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 Service Industry 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.
Willy Schlacks
CEO & Co-Founder of EquipmentShare
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About EquipmentShare, Scale: EquipmentShare is an equipment and digital solutions provider serving the construction industry to help contractors accelerate productivity.
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Jay Gotra
CEO of Alliance Security
Jay Gotra began his own security system company in 2003: Alliance Security. He started the company in his own apartment with just 2 employees. Fast forward 11 years, and Jay was able to grow the company to a projected $115 million in sales for 2016 with close to 700 employees. In addition to building Alliance into the successful home security solutions company that it is today, Jay enjoys devoting his time and resources to the fight against domestic violence. In the past 2 years, Jay Gotra and Alliance Security have joined forces with Ten Men. This Rhode Island-based initiative based empowers non-violent men to combat domestic violence. The initiative consists of programming that creates a dialogue about how men can help end this violence through education. As a member of Ten Men, Jay and Alliance provide free home security systems and monitoring to those at risk of domestic violence who are currently living in transitional housing. To date, Alliance has provided these security solutions to 60 transitional homes. Alliance provides free installation, equipment and monitoring for 2 years, all free-of-charge to the residents. At the two year mark, the free service either continues or the equipment is installed at a new transitional home in need of protection. Jay couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to use his professional work to help those in need. He is also deeply appreciative for being named as one of 2015’s 40 Under Forty by Providence Business News (PBN). This is a great honor that recognizes forty members of the Rhode Island community who have had professional success and also strive to make a positive difference in the world on a local, national and/or an international scale. These winners were honored at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick on July 23, 2015.
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About Alliance Security: Alliance Security is a security systems company that prides itself on protecting homes around the clock all over the United States.
Xuan Yong
CEO / Co-Founder of Workrise
Xuan Yong is a co-founder & CEO at RigUp, a technology company that develops a platform to support the energy workforce.
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About Workrise: Workrise is a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry.
Thomas Ryan
Chief Executive Officer of Service Corp International
Mr. Ryan was elected Chairman of the Board of SCI effective in January 2016 and, previously, he had been appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2005. He joined the Company in 1996 and served in a variety of financial management roles until November 2000, when he was asked to serve as Chief Executive Officer of European Operations based in Paris, France. In July 2002, Mr. Ryan returned to the United States where he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of SCI. Before joining SCI, Mr. Ryan was a certified public accountant with Coopers & Lybrand LLP for eight years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ryan serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Greater Houston. Mr. Ryan also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Greater Houston Community Foundation Governing Council, the Board of Directors of Genesys Works and the University of Texas McCombs Business School Advisory Council. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Board of Trust Managers of Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) and serves as director of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK).
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About Service Corp International: SCI is North America’s provider of funeral and cemetery services, with shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
John Bartling
CEO & President of Invitation Homes
John B. Bartling, Jr. chairs our Manager’s Investment Committee and is one of our Class I directors. He is also our Co-Chief Executive Officer (a position he shares with Todd S. Schuster). Mr. Bartling is a Senior Partner in and Co-Head of the Ares Real Estate Group and serves on the Management Committee of Ares. Mr. Bartling serves on the Ares Real Estate Group’s U.S. Equity, Europe Equity, and Real Estate Debt Investment Committees. He may from time to time serve as an officer, director or principal of entities affiliated with Ares Management or of investment funds managed by Ares Management and its affiliates. From May 2007 to September 2010, he was Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of AllBridge Investments, a portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation. AllBridge sponsored four real estate investment funds, three of which Mr. Bartling saw through to disposition, and one corporate investment, Helix Financial, a commercial real estate due diligence and analytics firm with operations in India, which AllBridge sold to BlackRock Solutions in 2010. Prior to AllBridge, Mr. Bartling founded WMC Management Company, a privately held real estate operating company with over 3,000 employees and clients including Olympus Real Estate Partners, Arnold Palmer Golf Management, or APGM, Walden, and Hyphen Solutions. Mr. Bartling took Walden private as CEO in 2000, and sold it in March 2006 to a subsidiary of Dubai Investment Group. From December 1995 to October 1999, Mr. Bartling served as the CEO and President for Lexford, f/k/a Cardinal Realty, a publicly traded, fully integrated multifamily real estate investment trust. Lexford merged with Equity Residential Properties Trust in 1999. Before Lexford, Mr. Bartling served as Director of the Real Estate Products Group of Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to CSFB, Mr. Bartling served as an Executive Vice President of NHP Incorporated. Mr. Bartling’s previous professional experience also includes Trammell Crow Residential, as a Development Principal, and Mellon Bank, N.A. as a Vice President of the Commercial Mortgage Banking Group. Mr. Bartling has served on the Board of Directors of APGM, the Children’s Hospital Research for Ohio State University, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: Leadership Forum on Pension Fund and Endowment Investments in Domestic Emerging Markets, Big Brothers and Big Sisters Association of Columbus, Ohio and the NMHC Board of Directors. Additionally, he has served on the Executive Council and as Chairman of the Finance Committee for the National Multi Housing Council. Currently, Mr. Bartling is a member of Real Estate Round Table and on the Board of Directors of Texas Real Estate Council. Mr. Bartling won the BBB Business Integrity Award for Lexford, Inc in 1996 and was a judge for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He was the co-founder of Caring Partners for Kids, awarded the 2004 Community Service Award by Multifamily Executive, and served on the Strategic Planning Committee of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas. Mr. Bartling received a B.S. in Marketing from Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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About Invitation Homes: Invitation Homes specializes in acquiring single family homes in situations such as foreclosure or short sale, rehabilitating, leasing.
John Stankey
CEO of AT&T
John Stankey is the Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Entertainment Group at AT&T.John is responsible for the company’s position facing the consumer market segment. John leads strategy, marketing and operations around the development and distribution of a premier entertainment experience. John oversees AT&T’s entertainment offerings including TV, video and content development, its consumer mobility and wireless products and its high speed Internet services as well as its advertising business. John previously served as Chief Strategy Officer, where he led the company’s corporate strategy, M&A, and business development initiatives. Before that, John served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business Solutions, where he was responsible for serving AT&T’s business customers worldwide and all of AT&T’s shared services including capital planning, engineering, network operations, information technology, supply chain and corporate real estate. In his three-decade career, John also has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Operations, Inc. and as Group President-Telecom Operations, where he was responsible for the company’s former five regional telecom units. John’s responsibilities also have included Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T’s Southwest Region, and President of Industry Markets. John is on the Board of Visitors at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. John also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at UPS and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. A native of California, John earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 1985 and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from UCLA in 1991.
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About AT&T, WarnerMedia: AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, local exchange, and long-distance services.
Barry Pennypacker
President and Chief Executive Officer, Manitowoc Cranes of The Manitowoc Company
Barry L. Pennypacker, President and Chief Executive Officer since 2015. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, Mr. Pennypacker served as Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Lean LLC, a privately held manufacturer and supplier of precision components headquartered in Baltimore, MD. Previously, he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of engineered industrial machinery and related parts and services. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Mr. Pennypacker served in positions of increasing responsibility at Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, The Stanley Works, and Danaher Corporation.
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About The Manitowoc Company: Manitowoc Company Inc is an American global company specializing in products for the food service industry.
Jaroslaw Gabor
CEO of Bertelsmann
Jaroslaw Gabor is CEO of Bertelsmann Inc., the US headquarters, and CFO of Bertelsmann Education Group. Headquartered in Gutersloh, Germany, Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, trade book publisher Penguin Random House, magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, service providers Arvato and Be Printers, the music rights company BMG and e-learning provider Relias Learning. The company has more than 112,000 employees and generated revenues of €16.7 billion in 2014. Jaroslaw Gabor joined Bertelsmann in 2006 as Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions after working in various positions at the energy company Eon and at Deloitte. In the following years he assisted with several of the Group’s large transactions such as the sale of various Direct Group businesses, numerous BMG acquisitions and also the merger of Penguin and Random House to become the world’s largest book publisher. At Penguin Random House he was jointly responsible for the integration of the two publishing groups. In parallel, Jaroslaw Gabor worked on the development of the Bertelsmann Education Strategy and the acquisition of Relias Learning. He currently resides in New York.
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About Bertelsmann: Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation that operates in about 50 countries around the world.
John Haley
CEO of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Valentina Corbetta
CEO & Head of Strategy of QUAAB
Hailing from the province of Como, Italy, Valentina is a New York-based all-around strategist. Founder of QUAAB, her mission is to work with organizations that share her commitment to changing the reality around them, better people’s lives, and bolster social advancement. Over the years, Valentina has helped 2000+ startups in the delicate growth stages through her marketing, communication, and digital strategy expertise. She has also partnered with the governments of Italy, Japan, and South Korea on business development programs and various institutions, including Columbia University, Italian Trade Agency (I.T.A.) New York, and E.R.A. Global on marketing strategy mentoring projects. More recently, Valentina’s proud Italian roots have driven her to open a new department at QUAAB, specializing in strategic consulting for the internationalization process of Made-in-Italy brands.
