Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Enterprise space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Chris Farinacci
Chief Operating Officer of Asana
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About Asana: Asana is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of work management and productivity.
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Pete Abrams
Co-Founder & COO of Instana
Pete Abrams is the co-founder & COO of [Instana](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/instana), a tech company that offers application monitoring and analytics solutions to IT teams. Before Instana, Abrams held various executive sales and marketing roles at AppDynamics, NetContinuum and Sun Microsystems. Abrams holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from San Francisco State University.
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About Instana: Enterprise observability platform for modern Dev+Ops cloud-native microservices Application Performance Monitoring
Spencer Punter
Partner, COO and CFO of DCVC
Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO/COO of venture-backed enterprise SaaS companies. He brings this diverse skill set to Data Collective where, as COO, he works on the internal operations of the firm and, as an operating partner, he assists the current portfolio with fund raising, FP&A, and M&A. Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO/CFO of Appcelerator, the maker of the leading cross-platform mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway. He has worked in various roles from Associate to General Partner at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Integral Capital Partners, Bowman Capital, Bay Partners, and Capital Dynamics.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Jim Stewart
Chief Operating Officer of True Ventures
Jim joined True Ventures as CFO in 2012, bringing substantial operating and financial experience in venture-backed technology and biotechnology companies. Jim oversees the financial and administrative tasks of True, provides operating support to True’s portfolio companies, and maintains close relationships with True’s Limited Partners. Jim began his career in a traditional financial role with Ernst & Young, where he spent three years as a Partner, leaving to join a venture-backed technology company. In the years following, Jim held numerous operating and CFO positions in a variety of industries and raised significant venture and public capital, leading four companies through their IPO process. Jim brings his perspective of raising capital—from the entrepreneur’s point of view—to his role with True. Jim holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. When he is not focused on financial matters, Jim is likely dreaming with Jon Callaghan about airplanes, planning for a racetrack day on his Aprilia, or planning an Angels’ Flight mission with his wife Vikki.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Jim Stewart
Chief Operating Officer of True Ventures
Jim joined True Ventures as CFO in 2012, bringing substantial operating and financial experience in venture-backed technology and biotechnology companies. Jim oversees the financial and administrative tasks of True, provides operating support to True’s portfolio companies, and maintains close relationships with True’s Limited Partners. Jim began his career in a traditional financial role with Ernst & Young, where he spent three years as a Partner, leaving to join a venture-backed technology company. In the years following, Jim held numerous operating and CFO positions in a variety of industries and raised significant venture and public capital, leading four companies through their IPO process. Jim brings his perspective of raising capital—from the entrepreneur’s point of view—to his role with True. Jim holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. When he is not focused on financial matters, Jim is likely dreaming with Jon Callaghan about airplanes, planning for a racetrack day on his Aprilia, or planning an Angels’ Flight mission with his wife Vikki.
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About True Ventures: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
Hadas Sparfeld
COO & CFO of Group 11
Hadas is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Group 11. She is responsible for all of the firm’s day-to-day operations and also oversees Group 11’s financial activities, including financial reporting, accounting, forecasting and budgeting, as well as tracking financial performance of portfolio companies.
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About Group 11: Group 11 is a venture capital firm focused on financial technology companies.
Priscilla Hung
President & Chief Operating Officer of Guidewire Software
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About Guidewire Software: Guidewire Software provides core back-end systems software to the global property, casual and worker’s compensation insurance industry.
Jake Edsell
Chief Operating Officer of ParkHub
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About ParkHub: ParkHub is a technology company that provides software and hardware for the destination industry.
Michael Manuccia
Chief Operating Officer of STRIVR
Former FBI Analyst, Wharton Business School Michael is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation analyst who spent seven years serving the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division and Director’s Office. While in the Director’s Office, Michael worked with the Associate Deputy Director (the FBI’s Chief Operating Officer) to manage the FBI’s evolution to an intelligence-driven, threat-based, learning organization. Michael has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and, before joining STRIVR, attended The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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About STRIVR: STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance.
Lokesh Seth
Chief Operating Officer of DealCloud
Lokesh is responsible for formulating the product strategy and overseeing the development of iLEVEL’s SaaS-based services. Lokesh has a proven track record of synthesizing technology and market needs into innovative products, growing multiple companies and bringing many award-winning products to market. Prior to joining iLEVEL, Lokesh led the product and strategy group at Connotate, where he developed the firm’s market-leading intelligent agent platform. Previously, Lokesh was CTO at Serviceware, helping to guide the company through its successful IPO and also overseeing the identification of strategic M&A opportunities and completion of a successful merger. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in computer science engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India and an MBA from Miami University.
