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This list showcases the top United States based Chairman operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Michael Froman
Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth of Mastercard
1985, Bachelor’s in Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Doctorate in International Relations, University of Oxford; law degree, Harvard Law School. Formerly: 1993-95, Director, International Economic Affairs, National Economic Council and National Security Council; with US Department of the Treasury, including Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary and, 1997-99, Chief of Staff; President and Chief Executive Officer, CitiInsurance; Managing Director and Head, Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, Citi Alternative Investments Institutional Clients Group, Citigroup; also Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs, held jointly at National Security Council and National Economic Council, responsibilities included serving as White House liaison to G7, G8 and G20 summits. Former Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations.
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Scott Scheper
Founder, Vice Chairman & CMO of XYO
Scott has worked on many exciting ventures with exceptionally talented people, including the Co-founder of Uber. Scott’s first “real boss” was Arie Trouw, who hired Scott in 2009 during an economic recession, when very few companies were hiring, and even fewer were starting companies. What began as a Facebook app startup with four guys and a ping pong table, grew to over 200 employees and 9-figures in revenue in less than two years. In 2013 Scott took a break from corporate life to pursue the dream of working remotely on a laptop while sipping tropical drinks on the beaches of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (U.S.). During this period, Scott launched Greenlamp, a programmatic advertising agency specializing in direct-response media buying. The agency was fully automated; built entirely using algorithms to manage the campaigns. The team was built with project-basis software engineers, and had only one full-time employee: that being Scott. The advertising campaigns were managed by an automated system, nicknamed “Stewie” (Family Guy). 24-hours a day, Stewie managed everything, making automated tweaks to the advertising campaigns. He even emailed Scott to chat about the changes made (Stewie’s emails included signature Stewie lines). In its first year of operation, Greenlamp generated over $12M in revenue. When not working, Scott can be found reading books by his idols, Gary C. Halbert and Charlie Munger, or sometimes even outside with friends and family in San Diego, California.
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About XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
J.M Sawkat Akbar
Founder and Chairman of BJIT Group
Jem Akbar Shukat is the founder and Chairman of BJIT.
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About BJIT Group: BJIT Group is an information, communications, and ICT company that provides software development and information technology service.
Frederick Achom
Chairman of Board of VIVID Technologies
Frederick “Freddie” Achom is a British Nigerian businessman, he lives between Paris, New York and London. He is the co-founder and chairman of the Rosemont Group Capital Partners, a private investment group with a portfolio of companies with interests in digital technology, financial services and renewable technology. Achom has over 20 years of experiences within the private equity and investment sector. He is the non executive Chairman of Vivid Technologies and also director and shareholder of Mumbai stock exchange listed renewable energy and micropower provider, Communication Power Engineering Company (CPEC). Achom is also well known for his more high profile ventures in the entertainment sector, as owner of Private members clubs Crystal, Jalouse and The Scotch of St James. In 2013 and 2015 he was recognised in the JP Morgan-sponsored power list, as one of the UK’s 100 most influential Britons of African and Caribbean heritage, for his achievements in business. Achom was also listed as one of the 1000 most influential Londoners by the Evening Standard news and media corporation in 2010 and again in 2011. In 2017 he was awarded CEO of the year, in the Venture Capital Seed Investment category, by The European CEO organisation.
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About Communication Power Engineering Company Ltd, Rosemont Group Capital Partners, Rosemont Group Foundation, VIVID Technologies: VIVID Technologies are transforming the traditional customer service experience.
Kenneth Tuchman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TTEC
Kenneth D. Tuchman sees the world from the customer’s perspective. In 1982, fed up with the way businesses were operating customer care as a burden and a cost center, he founded TeleTech to transform the way companies deliver the customer experience. With his innate understanding of the power of data and technology to connect customers directly with brands, Tuchman saw the customer experience revolution on the horizon and built a company to lead it. His perspective on the importance of the customer as a strategic asset fuels TeleTech’s culture of technology innovation and operational excellence. With a holistic approach that integrates strategy, process, technology, and execution capabilities, TeleTech helps its Global 1000 clients turn the complexities of customer care into a seamless competitive advantage that delivers customer loyalty and long-term sustainable economic growth.
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About TTEC: TTEC is one of the technology and services innovators that provides end-to-end, digital CX solutions.
James Barlett
Vice Chairman of TTEC
James Barlett was elected as TeleTech’s vice chairman in October 2001. In this role, Barlett is actively involved in facilitating strong relationships with new clients and building strategic alliances with key partners. Previously, Barlett served as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Galileo International, where he acquired the online travel provider, Trip.com. Prior to joining Galileo, Barlett served as executive vice president of Worldwide Operations and Systems for MasterCard International Corporation, overseeing its global program for innovative technology replacement. Before MasterCard, Barlett was executive vice president of operations for NBD Bancorp. He also served as vice chairman of Cirrus, Inc. .
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About TTEC: TTEC is one of the technology and services innovators that provides end-to-end, digital CX solutions.
B.J. Cassin
Chairman of Capella
Mr. Cassin has been a venture capitalist for nearly 30 years. He was a financial founder in a number of public companies: Advanced Fibre Communications, Cadence Design Systems, Centex Telemanagement, Cerus Corporation, Endosonics Corporation, Equatorial Communications, Laserscope, Maxtor, Quantum Corporation, Quantum Health Resources, Racotek/Zamba, Scientific Microsystems, Stratacom, and Symphonix Devices. Financial founder in companies sold as private companies: CardioRhythm (Medtronic), Extricity (Peregrine Systems), Metricon (Johnson & Johnson), and Mountain Computer (Nakamichi). Before becoming a venture capitalist, Mr. Cassin co-founded Xidex Corporation in 1969, which achieved Fortune 500 status in 1987 with sales of $752 million and employing 7,000 worldwide. Mr. Cassin is Founder and Chairman of the Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation, launched in 2000, to establish private, college preparatory middle and high schools in economically-challenged communities throughout the country. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Saint Mary’s College of California, serving as Chairman from 1995–1999. He also served for three years on the Advisory Board of the Business School of Santa Clara University and was a Director of the Daper Investment Fund at Stanford University. He currently serves on the Board of Cerus Corporation and several private companies. Mr. Cassin is Chairman of the Foundation for Nativity and Miguel Schools, a board member of the Cristo Rey Network and FADICA, and is a member of the California Jesuit Province Investment Committee. Mr. Cassin graduated from Holy Cross and is married, the father of five children, and resides in Los Altos Hills, California.
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About : Capella is a provider of wavelength selective switch technologies for use in ROADM’s and optical cross connects.
Simon S. Lee
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STG Group
Mr. Simon S. Lee emigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1979. Beginning his career as an engineer, Mr. Lee performed in senior technical positions with various technology firms in the DC area. By 1986, Mr. Lee founded STG as the Software Technology Group to address the growing demand for high quality, information technology (IT) support services.
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About STG Group: STG Group is a provider of mission-critical technology, cyber, and data solutions.
Andy Gaur
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Compunnel Digital
Andy Gaur is Compunnel’s CEO and he founded Compunnel Software Group, Inc. in 1994. With his entrepreneurial drive, value-based leadership and focused approach, Andy has evolved the successful, profitable business to continually meet changing market and customer demands with effective technology, learning and staffing solutions over nearly 20 years. His extensive IT market knowledge and expertise in business growth strategy have turned Compunnel into one of the fastest growing software and consulting organizations, serving Fortune 1,000 companies and bringing in over $100 Million in annual sales. In 2013, Andy has embarked on a focused growth strategy to take Compunnel’s successful technology solutions business to the next level in the IT market. Responding to customer and market demand, he will achieve this by expanding the company’s service offerings in specialized areas of IT and its overall business footprint through several targeted acquisitions. Andy earned a Bachelors of Science from Rutgers University.
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About Compunnel Digital, iEndorseU, InfoPro Learning, Riaenjolie: Compunnel Digital Software Group IT consulting and staffing, custom business application development, eLearning and enterprise applications.
Martin Dieck
Executive Chairman of Cerebrotech Medical Systems
Martin Dieck is the Chairman of Synchron & Executive Chairman of Cerebrotech Medical.
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About Cerebrotech Medical Systems, ePlanet Capital, Lazarus Effect, Neurotechnology Investors, Synchron: Cerebrotech Medical Systems develops novel technologies for the non-invasive monitoring of patients after strokes and brain injuries.
Jeff Arnold
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Sharecare
Jeff Arnold is Chairman and CEO of Sharecare, a comprehensive health and wellness engagement platform that provides people with personalized resources to help them live their healthiest lives. Arnold co-founded Sharecare in 2010 with Dr. Oz, and in partnership with Harpo Productions, Sony Pictures Television and Discovery Communications.Previously, Arnold was Chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks.com, which he sold to Discovery Communications where he served as Chief Digital Strategy Officer, and Chief Architect of The Curiosity Project until December 2011.At 28, he founded and served as CEO of WebMD, the first healthcare company to harness the power of the Internet to empower consumers, healthcare institutions and physicians to find trustworthy medical information. In recognition of his superior achievements and contributions to the advancement of nursing and healthcare, he was inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, as an Honorary Member. Arnold also has received honors from the World Economic Forum; the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia; and Ernst & Young, who named him Entrepreneur of the Year, Southeast Region. Chairman of Forbes Travel Guide, Arnold also has served on numerous boards for public, private and charitable organizations.
