solutions for their clients.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Shantanu Sarkar
Vice President, Solutions and Innovation of Neudesic
Shantanu is responsible for Neudesic’s innovation consulting capability, focused on helping customers develop strategies for deriving business value through innovative use of technology. He is also responsible for Neudesic’s line-of-business solutions and offerings in analytics, visualization, and social collaboration, based on Microsoft technology and SAP ERP. Prior to joining the Neudesic team, Shantanu spent more than twenty years at Microsoft in individual technical contributor and business management roles. Most recently, he was Microsoft U.S. Consulting Services CTO for the Business Productivity solution areas based on Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, Lync and Project Server, in the cloud on Office 365, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment. Shantanu has extensive experience designing and implementing a variety of business automation solutions in diverse industries, including healthcare, real estate, financial services and retail. He began his IT career at Burroughs/Unisys as a software engineer in mainframe operating systems and high volume transaction processing. Shantanu holds a Master of Science in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He currently resides in Irvine, Calif.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Jalal Nasir
Founder, President and CEO of Pixalate
Jalal Nasir serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Pixalate.
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About Pixalate: Pixalate is an intelligence platform and real-time fraud protection provider to Advertisers and Fortune 500 companies.
Joseph Noonan
Founder, President & CEO of Revulytics
Joseph Noonan brings a wealth of expertise in guiding software companies to success. Prior to founding V.i. Labs, Joe was most recently senior vice president of worldwide sales, services and business development at Authentica Inc. Before Authentica, Joe served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and services at Eprise Corp., a publicly traded Web content management company, and was instrumental in the successful sale of the company to Divine, Inc. Joseph Noonan was also president and CEO of Upspring Software, a software development tools company, and successfully completed the sale of the company to MKS Systems. Joseph Noonan also spent five years at Wall Data Inc., a highly regarded publicly traded software company. During his tenure at Wall Data, Joseph Noonan managed a sales team that grew sales from 35 million to 150 million and played a major role in the successful acquisition of Wall Data by Net Manage. Joseph Noonan has also held key management positions at both Memorex Telex Corp. and Burroughs Corp.
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About Revulytics, Vee24: Insight into who’s using your software and how they’re using it.
Pat Patel
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Intelliswift Software
Pat Patel founded Intelliswift Software in 2001, since which he has been serving as its president and chief executive officer.
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About Intelliswift Software: Intelliswift Software provides information technology services and solutions.
Brendon Albrizio
Vice President, Customer Success of Crayon
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About Crayon: Crayon is an intelligence platform that helps businesses track, analyze, and act based on market movements.
Hichem Sellami
Co-Founder, Chief Solutions Architect & Vice President, Applications of Incorta
Hichem is a data warehouse and analytics expert and has design experience in a variety of industries, including project management, accounting, financial services, insurance, health services, pharmaceuticals, supply chain and human resources. Hichem spent nearly a decade at Oracle as an applications developer and software development director. Prior to Oracle, Hichem spent 7 years at Siebel and helped develop Siebel Analytics. He holds two master’s degrees and a PhD in Mathematics and Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About Incorta: Incorta develops an analytics platform designed to speed up business data ingestion.
Lukas Hermann
Vice President of Engineering of MANTA
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About MANTA: MANTA is the central hub of all data flows, allowing information users to understand where, how and what about their information assets.
Gary Ellis
Co-Founder, President & COO of Remesh
Gary Ellis serves as a co-founder and COO at Remesh.
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About Remesh: Remesh offers an AI-powered platform that enables users to have live conversations with their customers at scale.
Ryan Johnson
Senior Vice President Product Management of CallRail
Ryan Johnson is the Senior VP of Product Management at CallRail, a leader in intuitive and powerful call analytics trusted by more than 85,000 businesses. Previously, he was the VP of Product Management at Banjo. Ryan obtained his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management from Albion College. He also holds an MBA in Executive Management from Colorado Technical University.
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About CallRail: CallRail is a phone call tracking and analytics platform businesses use to understand which marketing campaigns drive leads and conversions.
Terry Olkin
Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Workday Adaptive Planning
Terry Olkin is the SVP and Chief Architect at Workday, Inc.
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About The Toro Company, Workday Adaptive Planning: Workday Adaptive Planning is powering a new generation of business planning with the Business Planning Cloud.
