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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based Director operating in the Software space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Lisa Croft
Director of Digital Media Product Enablement of Adobe
Lisa Croft is the Director of Digital Media Product Enablement at Adobe.
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About Adobe: Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
Sachin Gupta
Americas Director, Advanced Compliance GBB Team of Microsoft
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Don McCormick
WW Director of Cloud Solutions, One Commercial Partner Group of Microsoft
Don McCormick WW Director, SAP Partner Development One Commercial Partner Microsoft Corporation With over 30 years’ experience in Partner Development and Sales Leadership, Don McCormick is responsible for managing the SAP focused partner ecosystem within the One Commercial Partner team at Microsoft. As an SAP WW Director, Don is responsible for driving adoption of Microsoft Azure, associated with Mission Critical SAP workloads, by enabling a strong partner ecosystem. Don also provides SAP workload focused solution sales support through strategy, envisioning, proof of concepts consultation and product evangelism to support Microsoft’s business for SAP strategy. Don’s expertise covers the Microsoft Cloud Platform for SAP, Analytics and Productivity integration with SAP. Previously Don held a variety of leadership roles within Microsoft as the Americas Director for the Cloud & Enterprise Global Black Belt Team, and the Americas Director for Platform Modernization, providing Cloud Enablement for traditional on-premise workloads.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Amanda Whaley
Partner Director of Product, Azure Programmability, Management, and Automation Developer Experience of Microsoft
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Asit Sharma
Senior Director, Lead Information Architect – Customer Success of Salesforce
Asit Sharma is the Senior Director & Lead Information Architect – Customer Success at Salesforce.
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About Salesforce, Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Joel Flagg
Senior Director & Customer Success Executive of Salesforce
Joel Flagg is the Senior Director & Customer Success Executive at Salesforce.
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About Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Judi Sohn
Director, Customer Centric Engineering of Salesforce
Judi Sohn is the Senior Solution Architect at KELL Partners. A recognized Salesforce.com MVP and co-founder of the Colon Cancer Alliance and Fight Colorectal Cancer, Judi has deep experience in the nonprofit and technology space. Her puzzle-solving skills are unmatched and we love that Judi’s passion for nonprofits and Salesforce have found a home at KELL Partners. Judi earned her BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design.
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About Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Krishna Mulukutla
Director, Product Strategy Fusion CRM of Oracle
Krishna Mulukutla is a proven CRM Software leader and visionary. Krishna is responsible for the strategy and go-to-market functions for Oracle Sales Applications whose portfolio includes Oracle Sales Cloud and CRM On-Demand products. Sales Cloud portfolio encompasses Sales Force Automation, Industry specific solutions, Sales Performance Management, Partner Relationship Management and Customer Data Management products. Krishna has designed and delivered innovative CRM, PRM and MDM solutions to millions of users globally. He started his career as a technology consultant specializing in CRM, ERP and BI enterprise integrations for various industries. While at Siebel/Oracle, Krishna was part of the product management team that developed industry specific solutions as well as Order Management capabilities. Krishna earned his engineering degree from Texas A&M University.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Guy Waterman
Sr. Director Product Strategy of Oracle
Guy Waterman works directly with customers to better understand how Oracle cloud services can be leveraged across the enterprise to modernize and improve their performance. He uses this to provide input to the development process, resulting in more customer-focused cloud solutions.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Richard Johnson
Director of Security Research of Oracle
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Shekhar Agrawal
Director Data Science of Oracle
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Greg Harden
Sr Director, Operations Support of Pitney Bowes
Greg Harden is the Sr Director, Operations Support at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
David Borland
Director of Engineering of Amazon Web Services
David Borland is Co-Founder and serves as VP Hardware Engineering. He has served in roles of VP and Director of Engineering at leading semiconductor companies such as Intel, AMD and Marvell and brings low power SoC architecture, design and high volume manufacturing leadership to Calxeda. Mr. Borland delivered innovative market leading Cellular and Application Processors to high volume mobile applications building a “ground up” business for Intel that was acquired by Marvell. Upon joining Intel in 1999, he led the ADI/Intel Joint Development that delivered a new DSP Core architecture and implementation with industry leading power/performance and effective C programming that is used by Analog Devices, Intel, Marvell and MediaTek. Mr. Borland was with AMD for 14 years, where he was the Product Line Manager of Cordless Telephones. He began his engineering career at AMD as a product and design engineer on single chip modems after earning a BSEE in 1984.
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Tom Hite
Sr. Director, Accelerated Co-Innovation Engineering (ACE), Office of the CTO of VMware
Tom Hite is the Sr. Director, Accelerated Co-Innovation Engineering (ACE), Office of the CTO at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Ernesto Humpierres
Director, Customer Success Strategy & Planning of VMware
Ernesto Humpierres is the VP of Finance and Lending for Skills Fund. He was formerly the founder at Socrex.