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About Sharecare, WebMD, WebMDCorp: Sharecare is a health and wellness engagement platform providing consumers with information, programs and resources to improve their health.
Curtis Lee
Chairman, President, and Cofounder of Pinwheel
Curtis Lee is a co-founder and CEO of Luxe, Founder of Pinwheel, Angel Investor, and Partner at Primary Venture Partners.
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About Pinwheel, Primary Venture Partners: Pinwheel is the market-leading payroll data connectivity platform building the income layer that will power a fairer financial system.
Peter Van Camp
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Equinix
Peter Van Camp has served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Equinix since April 2007. Prior to becoming Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter served as Equinix’s Chief Executive Officer and as a Member of the Board of Directors since May 2000 and as President since March 2006. In addition, in December 2005, Peter was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors, having previously served in that capacity from June 2001 to December 2002. From January 1997 to May 2000, Peter was employed at UUNET, the Internet division of MCI (formerly known as WorldCom), where he served as President of Internet Markets and as President of the Americas region. During the period from May 1995 to January 1997, Peter was President of Compuserve Network Services, an Internet access provider. Before holding this position, Peter held various positions at Compuserve, Inc. during the period from October 1982 to May 1995.
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About : Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Steve Miller
Founder & Chairman of Omicron Media
Steve Miller is the Founder and Chairman Omicron Media, Inc.
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About Omicron Media: Omicron Media is a Provider of software and hosting services
Gaurav Dhillon
Chairman & CEO of SnapLogic
Gaurav Dhillon is currently the Chairman and CEO of cloud connection company, SnapLogic. An early investor in SnapLogic, Gaurav Dhillon joined as CEO in 2009 to help realize the potential of its cloud and on-premise integration products, strategy, and unique business model. He is spearheading the company’s rapid growth and manages its financing, products, strategic relationships, and operations. As former CEO of Informatica Corporation, (Nasdaq; INFA) a data integration company that he co-founded in 1992, Gaurav led it from a startup idea to a leading worldwide software enterprise – ultimately forging a broad acceptance of the vision he pioneered. Prior to Informatica, Gaurav held management and engineering positions at Sterling Software and Unisys Corp.
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About SnapLogic: SnapLogic is a software company that provides a platform for enterprise cloud and big data integration.
Nuno Sebastiao
Co- Founder, Chairman & CEO of Feedzai
Prior to starting Feedzai, Nuno was an engineer for the European Space Agency, and worked closely with several successful technology startups. In 2011, Nuno, along with his fellow co-founders Paulo Marques and Pedro Bizarro, established Feedzai to fight financial fraud with advanced machine learning technology. Fast forward to today, Nuno has been named the Entrepreneur of the Year by London Business School, shared a stage with tech leaders such as Stephen Hawking and Steve Wozniak, and has been the driving force of Feedzai’s global growth. Under Nuno’s leadership, Feedzai has raised more than $282 million in venture funding, surpassed 500 employees, and continues to keep commerce safe for many of the leading banks, retailers, and payment processors around the globe. Nuno has an MBA from the London Business School.
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About Feedzai: Feedzai develops risk management tools to prevent fraud and money laundering in transactions.
Gary Jinks
Founder, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of South Valley Angels
Founder, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board at South Valley Angels
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About ScaleUpStream, South Valley Angels, SVI HUB: South Valley Angels is a group of member investors who fund newly starting businesses.
Theodore Bailey
Founder & CEO, Chairman of Dataminr
Ted is the Chairman and CEO of Dataminr. Since founding the company in 2009, Ted has scaled the company to 250 employees, raised $180M in financing, and established Dataminr as the world’s real-time information discovery company, serving thousands of customers in over 40 countries. Ted has appeared as a guest on CNBC’s SquawkBox, CNBC’s Fast Money, BBC News, and Fox Business News. He is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a Term Member on the Council on Foreign Relations and has been at speaker at Davos & the Aspen Ideas Festival. Ted was one of Crain’s 40 under 40 business leaders in 2017, Business Insider’s 40 under 40 Tech Entrepreneurs in 2015, and has been included numerous times in the Silicon Alley 100. Dataminr, considered one of the 50 most Disruptive private Technology Companies by CNBC in 2016, transforms public social media feeds into the earliest alerts on high impact events and critical breaking information for clients in Security, Government, News, Finance, and PR/Crisis Management. Ted earned a BA from Yale in 2004, where he focused on the impact of disruptive technologies on American Industry and Government.
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About Dataminr: Dataminr develops an artificial intelligence platform designed for real-time event and risk detection.
Aart Geus
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Synopsys
Since co-founding Synopsys in 1986, Aart de Geus has expanded Synopsys from a start-up synthesis enterprise to the world leader in electronic design automation.
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About Synopsys, Tinfoil Security: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
David Morken
Co Founder, Chairman & CEO of Bandwidth
Morken is the Cofounder, Chairman and CEO of Bandwidth.com, Inc. and is the Cofounder and Chairman of Republic Wireless. Morken was named the Ernst & Young 2013 Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Southeast Region and Gold Stevie Award winner for Maverick of the Year in the 2013 American Business Awards. In 2008 Bandwidth made the Inc. 500 list for the third consecutive year as the 4th fastest growing privately held company in the U.S. and the fastest growing telecommunications company from 2002 to 2007. In 2008 Morken was named one of the Triangle Business Journal”s 40 Under 40 top business leaders in RTP. In 1994, Morken co-founded the Internet”s first online tax filing service, efiling.com. He was called to active duty by the Marine Corps in 1995 and served four years as a Judge Advocate, criminal prosecutor and headquarters company commander. Morken is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and a member of the Virginia Bar Association. He received his undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University where he served as President of the Student Association. Morken suffers from an addiction to endurance events, finishing 1st in the 2013 Furnace Creek 508 ultra bike race (2-man relay), 1st in the 2010 Race Across America RAAM (4-man relay), 22nd in the 2008 Wasatch 100 mile Ultramarathon in under 27 hours, and was the 1st North Carolina finisher in the 2005 Ironman World Championships Kona Hawaii in 9 hours and 43 minutes. Morken was a two-time member of the Marine Corps Triathlon team in 1997-98. Morken resides in Chapel Hill with his bride and their six children. Morken and Bandwidth.com co-founder Henry Kaestner were named by American Venture Magazine as one of the Top 40 Under 40, and together were named by Frost and Sullivan as the 2006 CEO of the Year in the North American IP Communications Services industry. Morken and Kaestner have co-founded two non-profit organizations: DurhamCares, a non-profit charity which seeks to bring awareness of excellent charities that are transforming Durham.
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About Bandwidth: Bandwidth is a telecom company helping wholesale customers and enterprises leverage communications as a tool for innovation.
Gregg Bennett
Chairman & Founder of SCATE Ventures
Gregg Bennett, Co-Founder, is an entrepreneur who coaches local, Seattle based, technology companies. Gregg has invested in and/or advised over 100 Northwest-based startup and early-stage companies.
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About Bennett Enterprises, Data Skrive, Data Skrive, SCATE Ventures: SCATE Ventures is a bitcoin mining & immersion technology.
Brian NeSmith
Executive Chairman of Arctic Wolf
Brian NeSmith is an Executive Chairman of Arctic Wolf.
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About Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf helps companies end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service.
Jeffery Hawn
Chairman and CEO of Quest Software
Jeffrey Hawn has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2015. Hawn is currently Chairman and CEO of Vertafore, a provider of software and solutions to the insurance industry. Prior to joining Vertafore, Hawn served as Chairman and CEO of The Attachmate Group, a software holding company, from May 2005 to November 2014. Prior to that, he was an Operating Partner of JMI-Inc., a private equity firm, a role he assumed in April 2004. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations for BMC Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, from July 2000 to March 2004 and as a partner with McKinsey & Company, a leading management consulting firm, from July 1990 to July 2000. Hawn received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Hawn served on the board of Pervasive Software Inc. from February 2003 until April 2013, the board of Vignette Corporation from November 2001 until July 2009 and numerous private company boards.
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About Attachmate, CD&R LLP, Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Moshe Bar
Chairman, CEO of CodeNotary
Moshe Bar is a general partner of Texas Atlantic Capital. Previously, he was a co-founder of Qumranet, sold to Red Hat. He previously co-founded software company XenSource which was sold to Citrix. Moshe has frequently acted as a private angel investor in leading high- tech companies. He is the author of several text books in computer science and also taught computer science at Tel Aviv University. Before entering the high‐tech business, he was a career officer in the Israel Defense Forces. He was previously a board member/advisor of Hyper9 (sold to Solarwinds), of Qlayer (sold to Sun Microsystems), Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK), Zooppa, and of Zimory. Moshe is at this time a board member/advisory board member of tape.tv, Correlsense, GreenSQL, H-Farm, Amplidata, Racktivity, Neebula, and Squido GmbH.
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About CodeNotary, vChain: CodeNotary is a software company based on Taxes.
Rishi Shah
Founder & Chairman of Outcome Health
Rishi Shah is the Founder and Chairman at Outcome Health.
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About Home Chef, Jumpstart Ventures, Outcome Health, Pritzker Group Venture Capital: Outcome Health delivers better health outcomes and impacts the human condition positively through technology.