Bahman Mahbod
President & CEO of Dtex Systems
Bahman Mahbod is a SVP, Engineering & Security Research at FireEye.
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About Dtex Systems: Dtex Systems utilizes user behavior intelligence to help enterprises detect cybersecurity threats without compromising privacy.
Carleton (Mickey) Miller
CEO, President & Board Member of Vislink
Mickey Miller is the CEO and President of Vislink Technologies.
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About Vislink: Vislink is a leading global technology business specializing in the provision of advanced communications to the broadcast.
Tim Reedy
President Digital Payments and Communications of Exela
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About Exela, RR Donnelley & Sons, RR Donnelley & Sons: Exela Technologies is one of the largest global providers of transaction processing solutions.
Yasser Khan
Executive Vice President of Plasma Business Intelligence
Executive Vice President at Plasma Computing Group
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About ONE Tech, Inc., Plasma Business Intelligence: Plasma Computing Group offers businesses with a BPM solution that focuses on business process automation and transformation.
Keith Merrill
Vice President of Plasma Business Intelligence
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About Plasma Business Intelligence: Plasma Computing Group offers businesses with a BPM solution that focuses on business process automation and transformation.
Keith Merrill
Vice President of Plasma Business Intelligence
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About Plasma Business Intelligence: Plasma Computing Group offers businesses with a BPM solution that focuses on business process automation and transformation.
Paul E Blondin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDB
Paul Blondin is EDB’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Paul works closely with the senior executive team and board of directors to participate in strategic planning and forecasting. Paul oversees EDB’s financial controls and processes, which gives him unique insight into how and when EDB can penetrate new markets. Paul has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in enterprise software. Before joining EDB, Paul was Managing Partner of KickStart Partners, LLC, a business advisory group to private equity investors and CEOs. Paul was previously an entrepreneur, having co-founded and led Pactolus Communication Software, which was sold in 2010. He held executive posts at IPHighway Ltd; Open Development Corp; and was President and CEO of the network security company Netect Ltd. until he engineered its sale in 1999. Paul also served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Open Development Corporation, which was sold in 1997, and CFO of Cascade Communications Corp. Paul earned his MBA from Babson College and a BS in accounting from Boston College.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Ed Boyajian
President and CEO of EDB
Ed Boyajian, President and CEO of EDB, drives the development and execution of EDB’s strategic vision and growth strategy in the database industry. Ed joined EDB in 2008 after six years at Red Hat, where he rose to Vice President and General Manager of North America. He played a central leadership role in the development of the modern business model for bringing open source to enterprises. Before that, he was Vice President of Red Hat’s global OEM business, responsible for all partnerships, including the early Linux adoption by HP, IBM, and Dell. As a 15-year veteran of the open source software movement, Ed is a seasoned enterprise software executive who emphasizes that EDB must be a technology-first business in order to lead the open source data management ecosystem. He is adamant that great technology above all else drives market leadership. Ed believes strongly in the importance of investing in partnerships across the open source and commercial software and hardware ecosystem. Ed served as a Captain in the U.S. Army and trained as an Airborne Ranger. Within EDB, he coaches and encourages each employee to hone leadership skills. Ed is known for his passion, relentless energy, and strategic leadership. Ed earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and BA from Boston University.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Sam Schneider
Vice President, Chief Information Officer of EDB
Sam Schneider is Vice President, Chief Information Officer and manages EDB’s technology infrastructure and operational processes. Sam has over 35 years of experience in executive-level IT management, primarily within high-growth, rapidly changing environments. He joined EDB after five years as a consulting CIO for software companies and Software-as-a-Service providers. Prior to that, he was CIO of Everything Channel, a division of UBM, and Vice President, CIO at Equallogic, which was acquired by Dell. He spent two years as Vice President, CIO of MSPCA – Angell. Sam has also developed and implemented IT strategies for start-up companies, such as Achievement Technologies, where he was CIO and Chief Technology Officer, and I4 Commerce, which was acquired by eBay. Sam was Director of IT at two large, multi-national companies as well, holding the post at Cognex for nearly five years and Proteon for nearly four years. Sam received his BA from Tufts University and his MBA from Boston University.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Robert Haas
Vice President, Chief Database Architect of EDB
Robert is a 15-year database industry veteran and has been a major contributor to the PostgreSQL Global Development Group since 2008. He joined EDB in 2010 after spending just over two years with SNiP as Director of Business Engineering. Prior to that he was a Senior Systems Analyst with DynTek. Robert also held a series of IT and application development posts over a five year period at TekConnect Corp. Robert graduated magna cum laude in computer science from Harvard University.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Vibhor Kumar
Vice President Performance Engineering of EDB
Vice President, Performance Engineering at EDB.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
Mubarak Muyika
CTO, President & Founder of Zagace Inc.
