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This list showcases the top California based VP’ operating in the Finance space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Gregory Chang
Vice President of Product of Carta
Gregory Chang is a product executive who helped lead two companies, YuMe and Zuora, to an IPO. He is currently Vice President for Product at Carta, where he oversees the core product, including cap table management and equity plan software. Greg is an angel investor focused on enterprise SaaS. His investments include Amplitude, Atrium, Ironclad, Gem, and Vanta among others. Greg is also a Sequoia scout, advisor at 8VC, Affinity and Qualia and previously served on the Federal Communications Commission Technological Advisory Council during the Obama Administration.
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About Carta: Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Christine Ngo
VP of Services, Investor Services of Carta
Christine Ngo serves as VP of investor services at Carta.
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About Carta: Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Ry Sullivan
VP Product Platform of Carta
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About Carta: Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
David Faugno
Executive Vice President of Accel
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About Accel, Qualtrics: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Paula Judge
VP, Talent of Accel
Paula Judge joined Accel in 2018 to focus on Accel’s talent efforts. Prior to Accel, Paula led America’s go-to-market recruiting efforts at Palo Alto Networks during a period of significant revenue and headcount growth. She joined Palo Alto Networks from Heidrick and Struggles, a retained executive search firm, where she conducted executive-level searches for the technology practice. She began her career in the non-profit sector, holding a number of fundraising and programmatic roles with San Francisco Ballet and the Toigo Foundation.
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About Accel: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Linda Yu
Vice President & Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
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About SoftBank Group, SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Ryan Lucas
Vice President of SoftBank Vision Fund
Ryan is the Vice President at SoftBank Investment Advisers. Prior to joining SoftBank in 2018, Ryan was a Senior Consultant at EY where he focused on operational due diligence in the Technology and Consumer Product industries. Ryan began his career at EY as a Consultant and supported clients in the Financial Services industry.
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Scott Young
VP of Technology of Lightspeed Venture Partners
Scott Young currently works as the VP of Technology for Lightspeed Venture Partners. He previously worked at SoftBank Group US, Inc. as the IT Director.
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About Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Rachel Manson
Vice President of Marketing of Lightspeed Venture Partners
Rachel Manson currently works as the Vice President of Marketing for Lightspeed Venture Partners. She previously worked at Cutline Communications as the Vice President.
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About Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
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.
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.
Ravali Parsa
Vice President of Fifth Wall
Ravali Parsa currently works as the Vice President for Fifth Wall. She previously worked at KKR & Co. Inc. as the MBA Summer Associate.
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About Fifth Wall: Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
G. M. Nicholas Vik
VP of Strategy & Operations of Fifth Wall
G. M. Nicholas Vik currently works as the VP of Strategy and Operations for Fifth Wall. He previously worked at Renew Health as the Director in Strategy and Finance.
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About Fifth Wall: Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
Josh Schwartz
Vice President of Fifth Wall
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About Fifth Wall: Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
Katherine Miller
Vice President of Fifth Wall
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About Fifth Wall: Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.
Ehsan Lavassani
Founding Engineer and VP of Engineering of Personal Capital
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About Personal Capital: Personal Capital combines online financial tools with registered financial advisor expertise to enable people and grow their net worth.
John Giannuzzi
Vice President, Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs
John is a vice president at Goldman Sachs in the Merchant Banking Division. In this role, John leads investments in growth stage enterprise technology companies, with a specific focus on software. He serves on several technology company boards. John joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 in the Investment Banking Division.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Mike Herman
Vice President of Goldman Sachs
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About Girard Securities, Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Patrick Morrison
Vice President of Khosla Ventures
Patrick Morrison is Vice President of Talent at Khosla Ventures, where he works across the portfolio advising entrepreneurs on executive search and talent strategy. Prior to Khosla Ventures, Patrick led executive search for Adobe’s $7B Digital Media business, as well as its Cloud Technology organization. He joined Adobe from Korn Ferry, a leading organizational consulting firm, where he managed C-suite search engagements for marquee consumer digital and enterprise technology clients. Before Korn Ferry, Patrick was a Principal at Bespoke Partners, a boutique search firm that partnered exclusively with Venture Capital and Private Equity clients. He began his career as an attorney at a business litigation firm in San Diego. Patrick holds a JD from University of San Diego School of Law and a BA from Arizona State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He was born in Arizona but lives in San Francisco, where he’s perennially cold.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Daniel Morris
VP, People of NFX
Daniel Morris serves as the VP People at NFX.
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About NFX: NFX operates as a pre-seed and seed stage VC that is transforming how true innovators are funded.
