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 CFO’ operating in the Software space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
Mike Taylor
CFO of GitHub
Mike Taylor is CFO at GitHub, a web-based Git or version control repository and Internet hosting service. Prior to joining GitHub, Mike was VP Capital Markets and New Ventures at Tesla Motors, where he managed capital markets and new venture creation activities worldwide. In his prior roles as VP Finance and, later, Treasurer, he managed finance, treasury, investor relations, capital markets, and customer finance for the innovative electric vehicle company.
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About GitHub: GitHub provides code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects in organizations.
Charly Kevers
CFO of Carta
Charly Kevers serves as CFO at Carta, a transfer agent for private companies.
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About Carta: Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Marinda Luk
CFO of Initialized Capital
Marinda runs finance, accounting, and back-office duties for Initialized. She was previously senior fund accountant for 500 Startups, and served in similar roles for hedge fund Mountain Lake Investment and as an auditor for State Street Bank. She has a BA in Mass Communications/Media Studies from University of California, Berkeley.
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About Initialized Capital: Initialized Capital is an early-stage VC firm focused on helping software engineers and designers with their first seed checks.
Amy Weaver
President & Chief Financial Officer of Salesforce
Amy Weaver is the President & Chief Financial Officer at Salesforce.
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About Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Jackqueline Dao
CFO of Reach Capital
Jackqueline Dao is the CFO at Reach Capital.
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About Reach Capital: Reach supports entrepreneurs that develops technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work
Adil Syed
CFO of Rippling
Adil Syed is an Associate with Redpoint Ventures where he focuses on early-growth investment opportunities in internet, digital media, software / SaaS and mobile companies. Adil supports Redpoint investments in these sectors and has been involved in the firm’s investment in Twilio, Zendesk, Sonos, Open English and Viajanet. Prior to joining Redpoint, Adil was a Senior Analyst in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs where he focused on high-growth clean technology and renewable energy companies, power and utility companies and industrials. Adil’s client coverage included strategic business development and financing discussions, execution of private investments, public offerings and M&A processes including the Amyris IPO and the Clipper Windpower sale to United Technologies Corporation. Prior to investment banking, Adil worked as a Financial Analyst for a wealth management team managing over $10B in assets in the Goldman Sachs San Francisco office. Adil earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Rippling, Vartana: Rippling is a human resource management company that offers an all-in-one platform to help manage HR and IT operations.
Spencer Punter
Partner, COO and CFO of DCVC
Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO/COO of venture-backed enterprise SaaS companies. He brings this diverse skill set to Data Collective where, as COO, he works on the internal operations of the firm and, as an operating partner, he assists the current portfolio with fund raising, FP&A, and M&A. Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO/CFO of Appcelerator, the maker of the leading cross-platform mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway. He has worked in various roles from Associate to General Partner at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Integral Capital Partners, Bowman Capital, Bay Partners, and Capital Dynamics.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Ulrike Kellmereit
Chief Financial Officer of True Ventures
Uli originally joined the True Ventures team in 2011. Today, in her role as CFO, she oversees all financial operations and ensures each new investment is handled with care and diligence. She started her career in tax advisory services for Ernst & Young’s Berlin office and transitioned to the company’s assurance services team in San Francisco in 2007. Uli holds bachelor’s degrees in business and economics from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Beyond crunching numbers, Uli loves spending time with her two children and husband, enjoying food and wine with friends, and walking around the city. When she’s not in San Francisco, she’s usually visiting relatives, including her twin sister, in Germany.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Ulrike Kellmereit
Chief Financial Officer of True Ventures
Uli originally joined the True Ventures team in 2011. Today, in her role as CFO, she oversees all financial operations and ensures each new investment is handled with care and diligence. She started her career in tax advisory services for Ernst & Young’s Berlin office and transitioned to the company’s assurance services team in San Francisco in 2007. Uli holds bachelor’s degrees in business and economics from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Beyond crunching numbers, Uli loves spending time with her two children and husband, enjoying food and wine with friends, and walking around the city. When she’s not in San Francisco, she’s usually visiting relatives, including her twin sister, in Germany.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Hadas Sparfeld
COO & CFO of Group 11
Hadas is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Group 11. She is responsible for all of the firm’s day-to-day operations and also oversees Group 11’s financial activities, including financial reporting, accounting, forecasting and budgeting, as well as tracking financial performance of portfolio companies.
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About Group 11: Group 11 is a venture capital firm focused on financial technology companies.
Steven Bragonier
CFO and Co-Founder of Neotribe Ventures
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About Gainspeed, Neotribe Ventures: Neotribe Ventures is an early stage-venture capital firm which invests in breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination.
Paul Jun
Chief Financial Officer of Pilot
Paul Jun is the Chief Financial Officer at Pilot. He previously served as VP of Corporate Finance & Strategy at [Dropbox](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dropbox) and a venture capital investor at [Index Ventures](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/index-ventures). Prior to that, Jun was a private equity associate at Leonard Green and Partners and investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley.
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About Pilot: Pilot is a platform that offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
Martin Hernandez
Chief Financial Officer of Meltwater
Martin Hernandez recently joined Meltwater as Chief Financial Officer. Marty is responsible for accounting, business support, finance, human resources, legal, information systems, sales operations, treasury and tax.
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About Meltwater: Meltwater is a media Intelligence & social listening tools for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputation.
Eric Jenny
CFO of SOCi
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About SOCi: SOCi is a centralized platform for multi-location marketers to reach and engage local customers.
Todd Morgenfeld
CFO of Pinterest
Todd Morgenfeld is the chief financial officer at Pinterest since October 5, 2016. Prior to his current role, Morgenfeld worked as vice president, finance at Twitter. His previous positions include senior vice president, treasury, financial analytics and corporate development at Hewlett-Packard, director at Silver Lake Partners, and associate at Goldman Sachs.