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About PodcastFarm, QUAAB: QUAAB is a communication and marketing boutique agency based in NYC.
Abhijeet Dwivedi
Co-founder & CEO of ZeroDown
Abhijeet Dwivedi is the co-founder and CEO of ZeroDown. Previously, Abhijeet was the COO and CSO at Zenefits. Prior to Zenefits he was with McKinsey. He holds a Masters in IT from University of Pennsylvania and Bachelors in Materials Engineering from IIT-Varanasi.
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About ZeroDown: ZeroDown is a real estate startup that focuses on providing an affordable homeownership solution.
Hal Lubsen
Chief Executive Officer of Afilias
Hal Lubsen is a co-founder of Afilias, and has over 50 years of business experience including 17 years in the Domain Name industry, through executive roles at both Domain Name companies and associations. In 1997 he co-founded the Registrar Domain Bank, one of the Internet’s first Registrars and one of Afilias’ founding members, and remained involved in the business until it was sold in 2005. Hal was formerly an Executive Committee member of the Internet Council of Registrars (CORE), a Swiss not-for-profit membership association of Domain Name businesses that was formed in 1997. He has been a director of Afilias since it was founded and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since 2001. Highlights during Hal’s tenure at Afilias include the launch and development of .INFO and the transition of .ORG onto the Afilias registry platform. Hal is 72 years old.
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About Afilias: Afilias provides back end domain name registry services, DNS, idn and RFID services.
Will Graylin
Co-Founder & CEO of LoopPay
Will has built several successful companies in the mobile computing space. With his background in electrical engineering, computer science and psycho-acoustics (how humans perceive sound), he founded OnVocal to tackle the fundamental problems with how we hear and are heard when interacting with our smartphones and other devices. Founder CEO of LoopPay sold to Samsung, now Global Co-GM Samsung Pay; Board of Directors Synchrony (SYF NYSE); MIT Connection Science Fellow; Founder/CEO of: ROAM Data (sold to Ingenico); WAY System (sold to Verifone); EntitleNet (sold to BEA/Oracle); MIT Dual Masters; Nuclear Submarine Officer;
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About Indigo Technologies, LoopPay, MIT Media Lab, Onvocal, OV Loop: LoopPay is an m-commerce platform provider that enables retail consumers to pay with their mobile phones.
Albern Murty
CEO of DiGi Telecommunications
Albern was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2015. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd. Since joining Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd in 2002, he has held roles in Project Planning and Controls, Product Management and Product Development, and as Head of Strategy and New Business, Acting Co-Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. Before Digi, his previous experience includes business and commercial management roles in Lucent Technologies across the Asian region. Albern holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Advertising Management from Portland State University, Oregon, USA.
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About DiGi Telecommunications, Lucent, Telenor: Digi Telecommunications provides wireless telecommunications services such as mobile and fixed telephony services and data services.
Bruce Lehrman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of INVOLTA
Bruce Lehrman, Founder, Chief Executive Officer is best known for his entrepreneurial spirit and ability to build world-class technology organizations. He has been involved in three greenfield business start-ups and has also worked with large, nationally recognized brands. In 2007 he founded Involta LLC, a privately held multi-tenant data center and IT services company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Involta builds, owns and operates world-class, multi-tenant data centers throughout the Country. Involta was named the second fastest growing IT Company in the country in 2010, according to Inc. Magazine 500 Fastest Growing Companies (#40 overall). Involta was selected Company of the Year by the Technology Association of Iowa, and Lehrman was named CEO of the Year at the same event. Lehrman was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010 by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, Involta was awarded Fastest Growing Company by CBJ as well as winning the Prometheus Award for IT Service Company of the Year. Lehrman was recognized as the Entrepreneur of the Year by Corridor Business Journal. Lehrman is on the Board of the Entrepreneurial Development Center, Technology Association of Iowa (as 2013 Chairman), Iowa Seed Fund, MEDCO, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Van Meter Industrial. Prior to Involta, Lehrman was CIO of RuffaloCODY.
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About INVOLTA: Involta builds, owns, and operates multi-tenant data centers in secondary markets throughout the United States.
Andy Wirth
President & CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Resort
Mr. Andrew Wirth, also known as Andy, serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Alpine Meadows of Tahoe, Inc. Mr. Wirth has been the Chief Executive Officer of Squaw Valley Ski Corporation since August 2, 2010 and serves as its President. He served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation since June 2009. He has direct responsibilities for all aspects of marketing and sales at the resort. He serves as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing – Steamboat of Intrawest ULC since June 1, 2006. He served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Intrawest ULC (formerly Intrawest Corp.), since July 2007. He joined Intrawest as a result of the acquisition of Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation that was completed in March 2007. He has 24 years of sales and marketing experience and based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation. He serves as the President of Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Board of Directors. He has been a Trustee of Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority since July 2013. Mr. Wirth has a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University and attended Edinburgh University in Scotland.
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About Squaw Valley Ski Resort: Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States.
Justin Wetherill
Chief Executive Officer of uBreakiFix
Justin Wetherill is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of uBreakiFix
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About uBreakiFix: uBreakiFix is an international electronics repair franchise that operates in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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.
Paran Johar
Founder & CEO of Modern Marketing Summit
Paran Johar is [JumpTap](/organization/jumptap)’s Chief Marketing Officer. Before joining JumpTap, Mr. Johar was EVP of Digital Marketing for North America and Managing Director of MRM’s Los Angeles office. Prior to MRM, Mr. Johar was GM of the Los Angeles office for Tribal DDB where he was responsible for all online media, SEM, and SEO activities.
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About Modern Marketing Summit: Modern Marketing Summits are the quintessential thought leadership forums for brand, agency and mobile leaders to learn and network
Kirk Posmantur
Founder & CEO of Axcess Worldwide
Kirk Posmantur is the Chairman & Founder of Axcess Worldwide, a partnership development company that creates inspired ideas and connects extraordinary brands and people. With over 20 years of experience generating hundreds of millions of dollars in contracted revenue for many of the world’s top brands in the luxury and lifestyle, consumer mass, and hospitality and travel sectors, Kirk is widely recognized as the pioneer and innovator of partnership development. Axcess currently represents over 50 of the world’s leading brands. Kirk is greatly involved in multiple charities and has served as the Chairman of the Board for the Atlanta chapter of After School All-Stars since 2000, raising over $20 million for his charity’s chapter. Kirk earned his undergraduate degree at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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About 25Madison, Axcess Worldwide: Axcess Worldwide are Axcess Worldwide, and Axcess Worldwide are the world’s first partnership development company.
Jarrod Yuster
Chairman, Founder and Co-CEO of Pico
Jarrod has over 20 years of experience in institutional trading. Prior to founding Pico, Jarrod served as Global Head of Electronic Trading at Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw the business from its inception and was responsible for sales, trading, risk, execution service, product development and quantitative analytics for these products worldwide. Before his work on Wall Street, Jarrod served as a product engineer, performing semiconductor research at Intel.
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About Pico: Pico is a provider of technology services for the global financial markets community.
Will Pacio
Co-Founder and CEO of Pared
A veteran in the restaurant industry. Will started as a cook at Per Se in New York and went on to run IT for Thomas Keller’s restaurants. He was founder and CEO of Spice Kit, a popular fast-casual concept. Studied at Stanford. Trained at the French Culinary Institute.
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About Pared: Pared is a market network for hospitality professionals.
Tom Egan
Chief Executive Officer of MV Transportation
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise, MV Transportation: MV Transportation is a privately-owned passenger transportation contracting firm that provides paratransit services.
Deboshree Dutta
Founder & CEO of Criya
Deb is a Tech entrepreneur & Product Management Leader with over a decade of experience leading global Product, UX & Engineering teams at companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Cisco etc. She is also invited to the FORBES leadership council and co-leads the Women in Product Bay area chapter. Deb is the Founder & CEO of Criya- a platform with a mission to empowers creatives to launch their virtual design studio in minutes and start working with clients instantly. Criya is a YCombinator W22 company. At PayPal, Deb was Head of Product leading a global team of product managers responsible for driving PayPal’s AI powered Customer Success experiences. Prior to joining PayPal, Deb was Head of Product at Hitachi’s smart city IoT group. Deb is also the Founder of Deesignplay blog – with a global following over 150,000 and has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Kitchn, Omysa etc. Visit Deb’s blog on Instagram (@deesignplay) and website (www.deesignplay.com) Deb was awarded the EB-1 (A) Green Card by the US Govt for her contributions in the Product Management space in the industry. This category of Green Card is reserved for individuals that the US Govt deems has demonstrated Extraordinary abilities and has generated significant value (through revenue and impact) in the related field. Deb is a strong Advocate for Women in Tech & Leadership and is a Featured Speaker at several events – ProductCon2019, Product Event 2019, – keynote speaker at UC Berkeley, Santa Clara business school, HPE panelist – Product School instructor – TV interview at RegalixTV – Won Expat Women’s hackathon in “Girls in STEM” track – Launched the Women in tech platform at Hitachi Data Systems Bay Area chapter
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About Criya, PayPal: Empowering creators and enabling their business
Chris Albrecht
President, CEO of Starz Entertainment
Chris Albrecht changed the television landscape when he was CEO at HBO, transforming the company from a movie-focused cable TV service into a worldwide leader in original programming and creating such hit series as “Sex and the City,” “The Sopranos,” and “Six Feet Under.” This summer — just after Albrecht reupped as CEO of Starz, which he joined in January 2010 — the company was bought by Lionsgate in a deal that creates a vertically integrated global content platform with one of the largest independent television businesses in the world, a 16,000-title film and television library and a premium pay network serving nearly 25 million subscribers.Previously, Albrecht worked at International Creative Management where he signed and represented comedians including Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy and Billy Crystal; he also co-founded Comic Relief, which in 20 years raised more than $50 million to benefit the homeless.