Greg Wolfond
Founder & Chairman of the Board of SecureKey Technologies
Greg has a successful track record of bringing innovative solutions to the financial industry. In 1997 Greg co-founded 724 Solutions Inc., a wireless software infrastructure provider. He served as the company’s chief executive officer and led its IPO in 2000.In 1983 he founded Footprint Software Inc., a financial software company, which he sold to IBM in 1995. While at Footprint Software, Greg won the 1994 award for Canada’s Best Managed Private Company. In 1995 he won the award for Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and in 2000 was named Entrepreneur of the Year. Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario and a double major, Biochemistry and Life Sciences from the University of Toronto.He sits on the boards of the Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network (OCBN); NoNo Inc., a company specializing in post stroke neuroprotection; and YYZ Pharmatech, which develops tools, targets, and biomarkers for pharmaceutical companies.
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About Blue Sky Capital Corporation, Dream Payments, Kili, SecureKey Technologies: SecureKey is the identity and authentication service provider that gives consumers secure and convenient access to critical online services.
Steve Sarowitz
Founder and Chairman of Paylocity
As Founder and Chairman, Mr. Sarowitz started Paylocity in 1997 with a small investment and a tremendous vision. His goal was to fill a gap in the marketplace by providing a solution with in-house like technology supported by the service and liability protection of an outsourcing solution. Steve’s vision combined with his passion for software development led to the first release of Paylocity’s award winning SAAS platform in 2002. Prior to founding Paylocity, Steve worked at Robert F. White, which was then the nation’s leading independent payroll service. He later managed two privately-held payroll companies. His 20 years of experience working in the industry with both large and small providers helped him mold Paylocity into a best in breed provider. A Sierra member since college, he takes environmental issues seriously. Aside from helping to develop a paperless payroll solution (Web Pay), Steve instituted a “Green Team” within the company. Additionally, prior to moving to our current corporate headquarters, he worked with the architects making sure every possible environmentally safe effort was taken. Passionate about giving back to the community, Paylocity participates in many local events; Steve’s probable favorite being the annual JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge. An avid runner, Steve is a 3 time winner of the MSE (Most Senior Executive) category! Steve formerly served as President to the Independent Payroll Providers Association (IPPA) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana.
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About Paylocity: Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) is a leading provider of cloud-based payroll and human capital management (HCM) software solutions.
Ronald Fisher
Vice Chairman of SoftBank Group
Ron joined SoftBank in 1995, overseeing its U.S. operations and its other activities outside of Asia, and was the founder of SoftBank Capital. He is currently Director and President of SoftBank Holdings, Inc. and also serves as a member of the board of directors of SoftBank Corp., Japan. Ron has over 30 years of experience of working with high growth and turnaround technology companies. Prior to joining SoftBank, Ron was the CEO of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the leading developer and marketer of system software products for personal computers, from 1990 to 1995. Ron joined Phoenix from Interactive Systems Corporation, a UNIX software company that was purchased by the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988. At Interactive Systems he served for five years as President, initially as COO and then CEO. Ron’s experience prior to Interactive Systems includes senior executive positions at Visicorp, TRW, and ICL (USA). Ron serves on the boards of several public and private companies, including Cloud Engines (Pogoplug), Desktone, E*Trade Group, LiteScape Technologies, Nellymoser and Swirl. Ron previously served on the board of GSI Commerce (sold to eBay in 2011). Ron earned an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
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About SoftBank, SoftBank Group, SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Group is a holding company focused on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Katrina Leslie
Chairman & Founder of swipejobs
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About swipejobs: We partner with staffing firms to offer a complete mobile platform that is integrated real time with their systems.
Joel Ornstein
Chairman of the Board of Romulus Capital
Joel has extensive experience advising world-class private equity and venture capital firms and managers. Born in France and having started his career in financial services on both sides of the Atlantic, Joel stepped into alternative investments in 1989 when he established Majorn Corp., as a joint venture partner of The Carlyle Group and France-based Euris-Rallye group. He was instrumental in Carlyle’s early growth, working closely with the firm’s founders; indeed, he was an investment advisory committee member with Carlyle I, II, and III. He then embarked on a 25-year multi-billion dollar deployment program of seed, fund, and direct corporate investments covering hundreds of emerging asset managers in the US, Europe, and globally. Joel holds post-graduate degrees from ESCP Europe, City University London, University of Dusseldorf, and MIT Sloan School of Management. He sits on several MIT Sloan boards. Joel holds post-graduate degrees from ESCP Europe, City University London, University of Dusseldorf, and MIT Sloan School of Management. He sits on several MIT Sloan boards.
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About : Romulus Capital is an American seed- and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in technology companies.
Gary Fish
Founder / CEO / Chairman of Fishtech Labs
Gary Fish is the Founder / CEO / Chairman of Fishtech.
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About DataLocker, FireMon, Fishtech Labs: Fishtech Labs is a technology accelerator focused on finding
Etienne Deffarges
Vice-Chairman of R1 RCM
Etienne Deffarges is an entrepreneur and part of the founding team — EVP and vice chairman of Accretive Health (now R1 RCM), a healthcare IT start-up that had its own IPO in 2010. He also holds a variety of board positions in aerospace, automotive, construction, food, energy, and healthcare. Etienne holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, graduating as a Baker Scholar.
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About : R1 RCM serves as a revenue cycle management partner for hospitals and healthcare systems regardless of the payment models.
John Sculley
Chairman and CMO, Investor of RxAdvance
John Sculley joined RxAdvance Corp as Chairman and CMO, Investor in 2015. John Sculley is a partner in Sculley Advisors LLC, a private family office founded by John Sculley and his wife, Diane Sculley. John Sculley was Chief Executive Officer of Apple Computer. John Sculley joined Apple in 1983 when the Company had $600 million in revenues; by the time he left, Apple’s revenues exceeded $8 billion. Prior to joining Apple, Sculley was CEO of Pepsi from 1973 to 1983.
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About Misfit Wearables, RxAdvance, RxAdvance, Sculley Brothers, The Real McCoy: RxAdvance, a national full service PBM, leverages disruptive Collaborative PBM Cloud™ to manage standard & specialty drug benefits.
Scott Walchek
Founder, CEO & Chairman of Trōv
Founder, CEO & Chairman at Trōv.
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About ePlanet Capital, Jetset Magazine, Trōv: Trov is the world’s leading insurance technology platform, enabling the new ways people live, work, and move.
Robert Tishman
Chairman of Lightkeeper
“Tish” was a co-founder and Chairman of Tamale Software, Inc. until the sale to Advent Software in October of 2008. He was also a co-founder and PM of 033 Asset Management ($0.5B) a long / short equity hedge fund. Tish has held management positions throughout the financial services industry over the last 25 years. Prior to founding 033 and Tamale, Tish held senior management roles at both Robertson Stephens and Montgomery Securities. Tish currently serves on many corporate and charitable boards including: Phase Capital, Potomus Trading, 24 Restore/Trauma, Tinyhood, and Team Impact. He graduated from Tufts University where he currently serves on the Board of Advisors. Tish lives in Wellesley, MA with his wife and four children.
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About 24 Restore, Lightkeeper: Lightkeeper provides managers immediate and relevant information for making critical investment decisions .
Roy Kapani
Chairman and CEO of Systems Engineering Associates (SEA)
Mr. Kapani has over 20 years’ experience in the information technology industry. He founded ECS in 2001, with one contract and a handful of employees. Beginning in 2004, Mr. Kapani began hiring strategic personnel, and the company began to double in size at a rapid pace. He infused his beliefs in the corporate culture by creating a professional services firm focused on excellence, discipline and process. His management style places an emphasis on customer satisfaction and methodologies to ensure the highest levels of quality. Mr. Kapani was the Chief Executive Officer until he promoted George Wilson in February 2014. Mr. Kapani previously held executive leadership positions with Computer Based Systems, Inc. (CBSI), and AverStar. Mr. Kapani holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park. He earned his Master of Business Administration in Finance from George Washington University. Mr. Kapani is on the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation Board and the National Cathedral School Board. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Economic Club of Washington, DC.
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About ECS Federal, Systems Engineering Associates (SEA): Systems engineering associates corporation is a veteran-owned business focusing on systems engineering.
Aaron Contorer
Chairman of FP Complete
Aaron is a former executive of Microsoft, where he served as program manager for distributed systems and general manager of Visual C++, the leading software development tool at that time. He architected MSN’s move to Internet-based server software, served as the full-time technology adviser to Bill Gates, and founded and ran the company’s Productivity Tools Team for complex software engineering projects. Before founding FP Complete, he served as CTO at Web analytics firm Mentico, optimization firm Hynomics, and secure election systems firm Everyone Counts.
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About CONTORER FOUNDATION, FP Complete, Greatscale Ventures: FP Complete develops Haskell software tools and services for programmers to accelerate time-to-market and increase product quality.
Craig Newmark
Founder, Chairman & Customer Service Rep of Craigslist
Craig Newmark is an American internet entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of [Craigslist](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/craigslist), a classified advertisements website for jobs, personals, for-sale and wanted items, services, resumes, and discussion forums. He is also the founder of Craigconnects. In 2013, Newmark was named “Nerd-in-Residence” by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Innovation in recognition of his volunteer work to enhance services to veterans. He uses the Craigconnects platform to support effective organizations working for veterans and military families, the open government, public diplomacy, journalistic ethics and accountability, fact-checking, consumer protection, election protection, and voter registration. Newmark serves on the board of directors of the Poynter Institute Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, Sunlight Foundation, Consumers Union/Consumer Reports, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He also serves on the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Journalism Review, and as an advisor to nearly 20 other renowned non-profit organizations. Newmark communicates regularly through his own blog on craigconnects.org and through the Huffington Post, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. He also travels around the country speaking about issues, appearing on behalf of organizations he supports and delivering his Craigconnects message to audiences nationwide. Born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1952, Newmark received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from Case Western University. He currently lives in San Francisco, California.
