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This list showcases the top California based Director operating in the Consulting space. If you think a Director 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.
Brian Dunlap
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Brian Dunlap is the Sector Lead for Technology, Media & Telecommunications for The Rise Fund and is based in San Francisco. Prior to joining TPG, Brian worked at General Atlantic and JMI Equity, where he led investments in enterprise software / SaaS, consumer internet, financial technology and financial services in the U.S. and Latin America. Brian received a B.A., and M.A. from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Brian speaks Spanish and Portuguese and serves on the Boards of Directors at EverFi, HotSchedules, Noodle AI, and Resultados Digitais.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Paul Morrissey
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Paul joined Battery as an Associate and focuses on later stage investments, including growth equity, buyouts, rollups, PIPES and take-privates. Prior to Battery, Paul spent time with Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division focusing on the technology, media & telecom sectors. While Paul was at Goldman, he worked on a variety of debt and equity financings, M&A transactions and strategic advisory assignments. Paul graduated from Stanford University, where he earned a BS in Economics.
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About Battery Ventures, Battery Ventures, Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Kelley Morrell
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Kelley Morrell is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. She is responsible for leading the evaluation and execution of a wide range of strategic initiatives, including large-scale strategic mergers and acquisitions, as well as for partnering with senior leaders across the organization to develop the Company’s strategy and execute its strategic priorities.
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About Blackstone Group, CIT Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Ivan Brockman
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
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About Blackstone Group, FIGS: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Amber DeVine
Director I Co-Head of Office San Francisco Bay Area of M Moser Associates
Director I Co-Head of Office San Francisco Bay Area I Design I Thought Leader I Workplace I PropTech I XR
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About M Moser Associates: M Moser is a global firm which has specialised in the creation of workplace environments, corporate base buildings and campuses since 1981.
Nabil Sabet
Group Director of M Moser Associates
Nabil Sabet works with companies and institutions around the world to strategize, design, and build environments that comfort and inspire its users. Previously leading as a global director in APAC, Sabet is currently heading the North American region of M Moser to drive workplace transformation and innovation across a variety of industries.
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About M Moser Associates: M Moser is a global firm which has specialised in the creation of workplace environments, corporate base buildings and campuses since 1981.
Karan Mehandru
Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital of Steadfast Financial
Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital at STEADFAST FINANCIAL LTD.
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About Cohesity, Lucid, Steadfast Financial, Zapier: Steadfast Financial invests in companies in the technology, telecom, and media sectors.
Christie Smith
Senior Managing Director, Global Talent & Organization/Human Potential Leader of Accenture
Christie Smith is the Senior Managing Director, Global Talent & Organization/Human Potential Leader at Accenture
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Ram Ramalingam
Managing Director of Accenture
Ram has over 25 years of technology leadership experience selling and delivering engineering projects across multiple industries around the globe. He is the Managing Director of Accenture’s Products and Platform Engineering Services practice. He specializes in innovative solutions that focus on bringing change, increasing productivity, and accelerating growth for customers. He enjoys applying his deep engineering experience in building modern platforms and facilitating client journeys to the Platform Economy.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Peters Suh
Managing Director, Communications Industry Lead & Network Practice Lead North America of Accenture
Peters Suh was the CEO of the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), an alliance of communications companies committed to building an open applications platform. WAC will deliver an open industry application development platform that will benefit the entire ecosystem. By providing a single route for developers to deliver the latest innovative applications, WAC will bring applications to more than three billion global mobile users. Previously, Peters was the CEO of JIL (Joint Innovation Lab), a joint venture with Vodafone, China Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Softbank Mobile. Before joining JIL, Peters was President of Vodafone Global Enterprise Incorporated and Vodafone Ventures Limited. He was a managing director for Fremont Communications a private equity fund focusing on telecommunication investments. Peters was previously Vice President, Chief Technical Officer for Vodafone’s Global Internet Services group and also held a number of positions with AirTouch Cellular. Peters is a director of Vodafone Americas Foundation, Aspire Technologies, and the Diablo Regional Arts Association. Peters holds a B.A. and M.B.A., both from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Jeff Scheel
Managing Director, Accenture Security of Accenture
Jeff Scheel is Mandiant’s Vice President of Business Development. He is responsible for building Mandiant’s relationships with technology alliance partners and global systems integrators while leading Mandiant’s corporate development and acquisition activities. He has more than twenty-five years of experience at enterprise software and security companies in sales, alliances, corporate development and executive leadership roles. Prior to joining Mandiant, Jeff served as vice president of business and corporate development for HP’s Enterprise Security Products business unit. He joined HP through its acquisition of ArcSight where he was senior vice president of business development and built alliance relationships with global systems integrators, ISVs and cloud security providers. Jeff has also held leadership roles at security and enterprise software companies including Damballa, PassMark Security (sold to RSA Security), Vocent Solutions (sold to PassMark Security), Siebel Systems and Oracle. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with honors from Stanford University and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
John Walsh
Senior Managing Director of Accenture
John Walsh is the Chief Sales Officer at Accenture.