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About Starz Entertainment: Starz Entertainment is a provider of premium subscription video programming through the flagship.
Dan Doctoroff
Founder & CEO of Sidewalk Labs
Dan Doctoroff is one of the world’s leading urban visionaries and a champion of leveraging technology and data for social change. As the CEO of Bloomberg LP, the leading provider of financial information, Dan led the company through the financial crisis, nearly doubled company revenue in seven years, diversified into new products and markets and dramatically increased the size and influence of its news organization. Prior to Bloomberg, Dan led a wholesale reimagining of New York City’s physical and economic landscape as the City’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding. He spearheaded the effort to revive New York after the attacks of 9/11 through a five-borough economic development strategy which included the most ambitious land-use transformation in the city’s modern history; the largest affordable housing program ever launched by an American city; and the creation of PlaNYC, New York’s pathbreaking sustainability plan, which has become a model for integrated urban planning around the world. Dan was previously a Managing Partner at Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm.
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About Sidewalk Labs: Sidewalk Labs works with cities to build products that address urban problems.
Bill Morrow
CEO of Acumera
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About Acumera, Quarri Technologies: Acumera builds and manages PCI compliant networks for multi-location retailers and restauraunts.
Dan Laufer
CEO of PipeDreams Ventures
Dan is co-founder of PipeDreams Ventures. He previously led Growth and Product Marketing and Nextdoor and was cofounder of RentLingo, the apartment search site.
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About PipeDreams Ventures, RentLingo: PipeDreams Ventures is a venture-backed company building tech-powered home services providers.
Michael Bush
CEO of Great Place to Work Institute, Inc
Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work, is responsible for the growth and management of our global network’s U.S. business. He joined the company at a time of rapid growth, and brings over 30 years of experience in growing consulting organizations and increasing efficiencies of innovative business units. Michael has served as President of 8 Factors, an online learning organization, CEO of Clark Sustainable Resource Developments, and CEO of Tetra Tech Communications which he grew from $40 million to $300 million in revenues. His first book, A Great Place to Work for All: Better for Business, Better for People, Better for the World, is available everywhere in March 2018 (Berrett-Kohler).
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About Great Place to Work Institute, Inc: Great Place to Work Institute, Inc is an institute of consulting that studies work environments by collecting and analyzing information.
Luke Marklin
CEO of Bellhop
Mr. Luke Marklin has been Chief Executive Officer at Bellhops, Inc. since July 2017. Mr. Marklin spent three years helping oversaw Uber’s growth in Atlanta, Nashville and other Southeastern markets. He earned business degrees with honors from both Purdue University and Harvard universities. He holds MBA from Harvard University.
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About Bellhop: Bellhop is a moving company that offers moving solutions for the individual.
Frank Mycroft
Co-founder & CEO of Booster
Frank Mycroft is the co-founder and CEO of Booster, the leading mobile energy delivery platform providing a diverse portfolio of conventional, renewable and alternative fuels to vehicle fleets and consumers across the U.S.
Booster’s network of direct-to-vehicle fuel delivery pairs with an advanced telematics/routing platform rich with insights enabling its customers to achieve their sustainability goals while simultaneously reducing costs — a rare combination, and the key to accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future. By reducing trips to the gas station, Booster prevents an estimated 22,400 lbs of carbon emissions per year.
Mycroft and colleagues Tyler Raugh and Diego Netto co-founded Booster Fuels in 2014. Prior to Booster, Mycroft worked as a rocket scientist for NASA and Boeing. He also served as the Vice President of Strategy for Planetary Resources, a robotics company that aspired to mine asteroids in space.
Mycroft has an MBA from Harvard, two M.S. degrees in Science & Engineering and Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford, and a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. Silicon Valley Business Journal named Mycroft a “40 Under 40” honoree in 2020. Mycroft and Booster have been covered by major media outlets such as Reuters, Forbes, CNBC, TechCrunch and The Wall Street Journal.
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About Booster: Booster is energy delivered, integrated logistics, and society’s solution for decarbonizing last-mile delivery.
Jonathan B. Handler
Founder and CEO of YINC
Jonathan B. Handler is the founder & CEO at YINC.
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About YINC: YINC leverages Blockchain technology to transform the service-to-hire industry for consumers & real estate mgmt companies.
Bankim Brahmbhatt
President & CEO of Bankai Group
Bankim Brahmbhatt is President and CEO at Bankai Group.
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About Bankai Group, Panamax Inc.: Bankai Group is a telecommunications company specializing in billing, routing, and VoIP Solutions.
Erez Katz
CO-Founder & CEO of Neuravest Research
Erez Katz is an accomplished serial entrepreneur and a C-level executive with a proven track record of effective leadership, instilling operation efficiencies and driving profitable growth. Erez is the active CEO and Co-Founder of Neuravest research and was instrumental in architecting and designing Lucena’s flagship product QuantDesk®. Today, Erez shares his expertise in applying Lucena’s technology to help investment professionals generate Alpha, minimize risk via portfolio optimization and construct new portfolios using predictive analytics and machine learning technology. Prior to co-founding Lucena with Dr. Tucker Balch, Erez was the founder of Objectware Inc, a web technology company, which was sold in 2007 to Bridgeline Digital. Erez was instrumental in growing Bridgeline and in its transition to the public domain on Nasdaq. Erez also assumed Bridgeline’s Chief Operating Officer through 2011.
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About Neuravest Research: Neuravest Research offers decision support technology services for investment professionals, including hedge funds and wealth advisors.
Robert Gillette
President & CEO of ServiceMaster
Robert J. Gillette was named chief executive officer of ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. in June 2013. Gillette’s business career spans 31 years, including executive roles at General Electric, Honeywell and First Solar. Gillette is a proven leader with broad experience in a variety of industries and a track record of delivering top-line growth, margin expansion and operational excellence. Previously, Gillette was the chief executive officer at First Solar, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of solar cells and solar power plants. At First Solar, he expanded and refined the company’s global manufacturing capabilities and led the company to approximately 50 percent revenue growth. Previously, Gillette spent 12 years at Honeywell International, including roles as president and CEO of two of the largest divisions, Transportation Systems and Aerospace. Before Honeywell, he spent 10 years with GE, serving in variety of field and leadership roles, including general manager of GE Plastics South America. Gillette started his career as an account executive with Owens Corning.
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About ServiceMaster: The ServiceMaster Company, LLC is a leading provider of essential residential and commercial services.
Ale Resnik
Co-founder and CEO of Belong
Alejandro “Ale” Resnik (born April 18, 1982) is an Argentine-born American serial entrepreneur. Ale is the Founder and CEO of Belong, a US plattform for long term home renting. Resnik’s third company was Beepi, a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling automobiles. In 2017, Ale joined venutre capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as Founder in Residence. In 2014, Resnik was named a Top Innovator Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review. Early life and education Resnik was raised in Argentina and at the age of 18, he founded his first start up, a domain registrar named LatinDominios.com.] In 2000, he received an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from ORT in Argentina and in 2006, a MSc in industrial engineering from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires).In 2011, Resnik entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in 2013, graduated with an MBA from the Sloan School of Management in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Track. Global Vitamins In 2005, Resnik founded Global Vitamins, LTD, and became its CEO. The subscription-based e-commerce company, which sold vitamins and nutritional supplements directly to consumers, marketed to clients in Latin America and Europe. Resnik sold the 75-person company in 2011 to attend MIT. Beepi He co-founded Beepi, a “peer-to-peer” online used-car marketplace that failed to raise additional funding to operate and was sold off in January 2017. After exiting Beepi, Ale joined Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, based in Menlo Park, as Founder in Residence. Awards Top Innovator Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review in 2014. A jury member for the MIT Technology Review prize said the Resnik had created “an innovative model and disruptor for the American market” and added that the Beepi project has contributed “innovation in the field of electronic commerce.” In 2015, Resnik was named by Pulse to the LinkedIn “New Wave List” of the top 10 professionals under 35 influencing “what and how we drive.” Ale was awarded an academic merit scholarship at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology and the MIT Legatum Fellowship for Development and Entrepreneurship;
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About Andreessen Horowitz, Belong: Belong is a residential network that vertically integrates all aspects of the home rental and home improvement process.