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About DealCloud: Deal management and business development software for principal investing and M&A advisory professionals.
Rebecca Ye
Co-founder & COO of Xcalar
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About Xcalar: Xcalar is a business analytics platform to discover meaningful insights from modern data.
Nigel LeGresley
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of Acumatica
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About Acumatica: Acumatica is a provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential.
Vic Cekvenich
CTO – COO of Apakau
I am a seasoned tech executive and entrepreneur with a proven track record of success. I have over thirty years experience combining a strong technical background and business leadership. I believe that technology must be developed solely to achieve business objectives and to satisfy market demands. I believe innovation happens with small and elite teams of superstars rather than with armies of mediocre players. I also believe that creating an environment of high innovation requires a culture of high-output based on merit; a place where people are rewarded for taking good risks.
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About Apakau: Apakau’s Cloud Proxy is an intelligent, edge-based networking solution that stops (DDoS) attacks against dynamic data.
Stacey Giard
COO and Partner of Tola Capital
Stacey Giard is an expert in the marketing and sales of software. She has spent her career scaling software businesses with a focus on delivering global go-to-market strategy, positioning, customer-targeted offers, technical partner and developer ecosystem enablement, and enterprise selling models. She applies her software marketing and sales expertise to portfolio companies to strengthen their strategy and execution across marketing, sales, and partner ecosystem. For over ten years at Microsoft, Ms. Giard held roles within the Server and Tools business. She established and managed a cross-company team to deliver a unified message and global marketing and business plan to drive premium enterprise IT offerings across products, support, and services focused on mission-critical customer needs. She created a marketing and sales campaign to drive premium developer tools revenue and adoption with enterprise and high-end mid-market customers. Ms. Giard was responsible for growing the Microsoft development tools partner and developer ecosystem. She managed partner marketing to drive tools adoption and developed a program to engage developer community influencers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms. Giard held a marketing and community engagement role with an online education startup.
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About Tola Capital: Tola Capital is a venture capital firm that invests globally in enterprise software companies across multiple stages.
Sanjay Poonen
Chief Operating Officer, Customer Operations of VMware
Sanjay Poonen joined VMware in August 2013, and is responsible for worldwide sales, services, alliances, marketing and communications. Previously, Poonen held the role of executive vice president and general manager for the End-User Computing business unit at VMware. In this role, he was responsible for strategy, products, engineering, marketing and sales across all of VMware’s End-User Computing offerings. Before VMware, Poonen was president and corporate officer of Platform Solutions and the Mobile Division at SAP AG. During his more than seven years at SAP, Poonen held several executive-level roles in product development and sales, including leading SAP’s Analytics, Big Data, Mobile and all Industry Business Units, driving many solutions to industry-leading market positions. Prior to SAP, Poonen held executive roles at Symantec, VERITAS and Informatica, and he began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft, followed by Apple. Poonen serves on the Board of Directors of Infor and the Advisory Board of Docusign. Poonen holds two patents as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated a Baker Scholar; a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University; and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, math and engineering from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
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About VMware, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Jason Miller
Chief Operating Officer of Point72 Ventures
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About Point72 Ventures: Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund focused on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments led by Steven A. Cohen.
Amit Mathradas
President and COO of Avalara
Amit Mathradas manages growth operations at Avalara, overseeing sales, marketing, business development, customer experience, and professional services. Throughout his career, Amit has focused on serving the small business category with tools and services to help that segment grow and thrive in the global economy. Prior to Avalara, Amit was general manager and head of the small and medium business segment for North America at PayPal. He also served in senior leadership roles at Web.com and Dell, focusing on serving the needs of small businesses by developing partnerships and go-to-market strategies
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About Avalara, PayPal: Avalara develops a platform that automates the major steps of tax compliance, all in the cloud.
Robert Sydnor
COO of Optimere (ArchiveSocial + Monsido + NextRequest)
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About Optimere (ArchiveSocial + Monsido + NextRequest): Optimere is the leading provider of digital compliance, accessibility, and records management solutions.
Mukund Ramachandran
COO of Dynamic Yield
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About Dynamic Yield: Dynamic Yield helps companies quickly deliver and test personalized, optimized, and synchronized digital customer interactions.