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Jake Kaldenbaugh
Managing Director, Global Venture Investments of Accenture
Jake Kaldenbaugh is the Managing Director, Global Venture Investments at Accenture Ventures.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Christopher Chu
Managing Director, Accenture Strategy of Accenture
Chris is a Managing Director from the Strategy practice based in the San Francisco office. He leads Accenture Strategy’s Talent and Organization Practice for the West Coast region, and the global Organization Design practice. Chris has been with Accenture for over two decades leading operating model and workforce transformation programs for clients in multiple industries in Canada, United States, Brazil, Mexico and Asia Pacific. Chris works with Fortune 100 companies to solve their most complex talent, leadership, organization and cultural challenges. His recent experiences include designing the operating model and workforces of the future resulting from digital disruption and new business strategies. These client engagements have included programs with a global telecommunications, semi-conductor manufacturer, oil and gas super major, and consumer packaged goods companies. Chris has served as an advisor and consultant for international clients including a State Owned Enterprise in China, the Brazilian Electricity Exchange, Canadian Energy Companies and a Mexican Retail Bank and Consumer Products and Goods company. Prior to arriving to the Bay Area, Chris had been based in the Accenture offices of Ottawa, New York, Florham Park, Vancouver and Seattle.
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Brent Blum
Global Director of Wearable Technology of Accenture
Brent Blum leads day-to-day operations of Accenture’s Wearable Technology practice including oversight of R&D, business development, sales, delivery and thought leadership. Prior to starting Accenture’s Wearable Technology practice, Brent managed wearables R&D within Accenture Technology Labs and led the development of a ground-breaking Google Glass medical proof of concept with Philips. Brent began his career at IBM as a systems architect before joining Accenture in 2004, becoming a product manager with a focus in consumer-based social and mobile products. His experience spans both startups and the world’s biggest, most recognized brands. Brent co-authored a patent on Augmented Reality Safety Glasses and holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Information Systems and Psychology from Wake Forest University.
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Diego Saenz
Managing Director of Accenture
Diego is a Managing Director with Accenture’s Digital Practice, my primary focus is on digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence. I lead global teams that deliver innovative digital solutions for some of the world’s biggest companies. I have worked in a variety of industries including high tech, consumer products travel, automotive and retail.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Horst Groesser
Managing Director of CMT Industry X.0 – Communications, Media, Technology of Accenture
Horst is responsible for growing Accenture’s Industry X.0 business in Internet, Social Media, Electronics and High Tech on the West Coast. He has 25+ years experience in the development of engineering strategies and the transformation of engineering, product development and PLM operations in discrete manufacturing industries, including High Tech, Consumer Products, Medical, Pharma and Automotive.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Jefferson Wang
Managing Director of Accenture
For nearly two decades, Jefferson has guided business & technology innovation at the convergence of the Communications, Media and Technology industries. As this convergence takes shape, he has been focused on the wireless and mobility industry, working with network operators, OEMs, content providers and emerging tech players to create executable growth strategies through the entire product life-cycle. Jefferson built businesses on his belief that success comes from big picture thinking, mixed with detail-oriented execution. His ability to identify new patterns in technology has helped his clients navigate complex landscapes. He works with global leaders to break down complex problems into compelling stories, define a roadmap of key use cases, create innovative biz models and identify new addressable markets. As the wireless industry reshapes lives, 5G mobility will infuse itself in new industries, enabling innovation. For the last five years, Jefferson has worked on the convergence of AR in a mobile lifestyle, VR in a nomadic setting, the enablement of AI and the collision course between smart homes, autonomous vehicles and smart cities. Jefferson is a regular speaker at Mobile World Congress and CES and has appeared on CNN and Mobile World Live TV. His perspectives are featured regularly in publications that include The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fortune, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Wired and BGR. Previously, Jefferson was a Senior Partner at IBB Consulting, acquired by Accenture Strategy in Oct. 2017. At IBB, Jefferson built and led IBB’s Global Wireless, Mobility & Innovation Group and owned the P&L. He assembled a world-class team of x-functional wireless experts and opened new tier 1 clients for IBB. His successful track record is complemented by a passionate focus on giving back to support youth education. Jefferson holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Craig Vaughan
Managing Director, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence of Accenture
Craig Vaughan is the Managing Director, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at Accenture.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Eric Brown
Managing Director of Accenture
Eric Brown is a Manager Director at Accenture, responsible for the portfolio of Strategic Joint Initiatives. Eric manages teams across a broad variety of disciplines and geographies that are responsible for the strategic development of Solutions, Assets, and Go-To-Market activities which enable Accenture Industry and Cross Industry Offerings. Additionally, Eric also serves as the Global Lead and General Manager for the HP/ Accenture Joint Initiative. The primary goal of this team is to leverage HP products to grow Accenture’s services business, while increasing the market share of HP product globally. Eric has been with Accenture for 20+ years. He has a broad technology background with deep skills and experience in large scale transformation programs. Throughout his career, Eric served as a client facing Strategy and Delivery consultant in Financial Services, Products, and Resources industry groups.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Jon Crawford
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
TJ Glazier
Principal Director of Accenture
TJ Glazier is a Senior Manager and Master Technology Architect in Big Data and Advanced Analytics. TJ has nearly 20 years’ experience designing, building and delivering large scale volume and high performance line of business and analytics applications using innovative software technologies for well-known Fortune companies. TJ holds a B.S. in Mathematics of Computation from UCLA, an M.S. in Software Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University investigating automated tradeoff analysis in self-adaptive systems.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Grace Kim
Founding Member & Director of Strategy & Partnerships of GOODcorps
Grace is a founding member and Director of Strategy and Partnerships. In her time at GOODcorps, Grace has worked with large organizations including Pepsi, Microsoft, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and The California Endowment, on major social impact initiatives. Prior to GOOD, Grace designed marketing strategy for Fortune 500 companies and led a domestic poverty awareness program for Habitat for Humanity. A UCLA graduate, she pursued graduate studies in International Relations at Institut d’Etudes Poliques in Paris. In her free time, she advises purpose-driven organizations and co-produces TEDxSkid Row. She is a UCLA Anderson Riordan Fellow, Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce RVLDP Fellow and former Rotary Foundation ambassador.