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About Craigslist: Craigslist is a classified advertisements website for jobs, personals, for sale and wanted items, services, résumés, and discussion forums.
Thomas Kendall Hunt
Chairman of the Board of OneSpan
Ken Hunt is the founder and Chairman of the Board for OneSpan (formerly VASCO), and its former Chief Executive Officer. Ken has served as Chairman of the Board since the OneSpan’s incorporation in 1997, and currently serves a one-year term. Ken is affiliated with several high-tech early-stage companies, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Global Med Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: glob) from March 2006 until April 2010, and has also been a member of the Advisory Board of Victory Park Capital Advisors LLC since June 2007. Ken is Chairman of the Midwest Council of TechAmerica (formerly The AeA), the nation’s largest high-tech trade association, former President of the Belgian Business Club of Chicago, and a member of The Economic Club of Chicago. Ken is a member of The President’s Council and on The Board of Overseers for the School of Business at the University of Miami (Florida), his alma mater, and on the Board of Advisors for Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business, MMM Program. Additionally, he is on the Advisory Board for the Posse Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing full college scholarships to urban minority youth leaders through its partnerships with elite universities across the U. S. Ken holds an MBA from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, and a BBA from the University of Miami, Florida, where he attended on a full football scholarship.
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About OneSpan: OneSpan, is a cybersecurity provider in the financial services industry specializing in digital identity and anti-fraud solutions.
Hector Hoyos
Founder, Chairman, CEO & CTO of Hoyos Corporation
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About Hoyos Corporation: Hoyos is an identity management technology solution company focused on developing systems for access control and the identity market.
Jacob Hanchar
CEO, Co-Founder, and Executive Chairman of Digital Dream Labs
Jacob Hanchar is the CEO and a major investor in Digital Dream Labs, an educational technology company based in Pittsburgh. He serves as advisor and investor to many start-up companies in Western PA. Before this, he was a director of River Hill Coal Company in Central Pennsylvania and was a recognized international consultant on coal markets. He received his doctorate in 2007 from the University of California.
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About Digital Dream Labs: Digital Dream Labs provides hands-on educational technology for children ages 4 to 9.
Gordon Campbell
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Cornami
Gordon Campbell brings a wealth of experience and expertise in founding, building and successfully launching a wide range of technology-based enterprises. He has repeatedly taken early stage concepts from start-up to high volume revenue and profits, creating over $5 billion of market value in the process. Mr. Campbell began his career as Intel’s first Corporate Marketing Manager moving into managing one of the company’s largest divisions. He left Intel to found SEEQ Technology, which became a leading manufacturer and the developer of the industry’s first Ethernet chip. Following SEEQ, Campbell founded and became Chairman and CEO of CHIPS and Technologies, the world’s first fabless semiconductor company. CHIPS and Technologies was instrumental in pioneering the PC-compatible computer marketplace that early customers such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell now dominate. As a result of his success at CHIPS and Technologies, Mr. Campbell was named Inc. Magazine’s 1989 “Entrepreneur of the Year”. In his 40-year career, Mr. Campbell has also served on the Board of Directors for 3COM, Bell Micro, and Palm, and has founded, invested in, and been involved with a number of highly successful start-ups, including CHIPS and Technologies, 3dfx Interactive, Cobalt Networks, HotRail, NetMind, PortalPlayer and Resonate. In honor of this repeated success, the FSA named Mr. Campbell as the 2007 recipient of the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.
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About Cornami: Cornami is a high-performance computing company that develops break-through computing architecture for real-time environments.
Sreekanth Ravi
Co-Founder & Chairman of RSquared AI
Sreekanth Ravi is the Co-Founder & Chairman at RSquared AI.
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About RSquared AI: RSquared AI is a cloud-based AI platform that evaluates the firms culture and state and provides actionable insights through dashboard.
Daren Trousdell
Chairman and CEO of NowVertical Group
Daren Trousdell is the Chairman and CEO at NowVertical Group.
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About Clip Money Inc., NowVertical Group: NowVertical Group helps the world’s best businesses win in the digital economy through powerful data analytics software and services.
Madan Kalakuntla
Founder, Chairman & CEO of USM Business Systems
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About USM Business Systems: USM Business Systems is a global IT services and staffing company.
David Hindawi
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Tanium
David Hindawi is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Tanium Inc., a Berkeley-based enterprise software company. An accomplished entrepreneur and inventor, Hindawi holds a number of software patents. In 1997 he founded a leading systems management company, BigFix, Inc., with the mission of making enterprise desktops, laptops and servers run more securely and efficiently. BigFix was acquired by IBM in 2010. Prior to founding BigFix, Hindawi held several executive management roles, including serving as CEO of Software Ventures, a market leader in telecommunications software. Hindawi founded Software Ventures and led the company to its acquisition. Hindawi holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering from the Technion, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Tanium: Tanium is a security and systems management platform allowing real-time data collection at an enterprise scale.
Tim O’Reilly
Founder, Chairman & CEO of O’Reilly
Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Inc. Considered by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world, O’Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, Strata: The Business of Data, the Velocity Conference on Web Performance and Operations, and many others. Tim’s blog, the O’Reilly Radar “watches the alpha geeks” to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim is also a partner at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, O’Reilly’s early stage venture firm, and is on the board of Safari Books Online, PeerJ, Code for America, and Maker Media, which was recently spun out from O’Reilly Media. Maker Media’s Maker Faire has been compared to the West Coast Computer Faire, which launched the personal computer revolution.
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About O’Reilly, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, POPVOX: O’Reilly provides technology and business training, knowledge, and insight to help companies succeed.
Johnny Chou
founder, Chairman & CEO of Best
Johnny Chou is Chairman and CEO of BEST Inc., a leading Smart Supply Chain company that he founded in 2007.With the belief that technology and business model innovation can transform China’s inefficient logistics and supply chain industry, Mr. Chou developed BEST Inc. into a multibillion-dollar giant and took it public in 2017. Prior to founding BEST Inc.,Mr. Chou served as Google’s Greater China president and had decades of management experience in global tech companies including UTStarcom and AT&T Bell Laboratory.
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About Best: Best Logistics is a logistics supply chain service provider.
Evan Powell
CEO & Chairman of MayaData
Evan has help found and grow a number of eventually important infrastructure software companies. He joined MayaData as an investor and Chairman in early 2017 and as CEO in July of 2017. Evan Powell was previously co-founder and CEO of StackStorm (BRCD), an operations automation software provider. Before that Evan was founding Chief Executive Officer of Nexenta Systems, and helped create the software defined storage market and achieved over $350 million of annual partner sales. Before Nexenta Evan was founding CEO of Clarus Systems (RVBD) which was a leading provider of IP Communications test and management software. Evan previously co-founded Clarus Systems, the leading provider of enterprise software for the management of next generation, real time communications. Clarus customers and partners include IBM, HP, JPMC, EDS, Bank of America and Cisco. The company was purchased by OPNET (OPNT) and is now a division of Riverbed (RVBD).
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About CloudByte, MayaData, OpenEBS: MayaData drives data agility by removing barriers to the adoption of stateful workloads in highly agile Kubernetes environments.
Ray Wang
Principal Analyst, Founder & Chairman of Constellation Research
Ray Wang is the Principal Analyst, Founder & Chairman at Constellation Research.
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About ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE U S, City of Cupertino, Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Michael Jansen
Chairman, Founder & CEO of Cityzenith
Michael Jansen is a sought after Smart City industry leader and public speaker with numerous awards and accolades to his credit, and has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and myriads of business, technology, and AEC publications worldwide, including Architectural Record, ENR, Business Week, Domus, Contract Magazine, et. al. In 2007, Michael was awarded Building Design + Construction Magazine’s prestigious “40 Under 40” award honoring top CEOs in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry under the age of 40. An impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, Michael founded Satellier in 2004, a CAD and BIM production services company backed by venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Under his leadership, in just four years Satellier experienced explosive growth from a team size of 10 to over 450 and fundamentally changed the way AEC firms deliver services. In 2010, Michael assumed the helm of Cityzenith to pursue his dream of transforming life in cities all over the world. Michael was educated as an architect at Yale and Cambridge; earned a Fulbright scholarship; studied art and architecture in China and India; speaks four languages and has traveled to more than 80 countries; designs high-end, exotic furniture, and is an avid guitar player.
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About Cityzenith: Cityzenith is a technology startup that provides data visualization platform software and applications for IoT and Smart Cities.
Youngsuk Chi
Chairman of Elsevier
Youngsuk Chi is the Corporate Affairs Manager at RELX.
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About Elsevier, RELX Group plc: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Scott Jones
Founder, Chairman & President of Eleven Fifty Academy
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About ChaCha, Eleven Fifty Academy: Eleven Fifty Academy is a nonprofit that serves the coding and professional community through immersive learning.
