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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based Manager operating in the Mobile space. If you think a Manager 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.
Roopak Venkatakrishnan
Engineering Manager of Bolt
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About Bolt: Bolt is developing a checkout experience platform that helps retailers convert and retain more of their shoppers.
Taewon Yun
General Manager, Global Publishing of Super Evil Mega Corp
Taewon Yun is General Manager for Global Publishing at Super Evil Megacorp, the developers of the world’s leading mobile esport, Vainglory. Taewon is responsible for the global expansion and growth of Vainglory. Vainglory, now boasts more than 12 million registered accounts and 1 billion matches played worldwide. Vainglory experienced a monumental first year in esports in 2016, awarding the largest prize pool ever for a mobile esport at $120,000 and generating 25,000+ concurrent views for its inaugural World Championship. The community has welcomed some of the largest esports franchises in the world to the Vainglory lineup, including Misfits, Echo Fox, Fnatic, NRG, Immortals and Rogue. Taewon is a passionate gamer with over 18 years of experience in game and platform development, strategic planning and execution, business development and team building. Previously, Taewon was Managing Director at Wargaming Asia Pacific where he built up the company’s presence across the region and directed all aspects of growth for its flagship title, World of Tanks. He has also held positions at Blizzard Entertainment, Red 5 Studios and Electronic Arts. Taewon graduated from Seoul National University with a Masters of Science in Engineering.
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About Super Evil Mega Corp, Super Evil Mega Corp: Super Evil Megacorp is developing core games for tablet, mobile, and emerging platforms.
Megan Colford
General Manager of Lime
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About Lime: Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
Brian Grassadonia
Executive VP & General Manager of Cash App of Square
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About Square: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
David Rusenko
General Manager of E-Commerce of Square
David Rusenko is the general manager of e-commerce at Square. He was the founder and CEO of Weebly.
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About Square: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
Saumil Mehta
General Manager – Square Point of Sale, Customers of Square
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About Square: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
Alyssa Henry
EVP & General Manager Seller Business Unit, EVP Infrastructure & InfoSec of Square
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About Confluent, Intel, Square, Unity Technologies: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
Travis Raila
Lead Product Manager of Square
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About Square: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
Salvatore Testa
Engineering Manager of Square
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About Persona, Square: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
Jason Sperling
Product Manager of Square
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About People Speak, Square: Block is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.
Liz Goodno
Senior Manager of Product Communications of Snap
Liz is an international public relations executive with an emphasis on high-growth startups and global expansion.
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About Snap: Snap operates as a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.
Winston Howes
Security Technical Lead & Manager of Snap
Winston Howes is Technical Lead for Application Security at Snap Inc. An expert in web security, he has led the vision for Snap’s web security efforts. Outside of Snap he has interests in voting security and is an accomplished magician.
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About Snap: Snap operates as a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.
Riya Abraham
Project Manager & User Support Engineer of Signal Messenger
Riya supports the user and is also a cheerleader for their feature requests. She used to run automated strategies in the derivatives trading world, and currently moonlights as a Hatha & Vinyasa yoga teacher.
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About Signal Messenger: Signal is an encrypted communications application for Android and iOS that focuses on advancing secure communications.
Sang Ahn
Vice President and General Manager, Samsung Pay of Samsung Electronics
Sang Ahn is the VP & General Manager of Samsung Pay, Inc., responsible for driving the business and operations of Samsung’s mobile wallet in the U.S. Sang Ahn has been involved in Samsung Pay from day one by leading the investment and then strategic acquisition of a proprietary technology that became the basis for Samsung Pay’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). Today he leads teams in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York City working closely with Samsung divisions in the U.S. and Korea. Sang Ahn also leads the commercialization of select Samsung services in the identity management, artificial intelligence, mobile commerce, and mobile browser spaces for the U.S. market. He reports to the Global SVP of Services at Samsung Electronics. Previously Sang Ahn was the Managing Director and Head of East Coast Investments for Samsung’s Global Innovation Center (GIC). GIC builds, buys, invests, and partners with innovative startups that can make a strategic impact for Samsung. At Samsung he invested in LoopPay (payments, acquired by Samsung), Automated Insights (language processing, acquired by Vista Equity) and Wevr (software and content for virtual reality). Prior to Samsung, Sang Ahn was a Principal at Dawntreader Ventures (a $300mm venture fund based in New York) where he served as a lead investor and Board Director of companies that have been acquired by leading technology companies such as Google, EMC, VeriSign, and IAC. As an entrepreneur, Sang Ahn was the founder and President of Glenkirk Advisors (technology advisory) and Founder & CEO of AhnWalker Therapeutics (novel drug development). Sang Ahn is a current Board Director of MarketFactory, an emerging financial technology company. Sang Ahn is a husband and father of two daughters and resides in Palo Alto, CA.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jennifer Arnold
Senior Manager, Product Marketing – AI & IoT of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sungsoo Kim
Lead Product Manager of Samsung Electronics
Sungsoo is a business development and product management professional at Samsung Electronics. Recently, he has led the effort to launch Samsung Pass, which is an ‘identity management-as- a-service’ using iris technology. In the past, he has launched several products at Samsung and also worked at multiple Fortune 500 technology companies.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Gabriela Rojas
Sr. Technical Program Manager – Samsung Developer Program of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Mike Lytle
Product Manager, Content of Noom
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About Noom: Noom is a psychology-based digital health platform used to provide intelligent nutrition and exercise coaching.