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About GOODcorps: GOODcorps is a social impact consultancy partnering with organizations to imagine bold opportunities that align performance goals.
Graham Allan
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Rasheq Zarif
Managing Director and Future of Mobility Tech Sector Leader of Deloitte
Rasheq Zarif is the Head of the Business Innovation division of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America located in Silicon Valley. His team focuses on the emergence and development of new business opportunities in the U.S. Market. The areas include but are not limited to: smart cities, mobility solutions, logistics, and digital services. Zarif has been in various strategic roles within the Mercedes-Benz organization for almost 15 years. Prior to that, he had held multiple research roles with UC Berkeley and the NYC Department of Transportation. Zarif graduated with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Management of Technology from UC Berkeley and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Columbia University.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Diana Fox-Hopkins
Managing Director, Global Clients and Industries – Marketing & Communications of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Sanjiv Sinha
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte, Deloitte, Deloitte, Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Robert Schmid
Chief IoT Technologist, Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Robert Schmid
Chief IoT Technologist, Managing Director of Deloitte
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Scott Sommers
Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald
Prior to Index AR Solutions Scott was SVP, Finance and Corporate Development at SureWest Communications from. He was instrumental in setting the Company’s strategic direction, leading the sale of the directories, wireless and tower assets as well as the acquisition of the Kansas City properties. He also lead the restructuring of the corporate compensation plans, freezing the defined benefit plan and outsourcing of non-core functions. Additionally, he lead all treasury functions, investor relations, banking and financial institution relationships; directing the planning, procurement and investment funds. Prior to the Communications industry Scott has over 20 years of banking and finance experience serving as managing director of investment banking for Cantor Fitzgerald in Los Angeles, CA and held executive roles with Mellon Financial Group, KBC and UBS with a focus in the energy industry. Scott is a graduate of the University of Iowa with degrees in History and Psychology, 1981 and received his MBA from The American Graduate School of International Management in 1984.
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About Cantor Fitzgerald: Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services firm that specializes in equities, investment banking, and real estate.
Patrick McCarter
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Patrick R. McCarter is a Managing Director in the Global Telecommunications, Media and Technology (“TMT”) group and leads Carlyle’s Menlo Park office. He focuses on buyout and growth equity investments in larger companies including software, software enabled services, semiconductors, communications, systems and related distribution businesses. Since joining Carlyle in 2001, Mr. McCarter has been actively involved with the firm’s investments in Veritas, Dealogic, CommScope, Inc. (NASDAQ: COMM), Open Link Financial, Inc. (acquired by H&F), Open Solutions, Inc. (acquired by Fiserv), Freescale Semiconductor (acquired by NXP Semiconductors), Jazz Semiconductor (acquired by Acquicor Technology, Inc.), Sippican, Inc. (acquired by Lockheed Martin), and CPU Tech (acquired by Boeing). Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. McCarter was at Morgan Stanley with a focus on financial institutions in New York. Mr. McCarter received his B.S. with a double major in industrial engineering and economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Mr. McCarter is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Veritas and Dealogic.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Robert Jadon
Co-Founder & Director of Startup UCLA Accelerator
Robert is a technology investor and entrepreneur in Los Angeles for the past 15 years, with experience founding and scaling businesses, along with multiple, successful exits. Robert’s passion is working with great entrepreneurs and product developers, adding value both as an investor and an operator. Prior to joining Altpoint and leading it’s LA office, Robert co-founded ScaleFunder, the leading crowdfunding and online giving SaaS platform in higher education. ScaleFunder has helped numerous nonprofit institutions raise tens of millions of dollars through the platform, in addition to acquiring new donors and retaining existing ones. ScaleFunder was successfully acquired by Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a leader in the nonprofit fundraising and enrollment space. Robert’s first company, Micro Memory, was a leader in the signal processing and storage networking markets. . Split primarily between storage and mil-aero verticals, the company’s customers included EMC, Network Appliance, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and many others. Micro Memory was acquired by Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). Robert has also worked with early stage companies for many years. Robert co-founded the Startup UCLA entrepreneurship and accelerator program at UCLA. The first of it’s kind in Los Angeles, the Startup UCLA program took best practices from the private sector, and applied them to UCLA students and alumni. The summer accelerator has spawned numerous companies, and has been the basis for best-practices at universities across the country and internationally. Robert has been an angel investor for many years, helping entrepreneurs with product and fundraising from the earliest stages. He formed the Dauntless Fund to focus on investments in consumer-facing startups. Robert is also an investor in and advisor to the Amplify.LA startup accelerator in Venice, Calif, and a former member of the Tech Coast Angels. Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UCLA.