Nicholas Chavez
Chairman of Emerging.org
Nicholas Chavez is a cyber security expert, having spent the majority of his career building technical architecture for Fortune 500 clients and the US Government. He is the CTO of bitcoinR, co-founder of Diverse.org and Managing Director of DigitalGoals, Inc.
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About : Emerging.org is an investment firm focusing on investments in emerging markets.
Dhiraj Shah
Executive Chairman of Avaap
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About Avaap, New Jersey Institute of Technology: It provides full end-to-end Infor Lawson implementation services in all the Lawson core modules as well as the extended products
John Higginbotham
Chairman and CEO of Blue Ridge Networks
John Higginbotham brings over three decades of high technology executive leadership to Blue Ridge. He was formerly the senior partner at SpaceVest Capital, a co-founder and senior executive of International Technology Underwriters (Intec), and the Product Manager for HP’s first microcomputers. He has significant public and private Board of Directors experience and has supported professional and community service organizations throughout his career.Higginbotham holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Blue Ridge Networks, SpaceVest: Blue Ridge Networks provides high-security outsourced Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions.
Gary Norcross
Chairman, President & CEO of FIS
Gary Norcross is the Chairman, President & CEO at FIS.
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About FIS: FIS focuses on retail and institutional banking, payments, asset and wealth management, risk and compliance, and outsourcing solutions.
Amir Elichai
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Carbyne
Amir Elichai is the Founder & the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reporty Homeland Security. For more than 12 years, Amir has repeatedly demonstrated his capabilities as a transformational leader – combining business acumen with strong financial discipline, deep operational insights and organizational management. He is a growth-focused, results-oriented, and solutions-focused leader with proven history of bringing analytical insights and pragmatic solutions to key business challenges. Amir is a former Israeli Army officer who served in a different positions in the special elite forces and the intelligence corps. He earned his LLB & BA from IDC.
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About Carbyne: Carbyne is the leader in mission-critical contact center technologies, connecting the dots between people, enterprises, and governments.
David Brasfield
Executive Chairman, CEO and Founder of NXTsoft
Mr. Brasfield, founder and CEO of NXTsoft and ThreatAdvice, has demonstrated a track record of success in creating and developing several technology companies from inception to successful exit over the last 30 years. In these ventures, Mr. Brasfield has successfully developed and implemented strategies for sales, marketing and software product development. He is the founder and former CEO of Tri-Novus Capital, LLC, SBS Corporation, SBS Data Services, Inc., Brasfield Technology, LLC and Brasfield Data Services, LLC, all of which were providers of automation technology solutions for community financial institutions. He has been a director of a community bank and is currently a member of other boards in the Birmingham area. Mr. Brasfield holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
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About NXTsoft: NXTsoft is a secure data and connectivity solutions platform with over 1,900 Financial Institutions as our clients.
Blake Darcy
Executive Chairman of Tradewind Markets
Founded the online brokerage firm DLJdirect in 1987 under the brand PCFN on the Prodigy service. Led the firm from 1987 through 2001. Launched online brokerage JVs in Japan with Sumitomo and in Hong Kong with Hutchison Whampoa. Launched stand-alone online firm in UK. Formed a technology firm, iNautix (now owned by BNYMellon), to provide internet solutions to other financial services firms and as part of this venture formed an off-shore facility in India.
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About : Tradewind Markets offers a technology platform for digitizing the trading, settlement, and ownership of precious metals.
Rory Cutaia
Founder, Chairman, Pres. & CEO of VERB Technology Company
Rory originated the concept of bBooth and the idea that it could be used as a revenue-generating casting vehicle for TV shows. Rory created the Company’s business plan and marketing strategies, financed its start-up costs, including all research and development, then assembled a world-class management team of successful Hollywood, entertainment, and technology veterans to execute his vision to disrupt the talent discovery and fan engagement industries. Keenly focused on building shareholder value, Rory provides the vision and leadership for his management team and sets the goals and objectives for the Company’s growth and expansion. A successful serial entrepreneur, Rory’s previous endeavors include Founder, Chairman and CEO of telecom technology icon, The Telx Group, which he built and sold in 6 years for approx. $250M, returning 18x invested capital to early investors; and Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Allied Fiber, a new nationwide fiber-optic network, being deployed along railroad rights-of-way; among other successful endeavors.
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About VERB Technology Company: VERB Technology Company specializes in business-focused interactive video webinars, CRM, sales, and marketing applications.
Ashok Trivedi
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of Mastech Digital
Ashok Trivedi is a seasoned entrepreneur and a visionary thinker. Over the last 30 years, Ashok has been involved in recognizing impactful discontinuities in the technology business landscape. He co-founded Mastech Corporation in the late eighties – a breakthrough technology company that focused on Open Systems Computing which later paved the way for client-server technologies. In 2000, Ashok co-founded iGATE Corporation that spearheaded an operating model discontinuity in the IT services business and gained a pole-position, offering IT and business processes on an outcomes-driven model. In 15 years, iGATE’s revenues rose to $1.3 billion and was acquired by Capgemini in July, 2015 for a near enterprise value of $5 billion. His vision and forethought in technology services has resulted in significant job creation and positive social impact globally. As the Managing Partner of SWAT Capital, Ashok is responsible for managing investments for the Trivedi Family Office (Trivedi Family Foundation and The Trivedi Family Charitable Trust). He has been an angel investor in over 50 early stage technology and financial services businesses including Edelweiss Capital, Cvent and CBay and has led the launch of over 10 new IT services businesses in emerging technologies.
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About Mastech Digital: Mastech Digital provides IT associates in digital and mainstream technologies, Digital Transformation Services around Salesforce.com and SAP
David Frigstad
Chairman of Frost & Sullivan
David Frigstad serves as the chairman of Frost & Sullivan and is one of the driving forces in its growth, which has consistently outpaced industry averages. Frost & Sullivan provides research and growth consulting support to Fortune 1000 clients in all global economic centers with its 25 country offices The company provides a full array of research methodologies which include: Best Practices, Market Engineering, Customer Research, Technical Insights Research, Demographics, Financial Benchmarking, Competitive Benchmarking and Economic Research. All of these research groups work together to support and drive the growth strategy development of the Frost & Sullivan clients. David Frigstad and his business partner Wyman Bravard co-founded Market Intelligence Research Company shortly after graduating college. While in college together they developed a vision to create a global consulting organization, which focused on applying research to drive corporate growth. Over the last 25 years they have been totally dedicated on implementing this Vision. In 1993 they acquired Frost & Sullivan, which was the dominant player in the emerging market and technology research field. With Frost & Sullivan’s strong brand recognition globally and the expertise at applying the research function to drive corporate growth, they put the new Frost & Sullivan at the top of the list of the fastest growing companies in the consulting industry. Mr. Frigstad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in MIS and management. He received his master degree in Japanese Business Administration from the Japan American Institute of Management Science in association with Sophia University, Tokyo Japan. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration with a doubleconcentration in International Finance and International Marketing from Indiana University. The CEO’s key responsibility is to drive growth – two thirds however are frustrated with their current growth rate and would like to see it accelerated. As the visionary and growth leader in your organization, you must have a comprehensive view of, your industry and markets, global competition, emerging or potentially disruptive technology, economic shifts, customer views, and best practices that you can leverage to grow your organization.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Prashant Bhuyan
Founder, CEO and Chairman of Accrete
Founder, CEO and Chairman at Accrete.
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About Accrete, Shinrai: Accrete AI enables organizations to solve novel classes of real world information complexity problems by scaling tacit knowledge.
Michael Zamagias
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of TeleTracking
Michael Zamagias is the majority owner of TeleTracking and is responsible for all business operations of the company. His involvement with TeleTracking began in 1991 when the company was in its earliest phase as a start-up. Since then, TeleTracking has grown the niche it created into a multi-million dollar annual business that is now the recognized world leader in capacity management automation solutions for healthcare organizations. A perennial KLAS category leader, TeleTracking has grown by over 500 percent in the past decade and holds an 80 percent share of the penetrated capacity management market, with 2,000 applications in nearly 900 hospitals around the world. Clients include most of the nation’s top hospitals, as recognized by U.S. News and World Report, Thomson-Reuters and Becker’s Hospital Review. His entrepreneurial acumen has produced a successful network of businesses in addition to healthcare technology, including commercial real estate development, leasing and property management, banking/finance and energy development. Mr. Zamagias entered the real estate business in his early twenties as a licensed residential salesperson. He soon moved into the commercial real estate business, establishing himself as a top commercial leasing agent. In 1984, Mr. Zamagias moved to Pittsburgh, and founded his own company that, in 1987, became Zamagias Properties. Mr. Zamagias now owns a controlling interest in more that 1.6 million square feet of office, retail, and mixed-use properties located primarily in Western Pennsylvania. He co-founded Pennsylvania Capital Bank in 1991 (later to become part of Huntington Bank) and has developed over 150 oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania. In 2011, he purchased a fast-casual, wood-fired, pizza and sandwich concept called City Oven in order to create a business that would employ and mentor entrepreneurial teens and adults from underprivileged backgrounds. City Oven is located in Mr. Zamagias’ Times Building in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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About TeleTracking: TeleTracking Passionate About Optimizing Hospital Operations & PatientFlow.