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About Socrex, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Wade Holmes
Director of Technical Product Management of VMware
Wade Holmes serves as leader of Google Cloud Security and Resilience Framework
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About Google, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Joshua David
Solutions Development Director of VMware
Joshua David is a solutions development director at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Frances Fortanely
Director of Customer Experience of VMware
Frances Fortanely serves as director of customer experience at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
John McHale
Board of Directors of TrackingPoint
Prior to forming TrackingPoint, John McHale founded a series of high-technology companies. McHale was founder, CEO and Chairman of NetWorth, Inc. NetWorth developed and manufactured high-speed networking infrastructure products for corporations and other large institutions. NetWorth was publicly traded on NASDAQ and was acquired by Compaq Computer Corporation. Mr. McHale subsequently founded and was CEO and Chairman of NetSpeed, Inc. NetSpeed was a pioneer in developing and manufacturing high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) infrastructure products enabling telecommunication providers to provide residential broadband internet services. NetSpeed was acquired by Cisco Systems. McHale also founded and was CEO and Chairman of TippingPoint, Inc. TippingPoint developed the first Intrusion Prevention Systems for protecting corporate networks from cyber-attack. TippingPoint was traded on NASDAQ and was ultimately acquired by 3COM Corporation. Additionally, McHale was founder and Chairman of BreakingPoint Inc. BreakingPoint developed and manufactured high performance test systems that enabled large institutions to stress-test their networks to ensure resiliency against cyber-attack. BreakingPoint was acquired by IXIA, Inc. Early in his career Mr. McHale was involved in the development of the guidance system for the TOW anti-tank missile and accuracy enhancements for various tank systems.
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About : TrackingPoint is focused on creating advanced technology optics that produce pinpoint accuracy when paired with quality firearms.
Alexander Martin
Director, Professional Services of Grafana Labs
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About athletes.gg, Grafana Labs: Grafana Labs is an open source software platform for analytics and monitoring database.
Adam Schaffner
Director Solution Consulting, SMB of Thomson Reuters
Adam Schaffner is the Director Solution Consulting, SMB at Thomson Reuters.
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About Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.
Christopher Shonk
Managing Director of ATX Venture Partners
Chris Shonk started his first business at fourteen, was named the Special Operations Soldier of the Year, co-founded and exited business in the pawn shop, banking, spa/wellness, and video game industries. He has operated, advised, and invested in consumer service and technology companies for over a decade. He has been interviewed by Business Week, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Forbes. Chris is a graduate of the Acton School of Business and was the first alumni to start an endowment to offer other deserving entrepreneurs the opportunity to change the world. He currently is on the GP team at ATX Seed Ventures, the prominent seed stage VC in Austin, Texas.
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About ATX Venture Partners: ATX Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software, APIs, frontier tech, marketplaces, and applications.
Patrick Hubbard
Technical Product Marketing Director of SolarWinds
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About SolarWinds: SolarWinds develops a technology that manages IT infrastructures.
Jorge Olavarrieta
Director Product Management and Strategy of Intuit
Jorge Olavarrieta is a Director of Product Management within Intuit’s ProConnect Group. For the past 21 years, Jorge has closely partnered with tax and accounting professionals to help develop solutions that drive efficiencies and better business outcomes for their firms. He spent nearly a decade managing Intuit’s Lacerte tax product, and helped it become one of the premier tax software solutions in the market. In 2008, Jorge began leading the development of Intuit’s ProConnect Tax Online, which is now the leading cloud tax preparation solution for tax professionals. Jorge recognizes the tremendous value that tax and accounting professionals bring to small business owners and individual taxpayers alike. His passion to help the profession succeed, and his vision for how technology can help drive efficiency and help tax and accounting professionals make a difference in their clients’ lives is helping to shape the future of the industry.
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About Intuit, Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Fiona Blakely
Director Customer Care, of Intuit
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About Intuit, Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Gary Key
Director of Marketing of ASUSTeK Computer
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About ASUSTeK Computer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc., usually referred to as ASUS, is a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics manufacturer.
Sun Yafang
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Huawei Technologies
Sun Yafang joined Huawei in 1989, and had served as an engineer of the Marketing & Sales Dept, Director of the Training Center, President of the Procurement Dept, General Manager of Wuhan Office, President of the Marketing & Sales Dept, Chair of the Human Resources Committee, Chair of the Business Transformation Executive Steering Committee (BT-ESC), Chair of the Strategy and Customer Standing Committee, and President of Huawei University. Since 1999, Sun has been the Chairwoman of the Board. Prior to joining Huawei, Sun Yafang worked as a technician at the state-owned Xinxiang Liaoyuan Radio Factory in 1982, a teacher at China Research Institute of Radio Wave Propagation in 1983, and an engineer at Beijing Research Institute of Information Technology in 1985. Sun Yafang was born in 1955, and graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree from Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology.
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About : Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Rhonda Truitt
Director, North America Customer Documentation of Huawei Technologies
Rhonda Truitt is Director of North America Customer Documentation at Huawei.
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Steven Liang
Director, Business Development of Network Solutions of Huawei Technologies
Steven Liang, Director of Network Strategy and Business Development at Huawei Technologies Co., LTD. He has more than 16 years experiences in telecom industry including 3 years experiences in business development, open sources ecosystem and industrial alliance and collaboration etc. especially in network perspective. Before his current position Steven had been a senior product manager that was primarily responsible for product planning ,marketing, TTM etc. at Huawei USA and HQ.
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Scott Weinbrandt
Director Dell GAM Sell-in of AMD
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Thomas Horton
Member of the Board of Directors of Qualcomm
Tom served as chairman of American Airlines Group, Inc. from 2013 to 2014. He was chairman, president, and chief executive officer of American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Corporation from 2011 to 2013, after being named president of American in 2010. During that time, he led American through a successful restructuring and turnaround which culminated in the merger with US Airways, creating the world’s largest airline. Previously, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AMR and American from 2006 to 2010, and vice chairman and chief financial officer of AT&T Corporation from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining AT&T, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of AMR from 2000 to 2002 and served in numerous management positions with AMR since 1985. He joined American Airlines from international accounting partnership firm Peat Marwick & Company, which is now known as KPMG. Tom earned a master of business administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Baylor University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He serves on the board of directors of Qualcomm, Inc. and the executive board of the Cox School of Business at SMU.
