Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based CEO’ operating in the Electronics space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Steven Yang
Founder & CEO of Anker
Steven Yang is the Founder and CEO of Anker Innovations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Peking University and a master’s in computer science from the University of Texas – Austin. He was a senior engineer at Google in California before leaving to found Anker in 2011.
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About Anker, Hunan Ocean Wing: Anker is a multinational team of techies that provides a range of products from batteries and chargers to hubs and readers, and more.
Arie Trouw
CEO & CTO & Founder of XYO
Ten years before Elon Musk wrote his first line of computer code, another young prodigy from South Africa was busy writing software on his TRS-80 Model I. In 1978, at the age of 10, Arie Trouw started developing software on the TRS-80 Model I, moving on to Atari, Apple, and PC. He then ran a series of bulletin boards centering on game-theory modification. Arie is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with a rich history of technological breakthroughs and business successes involving multiple 8-figure exit events. He is a strong believer in decentralization and the creation of the integrated owner/user model. Arie founded XY in 2012 (incorporated as Ength Degree, LLC before it was converted to a C Corporation in 2016). He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to starting XY-The Findables Company, Arie was CEO and Chairman of Pike Holdings Inc and Chief Technology Officer of Tight Line Technologies LLC. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology. Fun Fact: He is a member of one of the first Afrikaans speaking families to emigrate to the US from South Africa in 1976.
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About XY Labs, XY – The Persistent Company, XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Gerard Williams III
Chief Executive Officer of Nuvia
Gerard Williams III is the CEO of NUVIA. Prior to co-founding NUVIA, he was a Senior Director at Apple and Chief CPU Architect for nearly a decade with responsibilities for a range of leading-edge CPUs and SoCs across a broad array of devices. Before joining Apple, Gerard spent over 10 years at ARM, as an ARM Fellow, and serving on the ARM Architectural Review and Technical Advisory Boards. While at ARM, he served as a technical advisor for the ARM architecture and CPU development to many key ARM partners. Gerard began his career with tenures at Intel and Texas Instruments. He holds 38 patents to date with multiple pending and holds an MSEE from the University of Missouri Rolla and a BSE from Arkansas State University.
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About Nuvia: Nuvia develops processors intended to create high-performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world.
Kevin Taweel
Founder & CEO of Asurion
Since co-founding Asurion in 1994, the company has grown from 40 to 10,000 employees becoming the world’s largest provider of technology protection services, partnering with the world’s top companies and brands and serving over 200 million customers. Previously, Kevin was chairman and president of investment firm Mill River Corporation and worked in mergers and acquisitions for Salomon Brothers. Kevin and his Asurion cofounder received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001. Kevin is a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches entrepreneurship courses in the MBA program, from which he graduated in 1992. He is also a member of the school’s advisory council and has served on its management board. Kevin received a bachelor`s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University. He serves on the board of directors for ResponseLink, a provider of medical alert systems and the board of trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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About Asurion, Stanford Graduate School of Business: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Tony Detter
CEO of Asurion
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About Asurion: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Cesar Johnston
CEO of Energous Corporation
Mr. Cesar Johnston joined Energous in July 2014 and serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Cesar is a seasoned technologist, entrepreneur, and investor. Prior to Energous, Cesar has had a broad experience in large enterprises and startups. He has previously served as Vice President of Engineering for Wireless Connectivity at Marvell Semiconductor. During his time with Marvell, Cesar led Marvell’s worldwide R&D and development of all Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM, and NFC products. Prior to Marvell, Cesar drove technology innovation at Broadcom responsible for 802.11g and 802.11n products. Cesar has over 20 years of experience working across hardware, software, and services and is recognized as a pioneer in the technology development of multiple first-of generations of SISO and MIMO wireless products. He serves on the CTO Council for the Global Semiconductor Alliance, is an IEEE Senior Member, and is an advisory board member to KINS Technology Group. He also has written over 40 conference and journal papers and holds 25 patents.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Steve Rizzone
Chairman, President & CEO of Energous Corporation
Stephen R. Rizzone serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Energous Corporation.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Stina Ehrensvard
CEO & Co-Founder of Yubico
Internationally awarded entrepreneur, innovator and speaker with an unfaltering energy and passion for making the internet safer for all. Education in industrial product design at the University of the Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Jae Hoon Choi
CEO & Co-founder of Podo Labs
Jae Hoon Choi is Co-founder and CEO of Podo.
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About Exide Life Insurance, Podo Labs: We make Podo, Jack, Belle, and a whole lot more to come.
Jiang Li
CEO of VivaLnk
Jiang has both passion and extensive experience in bringing innovative technology and products into the marketplace. He has held various senior management positions in both large high tech organizations and startup companies. Prior to joining VivaLnk, he was responsible for new product and technology development as the VP of engineering in Kovio and Thinfilm Electronics, leading printed electronics companies. Prior to that, he worked at AMD and the joint venture between AMD/Fujitsu, Spansion. As the VP of product engineering in Spansion, Jiang managed the major new product launches in Spansion. Jiang holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University in China.
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About VivaLnk: VivaLnk is a provider of connected healthcare solutions for in-patient and remote patient monitoring.
Justin Wang
CEO of LARQ
Justin Wang serves as the Chief Executive Officer at LARQ.
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About LARQ: LARQ helps people access pristine drinking water easily and sustainably.
Erik Palitsch
Co-Founder & CEO of Freeform
Erik Palitsch is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Freeform Future.
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About Freeform: Stealth-mode additive manufacturing company.
Paramesh Gopi
President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Micro Circuits
Dr. Paramesh Gopi joined us as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2008 and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2009. On April 29, 2009, Dr. Gopi became a member of our Board of Directors. From September 2002 to June 2008, he was with Marvell Semiconductor, a provider of mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits to broadband digital data networking markets, where he most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. At Marvell, Dr. Gopi held several executive-level positions including Chief Technology Officer of Embedded and Emerging Business Unit and Director of Technology Strategy. From June 2001 to August 2002, Dr. Gopi was Executive Director of Strategic Marketing and Applications at Conexant Systems, Inc., a mixed-signal processing company. He joined Conexant Systems, Inc. as part of its acquisition of Entridia Corporation in 2001. Dr. Gopi founded Entridia, a provider of Network Processing ASICs for Optical Networks, in 1999. Prior to Entridia, Dr. Gopi held principal engineering positions at Western Digital and Texas Instruments where he was responsible for the development of key mixed signal networking products. Dr. Gopi holds a PhD in Electrical and Computing Engineering and a Masters and Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Applied Micro Circuits, Starthub Nation: Applied Micro provides computing and connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure and data centers.
