Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Consulting space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
David Foley
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Energy Partners of Blackstone Group
David I. Foley is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Energy Partners. David Foley is based in New York and is responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s private equity investment activities in the energy & natural resource sector on a global basis. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, David Foley has been responsible for building the Blackstone energy & natural resources practice and has played an integral role in every private equity energy deal that the firm has invested in, including: Premcor, Kosmos Energy, Foundation Coal, Texas Genco, Sithe Global Power, OSUM Oil Sands, PBF Energy, Global Offshore Wind, GeoSouthern, Alta Resources, Moser Baer, Cheniere and LLOG Exploration. Before joining Blackstone, David Foley worked with AEA Investors in the firm’s private equity business, and prior to that served as a consultant for the Monitor Company. David Foley received a BA and an MA in Economics, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Stephen Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder of Blackstone Group
Stephen Schwarzman is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone. Schwarzman has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its founding in 1985. The firm is currently the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager with $218 billion Assets Under Management, as of March 31, 2013. Schwarzman is an active philanthropist with a history of supporting education and schools. Whether in business or in philanthropy, he has always attempted to tackle big problems and find transformative solutions. In 2013, he founded an international scholarship program, “Schwarzman Scholars,” at Tsinghua University in Beijing, to educate future leaders about China. At $300 million, the program is modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship and is the single largest philanthropic effort in China’s history coming largely from international donors. In 2007, Schwarzman donated $100 million to the New York Public Library, on the board of which he serves. Schwarzman is also committed to supporting education locally, sending over two hundred students per year to parochial schools in the New York area. Schwarzman is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, The Business Council, The Business Roundtable, and The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He serves on the boards of The Asia Society, The Board of Directors of The New York City Partnership and The Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is a Trustee of The Frick Collection in New York City and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2007, Schwarzman was included in TIME’s “100 Most Influential People.” In that same year, he was awarded the Légion d’Honneur of France and promoted to Officier in 2010. Schwarzman holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Management, is on the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors and Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council. In 2012, he was awarded an Honorary Degree from Quinnipiac University.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Srikrishna Ramakarthikeyan
CEO of Hexaware Technologies
R Srikrishna, a Director at Xurmo Technologies, is also the CEO of Hexaware Technologies. He was previously President at HCL Technologies. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai) and Indian Institute of Management (Kolkata), Srikrishna is an accomplished business leader who has conceptualized and pioneered many hi-tech offerings in network infrastructure management. He is credited at HCL with having broken new ground for the company many times over, in introducing new technology products and services and in opening new billion-dollar markets. R Srikrishna was honoured as a Young Global Leader for 2011 at World Economic Forum at Davos.
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About Hexaware Technologies: Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in India.
P R Chandrasekar
CEO and Vice Chairman of Hexaware Technologies
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About Hexaware Technologies: Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in India.
Steve Kimble
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Tax LLP of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Joe Ucuzoglu
Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte
Joe Ucuzoglu is the chief executive officer at Deloitte US.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
David S. Kidder
Co-Founder and CEO of Bionic
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About Alt Option Return, Alt Option Return, Bionic, GoodAdds Foundation, Maxwell Health, New to Big, The Intellectual Devotional: Bionic ignites growth revolutions within the world’s largest companies as they face disruption.
Olivier ATTIA
CEO of Gershon Consulting
Olivier Attia is a leading technological entrepreneur and responsible for creating a host of breakthrough technologies throughout his career. His last title was Chief Executive Officer of Audionamix, the leading provider of audio source separation technology focused on providing the entertainment industry with innovative solutions. Bringing over 20 years of technological management and consulting experience to the role, he has been instrumental in establishing Audionamix’ position as a pioneering force in the sound technology sector. With offices in Paris, Los Angeles and New York, Audionamix services allow content owners to unlock dormant assets and unleash creativity. In 2011, the company worked with Hans Zimmer on building the musical themes for “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” Audionamix was also featured in Forbes magazine New York Times for its work on the classic musical “West Side Story.” In collaboration with the Bernstein Foundation, Audionamix removed the entire musical score allowing for a live orchestra to accompany the film and creating a new theater cinema event that was performed in Los Angeles, New York and most recently Chicago. In 2010, ADX’s proprietary services were used to eliminate the Vuvuzela from broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup. Under Attia’s leadership, Audionamix has also built an ecosystem of strategic partnerships to further enhance its position as the leader in source separation solutions in both Los Angeles and New York. Some of these partnerships include APM Music, XTracks, Deluxe Audio, and the Production Plant. Building alliances with these key post- production facilities and music-licensing firms in the entertainment industry, gives Audionamix a competitive advantage in attaining more market share. Some of Audionamix’ clients include: Warner Bros. Studios, NBC/Universal, CBS, MGM, Warner Music Group, and Warner Bros. Animation. In 2006, Attia founded ClickOVA, a mobile platform for automatic backup of mobile phone content. After one year in research and development, ClickOVA was launched and distributed, over a two-year period with over 260,000 active users in 193 countries. Attia attained his knowledge of the mobile carrier market during his years at SCANBUY Inc., a software company that he founded in 2000, and acted as the Chief Executive Officer until 2006. At SCANBUY, Inc., he created and launched the world’s first barcode scanning software technology, integrated for camera-based cellular phones named Breakout Company of 2005 by Fortune Magazine and Top 100 Companies of 2006 by Red Herring. During his tenure at SCANBUY, Attia was interviewed on FOX News, ABC, NBC and Bloomberg TV about mobile technology. As an expert in his field, he has spoken at several conferences including CTIA Wireless, NextMedia and Forbes Conference speaking about new challenges in wireless technology. Even in his early career, Attia worked at the forefront of technological innovation as an Internet specialist, providing consultation services to industry professionals and organizations from 1994. He was a Principal Manager in the National Internet Practice division at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, where he provided consulting and strategic services focused on high profile e-commerce strategic engagements from 1997 to 2000. Prior to this role, Attia was a consultant at ATOS Group, where he specialized in the integration of new technologies. During his tenure, he developed the first online banking system for a major established bank, participated in the development of several projects in South America including telemedicine and sales force application for Mobile Operators and developed an expertise in control quality. Attia lived in Mexico two years and helped TELMEX to implement a complete carrier-class sales management platform. Attia holds both a Master’s degree in Marketing and an Engineering degree in Information System Management from University Paris, Dauphine. He also earned an honors degree in Physics and Computer Science from University Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie.
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About Gershon Consulting: Professional Consulting Services for European companies interested by the US market.
Kewsong Lee
Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Carlyle Group
Kewsong Lee is based in New York, joined Warburg Pincus in 1992 and leads the firm’s investments in the consumer, industrial and services sectors. He also helps drive the firm’s financial services investments and capital markets activities. Mr. Lee is a member of the firm’s executive management group. Previously, Mr. Lee was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is currently a director of Aeolus Re, Aramark, Arch Capital Group, Consolidated Precision Products, MBIA, The Neiman Marcus Group and Total Safety. Mr. Lee serves on the board of Lincoln Center Theater, where he is a member of the executive committee, and also is a trustee of Choate Rosemary Hall. Mr. Lee received an A.B. in applied mathematics in economics from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About RenaissanceRe Holdings, The Carlyle Group, TradeCard: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
David Snider
Founder & CEO of Harness Wealth
David Snider is the Founder & CEO of Harness Wealth, an early stage consumer fintech company with a mission of helping people reach their best financial future. The business will provide a unified data platform for people to manage their wealth and connect with a highly curated set of top advisors to manage their financial well-being. David incubated Harness Wealth as an executive-in-residence at Bain Capital Ventures. Previously he served as COO & CFO of Compass, a real estate tech company that he helped grow from pre-launch to a valuation of $1.8 billion. David was an investor at Bain Capital private equity, where he completed investments worth over $2 billion as well as the IPO of Sensata on the NYSE. He is the author of Money Makers: Inside the New World of Finance and Business published by Macmillan. David received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Duke University.