Richard Castle
Co-founder & COO of Cloudbeds
Richard Castle is the Co-founder and COO of Cloudbeds. Together with Co-founder Adam Harris, Richard has led Cloudbeds from a small startup to a company that powers over 20,000 properties in 135 countries worldwide. Richard’s first travel experience was with a backpack after high school when he traveled from Wakkanai, a city on the Northernmost tip of Hokkaido, Japan, to Okinawa, staying in parks, train stations, karaoke rooms, and homes from the occasional encounter with a Japanese citizen who would lend him a room for the night. Richard fell in love with travel and has been traveling and living abroad ever since. Having lived for years in Japan, Brazil, and the United States, Richard believes in incorporating different cultures and perspectives into the fabric of Cloudbeds. Richard wrote the first line of code for the Cloudbeds booking engine in a Brazilian hotel room two years before the 2014 World Cup to fix a problem he had as a traveler trying to find and book a pousada while traveling in Northern Brazil. Richard holds degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Japanese Language from the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a Blakemore Fellow and completed the 2006 – 2007 Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies Program in Yokohama, Japan. He later earned an MBA from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego in 2013. Richard speaks English, Portuguese, and Japanese. He splits his time between San Diego and São Paulo with his wife Tania.
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About Cloudbeds: Cloudbeds is a vertical SaaS business that creates cloud-based hospitality management software.
Loren Appin
Co-Founder & COO of Fishbowl
Cofounder & COO of Fishbowl, a social network that connects professionals within companies and industries. Every day employees come to Fishbowl to stay informed about workplace topics, share professional advice, and learn from both peers and senior leadership. Fishbowl has captured more than 25% of the professionals in the select industries the platform is open to, with almost half of users engaging the app daily.
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About Fishbowl: Fishbowl is a social network that connects professionals within relevant communities to have candid and relevant conversations.
Amin Rezapour
COO of Curogram
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About Curogram: A HIPAA Telemedicine & Two-Way Text Communication Platform, Curogram Streamline Patient Communication and will Increase Revenue.
John Doyle
Co-CEO , President & COO of Castlight Health
John leads the finance, human resources and corporate development teams. John joined Castlight after serving as chief operating officer at Achaogen, a biopharmaceutical company. In that role, John managed business development, finance, information technology, and business strategy. Previously, John was vice president of finance and corporate planning at Genentech, Inc. John received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in business administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a member of the 2012 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute and serves on the Achoagen board of directors.
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About Castlight Health: Castlight Health provides a healthcare navigation platform with resources for benefits, and vendors.
Luke Kathol
COO & Co-Founder of Urgently
Luke Kathol is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Urgently, Inc
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About Urgently: Urgently features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands and roadside assistance professionals.
Anu George
COO – Technology & Transformation of Morningstar
Anu George is the Head – Morningstar Excellence at Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research. Her responsibilities include providing a strategic direction to the continuous improvement, quality & excellence initiatives at Morningstar. She has successfully led the LEAN transformation at Morningstar & is now focused on institutionalizing an Agile culture in her organization. Anu has more than 20 years of experience in reputable organizations such as Unilever, GE, and Morningstar. She has global experience through her extensive work in Asia, North America, and Europe. Her strengths lie in operations management and LEAN Six Sigma. She is a frequent speaker on topics such as business process excellence and leadership. Anu holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from the University of Mumbai, India, and a master’s degree in business administration with a specialization in marketing from the University of Mumbai.
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About Morningstar: Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide.
Jordan Harris
Chief Operating Officer & President of Glitch
An experienced operating executive and entrepreneur, Jordan Harris formed the New Media Group at Reed Elsevier. He went on to found Hurricane Interactive and Notara Inc., which pioneered Brand Marketing Automation. He advises non-profits including Eyebeam, a platform for artists to engage society’s relationship with technology.
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About Glitch, Lela: Glitch is the friendly community where everyone builds the web.
Motti Danino
Chief Operating Officer of OroCommerce
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About OroCommerce: OroCommerce is the company behind OroCRM, OroCommerce and the OroPlatform.
Charnsin Tulyasathien
COO of Billaway
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About Billaway: Billaway provides mobile phone subscribers across the globe free mobile airtime when they share their opinions in surveys.
