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 United States based CEO’ operating in the Professional Services 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.
Larry Ryckman
President & CEO of AfterMaster
Larry Ryckman is the President & CEO at AfterMaster.
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About AfterMaster: AfterMaster is an audio technology developed for mastering, re-mastering, and processing of audio.
Waseem Daher
Founder & CEO of Pilot
Waseem Daher is a Founder and CEO at Pilot.
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About Pilot: Pilot is a platform that offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
Nathan Sportsman
Founder and CEO of Praetorian
As the Founder and CEO of Praetorian, Nathan is responsible for championing the vision, maintaining the culture, and setting the direction of the company. He also holds the additional duties of CTO where he is responsible for overseeing the innovation and development engine of the company keeping the firm well positioned to defeat the ever evolving cybersecurity threat. Prior to bringing in professional management to help run the company, Nathan managed the day-to-day operations of the firm from its 2010 beginnings as a bootstrapped start-up to its current YoY hyper-growth. Since Praetorian’s founding, Nathan has successfully instilled a “customer first” mentality that has become part of the DNA of the company which has led to unprecedented customer satisfaction reviews as reflected in a historical net promoter score of 86%. This reputation for delivering value to the customer has resulted in a three year growth rate of 214%. Under Nathan’s leadership, the company has earned national recognition on the Inc. 5000 list multiple times, the Cybersecurity 500, CIO Top 20, and locally on Austin’s “Fastest 50” growing firms. Prior to founding Praetorian, Nathan worked in various technical roles at industry-leading companies such as Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and McAfee. His experience has cross cut most industry sectors, and customers have ranged from Wall Street and Silicon Valley to government intelligence agencies and renowned educational institutions. Nationally recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity field, Nathan is a frequent public speaker, is a contributing author to the world’s best-selling computer security book, Hacking Exposed, is a U.S. patent holder, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin (nationally ranked #5 for Computer Science and Engineering). Nathan holds a BS in electrical & computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
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.
Jocelyn Mangan
CEO and Co-Founder of Him For Her
Jocelyn Mangan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Him For Her.
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About Him For Her, Snagajob: Him For Her is a social venture that accelerates the diversity on corporate boards.
Tiffany Pham
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mogul
Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, an award-winning worldwide platform enabling women to connect, share information, and access knowledge from each other. A coder, she developed the first version of Mogul, which now reaches 18 million women per week from over 196 countries and 30,470 cities worldwide. Mogul was named one of the Most Exciting Startups of 2016 by Business Insider, one of the Top NYC Startups to Watch by Entrepreneur Magazine, named one of the Best Websites for Finding Top Talent by Inc. Magazine, one of the Top Websites for Marketing Your Company Online by Forbes, and has been honored and recognized by Bustle, City of Fort Worth, City of New York, City of Paris, and Harvard Business School. Tiffany was named one of Forbes “30 Under 30” in Media, Business Insider “30 Most Important Women Under 30” in Technology, ELLE Magazine “30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World,” Good Housekeeping “Awesome Women Award” Winner, Alice Paul “Equality Award” Honoree, Cadillac “IVY Innovator” Award Winner, SmartCEO Magazine “Smart CEO Award” Winner, “Innovation & Inclusion Award” Winner for Social Entrepreneurship, NY Business Journal “Woman of Influence” Winner, Tribeca Film Festival “Innovation Award” Fellow, and SE “Top 100 Social Entrepreneur.”
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About Columbia University in the City of New York, Discovery, Macmillan, Mogul, Mogul Global Fund, Simon & Schuster: At Mogul, our vision is to unlock the world’s greatest potential.
John Hall
CEO of Intapp
John Hall is the CEO of Intapp. Since joining the company in 2004, he has built Intapp into a global leader in business applications and services for professional services firms, serving 700 organizations. He is a regular presenter at industry events, covering topics such as technology and law firm innovation, and how innovation can enable client success. Prior to joining Intapp, John co-founded VA Linux Systems and helped lead the company from its start-up phase to its IPO. He is based in Palo Alto, California.
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About Intapp: Intapp is a provider of industry-specific, cloud-based software solutions that enable connected professional and financial services.
Alice Default
CEO and Co-Founder of Double
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About Double: Double connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants and delegation tools — so you can save time and stay focused.
Steven J. Demetriou
President & Chief Executive Officer of Jacobs
Steve Demetriou is the Financial Controller at Inventis Ltd.
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About Inventis, Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Tom Chang MD
Co-CEO , Founder and Retina Surgeon of Acuity Eye Specialists
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About Acuity Eye Specialists: Acuity Eye Specialists is a team of doctors and staff that provides best eye care services and comprehensive treatment to communities.
Daniel Glaser
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies
Daniel S. Glaser, age 53, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Prior to assuming this role in January 2013, Mr. Glaser served as Group President and Chief Operating Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies from April 2011 through December 2012, with strategic and operational oversight of both the Risk and Insurance Services and the Consulting segments of the Company. Mr. Glaser rejoined Marsh in December 2007 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh Inc. after serving in senior positions in commercial insurance and insurance brokerage in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
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About Marsh & McLennan Companies: Marsh & McLennan Companies is a global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in the areas of risk.
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.
Rahim Fazal
Co-Founder and CEO of SV Academy
Co-Founder and CEO at SVAcademy.
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About Forbes Technology Council, SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Tom Blaisdell
Founder & CEO of AlignPact
Tom Blaisdell is the Founder & CEO at AlignPact.
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About AlignPact, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College: AlignPact is a management consulting firm that advises and supports entrepreneurs in creating companies designed to make a positive impact.
Marcela Sapone
CEO & Co-Founder of Hello Alfred
In 2014, the founders of Hello Alfred won the TechCrunch Disrupt SF pitch competition–becoming the first all-female founder team to do so–after wowing judges with its vision of an on-demand concierge service that connects customers with a professionally trained home manager to complete workaday household errands like cleaning, laundry, and pet care.