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About Harness Wealth: Harness Wealth provides the next generation of builders confidence in their best financial future.
Carmine Di Sibio
CEO of Ernst & Young
Carmine is responsible for global business performance, day-to-day operations of the organization and executing a global strategy in the market. In his role, he brings together geographies, service lines and markets functions to provide exceptional service to our clients. Carmine is Senior Advisory Partner for many of our largest financial services clients.
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Patrick Burns
CEO and Co-Founder of Spruce Holdings
Patrick Burns is a Co-Founder at Spruce Holdings.
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About Spruce Holdings: Spruce Holdings aims to improve title insurance assessment and issuance to reduce the time needed to close a real estate deal.
Andreas Gruson
Chairman and CEO of FleetGenius
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About Compology, FleetGenius: FleetGenius provides logistics and asset management services using cutting-edge technology.
Mary Miele
Founder and CEO of The Evolved Education Company
Mary E. Miele is the founder and president of The Evolved Education Company (EEC), an innovative private tutoring and education consulting service that focuses on the total education process and prioritizes the complete assessment of all aspects of the student’s Evolved Education Paradigm, which involves examining each student’s academic history, learning style, school and home environment and social, emotional, and physical development to ensure the very best possible school support. As an educator, parent, consultant, tutor, and activist, Mary Miele is involved in every aspect of the New York City educational system, both public and private sectors. Since 1998, she has taught students in areas of math, reading and writing. Mary Miele supervises special education residents at Hunter College and maintains a vast network of business-to business relationships with like-minded companies and educators. Currently as president of EEC, Mary Miele works closely with teachers and specialists to support them in their roles with families while also working with many students, families and schools within executive function coaching, education consulting and test preparation programming. Mary Miele’s passion lies in the behind-the-scenes work that parents and educators do with children to ensure academic, emotional, social and physical health and success, and as such, she also works closely with parents, helping them to support their children’s education. Mary Miele is the author of Supporting School: A Guidebook for Parents and Educators. She holds a BS and MA from New York University Steinhardt School of Education and is a certified K-12 Special Education Teacher and Reading Specialist in New York State and New York City. She is a recipient of a Curriculum Grant Award from The Spence School, an Impact II Grant Award as well as a speaker at The NYU Women’s Initiative, NYC Admissions Solutions, Theraplay NYC, and various NYC Parent Associations.
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About The Evolved Education Company: Provides tutoring and education consulting services for students in PreK through College using a whole child approach.
Rafi Kronzon
Co-Founder & CEO of Cartwheel
Rafi Kronzon is the CEO and co-founder at Cartwheel. Prior to this, he founded Gotham Broadband and was once a consultant at Merrill Lynch. He bears a degree in computer science from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About Cartwheel: Cartwheel provides full service technology support, systems management and consulting services for mid-sized businesses.
Rich Lesser
President and Chief Executive Officer , New York of The Boston Consulting Group
Rich became the sixth president and chief executive officer of BCG in January 2013. Based in New York and Beijing, he has been on the firm’s Executive Committee since 2006. Before becoming CEO, Rich was BCG’s chairman for North and South America since 2009 and head of the New York Metro office system starting in 2000. His client work has focused on innovation, strategy, and large-scale transformation in the health care and consumer sectors. In 2009, Consulting magazine named him one of the industry’s most influential consultants. Prior to joining BCG in 1988, Rich worked as a process development engineer and group leader at Procter & Gamble. He holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. Read Rich’s recent “Boss Talk” interview with The Wall Street Journal.
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Chok Ooi
Co-Founder & CEO of Kenzie Academy
Board Member of Concourse Global. Co-Founder and CEO at Kenzie Academy.
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About AgilityIO, Kenzie Academy, Ops Ninja: Kenzie Academy provides a solution to the dramatic shortage of tech talent in the U.S., by reimagining higher education for the tech sector.
Chris Becker
Founder / CEO of NetEffect
I work with teams to realize results on user experience and creative initiatives – a new service, entertainment program or branded product experience – for targeted users such as a customers, employees, fans, gamers, viewers, readers or listeners. My background in consulting, startups, tech, corporate, creative, financial services and media across a range of continents and countries enables me to tap a broad set of experience and a dynamic network of people.
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About NetEffect: NetEffect works with organizations, leveraging technology and building solutions to drive impactful change and build competitive advantage.
Taly Russell
Founder and CEO of SilverChair Partners
Chantal “Taly” Russell founded SilverChair Partners, the eight year running top 5 ranked US recruitment firm that places the highest caliber professionals in SUPPORT roles for leaders in finance, media, technology, advertising, real estate, management consulting and retail. Chantal Taly Russell has worked tirelessly over the course of her search and recruitment career. Her passion and personality along with her industry knowledge lead her to begin her own company. She hopes to serve the needs of the industry by offering an exceptional service to all of her high end clients. While Taly Russell is a longtime industry expert who has personally placed over 1,750 people in their support and HR roles, it’s her cross-industry competence that has allowed her to thrive as an entrepreneur as well, building up SCP as a highly sought-after firm for professionals in NYC as well as San Francisco, Los Angeles and globally (London & Dubai). Before founding SCP, Chantal “Taly” Russell even spent time as a casting director in New York and Los Angeles. Her knack for fitting personalities and skills into the right roles has not only given her business a stellar reputation, but has allowed her clients to have success in their positions as well. The competitive nature of the TV, Film, and Movie industry is so similar to the highly competitive drive in the New York City job market, so this industry change was a seamless one for Taly. Taly Russell believes it’s extremely important to have a positive impact on the community around her. She has served as a public figure for women and young professionals for many years through her work in nonprofits and as the CEO and founder of SilverChair Partners. In 2014, Taly Russell had the honor of being selected as a judge for the Miss USA competition, where she was able to aid in the crowning of a new female role model for the country to support. Taly was born in Zurich, Switzerland and grew up in New York City. She is highly active in a variety of nonprofit organizations, such as The Lung Cancer Research Foundation, the Green Schools Alliance, ASPCA, Charity Water, and Stop Poaching Now.
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About SilverChair Partners: SilverChair Partners is a prestigious search firm that handles the best and brightest Executive, Personal and Chief of Staff support roles.
Germain Chastel
CEO, co-founder of NewtonX
Formerly Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company Acquisition Finance at Societe Generale Investment Banking Co-founder RasoirClub.com
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About NewtonX: NewtonX is the world’s leading B2B research company.
Allen Thomas
Chief Executive Officer of Specified Testing Labs
Over 25 years in the field of Environmental Analytical Chemistry for both national and medium sized analytical laboratories. I started an environmental lab at Envirogen, a prominent bio-remediation firm in 1991, and grew this asset to $4mm in sales. In 1999 I established New Jersey Analytical Labs (NJAL). NJAL is a leading laboratory, supporting the environmental community with complete and defendable testing services. Specialties:Environmental analytical chemistry. Bench scale studies in ERD, chemical oxidation, bioremediation, and new technologies. Drinking water, groundwater-wastewater and soil analytical expert in New Jersey as related to site remediation (LSRP), PWS, PWTA and low level surface water regulations-requirements.
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About Specified Testing Labs: Specified Testing Laboratories, LLC is a holding company of testing laboratories and related operating companies. Formed in September .
Jeffrey Najarian
President & Chief Executive Officer of Starpoint Solutions
Jeff Najarian founded Starpoint Solutions in 1982 and built it into one of the nation’s fastest-growing, privately held companies. He continues to set the company’s strategy for growth and innovation. As a result of his guidance and Starpoint’s success, Starpoint was named to the elite ranks of Inc. 500’s Hall of Fame, to the CRN Solution Provider 500 list for 15 years, to Crain’s New York Business’s coveted list of Top 200 Privately Held Companies, and to Deloitte & Touche’s prestigious “Fast 50” Program for the New York region. For nearly 35 years, Jeff has distinguished himself and Starpoint. With Starpoint for most of his professional career, he transformed Starpoint from a technology staffing firm into one of the most respected sources of human capital for staff and project augmentation nationwide. Jeff’s leadership style is a big reason why Starpoint succeeds – and why it has such a high retention rate with its employees. Jeff earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Rutgers University.