Tracy Sweetbaum
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Monetization of Unity Technologies
Tracy is a Senior Product Marketer at Unity, working across adaptive gaming and mobile business products. She focuses on innovative product solutions for both brand advertisers and game developers.
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About Unity Technologies: Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Lydia White
Sr. Partner Marketing Manager of Unity Technologies
In her role on the Unity team, Lydia administered Unity’s largest contest to date, bringing together major partners from across the industry to help guide, mentor, and enable the success of a worldwide team of finalists to make their vision come to life.
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About Unity Technologies: Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Daniel Alam
Senior Software Engineering Manager of Unity Technologies
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About Unity Technologies: Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Abhilasha Shripat
Senior Product Manager of Zendrive
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About Zendrive: Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Bryan Ingram
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division of Broadcom
Bryan Ingram is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcom Wireless Semiconductor Division (WSD). Mr. Ingram served as Chief Operating Officer of Avago Technologies from April 2013 until October 2015. In this role, he led all Avago product development and manufacturing. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division where he oversaw the development, production and marketing of Avago RF and wireless components used in handsets, cellular infrastructure and satellite applications. From 2005 to 2007, he was Vice President of WSD. Prior to the founding of Avago from the Agilent Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) in 2005, Mr. Ingram was Vice President and General Manager of the SPG Wireless Semiconductor Division. Mr. Ingram holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Michael E. Hurlston
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Connectivity Products Division of Broadcom
Michael Hurlston is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division. He is responsible for the company’s mobility products. Prior to his current role, he held senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and General Management. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2001, Mr. Hurlston held senior marketing and engineering positions at Oren Semiconductor, Avasem, Integrated Circuit Systems, Micro Power Systems, Exar and IC Works. Mr. Hurlston earned a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom, Synaptics: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Lorenzo Longo
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Physical Layer Products Division of Broadcom
Lorenzo Longo is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Physical Layer Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for the company’s physical interconnect and automotive Ethernet products. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2000, Mr. Longo served as Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering at Newport Communications. He also held senior engineering positions at Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Newbridge Networks and Bell-Northern Research. Mr. Longo earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University at Ottawa, Canada.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Hassan Hussain
Vice President and General Manager, Motion Control Products Division of Broadcom
Hassan Hussain is Vice President and General Manager of the Motion Control Products Division. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since 2006. He oversees the development, production, marketing and sales of motion control products used in factory, industrial and office automation. Prior to his current role, Mr. Hussain held a variety of management positions within the Optoelectronics and Disk Drive divisions at H-P and Agilent. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Hussain was a Process Engineer at Motorola Semiconductor.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ed Redmond
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Compute and Connectivity Division of Broadcom
Ed Redmond is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Compute and Connectivity (CCX) division at Broadcom. In this role, he is responsible for Ethernet controllers, connectivity switches, Knowledge-Based Processors and ARM-based SoCs. Mr. Redmond joined Broadcom in 2010 after serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager at NextWave Wireless, where he led a merchant silicon chipset business unit delivering a leadership 4G wireless solution including a broadcast over WiMax service. Prior to joining NextWave he served in various engineering leadership roles at Intel in both wired and wireless networking, including where he delivered the first several products and customer programs for the launch and subsequent volume ramp of Intel’s Centrino Mobile Technology Wi-Fi modules. Mr. Redmond received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.S. in Communications and Digital Signal Processing from Santa Clara University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Rich Nelson
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Set-Top Box and Cable Modem Products Division of Broadcom
Rich Nelson is Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Set-Top Box and Cable Modem Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for driving worldwide set-top box and cable modem strategies to enable services to and throughout the home, with system-on-a-chip solutions targeting end products and end markets. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1995, Mr. Nelson served as a U.S. consumer accounts sales manager at LSI. Mr. Nelson earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Weiying Ding