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About Hello Alfred: Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform.
Cenk Sidar
Co-Founder & CEO of Enquire AI
Cenk has been global risk executive for 12 years before launching GlobalWonks as the CEO. He has worked extensively assisting top financial institutions, multinational corporations, risk management firms, and legal firms operating in high-risk regions. Cenk holds an MA degree in international economics and international relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, a postgraduate degree in European studies from SAIS’s Bologna Center in Italy, and a BA degree in business administration and international relations from the Istanbul Bilgi University.
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About Enquire AI, Sidar Global Ventures: An insights software company that provides enterprises a comprehensive toolkit to easily discover and leverage expert knowledge in real time
John Zettel
Chief Executive Officer of AVI-SPL
John Zettel leads AVI-SPL by setting goals, shaping and sharing company values, and helping plan the strategy that keeps AVI-SPL providing the industry’s best AV and video communications solutions and services. He works closely with the executive leadership to develop goals, plans, and policies.
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About AVI-SPL: AVI-SPL is recognized as an innovative leader in the collaboration and AV industry, the result of a 2008 merger between Audio Visual
David Fano
Founder and CEO of Teal
David Fano is founder & CEO at Teal.
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About Teal: Teal helps people navigate change and drive their career with confidence and purpose.
Isaac Mashman
CEO/Founder of Mashman Ventures
Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida Isaac Mashman is a businessman, podcast host, speaker, and private investor who first got involved in business in 2017. Coming from a rather “humble” family, through business Isaac realized that there was more to life than struggle and stagnancy. It was the perfect solution to his childhood problems. Since starting his journey he has had the opportunity to become the first person in his family to ever travel internationally, has been to multiple states and cities including New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Miami. He’s hosted two podcasts, and in April of 2020 he launched his very own company Mashman Ventures. One of the largest things he attributes to his success has been personal development. He recognized early on that if one was not growing as an individual the chances were, no other areas of his life would be growing either. This is why Isaac launched his newest podcast, “Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman” and has made it his goal to share his experiences, knowledge, and lessons he has learned along the way with as many people as possible, thus helping them become more capable and in return get the results they want in life. Isaac Mashman specializes in creating, growing and positioning personal brands through his public relations firm Mashman Ventures.
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About Mashman Investments, Mashman Ventures: Mashman Ventures is a public relations firm that specializes in personal branding.
Dilip Rao
Co-Founder & CEO of Sharebite
Dilip Rao is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Robb Allen
CEO of Effectual
Robb is an entrepreneur who has built successful companies in real estate and technology. He leads a global team of dedicated professionals committed to enabling Datapipe’s clients to achieve exceptional value from outsourced IT services. Robb developed the concept of “Operational Empathy®,” which serves as Datapipe’s core cultural value. His current responsibilities include overall company oversight and leadership, strategic planning and execution and product/service development.
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About Effectual: Cloud Service Provider, AWS Premier Partner, VMware Cloud on AWS – Managed and Professional Services
Paul Todd
Chief Executive Officer of GLG
Paul Todd is Chief Executive Officer of GLG, the leading global platform connecting business to expertise for smarter, faster decisions. Prior to joining GLG in March 2018, he was at global commerce leader eBay, where he served as regional CEO of eBay’s business and operations in EMEA. He was responsible for eBay’s businesses in major European markets as well as in emerging, higher growth areas. He also oversaw global marketing activities. Prior to his regional CEO role, he was eBay’s global head of strategy, working closely with the CEO to define eBay’s strategic priorities. Paul has worked as a Product Management leader at Google overseeing a suite of propositions, including Google’s travel products, and as a partner at McKinsey, where he led the North American High Tech Strategy practice and counseled senior executives at leading tech and media businesses. Paul has a BA Honors and MA in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. A passionate sports fan and a lover of great fiction, Paul lives with his family in New York.
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About GLG: The world’s insight network.
Francois Nadal
CEO & Founder of OneUp
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About OneUp: OneUp is an online accounting software for small business owners and accountants.
Shimon Lazarov
CEO of LiveCoach
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About LiveCoach: LiveCoach is one stop solution for people who want to bring a positive change in their personal as well as professional life.
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.
K. Suriyakumar
Co-Founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ARC Document Solutions
Kumarakulasingam (“Suri”) Suriyakumar co-founded the Company in 1989 and has served as ARC Document Solutions’ President and Chief Executive Officer since June 1, 2007. He served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 1991 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. On July 24, 2008, Mr. Suriyakumar was appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Suriyakumar was employed with Aitken Spence & Co. LTD, a highly diversified conglomerate and one of the five largest corporations in Sri Lanka.
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About : ARC Document Solutions offers managed print services (MPS), offsite document printing and fulfillment services.
Carl Champagne
Chairman & CEO of Eccovia Solutions
Carl Champagne is a seasoned “Hi Tech” Business leader with broad experience in all aspects of technology companies. Carl invested in and acquired Eccovia Solutions (formerly ClientTrack Inc.) in 1998 as a vehicle to market the ClientTrack platform and solutions into the health, human, and social service markets. Over the last 30 years, Carl has guided several high technology and manufacturing companies through critical phases of turn-around and fast-track growth. With each of these endeavors, he has not only provided market vision and technological and business expertise, but vital leadership necessary for the company’s long-term growth and profitability. Carl also has significant experience with large corporations, such as Digital Equipment, GTE (now Verizon), and Compaq (now Hewlett-Packard). Carl has a Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree in Computer Science, and completed the Management of High Technology Business program from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He is also a past Chair of the Board of Directors for Special People Loving Outdoor Recreation Experiences (SPLORE), a nonprofit organization.
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About Eccovia Solutions: Eccovia is a software company that seeks to assist the health and human services through case and data management.