Cédric Tournay
Executive Chairman of Publica
[Cédric Tournay](https://twitter.com/cedrictournay) is the Co-Founder and CEO of [Publica](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/publica-341b). [Publica](https://getpublica.com) was founded in 2016 in Palo Alto with co-founders [Ben Antier, COO](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ben-antier) and [Nabhan El Rahman, CTO]. Prior to Publica, Cedric was the CEO of Dailymotion (from 2009 to 2016). Dailymotion was sold to Vivendi in 2015. Before joining Dailymotion in 2009, Cédric Tournay co-founded and ran Doctissimo as CEO (from 2000 to 2008). Doctissimo was sold to Lagardere Group in 2007. Cédric Tournay graduated from Sciences Po Paris in 1995.
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About Publica: Publica is a technology company focused on internet-connected TV advertising.
Kevin Roberts
Chairman of the Board of Cyberhull
Kevin J Roberts joined the highly experienced founding team of CyberHULL in April 2009 as CEO and Chairman. Kevin has 35 years of experience in the High Tech Industry in both public and private companies. He started his business career in 1973 with McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Group and during his 14 yrs with the company annual revenue grew from $20 million to $1.4 billion. Kevin served in a number of senior management positions directing major software and services development contracts for the Health Care, Telecommunications, CAD/CAM, Consumer Electronics, Chemical / Pharmaceutical, Financial and Aerospace markets . Kevin joined Biosym Technologies in 1988 as SVP of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Customer Support and was promoted to CEO of Biosym in 1990. Biosym, under his leadership became the number one Molecular Modeling Software company in the world and was sold to Corning Inc in 1992 for $108 million. In 1995 Kevin helped launch SeQual Technologies Inc as Chairman and CEO. SeQual today is a leading worldwide supplier of home health care Oxygen Concentrators. Kevin served as Chairman and CEO of Azron Inc. ( Electronic Medical Records Software ) and completed Azron’s merger with a private Chicago based health care organization. Kevin was a Board member and lead angel investor in Akos /Endonetics Inc. ). Endonetics was sold to Medtronics in 2001 for $67 million. Kevin became a Board member and helped launch Reaction Design Inc which today is leading the way towards development of Clean Technology for the transportation and energy sector. He has served on the Board of Optical Research Associates(ORA) in Pasadena Ca. from 1999 until present. Kevin was invited to become a non executive Board member for Superscape Plc in 1997( London Stock Exchange Listed ) and then asked to take over as CEO of Superscape in 1999. After leading several successful funding rounds on the London Exchange for Superscape Kevin and his team re engineered the company from a 3D Graphics Tool Company into a Mobile Games Publishing Company and took Superscape from a position of number 91 to number 5 in the North American market before selling the company to Glu Mobile in April of 2008 for $36 million. Kevin also serves today on the Board of ScienceMedia Inc and as an advisor to the Board of Skinit.com.
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About : Cyberhull is an IT company that has teams of outsourced software and programming development and involves in data transformation and more.
Tal J. Zlotnitsky
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Our.Love
A life-long learner who is inquisitive and curious; an avid reader who enjoys developing a broad knowledge base as well as a depth of knowledge; a natural leader; my objectives are to continue to improve as a human, as a father, mentor, friend and entrepreneur through learning from the experience of accomplished leaders and wise laypersons alike; through building relationships and alliances; and through taking risks for ideas I believe in and am passionate about. That, and baseball.
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About Our.Love: “It’s like Home Design Meets Noom, but for Relationships”
Hosein Khajeh Hosseiny
Founder & Executive Chairman of Trinity AgTech
Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny is a British private equity investor, venture capitalist and philanthropist. He is a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company on innovation, growth and transformation; a Board Trustee of the Brookings Institution in Washington DC, and founder and CEO of Open X Innovations LLC, an asset management firm. He served as Managing Director, Managing Partner and CEO of Northgate Capital from 2004 to 2018. Prior to Northgate, Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny served as Head of Global Private Equity Investments at the McKinsey Investment Office (“MIO”), an organization with $10 billion under management and a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company. Prior to MIO, Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny was a senior management consultant with the Private Equity and Asset Management Practices of McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, he advised top global and European investment firms and government agencies on their respective investment strategies and capabilities; advised top global and European investment firms on acquisitions, alliances, and restructurings; and co-led McKinsey’s Excellence in U.S. and European Private Equity Initiative. He is a frequent speaker at, and has served as chairman for, certain leading industry events on private equity, and risk management. I Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Econometrics from Cambridge University. From Cambridge University he also received an honorary research position and lectured on research methods, finance, and investments.
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About Open X Innovations, Trinity AgTech: Trinity AgTech is delivering analytical software for the agriculture sector.
Grant Pierce
President, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sonics
Grant A Pierce co-founded Sonics in September 1996 and has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since March 1997 and as chairman of the board of directors since February 1997. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Pierce served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and General Manager for MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., a digital media and communications devices company. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Pierce was Chief Financial Officer at ParcPlace Systems, a company selling object-oriented software development environments. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Pierce served as corporate controller for MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. Mr. Pierce’s extensive experience also includes work at Convergent Technologies, Inc., ITT Qume, and Arthur Andersen and Co. Mr. Pierce received a B.S. in Business Administration-Accounting from California State University, Hayward and is a former certified public accountant.
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About Sonics: Sonics supplies on-chip communications solutions for home entertainment, wireless, networking and mobile devices.
Arvind Sarin
Chairman & CEO of Copper Mobile
Arvind Sarin is the Founder and CEO of Copper Mobile, he oversees Mobile Application development for the company and manages several clients. He holds a Masters in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, and an MBA from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Arvind has been associated with Fujitsu, WICAT, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Ranbaxy, BARC, and Impiger.
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About Copper Mobile: Copper Mobile is a preferred digital transformation partner that has specialized in enterprise mobile app development since 2010.
Arvind J. Singh
Chairman & CEO of Utopia
Arvind Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of Utopia Global, an industry leader in Enterprise Information Management software and services and long-time SAP Partner organization. Arvind believes true innovation happens when we push ourselves beyond the “good enough” and that 80% effort gets you through life but is not good enough to differentiate yourself and your organization. Arvind is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building global businesses for the last 20 years. Prior to co-founding Utopia in 2003, Arvind was the CEO of Value Communications Corporation (ValuCom), a company he founded in 1996. Under his leadership, ValuCom grew to be one of the most recognized brand names in prepaid telecom in the US. The company was acquired by Rediff.com (NASDAQ: REDF) in 2001.
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About Utopia: Utopia is an enterprise data solutions provider that leverages its proprietary Enterprise Data Lifecycle Management (EDLM) methodology.
Peter Weill
Chairman of MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)
Peter Weill is the Chairman and Senior Research Scientist of the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His work centers on the role, value, and governance of digitization in enterprises. Weill joined the MIT Sloan faculty in 2000 to become director of MIT Sloan’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). MIT CISR is funded by 80 corporate sponsors and patrons, and undertakes practical research on how firms generate business value from information technology (IT). As chair, Weill focuses on globalizing the center’s research and delivery. In 2008, Ziff Davis recognized Weill as #24 of The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, the highest-ranked academic. His award-winning books, journal articles, and case studies have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review, and The Wall Street Journal. Weill has co-authored best-selling books published by Harvard Business School Press, including IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain (2009), Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution (2006), IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results (2004), and Leveraging the New Infrastructure: How Market Leaders Capitalize on Information Technology (1998). His co-authored book,Place to Space: Migrating to eBusiness Models (2001), was named by Library Journal as one of the best business books of the year, and was reviewed by The New York Times. Weill presents executive and MBA programs on the business value of IT, and in 2007 received an MIT Sloan Outstanding Teacher Award. Weill works regularly on IT issues with corporations and governments, including Aetna, ANZ, BCG, BT, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, France Telecom, IBM, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, Origin Energy, PwC, Raytheon, State Street Corporation, TCS, Unibanco, Woolworths, and the World Bank. He has conducted workshops at Microsoft and at the Bill Gates CEO Summit; at the SAP CEO Summit; and for the boards of directors of Banco do Brasil, CBA, Unibanco, and Woolworths. Weill holds a BE from Melbourne University as well as an MBA, an MPhil, and a PhD in management information systems from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
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About MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR): CISR conducts field-based research on issues related to the management and use of information technology (IT) in complex organizations.
Pehong Chen
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of BroadVision
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About BroadVision: BroadVision has been a global leader in providing organizations with the rules, tools and infrastructure for doing business on the Web.
Daniel P. McCartney
Chairman & CEO of Healthcare Services Group
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About Healthcare Services Group: Healthcare Services Group provides professional management of ancillary services to a wide range of clients.
William Russell
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Piksel
William Russell has served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Piksel since June 2012. Bill also holds the positions of Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at PROS Holdings, Inc., a leader in pricing and revenue management software. Previously, Bill was a Member of the Board of Directors at Saba Software, Inc., a provider of people-centric enterprise solutions. Bill was a Member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of Saba Software’s board. Bill lends his broad knowledge of large-scale software operations, including sales, marketing, development, finance, strategic planning and leadership, to KIT digital. Bill served in a number of senior-level executive management roles in his 23 years at Hewlett-Packard, including Vice President and General Manager of the multi-billion dollar Enterprise Systems Group and its Software Solutions Group. Bill holds a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Edinburgh University.
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About : Piksel designs, builds, develops and manages successful video solutions.