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About : Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Larry Wikelius
Director – Ecosystem Enablement of Qualcomm
Larry Wikelius is Co-Founder of Calxeda and serves as VP of Software Engineering. He brings over 20 years of operational and leadership experience in the high-technology industry. As a technology executive, he has been responsible for product strategy, design, development, delivery and support in product areas, such as enterprise systems management, scalable computing systems, storage systems, system security, network administration, data mining and business intelligence. Larry has also played key roles in a number of startup companies leading to successful liquidity events. Prior to joining Calxeda, he was at Newisys, where he was Vice President for Server and Storage Strategic Alliances. During his tenure there, Newisys grew from no revenue to an annual run rate of over $450 million in just two years. Larry also played a key role in the acquisition of Newisys by Sanmina-SCI (SANM) in 2003. Prior to Newisys, he served in executive level roles at Voyence, Net Perceptions and Hewlett Packard. Larry began his high-tech career as a software engineer at Data General Corporation (now EMC) in Westborough, MA. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston and has a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. He has also completed executive business courses at the University of Michigan Business School.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
John Gromala
Senior Director of Portfolio Strategy, Hybrid IT Office of the CTO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
John Gromala is the senior director of portfolio strategy of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Scott Harsany
Senior Director Software/Firmware/R&D HP ProLiant of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
John Carter
Director of Product Management of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
John has been with HPE for four years in the product management group with further background in technical sales. He currently lives in Houston and manages the Product Management team responsible for HPE Synergy and BladeSystem product groups.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Michael Knapp
Director of Sales & Sales Engineering Enablement, &Private Cloud Labs Platform of Forcepoint
Michael Knapp is the Director of Network Security Architects – Americas for Forcepoint and is responsible for leading a team of Network Security experts across the Americas. The team focuses on developing comprehensive network security solutions for organizations across Global Governments, Fortune 500 Enterprises, Local Government, Education, Healthcare, Retail and other verticals alike. The teams primary goal is to listen, understand complex customer challenges, and then develop integrated solutions which exceed the requested needs. With over 24 years in IT, in both networking infrastructure and information security; Mr. Knapp is capable of bringing both the Networking and Security teams together in conversations to develop the best solution possible for an organization. To keep his technical skills fresh, he still works hands-on with technology and actively develops integrated networks security solutions for various organizations.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Mike Andren
Director, Product Management of Ping Identity
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About Ping Identity: Ping Identity provides cloud-based identity management software for companies and government organizations.
Blair Garrou
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Mercury
Since the late 90’s, Blair Garrou has focused on funding, operating and incubating startup software companies. Blair’s current investments include Alert Logic, Donde, Filament Labs, GameSalad, Graphicly, Koupon Media, Molecule Software, ShareThis, and Vistar Media. Blair’s previous investments have included Alert Logic (Welsh Carson), BlackLocus (Home Depot), Infochimps (CSC), Phurnace Software (BMC Software), FuelQuest (Saracen Energy), Intermat (IHS) and SAT Corporation (Invensys). Blair is a Managing Director of Mercury Fund, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm that makes investments in compelling and novel software and science-based startup opportunities, focusing on technology innovation originating in the U.S. Midcontinent. Since inception in 2005, Mercury has become one of the most active seed-stage venture firms in the Midcontinent, becoming a “go-to” fund for entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of idea generation, company formation, and market execution. Blair is also a co-founder of SURGE Accelerator (Houston, TX), a mentor-driven seed accelerator focused on entrepreneurs seeking to solve the world’s energy problems using software. Blair is also a mentor with seed accelerators The Brandery (Cincinnati, OH) and TechStars (Austin, Chicago, San Antonio). Prior to co-founding Mercury, Blair was the CEO of Intermat (NYSE: IHS), a leader in product information management software; a Principal with Genesis Park, a Houston-based private equity firm; helped launch and was the Director of Operations for the Houston Technology Center, the largest tech incubator in the Southwest, where he led the formation of the Houston Angel Network. Blair received a B.S. in Management from Washington & Lee University.
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About Mercury, Rice University, Topl: Early-stage venture capital firm investing in SaaS, cloud, and data platforms across Middle America.
Dan Watkins
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Mercury
Dr. Watkins is a Managing Director of DFJ Mercury, a venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in the sciences and software sectors in the mid-continent region. He is actively investing in both energy related physical sciences startups and life sciences startups. Prior to co-founding DFJ Mercury, Dr. Watkins was the founder and Managing Partner of A3 Associates, a venture firm focused on seed-stage investments in university and research center-based technology transfer opportunities. Dr. Watkins received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Rice University and his MS and Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently serves on the advisory boards of BioHouston, the Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship, and Northwestern University’s Innovation and New Ventures Office.
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About Mercury, Mercury Data Science, Sonexis Technology: Early-stage venture capital firm investing in SaaS, cloud, and data platforms across Middle America.
Aziz Gilani
Managing Director of Mercury
Aziz Gilani is the Managing Director at Mercury Fund.
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About Mercury, Rice Business – Jones Graduate School of Business: Early-stage venture capital firm investing in SaaS, cloud, and data platforms across Middle America.
Craig Williams
Director Talos Outreach of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Rodrigo Vaca
Managing Director, Zoho Brasil of Zoho
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About Qntrl, Zoho: Zoho offers a suite of business, collaboration, and productivity applications.
Laura Burrus
Director- Enterprise Demand Gen and Customer Marketing of Zoho
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About Zoho: Zoho offers a suite of business, collaboration, and productivity applications.
Ryan Campbell
Director of Worldwide Support Delivery of CloudBees
Ryan Campbell is the director of worldwide support delivery and co-founder at CloudBees.