Senior Product Line Manager, Mixed Signal ASIC Products BU of Broadcom
Weiying is the Investment Partner at TEEC Angel Fund. She specializes in product designing, marketing, management and strategic partnerships. Also she instructs and supports startups with a focus in semiconductors and healthcare. Besides her role at TEEC, Weiying is a senior manager of product design and development at Altera for over 17 years. Weiying holds her MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School, M.S.E.E degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, and her B.S. degree in Electronic, Engineering Physics from Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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About Broadcom, TSVC: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Jim Bland
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Controller Division of Broadcom
Jim Bland is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Data Controller Division at Broadcom. In this role, he is responsible for silicon solutions for the hard disk drive and custom solid-state drive (SSD) markets. Previously, he was vice president of sales and marketing for the Data Controller Division and Storage Peripherals Division at LSI, with responsibility for marketing and sales of LSI SoCs and preamplifiers to hard disk drive, tape storage and solid-state drive customers. Prior to joining LSI in 2005, Mr. Bland was senior vice president of sales and marketing, as well as a board member, for two European wireless startups, which were subsequently acquired. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Bland was vice president of sales and marketing for Siemens/Infineon HDD business unit based in Munich, Germany. Mr. Bland began his 40-year semiconductor career in operational roles with Intel, Amdahl and Zilog. From 1986 to 1996, he formed a sales representative company concentrating on custom semiconductors for the HDD business.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Greg Fischer
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Carrier Access Products Division of Broadcom
Greg Fischer is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadband Carrier Access Products Division. In this role, he is responsible for driving carrier access semiconductor solutions, enabling wireline and wireless broadband services to and throughout the home. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2004, Mr. Fischer served in various executive roles with Conexant Systems, including Vice President of Marketing and Vice President and General Manager of the Video Products Group. Mr. Fischer earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of Iowa.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Tom Swinford
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group of Broadcom
Tom Swinford is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Solutions Group at Broadcom, responsible for developing and delivering silicon, software and adapters for data center storage solutions to cloud service providers, enterprise customers and embedded OEM systems. Prior to his current role, he was the general manager of the data center solutions group at LSI, responsible for PCIe Flash, hard disk drive and solid state drive adapters and associated software. Prior to joining LSI, Mr. Swinford was the Vice President and General Manager of the Connectivity and Networking Group in Intel’s Data Center Group, providing Ethernet silicon, software, and adapters to data centers, OEMs and embedded customers. Mr. Swinford received a B.A. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University, and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Mitchell Fields
Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division of Broadcom
Mitchell Fields is Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcom Fiber Optics Products Division (FOPD). In this role, Dr. Fields leads the business unit responsible for developing and manufacturing devices used in optical communications including lasers, detectors, integrated circuits, planar light circuits and diffractive optics. He has been at Avago Technologies, now Broadcom, for more than 10 years and has held various positions that include Field Applications Engineering, Strategic Marketing, and, most recently, Senior Director of Marketing for FOPD. Prior to joining Avago, Dr. Fields was an optical engineer at Sycamore Networks, architecting and designing optical interconnect solutions for the SN16000 core optical switch. Earlier, he was a staff scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, where he was Chief Scientist of the Advanced Concepts Laboratory for Adaptive Optics. Dr. Fields received his B.S. in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Fatt Lun Ho
Vice President and General Manager, Optoelectronic Products Division of Broadcom
Fatt Lun Ho is Vice President and General Manager of the Optoelectronic Products Division at Broadcom. In this role, He oversees the overall development, marketing and sales of LED lighting products used in industrial, automotive and consumer applications. Based in Singapore, Mr. Ho began his career in 1977 as a Product Line Manager and has held a variety of management positions across several different product lines at H-P/Agilent/Avago. Most notably, he served as Manufacturing Manager from 1985 to 1998, and was SPG’s Operations Manager for many years until assuming his current position in 2008.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Patrick Henderson
Vice President and Co-General Manager, Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division of Broadcom