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About Starpoint Solutions: Starpoint Solutions is a Leading Provider of Software Development & Engineering Services Worldwide
Simon Isaacs
CEO of TaskForce
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About Fatherly, TaskForce: TaskForce is a creative agency working with the intersection of art and social justice.
Victor Jung
Founder & CEO of V Global Holdings, Inc.
The Chairman and CEO of V Global Holdings, Victor Jung is a Senior C-Level Executive having over 30 years of experience in a variety of industries. From Fortune 500 companies to other privately-held companies, Jung has served a variety of organizations in the past, facilitating them across vital areas to achieve success. Victor Jung’s industry expertise ranges from financial services, real estate, and media to consumer products, food & beverage, and hospitality sectors. His innate talent and his drive to achieve more, combined with his broad industry experience, make him a valuable asset for his clients. He has successfully established V Global Holdings as an international management consulting and financial advisory company known to provide innovative and workable solutions to its clients to improve their business performance and strengthen their position in the market. Founded in 1995, V Global Holdings has gone on to serve growth-oriented industries and provided advisory services valued at $1.5B to numerous firms. Under Victor Jung’s leadership, the company is ideally positioned to offer value-driven solutions that make a difference. As a highly qualified industry professional, Victor Jung possesses a diverse skill-set and holds a great deal of expertise in several key areas relating to financial and operational management. He specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions, Fundraising, Cash Management, Strategy and Financial Planning, Business Development, Customer Relationship Management, Change Management, and Operational Controls. In the past, Victor Jung has worked closely with a variety of organizations, helping them overcome internal and external challenges to foster a culture of success. As a result, he understands only too well the problems most companies face when seeking business advisory solutions from a third party. His business philosophy is centered around overcoming these issues to provide tailored solutions that make an impact. As the Chairman and CEO of V Global Holdings, he has also enforced his business philosophy across the firm’s operations to provide an unparalleled customer experience. Victor Jung is your go-to industry expert for functional solutions that elevate the performance of your business, overcome existing obstacles, and achieve long-term sustainability. Book a free consultation today at VictorJung.com and discover whether V Global Holding Solutions is the right fit for you.
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About Delshah Capital, The Line Group LLC, V Global Holdings, Inc.: V Global Holdings is a global management consulting and financial advisory company.
David Wachsman
CEO of Wachsman
David Wachsman is a world-renowned blockchain expert and thought leader. He is a regular speaker at the most highly recognized technology conferences around the world and his commentary is regularly featured by mainstream media outlets globally. In late 2015, David founded Wachsman to provide professional public relations services to the rapidly growing financial technology industry with cryptocurrency and blockchain at its foundation. Wachsman has since become a global organization with more than 70 employees based in offices in New York City and Dublin. David and his team have represented and acted as communications advisors to many of the most indispensible organizations in blockchain, including Dash, Crypto Valley Association, Bitcoin Suisse AG, CoinDesk, IOHK, Lisk, Steemit, tZERO, Jaxx, and Coinsource. Before founding Wachsman, David led the day-to-day operations for a boutique public relations agency in Manhattan and held roles in advertising, political affairs, and biotechnology.
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About Wachsman: Wachsman is a global, communications-based strategy consultancy.
Yali Saar
Co-Founder & CEO of Tailor Brands
Yali Saar is the Co-Founder & CEO of Tailor Brands.
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About Tailor Brands: Tailor Brands is a branding platform that enables users to freely design and create their product logos.
Michael Kassan
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of MediaLink
Michael E. Kassan helps bridge the gaps between media, marketers, and technologists. Kassan founded MediaLink in 2003 to be a transformational partner to the world’s leading media, marketing, and technology companies. Bringing these groups together while balancing strategic insight with pragmatic execution, MediaLink guides its clients through an increasingly fragmented media landscape. As Chairman and CEO, Kassan has led the firm’s expansion from strategic advisory into multiple business lines including executive search, financial due diligence, agency benchmarking/reviews, and trade marketing. With a culture focused on both confidentiality and transparency, MediaLink now sits at the epicenter of major cross-industry initiatives and legislation helping to build consensus between government, marketers, and publishers. Kassan maintains a deep commitment to advising the media industry’s leadership. He acts as Special Advisor to numerous CEO’s helping them “break through the noise” in today’s marketplace and advising on issues ranging from corporate strategy and partnerships to M&A. Drawing on a combination of experience, relationships, and insights, Kassan writes extensively as a noted blogger and serves frequently as a moderator and keynote speaker at global industry conferences. He has built instrumental partnerships with the Consumer Electronics Show and the Cannes Lions. He also produces and hosts a radio show on WOR 710 AM and Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio, “Medialinked — Inside Advertising and Media with Michael Kassan.” Prior to MediaLink, Kassan led Initiative Media Worldwide as COO and Vice-Chairman from 1994 to 2001. Kassan helped grow the company’s initial $1.5 billion in billings nearly ten-fold. Prior to Initiative, he was President and COO of International Video Entertainment (Artisan Entertainment). In his first career, Kassan spent ten years as a tax lawyer specializing in the entertainment industry. Kassan currently serves as Chair of the UJA-New York Marketing Communications Committee as well as on the Boards of the American Advertising Federation, the Ad Council, and the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. He served as Chairman of the California State Senate Select Committee on the Entertainment Industry.
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About MediaLink: MediaLink is a strategic advisory firm that provides strategic advisory and implementation services to companies at all stages.
Nallicheri Vaidyanathan Tyagarajan
President & CEO of Genpact
Tiger Tyagarajan is the president and CEO at GENPACT.
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About Genpact: Genpact provides business process management and information technology services.
Roopesh Nair
CEO of Symphony Talent
Roopesh Nair is a President & CEO at Symphony Talent
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About Hodes, SmashFly Technologies, Symphony Talent: Symphony Talent is a global leader in employer brand and candidate experience solutions for some of the world’s leading brands.
Rick Greenberg
CEO of Kepler Group
CEO of Kepler Group, an independent tech- and analytics-driven digital agency delivering cross-channel impact for leading advertisers worldwide. 20 year marketing and business veteran across brand management (Procter & Gamble, Unilever), management/marketing consulting (Rosetta, First Manhattan Consulting Group), marketing technology (MediaMath), and marketing services (Align Response, Cordiant, Madison Direct Marketing).
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About Kepler Group: Kepler provides global digital & database services to Fortune 500 clients.
George Sard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sard Verbinnen & Co
George Sard is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sard Verbinnen. Before co-founding the firm in 1992, George was Chairman of the New York office of Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, a corporate/financial public relations firm. For over 30 years, he has represented Fortune 500 companies and private firms in many industries on long-term investor and media positioning programs and in high-profile crises and special situations. These include mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, restructurings, earnings issues, high-level executive changes, and sensitive legal and regulatory matters.
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About Sard Verbinnen & Co: Sard Verbinnen & Co is a leading strategic corporate and financial communications firm.
Paul Verbinnen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Sard Verbinnen & Co
He co-founded Sard Verbinnen in 1992 and is actively involved with many of the firm’s clients, including public corporations, high-profile executives and educational institutions. He has worked on numerous M&A transactions and proxy contests, as well as crisis situations including product recalls, data breaches, litigation, regulatory matters and executive transitions. He works with many companies and boards on corporate positioning, scenario planning and preparedness. Previously, he was executive vice president, International for a major public relations firm and, before that, helped to start a sports marketing firm.
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About Sard Verbinnen & Co: Sard Verbinnen & Co is a leading strategic corporate and financial communications firm.
Deepali Khadakban
Founder & CEO of Precision Technologies Corp.