Sanjoy Malik
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of Urjanet
Sanjoy is a seasoned entrepreneur and experienced executive who has built and operated several successful technology businesses. In 1999 Sanjoy founded Air2Web, a leader in mobile marketing services. Under Sanjoy’s leadership Air2Web grew from a pioneering wireless services provider to become a market leader and global strategic mobile partner for over 100 of the most trusted brands in the world. Prior to Air2Web Sanjoy founded Synchrologic, a company that created the first enterprise class data synchronization platform for mobile devices. Sanjoy was responsible for raising venture capital, hiring a successful management team, and establishing partnerships with key industry leaders. Synchrologic was acquired by Intellisync which later became part of Nokia.
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About Urjanet: The Urjanet Utility Data Platform transforms the way businesses mobilize the data available within utility bills and invoices.
Ujj Nath
Chairman & CEO of myKaarma
Ujj Nath is the Chairman & CEO at MyKaarma.
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About myKaarma: myKaarma is a cloud based automotive customer interaction management company.
Marcus Wallenberg
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saab
Marcus Wallenberg, (born 2 September 1956) is a Swedish banker and industrialist.The former President and CEO of Investor.Marcus has international business experience across various industry sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry from his directorship with Astra prior to 1999. Marcus is Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Saab AB and FAM. He is a member of the boards of Investor AB, Temasek Holdings Limited, and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
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About Investor AB: Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services, and solutions from military defence to civil security.
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.
Greg Stock
Chairman & CEO of Zenoss
Chairman & CEO at Zenoss.
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About Manugistics, Zenoss: Zenoss is the leader in Software-Defined IT Operations™, ensures the the world’s largest organization”s IT services & apps are always on.
Ido Schoenberg
Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Amwell
do serves as the Chairman and CEO of American Well Corporation and oversees the company’s corporate strategy. Ido has a lengthy track record of successfully leading technology companies in the healthcare field. In 1996, together with Phyllis Gotlib, he co-founded iMDSoft, a provider of enterprise software that automates hospital critical care units. He grew the company into a market leader with a large multi-national install base in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. In 2001, Ido joined CareKey Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and took the company through its acquisition by the TriZetto group. Ido served as TriZetto’s Chief Business Strategy Officer until his departure in the summer of 2006. Ido received his MD from the Sackler School of Medicine.
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About Amwell: Amwell is a telehealth platform that provides its patients with more affordable, higher quality health care.
Ira E. Ritter
Chairman of Oak Industries
Mr. Ritter has extensive experience creating, building and managing diverse business enterprises. His success has been his ability to take ideas and grow major businesses. He currently serves as Chairman of Ritter Pharmaceuticals. In addition he provides corporate management, strategic planning and financial consulting for a wide range of market segments. In the health and beauty sector, Mr. Ritter was President and Vice-Chairman of Quality King Inc, the nation’s largest wholesale distributor for health care products with $5 billion in annual revenues (ranked the 18th largest privately held company, Forbes Top 100 List). Simultaneously, he worked as President and Chairman of Rockwood, a business he developed that produced private label HBA products for major national retailers including GNC and K-Mart. In the entertainment sector he served as Chairman of ON-TV, a division of Oak Industries (NYSE Company), where he managed the television division initiating exclusive broadcasts of Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York professional baseball, basketball, and hockey games. During 1980-1985, he produced the first televised home shopping program and directed development of the largest “pay-per-view” channel system for its time. In the personal services market, Mr. Ritter grew a people-to-people business, Elite Personal Search and Lifemates personal matchmaking service, in the U.S. and Canada. In the finance field, Mr Ritter served on the board of directors for the Martin Lawrence Art Galleries (NYSE Company). During his 20 years as a publisher, he produced monthly national consumer magazines including Playgirl. and released books that included It’s OK to Say No childrens’ series and Patti Regan Davis’ Homefront. Mr. Ritter also has a long history of public service that includes appointments by three Governors to several State of California Commissions, including eight years served as Commissioner on the California Prison Industry Authority. In 1981, Mr. Ritter was honored with the City of Hope’s Man of the Year award.
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About Commissioner on the California Prison Industry Authority, Oak Industries, Quality King Inc, Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Rockwood: Oak Industries has been specializing in audio visual systems over the past 20 years.
Rakesh Gupta
Chairman & CEO of KiwiTech
Rakesh is the founder and CEO of Kiwitech, a digital interactive production and publishing house with over 300 APP’s in the companies production portfolio. Prior to founding Kiwitech, Rakesh was the founder and CEO of Aptara Corp, a leading Digital publishing & production company with over 4000 employees. The company was acquired in 2008 and was started from Rakesh’s kitchen table.
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About KiwiTech, KiwiVenture Partners: KiwiTech is a growing innovation ecosystem that’s home to more than 500 portfolio companies and 2000 investors.
Ali Kutay
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Striim
Ali Kutay is a successful serial entrepreneur, executive and investor with 35 years of experience. Before founding Striim, Inc., Ali was the Chairman and CEO of GoldenGate Software, the leading infrastructure software company for high availability, that was acquired by Oracle. Previously, Ali was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AltoWeb, Inc., a provider of e-business infrastructure software. He was an angel investor, President and Chief Executive Officer of WebLogic, Inc., the company that pioneered the Application Server technology which became one of the major building blocks of web-enabled applications. WebLogic merged with BEA Systems, Inc. and was acquired by Oracle in 2007. He was the President and CEO of Formtek, one of the first enterprise infrastructure software firms, founded in 1984 as a Carnegie-Mellon University spin-off and was acquired by Lockheed Corporation in 1989. He ran Formtek as its CEO under Lockheed Martin for 7 years. He serves on the boards of public and private companies and advises startups. Ali completed his undergraduate and masters degrees at Middle East Technical University and his PhD work at Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Striim: Striim is an enterprise-grade streaming data integration and operational intelligence platform.
Ariel Poler
Chairman of TextMarks
Ariel Poler is the Co-Founder at Reveri Health.
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About Instructables, Kongregate, Reveri, TextMarks: TextMarks is a mobile marketing provider of group mobile alerts for consumers and a group text messaging platform for businesses.
Abel Avellan
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of AST SpaceMobile
Abel Avellan is AST’s Chairman, founder and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 2017. Prior to founding AST, Mr. Avellan served as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Markets Communications (EMC), a satellite-based communications services provider to maritime and other mobility markets, from 2000 until its sale for $550 million in July 2016. Mr. Avellan has over 25 years of success in the space industry and is an inventor on 24 U.S. patents. He was the recipient of the Satellite Transaction of the Year award by Euroconsult in 2015 and was named Satellite Teleport Executive of the Year in 2017. A proud United States citizen, Mr. Avellan resides in Florida with his family.
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About AST SpaceMobile: AST SpaceMobile is building the first space-based broadband cellular network to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices.
Romesh Wadhwani
Chairman and CEO of SymphonyAI
Romesh Wadhwani founded Symphony Technology Group in 2002 for one reason: he is passionate about building companies. After a 30-year career as an entrepreneur in the enterprise software sector, Romesh launched STG to lend his expertise and passion to investing. Before starting STG, Romesh was the founder, chairman and CEO of Aspect Development, Inc. until 1999, when the company was acquired by i2 Technologies. For nearly a decade, Romesh grew Aspect Development into a leader in business-to-business commerce software, which culminated in the merger of Aspect with supply chain software company i2 Technologies. At that time, this combination was one of the largest enterprise software mergers.
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About ConcertAI, National Entrepreneurship Network, Symphony RetailAI, Symphony Summit, Symphony Technology Group, Symphony Technology Group, SymphonyAI, Terarecon, Wadhwani AI, Wadhwani Foundation: SymphonyAI is an enterprise AI company focused on delivering AI solutions for vertical sectors
Dino E. Robusto
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of CNA Insurance Company
Dino is chairman and chief executive officer of CNA Financial. He also chairs an Executive Committee which is responsible for strategy, results and oversight for all business units of CNA Financial Corporation. Dino retired from The Chubb Corporation in November 2015, where he had served as President of Commercial and Specialty Lines of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and Executive Vice President of the parent company, while leading that company’s global Information Technology function and Innovation. From 2011 through 2013, Dino was President of Personal Lines and Claims and also had responsibility for several corporate functions: Information Technology, Communications, Corporate Development, External Affairs and Innovation. Dino earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance and economics from McGill University in Montreal and is a 1999 graduate of The Wharton Business School Executive Management Program. He serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of New Jersey and formerly served on the Boards of Directors of Applied Systems and RAND Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice, and on the Board of Advisors of Catalyst Inc.
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About CNA Insurance Company: CNA is an Insurance Company, selling insurance products and services.
David Perry
Chairman and Co-founder of Better Therapeutics
David is President, CEO, and Director of Indigo. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and built three innovative companies in the last 18 years, leading the last two through successful IPOs and to multi-billion dollar market capitalizations, and raising over $750 million, while generating significant returns for investors. David was most recently CEO and Co-Founder of Anacor Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ANAC), a biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel small-molecule therapeutics to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases. David previously co-founded and served as CEO of Chemdex (NASDAQ: CMDX), later creating its parent company Ventro Corporation (NASDAQ: VNTR), a business-to-business marketplace focused on the life sciences industry. At its peak, Ventro was valued at $11 billion and was later sold to Nexprise. David is Founder and Chairman of the San Francisco-based digital health startup, Farewell, and a Director of the human microbiome company, Epiva. In 2000, David was named Entrepreneur of the Year in Northern California by Ernst and Young. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Tulsa. He also attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he was a National Merit Scholar. David serves as a Director of the not-for-profit Infectious Disease Research Institute. In 1995, Mr. Perry co-founded Virogen, a biotech company based in Boston. Mr. Perry has a B.S. from the University of Tulsa and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Better Therapeutics: Better develops prescription software for treating cardiometabolic diseases.