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About NeuralX, Presence.Fit, Startup UCLA Accelerator: Startup UCLA Accelerator provides a workspace, guidance, legal services, and mentors to early-stage companies.
Bob Moczydlowsky
Managing Director & Founder of Techstars Music
Bob Moczydlowsky is the Founder & Managing Director of Techstars Music & he attended The University of Kansas.
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About Carnegie Mellon University, Techstars Music: Techstars Music is a startup accelerator run by Techstars and leading companies from the global music business.
Jonathan Bullock
Co-Founder & Managing Director of LX
Jonathan Bullock is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of LX. He is involved in business advisory projects focused on the tech and investment sectors, including supporting numerous tech start-ups and spin-outs, either directly or through their VCs, PE, or corporate investors. He holds a BA and MEng from Cambridge University in Engineering and Management.
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About LX: LX offers an AI-powered personality survey that promotes personal development for individuals, teams, and leaders.
Laura O’Brien
Global Director, Client Care and Development of CBRE Group
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About CBRE Group, CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
David Pogue
Global Director of Corporate Responsibility of CBRE Group
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About CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
Darla Longo
Vice Chairman/Managing Director of CBRE Group
Darla Longo is the Vice Chairman/Managing Director of CBRE.
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About CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
Tung-Huy La
Director, Quality Assurance of SigFig
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About SigFig: SigFig is financial services firm that dedicates in making high-quality investment advice to investors of all wealth levels.
Courtney Sato
Director of Community and Brand Marketing of Constellation Research
Courtney Sato is the Strategy and Operations at Basira
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About Basira, Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Braden Kelly
Chairman of the Board of Directors of FICO
Braden Kelly has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Censeo Health, LLC since 2013. Braden is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at FICO since February 2016 and has served as a Member of the Board of Directors since February 12, 2013. While a Partner and Managing Director at General Atlantic, a global $17 billion private equity investment firm, Braden originated and ran the firm’s global health care practice; founded the firm’s Silicon Valley office; and was on the firm’s investment committee. During his 12 year tenure, Braden was responsible for managing investments in the U.S., Europe and India. At Morgan Stanley & Co., Braden was an Investment Banker in the mergers, acquisitions and restructuring department.
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About : Fair Isaac Corporation enables businesses to automate, improve, and connect decisions to enhance business performance.
Supriti Singh
Director, Analytic Science of FICO
Supriti Singh is currently serving as a Principal Analytics Consultant for FICO’s Fraud, Cyber, and Compliance solutions. Supriti has worked on a variety of projects using her expertise in advanced analytics, data modeling, and research across various domains including finance, healthcare, and insurance. She has over sixteen years of professional experience in developing and refining fraud predictive models across FICO’s multiple verticals. Singh is a subject matter expert in advanced fraud detection analytics, pattern recognition, and machine learning. Supriti Singh has a Master’s degree in Statistics from San Diego State University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Mathematics, and Quantitative Business Analysis from Louisiana State University
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About FICO: Fair Isaac Corporation enables businesses to automate, improve, and connect decisions to enhance business performance.