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About CDRP Technologies, ITServe Alliance, Precision Technologies Corp., YPO: Precision Technologies Leveraging on years of staffing & consulting experience, It has pioneered in the field of IT & outsourcing services.
Caitlin Connors
CEO of Block Theory
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About Block Theory: Block Theory is a creative collective of blockchain experts providing marketing strategy, technical writing.
Jane Thompson
Founder & CEO of Jane J. Thompson Financial Services
Thompson has served as a director since March 2014. She is the founder and CEO of Jane J. Thompson Financial Services LLC, a management consulting firm. From May 2002 to June 2011, Thompson served as President of Walmart Financial Services, a division of Wal-mart Stores, Inc. that provides money services, products and solutions to Walmart customers. Previously, she led the Sears Credit, Sears Home Services, and Sears Online groups within Sears, Roebuck & Company, and was a partner with McKinsey & Company, Inc. advising consumer companies. Thompson has served on the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee of Fresh Market, Inc., a specialty food retailer, since June 2012, and, from 1995 to 1999, served on the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of ConAgra Foods, Inc., a packaged food company. Thompson received a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Cincinnati. Ms. Thompson is a member of our Compensation Committee.
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About Jane J. Thompson Financial Services: Jane J. Thompson Financial Services LLC, a Management Consulting firm.
Jim Nadler
President & CEO of Kroll Bond Rating Agency
James Nadler is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. James was previously the Vice President for Corporate Development at General Re in the New England Asset Management Division. At General Re, James helped create a new platform for trading, settlement and reporting. His expertise in research and analytics at General Re was instrumental in maintaining client relationships while generating new revenue. Over the last two decades, James has held several roles in the world of financial analysis, working for mainstays in the ratings industry as well as independent research firms. As Executive Vice President at FitchRatings, he was responsible for strategy, budgets, hiring, product development, and credit rating criteria for the Structured Finance Group, which he led. He began his career as a senior accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, then became a ratings officer at Standard & Poor’s. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Kansas and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University.
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About Kroll Bond Rating Agency: KBRA is a global rating agency established to restore trust in credit ratings and offer accurate and transparent ratings.
Walter Schindler
Chairman and CEO of Transformation
A member of the Forbes Business Council, Dr. Walter Schindler is a lawyer, strategic advisor and thought leader with over 38 years’ experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of securities and sustainability investing. The founder and a Managing Partner of Transformation Holdings LLC, he is currently focused on providing strategic advisory services, integrating legal, business, and sustainability factors. His goal is to provide clients with expertise in the best practices and strategies of sustainable investments and projects in the areas of energy, water, agriculture, and technology. Walter is a member of the Board of Directors of Xtreme Power Inc. and CNS Response Inc., as well as a member of the North American Advisory Board of The Cleantech Group, the Advisory Board of US Bank, and the Chief Executive Roundtable of the University of California at Irvine. He is on the Board of Directors of Fulbright Canada, the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America (www.fulbright.ca). Prior to his business ventures, Walter served as the Managing Partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Orange County, California office, one of the largest in its worldwide network. His 20-year career at this leading international law firm included advising on some of the most successful IPO’s and mergers in the US during that time, including work for Allergan, Callaway Golf, Fluor, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, PacifiCare, PIMCO, SafeGuard Health, and Ultrasystems. He was the lead strategic advisor in over 60 successful mergers, acquisitions, and IPO’s. His assignments included advising Pacific Mutual Life Insurance with regard to the creation and execution of the exit strategy for its investment in PIMCO and working on the IPO of Ultrasystems Inc., the first renewable power project developer to go public in the US. He has 30 years of broad and deep experience in energy and renewable power projects and related exit experience. Walter is a native of New Orleans, earned his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. with honors from Yale University and his J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, and studied as a Fulbright Scholar in Italy. He is the author of a book of original poetry (The Napoleon House) and a book on the life and poetry of John Milton (Voice and Crisis: Invocation in Milton’s Poetry).
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About SAIL Capital Partners LLC, Transformation: Transformation combines strategic advisory services and project development to help family offices, sovereign funds, and private companies.
Walter Schindler
Chairman and CEO of Transformation
Walter Schindler is the chairman and CEO of Transformation.
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About Transformation: Transformation combines strategic advisory services and project development to help family offices, sovereign funds, and private companies.
Jack Terzi
CEO of JTRE Holdings
Jack Terzi born in Brooklyn NY, Born a Sephardic Jew grew up in Midwood Brooklyn in a family of 5. Jack is currently Married and living in Manhattan on the Upper East Side. Jack is currently the CEO and founder of JTRE a real estate brokerage and acquisition business. As a community man Jack sits on several charity boards including SAFE (www.thesafefoundation.org).
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About JTRE Holdings: JTRE Holdings is a firm that provides consulting services to both landlords and tenants.
Sanjay Jalona
Founder, CEO & Managing Director of L&T Infotech
Sanjay Jalona is the CEO and Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro Infotech(LTI). Sanjay joined the company in 2015, and has since led a rapid and comprehensive transformation of LTI into a leading technology consulting and digital solutions company, partnering with some of the most prestigious global enterprises. Sanjay has guided the company through one of the sector’s most successful IPOs in a decade and a rebranding effort that positioned LTI as a leader in the convergence of digital and physical world. Under Sanjay’s leadership, LTI surpassed USD 1 Billion in revenue, and has built a resilient portfolio with consistent growth and profitability. In addition to fast organic growth, the company also developed a strategic acquisition growth strategy to expand the breadth and depth of its services. Key acquisitions under his leadership include – Luxembourg-based Syncordis S.A., a leading core banking implementation services provider; and AugmentIQ Data Sciences Pvt. Ltd., an innovative start-up offering IP-based, big data and analytics solutions. Sanjay’s 25-year career has been marked with effective leadership, and implementation of change strategies that accelerate growth and transform large businesses. Prior to joining LTI, he was the Executive Vice President and Global Head of High-Tech, Manufacturing and Engineering Services business at Infosys. During his 15 years at Infosys, he held several leadership positions across industries such as Banking, Financial Services, and Retail & CPG, in USA, Europe and India. Prior to Infosys, he held leadership roles at Gemplus and Wipro. For his accomplishments, Businessworld magazine selected him as the ‘Exemplary CEO of the Year’ in 2017. Sanjay is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. He holds a degree in Engineering from BITS Pilani, India.
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About L&T Infotech, Larsen & Toubro Limited: LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company helping more than 250 clients succeed in a converging world.
Deborah Weinswig
CEO & Founder of Coresight Research
Deborah Weinswig is the CEO & Founder at Coresight Research.
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About Coresight Research, Fung Group, PHARUS: Coresight Research provides research and advisory services to firms navigating the intersection of retail and tech.
Thomas Laughlin
Founder & CEO of AMAGI
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About AMAGI: AMAGI builds software and communities that connect humans with the best parts of data and technology.
Dan Maccarone
CEO/Co-Founder of Charming Robot
Dan is the co-founder of Charming Robot, a product design company based in NYC. For the past twelve years, he has been helping startups and media companies shape their online product strategy, including Foursquare, Rent The Runway, Jetsetter and Savored. His experience also includes television, music and print media, and he has worked with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Gawker, Saturday Night Live, Universal Music and The Wall Street Journal. One of his most noted projects was creating the original strategy and user experience for Hulu. Prior to Charming Robot, Dan co-founded the design agency Hard Candy Shell. Dan received his Master’s Degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and his Bachelor of Arts from Colby College in English and Performing Arts.
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About Charming Robot: Charming Robot is a company that aids early- and mid-stage startups with product strategy, user experience and visual designs.
David Kaytes
CO-CEO of Novantas
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About Novantas: Novantas is the industry leader in analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions around the world.
Rick Spitler
CO-CEO of Novantas
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About Novantas: Novantas is the industry leader in analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions around the world.
William Johnson
Co-Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen
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About Nielsen: Nielsen provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy.