Jonathan McCormick
Chief Operating Officer of Intermedia
As COO, Jonathan McCormick manages all Intermedia hosting operations and operations staff. With the company since 2007, McCormick has played an integral role in bringing a number of industry firsts to market for the company including the launch of the company’s first in-country UK datacenter. McCormick creates a positive environment heading Intermedia’s Sunnyvale, CA office where inter-department collaboration and teaming is a strong focus. Prior to joining the team at Intermedia, McCormick was employed as the SVP of operations and client services for Savvis, the global provider of managed hosting, network and collocation facilities. In this capacity he was responsible for the management of all operations and customer service organizations globally. McCormick is frequently sought after as a thought leader in the business communications space to add commentary on industry trends and events. He has been published in such outlets as EWeek, Network World and SC Magazine. He received a double major in Psychology and Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
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About Intermedia: Intermedia provides cloud IT services and business applications for small and medium-sized businesses.
Claire Bruce
Co-Founder & COO of Vivun
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About Vivun: Vivun provides the world’s first AI-Powered PreSales Intel & Ops platform
Max Krasnykh
Global COO of Gett
Global COO at GetTaxi
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About Gett: Gett is a technology platform focused on corporate Ground Transportation Management (GTM), for spend estimated to exceed $100b globally
Tarun Desikan
COO & Co-founder of Banyan Security
Tarun Desikan has extensive experience in product strategy and business execution from nimble startups to global corporations. He was most recently VP of Product at Moovweb, where he help build a leading PaaS for mobile development, migrating 100s of enterprises to modern infrastructure in the Public Cloud. Prior to Moovweb, he was a strategy consultant at the BCG focused on marketing & sales initiatives for Global-1000 IT companies. Tarun was also an early engineer at Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), developing networking products. Tarun holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from BITS, Pilani, India, and an MSEE and MBA from Stanford University.
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About Banyan Security: Banyan Security provides a zero trust network access platform for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Matt Himelfarb
COO of Vinli
Matt is the COO/CFO of Vinli, Inc. Previously, Matt founded and served as a managing partner at Dallas Venture Partners (“DVP”). While at DVP, Matt founded Yvolver, Inc. and served as its CFO and General Counsel until its sale to Opera Software in August of 2015. He is an entrepreneurial JD/MBA with a background in all financial and legal aspects of private equity transactions and management. He has used his unique skill set to actively manage investments through their full life cycle: introduction to investment to sale. He has experience in both raising private equity funds and in sourcing investment opportunities. Formerly a Senior Associate with Trailblazer Capital, he was responsible for analyzing the firm’s deal flow as well as managing the due diligence process for every one of the fund’s investments, bridge funding transactions and the sale of a portfolio company to a publicly traded corporation. Matt is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and a former board member at DeviceFidelity, Inc. (sold to Square), Yvolver, Inc., and AgSolver, Inc. Matt received both his law and business degrees from Southern Methodist University with a concentration in Finance. While in graduate school, Matt founded a digital music company where he was successful in both raising capital for his company and attracting local talent. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colgate University.
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About Vinli: Vinli is a universal car-to-cloud data computing platform that turns any car into a connected car.
Jennifer Paau
COO of Ironclad
Jennifer Paau is COO at Ironclad. She is a former Senior Director, Lightning Adoption Programs at Salesforce and COO at SaleforceIQ.
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About Ironclad: Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management platform used by companies to handle every type of contract workflow.
Pegah Ebrahimi
COO of Cisco Collaboration of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Richard Tindal
Co-Founder and COO of Donuts
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About Donuts: Donuts is a domain name registry offering new domain names in multiple languages and character sets.
Philip J Faraci
President, COO of Kodak
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About Kodak: Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and services for enterprises and consumers.
Yuansong Liao
Co-COO/Chief Scientist/VP Analytics / Senior Analytics Manager of Opera Solutions
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About Opera Solutions: Opera Solutions provides advanced analytics software solutions that help organizations extract actionable insights from Big Data at scale.
Dan Wright
President & COO of DataRobot
Dan Wright is the Chief Executive Officer of DataRobot.
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About DataRobot: DataRobot brings AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises.
Chris Ney
President & COO of Silverback Enterprise Group, Inc.
Chris Ney is Co-Founder, President and COO of Silverback Enterprise Group. Founded in 2010 and backed by Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm with $3.9 billion capital raised. Silverback acquires and builds industry-leading enterprise software companies. In the past 20 months, Silverback has completed five acquisitions and its subsidiary Upland Software is today the worlds largest cloud software company in the enterprise project, portfolio and work management market, with over 1,200 active enterprise customers and more than 300,000 active users in 50 countries.Creating operations platforms with strategic processes and a platform for rapid turnaround and integration of acquired entities. Prior to Silverback, Chris was CEO of a series of Trilogy/Versata portfolio software companies. He previously served as Chairman of the Board, CEO, and Founder of CoreTrac, a financial services CRM software company. Chris began his career in 1990 working for Wall Street firms Lehman Brothers and UBS.