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About Pinterest: Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Maureen Offer
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Crosslink Capital
Maureen has been with Crosslink since 2005. As Controller Maureen is responsible for the preparation of both fund and investment level financial statements, performance reporting and Crosslink Capital, Inc. accounting. Maureen joined Crosslink as a Venture Fund Accountant. In her years at Crosslink, Maureen has acquired in-depth knowledge of Crosslink’s public and private funds and investors. Prior to joining Crosslink, Maureen was a Finance Associate with Wells Fargo Financial.
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About Crosslink Capital, Wells Fargo Financial: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Zane Rowe
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware
Mr. Rowe has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2016. Mr. Rowe has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware since March 2016. Before joining VMware, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DellEMC from October 2014 through February 2016. Prior to joining DellEMC, Mr. Rowe was Vice President of North American Sales of Apple Inc. from May 2012 to May 2014. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Continental Holdings, Inc., an airline holdings company, from October 2010 until April 2012 and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Continental Airlines from August 2008 to September 2010. Mr. Rowe currently serves on the board of directors of Sabre Corporation.
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About VMware, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Betsabe Botaitis
Co-Founder and CFO of Aikon
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About Aikon, Kueski: Aikon provides API-based Blockchain as a Service for top public blockchains including EOS, Ethereum and Libra
Keith Taylor
Chief Financial Officer of Equinix
Keith D. Taylor joined Equinix in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles, such as Equinix’s Director of Finance & Administration, Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, and now as CFO. Before joining Equinix, Taylor served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for International Wireless Communications, Inc., an operator, owner, and developer of wireless communication networks throughout Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining International Wireless Communications, Inc., Taylor was employed by Becton Dickinson & Company, a medical and diagnostic device manufacturer, as a Senior Sector Analyst for the diagnostic businesses in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Taylor holds a B.B.A. from Bishops University in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Allen Shim
Chief Financial Officer of Slack
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About Slack: Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.
Elizabeth Loar
Chief Financial Officer of SnapLogic
Elizabeth Loar is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at SnapLogic, where she is responsible for overseeing the company’s finance and accounting functions. Elizabeth is an experienced corporate controller and management consultant specializing in business process reengineering for finance organizations. She previously served as SnapLogic’s Corporate Controller and before that was the director of financial planning and analysis at Merchant e-Solutions. Elizabeth holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor’s of Science from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
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About SnapLogic: SnapLogic is a software company that provides a platform for enterprise cloud and big data integration.
Kevin Melia
Chief Financial Officer of Storm Ventures
Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer at Storm Ventures. Prior to joining Storm Ventures in 2002, Kevin was a Manager at Mitchell Madison Group, a management consulting firm, and its successor companies, USWeb/CKS and marchFIRST. He primarily worked with clients in the networking equipment industry to develop new business opportunities and establish strategic partnerships. Previously, Kevin was a development engineer with Ericsson’s fiber optic access division. He has also worked with A.T. Kearney and Raychem. Kevin earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University.
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About Storm Ventures: Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments.
Brian Kinard
CFO and Legal Counsel of Mojo Vision
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About Mojo Vision: Mojo Vision is developing Mojo Lens, the world’s first AR smart contact lens with a built-in display that delivers Invisible Computing
Trac Pham
CFO of Synopsys
Trac Pham was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2014 and leads the Finance organization which includes the Corporate Controller, Financial and Strategic Planning, Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit and Investor Relations groups. Previously, Pham was Vice President of Corporate Finance and Vice President of Financial Planning and Strategy at Synopsys. During his tenure, Pham has helped Synopsys achieve profitable growth by developing strategic and operating plans that prioritize investments across multiple business units. Before joining Synopsys in 2006, Pham held leadership roles in strategy and business development and finance at Juniper Networks. Earlier in his career, Pham was sales controller, division controller, and finance and accounting manager for multiple business groups at 3Com. Pham holds a BA, Economics from UC Berkeley and an MPIA (Master of Pacific International Affairs) from UC San Diego where he was a Schoepflin Fellow. He is an active status California CPA.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Neil Williams
Senior Vice President, CFO of Intuit
Neil Williams became Intuit’s senior vice president and chief financial officer in January 2008. Williams has nearly 30 years of strategic, operational and transactional experience in the financial services industry. He is responsible for all financial aspects of the company, including corporate strategy and business development, investor relations, financial operations and real estate. Before joining Intuit, Williams was the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Visa U.S.A., Inc. In that role, he led all financial functions for the company and its subsidiaries, including financial planning, business planning and financial monitoring. Williams concurrently served as chief financial officer for Inovant LLC, Visa’s global information technology organization, responsible for global transactions processing and technology development. His previous banking experience includes senior financial positions at commercial banks in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States. Williams, a certified public accountant, received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.
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About Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Jason Kalira
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer of Parsable
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About Parsable: Parsable offers a connected worker platform for industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety.
Bryan Wolff
CFO/COO of Staircase
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About BBQ Holdings, Staircase: Staircase is an API marketplace for residential mortgage.
Doug Barry
Co-Founder, COO and CFO of PORTL Hologram
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About MSMCi, PopJax, PORTL Hologram: PORTL Hologram offers at-home hologram machines.
Steven Hammersly
CFO and Board Member of PORTL Hologram
Steven Hammersly is the CFO at PORTL Hologram.
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About PORTL Hologram: PORTL Hologram offers at-home hologram machines.