Arvind Lakshmikumar
CEO of Tonbo Imaging
Arvind Lakshmikumar is the founder and CEO of Tonbo Imaging. He is an established domain expert in applied imaging technologies, computer vision, robotics and intelligent systems. He has been a principal investigator and program director for a number of international military and scientific programs (DARPA, NASA, US Army, AFRL, NSF, and DRDO) in the areas of vision and imaging and also serves on program committees of major computer vision and robotics conferences. Arvind has been a principal investigator and lead sub-contractor on multiple next-generation military programs. Arvind did his doctoral work in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and has Masters Degrees in Computer Science, Electronics and Chemistry from BITS, Pilani. He has leadership experience both at entrepreneurial and global corporation levels Prior to founding Tonbo Imaging, Arvind was the head of technology and operations at Sarnoff Corporation.
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About Tonbo Imaging: Tonbo Imaging offers advanced imaging and sensor systems for military reconnaissance and the security of critical industrial establishments.
Charles Prober
CEO, Board of Directors of Tile
Charles “CJ” Prober is CEO of Tile. He is an entrepreneurial leader who has a broad mix of operational, strategic and transactional experience with a strong track record of success over the past 20 years. I have a passion for building and operating consumer experiences that are at the cutting edge of hardware, media and technology.
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About Tile: Tile creates devices connected to a mobile app, helping users locate their personal items.
Matt Van Horn
Co-founder & CEO of June
Matt is the co-founder & CEO at June. Previously Matt was the VP of business for Path, where he ran business operations and started the Path platform. Before Path he ran business development for Digg, where he led partnerships and started the publisher Digg button program. Matt also co-founded Zimride (well-known now as Lyft), the San Francisco based transportation company. Matt is a University of Arizona alum, where he was Apple’s higher education marketer for the school.
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About June, Lyft: June is a smart oven for your home that makes cooking perfectly easy.
Gower Smith
CEO & Co-Founder of Swyft
Gower Smith is the founder of ZoomSystems and Co-Chairman of the Board. Prior to starting the company in 2002, Gower founded and led several other successful technology startups, including ComputerLand (a retailer of PC and technology products, acquired by Random Access), CGF Electronics (Australian distributor for Apple computer products), Archives Computers (a networking and software company, acquired by Impact Systems), and Boomerang Imaging Supplies (a leading printing supplies business, acquired by TCR). Gower completed his radio technician certificate with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, and studied microprocessors at the Melbourne Institute of Technology and Caulfield Institute of Technology.
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About Swyft: Swyft sells great products from leading brands in strategic high profile locations, serving customers.
Nicholas Woodman
Owner, CEO & Founder of GoPro
While the eight-person staff of GoPro was enjoying the success of their first HD HERO camera in 2009, founder and CEO Nick Woodman realized one thing: to support his vision, he was going to need a bigger staff. But before Woodman could think bigger, he had to start out small. After receiving a degree in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego, Woodman founded an online promotions company, Fun Bug. In 2001, Woodman sold Fun Bug and took off surfing and traveling the world. The decision inspired more than the personal – Woodman’s passion for surfing sparked the idea to create the now-popular wearable and gear mountable camera and in 2002, Woodman founded GoPro. After years of research and planning, the company released its first product, the GoPro HERO, a 35mm film-based camera that was worn on the wrist. Made up of some of Woodman’s friends and family members, the early GoPro team established the company as a true innovator by continually iterating on the product, moving from a film-based camera to a digital still and video camera. A lifetime extreme sports enthusiast, Woodman was learning how to race cars when he was compelled to move the camera from his wrist to the top of his car. This simple idea led to an array of camera mounting devices – for everything from helmets to surfboards, and even dog collars.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Brad Eckert
Co-Founder, CEO of Koko
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About Koko: Koko makes a device to monitor the health and safety of older adults in a completely passive way–with no wearables required.
Nick Weaver
Co-Founder and CEO of eero
Nick Weaver is Co-founder of eero inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Nick Weaver is an Associate at Menlo Ventures. Nick Weaver joined Menlo in 2012 and focuses on investments in mobile, consumer internet, digital media, and enterprise software. Prior to this, Nick Weaver worked at McKinsey & Company and advised technology and private equity clients on ecommerce, go-to-market strategy, and acquisitions. While at Stanford, he was involved Stanford Student Enterprises and helped found StartX (formerly, SSE Labs).
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About eero: Eero offers a Wi-Fi system for household use.
Vikas Gupta
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Wonder Workshop
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About Wonder Workshop: Wonder Workshop provides a platform that makes programming fun and accessible for children while they play.
Pantas Sutardja
CEO of Latticework
Pantas Sutardja is founder, president and CEO of Latticework. A legend in the storage industry, Dr. Sutardja has over 25 years of experience in the storage and semiconductor industry. He began his career at IBM Almaden Research Center where he developed the company’s first CMOS read channel chip. Dr. Sutardja and his brother would eventually team up to create Marvell Technology Group Limited in 1995, turning a startup into a publicly traded global leader in storage with several billion storage chips sold to date. Now, Dr. Sutardja has turned his storage sights to the hybrid cloud with Latticework leading the development of hybrid cloud-edge solutions to meet consumer demand for more storage and bandwidth related to skyrocketing data and video usage. The company’s first product, Amber, is the first personal storage device that provides consumers with security and privacy not available in public offerings. In his personal life, Dr. Sutardja is a noted philanthropist, establishing the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley, and, with his wife, creating a private foundation with an initial focus on education and medical fields. Dr. Sutardja holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of California, Berkeley.
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About Latticework: LatticeWork develops cloud-edge solutions that tackle storage, privacy and bandwidth issues related to skyrocketing data &video consumption.
Chris Young
CEO of McAfee
Chris Young is CEO of McAfee, LLC. He serves as a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and is on the board of directors of American Express and Snap Inc. Chris holds an A.B. from Princeton University.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Mark Reynoso
CEO of EcoSense Lighting
Mark Reynoso is the CEO at Ecosense Lighting.
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About EcoSense Lighting: EcoSense Lighting designs and develops lighting solutions for commercial and residential applications.