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman & CEO of Ogilvy & Mather
Shelly has been working, as she would say it, “In the business I love,” for more than three decades, almost all of that time at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. Rising through the ranks of account service, Shelly has held positions of increasing responsibility in the management of the company, including president of O&M Direct North America, Ogilvy & Mather New York, Ogilvy North America, Chief Operating Officer, and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. She is currently Chairman of the worldwide company. Shelly started at Ogilvy at a time when the agency’s legendary founder David Ogilvy still walked the halls, and personally preached that the purpose of advertising was to build great brands. Under Shelly’s leadership, that essential mission has remained the centerpiece of the company’s philosophy, extending across regions and marketing disciplines, and attracting some of the world’s largest and most respected brands including American Express, BP, Coca-Cola, IBM, Motorola and Unilever among many others. Shelly has been a frequent industry honoree. Advertising Women of New York selected Shelly as its Woman of the Year in 1994. Shelly was the first woman to receive Columbia Business School’s Distinguished Leader in Business Award as well as the first woman to receive the Advertising Educational Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also a member of the Direct Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame. Shelly serves on the boards of several corporate, philanthropic and academic institutions: General Electric, Merck, New York Presbyterian Hospital, American Museum of Natural History, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, World Wildlife Fund and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School where she received her MBA in 1970. She served for five years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Smith College, her alma mater. She is a member of Advertising Women of New York; The Committee of 200; Council on Foreign Relations; The Business Council; Women’s Forum, Inc.; and Deloitte & Touche Council for the Advancement of Women. She has also served as Chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.Shelly is the wife of Dr. George Lazarus, a New York pediatrician, and mother to their three grown children.
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About Ogilvy & Mather: Ogilvy specializes in brand strategy, advertising, digital transformation, consulting, PR and influence, customer engagement and commerce.
Toby Hervey
CEO & Founder of Bravely
Toby Hervey is the CEO and Founder of Bravely, a new kind of employee benefit in support of workplace health—connecting people with professional coaches for confidential conversations about their performance, growth, relationships, and company culture. Previously, Toby was part of the founding team member at Pager — a mobile platform for patient engagement and on-demand healthcare — serving as the VP of Operations and General Manager and overseeing the company’s national operations group, expansion efforts, and growth initiatives. During Toby’s time with Pager, the company raised $30mm in venture financing and built a team of 60 full-time employees based in New York City. Before Pager, Toby directed strategy and business development for several early-stage, high-growth companies: Waywire, a video-based social network founded by Senator Cory Booker (then Mayor of Newark) which sold to Magnify.net in 2013; Timehop, a digital time capsule mobile app that has since raised a $10mm Series B round; and at the Gilt Groupe, as a founding team member of local services arm Gilt City and menswear vertical Gilt MAN. Toby also serves on the Board of Directors for Out in Tech, a nonprofit dedicated to uniting the LGBTQ community in the tech industry.
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About Bravely, New York University: Bravely connects people to on-demand professional coaching through the moments that matter in their lives at work.
Mike Kelly
CEO and Co-Founder of Kelly Newman Ventures
Mike is an accomplished executive, industry leader and an expert on digital and cross platform media and advertising. He has successfully built and led organizations at all levels and in virtually all media platforms. Named by Mediaweek as one of the “50 most influential executives shaping the future of media,” he is currently investing in and advising digital media and software companies on strategy and development. In addition, he has deep relationships in the media, advertising, technology and financial worlds.
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About Dianomi, Kelly Newman Ventures, Sliide: KNV advises and invests in companies driving transformation.
Sara Clarke
Co-Founder and CEO of Concertiv
Sara Clarke is the CEO and co-founder of Concertiv.
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About Concertiv: Concertiv is a strategic sourcing advisor leveraging deep analytics and group buying power.
Vish Sastry Rachakonda
CEO of iQuanti, Inc.
As CEO of iQuanti, Vish focuses on iQuanti’s mission to deliver strong results for the clients through effective use of online and mobile technologies.
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About iQuanti, Inc.: iQuanti is a data-driven digital marketing analytics and solutions company. Featured in Inc.5000 fastest growing list for 5 years.
Simmone Taitt
Founder & CEO of Poppy Seed Health
Simmone Taitt is the CEO and founder of Poppy Seed Health.
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About Poppy Seed Health: Poppy Seed Health offers on-demand text access to doulas, midwives, and nurses.
Joel Cooperman
Chief Executive Officer of Citrin Cooperman
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About Citrin Cooperman: Citrin Cooperman is a US-based accounting, tax and business consulting firm.
Michael Wolf
Founder and CEO of Activate Consulting
Michael J. Wolf is the Founder and CEO of Activate, Inc., the leading management consulting firm specialized in technology, internet, media, and entertainment businesses. Activate Consulting’s clients include leading companies across the tech and media industry: internet, eCommerce, TV programming, telecommunications, digital publishing, sports, video games, music, mobile entertainment, information, theme parks, hardware, devices, business information, and consumer services. The firm has led major growth initiatives for these companies in areas such as strategy, marketing, acquisitions, new businesses, and technology development. Previously, Wolf was President and Chief Operating Officer of MTV Networks (now Viacom Media Networks), where he was responsible for leading all of the company’s business, finance, sales, operations, technology, and production. Prior to MTVN, he was Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company’s Media, Entertainment, and Information Practice. He was McKinsey’s first direct-elect Senior Partner hire, joining from Booz Allen Hamilton, where he founded and led the firm’s global Communications, Media, and Technology Group. He was also a member of Booz Allen’s Board of Directors and Executive Management Team. Wolf served as a Director at Sotheby International (NYSE: BID), Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), and Entercom Communications (NYSE: ETM). He is a graduate of Columbia University, where he earned a BA in International Relations and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Author of the influential THE ENTERTAINMENT ECONOMY: How Mega Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives (Random House).
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About Activate Consulting, Activate Consulting: Activate Consulting helps media and entertainment clients grow faster than the market and smarter than the competition.
Michael Mintz
CEO and Founder of MD Squared Property Group
Michael Mintz is the CEO and founder of MD Squared Property Group. Founded in late 2014, MD Squared has grown to manage over 70 retail and multifamily properties consisting of over 3000 units in the NYC area. Prior to co-founding MD2 Property Group, Michael was the Acquisitions Manager and a Senior Property Manager at FirstService Residential New York, LLC (formerly Cooper Square Realty, Inc.), managing properties and locating investment opportunities for the principals of FirstService. Michael used his management, investment and development knowledge to create and implement asset repositioning plans including violation removal, tenant buyouts, staff training and renovations and building improvements in order to maximize value for owners and enhance resident experiences. Michael has experience in high-end and affordable housing including rent-stabilized units in the rental, co-op and condo markets. He began working in property management upon graduation from the University of Maryland with a degree in Economics. Michael grew up in Minneapolis, MN. Michael established himself as a leading manager and key investment advisor at FirstService. He is an entrepreneur and has parlayed his unique skills and knowledge into making MD2 one of New York City’s leading property management and real estate investment firms. Michael holds real estate salesperson licenses in the State of New York and The District of Columbia. Michael is also a licensed New York State real estate instructor.
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About MD Squared Property Group: MD Squared Property Group is a New York City based property management firm.