Brian McGee
EVP, COO & CFO of GoPro
Brian McGee is the senior vice president and chief financial officer of [GoPro](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gopro#/entity), a brand of high-definition personal cameras used in extreme action video photography. Previously, he was the vice president for finance at the same company. He has also served as the vice president for business operations at [Qualcomm](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/qualcomm#/entity). McGee holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from [California Polytechnic State University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo#/entity). He lives in Los Gatos, California, United States.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Kurt Kalbfleisch
Senior Vice President and CFO of Sphere 3d
Kurt Kalbfleisch joined Sphere 3D as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2014. Prior to that, Kurt was with Overland Storage from December 1993 until November 2014 and served as Overland’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kurt is responsible for the company’s finance, accounting, legal, and facilities operations. During his tenure at Overland, Kurt has also served in several key management roles in cost accounting and finance. Prior to joining Overland, Kurt was a manufacturing budget analyst for McDonnell Douglas Corp. Kurt earned his MBA from the University of San Diego and a bachelor’s degree in Business from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
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About Sphere 3d: Sphere 3D Corp. delivers data management, and desktop and application virtualization via hybrid Cloud, Cloud and on-premise implementations.
Mary Denten
CFO of Scale Venture Partners
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Peter Perrone
CFO of AtScale
Pete Perrone is the CFO. Prior to AtScale, Pete was CFO at Percolate and Limelight Networks.He also spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director in the Principal Investment Area, investing in and working with high growth technology leaders.
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About Artisan Bio, AtScale: AtScale is an intelligent data virtualization company that provides a single, secured, and governed workspace for distributed data.
Yannis Peyret
CFO of Holberton School
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About Holberton School: Holberton School is a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers.
Richard Bridge
CFO of Boosted USA
Richard Bridge is the CFO at Boosted, Inc.
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About Boosted USA: Boosted USA builds and develops lightweight, wireless, and remote-controlled motorized electric longboards.
Gregor McCole
Chief Financial Officer of Arctic Wolf
Gregor McCole has more than 17 years of experience in the security industry. As CFO, he’s responsible for all of Arctic Wolf’s financial activities. In his previous role, he was the vice president of finance for Cylance, and served as the acting CFO for an extended period following its Series D funding. Prior to Cylance, Gregor was at McAfee, ultimately serving concurrent roles as the chief operating officer of the consumer business and vice president of finance for both consumer and corporate business units. Gregor also worked in finance at Hewlett-Packard and in the audit practice for Deloitte & Touche. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Lewis & Clark College.
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About Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf helps companies end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service.
Carolyn McCarthy
Chief Financial Officer of Quest Software
Carolyn is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest. She also oversees IT Infrastructure, Procurement and Real Estate. Carolyn joined Quest from Dell where she held a number of senior finance leadership roles, the last one as SVP and CFO of Dell’s Software Division. Prior to Dell she held various finance roles at PepsiCo and EDS. Carolyn graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross College and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
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About Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Steve Robertson
Chief Financial Officer of Intapp
Stephen Robertson is the CFO at Intapp.
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About Intapp: Intapp is a provider of industry-specific, cloud-based software solutions that enable connected professional and financial services.
Jim Cook
Chief Financial Officer of Orbital Insight
Jim is CFO at Mozilla. Over the last 20+ years in Silicon Valley, Jim has has helped build the financial and operational foundations for a few brand name, multi-billion dollar companies. As one of NetFlix’s six co-founders, Jim built and managed all financial and operational functions from the company’s founding in 1997 until 1999. His public company experience includes Intuit where he worked closely with the original founders from 1991-1996 including driving several M&A’s, the company’s 1993 IPO, and as Divisional Controller for the $100M Small Business Division (QuickBooks) Since 2005, Jim has been CFO for Mozilla (Firefox) and has led the worldwide effort to grow the Mozilla team and operational infrastructure from less than 25 employees in Mtn. View to a worldwide operation of >850 employees in 11 offices on 4 different continents. Jim currently serves as an advisor to several venture backed companies, VC’s, Silicon Valley Bank’s CFO Advisory Group and as a Director for the Alliance of CEO’s. Jim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Bus. Admin (Finance) and a minor in Biology after initially pursuing becoming an Aerospace Engr/Space Doctor. Jim has lived in Portola Valley for the past 20 yrs with his wife Lissa and his two children, Trevor and Claire and two dogs. Jim and his family enjoys any kind of outdoor activity and looks forward to family traditions and annual vacations (Kirkwood skiing, New Hampshire summers, various camping adventures)
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About Orbital Insight: Orbital Insight builds SaaS technology to understand what happens on and to the Earth with AI and machine learning
Steven Gelsomini
CFO of EcoSense Lighting
Steven Gelsomini is the CFO at Ecosense Lighting.
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About EcoSense Lighting: EcoSense Lighting designs and develops lighting solutions for commercial and residential applications.
Jacob Shulman
CFO of JFrog
Jacob, Chief Financial Officer of JFrog, brings over 25 years of experience in building the financial infrastructure and driving growth of multinational enterprises. Prior to JFrog, Jacob was the CFO of Mellanox Technologies, a leading supplier of end-to-end intelligent interconnect solutions and services for servers, storage and hyper-converged infrastructure. Jacob also held key finance positions at Atrica, Thyssenkrupp AG, Matav Cable Systems and Ernst & Young. Jacob holds an MBA from the College of Academic Management Studies (Israel) and a BSc in accounting and economics from Tel-Aviv University (Israel).
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About JFrog: JFrog provides software developers with a binary repository management solution.
Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Seagate Technology
Patrick O’Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company’s activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O’Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance – Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O’Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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About Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Tim Cabral
Advisor (Former CFO) of Veeva
As CFO, Tim is responsible for all aspects of financial management and G&A operations. He brings over 20 years of technology finance background and nearly 10 years of software finance and operations background. Prior to joining Veeva Systems, Tim served as CFO/COO for Walsh Wireless, a wireless solutions and services company and as CFO/CoFounder of Agistics, a start-up focused on employee management services. Tim also spent more than 7 years at PeopleSoft, Inc., where he held various positions, including VP of Products & Technology Finance and Senior Director of Corporate FP&A. During his tenure as VP of Finance, Tim created and built the Operational Controller team and developed an influential business partnership model with General Managers who owned business units driving upwards of $250m in revenue. Prior to PeopleSoft, Tim served in finance positions at Chiron Corporation and LSI Logic. Tim holds a MBA in Finance and a Bachelors degree in Finance from Santa Clara University.