Phil Shawe
President & CEO of TransPerfect
Phil Shawe co-founded TransPerfect in 1992. Today, TransPerfect is a global family of companies and the world’s largest privately held provider of language and business services. Shawe oversees the day-to-day operations of the company, headquartered in New York City. Under Shawe’s leadership, TransPerfect has received numerous awards and distinctions. The company is a three-time honoree of the Inc. 5000 Award, a six-time honoree of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and has earned multiple Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service. Crain’s New York Business has ranked TransPerfect as one of the largest privately held companies, as well as one of the largest women-owned companies, six years in a row. TransPerfect was also three times named one of the fastest-growing women-owned/led businesses in North America by Entrepreneur and the Women Presidents’ Organization. In 2008, Shawe was named to the prestigious “40 Under 40 list” by Crain’s New York Business. Shawe has spoken at New York University and Columbia University, and is a member of the Association for a Better New York (ABNY). Prior to his career in the language services industry, Shawe was a Financial Analyst at Chemical Bank and a Global Custody Consultant at Merrill Lynch. Shawe holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and he received his BS from the University of Florida where he triple majored in Finance, Marketing, and Risk Management.
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About TransPerfect: TransPerfect is a language services company offering multilingual translation and interpreting solutions to multinational businesses.
Ram Garg
Founder and CEO of Software Assurance, LLC
Ram Garg, a serial entrepreneur is Founder and CEO at Software Assurance, LLC; a Dallas-based IT company offering Web, Mobile App Development and Testing Services. He has 25+ years of extensive experience in global IT and Software Industry with strong business acumen and technical agility. He has held wide range of leadership roles and executed mission critical projects while managing diverse global teams. Ram has worked with fortune 500 companies and, provided consulting services to companies such as IBM, Alcatel-Lucent and Fujitsu. He has extensive experience in working for diverse domains such as mobility and telecom, cloud/SaaS, finance, e-Commerce, gaming & entertainment, human resource, hospitality, real estate, education, etc. Ram is founding member of SID Information Framework (initiated by TM Forum Standards) which is used world-wide by most of the telecom solutions providers. He has served on Board of PMI Service & Outsourcing SIG and various other companies. Recently, he has joined YooLotto Board of Directors. As an Angel Investor, Ram has been actively involved in fueling entrepreneurial growth in Dallas Fort Worth Area. Over the last few years; he has invested in various fast growing Technology Startups and, additionally, is helping them with his technology expertise. Ram is a published author, and as an international speaker he has talked on topics focusing on how to deliver outsourced projects successfully.
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About appbiz360, Software Assurance, LLC, Tech Wildcatters, YooLotto: Web, Mobile App Development and Testing Solutions company
Max Coleman
Founder & CEO of Heal.me
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About Heal.me: Heal.me is a marketplace and booking platform that focuses on wellness practitioners.
Timothy McGrath
President and Chief Executive Officer of PC Connection
Mr. Timothy McGrath is President, Chief Executive Officer of PC Connection Inc. Mr. McGrath has served as Chief Executive Officer since August 2011, and as President since May 2010. Mr. McGrath served as Chief Operating Officer from May 2010 to August 2011. Mr. McGrath also served as Executive Vice President, PC Connection Enterprises from May 2007 to May 2010, as Senior Vice President, PC Connection Enterprises from December 2006 to May 2007, and as President of PC Connection Sales Corporation, sales subsidiary, from August 2005 to December 2006.
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About PC Connection: PC Connection is a direct marketer of a range of information technology (IT) solutions.
Kendall Ananyi
Founder & CEO of wifi.com.ng
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About Tizeti, wifi.com.ng: wifi.com.ng is a unlimited wifi internet provider.
Justin Effron
Co-Founder & CEO of ALICE
Justin Effron is the Co-Founder and of ALICE.
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About ALICE: ALICE connects every department of a hotel with one platform for all staff communication and guest requests.
David Broomhead
Founder & CEO of Trade Hounds
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About Trade Hounds: Trade Hounds is a mobile app connecting trade workers to job-related discussions and employment opportunities.
John P. Schwan
Founder, President and CEO of Schwan Financial Group
John P. Schwan is a highly experienced financial planning executive and the Founder and CEO of Schwan Financial Group. John specializes in allowing his clients to achieve clarity in analyzing their current financial situations. He has many years of experience helping others and strives to provide a service that caters to the most basic and sophisticated needs of his clients. John is the creator of The Master Plan Management System™, a strategy aiming to give clients clarity on their financial situation, confidence to take action towards achieving their goals, and the capability to manage going forward. He also conceived of The Ideal Plan Process™, which aims to develop a customized plan most suited to clients’ individual situations and needs. Financial planning executives Responsible for helping individuals and companies individuals examine their immediate and long-term financial situations to appropriate use their savings, income, and make investments. Analyze financial situations to determine risk, reward, and opportunity. John’s primary career responsibilities include: Preparing financial and business related analysis and research. Drafting consolidated forecasts and budgets and analyzes trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas. Develop financial review templates and meetings. Devise debt liquidation plans that include payoff priorities and timelines. Explain to clients the details of financial assistance available to college and university students, such as loans, grants, and scholarships. Implements financial planning recommendations. Determine clients’ current income, expenses, insurance coverage, tax status, financial objectives, risk tolerance, and other information needed to develop a financial plan. Monitor market trends. Make recommendations in areas such as areas as cash management, insurance coverage, and investment planning. John P. Schwan’s expertise is consistently sought out by fellow industry professionals: his holistic, personalized approached to Business Succession Planning is highly regarded across his field. John has spoken at various events and conferences, and his work has been featured in a number of publications including The Chicago Tribune, Investment Advisor, Financial Planning Magazine, Forbes, US News, and World Report. Disclaimer: This is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities, offer investment, planning, insurance or tax advice. Please visit Schwan Financial Group for more information.
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About Schwan Financial Group: Schwan Financial Groups simple and unique process allows clients to express themselves fully, providing a depth of service.
Benjamin Taft
Co-Founder & CEO of Mira
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About Mira: Mira is an operator of a mobile augmented reality company used to provide industrial-grade wearables and hands-free software technologies.
Githesh Ramamurthy
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc.
Githesh has held several key management positions since joining CCC in 1992 as EVP of product engineering and CTO. In 1997 he became president and COO. In June 2000, he was elected chairman of the board.
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About CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc.: CCC Information Services help companies improve their claims management process through better decision-making.
Jason Schreiber
CEO, CO-FOUNDER of LightSpeed Communications
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About LightSpeed Communications: LightSpeed is dedicated to revolutionizing how you connect and use the Internet.
Dinakar Munagala
Co-Founder and CEO of Blaize
Dinakar Munagala is the co-founder and CEO of Blaize.
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About Blaize: Blaize is an AI computing platforms company that develops products for the automotive, smart vision, and enterprise computing markets.
Gabriel Aronovich
Co-Founder,CEO of ALTSPACE
Gabriel Aronovich is Co-Founder and CEO at ALTSPACE.
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About 2G Realty, ALTSPACE: AltSpace is a better co-working experience. We help businesses collaborate and grow. Come join us.
Jon Iadonisi
Founder & CEO of VizSense
I love to design and build new types of technology businesses that tackle antiquated methods and legacy thinking. After successfully founding and exiting two profitable technology companies, my focus today is the intersection of art, science and public data. Currently, I’m blessed to be the Founder and CEO of VizSense, a Dallas-based Influencer Marketing and Sales Intelligence Firm that works with Fortune 5-5000 clients, delivering highly specialized marketing and sales campaigns engineered to a specific brand’s DNA.
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About San Diego State University, VizSense: A Micro-Influencer and Data Science Firm for brands.
Robert Johnston
Chief Executive Officer of Adlumin
Robert Johnston joined Adlumin as Chief Executive Officer in 2016.
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About Adlumin: Adlumin detects and stops identity based attacks.
Steve Weiss
Founder & CEO of MuteSix
Steve Weiss is an entrepreneur specializing in building Online Marketing Machines acquiring users at scale. His main skill sets lie in both the execution and the building/training of teams that execute high-level growth hacking and customer acquisition initiatives. Over the last 2 years, he has invested most of his time on both Facebook Ads for eCommerce customer acquisition and building high volume sales lead generation funnels for B2B customer acquisition.
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About MuteSix: MuteSix is a performance marketing agency specializing in Facebook advertising and Google Adwords.
Lynn Good
Vice Chairman, President & CEO of Duke Energy Corporation
Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation. Good has served as Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke Energy Corporation (electric utility) since July 2013. She served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Duke Energy from July 2009 to June 2013. Good is a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
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About Duke Energy Corporation, Duke Energy Corporation, Duke Energy Florida, Duke Energy Indiana: Duke Energy makes life better for every day by providing electric and gas services in a sustainable way – affordable, reliable and clean.
Brian Leader
CEO of Improveit! 360
Mr. Brian Leader is a Founder of improveit! 360, LLC and serves as its Co-Chief Executive Officer and Principal. Mr. Leader has expertise in training professional sales and marketing organizations. Mr. Leader earned B.A. in Marketing from University of Maryland.