Aleksandar Cabrilo
CEO of HTEC Group
Aleksandar is an entrepreneur by passion. He is the founder and CEO of HTEC Group, a consulting and technology R&D services company, founded in Serbia and grown internationally, headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Serbia, Scandinavia, and the UK, servicing its clients and partners globally in various verticals. Aleksandar has a special interest in business digitalization, corporate innovation, and venture acceleration and in HTEC he makes sure that technology excellence of its engineering teams meets relevant industry domain expertise to create the disrupting digital products that support innovative business models. Aleksandar is also a partner, advisor or investor with several technology startups.
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About HTEC Group: HTEC Group is a consulting, product development and digital platform engineering company.
Stephen Luczo
CEO of Seagate Technology
Stephen Luczo serves as the Chairman of the Board, CEO and President. Luzco joined us in October 1993 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In September 1997, Luczo was promoted to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of our predecessor, Seagate Technology, Inc. and, in July 1998, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Luczo resigned as our Chief Executive Officer, effective 3 July 2004, but retained his position as Chairman of the Board. In January 2009, Luczo was appointed President and CEO. Prior to joining us, Luczo was Senior Managing Director of the Global Technology Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, from February 1992 to October 1993.
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About Bridge Budapest, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Junwei Bao
Co-Founder & CEO of Innovusion
During his career, he has spent nearly 20 years developing innovative technologies and products in the precision instrument and optical sensor space. Prior to founding Innovusion, Junwei led the Sensor and Hardware Team for the Autonomous Driving Business Unit at Baidu. In other previous roles, he co-founded Timbre Technologies, Inc., the startup that invented and productized OCD, the “microscale LiDAR” for semiconductor manufacturing, and led Tokyo Electron’s metrology division in Silicon Valley. Junwei holds a B.S. in Physics from Peking University. He received his M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley. He has more than 40 patents in the area of optical metrology and semiconductor process control.
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About Innovusion: Innovusion is an autonomous vehicle LiDAR technology developer.
Andrew Farah
CEO & Co-Founder of Density
Andrew Farah, a co-founder and CEO of a startup called Density.
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About Density: Density builds the technical infrastructure for cities, buildings, and spaces to measure how they’re used.
Ben Tarbell
Co-Founder & CEO of Ebb Carbon
Ben Tarbell currently works as the Co-Founder and CEO for Ebb Carbon.
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About Ebb Carbon, Powerhouse: Ebb Carbon is working on a reverse electrochemical ocean deacidification process that will capture CO2 from the atmosphere.
Manan Patel
CEO & Co-Founder of VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES
Manan has diverse and rich work experience of over 20+ years in various industries across multiple disciplines. At Volansys, as a CEO and Founder, Manan is responsible for defining Business Strategies and Company’s Overall Direction, Engineering Function, Technology Management, Talent Nurturing and Leadership Enabling & Team Building. His expertise lies in identifying optimum technologies for solutions, architecture and design of solutions encompassing complete life cycle in the areas of Audio / Video and Convergence, Web Based Technologies, Renewable Energy, Consumer Electronics, Streaming Media & Surveillance Systems. During his last tenure, Manan held technology leadership roles in one of India’s leading Electronic Design Services Companies. As a founding team member, he grew the company to 700+ people with revenue in excess of USD 18M. He established and grew the Embedded Division to 250+ team members with revenues exceeding USD 8M+ in three years. He was instrumental in building Streaming Media and Surveillance practices. Manan holds Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University, INDIA.
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About VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES: VOLANSYS is a Digital Transformation and Product Realization company offering an integrated portfolio of IoT services, solutions and IPs
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
Founder and CEO of Instrumental
I’m the CEO of Instrumental, a company I founded to solve manufacturing’s biggest problem: the 20 to 35 cents of every dollar spent in manufacturing that is wasted. I have two degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and was an Apple Product Design Engineer for six years. I designed mechanical components for three iPods and led system product design for the Apple Watch Series 1. I spent over 300 days in China finding and fixing issues on one of the most admired manufacturing supply chains in the world. I regularly speak about the future of manufacturing and automation and write technical articles at www.instrumental.com/blog. As an advocate for increased diversity in technology, I founded the Women in STEM Mentorship Program WISMP.org in 2013, which has matched hundreds of women university students studying in STEM fields with practicing industry mentors to support their transitions into fulfilling STEM careers.
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About Instrumental: Ship hardware products on time with high-resolution manufacturing data.
David Fattal
Founder & CEO of Leia
David has had a lifelong fascination for Physics. In his early scientific career, he became an expert in the manipulation of light at the nanoscale – including single photon guns, quantum teleportation and holographic displays. Today as the CEO and Chief Innovator at Leia Inc, David has a passion for “making magic”. He gets up in the morning to share this passion with his team and the world at large.
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About Leia: Leia is an experience platform offering 3D Lightfield products and software applications.
Gene Berdichevsky
CEO & Co-Founder of Sila Nanotechnologies
Gene Berdichevsky is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies. Prior to co-founding Sila, Gene was the seventh employee at Tesla Motors where he served as Principal Engineer on the Roadster battery, leading the development of the world’s first, safe, mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion battery system. Gene holds two degrees from Stanford University; an MS in Engineering with a focus on energy and materials, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He has co-authored 42 patents and 4 academic publications. Gene has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, the MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35, and was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
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About Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila Nanotechnologies is a provider and manufacturer of higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Liam Casey
Founder & CEO of PCH International
Liam is the founder and CEO of PCH. He has lived 23 years in China and is recognized as a thought leader in new product introductions, supply chain orchestration, sustainability and startup initiatives. He is on the boards of the California College for the Arts, and UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.
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About PCH International: PCH provides a unique, intelligent, end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration platform for the world’s best brands.
Aaron Emigh
Co-founder & CEO of Brilliant
Aaron Emigh is the co-founder and CEO of Brilliant. He was previously co-founder and CTO of shopkick, EVP and GM of Technology at Six Apart, CTO of Rojo Networks, Managing Director of Radix Labs, and CEO of CommerceFlow. Aaron is a seasoned entrepreneur with four acquisitions and one IPO. He has over 90 issued US patents, has been named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and has presented original research at numerous conferences and research colloquia, including RSA, APWG, DIMACS, TIPPI, SFECTF, ISSA, MAAWG, ITTC, and the AAAS. Aaron has served as a member of the US Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force and the US-DHS Infosec Technology Transition Council, a Research Fellow of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and a technical advisor to the Financial Services Technology Consortium.