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About Veeva: Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based business solutions for the global life sciences industry.
Robert Sison
Chief Financial Officer of BigPanda
Robert Sison is the CFO at BigPanda.
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About BigPanda: BigPanda offers a platform that helps IT Ops, NOC, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents faster and more easily.
Arthur Chadwick
CFO of Cavium
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About Cavium: Cavium Networks develops and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks.
David Overmyer
CFO of Contentstack
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About Contentstack, raw engineering: Contentstack develops a cloud based content management system intended to power omnichannel content.
Caitlin Haberberger
Chief Financial Officer of LogDNA
Caitlin is the CFO at Flite. Caitlin brings significant financial management experience to Flite with her more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting as well as in managing HR, legal and other G&A functions. Most recently, Caitlin was VP of Finance and HR at Hearsay Social, a social media related SaaS company. Her experience also includes controllership, financial analysis and investor relations positions in the media and software industries. Caitlin began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen. Caitlin earned her BA in Economics and Urban Studies from Connecticut College.
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About LogDNA: LogDNA offers a log management solution that provides DevOps teams an aggregation of all their system and application logs on one platform.
Dorian Merritt
Chief Financial Officer of Tenaya Capital
Dorian Merritt joined Tenaya Capital in September 2017 and has 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and went on to serve as Controller for a publicly traded software company before transitioning into alternative investment accounting where she has worked at several venture capital firms including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, and ONSET Ventures.
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About Tenaya Capital: Tenaya Capital operates as a venture capital firm investing it in a wide range of technology-driven companies.
John Tran
CFO & COO of Backblaze
John H. Tran is the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Backblaze. Most recently, John was the chief operating officer for ImmunGene, Inc.; a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapy. John also held executive leadership roles in various private and public companies, including companies that went through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he was an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC. John received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biology and Business Economics, with an emphasis on Accounting, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. John is a certified public accountant with the State of California (inactive).
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About Backblaze: Backblaze is an online storage company that offers personal and business backup as well as B2 cloud storage.
Anthony Chen
CFO and Executive Vice President of Borqs Technologies
Anthony K. Chan, is our CFO and Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and has joined our company since April 2015. Mr. Chan has over 30 years of experience in U.S. and China cross border investments and business operations. From July 2013 until March 2015, Mr. Chan served as the President of Asia Sourcing for Portables Unlimited in New York, a distributor of T-Mobile USA. From March 2009 until July 2013, he served as the CFO for Tianjin Tong Guang Digital Broadcasting Co. Ltd, a mobile communications products company. For the 20 years prior to that, he was involved in multiple investment and technology transfer projects between China, the U.S and Europe, in the areas of communication products, chemical fibers, textile machinery and medical equipment. Mr. Chan received both his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Borqs Technologies: Borqs Technologies is a high-tech company providing intelligent terminal software and end-to-end service platforms.
Rene Ho
Chief Financial Officer of Taulia
As Chief Financial Officer, René has responsibility for the company’s finance and human resource functions and oversees the administration of the company. René has more than 20 years of experience in finance, operations and leadership roles in the United States and Asia. Before joining Taulia, René took a break from the for-profit world and helped Goodwill of Silicon Valley develop its program to help adults with autism find meaningful work. René’s corporate experience includes managing the divisional finance staff at Visa to prepare the business units for what was, at the time, the largest IPO in the United States. René also spent 4 years in Asia managing the operations of Visa’s largest region outside the United States. When not working, René spends time with his wife and two girls and when they are asleep, he can be found working out in his garage.
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About Taulia: Taulia is a FinTech startup that provides working capital management and electronic invoicing services for supply chain companies.
Thomas Berquist
CFO of TIBCO
Tom Berquist is the Chief Financial Officer at Tibco Software Inc. since October 2015. Tom is responsible for worldwide financial operations and reporting, as well as investor relations. Tom was an Operating Partner at Vector Capital where he partners with Vector’s portfolio companies to create shareholder value. Tom is currently a Member of the Board of Directors at Saba and is a past Member of the Board of Directors of Corel. Previously Tom was Chief Executive Officer at Corel, a global consumer software and hardware company based in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Tom joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in September 2009 and helped take the company private with the backing of Vector Capital. Prior to joining Corel, Tom was Chief Financial Officer at Ingres (now Actian), a private open source software company based in Redwood City, CA. Before entering the software industry in 2006, Tom spent ten years as a Managing Director of Software Equity Research for Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Piper Jaffray where he covered most of the world’s top software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, Intuit, Nuance Communications, Symantec, and Autodesk. Previously, as a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting, Tom was responsible for selling and managing large enterprise software implementation projects for customers including Liberty Mutual Insurance, the City of Chicago, GMAC, Tyco International, US Bancorp, and Honeywell. Tom holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
David Ron
Chief Financial Officer of Kogniz
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About Kogniz: Kogniz offers leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to create safer, smarter workspaces using predictive safety.
Garima Kapoor
Co-Founder, CFO of MinIO
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About MinIO, MinIO: MinIO offers high-performance, S3 compatible object storage for multi-cloud architectures. Software-defined, cloud-native + 100% opensource.
Rita Parvaneh
Chief Financial Officer of Spireon
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About Spireon: Spireon connects companies to their mobile assets and workforce through game-changing information platforms.