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About Blackstone Group, Silverback Enterprise Group, Inc.: Silverback Enterprise Group acquires, optimizes and develops enterprise software companies.
Murali Swaminathan
COO of Sprinklr
After receiving his Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Wright State University and an M.B.A. from NYU’s Stern, Murali became an executive at Cisco Systems Inc., where he held several key leadership roles. These included the principal lead for the acquisition integration practice for Cisco Engineering, as well as developing the strategy and managing its global data center operations. At Sprinklr, he runs the Engineering, Operations and Services divisions, helping to drive the company forward.
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About Sprinklr, Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Vivek Kundra
Chief Operating Officer of Sprinklr
Vivek Kundra currently works as COO for Sprinklr.
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About Outcome Health, Sprinklr: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Adam Regelmann
Co-Founder & COO of Quartzy
Adam Regelmann (MD / PhD) is the Co – Founder of Quartzy. Adam has conducted research in Chemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Immunology Labs. He holds an MD and PhD from Columbia University. His PhD thesis provided the primary data for a $2 million NIH award. He is also a Board Certified in Internal Medicine, completing residency at Washington University in St. Louis. Adam currently functions as the scientific voice of Quartzy. He is passionate about Quartzy’s mission to enable discovery by providing tools to solve the many problems that plague research. He personally invites you to contact him regarding your thoughts about Quartzy or about science in general. Email : adam@quartzy.com .
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About Quartzy: The world’s leading solution for consolidating lab communication, inventory management, and lab supply purchasing.
Alex Carstens
Co-founder & COO of Viridis Learning
Co-founder & COO @Virids
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About FreeFashionInternships, Viridis Learning: Viridis, a human capital technology SaaS solution, that matches skill deficiencies with local employer needs of middle skill labor.
Monica Jonas
Chief Operating Officer of WorkFusion
Monica leads account management for WorkFusion. She was previously SVP of Global Business Operations for Viacom Media Networks, and before that she held technology management roles at Tacoda Systems, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, PBS, AARP, and NASA Space Station Freedom Program Office. Monica’s more than 20 years’ experience in media and technology operations includes development of project management frameworks, managing capital and expense budgets, building strategic partnerships with vendors, and designing sourcing solutions.
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About WorkFusion: WorkFusion offers automation solutions to enterprises to help them reduce costs and up-skill workforces.
Mark Rosenthal
COO of HqO
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About HqO, HqO: HqO helps building owners and property teams thrive with technology that engages tenants and creates the most value for their assets.
Munish Gandhi
Founder, COO of Productiv
Munish Gandhi is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Productiv.Prior to founding Productiv, he led Sales Strategy and Operations as the COO for the Americas at LinkedIn for 4 years. Prior to that, he was the Director of Commercial Solutions at Equinix where he managed large, complex deals.
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About Productiv: Productiv is a real-time engagement data and insights platform used to manage SaaS applications.
Erin Robbins O’Brien
COO of GinzaMetrics
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About GinzaMetrics: GinzaMetrics offers an SEO and content marketing platform that provides recommendations and competitor analytics to agencies and marketers.
Stephen Coakley
COO & President of Babel Street
Stephen Coakley is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Babel Street, a company that provides actionable intelligence by persistently monitoring and analyzing a variety of data sources. Babel Street serves governments, higher education, and a wide spectrum of the business sector. Prior to Babel Street, Stephen was the Founder and Principal of Horizon Services, a government contractor that rose to #312 on the Inc 500 Fastest-Growing Companies List, with $8M in revenues and 150 employees. Steve’s philosophy is that he wants to work with very smart people doing something they all can be incredibly passionate about. Otherwise, it’s time to reinvent.
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About Babel Street: Babel Street provides real-time situational awareness and intelligence on global topics of interest.
Jim Bozzini
Chief Operating Officer of Workday
Jim Bozzini is senior vice president at Workday and oversees global customer operations including professional services, education and support. Prior to joining Workday in 2007, Jim was chief operating officer at Evolve Software where he was responsible for sales, marketing, product development and services. Before Evolve, Jim held various management and senior management positions at PeopleSoft, a company he joined as an early employee. During his eight years at PeopleSoft, Jim launched the company’s European operations, created the professional services organization and was ultimately responsible for approximately one third of the company’s total revenue. Jim began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
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About Workday, Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Stephen Frangione
COO of RueOne Investments
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About RueOne Investments: RueOne is a private investment firm making early to growth stage investments in FinTech / InsurTech / Enterprise Software.