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About Brilliant: We make the Brilliant Control, a smart home control system that replaces an existing light switch.
Bracken Darrell
CEO of Logitech
Bracken Darrell joined Logitech as president in 2012 and became chief executive officer a year later. In this role he has led a transformation of Logitech. He is a proponent of the importance of the liberal arts and design in business, especially of their role in innovating product experiences for consumers. He is an English major from Hendrix College. Bracken brings to Logitech experience in product and brand building through design. He has worked around the world on iconic brands like Old Spice, Gillette and Braun, for which he was president. He has spent time at P&G, GE, Gillette, and Whirlpool. Since he took over five years ago, Logitech has been a top performer on the SIX Swiss stock exchange and on the NASDAQ. The company’s stock price and profits have more than quadrupled in the same period.
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About Logitech: Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Fahim Aziz
Founder & CEO of Backpack
Hacker at Backpack
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About Backpack, Kyokushin Wooster: Backpack is a website that connects travelers and shoppers globally.
Florian Bohn
CEO & Co-Founder of GuRu
Florian has always felt compelled to understand the way the world works. His curiosity moved him to study Electrical Engineering at Caltech (B.S. Cum Laude), to receive an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech. At GuRu, Florian is thrilled to be building technology that will enrich people’s lives on a global scale. He is also proud to be building a community of passionate and like-minded engineers at the organization. As a co-founder and CEO at GuRu, Florian brings years of technology experience. At Axiom Microdevices, he helped define and implement high-frequency RF integrated circuits which have shipped more than 400 million units. At Agilent Laboratories (formerly HP Labs) he worked on clock and data recovery circuits as well as novel test and measurement systems. As a Caltech Lead Scientific Researcher, Florian guided engineering and operational aspects of implementing the microwave system at Caltech’s Space Solar Power Initiative.
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About GuRu: Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Hugo de Gentile
Co-Founder & CEO of Willo
Hugo de Gentile is the Co-Founder and CEO at Willo
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About Willo: Willo develops technology in oral health that automatically empowers everyone to achieve the best at-home clean possible.
Jason Hardi
Founder & CEO of Muzik
Jason Hardi is the visionary founder & CEO of Muzik, a hardware & software (“Smartware”) platform that is powering a new generation of connected, intelligent, wearable ambient technology. Jason and his team have created the worlds first smart headphone that seamlessly integrates with 3rd party apps and controls all connected devices. He invented the first motion controlled peripherals that send motion tracking data in real time without any latency. Over the last 5 years Jason has invented & designed many disruptive consumer electronic products, received 5 CES Innovation Awards, and has been issued several patents. In 2016, Jason and his team successfully launched and sold out of their first product (Muzik One) in Best Buy, Amazon, Brookstone, and Jet. He was the keynote speaker at the Microsoft Developer Build Conference in 2015 & 2016, and has been featured in Huffington Post, Billboard, Rolling Stone, TechCrunch, USA Today, Innovation & Tech Today and many other media outlets. Jason has successfully raised over $80 for Muzik, funded by some of the most strategic partners, industry leaders, celebrities, professional athletes, and Twitter. Jason graduated with a Bachelor of Science from NCSU, with concentrations in finance and marketing.
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About Muzik: Creators of The Worlds First Smart headphones designed to connect artists, fans, and brands like never before.
Raul Polakof
Founder & CEO of Scanntech
Raul Polakof is Founder & CEO at Scanntech.
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About Scanntech: Scanntech provides point-of-sale software to retail stores.
Vibhu Norby
CEO of b8ta
Founder/CEO of Origami Labs (FKA Everyme) and b8ta. Previously at MySpace and Threadbox.
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About b8ta: B8ta is a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for all.
Sujeet Kumar
CEO, Co-Founder of Zenlabs Energy
Dr. Sujeet Kumar is the founder and CEO of Zenlabs Energy, a company developing high-energy fast-charging lithium-ion batteries for Electric and Aerial Vehicles. Before Zenlabs, Dr. Kumar served as CTO of Envia Systems where he developed high-capacity manganese-based cathode and won several DoE awards. Dr. Kumar worked as a senior scientist for Greatbatch, leading the development of cathode materials for implantable medical batteries. Dr. Kumar started his career at Nanogram Corp as its first employee where he led several energy storage projects. Dr. Kumar has won the R & D 100 award for developing high energy lithium-ion batteries and is the inventor of over 60 patents. Dr. Kumar has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Rochester and a B.Tech from IIT, Varanasi.
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About Envia Systems, Greatbatch, Zenlabs Energy: Zenlabs Energy has developed high energy density lithium ion batteries for ground and aerial electric vehicles.
Mark Mastalir
Co-CEO & Chief Marketing Officer of Halo Neuroscience
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About Halo Neuroscience: Halo Neuroscience is a neurotech company focused on using electrical neurostimulation to unlock human performance and treat human disease
Johnny Hou
Founder / CEO of NZXT
Johnny Ho is a Founder and CEO at NZXT. He is also Co-Founder at Acaia. Mr. Ho received a bachelor of science in Computer Engineering at UC Irvine.
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About Acaia, NZXT: NZXT builds PC hardware for enthusiasts and gamers globally.
Charles Michael Yim
Founder and CEO of Breathometer
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About Breathometer, CMY Ventures, Cohabit Labs, Inc., Cointopia, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, VitaBowl, Walt Disney Television: Breathometer develops a breath analysis technology that helps people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Jeff Hastings
CEO of BrightSign
Jeff Hastings is the CEO of [BrightSign](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/brightsign). He was previously the president and general manager of Corel. Before that, Hastings held several senior executive roles at M-Audio, Rio, SonicBlue, ReplayTV, and Acuson. Hastings holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Purdue University.
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About BrightSign: BrightSign is a manufacturer of digital media signage.