Ryan Schaffer
CFO of Expensify
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About Expensify: Expensify is a financial services company that provides an online expense management service for businesses.
Mark Khavkin
Chief Financial Officer of Pantheon
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About Pantheon: Pantheon is the WebOps platform where marketers, designers, and developers drive results with WordPress and Drupal websites.
Tim Driscoll
CFO of Conversica
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About Conversica: Conversica creates intelligent virtual assistants to serve as virtual team members.
Marc Blouin
CFO of Yodlee
Marc Blouin is the Chief Financial Officer for Envestnet | Yodlee managing the finance, accounting, and IT departments. During his long tenure at Envestnet | Yodlee, he’s helped to lead the company through both its IPO and acquisition by Envestnet. Prior to joining Envestnet | Yodlee, Marc was the VP of Finance at Bell Microproducts as well as Agile Software and has also held roles at Ernst and Young. Marc holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara and has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from San Diego State University.
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About Yodlee: Yodlee is a provider of financial applications that offers solutions for banks, entrepreneurs and individuals.
Madhu Ranganathan
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of OpenText Corporation
Madhu joined OpenText as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in April 2018. With more than 25 years of financial leadership experience, Madhu brings to OpenText a strategic mindset with global industry expertise and deep operational focus in software, hardware and tech-enabled services businesses, as well as a demonstrable track record of building shareholder value. Madhu is skilled at leading and supporting business transformation initiatives, strategic acquisitions and global capital raising. Prior to OpenText, Madhu served for more than 9 years as the Chief Financial Officer for [24]7.ai, a highly global, enterprise-class software and services company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to dramatically improve customer experience. At [24]7.ai, Madhu was responsible for worldwide finance, accounting, treasury, planning, tax, internal audit and procurement. During her tenure, Madhu worked closely with the CEO and management team to transform the company into a technology innovator. Madhu started her career with Liberty Mutual Financial Services and has held senior financial roles at Rackable Systems, which became SGI and is now part of HPE and Redback Networks, a telecommunications equipment company acquired by Ericsson, services platform Jamcracker, and e-Business software provider Backweb Technologies (IPO on NASDAQ). She also has public accounting experience with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC. Additionally, Madhu currently serves as Board Member and Audit Committee Chair for ServiceSource (Nasdaq: SREV) and previously served as a Board Member of Watermark, a Bay Area organization focused on professional development for women. Madhu holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts, is a Certified Public Accountant in California and a Chartered Accountant from India.
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About OpenText Corporation: OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
Paul Auvil
Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint
Paul brings more than 20 years of experience in finance, technology and corporate leadership to the Board. Since March 2007, Paul has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of security-as-a-service solutions. From September 2006 to March 2007, Paul was with Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Prior to that, from 2002 to July 2006, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer at VMware, Inc. Previously, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer for Vitria Technology, Inc., an eBusiness platform company and held various executive positions at VLSI Technology, Inc., a semiconductor and circuit manufacturing company, including Vice President of the Internet and Secure Products Division. Since 2007, Paul has served on the board of directors for Quantum Corporation. From 2009 to 2010, Paul served on the board of directors of OpenTV Corp. Paul holds an A.B. in Engineering Sciences and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Management degree in Finance and Marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Paul is an experienced financial leader with the skills necessary to lead our audit committee. His current service as Chief Financial Officer at Proofpoint and service as a member of the audit committee of Quantum, as well as previously serving as Chief Financial Officer at VMware and chairman of the audit committee of OpenTV, have provided him with extensive financial and accounting experience, particularly in the areas of accounting principles, financial reporting rules and regulations, as well as in evaluating financial results and generally overseeing the financial reporting process at a public company.
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About Proofpoint: Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data.
Duston Williams
CFO of Nutanix
Duston Williams is currently the CFO of Nutanix. He became CFO of Gigamon in March 2012. Prior thereto, he was CFO for SandForce, Inc., a data storage company, from March 2011 through its sale to LSI Corporation in January 2012. From June 2006 to June 2010, he was Vice President and CFO of Infinera Corporation. From December 2004 to June 2006 he was Executive Vice President and CFO of Maxtor Corporation. From January 2000 to November 2004, he served as CFO various high technology companies. From 1986 through 1999, he served in a variety of accounting and finance positions at Western Digital Corporation, including as its Senior Vice President and CFO.
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About Nutanix: Nutanix is a virtualized datacenter platform that provides disruptive datacenter infrastructure solutions for business applications.
Robert Park
Chief Financial Officer of BlueJeans Network
Robert leads the finance, accounting, human resources and facilities teams at Practice Fusion. Robert has over 20 years of experience, with the last 15 years in finance executive positions. Prior to joining Practice Fusion, he was the vice president of finance at Chegg, Inc., the leading student-first connected learning platform. Before that, Robert was the vice president of finance for PayPal, where he led the finance and accounting teams through a period of high growth and international expansion. He also spent seven years in finance executive positions at McKesson, both in the healthcare information technology division and at corporate headquarters. Robert started his career at Ernst & Young in San Jose, California. Robert holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and is a certified public accountant (inactive).
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About BlueJeans Network: BlueJeans offers interactive, multi-directional video communication services through a cloud-based platform.
Niall O’Cathasaigh
CFO of Prealize Health
As CFO, Niall O’Cathasaigh is the senior executive responsible for sound fiscal management of all financial operations and human resource activities, as well as overseeing capital raising efforts and financial reporting for board and other stakeholder communications. Niall has been working as a founder and consultant with startups and growth stage companies in the US, Europe and Africa for over 20 years. He works with Countsy, an innovative professional services firm that specializes in working with venture funded startups to provide end to end strategic and back office services. His experience includes work with over 30 startups in the Bay Area, with a focus on healthcare companies, providing financial transparency and strategic guidance as well as enabling funding rounds and acquisitions. Niall is also a founder and partner of ManoCap, a private equity fund management company that makes equity investments in small to mid-cap enterprises in West Africa. Prior to that he worked at Apple’s European divisions in Ireland and France. Niall is a qualified financial professional (CIMA). He holds a postgraduate degree in business from University College Dublin, and a joint BA in History and Classical Civilization from University College Galway and Universite De Poitiers.