Mansour Radmand
President & Chief Executive Officer of Teletronics Technology
Mansour Radmand is President and Chief Executive Officer of Teletronics Technology Corporation. Mr. Radmand co-founded TTC in 1998 and has been instrumental in leading the company to become one of the world’s most respected suppliers of flight test instrumentation and networked data acquisition products and systems. Mr. Radmand has been in the communications, systems integration and engineering business since 1973. He has over 25 years of management experience and over 20 years of analog and digital design experience. He has held positions of Vice President, Program Manager, Engineering Manager and R&D Engineer for a major aerospace company. His engineering accomplishments include the design of first-generation programmable data systems and several advanced encoding algorithms for transmission of voice and data over digital low speed data trunks. Radmand holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
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About Teletronics Technology: Teletronics Technology is the total system solution provider for defense and commercial aerospace test applications.
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.
Brian Charlesworth
Founder and CEO of Sisu
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About Sisu: Sisu provides real estate sales coaching solution designed for teams, brokerages and agents.
Raymond McKenzie
Founder and CEO of StartingPoint
Raymond (Ray) McKenzie is the Founder and CEO of Starting Point Technologies, Inc. Ray is also the Founder and Managing Director of Red Beach Advisors. With more than 20 years of experience as a senior business executive, leader, and consultant leading global organizations ranging from start-ups to large enterprises. Raymond has significant experience with corporate strategy, operational efficiency, technology through digital transformation, and leading global service-oriented teams. Ray has held various senior executive positions with companies such as Verisign, Neustar, State Farm Insurance, TeleSign, and UltraDNS.
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About Red Beach Advisors, StartingPoint: SaaS workflow management software for service-based companies and teams that can be deployed and customized in one hour.
Parnian Barekatain
Founder and CEO of SolveCity
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About SolveCity: SolveCity provides AI and HI for Intelligence search, Information Mapping and Collective Scientific Problem Solving.
Chip Wagner
CEO of Information Services Group
Chip Wagner joined ISG as CEO in 2016.
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About Information Services Group: Information Services Group was founded in 2006 by a group of industry veterans whose vision is to create a new leader in the fast-growing
Michael P. Connors
Chairman & CEO of Information Services Group
Mr. Connors has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Information Services Group, Inc., an information-based services company, since July 2006. Mr. Connors served as a member of the Executive Board of VNU N.V., a major worldwide media and marketing information company, from the merger of ACNielsen into VNU in 2001 until 2005, and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VNU Media Measurement & Information Group and Chairman of VNU World Directories until 2005. He previously was Vice Chairman of the Board of ACNielsen from its spin-off from the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in 1996 until 2001, was Senior Vice President of American Express Travel Related Services from 1989 until 1995, and before that was a Corporate Vice President of Sprint Corporation. Mr. Connors is also a member of the Board of Directors of ACE Ltd., and was during the last five years a member of the Board of Directors of R.H. Donnelley Corporation.
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About Information Services Group, ISG Automation: Information Services Group was founded in 2006 by a group of industry veterans whose vision is to create a new leader in the fast-growing
Divyabh Mishra
Founder & CEO of CrowdANALYTIX
Divyabh is an entrepreneur and currently founder and CEO of CrowdANALYTIX, a crowdsourced analytics service focused on serving life sciences and professional services firms.
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About CrowdANALYTIX, qualifiedLINK: CrowdANALYTIX builds scalable AI solutions for enterprises globally.
Zac Choi
Co-Founder & CEO of String
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About String: String is a software company that offers a cloud-based direct phone line and messaging solution for business texting and calling.
Tarik khribech
CEO/Founder of Allbetter
Allbetter was born out of passion, innovation, and irritation. Founder Tarik Khribech was born in Morocco and migrated to the USA. He soon finished his Master’s degree in Computer Science and began working for Fortune 100 companies. Years of launching innovative businesses with growing success fueled Tarik’s fire for measurable, positive results. But as an immigrant, he saw first-hand the frustration of small business life, especially during the recent pandemic. Irritation grew while using the available apps for homeowners and contractors, and an idea, a deep, long-term vision, and a solution were born. Now entering its third year, allbetter has attracted a world-class team of visionaries, business and brand strategists, technology and app experts, and more, all dedicated to make the contractor and homeowner industry better, make small business better, make busy homeowners feel better, and this world, well…you know.
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About Allbetter: Changing the way property owners find local contractors, and helping both succeed.
Eric Fischgrund
Founder/CEO of FischTank PR
Eric Fischgrund is the founder and CEO of FischTank PR, a boutique communications and marketing firm headquartered in New York City. A career MarComm executive, Eric has worked both agency side and in-house prior to launching FischTank PR. The firm specializes in a number of corporate practice areas, including but not limited to B2B and B2C technologies, renewable energy and sustainability, financial services and personal finance products, and non-profits. Eric resides in North Jersey with his wife Monica and dog (Buddy), and enjoys spending time with family and friends, biking, golfing, hiking, reading, and writing.
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About Boom Local, FischTank PR: FischTank PR is a public relations and marketing firm specializing in media relations, content writing, branding, digital/social, & more.
Geoff Baldwin
Co-CEO GCA-US of GCA
Geoff Baldwin is Co-President & CEO, a member of the Executive Committee and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. He has more than 28 years of investment banking experience, serving as an M&A generalist in New York for five years and a technology M&A specialist for the last 23 years, including 22 years in the Silicon Valley and one year in London. Prior to joining GCA Savvian, Geoff was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Menlo Park-based Technology M&A Group and head of Morgan Stanley’s European Technology M&A Group. Presently, Geoff serves on the Board of Directors of GCA Savvian, a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed company, is Non-Executive Chairman of Unify2, a unified communications software company and is a Director of Stellar Labs, Inc., a real-time electronic marketplace and payments platform for business aviation. Geoff formerly served on the Board of Directors of Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, a London Stock Exchange listed company and member of the FTSE 250 index. Geoff received his BA from the University of Southern California.
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About GCA: Global investment bank providing strategic M&A, capital markets and private funds advisory services to growth companies and market leaders.