Stefan Lederer
Co-Founder & CEO of Bitmovin
Stefan Lederer is co-founder and Head of Business of bitmovinin 2012, a company which focuses on products, cloud services and consulting in the area of adaptive HTTP streaming. He received his B.Sc. (Bakk.) in Information Management in Aug’10, his M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing.) in Computer Science in Mar’12 and his M.Sc. (Mag.) in Marketing and International Management in Jun’13, all with distinction from the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. He gained practical and international expertise in various companies (IBM, McKinsey&Company, Dolby, Hillside, Ilogs, etc.) and has a strong business focus in marketing and international management. He founded his first company in 2008 and led several IT projects in central and eastern Europe. In his position of an Assistant Professor at the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group he participated in several EC-funded projects (ALICANTE, SocialSensor). His research topics include transport of modern/rich media, multimedia adaptation, QoS/QoE as well as future internet architectures and he has published more than 20 papers in these areas. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization, contributed several open source tools (DASHEncoder, DASHoverCCN VLC plugin) and datasets.
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About Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Bitmovin: Bitmovin is a multimedia technology company providing adaptive streaming video infrastructure for global digital media companies.
Zach Supalla
Founder & CEO of Particle
Zach Supalla is the founder and CEO of Particle, an IoT startup that’s making it easier to build, connect and manage internet-connected hardware products deployed at massive scale. Supalla earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and an MEM (masters in engineering management) from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern. Before Particle, Supalla worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy, operations and product development. He is a graduate of HAX, the world’s first, and most prolific hardware accelerator.
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About Particle: Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.
Simon Segars
CEO of Arm Holdings
Since joining Arm as one of its first employees, Simon has driven technical and business innovations to help transform the company into the leading architect of the most pervasive compute technology the world has ever seen. Simon led the development of early ground-breaking Arm processors – the Arm7 and Arm9 – powering the world’s first digital mobile phones. He played a key role in developing industry standards, and his engineering work led to him being granted several embedded-systems patents. He became vice president of engineering in 2001, and before being named as Arm CEO in July 2013, he held several other strategy positions including global head of sales. He was personally responsible for expanding the company’s U.S. business and strengthening its leadership and relationships in California’s Silicon Valley, where he still lives with his family. Simon helped steer the company through the 2016 acquisition by SoftBank, and, in June 2017, was elected to serve on the SoftBank board. He also sits on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), TechWorks and is a non-executive director at Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Simon earned his BEng in electronic engineering from the University of Sussex and an MSc in computer science from the University of Manchester.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Zack Deiri
Chief Executive Officer of Crocus Technology
Zack Deiri brings to Crocus a successful track record with over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. His experience includes product and strategic marketing, sales and business development, IP and licensing, building and developing international organizations. He has held several senior positions with worldwide responsibilities at AMD, Spansion, ST Microelectronics and Motorola. Most recently Zack served as a Vice President of worldwide OEM business at SanDisk Corporation. Zack holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University and completed numerous executive development programs.
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About Crocus Technology: Crocus Technology provides magnetic random access memory products and technologies for the semiconductor and electronic systems industries.
Clay Alexander
Founder and CEO of Ember Technologies
Clay Alexander is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur who holds more than 100 patents worldwide and is the Founder and CEO of Ember, a global consumer electronics brand and maker of the World’s First Temperature Control Mug. As a lifelong entrepreneur, Alexander started his first company, Radiance Lightworks, in 1999 at the age of 23. It has become one of the top lighting design firms in the country, boasting an extensive client list which includes Universal Studios, Mattel and 20th Century Fox. He then launched his second company, Journée Lighting, in 2005 and created the world’s first LED track light. He scaled it to be one of the most respected brands in LED lighting and it was during this time that Alexander also invented General Electric’s LED light bulb, the GE Infusion™. With decades of experience building and scaling successful companies, Alexander combined both his business savvy and talent as a world-class inventor to launch Ember.
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About Ember Technologies, Radiance Lightworks: Ember Technologies is a design-led temperature control brand that produces a patented temperature adjustable dishware and drinkware.
William Andregg
CEO, Co-Founder & President of Fathom Computing
William Andregg is the Co-Founder at Fathom Radiant.
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About Fathom Computing: Fathom Computing is building optics-based hardware to run artificial intelligence with unprecedented performance.
Samuel Jurist
Co-Founder & CEO of SHO Products
Samuel Jurist is the CEO of SHO Products, an international ancillary product distributor for the cannabis industry housing the brands Rosin Tech Products, Dab Nation and Masterminded Distribution.
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About SHO Products: SHO Products is the leading equipment and technology provider in the world for solventless agricultural equipment
Avi Katz
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gigpeak
Founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of GigOptix, Inc. Dr. Avi Katz has served as the Chairman of the board of directors, Chief Executive Officer & President of GigOptix LLC since inception in May 2007 and through its public offering in December 2007. Previously, Dr. Katz served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of iTerra Communications LLC, Intransa Inc., from 2003 to 2005, and Equator Technologies Inc., from 2000 to 2003. Earlier he served in various sales, marketing and operational executive positions following his tenure service as a Member of the Technical Staff in AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, between 1988 and 1995. Dr. Katz is active in philanthropy and among others serves as a board member for the Israeli Venture Network (IVN), a NFP social philanthropy network. He holds more than 70 U.S. and international patents, has published approximately 300 technical papers and is the editor of a number of technical books. Dr. Katz received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Technion-IIT, Israel, and is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy.
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About Gigpeak: GigOptix provides semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming.
Mohammad Tabatabai
CEO of PERI
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About PERI: PERI is a consumer electronics brand focused on Wi-Fi audio and power space components and accessories.
Eric Sanchez
Co-Founder, CEO of Revl
Eric Sanchez is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revl.
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About Revl: AI Powered Video Souvenirs as a Service. Full end to end solution for roller coasters, skydive drop zones, race tracks, and zip lines.
Frank Yang
Chief Executive Officer, Design Director and Founder of simplehuman
In 2000, Frank Yang founded simplehuman with a goal to revitalize the trash can industry. Today, not only is the Los Angeles-based company the leader in stainless-steel step cans, but it also has expanded its vision—to design “tools for efficient living”—to more than 100 patented innovations and other products such as sensor soap pumps, kitchen and bathroom organization, and beauty tools. All simplehuman products embody efficient living design, a principle Yang defines as designing each product so it performs its intended task perfectly. To that end, all products are ergonomic, easy-to-clean, highly functional and durable as well. Under Yang’s design direction, in 2004 BusinessWeek/Industrial Design Society of America named simplehuman as one of the top corporations for Industrial Design Excellence. Yang has also garnered international design awards from organizations including reddot, International Housewares Association and I.D. Magazine. simplehuman products are available at fine specialty retailers in including Bed Bath & Beyond, Williams-Sonoma and Sephora as well as the company’s website simplehuman.com.