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About Prealize Health: Prealize Health uses machine learning to transform healthcare from reactive to proactive.
David Cristman
Chief Financial Officer of ClearCare
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About ClearCare, ClearCare: ClearCare is a web-based software solution that helps home care agencies efficiently focus on what’s important: providing better care.
Stewart Grierson
CFO of Delphix
Prior to joining Coraid, Mr. Grierson served as CFO of leading security firm ArcSight Inc., where he helped lead them to a successful IPO, and ultimately a $1.5 billion acquisition by Hewlett Packard. Prior to ArcSight, he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at ONI Systems Corp., where he was a key member of the IPO team. Earlier in his career, he served as a Senior Manager in the audit practice of KPMG LLP. Mr. Grierson currently serves on the board of Ruckus Wireless, and was named CFO of the Year in the Public Company category in 2009 by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
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About Delphix: Delphix provides an intelligent data platform that accelerates digital transformation for companies around the world.
Emily Westerhold
Chief Financial Officer of VSCO
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About VSCO: VSCO is a creative channel that builds creative tools, spaces, and connections driven by self-expression.
Catherine Lesjak
Executive Vice President & CFO of HP
Catherine Lesjak has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hewlett Packard Company (“HP”) since January 1, 2007 and was interim chief executive officer of HP from August 2010 through October 2010. As a 27-year veteran of the company, Lesjak has held a broad range of financial leadership roles across HP. Before being named CFO, she held the position of senior vice president and treasurer, responsible for managing HP’s worldwide cash, debt, foreign exchange, capital structure, risk management and benefits plan administration. Earlier in her career at HP, Lesjak managed financial operations for Enterprise Marketing and Solutions and the Software Global Business Unit. Prior to that, she was group controller for HP’s Software Solutions Organization and managed HP’s global channel credit risk as controller and credit manager for the Commercial Customer Organization. Lesjak earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master of business degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
George de Urioste
Chief Financial Officer of 4iQ
George de Urioste is the Chief Financial Officerat Pluribus Networks since November 2014. George currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Bridgelux, Inc. since 2011. George has more than 30 years of professional experience. George has served on the Boards of public and private companies in a career defined by a range of executive management positions in the technology industry. Since has served at various times as a CFO, COO and CEO, George has a keen understanding of the relationship between finance, operations, product development, sales and leadership/vision needed in today’s dynamic business arena. George brings significant expertise in international business, M&A, corporate compliance (Sarbanes Oxley), strategic alliances, acquisitions, IPOs, and board of director responsibilities for public and private corporations. George has public company Board of Directors experience, having previously served as Audit Committee Chairman of Saba Software (SABA) for 3 years and Vendavo, Inc.. Previously, George was Interim Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer at Marvell Technology (MRVL), a $3 Billion semiconductor provider of products for data storage, mobile and video communications. During George’s Chief Financial Officer tenure, the market capitalization grew from $6 billion to $10 billion. Prior to Marvell, George was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Chordiant Software (CHRD), a provider of enterprise software for customer service and marketing processes. Previous to this, George was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Aeroprise, Inc., a private software company with award winning solutions for mobile IT service management that he co-founded. Aeroprise was acquired by BMC Software, Inc. Prior to Aeroprise, George was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Operations for Remedy Corporation. In his 6 year tenure at this high-growth enterprise software company, George was a Member of the Executive Team that grew revenues from $2 million to a $200 million run rate and a ~$2 billion market capitalization. Remedy has customers in 70 countries and 15 million users. George led Remedy through its IPO; a year later the company was named the #1 Hot Growth Company in America by Business Week. George began his career in 1980 as a CPA for Deloitte & Touche. George holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California, and an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of California at Berkeley. George has attended the Stanford Law School Directors College, an ISS-accredited Boardroom Education Program and numerous Board and Audit Committee conferences.
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About 4iQ: 4iQ is a Cyber Intelligence company that protects digital identities and investigating threats, adversaries, and fraud.
Richard Long
Chief Financial Officer of KETOS
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About KETOS: KETOS provides hardware and software analytics solutions and real-time data for usage and flow across water systems.
Thomas O’Hern
Chief Financial Officer of Macerich
Tom O’Hern is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Macerich. Mr. O’Hern’s overall responsibilities include accounting, financial and tax reporting, investor relations, raising capital through debt and equity markets and information technology systems. Prior to joining Macerich, Mr. O’Hern was the Chief Financial Officer at various real estate development companies. Mr. O’Hern was a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1978 through 1984. Mr. O’Hern is a member of the board of directors, the audit committee chairman, a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee and was formerly a member of the compensation committee of Douglas Emmett, Inc. a public real estate investment trust, and is a board member of several other non-profit philanthropic and academic organizations.
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About Macerich: Macerich is an independent real estate investment trust headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
Nicolas Breugnon
CFO of Dalet
Nicolas Breugnon is the CFO at Dalet.
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About Dalet: Dalete is a leading media technology and service provider with over three decades of innovation.
Brian Jung
CFO of AiCure
Brian Jung is the CFO of AiCure.
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About AiCure: AiCure is an advanced data analytics company that uses artificial intelligence to understand how patients respond to treatments.
Greg Wookey
Chief Financial Officer of Boulevard
Greg Wookey is the CFO at Inbenta.
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About Boulevard: Boulevard is a business management platform developed to help streamline the operations of appointment-based businesses.