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About Improveit! 360, Improveit! Home Remodeling: Improveit! 360 provides sales, marketing, and business software solutions for remodelers, contractors, and home professionals.
Seth Cammeyer
CEO of Improveit! 360
Mr. Seth Cammeyer is the Founder of improveit! 360, LLC and serves as its Co-Chief Executive Officer and Principal. Mr. Cammeyer has a twenty-year record of successful growth and execution within both the retail home improvement market and the related software market. He is renowned expertise in training professional sales and marketing organizations. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He has a B.A. in Accounting from University of Maryland.
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About Improveit! 360, Improveit! Home Remodeling: Improveit! 360 provides sales, marketing, and business software solutions for remodelers, contractors, and home professionals.
Donald Keith Mosing
Chairman and CEO of FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL
Mr. Mosing currently serves as the Chairman of our Board of Directors, our Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Mosing began working for the family company in 1965 at age 14. He established our third office, and first outside of Louisiana, in 1974, and then led the expansion of our operations across North America and into South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australia. Our international operations were formally organized into a separate company in 1981, with Mr. Mosing serving as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mosing was named Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of all of our U.S. companies in July 2011, upon the retirement of his father, Donald E. Mosing.
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About FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL: Frank’s International N.V. is a global oil services company
Nicci Levy
Founder/CEO of Alchemy 43
Nicci Levy is the Founder of Alchemy 43. As a cosmetics and skincare expert, and a forever lover of the beauty space, some of her earliest childhood memories are watching mom get ready for date nights with dad, and being the go-to makeup artist of her social circle. When it came time to find a part-time job in college, Nicci took her passion to Benefit Cosmetics where she gained formal training, and even had the opportunity to work abroad. It was at Benefit Cosmetics that she realized she could have fun, experience professional success, and have a meaningful impact on the confidence and lives of others—all through a career in the beauty industry. Nicci enjoyed a 10-year career in corporate cosmetics at companies including MAC Cosmetics and Nordstrom—where she piloted a personal shopping program for cosmetics and skincare—and ck Calvin Klein Beauty, where she launched their cosmetics line as the Director of Global Sales and Education. With an insatiable appetite for growth and a pure fascination with the ever evolving trends and techniques of the industry, Nicci was excited to learn about the medical aspects of microtreatments, and saw the shift as a natural next step in her career.
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About Alchemy 43: Alchemy 43 is a brand of cosmetic injectable clinics that delivers the highest quality cosmetic injectable treatments
Lucy Lyle
Founder and CEO of Perch
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About Perch: Design at Work – at home, the office and everywhere in between. Coming soon. .
Roope Marttila
Co-founder & CEO of Herculex.ai
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About Herculex.ai: Herculex.ai is a provider of legal artificial intelligence services.
Diya Obeid
Founder, CEO & President of JobDiva
As the Chief Executive Officer of JobDiva, Mr. Diya Obeid is responsible for setting the business and technology strategy of the company. With over 30 years of experience in IT consulting services, he has been an iconoclastic force in the recruitment industry. His longstanding commitment to technology and process improvement is evident by several pending patent applications for technologies related to search and the recruitment process. Mr. Obeid is also the founder of Axelon Services Corporation, a national Information Technology staffing and consulting organization established in 1977. The company is a preferred supplier to the largest and most successful companies in telecommunications, banking, brokerage, pharmaceutical and utility among others. Axelon has been recognized as the most favored supplier due to its customer service, quality, rapid delivery, and competitive pricing. Axelon’s success is directly related to its creation of innovative recruitment processes and technologies, embodied by JobDiva.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Manny Khoshbin
CEO of fuzul Inc.
After Arriving in the United Stated at age 14, Manny Khoshbin started selling used goods at the swap meet on the weekends while attending High School. At age 16 started his first real job at Kmart in city of Santa Ana with a wage of $3.15 per hour as a labor clerk mopping and collecting shopping carts in the parking lot. Manny was later promoted to employee of the month 4 times and eventually as Sporting Goods Assistant Manager after just one year. Manny wanted more than just a salary so he started looking for other job opportunities and found a multi-level marketing firm selling bags of Nuts and candies door-to-door. Manny applied for the job and in his first 2 months he become the highest revenue salesman in the company. one day shopping at Price Club (now Costco) with his father, Manny saw that all the goods he selling were sold in bulk and quickly did the math to realize that the cost per bag would be a fraction of what his employer is charging him. He went on started his own business at age 18 while in his last year of High School. He leased a small office, purchased a full pallet of the mixed dried fruits and nuts from Price Club, purchased polyester bags, purchased a scale, purchased a sealer and for labels he used his dads computer. he was officially in business! Manny sold mainly to auto retail/service centers and he did great – until he realized (by notice form health department) he needed to have a approved facility for packaging food products. He was forced to shutdown due to cost of upgrades to satisfy health codes. He was very disappointed to be forced to close down his business, but the manager of one of the stores he sold nuts to, was Winston tire shop liked him so much that he was hired and worked as assistant manager for a year. But as an entrepreneur at heart, he knew that this was only a stepping stone until he found his next venture. In 1991 at age 20 he was approached by his dads friend, a broker, about purchasing a Mobile gas station. He was told he could purchase one with just 10% down and so he jumped at the opportunity investing all his savings and became a Mobile Dealer passing all the requirement and got his Smog License for service shop. well, it turned out that the loan company was a fraud and Manny lost his entire savings! With no money and no job, in 1992 Manny obtained his real estate license and started working for a mortgage company as a loan officer. After 6 months, he started a realty and mortgage company of his own so that he could invest in distressed and bank-owned properties. The rest was history. During the early years Manny had been faced with many challenges, such as a language barrier, being criticized for being middle eastern, etc., but it never stopped him. Instead, it made him work even harder. Today Manny Khoshbin is guiding several companies in all aspects of the business. He is personally involved in all acquisitions, dispositions, other material transactions, and maintains a hands on management of The Khoshbin Company, which has a commercial real estate portfolio in excess of 2,200,000 Sq. ft. in 6 USA states. Although his main trade of business is real estate and he sees that as his backbone, he has ventured off into other business trades. As an entrepreneur, he loves to challenge himself and maintains a dream of having a vast enterprise expanding across many businesses.
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About fuzul Inc.: fuzul is a local, on-demand marketplace of eyes-for-hire. We connect short-term jobs to local communities.
Brian Pieninck
President & CEO of CareFirst
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About CareFirst: CareFirst is a not-for-profit, non-stock health services company.
David Decker
CEO of Complete Merchant Solutions
David Decker is a Co-Founder and CEO of CMS/ Nexio. Mr. Decker is responsible for helping to lead the corporate and strategic initiatives that generate revenue as well as establishing future market growth plans. He brings nearly two decades of entrepreneurial and executive management experience to CMS/ Nexio and is a highly respected leader in the fin-tech/electronic payment services industry. Mr. Decker is an active Angel Investor and has held multiple Board of Director positions, including as a current Board Member of Awardco. Mr. Decker has an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University.
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About Complete Merchant Solutions: Complete Merchant Solutions is a full-service electronic payments solutions provider.
Jonathan Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer of Nova Compression
Jonathan Mitchell is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Mustang Gas Compression.
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About Mustang Gas Compression, Nova Compression: Nova Compression is a full-service compression company that provides customers with gas lift, wellhead, and general gas compression needs.
Paul Katsch
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman,owner of Guest Innovations, Inc
Paul J. Katsch serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Guest Innovations, Inc. Katsch’s passion and vision for Guest Innovations is to build the restaurant industry’s leading technology solutions, which will maximize guest service and profitability. Paul is a technology innovator who loves problem solving. Katsch’s entrepreneurial career started at 16, when he sold Apple II computer peripherals to universities. At that time, he fell in love with building something from nothing and addressing customer demand. Katsch has launched and managed dozens of businesses throughout his career. Notably, as CEO, Katsch built Maxcomm Technologies, Inc., a telecom software company, from startup to $18 million annual revenue in less than two years without any outside funding. Maxcomm Technologies’ software maximized switch capabilities by interfacing with Intel’s Dialogic Telephony boards and allowing telco DS3 trunks to be controlled by computer systems. In 2010, when profitable land developments were rare, Katsch developed land in Davis, California and built the state’s most energy conscious subdivision. Katsch’s profitable sustainable development community focused on building beautiful homes with minimum carbon footprint and maximum natural resource efficiency, without compromising livability. That year, Katsch also opened his first restaurant in Virginia. The 275-seat restaurant focused on farm-to-fork cuisine and served locally sourced produce, grass-fed beef and hand crafted pastas. Paul found relationship building essential to his success, whether breaking bread at a fine dining establishment or a humble hot dog cart. Katsch received his Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics from the University of California, Davis. Katsch is a lifelong student, currently learning Russian, a licensed VFR pilot and sports lover.