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About simplehuman: simplehuman designs and manufactures homeware products.
Ely Tsern
Co-Founder & CEO of Bryte
Ely is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bryte. He served as the vice-president and chief technologist at Rambus, leading new business and technology roadmap initiatives from concept to production, including licensing and IP development and the invention of over 180 U.S. patents.
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About Bryte: Bryte is a sleep technology company that designs and sells restorative intelligence products and services.
Jacob Fraden
CEO, Founder of SensorJacket
Jacob is an electronic engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. Three of his nearly 60 inventions started Billion dollar industries: the instant ear (tympanic) thermometers, home blood pressure monitors and motion light switches. He was the founder of Thermoscan Inc. (Thermoscan Ear Thermometers), Advanced Monitors Corp. (veterinary imaging products) and SensorJacket, Inc. From 2006 till 2011Dr. Fraden was Chief Technical Officer of Kaz, Inc. He published over 80 technical papers and two books. His Handbook of Modern Sensors (5 editions) for the last 25 years has been used as a principal textbook on sensors by many universities worldwide. Dr. Fraden teaches the course on sensors at University of California, San Diego.
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About SensorJacket: SensorJacket is the market for protective phone cases (jackets) is saturated with huge number of designs.
Noyan Berker
Founder & CEO of Mimiq
Noyan Berker is the Founder & CEO at Smart Mimic .
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About Mimiq: Mimiq Inc. (formerly Smart Mimic) is a Silicon Valley company that develops fifth-generation, long range, connected consumer devices.
Joy Weiss
President & CEO of Tempo Automation
Joy Weiss, currently President of Dust Networks at Analog Devices, has held executive leadership positions over the past 35 years at a variety of private and public technology companies. Joy was CEO of Dust Networks, a pioneer in industrial wireless sensor networking, when it was acquired by Linear Technology in 2011, and she has served on the boards of several private companies in Silicon Valley. She is currently on the board of Vigilent and Tempo Automation. Joy is also the Chair of the board of Playworks, a national non-profit based in Oakland, CA. Joy holds a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Analog Devices, InkSpace Imaging, Tempo Automation: Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market.
Sly Lee
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Emerge
Sly is a first generation American Entrepreneur & Scientist who is passionate about creating positive global impact through design and exponential technologies. He is co-founder & CEO of Emerge, a teleportation company with a vision to connect people’s emotions and feelings, on the path to ultimately “teleporting” our presence. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2018 recipient, a Singularity University Global Solutions Program 2015 Alumnus, World Economic Forum Global Future Council Member for AR/VR, has presented at the Skoll World Forum, and can be found surfing Venice Breakwater most mornings.
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About Emerge: Emerge is a virtual connection company that develops a device where users can have virtual gatherings with tactile effects and interactions.
Isaac Castro
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Emerge
Isaac Castro is an immigrant entrepreneur and co-founder & co-CEO of Emerge, a Los Angeles-based company bringing touch and emotion to the metaverse. Emerge’s mission is to empower those who are separated to feel more present when it is not possible to be physically together. Isaac believes in a future where technological progress brings us closer together and where nobody is left behind. He is an MIT Technology Review ‘Innovator Under 35’ recipient for the invention of a medical device for more effective cancer treatment. As a World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper, he actively worked on inspiring youth and fostering peace and reconciliation with former FARC guerrilla members in Colombia, work for which he was invited to participate and speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Isaac holds a master’s degree in telecommunications engineering, and he is a graduate of Google X and NASA sponsored Global Solutions Program at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.
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About Emerge: Emerge is a virtual connection company that develops a device where users can have virtual gatherings with tactile effects and interactions.
Grant Prigge
Founder, CEO & Head Product Design of Mila Cares
Product and UI designer. Design-driven tech entrepreneur and co-founder of 3 startups across the healthcare, enterprise IT, and consumer IoT space.
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About Mila Cares: A refreshingly thoughtful air purifier
Ganesh Pattabiraman
President and Chief Executive Officer of NextNav
Ganesh Pattabiraman is a Co-Founder, President and CEO NextNav and serves on the board of directors. With over 20 years of experience in technology development and management, Ganesh currently holds 10 patents. Prior to NextNav, Ganesh worked as the Product Manager of Qualcomm’s LBS Products. Ganesh also served as Director of Product Management at Mobio where he was responsible for deployment and commercialization of LBS & other applications to major BREW Operators. Ganesh holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University.
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About NextNav: NextNav operates a platform intended to offer indoor location services and applications.
Jason Alvarez Cohen
CEO & Co-Founder of Popl
Jason Alvarez-Cohen is a tech entrepreneur and Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. He is the CEO, Co-Founder and chief engineer at Popl, a technology company based in Los Angeles that is building the next generation business card.
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About Popl: Popl allows users to share their social media and contact info with a tap.
David Schie
CEO of AIStorm
David Schie is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of AIStorm.
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About AIStorm, Linear Dimensions Semiconductor: AIStorm is an AI startup that develops chipsets that can process data directly from devices.
Ken Ogata
CEO and Co-Founder of TeraWatt Technology
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About TeraWatt Technology: We engineer ultra-high energy density lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
Andrew Martz
CEO of ArchForm
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About ArchForm: Archform is making the next generation of clear aligners enabled by powerful by 3D software and 3D printing.
Kevin Primat
Founder & CEO of Primed Technologies
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About Primed Technologies: Primed is redefining Conversational AI with the development of a fuzzy, friendly and talkative toy for children.
Eric Dresselhuys
Chief Executive Officer of ESS
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About Enian, ESS: ESS is a provider of long-duration energy storage solutions ideally suited for C&I, utility, microgrid, and off-grid applications.
Robin Han
Founder & CEO of Zepp
Han, an assistant professor at the University of Georgia, was a student at Peking University when the impact of the internet was first felt in broader society. But the vibrant discussions the internet initially spurred would prove too much for the ruling Communist Party which, over time, has become more sophisticated in reasserting control over information.
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About melo, Zepp: Zepp provides wearable sports technology products for baseball, golf, and tennis players.
Charlene Consolacion
CEO & Co-Founder of Biig
Charlene Consolacion co-founded the World’s First Smart Lockbox for Cars: The BiigVault, transforming the automotive industry by introducing a secured and smart lockbox into vehicles, enabling a wide-array of on-demand automotive services such as in-car trunk delivery. Charlene is constantly innovating in the dynamic and high-tech sphere. This patented system is easy to install, allowing customers to use their smartphones to control, monitor a wide range of connected car capabilities, and access on-demand services.