Charles Huang
VP and Chief Finance of Blackstone Group
Charles Huang is a Vice President and the Chief Finance and Financial Analysis Officer of Equity Healthcare, within Blackstone’s Private Equity Operations Group. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Huang worked in venture capital, focusing on health technology investing and actively supporting healthcare portfolio companies of Spark Capital. Prior to Spark Capital, while completing a dual Master’s degree program in Business and Public Administration, he helped contribute to the growth of a number of VC/PE-backed healthcare companies in the areas of strategy, operations, and clinical informatics/reporting, including Generation Health and Accelecare Wound Centers. Before graduate school, Charles was a Manager in the Strategic Financial Planning Group at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and had also worked previously in the health consulting practice at Towers Perrin. Mr. Huang has co-authored several Harvard Business School cases and notes on healthcare innovation, payment, and policy. He’s an advisor, investor, and collaborator with Blueprint Health, Startup Health, TEDMED and Luminary Labs – organizations that focus on health and wellness innovation and disruption. He’s a board advisor and angel investor in health technology start-ups such as Artemis Health, Heal, and CredSimple. In addition to his M.B.A. and M.P.A. from Harvard, Mr. Huang holds a B.A. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. He has often served as a judge, speaker, and curator at many health innovation conferences and challenges, such as Health 2.0, TEDMED, Health Evolution Partners Summit, Harvard Business School Healthcare Conference and the Verizon Powerful Answers Challenge.
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About Artemis Health, Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Ben Cmejla
VP, Investments of First Round Capital
Ben Cmejla is the VP, Investments at First Round Capital.
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About First Round Capital: First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
Whitnie Narcisse
Senior Vice President of First Round Capital
Whitnie Narcisse is a Senior Vice President at First Round Capital.
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About First Round Capital: First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
Annis Steiner
Vice President, Marketing of Bain Capital Ventures
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About Bain Capital Ventures, Chief: Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.
Jimmy Li
Vice President of Goodwater Capital
Jimmy Li is the Vice president at Goodwater Capital.
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About Goodwater Capital: Goodwater Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on consumer tech startups.
Victor Chen
Vice President of CapitalG
Victor joined CapitalG as an associate in 2016. Prior to Google, Victor worked as an associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking Group in San Francisco. Victor graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley.
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About CapitalG: CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.
Kathryn Karacozoff
Vice President, Growth & Marketing of CapitalG
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About CapitalG: CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.
Todd Graham
Vice President of Venrock
Todd is based in our Palo Alto Office where he focuses primarily on enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity. He is very passionate about the intersection of technology and business. His main areas of interest include digital transformation, human-based threats, disruptive go-to-market, and the consumerization of the user experience. In his career, Todd has alternated between startups and large infrastructure vendors. Most recently, he led Corporate Strategy for Cisco’s Security and Collaboration businesses where he developed long-range business strategy for product and go to market while also driving inorganic activities such as the acquisition of Duo Security. Earlier in his career, he led the IT Business Management product group at VMware. Using experience gained at VMware, Todd co-founded Bluenose Analytics to help product and customer success leaders better familiarize with their customers. He also founded a Data Loss Prevention company that was acquired by EMC’s security division, RSA, while attending the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Outside of work, Todd can be found with his family exploring the wilds of San Francisco, attending youth soccer games, and celebrating children’s birthdays. In what remains of his spare time, he enjoys carpentry, coding, and all things Canadian.
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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.
Julie Park
Vice President of Venrock
Julie Park is a Vice President at Venrock.
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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.
Paul Farber
Associate, Vice President of TPG Growth
Mr. Farber is an Associate based in San Francisco. Mr. Farber joined TPG Growth in 2015. Previously, he worked at Lazard as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group.
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About TPG Growth: TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.
Miia Laukkarinen
VP of Talent of Bessemer Venture Partners
Miia Laukkarinen is VP of Talent at Bessemer’s Menlo Park office, where she works closely with Bessemer’s portfolio companies providing strategic counsel and tactical support on talent initiatives. Prior to joining BVP, Miia spent over a decade filling VP and C-level positions in venture backed consumer internet and software companies. Miia was an Associate and a member of the Venture Capital practice of The Caldwell Partners and Heidrick & Struggles. Miia started her career as an Associate with Spencer Stuart’s High Technology and Board practices in Silicon Valley. Her work focused on placing Board Directors and other senior executives at large and small companies within the technology sector. Miia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University.
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About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that funds consumer, enterprise, and healthcare startups.
David Wehrs
Partner, Head of BVP Funded of Bessemer Venture Partners
David Wehrs, a partner in our Silicon Valley office, focuses on helping BVP Funded companies as they grow. Acting as a liaison to BVP Funded companies, David leads a team of functional experts who act as resources to the portfolio – our Solutions Team. This team supports portfolio companies through tailored introductions and expertise across a variety of critical functions including Marketing and PR, Executive and Technical Talent, Corporate and Business Development. In this role, David also supports the connected community of BVP Funded companies. Across the portfolio, connections are made through introductions, events, and a variety of other channels. From peer advisory boards for Founders, CFOs, CTOs, CMOs, and HR to deep-dives on relevant topics like Growth, Retail, Innovation, and Technology, BVP fosters pivotal conversations and knowledge sharing across the community.
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About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that funds consumer, enterprise, and healthcare startups.