Ken Donenfeld
President and CEO of DGI
Prior to starting his successful Wall Street-based investor relations firm 18 years ago, Ken was a top executive at three of the largest IR and PR firms in the U.S. and a prominent advisor in major corporate crisis and control matters, His career is marked, in particular, by his pioneering efforts in introducing U.S. investors to leading non-U.S. companies from Western and Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as European investors to U.S. companies. Ken earned a B.A. in Economics from Brooklyn College, and an M.A. from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. He also completed advanced coursework at the NY Institute of Finance, is a Certified Investment Professional (New York Society of Security Analysts), and was first elected to Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Finance in 1976. He is the author of numerous articles, has been a speaker at a number of leading forums throughout the world as well as a guest lecturer at several universities in the U.S. and Europe. His memberships have included the National Investor Relations Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), the New York Association For International Investment, The Financial Communications Society, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, and he also served on the editorial board of IR Magazine. Among the many high profile executives and industry leading clients he has assisted have been Carl Icahn, Harold Simmons, Fred Carr, Bill Norris, Percy Barnevik, Sir Michael Ashcroft, and Anheuser Busch, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Gambro, Pharmacia, Wang, ADT, Randstad and Pentair. Over the past three years he has focused on assisting more than a dozen exciting young growth companies in China whose shares are listed in the U.S. These include China’s largest importer of luxury vehicles and leading developer of Internet-based auto sales and related services, the country’s largest imported recyclable plastics manufacturer, its top exporter of recreational vehicles and a leading pioneer in electric cars, the manufacturer of one of China’s most well-known footwear brands, a leader in alternative fuels, a top technical education pioneer, and other leaders in such industries as lighting, telecommunications, batteries for electric bicycles and infrastructure development.
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About DGI: DGI is an independent “full service” investor relations and corporate communications firm started in 1991.
Alex Moazed
Founder & CEO of Applico
Alex Moazed joined Applico as Founder & CEO in 2009.
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About Applico: Enterprise innovation is like climbing Mt. Everest. Applico is the digital sherpa for enterprise CEOs.
Neil Cowburn
Founder & CEO of iMiDiA
Neil Cowburn has over 25 years business experience, with the last 7 years spent in the US, managing large-scale data transformation initiatives. He has a strong track record of delivering solutions across multiple business functions and cultures. He has vast experience working with and managing teams in UK, Europe, and across North and South America. Neil has extensive experience managing large-scale data transformation programs and founded iMiDiA to enable companies to deliver data management services leveraging existing investments whilst also integrating Cloud, Social and Mobile computing strategies.
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About iMiDiA: iMiDiA, provide services to help Manage, Deliver and Analyze the explosion of information.
David Gray
CEO of CaseBriefs
David Gray is CEO @ CaseBriefs.
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About CaseBriefs: CaseBriefs offers digital study supplements to the law student market in the form of briefs, outlines, and exam prep materials.
Vinod Subbaiah
FOUNDER & CEO of Asahi Technologies LLC
After a successful career designing and developing software applications for legal businesses in New York, Vinod followed through on his personal dream – harnessing technology to help startups, small and medium businesses with their business challenges. Since 2005, Vinod has worked relentlessly to nurture the three core ingredients for driving excellence – a) process driven approach b) team passionate about technology c) unrelenting commitment to quality
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About Asahi Technologies LLC: Asahi Technologies is a premier web development firm, committed to offering the highest quality service and business value to it clients.
Darius Fisher
CEO & Co-Founder of Status Labs
CEO & Co-Founder @ Status Labs | Managing Partner @ Blue Land Partners.
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About Blue Land Partners, Page, Status Labs, YPO: The Premier Online Reputation Management Firm
Saul Tessler
Chief Executive Officer of Kings Crest Global
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About Kings Crest Global: King’s Crest Global is a digital strategy agency that provides digital marketing and strategic transformation to clients.
Christopher Pallotta
CEO and Co-Founder of Templum
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About Templum: Templum is a blockchain powered fintech company that offers a regulatory compliant platform as securities and secondary trading.
Liz Bacelar
Founder and CEO of TheCurrent
Bacelar is a global leader on open innovation for fashion and retail. She is the founder of TheCurrent, an open innovation firm connecting fashion, retail and luxury brands with ground-breaking ideas & technologies. Prior to that she founded, grew and exited Decoded Fashion, a top global event series connecting Fashion & Technology in New York, London, Milan and Tokyo. In 2016, Liz also launched FlowJourneys with WIRED UK editor-in-chief David Rowan.
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About Decoded Fashion, TheCurrent: TheCurrent is the leading platform for open innovation in the fashion and retail markets.
Prashant Agrawal
Founder & CEO of Impact Analytics
Prashant Agrawal is the CEO & Founder at Impact Analytics.
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About Impact Analytics: Impact Analytics builds 360-degree data science solutions to empower enterprises to turn their data into dollars.
Carol Ruth
Founder, CEO & President of The Ruth Group
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About The Ruth Group: The Ruth Group is a leading strategic communications firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.
Gireesh Sonnad
Partner, CEO & Co-Founder of Silverline
Gireesh sets the corporate vision and mission for Silverline. He is a technology leader and cloud solutions expert with proven abilities to execute and achieve business goals.
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About Silverline: Silverline is a Salesforce platinum partner that provides solutions across the healthcare and financial services industries.
Travis Jarae
Founder & CEO of Liminal
Travis Jarae is the Founder and CEO of Liminal, a strategic advisory firm focused on identity, fintech, and cybersecurity. Travis founded One World Identity with the goal of facilitating the development of foundational identity, trust, and safety standards and practices, enabling accessibility and security for all. His career has centered on building identity products and solutions for ecommerce companies, financial services providers, and governments. Prior to One World Identity, Travis was responsible for identity verification strategy and operations at Google. Travis is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in Finance.
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About Liminal: One World Identity (‘OWI’) is the home of the KNOW Identity Conference and media brand. OWI Advisory Services is now Liminal
Kyle Talcott
Co-Founder & CEO of Uplift
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About Uplift: Rebuilding mental healthcare to work for everyone
Gil Addo
CEO & Co-founder of RubiconMD
Gil drives RubiconMD’s vision and strategy. He has seen firsthand the pain in getting a loved one to right specialist and believes there is a better way. Formerly a consultant at Putnam Associates, a pharma strategy consultancy, Gill designed payer and market access strategies for fortune 500 clients. He hold a BS in Economics and Bioengineering from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
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About RubiconMD: RubiconMD empowers and innovates for primary care by democratizing medical expertise.
Dai Truong
Founder / CEO of Upside Talent
Dai Truong serves as Manager, Investments for ZX Ventures (AB InBev’s venture arm) where he invests in innovative/disruptive companies in/around the beverage space. Before joining ZX Ventures, Dai served as Director of Business Development at Help.com – an Austin-based customer service software company. Previously, he was an Associate in the Venture Capital practice at Austin Ventures, Senior Analyst on the Technology Investment Banking team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Analyst on the Internet/Software team at Thomas Weisel Partners. Dai graduated from UCLA, where he received his BA in Economics and Southeast Asian Studies.
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About Upside Talent: Executive search marketplace
Eric Peerless
President & CEO of Mad Development
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About Mad Development, Since1910.com: Strategy, UX, UI, Design & Technology Solutions
Lauren Perkins
CEO & Founder of Perks Consulting
Lauren Perkins is known for bringing her passion, drive, and commitment to every aspect of her personal and professional life. She is a serial entrepreneur, thought leader, and CMO known for creating high-performance teams and helping companies achieve aggressive growth goals. Her latest venture, FlyFit, combines her loves of fitness, adventure, and performance to create the first wellness and fitness studio that provide instructor-lead and interactive workouts to international airports. It is also the first startup to fully adopt her signature “Think like a Brand. Act like a Startup.™” operating model, which places customers at the center of the business strategy. She has spent a decade refining the model with growth-stage companies, acting as an interim CMO for startups, scale-ups, and corporate innovators through her marketing and growth advisement firm, Perks Consulting.
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About FlyFit Global, Perks Consulting: Digital Brand and Marketing Consultancy
Eric Bakker
CEO & Founder of Computer Design & Integration
Eric Bakker has been recognized throughout his professional career as a leader with a vision for the future. He co-founded CDI with his wife, Trish Bakker, in their garage in Tappan, New York, and helped drive it into the $300M+ organization it is today. Eric possesses a deep understanding of information technology and how to apply that technology to meet core business objectives. He is a true entrepreneur who has always been one step ahead of the marketplace. Evidence comes in the form of Eric’s ability to successfully evolve CDI’s service organization from a pure technical consulting company into a single-source technology solution implementer by partnering with leading hardware and software suppliers. He knows the keys to creating a successful company: motivating employees, continuously building on their skill levels, encouraging a spirit of enthusiasm and taking care of customers. Eric received his Bachelors of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology (BSEET) from DeVry Institute of Technology in 1984, and pursued his Master’s of Science in Telecommunications Management at Stevens Institute of Technology. Eric began his professional career at Hewlett-Packard, where he worked for eight years as a senior technical consultant before founding CDI in 1995.