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About CloudBees: CloudBees develops a cloud-based platform that provides end-to-end automated software delivery.
Vasyl Malchyk
Senior Vice President Legal Director of SoftServe
Vasyl is responsible for all legal and contractual risks at SoftServe. An expert in contract negotiation, regulatory and legal risk compliance, and litigation, he joined SoftServe in 2002 and holds a Law degree from Lviv National Ivan Franko University and Computer Science Degree from Lviv National Polytechnic University.
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About SoftServe: SoftServe is a digital authority that advises and provides at the cutting-edge of technology.
Michael Maples, Sr.
Director of Lexmark
Michael J. Maples, Sr., also known as Mike, serves as an Ambassador on certain strategic relationships and internal management initiatives at Microsoft. Michael Maples served as an Executive Vice President of Worldwide Products Group at Microsoft Corporation. He served as a Consultant and Advisor to Microsoft. He served as the President of the Microsoft Corporation. He served several positions with Microsoft, where he served as an Executive Vice President of Worldwide Products and a Member of the office of the President. He is a highly accomplished Senior Executive with over 40 years experience in the computer industry. He retired from Microsoft Corporation where he reported directly to Bill Gates. He was responsible for all product development and product marketing activities at Microsoft during his tenure. Prior to Microsoft, he worked for International Business Machines Corporation for 23 years where he served as a Director of Software Strategy. He has been the Chairman of CMIT Solutions, Inc. and also has been its Director. He served as the Chairman of Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc. Michael Maples has been a Director of BlueSpace Software Corporation and Hyper9, Inc. He serves as a Director of Emergent Technologies, Inc. and has been its Member of Advisory Board. He serves on the boards of PSW Technologies; 30 Second Software, Inc., Computer Moms International; and Newisys, Inc. He has been an Independent Director of Q2ebanking, Inc. (also known as Q2 Holdings, Inc.). He also serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Vincera Inc. and Westlake Group, LLC. He is a Member of the Board of Visitors for the Engineering School at the University of Oklahoma and the College of Engineering Foundation Advisory Council at the University of Texas. He serves as a Corporate Director of Computer Moms International Corporation, Lexmark Corporation, and Digby. He serves as a Director of CBANC Network, Inc. He serves as a Director of Q2 Software, Inc. He served as an Independent Director of Lexmark International, Inc. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Vincera, Inc. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for 12 high tech firms and venture funds. He served as a Director at Alibre, Inc. He served as a Director at Sonic Corp. and Motive, Inc. He served as a Director of Concero Inc. He served as a Director of The Technology Association of America, the University of Washington’s Technology Center, AlphaBlox Corporation, Inc., the Austin Economic Development Council and Austin Software Council. He also served as a Member of Advisory Board at Polaris Venture Partners, Inc.
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About Lexmark: Lexmark creates innovative imaging solutions and technologies that help you print, secure and manage information with ease, efficiency.
Colin Burns
Global Senior Director, Customer Success (Operations and Center of Excellence) of Sprinklr
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About Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Beau Chimene
Director Audio Engineering of Logitech
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About Logitech: Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Chris Haines
Director of Business Operations of Hangar Technology
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About Hangar Technology: Hangar is a software technology company enabling robotics across industry.
Mo Patel
Director, Technical Account Management of Tanium
Mo Patel is a practice director for AI and deep learning at Teradata, where he mentors and advises Teradata clients and provides guidance on ongoing deep learning projects. Mo has successfully managed and executed data science projects with clients across several industries, including cable, auto manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, technology, and car insurance. Previously, Mo was a management consultant and a software engineer. A continuous learner, Mo conducts research on applications of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and graph analytics toward solving existing and novel business problems and brings a diversity of educational and hands-on expertise connecting business and technology. He holds an MBA, a master’s degree in computer science, and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
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About Tanium: Tanium is a security and systems management platform allowing real-time data collection at an enterprise scale.
Darren Burton
Director of Technical Account Management of Tanium
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About Tanium: Tanium is a security and systems management platform allowing real-time data collection at an enterprise scale.
Greg White
Director, Solutions Marketing of Nutanix
Greg has worked in the technology industry with hardware, software and services companies for over 15 years helping organizations solve their IT challenges. He is currently focused on extending those experiences with value-focused solutions on next-generation infrastructure and cloud for enterprise and Big Data applications and databases from Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Splunk, Hadoop and more. Greg earned a Bachelor degree in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
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About Nutanix: Nutanix is a virtualized datacenter platform that provides disruptive datacenter infrastructure solutions for business applications.
Armin Cruz
Director, Operational Excellence of RealPage
Armin Cruz currently serves as the head of Operational Excellence at RealPage, INC. In this role, Mr. Cruz serves as the chief consultant and advisor to the senior executive leadership team. Mr. Cruz’s charter is to drive transformational change measured by cost savings and cost avoidance and time to close. In addition, Mr. Cruz also serves as Vice President on the Welllington Trace Board of Directors. Education: Armin Cruz earned a BA from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a MBA from the University of Phoenix. Certifications: Armin Cruz is a certified Six Sigma LEAN Master Black Belt and Instructor Trainer. Additionally, Mr. Cruz possesses other Industry certifications such as Business Process Management and Agile Fundamentals. Location: Little Elm, Tx 75068
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About RealPage: RealPage is a provider of cloud-based software for managing multi-family real estate.
Don Foster
Sr. Director WW Solutions Marketing of Commvault
Don Foster is a 20-year veteran in the storage, infrastructure, cloud and data management space. Currently serving as a Sr. Director of Worldwide Solutions & Product Marketing, Don has been with Commvault for sixteen years. Prior to running the Worldwide Solutions team at Commvault, he held a Sr. Director title managing the Commvault product management team. Don held a variety of technical management roles in his tenure at Commvault first as the Area Architect before heading up the North Central Systems Engineering organization, a position he held for three years.