Alex Caluza
Vice President of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Trina Van Pelt
Vice President, Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital
Trina Van Pelt is Vice President & Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital; Vice Chair of its Investment Committee; and Chair of its diversity & inclusion investing initiative. She focuses on investments in artificial intelligence, autonomous things, mobility management, sports technology, and data centric business models. Trina currently serves on multiple, early to growth stage, portfolio company boards (Cognitive Scale, GoodData, Mighty Networks, Moovit, Paxata). In February 2019, she was named to the Power 200 list of the world’s most influential data economy leaders. She is a sought out advisor to Intel’s executive team on transformational growth strategies for Intel’s data centric businesses. Van Pelt has more than 23 years of experience in technology investments, M&A, strategic planning and business development. She has led more than 85 technology acquisitions and investments worth >$50B over the course of her career, spanning the computing, communications, software, IoT and mobile industry segments. She has built, developed, led, inspired and managed large teams of investors and strategic business development professionals negotiating equity and complex buy-and sell-side transactions and partnerships. Before joining Intel in 2004, Van Pelt was a director of corporate development at CNET Networks and an investment associate at TA Associates. She began her career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers and Ernst & Young’s financial advisory services group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and earned a master’s degree in management from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Rico Mallozzi
Vice President & Head Of Platform of Sapphire
Rico collaborates with Sapphire Ventures’ portfolio companies to help them achieve scale and operational excellence via go-to-market and business development support. He works closely with Sapphire’s portfolio on initiatives around defining customer segmentation, modifying sales processes, and building demand generation. Rico also developed and leads Sapphire’s SV Explorer platform which serves as a digital platform to better connect corporate executives with Sapphire’s unique network of startups. Rico’s experience in the technology industry spans across multiple functional areas. He began his career working at start-ups in the renewable energy industry and more recently held positions at Cisco and SAP. Throughout his career at SAP, he served in roles as an analyst in corporate development, sales strategy manager in APJ (Singapore) and strategic projects manager for the Office of the CEO at Ariba. Rico’s last role at SAP was on the strategic business development team, a small team created by SAP’s North American CEO to help SAP’s largest customers and partners define their digital transformation strategy. Rico has also supported social entrepreneurs in Indonesia and Sri Lanka in developing business models for social venture funds. Rico has a bachelor’s in finance and economics and graduated summa cum laude from Bryant University. He has an MBA from The University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business where he was a Provost Fellowship Award recipient. Rico has lived and worked in Italy, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. When not working you can find Rico running along the Embarcadero and chasing his mischievous dog at Crissy Field.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Jane Lee
Vice President of Sapphire
Jane Lee joined Sapphire Ventures in the summer of 2018 as an investment associate, helping analyze potential new investments and assisting existing portfolio companies. Prior to joining Sapphire Ventures, Jane was an investment banking analyst at Deutsche Bank, where she worked on numerous equity, debt and M&A transactions across software, internet and hardware verticals. Jane graduated with a double major in economics and statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Born in Beijing, China and raised in the Bay Area, Jane is also fluent in Mandarin.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Thomas Moon
Vice President of Sapphire
Thomas joined Sapphire Ventures in the summer of 2017 and focuses on the firm’s fund investments in the United States and internationally. As part of the team, he helps conduct due diligence on current and potential investments for Sapphire Ventures’ fund portfolio. Prior to joining Sapphire Ventures, Thomas worked at Tufts University underwriting a multitude of different investment strategies for the university’s endowment. Thomas received a BA in economics with honors from Tufts University. Born in New York City, Thomas has also lived in Hong Kong, South Korea and Switzerland.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Katie Bukstein
Vice President, Talent of Sapphire
Katie (Bukstein) Halimi is the Vice President of Talent at Sapphire Ventures, LLC.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Robert Severo
VP of Risk & Analytics & Chief Compliance Officer of Sapphire
Robert helps lead Sapphire’s compliance and risk management efforts as chief compliance officer and Vice President, Risk & Analytics. Before joining Sapphire in 2018, he had led various compliance, analytics, and reporting activities in the family office and foundation space at BluePointe Capital Management, and previously at Capricorn Investment Group, both located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Robert spent the earlier part of his career on the institutional asset management side, playing a variety of operational roles at Ramius Capital Group in New York and Loomis Sayles in Boston. Robert holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he graduated with honors. He is a CFA Charterholder and has earned the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Krupa Vankayala
VP, People & HR of Sapphire
Krupa Vankayala is the Vice President of People and Human Resources at Sapphire.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Kevin Burke
Vice President, Strategy of Sapphire
Kevin Burke is the Vice President of Strategy at Sapphire.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Vincent Gao
Vice President of WI Harper Group
Vincent Gao focuses on investments in the Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) space. Prior to joining WI Harper, he worked as an associate at Tuspark Holding Co., Ltd, where he was responsible for TMT and Clean Tech investments. Vincent has over 7 years of experience in the high technology industry, direct investment, and startups. Prior to Tuspark, Vincent worked as a tech manager at Cisco Systems Company, where his responsibility is managing the tech team to solve customer’s technical problems. Vincent holds an MBA degree from Tsinghua University and a B.E. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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About WI Harper Group: WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Quinn Li
Senior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures
Quinn oversees Qualcomm’s $1B global venture investment portfolio of 150+ companies across seven regions. Quinn and his team invest in key areas such as 5G, AI, Automotive, IoT and Networking to help expand Qualcomm’s ecosystem and customers. He currently serves as a board member or observer in AMEC, Airspan, Cohesity, Innovium, OneWeb, RetailNext and Verve. Quinn has led over a dozen investments with successful exits in A123 Systems, Eero, InvenSense, Powercloud Systems and Zoom. Prior to joining Qualcomm Ventures, Quinn held various roles in the wireless industry. He worked in product management and business development at IBM Systems and Technology Group, and spent several years in Broadcom and the wireless infrastructure group at Lucent Technologies. Quinn received his MBA from Cornell University, and his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
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About Qualcomm Ventures: Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, the fund has over 150 active portfolio companies.