Patrick Henderson is Vice President, General Manager and Co-Leader of the Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division, responsible for growing share and revenue in the high volume Mixed Signal ASIC market. Prior to his current role at Broadcom, he served in sales roles of increasing responsibility up to Senior Vice President of America Sales. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1998, Mr. Henderson held a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions at Integrated Device Technology and National Semiconductor. Mr. Henderson earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Frank Ostojic
Senior Vice President and General Manager, ASIC Products Division of Broadcom
Frank Ostojic is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the ASIC Product Division (APD). He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since 2007. In this role, he is responsible for product strategy that enables APD to grow in market share and revenue in the Networking and Data Center ASIC market. He is also responsible for the development of IP design that enables APD to be the leader in SerDes-based ASICs. Mr. Ostojic came to Avago as a design engineer for computer ICs in 1996 through a series of acquisitions and roles with H-P and then Agilent. Mr. Ostojic has held a variety of senior research and development, and marketing management positions. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Sally Doherty
Vice President and General Manager, PreAmp Components Division of Broadcom
Sally Doherty is Vice President and General Manager of the Preamp Components Division at Broadcom. In this role, Dr. Doherty leads the business unit responsible for developing analog and mixed signal products and technologies for storage markets. Dr. Doherty joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition where she served as Vice President of Research and Development for the Storage Peripherals Division. In that role, she was responsible for product development, silicon germanium technology development and led the LSI global expansion strategy in China. Since 2009, Dr. Doherty has been an inside Director for Silicon Manufacturing Partners Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Before joining LSI, Dr. Doherty worked at Lucent Technologies and its spinoff, Agere Systems, in a variety of engineering and management roles. Dr. Doherty received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ran Soffer
General Manager, Microwave Products Division of Broadcom
Ran Soffer is the General Manager for the Microwave Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for all Microwave and Millimeter wave Baseband and RF solutions. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2011, Mr. Soffer served as Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Provigent. Mr. Soffer also served as Director of Product Management for Metalink and in various engineering and leadership positions in Motorola, Redux and ECI. Mr. Soffer earned an M.B.A and an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Myles Wakayama
Vice President and Co-General Manager, Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division of Broadcom
Myles Wakayama is Vice President and Co-General Manager of the Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division, responsible for developing Custom Mixed Signal ASICs. Prior to his current role, he held a variety of engineering design and management positions, including Senior Vice President of Central Engineering for all Mixed-Signal/RF and Library IP Development. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1996, Mr. Wakayama held research positions at Toshiba Research and Development Center and Hitachi Central Research Laboratory. Mr. Wakayama earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Mark Terrano
Vice President and General Manager, IP Licensing Division of Broadcom
Mark Terrano is Vice President and General Manager of the Intellectual Property Licensing Division, responsible for all worldwide outbound patent licensing programs. Mr. Terrano has more than 20 years of experience in the protection, licensing, and litigation of intellectual property in various technology areas. Mr. Terrano joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition, having served as Senior Director and Managing IP Counsel of the LSI IP litigation and licensing team. He joined LSI through its merger with Agere Systems in 2007. Prior to joining Agere in 2006 as a Senior IP Counsel, he was a Senior IP Counsel at Ericsson for eight years, where he was primarily responsible for managing the Ericsson IP litigation in North America. Before that, Mr. Terrano practiced IP litigation with the law firm of Fenwick & West in the Bay Area. He was also an electrical engineer at MCI Telecommunications prior to attending law school. Mr. Terrano holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from the Franklin Pierce Law Center at the University of New Hampshire.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Yiyi Zeng
Senior Manager of Walmart Labs
Yiyi Zeng is a senior manager/principal data scientist at Wal-Mart Labs. She has 12 years of extensive experience in business analytics and intelligence, decision management, fraud detection, credit risk, online payment and e-commerce across various business domains including both Fortune 500 firms and startups. She and her team use supervised and unsupervised machine learning technics to detect frauds including stolen financial, account take over, identity fraud, promotion/return abuse & victim scam. She is enthusiastic about mining large-scale data and applying machine learning knowledge to improve business outcomes.
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Imran Ansani
Principal Manager, Innovation of Walmart Labs
Imran Ansani works in Wal-Mart Global E-Commerce and has more than 15 years’ experience in e-commerce product management, content curation technology and omnichannel innovation across industry leading companies, including Wal-Mart, FedEx and HP. Imran holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of International Management, Arizona, and Economics and Engineering Degrees from BITS, Pilani, India. Imran is an avid golfer and sports enthusiast, having completed the Chicago International Triathlon in 2010, 2011 and 2014.