Divya Balakrishnan
Senior Product Director of IDEO
Divya Balakrishnan is a senior product director at IDEO. She leads a team of product managers, digital producers and community designers committed to building the future of blended online learning at IDEO U. Before IDEO, Divya worked with clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, China, Hong Kong and India on strategy and growth challenges as a consultant with Accenture, conducted economics research as a Fulbright scholar, and helped launch a microfinance program for women entrepreneurs in Cairo, Egypt. She has a Masters from the London School of Economics and enjoys bicycling to coffee shops, contemporary art and design, cooking, eating, and sunrise Daybreaker dance parties.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Zena Barakat
Senior Design Director of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
David Webster
Partner, Executive Portfolio Director of Product Design of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Geoff Schwarten
Growth + Digital Marketing Director of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Michelle Lee Schmidt
Co-Managing Director, Play Lab of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Carl Fudge
Executive Portfolio Director, Digital Ventures & Business Design of IDEO
As a portfolio director, Carl Fudge leads teams working to build new products and ventures that have the potential to create enormous impact for clients. That means taking a human-centered and design-led approach to building a business from scratch—from sketching an idea on a piece of paper to prototyping it with customers, and generating its first revenue. At IDEO, Carl has helped redesign a public school lunch system to be student-centered and financially sustainable, created an internal lab to prototype and launch new digital ventures, and designed new credit card offers for a variety of customer demographics. During a year-long engagement, he worked with a traditional life insurance client to build an impact investing platform for young people, taking it from a prototype to a revenue-generating business. Together with his clients, he is often strategizing simultaneously about how to design and monetize products, build brands, create marketing strategy, and hire the right kind of talent. For Carl, seeing new ventures create employment opportunities is one of the most gratifying parts of his job. Carl joined IDEO shortly after getting his MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Previously, he served as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, and a director at an innovation think tank. He also holds an MBA in organizational psychology from Columbia University and a BSc in Psychology from University College, London, a helpful background for building new ventures.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Peter Jackson
Executive Portfolio Director of IDEO
Peter Jackson is a portfolio director at IDEO San Francisco, where he is focused on the intersection of consumer experience and organizational design. He guides IDEO teams and clients to envision innovative new products, services, and service delivery experiences and works alongside them to develop the capabilities to deliver them. His experience at IDEO has enabled him to work across both the public and private sectors to transform service delivery through digital, retail, and multi-channel experiences. Peter leads a financial services portfolio where he closely partners with clients and their organizations at various life stages and scales in banking, fintech, and insurance. He’s helped a large regional bank reinvent it’s customer service strategy and bring innovative, technology-driven tools to market and shaped the future of automobile finance for one of the nation’s largest banks. He also has led IDEO’s relationship with a large property and casualty insurance company to help them develop new products and services and a venture arm capable of incubating and delivering them. Peter also leads work with government agencies to improve the citizen experience. He’s helped craft and implement new strategies for delivering public services in job training and community development, economic development, and public benefits across state, local, and federal government. Prior to joining IDEO, Peter served as senior counselor to now U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and as the first Assistant Director for Consumer Engagement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he led brand management, digital strategy, and consumer experience. His team created award-winning products and tools, including ones to help consumers manage student loan debt and find a good mortgage, all with a user experience and brand that the Washington Post called “a conscious departure from the buttoned-down aesthetic of the Beltway.”
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Steve Klopf
Senior Director ERP Programs of IDEO
Steve Klopf was SVP of Business Operations at Flite.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Shoshana Berger
Global Editorial Director of IDEO
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About Heath Ceramics, IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Coe Leta Stafford
Managing Director – IDEO U of IDEO
Coe Leta Stafford is the Creative & Managing Director of IDEO U and an instructor of the online course, Insights for Innovation. Since joining IDEO in 2006, she’s led numerous design innovation projects for organizations including Microsoft, Target, Intel, Wells Fargo, Ford, eBay, Sesame Street, and in government agencies, schools, and healthcare groups. Known for expertise in digital design, play, and data, her work has won international awards, patents for clients, and been featured in the New York Times and Wired. Coe Leta has a Ph.D. in Education from UC Berkeley and guest lectures at Stanford University’s d.School and serves on the Board at the SF Children’s Creativity Museum. Coe is never without post-it notes, multi-tools, or chocolate. She’s also skilled at creating modern art museums in Minecraft.
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Drew Mitchell
Regional Travel Director – The Americas of Cognizant
Drew Mitchell is the Regional Travel Manager for the Americas at Cognizant Technology Solutions responsible for travel operations, programs, and sourcing projects. Drew started his career in corporate travel management with WorldTravel BTI as a dedicated resource on key accounts such as Merrill Lynch and GlaxoSmithKline. Drew has also held positions with American Express, Hewlett-Packard, and Pfizer. Drew enjoys being active in the industry, conducting various ad-hoc benchmarks and surveys to develop business intelligence and keeping his finger on the pulse of the industry. Drew will be joining the Silicon Valley BTA Board of Directors in Jan 17. Drew holds a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and currently resides in Santa Cruz, California.
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Amber Grewal
Managing Director & Partner, Global Talent of The Boston Consulting Group
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Jody Foldesy
Partner & Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group
Strategic advisor on topics of growth strategy, digital strategy, and M&A for leading global enterprises seeking to achieve breakout growth and deliver superior returns.
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Zia Yusuf
Senior Partner & Managing Director – Silicon Valley of The Boston Consulting Group
Zia Yusuf is the Senior Partner & Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
John Perkins
Managing Director & Senior Partner of The Boston Consulting Group
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Meg Kedrowski
Managing Director & Partner of The Boston Consulting Group
Meg Kedrowski is the Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group.