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About Commvault: Commvault provides a data and enterprise backup software.
Donald Foster
Sr. Director WW Solutions Marketing of Commvault
Don Foster leverages deep technical experience and business acumen to address customer needs through the development of compelling product solutions. Able to explain the most complex details to a layman, Don has become a “go-to guy” in the data management industry. He is a highly- skilled, engaging advocate for Commvault, and is a liaison with key industry analysts. Don has particular expertise in data backup and storage, along with virtualization, cloud, hyper-scale, and hybrid environments.
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About Commvault: Commvault provides a data and enterprise backup software.
Donald Foster
Sr. Director WW Solutions Marketing of Commvault
Don Foster leverages deep technical experience and business acumen to address customer needs through the development of compelling product solutions. Able to explain the most complex details to a layman, Don has become a “go-to guy” in the data management industry. He is a highly- skilled, engaging advocate for Commvault, and is a liaison with key industry analysts. Don has particular expertise in data backup and storage, along with virtualization, cloud, hyper-scale, and hybrid environments.
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About Commvault: Commvault provides a data and enterprise backup software.
Stephanie Dismore
Managing Director, North America of HP
Stephanie Dismore is the Managing Director, North America at HP.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Greg Clark
Director of Technical Sales of General Datatech
Greg Clark leads our team of expert solution architects. He manages the team that helps customers every day by designing complex networking solutions, working with partners to ensure the best solutions. Greg has over 18 years of experience in the enterprise networking space and has worked for top IT organizations including as principal international infrastructure engineer for FedEx Office. Greg brings his wide-ranging skill set to the table for GDT customers every day to provide an expert approach to the architecture of advanced networks.
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About General Datatech: GDT is an award-winning, international multi-vendor IT solutions provider and Cisco Gold Partner.
Ankit Gupta
Sr Director, Digital Identity Product and Solution of Persistent Systems
Ankit Gupta is the director of engineering and architecture with Persistent Systems, a global software and technology company. He is an authority on information security and compliance, and has security solution implementation at both small and major corporations. He is also implementor of some of the largest identity management, access control and data security solutions. across verticals such as retail, financial services, energy and higher education.
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About Persistent Systems: Persistent Systems offers software product concept and design, performance engineering, quality assurance, and other professional services.
Jeffrey Clawson
Director, North American Cloud Alliance Team of Red Hat
Jeffrey Clawson is the director ofNorth American Cloud Alliance Team at Red Hat.
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About Red Hat: Red Hat is a multinational software company engaged in providing open-source software products to the enterprise community.
Rashmi Bijai
Sr. Director, Customer Growth of OnBoard
Rashmi is responsible for customer account growth through marketing and innovative additions to their customer’s portals. She joined Passageways in 2009. Prior to joining Passageways she worked at Capgemini for 4 years in Asia and Europe. Her experience in the IT industry spans various functions including customer relationship management, delivery management, project management and product development. She now heads the Consulting Services and Inside Sales teams. She has an undergrad degree from Mumbai University and an MBA from Krannert School, Purdue University.
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About OnBoard: Passageways provides board management software OnBoard and enterprise collaboration software OnSemble.
Adam Kujawa
Security Evangelist / Director of Malwarebytes Labs of Malwarebytes
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About Malwarebytes: Cybersecurity solution that protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits
Gail Hamilton
Member of the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics
Gail Hamilton is a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics. Previously, Gail was Executive Vice President of Symantec, an infrastructure software, services and security provider, for five years prior to January 2005. Previously, Gail served as the General Manager of the Communications Division of Compaq Computers and as the General Manager of the Telecom Platform Division for Hewlett-Packard Company. Gail is also a Member of the Board of Directors at OpenText Corp., Ixia, and Westmoreland.
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About : Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Cary Fu
Member of the Board of Directors of Teradata
Cary Fu is a Member of the Board of Directors at Teradata since July 2008. Cary is the Co-Founder of Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (Benchmark). Cary served as its Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2009 until his retirement in December 2012 and served as a Member of the Board of Directors from 1990 until that time. In December 2011, Cary retired as Benchmark’s Chief Executive Officer, a position he had held since September 2004. Cary was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Benchmark from September 2004 to December 2006, President and Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to September 2004, Executive Vice President from 1990 to 2001 and Executive Vice President of Financial Administration, from 1990 to 1992. From 1986 to 1990, Cary also served Benchmark in various different capacities, including Treasurer and Secretary. Cary also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Littelfuse, Inc. and is a certified public accountant.
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About : Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Megan Headley
Research Director of TrustRadius
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About TrustRadius: TrustRadius is a provider of an online review site used to offer business technology and software reviews.
Kate Stewart
Senior Director of Strategic Programs of Linux Foundation
Kate Stewart is a Senior Director of Strategic Programs, Linux Foundation, responsible for the Open Compliance programs encompassing the SPDX, FOSSology, OpenChain, and other compliance related projects. Kate was one of the founders of SPDX, and is currently the specification lead. She has launched Real-Time Linux and Zephyr Project. With almost 30 years of experience in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles and worked as a developer in Canada, Australia, and the US and for the last 20 years has managed software development teams in the US, Canada, UK, India, and China. She received her Master’s in computer science from University of Waterloo and Bachelor’s of computer science (co-op program) from the University of Manitoba.
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About Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation builds sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and industry adoption.