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About Guest Innovations, Inc, Rezku POS Point of Sale for Restaurants: Innovative software solutions for the hospitality industry
Jeremy Neilson
Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director & Founder of Assure
Jeremy Neilson is the CEO and Founder of Assure Services (“Assure”). Assure Services is a fund administration consulting firm that provides the most complete back office services in the market for fund managers, equity crowdfunding platforms, angel groups and other private-transaction investors. Assure’s combination of multi-faceted expertise, efficiency and value is unique in the private equity marketplace. Because of the firm’s distinctive focus on the evolving needs of private transaction investors and projects, it services more financial transactions than any other firm of its kind. Jeremy has provided support and leadership for some of the most innovative and dynamic industry initiatives in the U.S.–including launching and managing the State of Utah’s $300 million Fund of Funds program, providing due diligence and advisory services for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s $1-billion early-stage venture capital initiative, and created the LLC syndicate (SPV) administration service used by AngelList, SeedInvest, EquityZen and more. Mr. Neilson holds a finance degree from Brigham Young University, an MBA from the University of Utah and a Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law.
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About Assure: Assure specializes in special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and fund administration for the private investment marketplace.
Mike Mondelli
CEO of L2C Inc.
Mike Mondelli is CEO and Co-founder of L2C, Inc. He focuses on Business and Product Development for L2C and is a thought leader in consumer credit scoring using alternative payment data. Mike has led the installation of L2C\’s family of risk and marketing scores for Fortune 500 clients through the development of innovative distribution agreements for L2C services through TransUnion and Equifax.
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About L2C Inc., Verdata: L2C is the nation’s leading provider of advanced consumer scoring and analytics solutions.
Arthur Papas
CEO & Co-Founder of Bullhorn
As Bullhorn’s co-founder and CEO, Art has led Bullhorn through ten consecutive years of user growth. Today, more than 200,000 recruiters rely on Bullhorn software to hire people for more than one million job openings every year. Art speaks regularly at industry and financial events and has appeared on TV and radio programs including NPR, NECN, and more. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Staffing Association and Portfolio Science Inc. Art was recently named to the Board of Directors of Career Collaborative – a nonprofit helping low-income adults find and keep jobs with career potential. Prior to starting Bullhorn, Art developed software for Thomson Reuters, where he co-designed and built First Call Insight. Art is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University, holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.
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About Bullhorn: Bullhorn provides cloud-based CRM solutions for companies in business services industries.
Jonathan (Yoni) Ofir
Co-Founder & CEO of LEAF
Founder and CEO of Leaf – Automatic Cannabis Home Grow System. Previously Co-Founder and CPO of Alcohoot (now Vertisense) (Acquired).
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About LEAF: LEAF is a smart home appliance that lets users grow their own cannabis, food, and herbs.
Jack Ryder
Co-Founder and CEO of BUMP
Jack Ryder is the co-founder and CEO at BUMP.
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About BUMP: BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.
Frank Brewer
CEO of NextGen Security
Frank Brewer is CEO and co-founder of NextGen Security. Prior to the launching of NextGen, Frank served as the CEO of FirstService Security where he led global security operations for two of FirstService’s major security brands – Intercon, a premier provider of electronic and physical security in Canada, and Security Services and Technologies (SST), a global leader in security system design, implementation, and integration in the United States. Prior to his role as CEO of FirstService Security, Frank served as founder and CEO of SST. Frank holds a degree in marketing from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.
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About NextGen Security: NextGen Security provides integrated physical and electronic solutions for regulated entities and facilities in key vertical markets.
Adam Denmark Cohen
Chief Executive Officer of Jardin
Adam Denmark Cohen is the CEO Jardin.
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About Jardin: Jardin is a cannabis dispensary that offers ideal customer service and a wide range of high-quality cannabis products.
Alaina Percival
CEO & Board Chair of Women Who Code
Alaina Percival spent the first three years of her career working at the PUMA headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany as the International Niche Product Manager. Upon completion of her MBA, Percival accepted a Brand Marketing Manager position for Nfinity, a performance footwear company, where she led the rollout of the first women specific volleyball and basketball shoes. Her migration to the technical sector took place in 2010 and her tech industry experience includes heading up developer outreach at Riviera Partners in addition to working as the Director of Marketing for Snip.it – a start-up which was eventually acquired by Yahoo! Today, Percival is an Advisor for CodePath, the first mobile developer school for engineers that is free. She has been involved with Women Who Code since 2011 and drives the organization’s strategic goals, partnerships, and sponsorships. Of note, she was invited to speak at the Belfast Technology Conference in April of this year, which brought together business leaders and politicians from Belfast, Europe, and the United States to discuss emerging technologies and best technology industry practices. Percival has also been a featured speaker at She Talks Forum discussing Women In Tech, The O’Reilly Fluent Conference discussing how to master the technologies driving the web, and has been interviewed by the Huffington Post and Women 2.0, a leading media brand, to share her expertise on best practices for female engineers to advance their careers. Percival lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and is active in both the technology and education circles. She has traveled to more than 60 countries and speaks fluent German.
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About Women Who Code: Women Who Code is a global organization dedicated to inspiring women to pursue and excel in technology careers.
Jeff Priddy
President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Test Solutions
Jeff Priddy is President / Chief Executive Officer of Western Test Solutions, LLC an analytical service and design company. Jeff possesses a military trained discipline regarding procedures, chain of command and operational readiness, highly trained in electronics for class 1 and class 2 communications and navigation gear, Jeff has over 25 years of experience in electronics repair and calibration. His experience includes (but not limited to) Electronic Engineering, analytical equipment, communications equipment, test and measurement equipment, and for fun, mechanical engineering machinist tool and die work, and second operations machinist work. Jeff adheres to the highest standards of accuracy and quality regardless of the task at hand, and ensures the very best possible completed product or service. Field service and customer service has been Jeff’s primary area of work and expertise, however Jeff has spent a number of years in a production environment and is efficient and knowledgeable in all areas of manufacturing, operations, and quality control. Travel has been a significant part of his career, and has taken him to Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, South America, New Zealand, Mexico, and countries in North America, to name a few areas he has utilized his technical knowledge in customer service, customer training siminars, installations, and after sales support. Jeff has worked extensively with foreign and domestic government agencies, establishing communications networks, consulting top level personnel in the various branches of the military, regarding company equipment, training, and its application. The classifications and nature of the work he has been involved with is “need to know” for some of Jeff’s work, but what he can disclose is; he was involved with the Nepalese Army on joint operations with the United Nations and various counties to establish and coordinate relief, and rescue communications for regions in the middle east as an example of his area of work. Jeff began work in the analytical field during the sale and transition from Wedgewood Technologies/Analytical to Endress+Hauser. Joining Wedgewood Technologies in the customer service department as a repair technician, he learned to repair and calibrate the complete line of Wedgewood Technology products. He was tasked with the repair and calibration of the complete line of Wedgewood products. Additionally he was responsible to coordinate customer returns regarding repair and calibrations of the equipment and provide the customer service team with lead times, costs of repairs, and calibration tracability data of the equipment processed through the service department. He also provided telephone support to customers until the service department call centers were established for Endress+ Hauser. Jeff then advanced and moved to the R&D group of the engineering department, and was responsible for custom specialty applications of Endress+Hauser products, as well, the associate engineer responsible and tasked with the implementation of new automated test stations for company products. Jeff developed a high capacity lamp test fixture and automated the process that increased the UV lamp testing by 400% providing data logging of drift and stability data for extended periods to utilize, regarding traceability. Jeff also developed a serialization process based on Julian date and lot test to identify the Wedgwwood Technology/Analytical optical products sold by Endress+Hauser from other vendor products of the same type. Operations support consistently was a side bar function Jeff supported on his own initiative to help out the production group as needed to solve challenges related to the effective production of company products. Jeff decided to resign from Endress+Hauser to establish and build his own company. Utilizing his knowledge, and skills, Jeff and his organization, Western Test Solutions, are determined to do it better, faster, and more efficiently.
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About Western Test Solutions: Western Test Solutions is an analytical instrumentation design and service organization.
Andy Culp
Co-Founder and CEO of Heli
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About Compass, Heli: Travel Marketplace & Booking Software
John Rittenhouse
CEO & Co-Founder of Fortera
John Rittenhouse is the Founder & CEO at Cavallino Capital
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About Cavallino Capital, Fortera, VinAsset: Membership based B2B Group Purchase Organization for the Beverage Industry
Daniel Detoni
CEO of Propzie
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About Propzie: TENNTS is a PropTech company concentrating on rentals and hospitality.
Emmanuel Momoh
CEO & Founder of Staance
Emmanuel Momoh is the CEO and founder of Staance.
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About Staance: Staance develops an interactive mobile application designed to connect users to group opinions and discussions.
Roman Rusev
CEO, Co-Founder of Field Complete
Roman Rusev has been in the real estate industry since junior high. Starting at the age of 17, Roman scaled a flooring company with 25+ technicians and grown it into a large outfit Property Service company. During last year of college, he has built over 100 homes across several markets. With extensive experience in real estate, investment, and business development Roman co-founded Field Complete, the new and upcoming platform for property service providers who can’t use current solutions on the market.