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Veerender Kaul
Director of Frost & Sullivan
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Farah Saeed
Research Director, Digital Grids of Frost & Sullivan
Farah Saeed is an industry expert with nearly 20 years of consulting, project management and fulfillment expertise focused on power and energy equipment and services. Saeed currently serves as Research Director Digital Grid. In her current role, Saeed works closely with OEMs to validate market opportunities and assess risks, providing a deep understanding of business issues facing mature as well as emerging energy markets and technologies. She also specializes in forecasting models and customer survey designs centered on regional and geographic trends, while keeping a pulse on disruptive trends and technologies that are influencing the competitive environment. Saeed’s industry expertise includes extensive experience in high-growth and emerging power and energy devices, such as transmission and distribution equipment. This includes IT/OT, power distribution equipment, demand side management, home automation, smart meters, related network infrastructure, and distributed generation.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Ellen Levy
Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect
Ellen Levy is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect.
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About Arizona State University, Arizona State University, Birdeye, Broadway Angels, Silicon Valley Connect: Silicon Valley Connect creates programs, services and initiatives meant to build bridges between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world.
Mahesh Naik
Director Technology of Publicis Sapient
Senior Information Technology Leader with 25+ years of experience in designing, building, implementing and supporting technology solutions to support technical and analytical needs of the business. A natural and influencing leader, relationship builder who combines a vast technical knowledge with an understanding of the people and processes affected by new technology implementations. Establishes critical vendor and partner relations while overseeing excellence in performance and delivery. Keeps abreast of new technology, and approaches all implementation with innovative solutions for optimum results.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Diane Domeyer
Managing Director of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Frederick Richman
Board of Director of Robert Half International
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About : Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Andrew Berwick
Board of Director of Robert Half International
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About : Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Marc Morial
Board of Director of Robert Half International
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About : Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Barbara Novogradac
Board of Director of Robert Half International
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About : Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Robert Pace
Board of Director of Robert Half International
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About : Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Kate Pietrelli
Managing Director of Path Advisors, Inc.
Kate Pietrelli is a marketing strategy and public relations specialist within technology and gaming industries. Kate is currently the Managing Director of Path Advisors, Inc., a consulting firm providing a comprehensive suite of marketing and public relations strategy services. Clients have spanned a wide range of verticals including security, adtech, enterprise SaaS, and gaming. Previously, Kate led marketing initiatives for World Golf Tour, hi5.com and Shockwave.com (acquired by Viacom/MTV Networks), including programs for acquisition and retention, product marketing, merchandizing, email and media relations. While at the interactive agency TriplePoint, Kate advised clients such as LEGO, Gaia Online, Social Gold (acquired by Google) on marketing and public relations strategy.
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About Path Advisors, Inc.: Path Advisors is a consulting firm providing a comprehensive suite of marketing and public relations strategy.
Alexandre Marian
Managing Director of Alix Partners
Alexandre has more than 10 years of experience in strategy and operations for automotive and industrials players. He is passionate about the future of mobility and has worked along the value chain from suppliers to manufacturers and aftermarket players. Alexandre has consistently demonstrated the skills needed to help companies transform operations and drive growth. Prior to joining AlixPartners, he was a consultant at Roland Berger and a project manager at Renault, where he launched new vehicles. Alexandre has an MBA with distinction from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Science in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is fluent in French and proficient in German.
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About Alix Partners: AlixPartners is a global business advisory firm of results-oriented professionals who specialize in creating value and restoring business.
Javier Godinez
Director of Application Security of Teradata
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Mark Shainman
Director of Research and Development of Teradata
Matt is presently the Director of Research and Development for Think Big Analytics, A Teradata Company He directs software engineering for the best-in-class big data and analytics division of Teradata. . Notably leading product vision, implementation, release and ongoing development of the industry leading open-source Kylo data lake management platform (http://kylo.io) on Hadoop and Spark generating tens of millions of services and support revenue. He previously held the position of applications architect and manager of IT Application Development for the National Ignition Facility at Livermore National Labs. He led a large team that undertook diverse engineering around: petascale data science platforms, product data management, project controls, data warehousing, enterprise resource planning, laser operations, and laser shot setup and visualization.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Rich Miller
CEO & Managing Director of Telematica
Rich Miller is CEO of Telematica, Inc., a holding company and consultancy with a practice in product strategy and business development for distributed computing, data husbandry and networked technologies. Until June 2017, he served as Non-executive Chairman of Cloudsoft Corp. Ltd. (Edinburgh). Rich is also a co-Founder and, until May 2012, CEO of StreetLight Data Inc. He served as CEO of Replicate Technologies, Inc., a provider of configuration management technology for virtualized data centers from 2007 – 2010. Prior to Replicate, he co-founded and served as COO of Univa Corporation (now Univa, Inc.), a provider of optimization and management software for conventional and cloud data centers. Miller’s career as consultant, executive, and an early investor, has focused on overseeing the formation of technology companies and their offerings that provide security applications, wireless network infrastructure, and application service infrastructures.
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About Provenant Data, Shoreline Venture Management, Telematica: Telematica is a strategic consulting and business development services firm serving information and communication technology firms.