Jamie Smith
Business and Technology Director of National Instruments
As Director of Automotive Business and Technology, Jamie is responsible for product strategy and global go-to-market efforts. He is an active member of the IIC, and leads several IIoT testbeds, and is a frequent speaker at IIoT events.
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About AVer Information, National Instruments: National Instruments Corporation manufactures and supplies measurement and automation products.
Ian Fountain
Director of Technical Marketing of National Instruments
Ian Fountain As the director of marketing for data acquisition systems at National Instruments, Ian Fountain is responsible for the company’s global business in monitoring and Industrial Internet of Things applications and is heavily involved in the strategic development of the associated products required to address customer’s needs. Fountain joined NI in 2000 as an applications engineer. In 2001 he moved to southern Colorado and became district sales manager. In this position, he focused on evangelizing virtual instrumentation and developing key regional account relationships, including Lockheed Martin, Echostar and Atmel. In 2004, as business development manager, Fountain took on development of NI’s Hardware-in-the-Loop strategy. As a result of the success NI increased the investment in this application and is now considered a key player in the market. Fountain holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Colorado.
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About National Instruments, The University of Texas at San Antonio: National Instruments Corporation manufactures and supplies measurement and automation products.
Aaron Stone
Director of Internal Development of cPanel
Aaron Stone is Director of Internal Development at cPanel.
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About cPanel: cPanel is a control panel designed for the web hosting industry.
Sameer Joshi
Sr. Director, IoT of L&T Infotech
Sameer is Sr. Director, IOT at LTI looking after GTM strategy, business development, partner ecosystem, innovation and has overall 22 years of experience. He has held various management and executive positions in IOT area. He holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Mumbai and MBA from UCLA.
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About L&T Infotech: LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company helping more than 250 clients succeed in a converging world.
Brandon DuBois
Director of Business Development & Operations of Xola
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About Xola: Booking Software for Tour and Activity Companies
James Young
Director Data Centres APAC of CommScope
James currently serves as the Director of CommScope’s Enterprise Data Center division, overseeing strategy and providing leadership to product and field teams globally. Formerly James has been involved in a variety of roles including sales, marketing and operations for communication solutions working with Tyco Electronics/ AMP, Anixter, Canadian Pacific and TTS in Canada. James has gained extensive experience in the sale of OEM products, network solutions and value-added services through direct and indirect channel sales environments. His sales experience includes electronic transmission components, telephony systems, network systems, LAN infrastructure products and fibre transmission system products. James has garnered substantial experience in OEM and channel marketing, as well as network operations as assistant director of CP’s computers and communications group. James graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario. He is a registered Communication Distribution Designer (RCDD) and certified Data Center Design Expert (CDCE).
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About CommScope, CommScope: CommScope Enterprise Solutions, a division of CommScope, Inc., offers a complete portfolio of network infrastructure solutions that enable
Loulu Lima
Director of Business Development of Hotels By Day
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About Hotels By Day: Create protocols to enable hotels to smoothly transition towards our ‘on-demand everything’ society.
Michael Sherman
VP of Sales /US Sales Director of Brightpearl
Michael is a seasoned business development and sales professional with expertise working with enterprise solution providers, ranging from SMB to Fortune 500 companies. He has successful experience in channel development and sales, direct sales, lead generation, and building effective teams that are consistently top performers. Sherman comes to Brightpearl most recently from NetSuite, where as a manager, business development, he lead and managed a team of 10 or more business development representatives prospected across the US, and industries including retail, wholesale distribution, software, and services to grow the company’s sales pipeline. Prior to NetSuite, Sherman moved to Austin for a startup company called Spanning where he helped build the channel organization. When Spanning was acquired by EMC in October 2014, he was an International Account Executive responsible for working with and selling to companies headquartered outside of the United States. He studied finance at Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, Tempe, Arizona.
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About Brightpearl: Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.
Kevin Klausmeyer
Member of the Board of Directors of Hortonworks
Mr. Klausmeyer serves on the boards of Hortonworks, the leader in enabling the data-first enterprise and primary driver of open source Hadoop, Yarn and related Apache Foundation, “Big Data” solutions, CallidusCloud, a SaaS-based, sales and marketing oriented, lead-to-money solutions company, Unitrends, a back-up and disaster recovery company, and various other privately-held technology companies. Mr. Klausmeyer is also on the advisory board of Opvizor, a cloud-based VMWare virtualization optimization company. He previously served on the boards of, and as Chairman of the Audit Committees of, both Quest Software, an enterprise software solutions company sold to Dell for $2.4 billion, and Sourcefire, which was acquired by Cisco for $2.7 billion. Through February 2011, Mr. Klausmeyer was the Chief Financial Officer of The Planet, a leading provider of dedicated web hosting products and services. The Planet was merged into Softlayer, which was acquiredby IBM for approximately $2 billion. Before joining The Planet Mr. Klausmeyer was Chief Financial Officer of RLX Technologies, a developer of management and provisioning software for utility computing environments. RLX was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company in October 2005. Mr. Klausmeyer was chief financial officer of PentaSafe Security Technologies, a provider of security management software solutions which was acquired by NetIQ in December 2002. He also served as the Principal Financial and Chief Accounting Officer of BMC Software (Nasdaq: BMCS) for a period of six years, following 13 years of practice in public accounting. As a software finance professional, Mr. Klausmeyer was a member of the AICPA’s Software Revenue Recognition Taskforce from 1998 until its dissolution in 2005. Mr. Klausmeyer graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Texas with a BBA in Accounting
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About : Hortonworks is a business computer software company that focuses on the development and support of Apache Hadoop.