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About Field Complete: Software for real estate contractors to manage their operations
Joan Ziegler
CEO, Member, Board of Directors of Sequent Software
Joan Ziegler is the CEO of Sequent, Inc. She joins the Sequent team during an exciting time of global expansion as Sequent leverages its success in tokenized mobile and IoT solutions in the credit and debit card business to the adjacent markets regulated by PSD2, GDPR, and HIPAA. Sequent secures data on the move by tokenizing Personal Identifiable Information (PII), and renders such data useless to cybercriminals while simultaneously providing a frictionless, improved customer experience. The Sequent Platform orchestrates and manages the digital issuance and tokenization of any type of personally identifiable credential, such as payment account, financial account or identification information to any type of connected device. Ziegler is currently a member of the board at fintech licensing consultancy, Innov8 Firm, and co-founder and board member at PrivaSys, a patent licensing portfolio company. She was co-founder and a member of the board at FiTeq, where she designed, developed and licensed FiTeq secure wallet technology on mobile devices and interactive payment cards. Ziegler closed dozens of complex licensing agreements granting intellectual property and technology rights, including 50 US and overseas patents in payment technologies spanning dynamic authentication, tokenization, electronic card assembly and dynamic magnetic strips. Ziegler has led innovative licensing that drove massive consumer adoption of software and video games with consumer entertainment brands including Disney’s Mickey Mouse, Mattel’s Barbie, Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes, and the NBA. Ziegler also headed up the Home and Kids studio software business at Mindscape, which was sold to Pearson Plc for $500 million. Ziegler also served as CEO at ePlay, where she repositioned the multiplayer online game company to achieve profitability. Ziegler earned an MS degree from Florida State University.
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About PrivaSys, Sequent Software: Sequent solves problem of breached credit card data by replacing the issuing bank’s account number with an algorithmically generated token.
Jeremy Yamaguchi
Founder, CEO of Lawn Love
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About Lawn Love: Lawn Love is an online lawn service and care provider.
Jeremy Yamaguchi
Founder, CEO of Lawn Love
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About Lawn Love: Lawn Love is an online lawn service and care provider.
John Bergstrom
CEO of Bergstrom Corp
John Bergstrom has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bergstrom Corporation since January 1997. Bergstrom served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bergstrom Corporation from 1974 to 1996. He serves as Vice Chairman of Marquette University. He has been a Director of Banta Corporation since 1998, Wisconsin Energy Corporation since 1987, Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 1987, Wisconsin Gas LLc since April 2000, Wisconsin Electric Power Company since 1985, Midwest Air Group Inc., since 1993, Midwest Express Holdings Inc. since 1993 and Advance Auto Parts Inc., since May 2008. He has been a Director at Associated Banc-Corp, Associated Bank and Associated Trust Company NA since December 2010. He serves as a Director of Green Bay Packers, Inc., Bergstrom Corporation,.and The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. He serves as a Trustee of Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin. He served as a Director of Sensient Technologies Corporation since 1994. He is a Graduate of Marquette University, he was honored with an Alumnus of the Year award. He also holds an honorary degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Scott Clawson
President & Chief Executive Officer of Culligan International
Scott is currently the President & CEO of Culligan International, a global leader in clean water treatment. From 2007 to 2011, he was the President & CEO of GSI, a global agricultural equipment and systems company that was acquired by AGCO in 2011. Prior to GSI, Scott was CEO of Ryko Enterprises, a large vehicle wash system manufacturer. Previously, Scott held a variety of leadership roles at Danaher Corporation, a diversified manufacturing and technology company. Scott holds a B.S. with High Honors from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Culligan International: Culligan works to provide better water for their customers in their homes, offices, restaurants, and industrial facilities around the world.
Ram Mukunda
Founder, CEO & President of India Globalization Capital
Mr. Ram Mukunda is Executive Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of India Globalization Capital, Inc. He was Chairman of the Board from April 29, 2005 through December 15, 2005. Since July 2010, Mr. Mukunda has been on the board of directors of the BLA Power Private Limited Board, in Mumbai, India. From January 1990 to May 2004, Mr. Mukunda served as Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Startec Global Communications, an international telecommunications carrier focused on providing voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) services to the emerging economies. Startec was among the first carriers to have a direct operating agreement with India for the provision of telecom services. Mr. Mukunda was responsible for the organizing, structuring and integrating a number of companies owned by Startec. Many of these companies provided strategic investments in India-based operations or provided services to India-based companies. Under Mr. Mukunda’s tenure at Startec, the company made an initial public offering of its equity securities in 1997 and conducted a public high-yield debt offering in 1998. From June 1987 to January 1990, Mr. Mukunda served as Strategic Planning Advisor at INTELSAT, a provider of satellite capacity. Mr. Mukunda serves on the Board of Visitors at the University of Maryland, School of Engineering. From 2001-2003, he was a Council Member at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs. Mr. Mukunda is the recipient of several awards, including the University of Maryland’s 2001 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award and the 1998 Ernst & Young, LLP’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He holds B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics and a M.S. in Engineering from the University of Maryland.
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About India Globalization Capital, Startec Global Communications: India Globalization Capital operates as a materials and infrastructure company in India and China.
Donald Roberts
President & CEO &co-founder of The Small Exchange
Donald Roberts is the President and CEO at The Small Exchange.
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About The Small Exchange: The Small Exchange conducts more participants to financial markets with simpler and smaller futures products.
Carmen Branca
Chairman, President & CEO of NewVisions Communications
Carmen N. Branca, Jr., is the founder of the Company and leads the organization. In this role, he develops the company’s goals, vision and operating philosophy. Mr. Branca has over thirty-five years of management, marketing and operations experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to working for New Visions, Mr. Branca was a Senior Vice President for Enikia, a powerline chipset supplier. He was co-chairman of the regulatory committee of United Powerline, a national organization that represents utility and technology companies in the field of powerline technology. Mr. Branca has held senior management positions with Telergy, Inc., Siemens Communications and Telplus Communications, Northeast.
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About NewVisions Communications: New Visions Powerline Communications provides broadband solutions for residents and small businesses.
Haitham Al-Beik
Founder, CEO of Wings
Rider. Oberserver. Influencer.
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About Wings: Wings produces autonomous businesses with people-first in mind and purpose-built robotics.
Anna Manning
President & CEO of Reinsurance Group Of America
Anna Manning is President and a Director of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated. As President, she oversees RGA’s strategic planning and development, and also leads its transactional businesses, which include the company’s Global Financial Solutions and Global Acquisitions businesses, as well as its Global Analytics and In-Force Optimization team. Throughout 2016, Anna will assume responsibilities held by RGA’s current Chief Executive Officer, Greig Woodring, preparing her for a full transition in January 2017 to the CEO role. Prior to becoming President in December 2015, Anna was Senior Executive Vice President, Global Structured Solutions, overseeing the company’s transactional businesses. Previously, she held the role of Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Markets since 2011, and later took on responsibility for Latin American markets as well. In that role, as Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Markets and Latin American Markets, she was responsible for all RGA operations in the United States, Mexico and Latin America. From 2008 until 2011, Anna was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for RGA’s International Division, overseeing the division’s marketing, pricing, underwriting, claims and administration. Anna, who joined RGA in 2007, has more than three decades of leadership experience in the insurance industry. Before coming to RGA, Anna spent 19 years with the Toronto office of Towers Perrin’s Tillinghast insurance consulting practice. She provided consulting services to the insurance industry in mergers and acquisitions, value-added performance measurement, product development, and financial reporting. Anna is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA). She received a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Toronto. Anna has served as a member of the ACLI’s Financial Services Steering Committee and the ACLI’s Reinsurance Executive Roundtable Program Committee.
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About Reinsurance Group Of America: Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated is a leader in the global life reinsurance industry.
Daniel Wax
CEO & Founder of Forelinx
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About Forelinx, Gelt, Inc.: Forelinx is a monthly subscription that grants golfers access to quality public golf courses in their city.
David-Benjamin Brakha
Founder & CEO of Blackbell
Prior to founding Hotelcloud, David founded another startup known as ACstant in 2009, an email-based personal assistant and concierge service. ACstant has handled more than 5k requests, half of which were travel related. Hotelcloud was the next logical step in his vision. Often times qualified as a visionary and an out-of-the-box thinker, his ambition is to revolutionize the hospitality industry by making it more connected through technology.
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About Blackbell: Blackbell is a SaaS platform that integrates all processes to sell services.