Edward Sanderson
Chairman of SAIC
Edward Sanderson retired from Oracle Corporation in 2002 as an Executive Vice President after having served since 1995. At Oracle, Mr. Sanderson was responsible for Oracle Product Industries, Oracle Consulting and the Latin American Division. Prior to Oracle, he was President of Unisys Worldwide Services and a partner at both McKinsey & Company and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He was previously a director of Leidos Holdings, Inc. from 2002 until September 2013, and a director of Quantum Corp. until September 2005. Since February 2015, Mr. Sanderson has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute, one of the world’s largest private biomedical research organizations.
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About : SAIC provides scientific, engineering, and systems integration and technical services and solutions in the United States.
John Williams
Founder & Chairman of Computer Services (CSI)
CSI chairman and member of the CSI Executive Committee, John Williams was named executive director of CSI in 1965, president and CEO in 1968, and chairman of the board in 1979. He served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Louisville Branch for three years; is a founder and former president of the Association of Financial Technology (AFT); and former chairman of CUBE (The Burroughs Computer Users). In 2004, he was named Distinguished Citizen by the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. In 2006, he received the Governor’s Technology Award as the individual who most deserved to be recognized as a leader in technology innovation in Kentucky. Williams was the first-ever recipient of Murray State University’s Telecommunications Systems Management Department’s Entrepreneurship Award, and the university further honored him by naming the award the John A. Williams Entrepreneurship Award. In 2009, John was the recipient of the Dr. Gene Wells Ray Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM) Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics Hall of Fame. Also in 2009, the Paducah Area Chamber presented him the Summit Award for leadership in education and poverty. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. Currently, John is serving on the Governor’s Tax Reform Commission and serving as co-chair for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute for School Principals.
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About Computer Services (CSI): CSI is recognized as an industry leader, offering service & software solutions to financial institutions & corporate entities nationwide.
David Paxton
Member of the Board of Directors & Chairman of the Executive & Compensation Committees of Computer Services (CSI)
A member of the CSI Board of Directors since 1999, David Paxton is chairman of the CSI Executive and Compensation Committees. David currently serves as president and CEO of Paxton Media Group, Paducah, Kentucky. His past positions include Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (Chicago and New York) and J.J. B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. David is a graduate of Harvard College and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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About : CSI is recognized as an industry leader, offering service & software solutions to financial institutions & corporate entities nationwide.
Jack McDonald
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Upland Software
Jack McDonald is Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Silverback Enterprise Group. Founded in 2010 and backed by Austin Ventures, a $3.9 billion venture capital firm, Silverback acquires and builds industry-leading enterprise software companies. In the past 15 months, Silverback has completed four acquisitions and its PowerSteering Software subsidiary is today the largest cloud software company in the enterprise project and portfolio management (PPM) market, with over 800 active enterprise customers and more than 250,000 active users in 50 countries. Prior to Silverback, Jack was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Perficient, Inc., a leading information technology consulting firm, from 1999-2009, where he led a team that grew the business from startup to a publicly traded (NASDAQ: PRFT) $250 million revenues award-winning industry leader with operations in North America, Europe, China and India. Jack is a serial entrepreneur and a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He is actively involved in the Austin civic and nonprofit community and currently serves as chairman elect of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, chairman of PeopleFund, a community development loan fund for low-income entrepreneurs, and serves on the Board of Directors for KIPP Austin Public Schools, a network of seven nonprofit schools serving more than 2,000 students in east Austin. Jack previously served as Chairman of the Greater Austin Technology Partnership and Chairman of Texas Emerging Technology Fund for the central Texas region, as well as on the Board of Peoples Community Clinic, which provides high quality healthcare to more than 10,000 low income central Texans.
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About Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Upland AccuRoute, Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
W. Matt Ralls
Executive Chairman of Rowan Companies
Mr. Ralls was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board in April 2014, after retiring as Chief Executive Officer. In December 2008, Mr. Ralls joined the Company, and was elected President and Chief Executive Officer and a director in January 2009. Mr. Ralls was with GlobalSantaFe Corporation, from 1997 until the completion of the merger of GlobalSantaFe with Transocean in November 2007. He served as GlobalSantaFe’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2007 and prior to that was Senior Vice President and CFO. Mr. Ralls currently serves as a director of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Superior Energy Services.
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About Rowan Companies: Rowan Companies is a major provider of global offshore drilling services. Our mission is focused on being the most efficient and capable.
Jim MacIntyre
Chairman & CEO of Product Lab LLC
Jim MacIntyre is a serial entrepreneur with over a 20-year track record for technology innovation. He has served as a CEO and board member for some of the DC area’s most dynamic technology companies, including Ignitio, Cirrus Seven, and Logi Analytics. He was founder and CEO of pioneering web analytics and optimization firm Visual Sciences, formerly WebSideStory, which he sold to industry-leader Omniture. Additionaly, he served as Chief of eCommerce Technology for GSI Commerce, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 and became eBay Enterprise. He is currently the CEO and Principal of McLean, VA – based Product Lab, LLC. Mr. MacIntyre holds a BA from the University of Vermont.
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About Cirrus Seven, Ignitio, Product Lab LLC: Digital product agency based in Miami, FL.
Michael P. Connors
Chairman & CEO of Information Services Group
Mr. Connors has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Information Services Group, Inc., an information-based services company, since July 2006. Mr. Connors served as a member of the Executive Board of VNU N.V., a major worldwide media and marketing information company, from the merger of ACNielsen into VNU in 2001 until 2005, and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VNU Media Measurement & Information Group and Chairman of VNU World Directories until 2005. He previously was Vice Chairman of the Board of ACNielsen from its spin-off from the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in 1996 until 2001, was Senior Vice President of American Express Travel Related Services from 1989 until 1995, and before that was a Corporate Vice President of Sprint Corporation. Mr. Connors is also a member of the Board of Directors of ACE Ltd., and was during the last five years a member of the Board of Directors of R.H. Donnelley Corporation.
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About Information Services Group, ISG Automation: Information Services Group was founded in 2006 by a group of industry veterans whose vision is to create a new leader in the fast-growing
Todd Lavieri
Vice Chairman & President, Americas & APAC of Information Services Group
Todd Lavieri joined Information Services Group as President in 2014.
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About Information Services Group, Information Services Group: Information Services Group was founded in 2006 by a group of industry veterans whose vision is to create a new leader in the fast-growing
John Cahaly
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eze Castle Integration
John Cahaly is CEO and Chairman of Eze Castle Integration, the leading provider of technology and IT services to the investment industry. In 1995, Cahaly co-founded Eze Castle Consulting, which spun off five successful businesses — Eze Castle Integration, Eze Software Group (formerly Eze Castle Software), Pivot Solutions (acquired by CME Group), Code Red, Inc. (acquired by FactSet), and Ledgex Systems. John also serves on the board of directors for The ConvergEx Group. John has more than 20 years of experience in computer engineering and business management and was instrumental in building the financial industry’s first Windows NT trading room that was used by Fleet Financial Group in 1996. Prior to co-founding Eze Castle, John worked at Digital Equipment Corporation for nine years holding various engineering positions including a senior role as a member of Digital’s Windows NT technical marketing group. John attended Northeastern University’s computer engineering program.
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About Eze Castle Integration, Ledgex: The global market leader in outsourced IT technology and services for the financial industry.
Leon Kopyt
Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of RCM Technologies
Leon Kopyt is the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors at RCM Technologies since September 1, 2015. Previously, Leon served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1992, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to February 2014, as RCM’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 1992 to 1994 and as RCM’s Chief Operating Officer from 1990 to 1992. Leon’s extensive experience in leading the Company in an executive capacity for 25 years makes Leon a valuable member of RCM’s Board.
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About : RCM Technologies, Inc. is a premier provider of business and technology solutions designed to enhance and maximize the operational……….
David W. Sanders
Chairman & CEO of CyberCSI
David Sanders has been a successful tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley for over 20 years. Mr. Sanders’ career as a serial entrepreneur began at an early age with disk jockey and database consulting businesses. After serving as a consultant to distinguished high-tech companies, including Apple and Hewlett Packard, Mr. Sanders founded cyberCSI. He currently serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Since its founding in 1993, cyberCSI has been providing IT outsourcing services and most recently proprietary cloud software to medium to large-size companies. In the past several years, Mr. Sanders’ business interests have expanded to angel investing and the founding of successful websites including GottaBeMobile.com, MoneyNation.com, MotorReview.com and Notebooks.com. Beyond his business interests, Mr. Sanders supports numerous philanthropic causes and organizations. He sits on the board of Goodwill Silicon Valley and is an active global member of Gen Next, a nonprofit comprised of executives and entrepreneurs dedicated to helping the next generation pursue economic growth, education and international security. In addition, Mr. Sanders directed the raising of $4.0+M for outreach to disadvantaged individuals and families struggling with alcohol and drug addiction and is a volunteer at Veterans of Foreign War events.
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About CyberCSI: cyberCSI provides the most cost effective IT life cycle management services utilizing proprietary cloud software. Cyber security for SMB’s.