Kamran Shah
Director of Corporate Marketing of Silicon Labs
Kamran Shah is the Director of Corporate Marketing at Silicon Labs and has over fifteen years of experience across engineering, product management and marketing. Kamran holds 19 patents, is an avid runner with a Marathon best of 2 hours and 58 minutes, and is an active board member of non-profit charities including Green Doors.
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About Silicon Labs: Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world.
Fady Zoweil
Engineering Director of Gemalto
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About Gemalto: Gemalto is a digital security company that offers mobile connectivity, payment technology, and data protection solutions to manage services.
Fady Zoweil
Engineering Director of Gemalto
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About Gemalto: Gemalto is a digital security company that offers mobile connectivity, payment technology, and data protection solutions to manage services.
Ed May
Director, Business Development of Itron
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About Itron: Itron is a technology company that offers products and services on energy and water resource management.
Chris Holland
Director of Engineering of TriNet
Chris Holland is the director of engineering at TriNet.
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About TriNet: TriNet provides HR solutions to small to mid-sized businesses including payroll, health benefits, and human capital management.
Neo Ji
Overseas Sales Director of Tuya
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About Tuya: Tuya is an IOT solutions provider that helps manufacturers develop their app and bring their product to market and at competitive prices.
Mark Nibbelink
Co-Founder & Director of University Outreach of Drillinginfo
Before co-founding Drillinginfo in 1999, Mark had a long career as a prospect geologist at Gulf Oil before beginning work as an independent geologist. Mark is responsible for quality control and data integrity. He received his Bachelor’s of Arts in Geology and his Master’s in Geology and Geophysics from Dartmouth College.
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About Drillinginfo: Drilling Info accelerates workflows and business critical decision processes in oil and gas industry.
Paul Nie
Director of HD Trade Services
Paul is an industry leader in quality control, sourcing and international market development. An international entrepreneur from Guangzhou, Paul is the founder and President of Leading Testing Laboratories (LTL) and HaoLED. Paul manages a team of over 200 quality control engineers and sourcing professionals. Paul is involved in several high level projects assisting multinational corporations with China, United States, Europe, Mexico, and Brazil market entrance. Prior to founding his own companies and providing HDTS with intensive infrastructure development and strategic guidance, Paul was a General Manager at Intertek where he lead their Systems Certifications business for Greater China. After Intertek, Paul joined Centre Testing International (CTI) which he helped take public in 2009 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext high growth index. CTI is the first publicly listed company in China in the testing, inspection and certification business. Paul also founded CTI’s joint venture with DEKRA which is the largest Europe based testing company. Recognized as a thought leader in the fields of quality control and market development, Paul frequently speaks at industry conferences around the world. Paul resides in Guangzhou and Houston with his wife and two children.
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About Ever PPE, Glory Mark Electronic, HaoLED, HD Trade Services, Leading Testing Laboratories, LTL GROUP: HD Trade Services provides mobile and cloud-based logistics software.
Michael Angstadt
Director of Engineering of WP Engine
Michael Angstadt is a technology entrepreneur specializing in strategic web marketing & business process automation. Founding atomni LLC in late 2008, a data-driven web marketing firm in Philadelphia, PA – then M3thod LLC in early 2009 – Michael has continued to grow atomni into a boutique developer of proprietary code-based solutions for data integration, analysis, and decision support. Responsible for several other technology ventures, Michael focuses on building value-adding business tools and thoughtful strategies that improve the accessibility of information for business stakeholders.
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About E-Line Media, WP Engine: WP Engine is a managed WordPress hosting platform.
Carrie Witt
Art Director / Senior Artist / Designer / Pun-Maker of Owlchemy Labs
Carrie Witt is a concept and production artist/game dev/illustrator, and graduate of Illustration 2012 at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She now lives in Austin TX and works as the Lead Artist at Owlchemy Labs, working on Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality! She’s an artist who wears many art hats, and likes it that way; she creates concepts, production art, logos, UI, 2D animations, particle effects, promotional art, merchandise/swag, and everything between.
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About Owlchemy Labs: Owlchemy Labs is a creative game studio with a passion for polished and unique games and VR experiences.
Tom Pae
Director of Global Revenue Strategy and Operations of SailPoint
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About SailPoint: SailPoint is an identity and access management provider that helps organizations deliver and manage user access from any device.
Tom Pae
Director of Global Revenue Strategy and Operations of SailPoint
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About SailPoint: SailPoint is an identity and access management provider that helps organizations deliver and manage user access from any device.
Jan Lindelow
Director of Vapor IO
Jan Lindelow is an active board member of several promising enterprises, primarily in the high technology industry. Lindelow has extensive experience managing global multi-billion dollar businesses as well as smaller, entrepreneurial companies. He focuses on strategic business positioning while strengthening technology and operational capabilities. Lindelow retired from IBM in 2002 where he had served as Chairman and CEO of Tivoli Systems Inc. since 1997. Prior to joining IBM/Tivoli, he held senior executive positions at Symbol Technologies, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) and Unisys/Sperry Computer Systems. He joined Sperry in his native Sweden. Lindelow has an MS in engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He lives in Austin, Texas and serves on the board of directors of public companies Active Power, Inc. and Vignette Corporation; privately held Credant Technologies, Inc., Hire.com, Inc., HyPerformix, Inc. (Vice Chairman) and Troux Technologies, Inc. as well as the board of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce-USA (Vice Chairman). Lindelow is also active in the Austin community and serves on a number of civic boards.
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About : Vapor IO develops and provides a nationwide network solution for the edge, combining edge exchange, edge colocation, and edge networking.