Trell Rohovit
Chief Executive Officer of HydrantID
Mr. Trell Rohovit has over 16 years of experience in technology and risk management and related businesses. A significant focus of Rohovit’s career has been on designing, developing and launching products and services to assist organizations with the challenges of deploying secure e-business applications, processes and infrastructure.
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About HydrantID: HydrantID is a provider of digital identity and advanced authentication services for large organizations.
Levi Robinson
President/CEO of Advanced Technology Logistics
Levi Robinson is the president and CEO of Advanced Technology Logistics.
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About Advanced Technology Logistics: ATL provides real-world solutions that offer the right blend of long-term functionality and quality as well as affordability.
Margaret Graziano
CEO of KeenAlignment
Recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Women Leaders, Magi’s groundbreaking work is driven by her power to uncover and catalyze human potential. Pioneering the leading edge of Leadership Training, Organizational Culture and Strategic People Operations, she brings: • Proven success transforming organizational culture with more than 25,000 lives impacted • Over 25 years of experience in unlocking the wealth of talent, human spirit and capacity in organizations • Methods that increase employee performance, ignite passion in teams and deliver up to 10x return on program investment
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About KeenAlignment: KeenAlignment helps organizations break through organizational barriers and constraints to excellence by transforming culture.
John Waldmann
Founder, CEO of Homebase
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About Homebase: Homebase helps its users to track and schedule hours.
Vincent Liu
CEO & Co-Founder of Bishop Fox
Vincent Liu (CISSP) is the co-founder and CEO of Bishop Fox. He is an expert in security strategy, red teaming, and product security; and at Bishop Fox, he oversees firm strategy and client relationships.
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About Bishop Fox: The leader in offensive security, providing continuous pen testing, red teaming, attack surface management, & security assessments.
Jack Arslanian
Founder & CEO of MiniMoves
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About MiniMoves: MiniMoves is a full service moving company for homes and businesses.
Charlie Tafoya
CEO + Co-Founder of Chronograph
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About Chronograph: Modern Technology for Private Capital Markets
Sankar Thiagasamudram
Founder & CEO of Audeze
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About Audeze: Audeze is a California-based high-end audio manufacturer delivering the most accurate sound reproduction available today.
Matt Ellis
Founder & CEO of Measurabl
Founder & CEO of Measurabl.
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About Measurabl: Measurabl is the world’s most widely adopted ESG (environmental, social, governance) data management solution for commercial real estate.
Carolyn Childers
Co-Founder & CEO of Chief
Carolyn Childers is the Co-founder and CEO of Chief, the private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. She is an experienced leader and operator, having successfully scaled several early-stage businesses. Prior to founding Chief, Carolyn was SVP of Operations at Handy, led the launch of the site Soap.com (Quidsi) and acted as its GM through its acquisition by Amazon. Carolyn is now focusing her energy and experience on tackling the imbalance of professional power and creating lasting change from the top down, landing her on Inc.’s 2019 Female Founders 100 List.
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About Chief: Chief is the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Rob Biederman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Catalant
Rob Biederman is the co-founder and CEO of Catalant Technologies. Prior to founding Catalant, Rob was a private equity investor at Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital, where he focused on the health care and high technology industries. Originally from New York, Rob attended Princeton University and graduated from Harvard Business School.
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About Catalant: Catalant is a software company that provides global enterprises with software solutions to access business expertise on demand.
Raymond Grainger
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Mavenlink
Raymond Grainger is the current Chief Executive Officer at Mavenlink. He was most recently Executive Vice President of Professional Services and Strategic Alliances at InQuira, a leading Knowledge Management and Enterprise Search software company. Prior to that, he developed his consulting expertise as a Global Managing Partner at Accenture for 17 years in the high technology industry, having consulted to both large enterprises and small & medium sized businesses. Earlier in his career he served on two expeditions to Antarctica and was awarded a congressional medal. Mr. Grainger is also a Trustee of Harvey Mudd College and Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee. He holds a B.S in Engineering with Distinction from Harvey Mudd College.
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About Mavenlink: Mavenlink is a transformative SaaS platform for the modern professional services organization.
Alex Davidovich
Founder & CEO (product, UI/UX design) of Squareshot
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About apprvl, Squareshot: We help consumer, fashion and dnvb brands streamline content production and create beautiful product shots to maximize their online sales.
Charlotte Baker
CEO of Digital Hands
Charlotte Baker, is an entrepreneur who co-founded Digital Hands in 2001, following other technology ventures, one in which she raised $155 million to launch. Digital Hands’ proficiency is managed IT security services, with 100% onshore delivery, supporting clients in both the enterprise and public sectors. Under Baker’s leadership, Digital Hands gained national recognition, in 2008, as the winner of the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA) Star Award for “Service Excellence – Integrated Services” and for “Best Customer Commitment” in 2009. In 2011, Digital Hands was awarded the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) Award for “Service Excellence in Complex Applications Support” and in 2013, won the excellence award for “Innovation in the Delivery of Managed Services”. Baker has been the recipient of numerous personal accolades. She was named one of the Gulf Coast Business Review’s “50 Most Powerful People on the Gulf Coast” and awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from eWomenNetwork. Other recognitions include CEO Magazine’s “CEO of the Year” distinction and the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “Business Woman of the Year in Technology.” In 2008, Baker was a Stevie Awards finalist for leading the “Best Overall Company of the Year” and went on to win a Stevie Award in 2009 for “Community Involvement Program of the Year”. In 2014, Baker received the WIPP AT&T Innovator of the Year Award. Baker is a frequent guest speaker on topics such as building entrepreneurial companies, advocacy of women in technology, and raising awareness of cyber security threats. Currently, Baker serves on the advisory board for TSIA’s Managed Services discipline, on the Education Foundation Board of WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy), and on the Board of Trustees for the University of Tampa. She has held officer positions for the Tampa Bay Technology Forum and was one of the founding board members of this organization. Baker also launched Start-Up Young America, a non-profit designed to inspire children to be the next generation of entrepreneurs by experimenting with micro business plans that culminate in a hands-on annual sales forum. Charlotte Baker earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Darden and a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce with dual concentrations in MIS and Marketing from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
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About Digital Hands: Digital Hands provides its clients with managed security services.