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Kamiya Motwani
Senior Data Science Manager of Walmart Labs
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
Igor Savin
Group Product Manager – Business Analytics of Walmart Labs
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About Walmart Labs: WalmartLabs, the technology division responsible for Walmart’s global e-Commerce initiatives.
James Christopherson
Senior Account Manager of VSC
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About VSC: We are a band of strategists, storytellers and data nerds obsessed with helping Davids crush a sea of Goliaths.
Douglas Moore
General Manager, Portfolio Business Management of Toyota Motor
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About Toyota Motor: Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures and markets vehicles to over 170 countries and regions.
Geri Yoza
National Manager of Toyota Motor
Geri Yoza is the Natinoal Manager of Fuel Cell Vehicles at Toyota North America.
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About Toyota Motor: Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures and markets vehicles to over 170 countries and regions.
Andrea Bonanomi
Sr Manager. E2E Network Performance of T-Mobile
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About T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Raymond Robertson
Senior Manager, West Region Operations of T-Mobile
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About T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Amir Rassouli
Executive Manager of Strategic Accounts of T-Mobile
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About T-Mobile: T-Mobile is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services.
Kevin Lau
Solutions Manager of Singtel
Kevin Lau has more than 15 years’ experience as an IT professional in networks and IT infrastructure for multinational companies. He is currently a Solutions Manager at Singtel USA in the heart of Silicon Valley. Singtel is Asia’s leading communication group, which is headquartered in Singapore. In his current role, Kevin develops and reviews technical designs and architecture proposals with clients, in the areas of WAN and integrated Infocomm solutions that covers voice and data infrastructure, SD-WAN, managed services and cloud computing.
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About Singtel: Singtel is a telecommunications company that provides ISP, IPTV, mobile phone, and fixed line telephony services.
Kristin Peterson
Project Manager of TheoremOne
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About TheoremOne: We are an engineering and innovation firm. We solve complex business problems through optimization of process, technology, and culture.
Tilman Thederan
Engineering Manager of Life360
Tilman Thederan was Co-Founder & Vice President – Engineering at Volo.io, Co-Founder & Lead Engineer at Fyesta, and he is currently Engineering Manager at Life360.
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About Life360: Life360 creates a mobile app for families that helps families feel closer together.
Aashay Shah
Product Manager of Magic
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About Magic: Magic provides a 24/7 SMS based on-demand personal assistant service.
Bartek Ringwelski
Product Manager of Instagram
Bartek Ringwelski is a VC turned Entrepreneur. SkillSlate empowers to the 16mm individual service providers in the US to market their services to consumers directly.
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About Instagram, Meta: Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
Lori Malahy
UX Research Manager of Instagram
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About Instagram: Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
Cemre Güngör
Manager, Product Management of Instagram
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About Instagram: Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
Pat Saxman
General Manager Health Systems of Zocdoc
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About Zocdoc: Zocdoc is a digital marketplace company that connects healthcare patients and doctors.
Austin Sandmeyer
Sr. Marketing Manager of Beekeeper
Dedicated to achieving, willing to try, always passionate.
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About Beekeeper: Beekeeper is a workplace app that connects the non-desk workforce to operational systems and communication channels.
Peter Stradinger
Manager, Study Team of Evidation Health
Peter leads the technology and engineering teams at Evidation Health. Previously, he spent five years as a software engineer and team leader at RightScale Inc, a pioneering cloud computing management company where he implemented cloud support for AWS, OpenStack, GCE and Azure. Earlier in his career, Peter was a Senior Software Engineer at GreenSherpa, where he built the company’s financial management product from the ground up. Peter started his career as a production specialist responsible for database management at Warp9 and later as a data analyst for Callwave, one of the first internet-based unified communication networks. During this time, he was an instructor for database languages at UC Santa Barbara’s Extension Program. Peter has a BA in English Literature from Whitworth College.
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About Evidation Health: We enable and empower everyone to participate in better health outcomes.