Michael Lamp
Director Of Business Development, Americas of Avnet
Michael Lamp is Director of IoT Solutions at Avnet. Working alongside Avnet’s IoT team, he is focused on assisting customers to create secure and connected products. At Avnet, he strives to make technology relevant to customer. Michael has held positions in Applications Engineering, Management, and Technical Marketing during his tenure at Avnet. His 20-year career in technology ranges from automation systems to communications infrastructure, as well as experience in computer forensics for E-discovery. Michael resides in Plano, TX and holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Boston University.
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About Avnet: Avnet is a global technology solutions compnay.
Parnell Springmeyer
Director of Software of Plum
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About Arista Networks, Plum: The Plum Lightpad is the most advanced WiFi light dimmer available.
Sonny Das
Business Director of Newlin Group
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About Newlin Group: We develop high quality, real world data, and software solutions for evolving industries
Jeff Lawson
Director of Software Engineering of FlightAware
Jeff has been a key employee of FlightAware since 2010 and has served as a Director of Software Development from 2012 to the present. In this role, his primary focus is engineering and leading the design of FlightAware technology involving its mobile applications, data feed integration, and external commercial data interfaces. Lawson brings extensive experience in software architecture, data security, and networking protocol design from software engineering positions at Univa/United Devices, Microsoft, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and WolfeTech. He was a founder of distributed.net, which pioneered distributed computing in the 1990s, and continues to serve as the Chief of Operations and Member of the Board. He earned a BSc. Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College. Lawson holds an FAA private pilot certificate and owns an airplane based at West Houston Airport (KIWS).
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About FlightAware: FlightAware is a privately held aviation data company that provides live flight tracking tools and commercial data services.
Collin White
Director, Aviation Services of FlightAware
Collin White joined FlightAware in 2007 after becoming fascinated with the aviation industry. He began his career with FlightAware at the ground floor and learned the ins and outs of the company. Today, he is the Director of Aviation Services, which includes leading the Customer Service team as well as the operations of FlightAware’s aviation services and products. White graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BSc degree from University of Houston. He brings a customer-first focus to the company, where between technology and aviation, customer service is often neglected. Additionally, he works with other aviation and aviation related companies to develop partnerships and business synergies to provide products and services to the aviation community. White holds an FAA pilot certificate and owns an airplane based at West Houston Airport (KIWS).
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About FlightAware: FlightAware is a privately held aviation data company that provides live flight tracking tools and commercial data services.
Seth Snyder
Director of Business Development of Rabbet
Seth is in charge of marketing, outreach, and entrepreneur relations for LiveOak. Prior to LiveOak Seth studied finance and economics at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduation he moved to Houston to work in the oil & gas industry focusing on finance, accounting and economics before heading back to Austin to join the entrepreneurial ecosystem. He completed the venture internship at Capital Factory, and has a deep appreciation for entrepreneurship and new ventures. Seth sits on the Tejas Foundation board, a non-profit that provides guidance, mentoring and financial support to the Tejas Club at the University of Texas. Seth is a devout Longhorn that loves to ride bikes and play tennis.
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About Rabbet: Rabbet is an intelligent construction finance platform using data to bring trust, transparency, and matchmaking to home renovation.
Stephanie Guttman
Director of Marketing of Rabbet
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About Rabbet: Rabbet is an intelligent construction finance platform using data to bring trust, transparency, and matchmaking to home renovation.
Michael Garel
Director – Data Strategy of Accruent
Michael brings a track record of defining, executing, launching, and marketing award winning rugged analytical computing solutions. As Xplore Technologies’ Director of Product, Michael performed extensive market research and drove the organization to develop and properly position their latest generation of industrial tablet PCs. Under Michael’s leadership, Xplore signed on the largest utility company in the US as a customer. Prior to Xplore, Michael was a lead mechanical development engineer of servers and notebook products at Dell, Inc. Michael received his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. In his spare time, Michael enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and daughters, cycling, running and flying.
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About Accruent: Accruent is a global software company that helps organizations transform how they manage their physical resources.
Crystal Wiese
Director of Marketing of Factom
She is passionate about non-profits, and increasing economic mobility for for women and minorities.
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About Factom: Factom, Inc. is a blockchain innovations company providing blockchain as a service platforms.
Toby McLelland-Taylor
Director of Client Services of Adestra
Toby has been at Adestra for 6 years, originally starting as a BDR in London. He currently heads up the client services and insides sales departments in Dallas, where continuing Adestra’s pedigree of software and a service is his goal. When not helping clients get the most out of Adestra’s platform, he can be found enjoying the Dallas weather or gorging on BBQ.
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About Adestra: Adestra is a trusted provider of First-Person Marketing solutions for global and growing brands.
Toby McLelland-Taylor
Director of Client Services of Adestra
Toby has been at Adestra for 6 years, originally starting as a BDR in London. He currently heads up the client services and insides sales departments in Dallas, where continuing Adestra’s pedigree of software and a service is his goal. When not helping clients get the most out of Adestra’s platform, he can be found enjoying the Dallas weather or gorging on BBQ.
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About Adestra: Adestra is a trusted provider of First-Person Marketing solutions for global and growing brands.
Ricardo Martinez
Director of Business Development of DigitalEra Group
Rick focuses his energies on growing DigitalEra through strategic partnerships in the US, Caribbean and Latin America. A 15-year IT Security veteran, he leverages his deep security product knowledge and experience in diverse industry settings to help DigitalEra’s clients and channel partners achieve.
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About DigitalEra Group: DigitalEra makes achieving the best security technology and expertise for your organization easier and more affordable.
Suraj Mohandas
Sr. Director, Strategy, Education of Jamf
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About Jamf: Jamf creates IT software that manages Apple devices and helps organizations succeed.