CTO & President at Zagace
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About Zagace Inc.: To make SMB(small-medium business) cloud software services basic and accessible to all
Brock Thompson
Executive Vice President of Drips.com
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About Drips.com: Drips.com features an AI engine that helps improve lead-to-call conversion and reduces overall lead gen costs.
Manish Kedia
CEO & President of CloudMoyo
Manish is a senior entrepreneurial leader and executive manager with rapid growth over 20 years in leading companies and growing product and consulting services P&L’s. He started his career with Siemens AG. He joined Nexgenix, at an early stage start-up, as an associate and grew to Partner & VP, as he built the national consulting firm focused on Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, & CRM and led merger with TCG. He joined Microsoft management to lead Microsoft Consulting (MCS) Global Services strategy, and later led Big Data & Analytics Appliance launch in SQL Server business group. He moved back to start-up roots with Edifecs, a B2B healthcare compliance company, as SVP of national accounts and business development. Recently, as CEO, he launched and led Benefitalign, a cloud-based enterprise healthcare insurance marketplace company to a successful exit. Manish is passionate about applied technology. And loves to ‘reimagine’ business to leverage disruptive innovation of Cloud, Big Data, devices, and Analytics, especially in Healthcare, Life sciences Retail, and High Tech industries. He has been an active advisor to several organizations in including industry leaders like Dell Healthcare & Life sciences, and Silicon Valley big data analytics firms like Actian and others. Manish graduated in Computer Engineering from University of Mumbai, India and holds a Certificate in Business Management from Wharton school of business, University of Pennsylvania, PA. Manish lives in Redmond, WA with his wife and 14 year daughter. He enjoys the Pacific Northwest outdoors, hiking and trails, and loves to travel with family. He is an avid Seattle Seahawks fan – Go Hawks! Believe!
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About CloudMoyo, Icertis: CloudMoyo is the partner for cloud and analytics solutions. The company envisions, builds & operates ERP-surround enterprise cloud and data.
Shuyan Liu
Vice President, Engineering of Jinfonet Software
Mr. Liu leads Jinfonet’s JReport Product Development and Technical Support functions. He has been involved in the development of database and business intelligence products for 27 years. He began his career as a systems developer for the Beijing Institute of Information and Control, and later worked as a systems developer at XDB Systems, Inc. Mr. Liu then served as Manager of Application Development at Beijing Huafeng Company. He then rejoined Dr. Yao at XDB in 1993 as the company’s General Manager. He assumed responsibility of Jinfonet’s technical operations in 1998.
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About Jinfonet Software: Reporting Software and Dashboards
Amy Lesnick
Chief Executive and President of Pledge 1%
Amy Lesnick is the Chief Executive of Pledge 1%, recently named 2017’s most innovative non-profit by Fast Company, as well as one of the top 50 most innovative companies in the world. Pledge 1% is a global movement to create a new normal where giving back is integrated into the culture and values of companies of all sizes and stages. Over 1800 companies in 50 countries have already joined the movement, including Salesforce, Atlassian, Box, Okta, Optimizely, and Yelp. With over 20 years of experience leading, scaling, and advising early-stage, high-growth ventures, Amy is a tech industry veteran. She’s especially passionate about the intersection of technology and social change, as well as initiatives that simultaneously empower individuals and engage communities. Before taking the reins at Pledge 1%, Amy headed up worldwide growth for cause-related campaigns at Indiegogo and was the CEO of Full Circle Fund for 7 years. Under Amy’s leadership Full Circle Fund was transformed into one of the largest engaged philanthropy organizations in the world, attracting notable supporters such as Al Gore, Sheryl Sandberg, and Reid Hoffman. Prior to Full Circle, Amy’s experience included McKinsey & Co, Netscape—where she launched ‘webmail,’ one of the first web based email programs. Amy has been an advisor/consultant to Stanford’s StartX accelerator, the Jefferson Awards Foundation, Xprize Foundation, and numerous start-up ventures. She also co-founded and instructed UC Berkeley Haas School of Business’ Strategic Philanthropy course based on Full Circle Fund’s innovative model. In 2008 and 2009, San Francisco Business Times named Amy one of the “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women”. In 2010, she was inducted into to the “Forever Influential” Hall of Fame.