Mark Hexamer
Vice President, Talent and Recruiting of Summit Partners
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Deborah T. Lower
Vice President, Administration of Summit Partners
Deborah T. Lower joined Summit Partners in 1997. Prior to Summit, she worked for Transamerica Corporation, Transamerica Investment Services and Watt Industries. Deborah works in Summit’s Menlo Park office.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Deborah T. Lower
Vice President, Administration of Summit Partners
Deborah T. Lower joined Summit Partners in 1997. Prior to Summit, she worked for Transamerica Corporation, Transamerica Investment Services and Watt Industries. Deborah works in Summit’s Menlo Park office.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Brook Hinchman
Vice President of Oaktree Capital Management
Brook Hinchman is the Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
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About Oaktree Capital Management, Oaktree Capital Management: Oaktree Capital Management is a privately owned investment manager specializing in alternative investment strategies.
Tullio Purtill
Vice President of Providence Equity Partners
Tullio Purtill joined at Providence Equity Partners as Vice President in 2017.Tullio is an Associate at ABS Capital Partners. His investment interests and experience include technology-enabled services, eCommerce and consumer technologies. Prior to joining ABS Capital in 2013, Tullio was an analyst with GCA Savvian where he worked on numerous growth capital and M&A transactions in the technology industry. His experience includes capital raises for high growth Internet and eCommerce businesses, as well as multi-billion dollar cross-border M&A transactions. Earlier in his career, Tullio was an analyst with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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About Bank of America, Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
craig lang
Vice President, Legal Affairs of Oak Investment Partners
Vice President, Legal Affairs, Oak Investment Partners Craig Lang joined Oak in 2007 as Vice President, Legal Affairs. In this role, Craig is responsible for day-to-day legal issues relating to Oak’s West Coast office portfolio company investments. Prior to joining Oak, Craig was a corporate securities attorney for over nine years with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., where he worked on a wide variety of transactions, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings, as well as general corporate representation of a number of public and private companies in the technology industry. He graduated with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center with a JD and Washington & Lee University with a BA in political science. He is a member of the California State Bar.
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About California State Bar, DLA Piper, Oak Investment Partners: Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital and private equity firm.
Bernard Machlovitch
Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Adam Aranda
Vice President of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Emma Yin
VP of ZhenFund
Emma is an Analyst at ZhenFund. She focuses on ZhenFund’s deal sourcing efforts in the Bay Area. Prior to joining ZhenFund, she was a Masters student at Stanford University and a core team member of the Chinese Entrepreneur Organization at Stanford. She also worked at Suning USA R&D Center’s strategy group and PwC’s Chicago Office. Emma received her bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Economics from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Masters degree in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.
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About ZhenFund: ZhenFund invests in TMT, healthcare, and education among other sectors.
Veronica Santana
VP of Finance of Meritech Capital Partners
Veronica is primarily responsible for managing operations, financial and tax reporting, investor relations, and other fund administrative functions. Prior to Meritech, Veronica spent over 20 years advising a broad array of businesses on accounting and tax issues. Previously she served as a tax director at a Big Four accounting firm specializing in transaction tax services, partnership fund formation and structuring in the venture capital private equity space. Her clients included corporations, partnerships and high net worth individuals with domestic and international operations. In her free time, Veronica can be found planning her next get away with her husband and daughter, hosting outdoor grill outs for her family and friends or riding her spin bike. Veronica received her bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Santa Clara University.
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About Meritech Capital Partners: Meritech Capital provides late-stage venture capital to technology companies.
Kenneth Chan
Senior Vice President of Macquarie Group
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About Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Michael Cortez
Vice President of YL Ventures
Michael Cortez is the Vice President at YL Ventures, is a member of the investment team, focusing much of his time on business development for current portfolio companies. In addition to BD and other value-add activities, Michael is heavily involved in investment due diligence, industry research, and the continued expansion of the firm’s U.S. platform.
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About YL Ventures: YL Ventures funds and supports seed-stage entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity sector.
Alex Zhang
Vice President of Redpoint
Alex joined Redpoint in 2015. He focuses on early-stage investments in China. Prior to joining Redpoint, Alex was an investment director with Ceyuan Ventures. Previously, Alex was a business development director at Tencent and a product manager at Google China. Alex earned his bachelor and master degrees in computer engineering from Tsinghua University.