Shin-Yuan Tzou
CFO of BroadVision
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About BroadVision: BroadVision has been a global leader in providing organizations with the rules, tools and infrastructure for doing business on the Web.
Steve Smith
EVP and CFO of Inseego
Steve Smith previously served as a financial consultant serving multiple software-as-a-service, medical technology and technology device businesses, and served as interim Chief Financial Officer of TetraVue Inc., a developer of high definition 4D LIDAR technology, since February 2017. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Smith served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations for Micropower Technologies, a private equity-backed business engaged in the development and sale of platforms enabling extreme low-power wireless video surveillance systems. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Smith ran his own consulting business and also served as President of XiTron Technologies, a development stage biotech firm that was sold to ImpediMed Ltd, a publicly-traded medical device company, in 2007. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, a publicly-traded semiconductor company that designs network and embedded power architecture, optical transport and storage solutions. Mr. Smith also serves as a director of the Business Executive Council of San Diego and Niels Brock/CIBU, a Denmark-based International Business University. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Arizona State University.
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About Inseego: Inseego specializes in providing enterprise SaaS solutions, IoT, and mobile solutions.
Maria Shkarlat
Chief Financial Officer of Reply.io
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About Reply.io, Solven.pro: Reply is the leading AI-powered sales engagement platform that automates multichannel touchpoints throughout the sales process.
John McAdoo
CFO of Trifacta
John McAdoo is the chief financial officer of [Euclid Analytics](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/euclid#/entity), a location analytics company. Prior to that, he held the same position at [Nanosolar](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nanosolar#/entity). McAdoo has also held executive positions in the field of finance at [Envivio](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/envivio#/entity) and [ARM Holdings](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/arm#/entity). McAdoo holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the [University of Manchester](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/university-of-manchester#/entity). He has also studied at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. McAdoo resides in San Francisco, California, United States.
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About Trifacta: Trifacta delivers an intelligent, collaborative data engineering cloud platform to transform data, ensure quality, and automate pipelines.
Steve Simonian
CFO & CCO of AllegisCyber
As Allegis Capital’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Steve Simonian’s responsibilities include finance, legal, investor relations, administration and compliance. Mr. Simonian joined Allegis in 2015 from his own consulting practice, where he provided finance and operational services for VC, PE and operating companies. Prior to his consulting practice, he served as Chief Financial Officer at August Capital. Mr. Simonian previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Gabriel Venture Partners and Meritech Capital Partners. Mr. Simonian received a BA in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Simonian serves on the board of directors of the Private Equity CFO Association, and is a member of the National Venture Capital Association CFO Task Force and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About AllegisCyber: AllegisCyber invests in early stage companies developing technology and software to serve emerging markets.
Sean Liu
Chief Financial Officer of Legalist
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About Legalist: Legalist provides legal data analytics services designed to help small business to get access to the justice system.
John Eichhorn
CFO of Quicken
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About Quicken: Quicken is provides personal money management software, committed to helping individuals and families improve their financial lives.
James Reo
CFO & Senior Project Manager of The Attivo Group
Having graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in Accounting Theory and Practice, Jim Reo has spent his career in a variety of management positions. He spent 13 years as the Supervisor of Accounting for American Golf Corp before moving into the food manufacturing world. Jim spent close to 6 years as a financial analyst and controller for United Food Group and Sterling Meat Co. Immediately preceding his move to The Attivo Group, Jim worked as the CFO for Picture Car Warehouse, greatly strengthening their financial health during his time in charge.
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About The Attivo Group: The Attivo Group specializing in business process improvement & cost effective software for your business growth.
Lorra Stone
CFO of Ridge Ventures
Lorra Stone is the Chief Financial Officer at Ridge Ventures (fka IDG Ventures USA). Lorra handles all areas of financial management, reporting requirements, partnership and legal compliance, as well as the administrative and operational functions of the firm. Lorra has been a member of the Ridge Ventures team in San Francisco since 2000. Prior to joining Ridge Ventures, she consulted for various venture capital companies and previously was a Senior Accountant for Deloitte & Touche, specializing in venture capital clients. Lorra has an MBA in Accounting from Golden Gate University, a BS from UC Davis and her California CPA license.
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About Ridge Ventures: Ridge Ventures is a fast, flexible, and founder-focused early stage venture capital fund.
Bruce Felt
Chief Financial Officer of Domo
Bruce brings more than 25 years of financial operations and management excellence to Domo. For almost six years, he was CFO of SuccessFactors, guiding the company through a public offering, six acquisitions, and its $3.4 billion sale to SAP. Bruce has served as CFO for LANDesk Software, Auction.com, and Qualix Group. While at Qualix Group, he led its public offering and merger into Legato Systems, a company that was later acquired by EMC. An entrepreneur in his own right, Bruce founded Renaissance Software, serving as its CFO and head of sales. Being Domo CFO gives Bruce an added perk of getting to spend more time with his family at their Park City ski home. Bruce holds a BS in accounting from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Domo, SuccessFactors: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Joe Powers
Chief Financial Officer of zSpace
Joe has over 20 years experience in senior level financial positions with high-technology/high growth companies where he led financing efforts and designed, implemented, and managed financial and operational control systems focused on supporting overall growth and profitability. During his career, he has played a key role in developing international business strategy that improved revenues and profitability, ultimately leading to the integration of operations into publicly traded companies. Joe has also been responsible for manufacturing oversight and negotiating inbound/outbound product licensing transactions. Prior to joining zSpace, Joe was CFO for Virident Systems, WorkRite Ergonomics, Bay Packets (acquired by Genband), Pacific Microsonics (acquired by Microsoft) and ViTel International (acquired by Premier Global).
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About zSpace: zSpace offers a system that enables its users to integrate their normal lives with a desktop-based virtual reality system.