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About Pledge 1%: Building a Movement of Corporate Philanthropy
Michael Flickman
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Diligent
Michael Flickman serves as CTO for Diligent Corporation, heading up all global software development and testing, infrastructure and product management. Michael has worked in the technology field for nearly 30 years, specializing in commercial software development, infrastructure architecture and management, enterprise software, product management, development process improvement and project management. Prior to joining Diligent, Michael held executive management positions in companies such as Survey Sampling International, CYA Technologies and Concentrex (formerly MECA Software). Michael also held senior engineering positions at Apple Computer and Data General.
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About Diligent: Diligent is the largest GRC SaaS provider, with 1M users, across 23,000 organizations, valued at $7B+ and $500 million+ in revenue.
Collette Sizer
Founder & President of Dairyvative Technologies
Collette Sizer has over 20 years’ experience in the food and ingredients business. With a Masters of Food Science and Nutrition from Colorado State University, she has worked for a division of Pillsbury (now General Mills) and most recently was Group Vice President of Sales and Business Development at SunOpta Ingredients. Her focus was on developing and executing business-to-business market strategies for value-added products. She has a proven track record of account development with Fortune 500 companies. As President of Dairyvative™ Technologies and one of the Founders, Collette is heavily involved in every aspect of developing the business, with her focus being on commercial development, fundraising, human resources, and finance. She is looking forward to leading the growth of the Dairyvative™ Technologies team, particularly the technology commercialization, in the coming years.
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About Dairyvative Technologies: Dairyvative Technologies is a dairy business with patented SEVENx technology for concentrating milk.
Kevin Carnaghi
Senior Vice President of Accounting and Strategy of Golfler Holdings
Kevin Carnaghi manages strategic relations with possible business partners, Golfler’s relations with investors, accounting and tax related finance issues. Kevin has nearly one decade of experience serving as a certified professional investment advisor, for an independent registered investment advisory firm. Kevin works directly with the firm’s Senior Management towards the execution of high-value client’s short and long term investment goa
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About Golfler Holdings, Premier Estate Planners LLC: Golfler is a technology company that builds golf course management software and mobile applications designed to improve the game of golf.
Ayesha Prakash
Vice President, WW Channels & Alliances of Kela Group
Ayesha Prakash currently works as the Channel Sales Manager of Global Sales for Flashpoint, which is based in Washington, D.C.
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About Kela Group: Kela Group is a cyber intelligence firm that provides a full range of cyber security solutions against all the potential threats of darknet.
Sunil Jagani
President and Chief Technology Officer of AllianceTek Inc.
Sunil Jagani joined President and Chief Technology Officer in 2004.
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About AllianceTek Inc.: Custom software, web development & IT business solutions provider company US, 14 years’ experience in building mobile, cloud & web solutions
Barry Schwartz
Vice President, Advisory Services of BIA
Barry has over 35 years of legal and business consulting management experience, including practical expertise with FDA matters and extensive knowledge of the medical device and industrial industries. As a BIA client-facing Senior Advisor, he adds a critical component to client projects by guiding them at a high level to achieve specific project goals, assisting clients in a wide variety of areas including litigation & discovery, data retention & management, document review, regulatory compliance and IT security.
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About BIA, BIA: BIA is a leader in the legal information management industry, with over a decade of experience.
Scott Hammer
Vice President of Technology of BIA
Scott has over 10 years of experience in technology and software development. With his background in computer science and eDiscovery, he oversees and implements BIA’s technology usage and he leads BIA’s development team, creating new solutions and modifying existing ones based on internal or client needs. Scott’s focus is on providing efficient, end-to-end solutions that better enable the BIA team to achieve its goals.
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About BIA: BIA is a leader in the legal information management industry, with over a decade of experience.
Mark MacDonald
Vice President, Sales of BIA
Mark oversees BIA’s business development. With over a decade of experience in the eDiscovery industry, Mark has extensive knowledge in all areas of data management, including data preservation strategies, computer forensics investigations, advanced data analysis, managed attorney review and building tailored eDiscovery solutions for law firms and corporate legal departments. In addition to leading BIA’s business development, Mark also manages client contract negotiations and is responsible for high-level account management for BIA’s clientele. He is a Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS).