Santosh Haranath
Specialist Director, Cyber Security Services of KPMG International Limited
Santosh is a Specialist Director in the Silicon Valley office of KPMG’s Cyberservices practice. He has about 18 years of IT experience with 15+ years in Identity Management Industry. Understanding the criticality and impact of identity on enterprise digital transformations, over the last five years Santosh has focused on building cloud-native IAM platforms and improving adoption of IAM solutions. He has been leading and delivering security projects from assessment, strategy, and roadmap through implementation and support for clients across industries, in both Enterprise and Client / Consumer IAM landscape.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Casey Winters
Managing Director, Transaction Services of KPMG International Limited
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Than Khar Chin
Specialist Director, Cyber Security Services of KPMG International Limited
Than Khar is a Specialist Director in KPMG’s Cyber Security Services practice in the Silicon Valley office. He has over eleven years of experience in Information Technology, Cloud Security, Enterprise IAM and Consumer IAM solutions. In addition, Than Khar leads architecture and development of many of KPMG’s IAM innovation investments in delivery enablers, accelerators and integration tools.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Jules Walker
Director of KPMG International Limited
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Megan Bouchier
Managing Director of Sard Verbinnen & Co
Megan Bouchier is a Managing Director in the San Francisco office. Since joining the firm, she has worked on a variety of special situations, including complex litigation and crisis situations, mergers and acquisitions, activist shareholder situations and senior management changes. She also works with several clients on ongoing corporate positioning and investor relations projects. Her experience spans a range of industries including technology, healthcare and biopharma, consumer products, venture capital and private equity.
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About Sard Verbinnen & Co: Sard Verbinnen & Co is a leading strategic corporate and financial communications firm.
Meenakshi Kumar
Director, Service Delivery of Miri Infotech
Meenakshi Kumar is the director of service delivery at Miri Technologies. She is a former manager of mortgage services at Ateev Inc.
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About Miri Infotech: Miri Infotech is a one-stop solution for software-based solutions.
Abhijit Solanki
Founder & Managing Director of Whiteboard Venture Partners
Abhijit founded Whiteboard Venture Partners in 2017. He is focused on helping entrepreneurs create, build and scale the next generation of enterprise companies. Most recently, Abhijit was the cybersecurity investment lead at NexStar Partners. He joined NexStar from Symantec where he led the turn around of a $100M+ security product portfolio for the company. Prior to Symantec, Abhijit was with the Strategy & Corporate Development team at VMware. Abhijit started his career at McKinsey & Company where he worked with growth-stage and Fortune 500 companies in IT infrastructure, industrials, and consumer electronics.
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About Whiteboard Venture Partners: Partnering with entrepreneurs when their ideas are still on the whiteboard.
Ray Mastre
ERP Security, Controls and Compliance Director of PwC
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About PwC, SAP: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Philip McLemore
Director, People and Organization of PwC
Philip R. McLemore, Director, PwC has over 20 years of talent management, leadership development, and finance experience, working for Fortune 100 and start-up companies. His expertise ranges from strategic change management, human capital and finance, including workforce effectiveness, HR effectiveness, workforce analytics, and talent management. Philip holds a MBA in finance and multinational management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a BA in economics from Vanderbilt University, and is a Senior Certified Professional (SHRM) and Senior Professional of HR (HRCI).
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Ilana Golbin
Director of PwC
Ilana Golbin serves as the Director at PwC.
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Nimma Bakshi
Managing Director of PwC
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Vijay Ujjain
Director, IoT and Wireless Lead of PwC
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About PwC, Relayr: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Jaye (Tanner) Matheson
Director of PwC
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About PwC, PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Sanjay Vaswani
Member of the Board of Directors of BLUE STAR INFOTECH
Sanjay Vaswani has served as a director since April 2004. Vaswani has been a managing partner of the Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc., a professional services firm focused on the technology and healthcare industries, since 1990. From 1987 to 1990 he was with McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, Vaswani was employed by Intel Corporation. Vaswani serves as a director of Blue Star Infotech Ltd., an Indian publicly traded software services firm. Vaswani earned a B.B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About : Blue Star Infotech is a Digital Transformation consulting and services company, with global operations.
Victoria Brodsky
Director of Projects of Transformation
Victoria Brodsky serves as the director of projects at Transformation.
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About Transformation: Transformation combines strategic advisory services and project development to help family offices, sovereign funds, and private companies.
Brendan Connaughton
Founder & Managing Director of Catalyst Private Wealth
For over 25 years Brendan has been a leader in the wealth and investment management industry. As a strategist, researcher, author, speaker, and business owner he has developed and implemented investment strategies that have helped thousands of investors, individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations .
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About Catalyst Private Wealth: Catalyst Private Wealth is a wealth management and advisory firm for innovators and leaders in technology.