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About Computer Design & Integration: Computer Design & Integration providers offerings clients and businesses of all sizes the most upto date hybrid IT technology solutions.
Lee Roberts
President & CEO of Bluewater Consulting
Roberts is Chief Executive Officer and President of BlueWater Consulting, LLC. Prior to that, he was general manager and vice president for document, content and business process management at IBM Corporation. Roberts was with FileNET Corporation from 1997 until its acquisition by IBM in 2006, serving as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2006, its president and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2000, and President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 1998. Prior to FileNET, Roberts spent twenty years at IBM, where he held numerous senior management, sales and marketing roles. He is a director of Inovalon, Inc., QAD Inc. and several private companies. Roberts has served as a director of Unisys since 2011 and is chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit and Finance Committee. Roberts brings a deep understanding of the IT industry, technology trends and customer requirements to the Unisys Board. In addition, his extensive executive experience in our industry enables him to provide important strategic counsel to the Board.
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About Bluewater Consulting: Bluewater Consulting is a group of highly passionate and experienced professionals delivering true client satisfaction and value.
Luis Romo
Founder and CEO of PurpleSun
As the inventor of PurpleSun’s core proprietary technologies, Luis has built a global portfolio that currently includes 9 issued patents centered around technology that has produced a series of leading scientific and clinical publications in the American Journal of Infection Control and other respected journals and academic venues. Romo began to design and develop medical technologies during his training as a student at Syracuse University. With an entrepreneurial upbringing, he came to the U.S. from Colombia as a small child and grew up in Smithtown, New York. Romo has always been inspired by science, technology, and medicine. Over the past 9 years, Romo devoted his time to studying, analyzing, and submerging himself in the healthcare industry. He has spent thousands of hours shoulder-to-shoulder listening to the challenges and triumphs of many healthcare providers and researchers. His unique edge is derived from an on-the-ground value identification and generation approach. Distinctions received for his work include a 2011 grand prize from the New York State Business Plan competition, Recognized within the 2011 GEW’s TOP 50 Most Promising Startups Globally from the Kauffman Foundation, and multiple invitations to the White House. Building true relationships and partnerships that yield sustainable outcomes is something he sees vital to growth. As CEO, Romo is responsible for creating and emerging all aspects of an enterprise for value delivery to all stakeholders. They include patients, healthcare workers, shareholders and members of the board. Romo holds both his bachelor’s of science and a master’s of science degrees in biomedical engineering from Syracuse University.
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About PurpleSun: PurpleSun is an early stage healthcare technology company based out of New York City.
Noah Schultz
President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of The Noah Schultz Company
Noah Schultz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Noah Schultz Company. As President and CEO, Mr. Schultz is responsible for stewarding every facet of the New York-based digital conglomerate and provides visionary leadership across the companies integrated service offerings and businesses. With direct management responsibilities for the global operations of the company, Mr. Schultz’s attention to detail and focus on developing innovative, industry-leading brand experiences for the companies diversified accounts has shaped the agency’s reputation as an architect of the brands of tomorrow.
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About Eitan Productions, The Noah Schultz Company: The Noah Schultz Company is a full-service international marketing agency headquartered in New York City with offices around the globe.
George Swisher
Founder & CEO of changeforce.ai
George Swisher is the Founder & CEO at LiiRN.
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About Big Communications, changeforce.ai, Havas Portugal: Enterprise, SaaS, Management Consulting, Change Management, Business Transformation
Mark Raheja
Founder & CEO of Plural
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About Plural: Plural is a change partner for visionary leaders who want to transform the way the world is organized, led, and worked.
Scott Thompson
CEO & President of Counsel Press
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About Counsel Press: Counsel Press is the largest, most experienced appellate services company in the United States.
Anna Murray
CEO of TMG eMedia
Anna P. Murray, author of the critically acclaimed book, The Complete Software Project Manager (Wiley, 2016), is a nationally recognized technology consultant, speaker and blogger. She is President of TMG eMedia, llc, a provider of software development, high-level technology consulting and project and program management. She is a double winner of the Stevie Award for Women in Business, a recipient of a Mobile Marketing Association award for mobile app development and Folio’s Top Women in Media award. She has worked on countless DX technology rollouts including multiple CMS engagements, CRM implementations and complex integrations such as for The American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), Time Out North America, Slate and Harvard Business Publishing. Other technology initiatives she has led include Kellogg and Girl Scouts USA. She likes to say, “My typical project involves eleven partners in five time zones.”
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About TMG eMedia: tmg-e*media is a technology consulting firm specializing in strategic technology consulting, digital media, and managed IT.
Tracy Wolstencroft
President , CEO & Chairman Of The Board of Heidrick & Struggles International
Tracy Wolstencroft is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Heidrick & Struggles. He was named to this position and joined our Board of Directors in February 2014. Previously, Tracy held senior leadership roles at Goldman, Sachs & Co, where he worked for 25 years. A partner at Goldman from 1994 to 2010, he led a wide range of businesses, including Investment Banking Services, Environmental Markets, Latin America, Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking, and Fixed Income Capital Markets. While living in Asia from 1998 to 2002, Tracy was President of GS Singapore, co-head of investment banking in Japan, head of Asia financial institutions, and a leader of the firm’s strategy in China. Tracy is a board member of the Brookings Institution, the National Geographic Society, and the International Rescue Committee. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Earlier in his career, Tracy worked at JP Morgan in the International Financial Management Group.
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About Heidrick & Struggles International: Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. provides executive search and leadership consulting services in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia.
Bonnie Gwin
Vice Chairman , Co-Managing Partner, Global CEO & Board Practice of Heidrick & Struggles International
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About Heidrick & Struggles International: Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. provides executive search and leadership consulting services in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia.
Christine Alemany
Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Trailblaze Growth Advisors
Leading expert in demand generation, product marketing and sales enablement. Christine has over 20 years of experience in reinvigorating brands, building demand generation programs and launching products for various startups and Fortune 500 companies including Dell, Cole Hahn, Citigroup, Topps and Nextel. Achieves stretch goals by evangelizing initiatives and metrics-driven marketing. Education includes MBA from Columbia Business School.
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About Trailblaze Growth Advisors, Tribeca Cloud: Our mission is to help mature startups and mid-size organizations create a roadmap to kick their revenue generation engine into high gear.
Christina M. Alfonso-Ercan
CEO of Madeira Global
Christina is co-founder and CFO of Novata. Prior to Novata, Christina was co-founder and CEO of Madeira Global, an ESG advisory and reporting firm that was acquired in 2020. Christina has advised top global fund managers, family offices, and Fortune 100 companies globally across North America, LatAm, and Europe on sustainable investment strategies and ESG integration. She is based in New York.
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About Madeira Global, Novata: A leading advisory and analytics firm dedicated to environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and reporting.
Sai Varanasi
Founder & CEO of Technomax
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About Technomax: Technomax is a software services and IT consulting company.
Seshadri Krishnan
Founder and CEO of StreetOne
Seshadri Krishnan is a Founder and CEO at StreetOne.
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About StreetOne: A new disruptive and a fourth generation digital advisory platform.
Kenny Heitner
President & CEO of Consolidated Technologies
Kenneth Heitner is President & CEO of Consolidated Technologies, Inc. Prior to founding CTI in 1997, Mr. Heitner was Vice President of Sales for International Business Phone Corp. Mr. Heitner currently serves on the advisory board for Avaya, is a founding member of the international organization “Aura Alliance” and active with Sunrise Association, whose mission is to bring back the joys of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings world-wide. Mr. Heitner is a 1988 graduate of State University of New York at New Paltz, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Communication.