Dhana Pawar
General Manager, New Initiatives of Viator
Dhana Pawar is the general manager for new initiatives at [Viator](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/viator#/entity), an online and mobile global marketplace for travelers to discover, research, and book curated tours and activities. She is also an advisory board member at [Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nasdaq-entrepreneurial-center#/entity), Float, and [Personalshopping.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/personalshopping-com#/entity). Prior to that, she served as the vice president for mobile partnerships at [Quotient Technology](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coupons-com#/entity) for over 4 years. Pawar is an industry veteran with over 15 years of experience in leading product teams for startups and Fortune 500 companies. She is a regular speaker at tech events and has been quoted in a wide variety of leading media outlets, including [CNN](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cnn-com#/entity), [ABC News](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/abc-news#/entity), and All Things Digital. Pawar holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Fergusson College and master’s degree in user environment management from Asian Institute of Technology. She lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
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About Viator: Viator is an online and mobile global marketplace for travelers to discover, research and book thousands of curated tours and activities.
Jenni Snyder
Engineering Manager of Yelp
Jenni Snyder is the engineering manager at Yelp.
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About Yelp: Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Dejana Bajic
Product Manager of Yelp
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About Yelp: Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Nina Alvarado
Community Marketing Manager of JoyRun
Nina Alvarado is community marketing manager at JoyRun.
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About JoyRun: JoyRun is a community based delivery company.
Jeremiah Ditchen
Production Manager of Fetch Robotics
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About Fetch Robotics: Fetch Robotics provides the market’s only cloud-driven Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution for warehousing intralogistics environments.
Aaron Hoy
Robotics Engineering Manager of Fetch Robotics
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About Fetch Robotics, Fetch Robotics: Fetch Robotics provides the market’s only cloud-driven Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution for warehousing intralogistics environments.
Aaron Hoy
Robotics Engineering Manager of Fetch Robotics
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About Fetch Robotics, Fetch Robotics: Fetch Robotics provides the market’s only cloud-driven Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution for warehousing intralogistics environments.
Chris Brown
Senior Enterprise Innovation Manager of Vodafone
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About Vodafone: Vodafone is a mobile telecommunications company that offers voice, messaging, and data services.
Jason van der Merwe
Engineering Manager – Growth of Strava
Born in South Africa but transplanted to Tennessee, Jason has three passports and an ambiguous accent. Now living in San Francisco, he is an engineering manager at Strava, leading a team that focuses on the early stages of the new user lifecycle. Outside of work, Jason loves to cook and has aspirations of opening a restaurant some day.
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About Strava: Strava is an online network where runners and cyclists can record their activities, compare performance, and compete with their community.
Ian Sweeney
General Manager of Mobility of Trōv
Ian Sweeney is the general manager of mobility at Trov, a leading On-Demand Insurance technology company revolutionizing the way people protect the things they care about. In this role, Ian oversees Trov’s tailored insurance technologies for companies disrupting in the mobility sector — including Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving technology unit and Free2Move, Groupe PSA’s car-sharing service. Previously, Ian was founder of Intersection X, a boutique consulting firm focused on Go-To-Market strategy for early stage startups. Immediately prior to Intersection X, Ian was VP of Product at Taulia Inc. He joined Taulia when his own startup billFLO was acquired by Taulia. billFLO revolutionized the way businesses understand their finances and make the data actionable. billFLO was a Cash-Flow Management Solution for small business creating a forward looking view of finances so small business could react to financial challenges and opportunities in their future.
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About Trōv: Trov is the world’s leading insurance technology platform, enabling the new ways people live, work, and move.
Michele Schmitt
Senior Product Manager of Trōv
Michele Schmitt serves as senior product manager at Trov.
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About Trōv: Trov is the world’s leading insurance technology platform, enabling the new ways people live, work, and move.
Michele Schmitt
Senior Product Manager of Trōv
Michele Schmitt serves as senior product manager at Trov.
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About Trōv: Trov is the world’s leading insurance technology platform, enabling the new ways people live, work, and move.
Rachel Wang
Senior Manager of Deloitte Digital
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About Deloitte Digital: Deloitte Digital offers strategic, mobile, digital content, digital ERP, web, and digital design, and communication solutions.
Sarah Gabot
Senior Partner Marketing Manager of HelloSign
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About HelloSign: HelloSign offers fast, secure, and legally binding eSignatures for businesses.
EM Stock
Sr. Manager, Community and Social Media of NetEase
EM Stock is a 26 year video game industry veteran, having started her career as a writer/game designer in the Sega Genesis days, before finding her true calling five years later in Online Community Management (when ‘community’ was just beginning coined as a phrase). She’s worked and built community teams at a multitude of PC and mobile game companies including Electronic Arts, NCSoft, Sony Online Entertainment, Kabam, and Six Foot. She currently heads the community and social media efforts for NetEase Games, helping this Chinese mobile giant establish a player-centric reputation in the West.