Michael Mitgang
Managing Director of WGD Partners, LLC
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About WGD Partners, LLC: Investor & advisor to emerging growth and middle-market technology companies
Oscar Garza
Global Director of Programmatic of Essence
Oscar is the Global Head of Media Activation for Essence, a global digital agency that is part of GroupM. In this role, he is responsible for the overseeing all buying and optimization of the agency’s media, which includes biddable, programmatic and reservation. He was formerly the agency’s Global Director of Programmatic. Prior to joining Essence, Oscar spent his career developing in-house media capabilities on the client side. Most recently, he was Director of Acquisition for Electronic Arts. There, he was charged with the design and development of EA’s performance advertising tracking, data housing and analysis. At Essence, Oscar has taken this custom, specialized approach and is applying it to clients desiring cutting-edge media capabilities.
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About Essence: Essence, part of GroupM, is a global data and measurement-driven agency whose mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world.
Seamus Ruiz-Earle
Founder and Managing Director of Carabiner Group
Seamus Ruiz-Earle is the Founder and Managing Director of Carabiner Group. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Michael’s Way, a non-profit organization serving child victims and witnesses of violent crime in the Bay Area.
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About Carabiner Group: Carabiner Group is a salesforce consulting agency that provides solutions to help organizations on optimizing performance and productivity.
Daniel Hong
Vice President & Research Director, Digital Customer & Collaboration practice , Healthcare practice of Forrester Research
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About Forrester Research: Forrester is a research and advisory firm that provides businesses with business and technology-related consulting services.
Ian Jacobs
VP, Research Director & Customer Experience of Forrester Research
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About Forrester Research: Forrester is a research and advisory firm that provides businesses with business and technology-related consulting services.
Raymond Stern
Co-Founder & Managing Director of ClearPath Partners
Raymond Stern is an experienced business leader with broad capabilities encompassing strategy, corporate development, marketing, leadership, operations and execution in companies ranging from early stage to Fortune 500.
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About ClearPath Partners: Provide CEO mentoring/coaching and general business advisory and consulting services.
Dave Reik
Director of Marketing of Smart ERP Solutions
Dave Reik is an industry marketing professional who brings over 25 years of experience in the information technology and advertising/marketing industry to SmartERP. Dave has been responsible for marketing and customer communications with Fortune 500 companies such as McAfee, PeopleSoft, Microsoft, Penton and other large organizations. Throughout his career, he has shaped corporate messaging and communications through website content, email, PR, collateral, speaking engagements and social channels. Like Kirk Chan, Vice President of Business Development, Dave is an avid musician and also played in PeopleSoft’s award-winning house band the Raving Daves.
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About Smart ERP Solutions: SmartERP is the enterprise business applications space providing innovative, cost-effective and configurable solutions.
Cyrille de Nervaux
Engagement Director, Digital Customer Experience of Capgemini
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About Capgemini: Capgemini provides consulting, technology, and digital transformation services.
John Mathis
Managing Director of Slalom
John is a Solution Principal and leads Slalom’s Data Visualization practice in the Silicon Valley. He is passionate about developing insightful and compelling visualizations that change how his clients think about their business. John strongly believes that less is more when it comes to developing a transformational dashboard. He has won numerous awards for his data visualization work including the 2014 Iron Viz Championship in Seattle.
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About Slalom: Slalom Consulting is a business and technology consulting firm that designs and builds strategies and systems to help its clients
Steve Schuman
Managing Director of HALLEY Venture Partners
Steven J. Schuman is the Managing Director of HALLEY Venture Partners, L.P., a venture investment firm he founded in 2017 that focuses on building the best cannabis, hemp, and traditional agriculture companies.
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About HALLEY Venture Partners: HALLEY is focused on building elite companies in the legal cannabis, hemp and traditional agriculture spaces
Robert Doede
Member of the Board of Directors of United Capital
Doede is a retired private investor whose career spans more than 25 years in the investment business. Most recently, he was majority stockholder, Chairman, and President of Centurion Capital Group Inc., a California based asset management organization that manufactured and distributed a broad range of investment products including separate account, mutual fund, and variable annuity wrap programs. Doede holds a PhD and MA, both in Economics, from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Yale University. Centurion Capital Group had two major wholly owned operating subsidiaries: Centurion Capital Management Corp., based in Los Angeles and Centurion Trust Company, based in Phoenix. The firm also acquired other investment advisory firms and fully integrated them into the Centurion subsidiaries over the course of its history.
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About : United Capital is a wealth counseling company assisting clients achieve empowerment over their financial aspirations.
Jamie Rapperport
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Precipio
Jamie has 25 years of experience as a software entrepreneur. Prior to founding Eversight, Jamie was co-founder and EVP at Vendavo, the leading B2B pricing technology company. Prior to Vendavo, he served as a founder and vice president of marketing and sales at VXtreme, which was acquired by Microsoft and became the core of “Windows Media Player.” Jamie has a B.A. from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford.
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About Eversight, Precipio: Precipi is a recruiting and workforce consulting company that helps clients with hiring, retaining and deploying staff.
David Moran
Co-Founder, Head of Client Service and Director of Precipio
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About Precipio: Precipi is a recruiting and workforce consulting company that helps clients with hiring, retaining and deploying staff.