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About Redpoint: Redpoint Ventures partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.
Kyle Liu
Vice President of Redpoint
Prior to joining Redpoint, Kyle was a Senior Associate with Fosun Kinzon Capital, where he was involved with investments in Dream Castle, Kongming, Iveno, and 100NJZ. Kyle has been awarded 30+ patents in the field of 4G Mobile technologies. Kyle holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Xiamen University, an M.Phil in ECE from Brunel University in the United Kingdom, and an MBA from China European International Business School.
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About Redpoint: Redpoint Ventures partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.
Gina Taylor
SVP & GM – Kabbage Strategy & Integration, Global Commercial Services of American Express
Gina Taylor Cotter has amassed tremendous experience in her more than 19 years with American Express, specializing in areas such as customer acquisition, product management, risk management and strategy. She is a seasoned lending leader, having led teams in a variety of functional areas overseeing various aspects of the lending business for American Express. She is known as a leader who challenges the status quo, successfully driving large-scale strategy and business transformation initiatives. Gina is currently the head of Global Commercial Financing, the division focused on serving small and mid-size customer’s working capital and financing needs with a variety of short-term lending solutions. Global Commercial Financing is a high growth opportunity for the American Express Commercial Payments business. Merchant Financing and Working Capital Terms are two of the fast growing products within the suite. In her previous role, Gina was head of the corporate payments product suite that served mid-size and large clients globally, including the management of the T&E and B2B product suite. Prior to her time in product management, Gina led a strategy and business operations function for the OPEN line of business. Gina also led the Project Resource Team, a unique approach to flexible project based staffing, enabling OPEN to opportunistically retain high-performing employees while flexibly staffing strategic projects. She is an advocate of advancing a culture of flexibility through workplace innovations. Gina lives and breathes workplace flexibility as she works virtually from her Los Angeles home office. She has also served as Vice President and General Manager, Customer Acquisition and was responsible for leading the customer acquisition and cross-sell strategy for the OPEN business for both charge and lending products. Previously, Gina served as Vice President, Risk Management working in various underwriting and customer management functions. Gina attended Wilkes University graduating summa cum laude and after earned an MBA from Drexel University, where she taught microeconomics as a teaching assistant. She is married with three children.
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Joyce Lee
VP, Finance of Sierra Ventures
Joyce Lee joined Sierra Ventures in 2007 and serves as VP of Finance.
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About Sierra Ventures: Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on next generation enterprise and emerging technologies.
Akash Pradhan
Vice President of TPG
Akash Pradhan works across TPG Capital and TPG Growth focusing on Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) investments, and is based in San Francisco. He previously worked in TPG Capital’s TMT group from 2013-2015. Akash has been or is currently involved with TPG’s investments in Box, DreamBox, GreenSky, Renaissance Learning, and Zscaler. Prior to joining TPG, he worked at merchant bank Raine in New York. Akash holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude, from UC Berkeley.
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About TPG: TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Gina Bauman
SVP of Marketing and Investor Relations of Institutional Venture Partners
Gina Bauman joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in 2008. Gina is responsible for creating and managing the marketing, investor relations, and communication programs at IVP, as well as working closely with firm’s portfolio companies. Ms. Bauman brings extensive marketing, communications, and media relations experience to IVP. Gina joined IVP from BlueRun Ventures (BRV), a global venture capital firm, where she was responsible for marketing, communications, and operations. In her ten year tenure with the firm, she managed marketing strategy, public relations, investor communications, and portfolio company marketing support. Prior to joining BRV, Gina worked in an internationally recognized management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy. Gina received her B.A. in Economics from University of Tartu, Estonia and an M.B.A. from the San Francisco State University Graduate School of Business. She also co-chairs the Marketing Communications Council of EF, a non-profit organization that promotes corporate volunteerism and philanthropy, and is an active member of the National Venture Capital Association’s Strategic Communications Group.
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About Institutional Venture Partners: Institutional Venture Partners is a later-stage venture capital firm that focuses on technology and media companies.
Christopher Esqueda
VP of Finance of Institutional Venture Partners
Christopher Esqueda joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in 2008 and brings more than 15 years of financial experience to his position as Controller. Christopher is responsible for fund accounting, tax reporting, audit management, and financial reporting. Prior to joining IVP, Christopher was a Controller at PS’Soft, a global provider of Asset Management, Service Management and Software License Compliance solutions, where he was responsible for world-wide finance and accounting, human resources, and risk management. Previously, Christopher was the Controller at BenefitPoint, a web-based company providing benefits management and procurement solutions, and Liquid Software, an enterprise application integration company. Christopher started his career with Ernst & Young as a Senior Accountant. Christopher earned a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Institutional Venture Partners: Institutional Venture Partners is a later-stage venture capital firm that focuses on technology and media companies.