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About BIA, BIA: BIA is a leader in the legal information management industry, with over a decade of experience.
Brian Schrader
Co-Founder and President of BIA
Brian has over 20 years of experience in information management, computer technology and the law, and he has been a pioneer in computer forensics and eDiscovery. In 2002, Brian combined his experience in business and technology to launch BIA – recognized today as one of the nation’s leading eDiscovery service provider. Brian also helped pioneer the industry’s first light-touch live data collection tool, DiscoveryBOT, for safe and ultra-secure collection of electronically stored information, and TotalDiscovery, widely recognized as the first end-to-end enterprise SaaS platform for eDiscovery. During law school, Brian gained invaluable experience working under Justice Charles Ramos of the New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division and with the New York Stock Exchange Enforcement Division. At Folkenflik & McGerity, a boutique Manhattan firm, Brian specialized in securities law, corporate law and complex litigation. He has represented clients in state and federal courts, as well as before the NASD, the New York Stock Exchange and the American Arbitration Association. In 1990, he founded and operated a consulting company, helping clients design and implement information management systems in a variety of industries including health care, insurance, and securities. Since founding BIA, he has taught and consulted on a variety of topics including computer forensics, data management policies, litigation holds and ethics. Because of his focus on people and on constantly learning, Brian has inspired a strong company culture at BIA of constant innovation, collaboration and superb customer service.
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About BIA: BIA is a leader in the legal information management industry, with over a decade of experience.
Adam Feinberg
Senior Vice President, Professional Services of BIA
Adam has an extensive background in technology and has been the lead examiner on many high-profile digital investigations and audits. As Senior Vice President of Professional Services, Adam oversees BIA’s project management, technical services, forensic/data acquisition, document review support and hosting operations. Adam is also a Senior Advisor and heads their data collection and forensics group, where he has served as a lead expert in the forensically sound collection of electronic data in hundreds of cases.
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About BIA: BIA is a leader in the legal information management industry, with over a decade of experience.
Luke Kupersmith
President & CEO of Lojistic
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About Lojistic: Lojistic is as logistics automation and analytics platform for controlling and reducing shipping costs.
Rand Heer
Executive Vice President and Founder of Riivos (formerly Alight Inc.)
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About Riivos (formerly Alight Inc.): Vertical SaaS tailored to industries | Used by enterprises to create value | Pioneer in continuous value chain management
Lee Harris
Vice President, Engineering of Riivos (formerly Alight Inc.)
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About Riivos (formerly Alight Inc.): Vertical SaaS tailored to industries | Used by enterprises to create value | Pioneer in continuous value chain management
Lee Harris
Vice President, Engineering of Riivos (formerly Alight Inc.)
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About Riivos (formerly Alight Inc.): Vertical SaaS tailored to industries | Used by enterprises to create value | Pioneer in continuous value chain management
Glen Allmendinger
Founder and President of Harbor Research
Glen is the founder and President of Harbor Research, a strategy consulting and technology research firm based in Boulder Colorado and Zurich Switzerland. Glen has been responsible for managing Harbor and all of its consulting and research activities since its inception, has co-authored several pioneering articles on smart systems and services and has spoken at over 100 industry events focused on machine-to-machine (M2M), Smart Systems and the Internet of Things.Harbor is a strategy and technology research firm that works with leading technology innovators, product OEMs and service providers. We bring together a unique combination of domain knowledge, facilitation processes and an extended community of partners and expertise that enables our clients to discover, design and develop smart systems and services.Glen has consulted to a broad spectrum of technology developers as well as diverse product manufacturers, assisting them with strategy and market development for new smart product, systems and services opportunities. The firm has participated in pioneering consulting work in the Smart Buildings, Healthcare, Retail, Transportation, Energy and Industrial arenas helping clients to determine the scale and structure of emerging opportunities, competitive positioning and design of new business models.Since founding Harbor in 1984, Glen has actively sought out clients whose strategic and business development mode exhibits a desire to drive disruption and manage change effectively, both in their organization and across their relationships in the marketplace. He believes these clients are the foundation of Harbor’s community of forward looking players who have benefited most directly from the breadth of knowledge and process skills embodied in the firm. The relationships and interactions he has helped foster have served as a platform for deep insight and value creation for Harbor.
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