Álvaro De La Fuente
Co-Founder / CEO of Artisroom
I was born in Spain, however I have lived in New York City for 12 years. Attending Babson College, a truly global university, has given me unique assets beyond my curriculum. I have experienced and collaborated with people from all walks of life and every corner of the globe.
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About Artisroom: Platform for artists in music, art, & fashion to build a portfolio and create connections
Madelin Woods
Founder & CEO of Walden
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About First Round Fast Track, On Deck, Walden: The one-stop-shop for coaches to run their businesses online.
Daniel DiSano
President & Chief Executive Officer of Axispoint
Daniel DiSano, President and CEO, is a technology executive and entrepreneur and has been a force of change in many companies and organizations. He helped grow HQ Global Workplaces from $40 to $600 million in sales in less than 4 years. His success led him to serving and helping write policy on President Barack Obama’s Technology, Media and Telecom Committee. He has led Axispoint since June 2002 and is past Chairman of YPO Metro NY. Prior to Axispoint, Mr. DiSano served as an officer at HQ Global Workplaces, the world’s leading provider of serviced offices. Mr. DiSano helped grow the company from $40 million to over $600 million in sales in less than four years, expanding the business from 40 to over 500 locations in 26 countries. Regus purchased HQ and is now the global leader in serviced offices and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Prior to HQ, Mr. DiSano was Senior Vice President of Operations at FrontLine Capital Group, a technology-related operating and venture capital firm, serving as interim CEO and Board Director for FrontLine entities. Mr. DiSano assisted in raising over $500 million in capital across multiple entities; helped roll-up the serviced offices industry; and designed, implemented and integrated several successful organizations. Mr. DiSano earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and received the prestigious Martin Trust Fellowship award for academic and service excellence. He was valedictorian at Clark University.
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About Axispoint: Axispoint is a global software development company providing robust custom software solutions.
Stephen Neal
CEO of Cooley
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About Cooley: Cooley is a legal services company that solves legal issues for entrepreneurs, investors, and established companies.
Jeffrey Eschbach
Founder & CEO of Page Vault
JEFFREY ESCHBACH is an entrepreneur and tech innovator, with over 20 years of experience creating new products and businesses. He is the founder and CEO of Page Vault Inc., a company that transforms Internet content into evidence for the legal world. Before that, Jeffrey built a career leading R&D initiatives at Intel Japan and Motorola Research Labs. After moving to Chicago a decade ago, he became immersed in its growing startup scene, and now advises and invests in early-stage companies there. He received an MBA with honors from The Kellogg School of Management, regularly teaches as a professor at the school, and serves as the Director of Program Outreach for the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. He also holds undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. Jeffrey is a National Science Foundation Fellow, has earned 11 USPTO patents related to cloud-computing, and frequently speaks on startup and corporate innovation topics.
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About Chicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV), Kellogg School of Management, Page Vault: Page Vault enables legal professionals to easily capture web content for use as evidence in the U.S. courts.
Michael Zammuto
CEO and Co-founder of Completed.com
Michael Zammuto is the co-founder and CEO of Completed.com and the CEO of Cloud Commerce Consulting. His primary focus is all aspects of the artificial intelligence landscape and startup and growth stage advisory services. Zammuto is a contributor to CIO.com and Business.com. He has also written for other publications and has been a keynote and breakout session speaker at conferences. Michael Zammuto has dozens of media appearances including TechCrunch, Fast Company, CNN Money, Fox Business Varney & Company, Time, Forbes, HuffPo, The Washington Post, New York Magazine and many others. he writes on his personal site and writes on topics of personal interest like economics, AI, urbanization and the future on his futurist blog. Completed allows you to create or claim your profile and to review all people in business. Completed.com has been called LinkedIn meets Yelp! Completed.com seeks to create a meritocratic society where people get recognition for great work and everyone get constructive, verified feedback for free. Completed.com has built a proprietary, patent-pending platform that uses technology, sentiment and people-powered QA to measure and score reviewer ‘trust’ and to ensure that the site’s professional standards are carefully met. He serves as an adviser to multiple tech and internet startups. As the CEO of Cloud Commerce Consulting, Zammuto advises startups and growth stage technology companies. Zammuto is a strategic adviser to Carii and has served as an interim CEO for other startups. Zammuto served previously as the president of Chaikin Analytics, a top rated stock and ETF analytics platform. Zammuto was also CEO of Brand.com and Sapago, the COO of ChaCha.com and Ontario Systems and was a C-level exec with LawCommerce, Escalate Retail and other firms. He has been the interim CEO/COO for multiple early stage firms and has consulted on fundraising, marketing and sales program development. Zammuto is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School and Tulane University AB Freeman School of Business. He studied international business and economics at a joint program at Cambridge University in England. He has also studied programs in negotiations at Harvard Law School and strategic selling and strategic sales management.
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About Cloud Commerce Consulting, Completed.com, The Coffee Insider, Ugly Christmas Sweater Ideas: Completed reviews anyone in business and ensures great people get recognition and everyone get trusted feedback.
W. Robert Berkley, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, President of W. R. Berkley
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About W. R. Berkley, W. R. Berkley: W. R. Berkley, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally.
Vera Duncan
Founder & CEO of Lift Credit
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About Lift Credit: Lift Credit is a consumer finance company based in Provo, Utah.