Kelly O’Kane
SVP, Business Development &Investor Relations of Institutional Venture Partners
Kelly O’Kane joined IVP in 2012 as an Associate on the Investment Team where she worked on IVP’s investments in Dataminr, Oportun, Prosper, TuneIn, Zendesk (ZEN), and ZEFR. She was promoted to Senior Associate in 2014. Kelly returned to IVP in 2017 as the Vice President of Business Development after completing the M.B.A. program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Kelly is responsible for creating and managing new external outreach programs that leverage IVP’s extensive resources and relationships to benefit the firm’s portfolio companies and Limited Partners. She also works extensively across the organization to coordinate business development and fundraising activities. Prior to joining IVP, Kelly worked in the technology investment banking division of Piper Jaffray. She also spent time at Oportun and LendUp where she consulted on business operations. Kelly graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Finance from the Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and earned her M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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About Institutional Venture Partners: Institutional Venture Partners is a later-stage venture capital firm that focuses on technology and media companies.
Zack Willis
VP of Technology of Institutional Venture Partners
Zack Willis currently works as the VP of Technology for IVP. He previously worked at Essex Woodlands as the Director of IT.
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About Institutional Venture Partners: Institutional Venture Partners is a later-stage venture capital firm that focuses on technology and media companies.
Jim Taschetta
SVP, Marketing Strategy & Planning of Visa
As a successful business executive and general manager with 25 years of experience across a combination of blue chip companies and start-ups, Jim Taschetta brings proven marketing, general management and leadership experience to organizations. Jim previously served as the CMO of Bare Escentuals, FreeMonee.com, FRS Healthy Energy and Yodlee.com. Additionally, he served in various executive positions leading brand management and marketing at The Procter & Gamble Co., The Coca- Cola Co. and Visa. Jim has extensive international experience having spent seven years living and working in Latin America while at P&G.
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About iHealth Labs, NexTag, Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Terry Angelos
SVP & Global Head, Fintech of Visa
Terry Angelos is the Global Head of Visa’s Fintech team. Terry is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully founded and sold three venture backed companies and is an angel investor and advisor to startups focused in Advertising and Fintech markets. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from WITS University, an SM in Engineering Science from Harvard University, and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
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About TrialPay, Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Colleen Ostrowski
SVP & Treasurer of Visa
Colleen Ostrowski is the SVP & Treasurer at Visa.
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Oliver Jenkyn
EVP & Group Executive, North America of Visa
Oliver Jenkyn is Group Executive, North America, with responsibility for Visa’s business in the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Jenkyn was Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for Visa. Before joining Visa in 2009, Jenkyn was a Partner at McKinsey & Company in the San Francisco, New York, London and Toronto offices, and a leader of the firm’s North American retail banking practice and global payments practice. At McKinsey, Jenkyn led the firm’s relationship with Visa for five years, which included playing integral roles in Visa’s global restructuring and IPO. Previously, Jenkyn worked in private equity with Bain & Company. Jenkyn holds a B.A. in economics from McGill University, and master’s degrees in business and finance from Harvard University and Queen’s University. Jenkyn sits on the Board of Trustees at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Sam Hamilton
SVP, Technology of Visa
Sam Hamilton is SVP Data at Visa Inc.
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Cecilia Frew
SVP, Global Head of Visa Direct Sales of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Andrew Cohen
Vice President – Global Digital Product Marketing of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Chackan Lai
Vice President, Risk Advisory & Innovation of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Tom Purves
Vice President, Product Architecture of Visa
Tom Purves is a Senior Director for Visa Inc. & V.me by Visa checkout product, where he is responsible for developing future of mobile and online form factors for credit and debit cards in the digital world. Previously, Tom was co-creator of Interac Email Money Transfers, used daily by millions of Canadians. Tom is also recognized as an international speaker, conference organizer and community leader in the tech/startup scene.
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About Interac, Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Stephanie Ericksen
Senior Vice President, Operational Resilience of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Mike West
Vice President – Business and Government Disbursements of Visa
Mike West serves as vice president of business and government disbursements at Visa.
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Simon Hurry
Vice President of Visa
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About Visa, Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Abhi Arunachalam
Vice President of Battery Ventures
Abhi is the Managing Partner at Alkeon, enterprise-infrastructure investing on the West Coast in sectors such as cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and big-data analytics. He has more than 12 years of operational and investment experience. Abhi is currently involved in Battery investments including Databricks, Expel, Fungible, InfluxData, Jask, JFrog, and Streamsets. Before joining Battery, Abhi was a partner at Intel Capital, the investment arm of chip giant Intel Corp., where he focused on early- and growth-stage investing in areas including big-data analytics, mobile/IoT and broader infrastructure. At Intel Capital, he helped lead investments in category-defining companies such as Recon Instruments (acquired by Intel), EyeFluence (acquired by Google), iZettle, Urban Airship, Inrix and Brit+Co. He also served as a board observer at Kaltura, CashStar and Apperian. Prior to Intel Capital Abhi spent over six years at Qualcomm Research in various operational roles. He built the industry leading APM solution for mobile handsets and backbone networks. Abhi was also involved with the incubation and design of Qualcomm’s LTE technology and managed strategic partnerships with OEMs, infrastructure vendors and carriers. Abhi holds an MS in computer science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA, with honors, from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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About Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Justin Da Rosa
Vice President of Battery Ventures
Justin is a VP in Battery’s San Francisco office who focuses on consumer internet and software investments. Previously, Justin was an investor at growth equity firm TCV, where he focused on growth investments in consumer-internet and software companies. He helped lead TCV’s investments in Peloton, Klook, TripAdvisor, and Sojern, and was actively involved with the firm’s portfolio, including companies such as Netflix, Rover, Varsity Tutors, and Zillow. Prior to that, he was an investment banking analyst within the Global Technology Group at Credit Suisse. He also previously worked as an analyst at Steamboat Ventures. Justin received his B.S. in business administration from the Marshall School of Business at USC, graduating cum laude.