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About Biig, Phrame: BiigVault: The Smart Lockbox for Cars
Akshita Iyer
Co-Founder and CEO of Ome
Akshita Iyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Inirv.
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About Ome: Ome reinvents the way people live through smart home technology.
Gilbert Passin
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Executive Officer of Wrightspeed
Gilbert Passin is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Wrightspeed.
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About Wrightspeed: Wrightspeed provides electric drivetrains as retrofit kits to the heavy-duty truck market.
Rajat Ojha
CEO of The Awesome Game Studio (TAGS)
Creator of #1 game on Mobile and top 10 on PlayStation. Location-Based Entertainment content partner (Dark Media and VR). Advisor for Betting & Gaming vertical in Samsung Harman. Worked on VR experiences for AAA titles like Resident Evil, Battlefield, Gears of War, Final Fantasy, Hack Attack etc. and own sports VR IP.
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About Gamitronics: TAGS is content development studio focusing on AAA quality games on mobile and VR for PC/Console. TAGS is content partner in theme parks
Jay Wright
CEO of Meta View
Jay Wright is president and general manager, Vuforia in the PTC Technology Platforms Group. In this role, Jay Wright has global responsibility for driving the Vuforia business and maintaining Vuforia as the leading software platform for development of augmented reality applications.
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About Campfire, Meta View: Meta View is an electronic company that provides augmented and virtual reality solutions for various businesses.
Jason Wong
Founder & CEO of Omnicharge
Jason Wong is the Founder & CEO at Omnicharge.
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About Omnicharge: Omnicharge is the only AC/DC battery that can quick charge any device via 3-pronged plug and usb.
Kevin Coakley
Co-founder and CEO of Cellink
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About Cellink: CelLink is an early-stage hardware startup that is developing a flexible conductive backplane for power electronics.
Colin Billings
Founder and CEO of Orro
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About Orro: Orro is the world’s first truly responsive lighting system.
Christopher Boone
CEO, Board Member of Coveroo
Christopher Boone is President & CEO of Cimbal, a software driven mobile promotion and payment network. His career includes senior executive positions in investment banking and operating roles leading software companies. Prior to Cimbal, Mr. Boone was President & CEO of Visuvi, an image initiated search engine and CEO of AppCentral, a desktop virtualization software company. He worked in management consulting as a technology, media and telecom advisor to leading asset management funds, law firms and technology companies and as a director of business and corporate development with Excite@Home. Mr. Boone was an investment banker with JPMorgan in New York where he managed a billion dollar derivatives portfolio. He began his career in corporate finance at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Boone is a recognized scholar with the Gerson Lehrman Group’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications council. He holds over a dozen US patents-pending in payment, authentication, virtualization and distributed networks. Mr. Boone is a graduate of JPMorgan’s Executive Finance Program which included graduate business school professors from Harvard, Wharton, Columbia and NY University. He holds a bachelor of science degree in medical physics from the University of Notre Dame where he was an Isko Foundation academic scholarship recipient and rowed varsity crew.
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About Cimbal, Coveroo, Visuvi: Coveroo is a software, printing and brand licensing platform that enables consumers and partners to create highly customized products.
Howard Leonhardt
Executive Chairman & CEO of BioLeonhardt
Howard Leonhardt is the CEO at Leonhardt Ventures.
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About BioLeonhardt, Cal-X Crowdfund Connect, Cal-X Stars Business Accelerator, Christiana Leucas Foundation, Food Trikes & Scooters, Heartscore, InStim, Kindheart Lionheart Adventures, KindHeartLionHeartTV, Leonhardt Ventures, Leonhardt Vineyards, Leonhardt Vineyards, Lucilles American Cafe, Radio Veronica USA, Second Heart Assist, Inc., Startup California, Stem Cell Bra, VascuStim, Wine Country Baseball: BioLeonhardt – Has developed a programmable implantable stem cell pump and electrical stimulator.
Anush Elangovan
Founder & CEO of Nod
With over 15 years of experience building innovative products, 30 patents pending or issued, and a couple of legendary mountains climbed, Anush is one of those “impossible is nothing” types. Prior to founding Nod Labs, he was part of the original Chromebooks team at Google, and a lead engineer at Agnilux, FireEye and Cisco.
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About Nod: Nod seamlessly transforms your movements into commands. Nod accurately tracks your body and convey intent and identity to your environment.
Abdur Chowdhury
Co-Founder and CEO of Aura Frames
Abdur Chowdhury was the co-founder of Summize which he sold to Twitter in 2008. He then became Twitter’s Chief Scientist. A few years ago, he left and started a new company called Pushd, which is backed by a couple of million in seed funding from various angels, as well as Betaworks. On September 4, 2014 Pushd, Inc. released an Emoji based mobile app called Steven.
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About Aura Frames: Aura Frames is a smart picture frame designed to fill their home with beautiful photos of their family and friends.
Gideon Yu
CEO & Co-Founder of EVA Automation
Gideon is currently a General Partner at [Khosla Ventures](/financial-organization/khosla-ventures). Previously, Gideon was the Chief Financial Officer of [Facebook](/organization/facebook), where he led the $375 million investment round from [Microsoft](/organization/microsoft) and Hong-Kong billionaire [Li Ka Shing](/person/li-ka-shing) at a record $15 billion valuation. Before that, Gideon was a Partner at [Sequoia Capital](/financial-organization/sequoia-capital), and was also the Chief Financial Officer at [YouTube](/organization/youtube) where he negotiated its $1.65 billion sale to [Google](/organization/google) amidst a highly competitive auction for the company. Prior to YouTube, Gideon was the Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance for [Yahoo](/organization/yahoo), executing over 30 acquisitions / investments, including Shimon, Alibaba / Taobao, Overture, Haber, Inktomi, [Flickr](/organization/flickr), and del.icio.us and over $5 billion of capital markets transactions, including $750 million in zero coupon / zero yield convertible notes – Yahoo’s first financing since its IPO. Prior to Yahoo, Gideon was the Chief Financial Officer of Haber Software (acquired by NeuStar, NYSE: NSR) and held positions at Disney, Shimon, Hilton, and DLJ / CSFB. Gideon graduated from Stanford University majoring in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Gideon is also very active philanthropically, likes art, movies, fast cars. Currently serves on the Board of Directors of the UCSF Medical Foundation.