Shafat Qazi
Founder and CEO of BQE Software
Shafat founded BQE in 1995 to simplify the lives of millions of service professionals. An engineer by trade, he was acutely aware of the pain professional service firms endure when it comes to billing, accounting, time tracking, and project management. He created the original BillQuick in his garage. Two decades later, as he oversees a global enterprise, Shafat has never forgotten his roots and BQE remains at the vanguard of customer-driven innovation. He holds a master’s in structural engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor’s degree from the National Institute of Technology (NIT). When he’s not working on a new invention, he enjoys flying planes and traveling. So far, he’s visited 51 countries and plans to visit at least 50 more.
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About BQE Software: BQE Software develops practice management software for professional services firms.
Matt Conger
Co- Founder and CEO of Cadence Translate
Matt has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a master’s degree in engineering from Stanford University. He has worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company in NYC as well as a private equity investor for the energy industry for five years at Hudson Clean Energy Partners. In addition, he spent a year as a business development director for a solar company in California.
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About Cadence Translate: We unlock better business insights through professional translation, interpretation, and transcription.
Marshall Miller
Owner, Founder, President & CEO of EmaginePOS
Marshall Miller is the Owner at EmaginePOS
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About EmaginePOS, GearSprout: Powerful Web-based Point-of-Sale for Restaurants and Retail Locations.
Ian Jackson
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Enshored LLC
Founder and CEO with Enshored. I have built Enshored from an idea into a world class outsourcing partner for high growth companies. Enshored currently partners with clients from around the world with outsourced Customer Excellence, Content Moderation, Back Office Processing and Sales & Marketing.
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About Enshored LLC, Fast Circles LLC: Powerful outsourcing for disruptive start-ups.
Carla Kirkland
Owner and CEO of The Kirkland Group
Carla Kirkland is founder and CEO of The Kirkland Group.
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About The Kirkland Group: The Kirkland Group is an educational consulting firm that provides services to students, teachers, and administrators.
Danielle Deibler
Co-Founder and CEO of Marvelous
Danielle Deibler is the Co-Founder and CEO of Marvelous.ai, an early stage startup focused on building natural language technology to discover and expose propaganda, disinformation and bias to enable advocates and policymakers to devise counter-measures and immunities. She has over 25 years in the Internet infrastructure, security, networking, interactive technology, machine learning and AI technologies. Her primary area of focus in the last 20 years has been building scalable real time interactive platforms. Previously she was CEO and Co-Founder of leading edge Reg-Tech startup Compliance.ai. She founded Apps54 and Ignited Artists. Prior to that she was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Trinity Ventures. Deibler has held senior leadership positions in software development, engineering, business development and product management for KIXEYE, Adobe, DIGEX, and UltraDNS.
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About Marvelous: AI powered Narrative Intelligence
Daniel Barenboym
Founder & CEO of Collective Learning Inc.
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About BeAKid, Collective Learning Inc.: Collective Learning is a platform for child-related businesses.
Gilman Callsen
Founder & CEO of Rho Impact
Entrepreneur with a penchant for technology startups. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Web and Data Technologies, Business Strategy
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About Rho AI, Rho Impact: The art and science of impact. Combining software with ESG advisory to address key barriers to planning, tracking, reporting, and modeling.
Dayo Esho
Co-founder & CEO of TravelJoy
Dayo Esho is co-founder & CEO at TravelJoy. Prior to this, he worked as CEO at Shelf.com, a company he co-founded in 2013.
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About TravelJoy: Bringing the joy back into travel planning
Deborah DeHaas
CEO of Corporate Leadership Center
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About Corporate Leadership Center: Corporate Leadership Center is a collaborative business-academic forum.
Deborah DeHaas
CEO of Corporate Leadership Center
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About Corporate Leadership Center: Corporate Leadership Center is a collaborative business-academic forum.
Kevin Burr
CEO of Barracuda Staffing
Kevin Burr is the CEO of Barracuda Staffing.
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About Barracuda Staffing: Barracuda is a staffing agency that works with skilled, non-skilled, professional and contract workers in the industrial sectors.
Edward D Kirkwood
CEO & Founder of OakBridge Advisors
Ed Kirkwood is responsible for the overall operations of OakBridge Advisors and heads the company’s Due Diligence, Asset Management and Retirement Plan divisions. Ed believes in leading by example, beginning and ending everything with a noble motive. His vision and integrity has enabled OakBridge to grow and build the evolution of a recognized corporate brand. Because of his leadership, the Company was able to excel in a marketplace challenged by political and economic turmoil. OakBridge prospered during the recession & global financial crisis due to a creative strategy, careful planning and market foresight. Ed was classically educated in his native New York City and began his post-collegiate career on Wall Street in 1983. Prior to OakBridge, he was a Managing Partner and Director of Agencies at three major insurance companies. During his spare time, Ed pursued his financial education at the American College. He studied Management, Leadership, and Business, which later led to his designations of Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant.
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About OakBridge Advisors: OakBridge Advisors provides Employee Benefits, Retirement Plans and Asset Management to Companies.
Malik Zakaria
Founder and CEO of Field Engineer
Malik founded fieldengineer.com in 2015.
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About ExterNetworks, Field Engineer: Field Engineer develops a marketplace for on-demand field and network engineers.
Leif M Murphy
Chief Executive Officer & President of TeamHealth Holdings
As a proven leader with 20+ years of experience in healthcare, business development and finance, Leif cultivates and leads an organization focused on impacting the delivery of care. Leif joined TeamHealth as president and chief executive officer in September 2016 and is also a member of the TeamHealth Board of Directors. In his role, Leif is responsible for: • building relationships with investors and other external constituents • company growth • overall strategic direction of the organization Throughout his career, Leif has held numerous executive-level positions in healthcare, business development and finance, including executive vice president and chief financial officer for LifePoint Health, president and chief executive officer for DSI Renal, Inc., and senior vice president and treasurer of CVS/Caremark, Inc. Leif also previously held leadership positions at Renal Care Group, Inc., National Nephrology Associates, Inc., and HealthSouth Corporation. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Furman University and a master’s degree in business administration from The College of William and Mary.