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About Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Rebecca Buckman
Vice President, Marketing Communications of Battery Ventures
Becky leads Battery’s communications and content-strategy efforts. She joined the firm in 2013 after running her own strategic-communications practice providing branding, positioning and media-related services to Silicon Valley investment firms and high-tech startups. Prior to that Becky worked for many years as an award-winning business journalist, including ten years at the Wall Street Journal in its New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong bureaus. She covered topics including Wall Street, technology and Asian economics and trade. At the Journal, Becky’s reporting was honored by groups including Amnesty International, the Newswomen’s Club of New York and the American Association of University Professors. She was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award in 2007. After leaving the Journal, Becky joined Forbes as a senior editor, where she covered small and large technology companies and specialized in writing about venture capital. Previously in her career she wrote for the Dow Jones News Service and the Indianapolis Star, where she was a Pulliam Fellow. Becky graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a degree in international politics.
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About Battery Ventures: Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Tara Gadgil
Vice President of Thoma Bravo
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About Thoma Bravo: Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm with a focus on investing in software and technology companies.
Hema Sundarraj
VP, Corporate Controller of Dividend Finance
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About Cepheid, Dividend Finance: Dividend Finance is a Technology-enabled finance platform supporting the energy transition with lending and other financial solutions.
Jason Bender
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of First Republic Bank
Bender has been with First Republic since 1999, and managed the Bank’s finance department for over a decade before being appointed Chief Administrative Officer on January 1, 2013. Effective January 1, 2016, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for the overall operations of deposits and lending, strategic planning, enterprise data, online banking and related digital activities, and secondary loan marketing. He oversees banking activities in the Orange County and San Diego regions. B.A., 1992, Swarthmore College; M.B.A., 1999, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, 2014.
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About First Republic Bank, First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
Bill Ward
EVP, Chief AML & Security Officer of First Republic Bank
Bill Ward joined First Republic in 2014 as Executive Vice President – Chief BSA/AML and Security Officer. He has over 30 years combined experience in law enforcement, corporate security, investigations, fraud prevention and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, Economic Sanctions and Foreign Corruption. Prior to joining First Republic, Bill was the Executive Vice President, BSA/AML and Security Officer at Union Bank overseeing the Financial Crimes Risk Management program. He earned his BA from the University of Massachusetts and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
Mollie Richardson
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer of First Republic Bank
Richardson joined First Republic in 2003 and was appointed Chief Administrative Officer on January 1, 2016 and Chief People Officer in November 2016. Ms. Richardson oversees human resources, enterprise collaboration, facilities/administrative services, Eagle Lending and various bank-wide initiatives. Ms. Richardson previously served as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and head of Board and Investor Relations at First Republic. She is Co-Chair of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Bay Area. B.A., 2001, Sonoma State University; Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, 2013.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
Robert Thornton
Executive Vice President and President, Private Wealth Management of First Republic Bank
Thornton joined First Republic in 2004 and currently serves as President of First Republic Investment Management and President of First Republic Private Wealth Management. He became Executive Vice President of First Republic Bank in 2015 and oversees banking activities for the Los Angeles and Palm Beach regions. Prior to joining First Republic, Mr. Thornton held senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank over a 20 year period. B.A. 1980, Duke University; J.D., 1983, Columbia Law School; Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program, 2014.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
David Lichtman
Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of First Republic Bank
Lichtman has been with First Republic since 1986, and has held positions in various phases of lending operations at the Bank. Mr. Lichtman was appointed Chief Credit Officer in 1995. In the role of Chief Credit Officer, he is responsible for promoting the Bank’s credit culture focused on safe and disciplined lending standards and practices. B.A., 1985, Vassar College; M.B.A., 1990, University of California, Berkeley.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
Justin Gibson
Executive Vice President, Chief Audit Executive of First Republic Bank
Gibson joined First Republic in 2012. As Chief Audit Executive, he leads a collaborative cross-functional audit department designed to meet the requirements of the banking industry’s complex regulatory environment. Mr. Gibson is on the Board of Governors at the San Francisco Institute of Internal Audit, a member of the Board of Directors at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area and a Board member at the Partnership for Children and Youth. Mr. Gibson is a Certified Public Accountant. B.A., 1997, University of California, Los Angeles; Harvard Business School General Management Program, 2014.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
Michael Selfridge
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Banking Officer of First Republic Bank
Michael D. Selfridge joined First Republic in 2012. As Chief Banking Officer, he is responsible for Northern California Private Banking, Information Technology, and nationwide Business Banking. Previously, he served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and also as the Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining First Republic, Mr. Selfridge was head of U.S. regional banking at Silicon Valley Bank. Mr. Selfridge held various other senior management positions with Silicon Valley Bank over an 18 year period. Prior to this, he was with HSBC and also Wells Fargo Bank. He serves on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of San Francisco. B.S., 1989, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.B.A., 1995, University of San Francisco; Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, 2013.