Joe Powers
Chief Financial Officer of zSpace
Joe has over 20 years experience in senior level financial positions with high-technology/high growth companies where he led financing efforts and designed, implemented, and managed financial and operational control systems focused on supporting overall growth and profitability. During his career, he has played a key role in developing international business strategy that improved revenues and profitability, ultimately leading to the integration of operations into publicly traded companies. Joe has also been responsible for manufacturing oversight and negotiating inbound/outbound product licensing transactions. Prior to joining zSpace, Joe was CFO for Virident Systems, WorkRite Ergonomics, Bay Packets (acquired by Genband), Pacific Microsonics (acquired by Microsoft) and ViTel International (acquired by Premier Global).
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About zSpace: zSpace offers a system that enables its users to integrate their normal lives with a desktop-based virtual reality system.
Steve Sutter
CFO of Celigo
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About Celigo: Celigo is an iPaaS cloud-based integration platform that allows applications to work together for both IT and business users.
Andre Simone
Chief Financial Officer of IntelePeer
Andre Simone is the Chief Financial Officer at IntelePeer Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2007. Before joining IntelePeer, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Dimatix, Inc., a provider of piezoelectric inkjet print heads, from February 2005 to October 2006. Prior to Dimatix, Mr. Simone served as Chief Financial Officer of SAP Markets, Inc., a provider of technology platforms and business solutions, from November 2002 to December 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Stanford University. Masters of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About IntelePeer: IntelePeer Powers the NEW Customer Experience
Jeff Bohl
Chief Financial Officer of Ontra
Jeff is a Principal in H.I.G. Capital’s San Francisco office, where he focuses on making LBO investments in growth-oriented companies across a range of industries. Jeff has responsibility for all aspects of the investment process, and sits on the board of several H.I.G. portfolio companies. Jeff has more than a decade of experience in private equity and M&A. Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital in 2006, Jeff worked for JPMorgan and Wells Fargo Securities, where he advised small, high-growth companies on M&A transactions, capital raises and other strategic initiatives. Jeff also has operating experience with Salesforce.com and Baxter Healthcare. Jeff earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and undergraduate degrees, summa cum laude, in business and psychology from the University of Colorado.
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About Ontra: Ontra is a provider of technology and services for contract automation and intelligence.
Wendy Rodriguez
CFO of Comfy
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About Comfy: Comfy connects people, places, and systems through one intuitive workplace app.
Peng Leong
Chief Financial Officer of Rev
• Trusted finance partner with an executive level mindset • Business leader focused on building a high-performance workplace culture • Deep experience in finance, accounting and managing business operations • Industry experience in technology, data & risk analytics and financial services • Global experience throughout the United States and the Asia Pacific region
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About Rev: Rev reinvents sales development for B2B sales and marketing teams, helping them fuel their funnel with the highest potential prospects.
Eric Yeaman
CFO of Silver Peak
Eric Yeaman has served as Chief Financial Officer since joining Silver Peak in 2005. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Turnstone Systems. Eric has held various senior financial positions at Atheros Communications, Atmosphere Networks (acquired by Ditech Communications), Whitetree Networks (acquired by Ascend Communications), and KPMG. Mr. Yeaman became a CPA in 1995.
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About Silver Peak: Silver Peak is the Global Leader in Broadband and Hybrid WAN Solutions.
Dustin Driggs
CFO of Barracuda Networks
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About Barracuda Networks: Barracuda is a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, affordable IT solutions for security and storage.
John Sines
CFO of Meta View
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About Meta View: Meta View is an electronic company that provides augmented and virtual reality solutions for various businesses.
Bryan LeBlanc
SVP, Chief Financial Officer of Wind River
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About Wind River: Wind River is a technology company that develops, runs, and manages device software.
John Fernandez
CFO of ForgeRock
John has 20+ years leading finance organizations. He has spent his career working with high-growth software companies; ranging in size from start-ups to large public companies. John has overseen FP&A, Accounting, Legal, HR, Recruiting, Sales Operations, Facilities, and IT functions. He has done extensive work in the area of capital raising, both debt and equity, and has successfully completed and integrated multiple transactions in software M&A. His prior employers include Rearden Commerce, Siebel Systems, and UBS Financial Services. John has a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Berkeley, Haas School of Business. John is an avid skier, loves travel and is working on his golf game. Like most other things at ForgeRock, John had to sign off on this paragraph.
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About ForgeRock: ForgeRock is a multinational software company that develops commercial open source identity and access management products.
Stephanie Hsiung
CFO of Duda
Stephanie is a seasoned finance professional with over a decade of management experience leading the scaling and development of finance and operations for fast-growing technology companies. Her previous work experience includes several years of banking as a Vice President at JP Morgan as well as public accounting experience as an auditor of tech firms at KPMG. Stephanie received her undergraduate degree in Business-Economics from UCLA and her MBA from Columbia University. She is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of California.
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About Duda: Duda is a responsive website builder for digital marketing agencies, hosting companies, and online directories.
Mercy Caprara
CFO of HyTrust
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About HyTrust: HyTrust specializes in security, compliance and control software for private, hybrid and public cloud infrastructure.
Thien Tran
CFO of Freedcamp
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About Freedcamp: We are building the first truly intelligent project management system.
Eric Amblard
CFO of Roostify
Eric Amblard is the CFO & EVP of Corporate Operations at Roostify
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About KXEN, Roostify: Roostify is a digital lending platform that connects customers and lenders to accelerate the home loan experience.
Chris Mohoney
Co-Founder, President & Chief Financial Officer of Orfium
Christopher Mohoney is the co-founder, president and chief financial officer at Orfium.
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About Orfium: Award winning, high growth music tech company providing software solutions that maximize the commercial value of global copyrights