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About NetEase: NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES) is a leading internet technology company dedicated to providing premium online services.
Arthur Shen
Deputy General Manager of PChome
Mr. Arthur Shen is the Chief Operating Officer of TutorGroup and has over 15 years of successful entrepreneurial experience with demonstrated leadership in the technology industry. In his role as COO, he is responsible for the daily operations of the company including sales, marketing, technology, tutor resources and logistics. Mr. Shen joined TutorGroup in 2008 as Chief Information Officer and was initially responsible for laying the foundation for TutorGroup’s award-winning core-technology, and oversaw the build out of all aspects of MultiMedia / Streaming, Management Application, Networking, Data Modeling/Mining, Mobile Application, Web and User Experience designs. Mr. Shen has played an integral role in TutorGroup’s commercial success. Prior to joining TutorGroup, Mr. Shen co-founded the social collaboration platform Linkist.com, which provided the Mandarin-speaking world with a social collaboration platform for business and idea exchanges. In addition, whilst at EngSound Technical Enterprise as co-founder and chief technology officer, Mr. Shen oversaw the creation and implementation of the IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system – a crucial element of customer relationship management for the banking and telecommunications industries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shen served as the director for product management at Syscom and the Networking Product Director at GenieNRM where he respectively led a team of engineers in designing system integration solutions for the financial sector, high-tech manufacturers and educational institutions; and piloted the development of traffic mining technologies, including network-wide flow-based traffic analysis, network behaviour analysis security, and high-speed deep packet inspection. Mr. Shen holds a BA in Computer Science & Information Engineering from the National Taiwan University and later received an EMBA in Information Management from his alma mater.
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About PChome: PChome is an e-commerce service group that operates several businesses such as PChome 24H Shopping, PChome Store, and more.
David Compton
Production Manager of Oomba
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About Oomba, S-Tier Media: Oomba is a specialized digital media company bringing elegant organization to sports and games.
Jesse Wiley
Manager of Business Development of John Wiley & Sons
Jesse Wiley is the Chairman of John Wiley & Sons.
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About John Wiley & Sons: John Wiley & Sons is a provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions.
Mario Carrillo
Senior Manager, Mobility Solutions & Payment Technologies of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Mario Carrillo
Senior Manager, Mobility Solutions & Payment Technologies of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Rosalyn Knapp
Lead Product Manager of iZettle
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About iZettle: iZettle, a mobile payments company, offers small businesses with portable point-of-sale solutions and free sales overview tools.
Mitchell Oshima
Product Manager of Payactiv
Mitchell Oshima is a product manager at Payactiv.
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About Payactiv: Payactiv helps put financial wellness within reach.
Lauren Hockenson
Content Marketing Manager of Sensor Tower
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About Sensor Tower: Sensor Tower provides market intelligence and analytics for the mobile app economy through their software suite.
Ali Aiyas
Co-Founder & Lead Product Manager of Stowk
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About Stowk: STOWK offers a comprehensive suite of blockchain-based cloud applications harnessing the power of AI for Supply Chain Management.
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Finance Manager of Divy
Theo is Divy’s Manager of Finance. He has been with Divy since summer of 2015, and is currently completing his MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Business. Theo has worked in finance since completing his undergraduate education at UCLA in 2011, with key roles at US Bank and OneWest Bank. Most recently serving as an Associate in Energy Finance, Theo had been promoted from Sr. Financial Analyst supporting various groups including middle market, leveraged lending, and project finance. Theo received his B.A. in Economics from UCLA.
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About Divy: Divy transforms investing so finding stocks is simple and engaging. Buying them takes one tap and $10. Divy – The Market is now Open.
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Finance Manager of Divy
Theo is Divy’s Manager of Finance. He has been with Divy since summer of 2015, and is currently completing his MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Business. Theo has worked in finance since completing his undergraduate education at UCLA in 2011, with key roles at US Bank and OneWest Bank. Most recently serving as an Associate in Energy Finance, Theo had been promoted from Sr. Financial Analyst supporting various groups including middle market, leveraged lending, and project finance. Theo received his B.A. in Economics from UCLA.