James A. Hayward
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Applied DNA Sciences
Dr. James A. Hayward is Chairman, President, and CEO of Applied DNA Sciences. With over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life science and consumer product industries, Dr. Hayward is actively involved in the global effort to ensure the authenticity of products and the protection of global supply chains from counterfeiting and diversion. Patented and applied in over a billion products throughout the world, the Company’s SigNature® DNA tags are unique sequences that can help preserve the quality and integrity of products from pharmaceutics to cosmetics. Dr. Hayward received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1976, his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1983, and an honorary Doctor of Science from the same institution in 2000. He was one of the founding principals and research director of Europe’s first liposome company, Biocompatibles Ltd. From 1984 to 1989, he was responsible for product development at Esteé Lauder Companies. In 1990, Dr. Hayward founded The Collaborative Group, a provider of products and services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and consumer-product industries based in Stony Brook. For 14 years, he served as Chairman, President and CEO of Collaborative, spawning multiple businesses including The Collaborative BioAlliance, a contract developer and manufacturer of human gene products, that was sold to Dow Chemical in 2002, and Collaborative Laboratories, a service provider and manufacturer of ingredients for skincare and dermatology was sold to Engelhard (now BASF) in 2004. Dr. Hayward has been twice named “Entrepreneur of the Year;” in 2002 by Inc. Magazine and in 2009 by the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame. In January 2014, Dr. Hayward was given the David Award by Networking Magazine as one of eight of Long Island’s most accomplished individuals. Dr. Hayward has been a General Partner of Double D Venture Fund, a venture capital firm based in New York, New York. Dr. Hayward has served on the boards of many companies, the Stony Brook Foundation, the Research Foundation of the State of New York, the Long Island Association, the New York Biotechnology Association, the Long Island Life Sciences Initiative and the Ward Melville Heritage Foundation.
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About Applied DNA Sciences: Applied DNA Sciences provides botanical DNA-based anti-counterfeiting and product authentication solutions.
Glenn Johansen
President and CEO of LightRiver Technologies
Since founding LightRiver Technologies in 1998, Glenn Johansen has grown the company to be North America’s largest multi-vendor transport systems integrator for independent network operators with over 100 clients. As President and CEO, Glenn leverages 20 years of experience in telecommunications with a deep understanding of his clients’ business to drive LightRiver’s strategy and business partners as well as manage relationships with the company’s anchor clients. Under his guidance LightRiver has been recognized with numerous industry and partner awards including multiple Top Vendor Awards, and is readily recognized as a leader in its field and a fierce advocate for its customers. Prior to LightRiver, Glenn served in various marketing, sales, market development and management roles at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where he was nominated for the prestigious Leadership Continuity Program for top executives and was awarded the Summit of Excellence Award, Lucent’s top accolade, for business innovation and sales leadership. Glenn began his career as an Aerospace Engineer at Singer-Kearfott where he helped pioneer the development and manufacturing of Laser Gyroscopes for Inertial Navigation Systems. Glenn received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from Northeastern University. Glenn served on the Utilities Telecom Council’s inaugural Smart Networks Council Board of Directors.
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About LightRiver Technologies: LightRiver, a multi-vendor integrator of transport solutions.
Iván López
SVP and CEO, Assurant Solutions of Assurant
Iván C. López Morales is a senior vice president of Assurant Solutions and chief financial officer. As a member of the Assurant Solutions senior leadership team he oversees all financial functions that support the company’s three major businesses – Extended Protection Solutions, Mobile Services and International. Mr. López was named CFO on Jan. 1, 2009. Previously, he served as president, Latin America/Caribbean, with management responsibility for the Assurant Solutions businesses in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Puerto Rico. A certified public accountant and Attorney at Law, Mr. López joined the Assurant Solutions Caribbean companies in 1997 as senior vice president, Finance and Operations, and president, Caribbean American Insurance Agency (CAIA). He subsequently served as country manager for Puerto Rico and president of Caribbean American Life Assurance Company (CALAC) and Caribbean American Property Insurance Company (CAPIC), Assurant subsidiaries headquartered in Puerto Rico. He was promoted to Latin America/Caribbean regional president in 2003. Mr. López has a Bachelor’s degree with two concentrations in Accounting and International Management from Georgetown University. He also has a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico. He is a member of Young Presidents’ Organization, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Puerto Rico Bar Association, Puerto Rico Certified Public Accountants Association and the Puerto Rico American Heart Association.
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About Assurant: Assurant provides specialty protection products and related services to safeguard against risks.
Alan B. Colberg
President and Chief Executive Officer of Assurant
Alan Colberg is president and chief executive officer of Assurant, Inc., and a director of the company’s board of directors. He was named president Sept. 16, 2014, and assumed the role of CEO and director on Jan. 1, 2015. Mr. Colberg is responsible for building a stronger Assurant for the future and driving profitable growth that leads to outperformance for Assurant’s customers, employees and shareholders. Under his leadership, in April 2015, Assurant realigned its business strategy to build upon its core capabilities and further capitalize on global trends in the housing and lifestyle protection markets. The strategy includes a sharper focus on understanding consumers in order to deliver integrated products and services that address their needs and generate opportunities for growth. Mr. Colberg champions innovation and an “enterprise mindset” of working collaboratively across the organization in order to better serve customers around the world.
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About Assurant: Assurant provides specialty protection products and related services to safeguard against risks.
Gene E. Mergelmeyer
President and CEO, Assurant Specialty Property; Executive Vice President, CAO of Assurant
Gene Mergelmeyer is president and chief executive officer of Assurant Specialty Property. He will be appointed Assurant’s chief operating officer, effective July 1, 2016. As COO, he will be responsible for ensuring a coordinated approach across the Housing and Lifestyle markets and improving execution to drive long-term, profitable growth. Appointed to his current role at Assurant Specialty Property in 2007, Mr. Mergelmeyer has overseen the business segment’s organic growth as well as the addition of new capabilities to its risk management service offerings and expansion into adjacent businesses within the mortgage and multifamily housing industries. Under his leadership, Assurant Specialty Property has more than doubled its revenue since 2006. In partnership with financial institutions, property managers, manufactured home sellers and other leading businesses, Assurant Specialty Property provides services including insurance monitoring, exposure management and lender-placed insurance, renters insurance, manufactured housing insurance, homeowners insurance and flood insurance, as well as appraisal and property preservation services.
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About Assurant: Assurant provides specialty protection products and related services to safeguard against risks.
Drew Edwards
Chief Executive Officer of Ingo Money
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About Ingo Money: Ingo Money is a disbursement marketplace that digitizes the paper check.
Herbert Uhl
Co-Founder & CEO of MobiChord
Herbert Uhl is the Co-Founder & CEO at MobiChord.
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About Herbert Uhl Consulting & Advisor, MobiChord, StoreWorkflows: MobiChord is a revolutionary, subscription-based software provider of Technology Expense Management solutions on the ServiceNow Platform.
Frank Gaspari
Founder and CEO of FlexPrint
Frank Gaspari is Founder & CEO of FlexPrint LLC. Mr. Gaspari is a 30+ year document technology veteran who is widely recognized as a visionary leader and successful serial entrepreneur. Gaspari founded FlexPrint in 2005 with the objective of creating a national service-led business model utilizing information management to create a “Flexible” approach. Under Gaspari’s leadership, FlexPrint has grown into the Nation’s largest privately held managed print provider, earning numerous accolades such as 7 consecutive Inc.500|5000 awards (only 228 privately owned enterprises in America has earned such a distinction for 7 consecutive years), nine “Best Places to Work” awards, and many other industry leadership awards that recognize FlexPrint’s proven business model and unique corporate culture. Today, FlexPrint LLC supports national clients in every state, with direct offices in Chicago, Indianapolis, Tempe, and Tucson and headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Prior to launching FlexPrint, Gaspari co-founded Column Office Equipment in 1990 in addition to a Chicago-based managed print services company, Image Manufacturing in early 2000. Gaspari led both companies to exponential growth and expansion. Both companies were acquired by Xerox’s Global Imaging Systems in 1999 and 2004 respectively. Mr. Gaspari currently resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona with his wife Anne and their two daughters. He is a board member for Camp Kesem and Empact Suicide Prevention. Frank is the seventh of eight children of Richard & Isabelle Gaspari, and a lifelong Chicago Sports Fan.
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About FlexPrint: FlexPrint was founded in 2005, and has become the nation’s leading privately-owned enterprise for Managed Print and Technology Services.
Bill Buchholz
President & Chief Executive Officer of The Buchholz Planning
Bill is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a degree from the School of Business. He holds a Master of Science Degree in financial services (MSFS) from the American College and earned the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits and the Wharton School of Business. Bill has also taught employee benefit planning at the UW Graduate School of Business. Bill takes great pride in his involvement with the clients we serve. His personal attention and concern for the design structure, pricing, and long-term financial stability of the employee benefit programs we implement, has earned the respect and loyalty of many organizations. His unique perspective and deep knowledge bring tangible savings to our client relationships. The Buchholz Planning Corporation (BPC) was founded by Bill in 1968. As the founder and key leader of this organization, he has surrounded himself with a very talented and experienced team. This has allowed BPC to become the gold standard for benefits design, implementation and service in the Health Care Industry.
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About The Buchholz Planning: The Buchholz Planning provides employee benefits consulting and brokerage services.
Nikhil Srinivasan
Co-Founder and CEO of Distributed Systems
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About Distributed Systems: Distributed Systems is a digital identity startup and a full-stack machine intelligence.