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About First Republic Bank: First Republic offers banking for individuals and businesses, wealth management and more with a focus on tailored services and solutions.
David Cheng
Vice President of DCM Ventures
Board Member, Director of Content Strategy at Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT). Board Observer at Musely & SoFi. Principal at DCM Ventures.
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About DCM Ventures, DCM Ventures, DCM Ventures, Musely: DCM Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the mobile, consumer internet, communications, and service sectors.
Yuanling Yuan
Vice President of SignalFire
Yuanling Yuan is a Vice President at SignalFire. She goes by “YY” (not to be confused with the Chinese social media company). Prior to SignalFire, YY worked on the investment team at Blackstone’s Strategic Opportunity Fund, where she evaluated late-stage and IPO investment opportunities. At Blackstone, she also spent time on the Emerging Markets team, evaluating macroeconomic and political risk in countries such as China, Brazil, and Egypt.
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About SignalFire: SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed stage companies and breakout companies.
Spencer Ackermann
VP of Finance & Chief Compliance Officer of SignalFire
Spencer Ackermann is the Vice President of Finance & Chief Compliance Officer at SignalFire.
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About SignalFire: SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed stage companies and breakout companies.
Libby Hadzima Perkins
VP, Legal of SignalFire
Libby Hadzima Perkins is the Vice President of Legal at SignalFire.
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About SignalFire: SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed stage companies and breakout companies.
Chang Fu
VP of Growth of Possible Finance
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About Possible Finance: Possible Finance provides financial tools needed to manage day-to-day lives.
Christina Zimmermann O’Conor
Vice President of Congruent Ventures
Christina Zimmermann O’Conor is the Vice President at Congruent Ventures.
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About Congruent Ventures: Congruent Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focused on sustainable technologies.
Manoj Ramachandran
Vice President of Forgepoint Capital
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About Forgepoint Capital: Forgepoint is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in transformative companies protecting the digital future.
John Gianakopoulos
Vice President of Scale Venture Partners
John joined Scale Venture Partners in 2018 and focuses on the firm’s investments in SaaS, cloud infrastructure and frontier technologies. Before Scale VP, John was most recently a Product Manager at Personal Capital where he focused on customer engagement and growth. Previously, he was also a Product Manager at Intuit and launched the first iteration of their QuickBooks Capital lending product, which provided working capital loans to small business owners. John holds dual degrees in both the business and liberal arts honors programs from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside of work, John enjoys running and playing soccer in Golden Gate Park.
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Bob Genchi
Vice President of Information Technology of Scale Venture Partners
Bob leads the development and management of Scale’s IT and security infrastructure. Over his 20-year career, he has held high-visibility roles at companies like Gap Inc., Salesforce, and Xactly, leading teams implementing IT and information security (infosec) projects, developing product strategy, conducting R&D, and providing support. A firm believer in lean growth, Bob’s experience extends across multiple software markets, including ERP/ICM, Human Resources/Identity, Point-of-Sale/E-Commerce, Event Management, Web Content Management, and PM/Testing tools.
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Laura Sebastiani
Vice President, Finance of Scale Venture Partners
Laura joined the Scale finance team in 2008. She is responsible for pre-investment financial due diligence, portfolio performance analysis, quarterly LP reporting, and financial statement preparation. Her venture industry experience began in 2000 and has included finance roles at InterWest Partners and work as a venture capital finance consultant. Previously she served as Director of Treasury Operations at Adecco, SA and as a senior audit associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Laura received her B.S. in Business Administration from The Ohio State University and is an active Certified Public Accountant.
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Hayley Hoad
VP of Operations & Compliance of Scale Venture Partners
Hayley has worked on the finance, legal, and administrative aspects of Scale and its predecessor organizations for the past 30 years. She manages the firm’s investment compliance as well as its operations and administrative staff. Prior to Scale, Hayley worked for many years with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD).
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Erik Archer Smith
Vice President, Marketing of Scale Venture Partners
Erik Archer Smith is a data-driven marketing and sales leader with 10+ years experience helping B2B software companies scale during phases of hyper-growth. Prior to joining Scale, Erik was the marketing director for Treasure Data, a Scale portfolio company acquired by Arm in 2018. There he was responsible for thought leadership on data strategy as well as designing and managing integrated ABM campaigns. Erik got involved with tech early and built the first social media site in Japan using open source technology in the early 2000s.
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About Scale Venture Partners: Scale is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Jeffrey Baldwin
Vice President of TCV
Jeffrey Baldwin serves as a Vice President at TCV.
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About TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