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About TeamHealth Holdings: Team Health are a healthcare organization committed to quality, efficiency, and exceptional patient care .
James George
Strategic Advisor to the President and CEO of TeamHealth Holdings
With 30+ years of experience in emergency medicine and leadership, Dr. James George offers valuable knowledge and skills to the company as strategic advisor to the president. Prior to this position, Dr. George served as a group president of TeamHealth Emergency Medicine, and in his current role, he works collaboratively with the president of TeamHealth to strategically and tactically position the company for optimal performance with national healthcare initiatives. With many years of knowledge and experience, Dr. George is a former practicing emergency physician, emergency department chair and board member of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). He is also an attorney, a certified diplomat of the American Board of Law and Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine. Active in numerous professional and trade associations, Dr. George is a national authority on the medico-legal aspects of emergency care. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, a Fellow of ACEP and former president of the New Jersey chapter of ACEP. In 2003, Dr. George was selected to receive the New Jersey ACEP Distinguished Service Award. This award is presented annually to a member of ACEP who has contributed outstanding service to the New Jersey chapter by providing significant help in achieving one or more of the chapter’s goals and objectives. Dr. George received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and his medical and law degrees from the University of Louisville.
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About TeamHealth Holdings: Team Health are a healthcare organization committed to quality, efficiency, and exceptional patient care .
Oliver Rogers
CEO, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of TeamHealth Holdings
With more than 40 years of management skills and knowledge, Oliver brings more than a wealth of experience to the table. He oversees the national field operations of TeamHealth, including: • Emergency Medicine • Anesthesiology • Hospital Medicine, including intensivists and post-acute practices • Hospital Medicine Subspecialties • Ambulatory Care • Spectrum Healthcare Resources, focusing on staffing for governmental healthcare facilities • D&Y, concentrating on locum tenens and permanent placement • PhysAssist, emphasizing medical scribes Oliver has more than 40 years of management experience in a variety of healthcare organizations, including hospitals and large physician practice groups. He joined TeamHealth in 2003 as executive vice president and accelerated to CEO of the Southeast division in 2006. Under his leadership, TeamHealth Southeast experienced unprecedented growth and client retention. Oliver was promoted to the president of TeamHealth Hospital Based Services in 2010 and was responsible for national contract management of TeamHealth’s Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Anesthesiology, Ambulatory Care, and Hospital Medicine Subspecialties practice areas. Before taking on leadership roles with TeamHealth, Oliver was responsible for a $1.5 billion revenue division of a publicly traded healthcare company. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina and a master’s degree in health administration from Duke University.
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About TeamHealth Holdings: Team Health are a healthcare organization committed to quality, efficiency, and exceptional patient care .
Pamela Maynard
Chief Executive Officer of Avanade
As President, Europe, Africa and Latin America, Pamela Maynard is responsible for directing strategy and operations across 14 geographies. Pamela has more than 15 years of experience in IT consulting, with a strong emphasis on driving customer excellence. Before assuming the role of EALA President, she served as general manager of Avanade UK, driving the development of innovative solutions to help Avanade’s customers realise results. Pamela joined Avanade UK in 2008 as head of enterprise applications and infrastructure consulting. In that role, she was responsible for development, information management and collaboration, infrastructure consulting, project management and outsourcing. Pamela came to Avanade from Capgemini, where she spearheaded IT performance improvement for global clients. She has also held IT strategy and programme management positions at Ernst & Young and consultancy roles at Oracle.
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About Avanade: Avanade provides innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem.
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
Gabriel Moncayo
CEO and Co-Founder of AlwaysHired
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About AlwaysHired: AlwaysHired is a full-time, remote technology sales bootcamp & training program.
Andrew Crebar
Founder & CEO of Sapling
Andy Crebar is the founder and CEO at Sapling.
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About Sapling: Sapling is a People Operations Platform
Seth Hallem
Co-Founder & CEO of Mobile Helix
Seth Hallem is the CEO, Co-founder and Chief Architect of Mobile Helix. Seth’s academic and professional experience is in software security, architecture, and development. While at Stanford, Seth become a co-founder and the CEO of Coverity, Inc., the leader in advanced software development testing. Seth served as Coverity’s CEO from 2002 to 2010, during which time the company grew to over 150 employees and 1,000 customers worldwide. Coverity was acquired by Synopsys for $375 million in February 2014. Seth has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University where he also started a PhD program in advanced software analysis techniques. In 2008 Seth was recognized as an MIT “TR35” recipient for contributions in the field of software quality and testing.
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About Mobile Helix: Wiith LINK, attorneys & knowledge professionals work from anywhere. Compare, annotate, edit, email documents using a single encrypted app.
Gordon Landies
Chief Executive Officer of Officework Software
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About GL Ventures, Officework Software: OfficeWork Software is an innovator of workforce planning and visualization solutions since 2005.
Gregory Gittrich
Chief Executive Officer of Creatively
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About Creatively: Creatively connects the creative community through best-in-class portfolios, collaborative features, and opportunities around the globe.
Gabriel Manjarrez
CEO of Maxitransfers
Gabriel Manjarrez is the Chief Executive Officer at Maxi Transfers.
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About Maxitransfers: Maxitransfers offers business services such as money transfer, bill payment, pre-paid long-distance calling and top-ups.
David Yount
CEO & Founder of LicenseLogix
David Yount is the CEO and Founder at LicenseLogix.
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About LicenseLogix: LicenseLogix specializes in streamlining the license and permit needs of businesses.