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About Cloudera, EVA Automation, San Francisco 49ers: EVA Automation is a Silicon Valley-based startup that reimages audio and video experiences.
Ram Fish
Founder, CEO of 19Labs
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About 19Labs, Samsung Electronics: Bringing The Clinic to you. Solution for Healthcare Providers that brings together Telehealth, RPM and smart diagnostic devices
Thiru Arunachalam
CEO of Peel
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About Peel: Peel is the leading universal home control and video content discovery platform w/ 130M+ users worldwide, generating 140B+ remote commands
Arthur Zafiropoulo
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Ultratech
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo is Board of Trustees at Northeastern University.
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About Ultratech: Ultratech develops, manufactures, and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment.
Jonathan (Yoni) Ofir
Co-Founder & CEO of LEAF
Founder and CEO of Leaf – Automatic Cannabis Home Grow System. Previously Co-Founder and CPO of Alcohoot (now Vertisense) (Acquired).
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About LEAF: LEAF is a smart home appliance that lets users grow their own cannabis, food, and herbs.
Frank Wooten
CEO of Vence
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About Vence: Vence was founded to improve the affordability and availability of sustainable animal protein.
Ann Crady Weiss
Founder, CEO of Hatch
Ann is a partner at True Ventures. She has deep experience as an entrepreneur, having founded and run two companies, both funded by the firm. Her experience to date spans early-stage consumer, mobile, and IOT companies. Her passion is working with early stage founders who have a clear vision and quiet confidence. Ann is currently the CEO and co-founder of Hatch Baby, creator of smart nursery products that use technology and user-centric design to make caring for a baby a little easier and more joyful. A testament to the company’s traction, Hatch Baby products appear on 20 percent of all baby gift registries. Ann previously founded and ran Maya’s Mom, a social network that was acquired by Johnson & Johnson. She was an executive in the search and marketplace division of Yahoo and also served as the senior vice president of consumer experience for BabyCenter. Ann received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego and a law degree, cum laude, from Georgetown Law Center. When she’s not working at True or Hatch Baby, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. She aspires to exercise more and reads fiction to relax her mind.
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About Hatch, True Ventures: Hatch offers a suite of smart sleep products to help humans of all ages and stages develop and maintain natural healthy sleep habits.
Hasty Granbery
Founder and CEO of Currant
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About Currant: Currant creates smart home products that enable people to control their homes and their energy bills.
Bradley Leong
Cofounder and CEO of Coral Labs
Bradley Leong is the Founder of Coral Labs. He is also a Partner at Tandem Capital.
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About Coral Labs, Tandem Capital: Coral Labs offers a smart manicure device that can automatically paint nails.
Thar Casey
Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder of Amber Solutions
Mr. Casey is Founder, President and CEO of Amber Solutions, Inc. Prior to Amber, he was President of IDEX America Inc. Mr. Casey also served as Co-Fournder, President and Chief Executive Officer of PicoField Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by IDEX. He is a veteran entrepreneur with a strong background in operations, finance and extensive experience in developing leading technology based companies from product concept to high volume manufacturing. He co-founded Insound Medical and served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations. Insound was acquired by Sonova-Phonak in 2011 for a total of $169 million. In addition, he co-founded Prenateck, a fetal heart rate monitor, serving as Chief Executive Officer. Founded Phantom IT Solutions serving as Chief Executive Officer and also served as Vice President of Finance at the Monterey Bay Bank. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Intelesol, PicoField Technologies, and STR. Mr. Casey holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Hayward.
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About Amber Solutions: Amber Solutions is a developer of patented solid-state technologies for the digital control of electricity.
Julie Uhrman
Founder & CEO of OUYA
Julie Uhrman is a video game entrepreneur. She is founder and CEO of OUYA—an innovative gaming console that enables any developer to publish a console game by bringing the mobile app model to the TV. OUYA is a powerful, beautifully designed, open and inexpensive alternative to traditional game consoles. Julie started in the game business ten years ago. Before launching OUYA, she held several executive roles with video game companies such as GameFly, IGN (where she led digital distribution and business development) and Vivendi Universal. Julie loves to play games: she plays platformers, 3rd person shooters and she loves playing games on a TV. But the last few years, she’s played more on mobile phones, because that’s where the action’s been. She wants to go back to playing on a TV. By combining a classic console format with the ease of access of open mobile SDKs, Julie seeks to make OUYA the open pathway for all developers—AAA and indie alike—to bring their craft to the world.
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About Angel City, Highway1, OUYA: OUYA develops and delivers open video game consoles for televisions.
Wonyoung Kim
CEO & Co-Founder of Lion Semiconductor
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About Lion Semiconductor: Lion Semiconductor is an electronics company that specializes in electronic components such as capacitors, resistors, and transistors.
Todd Chernecki
Co-Founder and CEO of SUBPAC
Todd Chernecki is the CEO & Co-Founder at SUBPAC.
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About SUBPAC, SUBPAC: SUBPAC is a patented tactile audio technology that transfers low frequencies directly to a users body and more.
Desheng Wang
CEO of Focus Universal
Dr. Desheng Wang has been the CEO, Secretary and Director of Focus Universal Inc. since December 29, 2014. Dr. Wang has over 20 years of professional experience in mobile technology. He served as a senior research fellow at California Institute of Technology from 1994-2011. Over the last five years, he has served as president of Vitashower Corporation and as President of Perfecular Inc. In 1988, he earned his masters degree from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics at the Chinese Academy of Science in 1988. Dr. Wang earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Emory University in 1994.
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About Focus Universal: Focus Universal is a Universal Smart Instrumentation Platform.
Robert Lee
President and CEO of Pioneer Circuits
Robert “Bobby” Lee is the president and CEO of Pioneer Circuits, Inc. Prior to his current position, Bobby served as the vice president and COO of the company. He is also the co-founder of The Dignitas Project. Robert also served as a lead pastor at Convergence Church. Robert holds an MBA from the University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Pioneer Circuits: Pioneer Circuits is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that develops flex and rigid-flex circuit board.
Ivan Marandola
Chief Executive Officer of iWABOO Inc.
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About Brinc, Indiegogo, iWABOO Inc., Salesforce, West Midland Shoe: First Maker 2 Market platform. ETSY for indie tech vendors and disruptive electronics