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About Divy: Divy transforms investing so finding stocks is simple and engaging. Buying them takes one tap and $10. Divy – The Market is now Open.
Caedman Oakley
Engineering Leader : Sr Engineering Manager of Dalet
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About Dalet: Dalete is a leading media technology and service provider with over three decades of innovation.
Julie Rehany
Customer Success Manager of Events.com
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About Events.com: Events.com is an event management platform that manage, market, and monetize low-key fundraisers, massive festivals, and marathons.
Andrea Caldwell
Senior Customer Success Manager of Events.com
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About Events.com: Events.com is an event management platform that manage, market, and monetize low-key fundraisers, massive festivals, and marathons.
Charlie Mohn
Demand Generation Manager of Fieldwire
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About Fieldwire: Fieldwire is a field management platform that offers a wide range of device-agnostic features for general and specialty contractors.
Claudia King
Strategic Business Operations Manager of Fieldwire
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About Fieldwire: Fieldwire is a field management platform that offers a wide range of device-agnostic features for general and specialty contractors.
Claudia King
Strategic Business Operations Manager of Fieldwire
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About Fieldwire: Fieldwire is a field management platform that offers a wide range of device-agnostic features for general and specialty contractors.
Jevin Tryon
Project Manager, Business Development of Paymentwall
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About Paymentwall: Paymentwall is a global payments platform which provides 150 local payment methods, incl. credit cards and e-wallets, in 200+ countries.
Adam Talcott
Software Engineering Manager of Y Media Labs
Adam R. Talcott is a computer professional with extensive experience designing and producing computer hardware and software. Adam has been building mobile apps since 2008, and before that he worked for some of the most important companies in the computer industry, including Apple, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Advanced Micro Devices and IBM. A prolific inventor and innovator, Adam has more than 20 issued patents in computing technology. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a B.S. in electrical engineering (computers) from the University of Southern California. Adam is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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About Atomic Powered, Y Media Labs: An award-winning digital product and design agency. We create digital products and experiences that export Silicon Valley to the world.
Mark Williams
Developer Relations Technical Community Manager of PubNub
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About PubNub: PubNub Data Stream Network is a secure global Data Stream Network that enables mobile and web developers to build and scale real-time apps.
Cameron Mills
Mobile Marketing Manager of Bamboo
Cameron is a mobile marketing manager at Bamboo, a direct-response, creative-obsessed paid social advertising agency in San Francisco. Companies like Dropbox, Microsoft, The New York Times and Uber partner with Bamboo to help scale their Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest advertising programs effectively. Cameron has deep expertise in paid mobile & social advertising operations, creative strategy, and analytics infrastructure.
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About Bamboo: Bamboo is an agency that manages sustainable social and mobile advertising campaigns.
Breton Buckley
CEO and Business Development Manager of OpenSynergy
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About OpenSynergy: OpenSynergy provides embedded software products for the next generation of vehicles.
Michael Booth
General Manager of Bad Robot
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About Bad Robot: Bad Robot is a media production company that has produced television series, feature films, and interactive content.
Eric Plam
Vice President & General Manager of Skyroam
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About Skyroam: Keeping people and things connected with fast, secure, cost-effective mobile Internet service around the globe.
Sinuhe Huidobro
Engineering Manager of PetDesk
Engineering Manager at PetDesk
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About AirScoreboard, Audvi, PetDesk: PetDesk offers CRM software for pet care providers to promote pet health.
Alistair Goodman
CEO & General Manager of Emodo
As Chief Commercial Officer of Emodo, Alistair Goodman is responsible for new strategic initiatives, business development, and marketing. Alistair brings 20+ years of experience working in marketing and product development efforts for media and data technology companies. While CEO at Placecast (acquired by Ericsson), Alistair led a team of location and mobile data management experts. Prior to Placecast, Alistair was VP of Strategic Marketing at Exponential Interactive, an online media services and technology company whose flagship brand Tribal Fusion grew to be one of the largest privately-held digital media companies in the US during his time there. Before Exponential, he was a founder and Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Impli, a San Francisco-based digital media company which was acquired by Premier Retail Networks (PRN). Earlier in his career, he worked first on Wall Street and then as a management consultant for both CSC Index and Corven UK Ltd, helping large organizations with process reengineering and the implementation of growth strategies. Alistair holds a BA from Haverford College, an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management and was a Henry Luce scholar in Asia from 1993-94.
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About Emodo: Emodo transforms data into results for mobile network operators.