Robert Ferri
Founder & CEO of Robert Ferri Partners
Robert Ferri is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Robert Ferri Partners since September 2008. Bob has helped found, grow and finance a number of companies in the United States and Europe, including online securities brokers, trading and other transaction technology providers and enterprise solutions companies. Bob maintains a similar focus as a founding Partner of Catapult Technology Ventures, which concentrates on private technology companies in the U.S.A. Bob has international experience in financial communications, having launched and headed media relations departments for The Nasdaq Stock Market and its parent organization, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., as well as Montgomery Securities, a prominent investment bank focused on growth companies. At two Omnicom firms, Bob launched the San Francisco-based Financial Communications and Investor Relations Practice, which grew quickly to serve publicly traded and IPO-track companies, as well as financial services firms, throughout the United States. In Washington, D.C., Bob was Executive Assistant for Communications to United States Senator John Heinz. Bob also was a Columnist and Reporter in the Washington bureau of Thomson Newspapers, Inc., a chain of more than 100 daily newspapers. Bob was Founding Owner and President of The Amherst News, Inc., a weekly newspaper in his native Massachusetts. Bob also served as Editor of two daily newspapers. Bob, who has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has a wide range of experience in politics and government. A frequent commentator in electronic and print media, he has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University and other institutions of higher education, as well as a speaker to business and civic organizations. Bob serves on the U.S. Boards of Directors of Etherstack, Inc., a London-based wireless software company and Minerva Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology licensing company based in the Bay Area of California. A member of the Dean’s Alumni Leadership Council of Harvard’s Kennedy School and the San Francisco Area Advisory Committee of the Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard College, Bob serves on the not-for-profit Boards of Directors of the Resource Center for the United Nations, the American Liver Foundation’s Northern California Chapter and the Presidio YMCA in San Francisco. At the 1988 Super Bowl in San Diego, Bob was a Member of an on-field camera crew for NFL Films. A native of Massachusetts, Bob is a resident of Sausalito, CA.
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About Levine Media Group, Robert Ferri Partners: Robert Ferri Partners is an strategic advisory group.
Volodymyr Zastavnyy
CEO and Founder of Newoldstamp
Volodymyr Zastavnyy is the CEO and founder of Newoldstamp.
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About Newoldstamp: Newoldstamp is an email signatures marketing platform that turns user’s email into a powerful advertising tool.
Dan Wagner
Co-Founder & CEO of CloudSmartz, Inc.
Dan Wagner is co-founder and CEO of CloudSmartz, Inc., a business transformation and IT services company that was recently established through merger of CloudSmartz LLC and IPLogic. The combined company provides a wide array of IT services all designed to help energize businesses, innovate through bundling of native and best in class IT solutions, create Cloud growth strategies, improve operating performance, and focus companies on actions that rapidly enhance enterprise value. Dan most recently held the position of President of XO Business Services, where he managed more than 1,800 finance, marketing, sales, care, and service delivery employees nationwide who interact daily with XO business customers. Prior to XO, Dan was an executive with Global Crossing (now Level 3), where he held several titles over his 14 years including Executive Vice President of Enterprise and Collaboration Services, President of Europe, and Chief Information Officer. He began his career with Accenture where he spent several years working in Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, and other high performing industries. Dan attended Cornell University where he earned his BS in Electrical Engineering.
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About CloudSmartz, Inc.: SDN/NFV Productization, Agile Development, Digital Transformation, DCX Portals, Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO)
Lee Henson
CEO & President of AgileDad
V. Lee Henson is one of only 200 or so Certified Scrum Trainers worldwide. His client list includes more than forty of the Fortune 100 companies and many successful agile implementations. Lee’s unique blend of real-world experience in various roles—combined with his ability to drive home complex concepts—makes him an amazing coach. Lee has personally assisted in the organizational transformation of companies from start-ups to enterprise intercontinental. He has served as chairperson for the Scrum Alliance Certification Advisory Board and is the inventor of Rapid Release Planning. Lee is a SAFe Scaled Agile Program Consultant, Project Management Professional, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, and a Certified Lean Agile Professional.
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About AgileDad: AgileDad
Sudhakar Kesavan
Chairman & CEO of ICF
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About ICF: ICF is a global consulting and technology services provider focused on making big things possible for our clients.
Santiago Bibiloni
CEO of COR
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About COR: COR is a provider of solutions that intelligently suggests how to manage their projects, teams, and finances.
Joseph Chalhoub
President, CEO & Director of Heritage-Crystal Clean
President, CEO & Director at Heritage-Crystal Clean.
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About Heritage-Crystal Clean: Heritage-Crystal Clean is a leading provider of parts cleaning, used oil, re-refining, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste services
Tricia Sciortino
CEO of BELAY, Inc.
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About BELAY, Inc.: Growing Organizations. Virtually.
David Spinks
Founder and CEO of CMX
David is the founder and CEO of CMX Media. Above all else, David seeks to help and empower community builders. He started CMX Summit and CMX Hub after he noticed that the thousands of community builders in the world weren’t talking to one another. Before CMX, David co-founded an online cooking school called Feast (part of 500 Startups) and BlogDash, a platform to help businesses with blogger outreach. As a consultant and employee, David has worked with some amazing companies such as Zaarly, LeWeb, Udemy, Seatgeek, Binpress, and more. Hailing from New York originally, he now lives in the Mission District of San Francisco.
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About Bevy, CMX: CMX is advancing the community industry and helping community professionals thrive.
Shani Dowell
Founder & CEO of Possip
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About Possip: Possip develops a feedback-sharing platform to facilitate two-way communication between parents and teachers.
Karen Routt
Founder & CEO of Magnolia Prime
Karen Routt is a subject matter expert in the field of aging as a result of working in the field for two decades. My talents are strongest at the intersection of aging, technology, health care and housing. My passion is to develop solutions for people that promote their continued independence and well-being while navigating the challenges of aging and health care.
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About Magnolia Prime: Magnolia Prime developed the patent-pending Telebeneficiary™ Service.
Drew Zabrocki
Founder and CEO of Centricity
Drew Zabrocki is the founder and CEO at Centricity.
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About Centricity: Centricity develops and provides an efficient, real-time knowledge sharing framework workflow tool.
Barbara Yu
Founder & CEO of UniCareer
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About UniCareer: UniCareer offers an online educational technology platform that targets various stages of professional development needs.