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About Consolidated Technologies: Consolidated Technologies is a telecommunications company providing managed IT services and unified communications solutions.
Sonny Chabra
President & CEO of ASI System Integration
Sonny Chabra began his career as a mechanical engineer in India and the Middle East. After emigrating to the United States, in 1992, Sonny purchased American Mini Computer, Inc. where revenue increased by more than 6,000% during the life of the company, achieving 34 consecutive profitable quarters. In July 2005, Sonny started ASI System Integration, Inc., which has enjoyed profitable quarters since inception. Sonny is the recipient of numerous distinctions for his corporate leadership, including Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”; the “Blue Chip Enterprise Executive of the Year” award from the United States Chamber of Commerce; VARBusiness Magazine “Lifetime Achievement Award”; and the “50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses” award presented at the White House by Honorable former United States Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez. Sonny’s business, personal and entrepreneurial contributions to the South Asian/Indian-American communities have also been recognized with distinguished honors. Along with the former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Sonny received the coveted “Ellis Island Medal of Honor” presented by the National Ethnic Coalition Organization (NECO) and the US Congress. Among other honors, he received the “Pride of India Gold Award” from former Prime Minister of India, Honorable H.D. Deva Gowda; the “Jewel of India Award” from former Prime Minister of India, Honorable I.K. Gujral; and the “Punjabi Ratan Award” from the Honorable Secretary of State of the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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About ASI System Integration: ASI System Integration provides IT services and solutions for businesses.
Shelly Bogetich Klose
CEO , Founder & Managing Director of C2 Research
Shelly Klose is the CEO and founder of Think Geohazards, Inc., the insurtech company behind TrueFloodRisk.com, an artificial intelligence software platform that enables residential property owners and insurance provides the ability to calculate the first floor structural elevation of a property which in turn generates insights for determining more precise flood insurance premiums. Previously, Shelly worked in strategy and account planning at Ogilvy & Mather, Anderson & Lembke (now McCann) and concurrently serves as Managing Director of C2 Research, Inc. where she delivers marketing and data analytics insights for a range of industries and companies from start-ups to Fortune 100 organizations.
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About C2 Research: C² Research specializes in market research, intelligence collection and execution services.
Samira Salman
Founder & CEO of Salman Solutions
Samira Salman is a business visionary and strategist. She helps people and companies achieve their highest potential by connecting them with necessary resources, and guiding them to maximize these resources. She is a reformed corporate tax lawyer, food lover, ocean fanatic, and blessed woman.
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About Salman Solutions, Samira’s Table: Salman Solutions is a consulting company offering team building services.
Rob Key
CEO of Converseon.AI
Rob Key joined Converseon as CEO in 2008.
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About Converseon.AI: Converseon.AI Provides Human-Centered MLaaS Solutions for Social and VoC Data and Insights to Leading Consumer-centric Brands
Rich Petriccione
President & CEO of Concourse Consulting
Rich Petriccione, Ph.D., is a former Chief Development Officer at Iona College, White Plains Hospital, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. He also served as Senior Vice President for Philanthropy, Community Relations & Volunteers for the 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, as well as founder and Executive Director of the Snowflake Youth Foundation.
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About Concourse Consulting: Concourse Consulting is helping to motivate and design new, successful fundraising and cause-related programs.
Barry Gosin
Chief Executive Officer of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF)
BA, Indiana University. Since 1979, Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, USA. Member of the Board: NYC Partnership; FEGS. Trustee: Pace University.
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About Newmark Knight Frank (NKF): Newmark Knight Frank is a full-service commercial real estate services business that offers a full suite of services.
Yamin Chalabi
Co-Founder & CEO of Planet Expat
Yamin acquired robust operations, finance and project management skills through his experiences at Alcatel, Deloitte and AXA. He successfully led numerous global technology and process improvement projects, generating significant savings and growth opportunities. He is also a serial entrepreneur and an expert in early start-up development. Fluent in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, Yamin studied or worked in 5 countries, building a strong personal network over the past 10 years. He firmly believes in PlanetExpat and in the benefit of a world full of opportunities for young students.
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About Planet Expat: 1) Expert coaching to maximize your professional profile & boost your career 2) Connects talent with innovative international companies
Lawrence Monoson
CEO of RxData
Lawrence Monoson joined RxData as CEO in 2014.
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About RxData: RxData is developing a platform for international pharma pricing and access data.
Sima Vasa
CEO/Founder of Infinity Squared Ventures
A seasoned entrepreneur and leading expert in mobile data collection and innovation, Paradigm Sample CEO Sima Vasa has deep and longstanding experience building and growing market-research businesses. In 2009 she co-founded Paradigm Sample. Prior to founding Paradigm Sample, Vasa was a Senior Partner at Momentum Market Intelligence, President of NPD Techworld at the NPD Group, and Vice President of the technology division at NPD. Before joining NPD, Vasa was the Program Manager of the IBM Market Intelligence Group who was responsible for all research related to PC servers. A former member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, Vasa holds an MBA in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in marketing from Drexel University.
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About Infinity Squared Ventures, Paradigm: Infinity Squared Ventures helps in strategic planning, product positioning, competitive analysis, growth strategies and M&A activities.
Bill Van Wyck
President and Chief Executive Officer of Aldabra Ventures
Bill Van Wyck has spent over 20 years in e-commerce and the application of cloud technology to vertical markets. As a serial entrepreneur, he has built a successful track record in business development, corporate sales and conversion marketing in the Internet sector. In 1990, Bill Van Wyck founded CSI, his first technology company, and generated $13MM in annual revenue within four years. He then merged CSI with Elcom International in 1994 and over the next two years drove same-region sales to $110MM from $13MM. After Elcom went public in 1995, Bill Van Wyck took a multiyear sailing sabbatical and circumnavigated the globe. After returning to the U.S., Bill Van Wyck founded RedRoller, a cloud-based shipping platform that provided price transparency and transaction processing for its many small business customers. In 2007, RedRoller went public and completed a successful multimillion dollar PIPE transaction. Bill Van Wyck has been featured in several publications including Entrepreneur, Inc., Fortune, Forbes, Businessweek, the Wall Street Journal and Business 2.0.
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About Aldabra Ventures: Aldabra Ventures are especially focused on fintech and healthcare and using blockchain technology.
Ankit Shah
Chief Executive Officer of Dopamine
Ankit Shah is a behavioral design expert who leads strategy and consulting at Dopamine Agency. With a strong academic/research background and a wide portfolio ranging from Fortune 50 clients to leading venture-Backed startups; he has helped capture attention and engagement at scale.
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About Dopamine: Gamification, Science of Engagemement
Kundan Shekhawat
Founder & CEO of Ascent Technology Consulting
Kundan Shekhawat is Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Ascent Technology Consulting, a leading Software Product company. Kundan is best known for his dynamic leadership & steering Ascent towards its vision of becoming the best FinTech Software Organization. Kundan has extensive experience in financial services with hands-on expertise in Product Development Engineering, Strategy and P&L management. A career spanning over 17+ years in a blend of Technology & Business Solutions, Kundan has spearheaded the companyʻs growth since its inception and carries a strong vision to take Ascent to next stage of growth. Kundan is a Passionate Entrepreneur who is determined to build organizations with focus on constantly enhancing competitiveness, profitability, customer focus, people partnership, branding, corporate values and governance.
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About Ascent Technology Consulting: Ascent Technology Consulting is a niche platform company offering Enterprise Solutions ( SaaS & In Premise ) for Financial Control & BCM.
Arik Hesseldahl
Founder and CEO of Anchor Ventures
A veteran tech reporter most recently for Recode, who previously worked at AllThingsD, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg News and Forbes. He’s also contributed to CNBC, NBC News, The Wall Street Journal and NPR.
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About Anchor Ventures, General Counsel: Communications Consulting