Dan Figenshu
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer of Rocketrip
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About Rocketrip: Rocketrip helps businesses reduce travel spend by incentivizing employees to save when they travel for business.
Anuradha Muralidharan
COO of Expensify
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About Expensify: Expensify is a financial services company that provides an online expense management service for businesses.
Shiv Sundar
Co-Founder & COO of Esper
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About Esper: Esper is a platform for Android enterprise device management and DevOps to ensure device security.
Thomas Kramer
COO, Co-Founder of Paladin
As Co-Founder and Head of Product at Paladin, Thomas focuses on building enterprise software for next-generation media companies. Prior to Paladin, Thomas served as VP of Product at Bent Pixels and as the Senior Director of Content Strategy and Optimization at Maker Studios (The Walt Disney Company), a top multi-channel network (MCN). At Maker, Thomas led a team focused on audience development strategy consulting for many Disney brands (Marvel, ESPN, Disney Animation, and Disney Parks) and online video creators (PewDiePie, GameGrumps, and the Shaytards). Thomas has rich experience working with brands, agencies, and content creators on multi-platform video strategy. He is a co-founder of Ready Influence, an advisory initiative for content creators, and has spoken at several conferences, including Media Summit New York. Thomas is a graduate of the University of Oregon.
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About Measure Studio, Paladin: Paladin is the essential influencer marketing platform for brands and agencies.
Colin Turner
Co-Founder and COO of Postscript
Colin Turner is the co-founder and COO at Postscript. He was a systems architect at Integrate. He studied Bachelor of Science in business administration at University of Southern California.
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About Postscript: Postscript is an SMS platform that enables brands to communicate and engage with customers through text message marketing.
Mohsin Memon
Co-Founder, President, & COO of Sharebite
Mohsin Memon is a Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Viken Douzdjian
COO of Trellis
Viken Douzdjian works as the COO at Trellis and founding partner at Argonautic Ventures. Previously, he was a technology investor at Marlin Equity Partners. He has a bachelor’s degree in financial economics at Claremont McKenna College.
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About Argonautic Ventures, Trellis: Trellis is a seed-to-sale cannabis management software that support cultivators, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.
Jon Flaxman
Chief Operating Officer of HP
Jon Flaxman is the Chief Operating Officer for HP Inc., leading the Strategy and Business Management team. In this role, he is responsible for Sales Strategy & Operations, Customer Support, Corporate Strategy, transformational initiatives and infrastructure including IT, Real Estate and Procurement. Most recently, Jon served as Senior Vice President and CFO for HP’s Printing and Personal Systems Group, driving all financial activities for the organization. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Finance for HP’s Imaging and Printing Group for four years. From March 2007 to November 2008, Jon was Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President of HP. In this role, he had responsibility for the company’s shared and administrative services, including real estate and workplace services, indirect and services procurement and HP Financial Services, the company’s financing arm. Jon was also the Senior Vice President and controller of HP during the HP/Compaq merger and initial Sarbanes-Oxley implementation. As the controller, Jon had worldwide responsibility for the company’s accounting and financial reporting activities, and oversaw and managed HP’s financial planning processes, indirect procurement and trade credit and collections organizations. Jon joined HP in 1981 and worked in a variety of controller and finance assignments within HP’s computer business, as well as the former test and measurement business, which was spun off as Agilent Technologies. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and a Master’s degree in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis. He is based in Palo Alto, California
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
James Felton Keith
COO of Accrue
James Felton Keith is currently President of The Data Union. Affectionately known as JFK, he is an award winning engineer and serial-entrepreneur that defined data as a natural resource in the book Personal Data: The People’s Asset Class. JFK has incubated the data industry via his founding of the Data Trade Association and Personal Data Week conferences. He has either written or influenced all of the global cyber policy over the past 10 years. A serial-entrepreneur, he has founded 12 companies of which 5 were successful. Most notably: Cyberfense, Accrue.com, Slay TV, and the LGBT Chamber. His expertise is in the ethnography of technology, or the study of the culture of tech. Over the past 20 years between 4 continents he has been obsessing about economic inclusion, and how to get equity in the hands of the people who have increasingly less, while the world becomes more productive from their input. JFK was the 1st Black representative of the LGBT community to run for US Congress. He says “it’s necessary to have the mind of a CEO and the heart of a Social Worker to solve real people problems”. James has been appointed to the cabinet of Elected Officials, taken over for and advised CEOs, Academics, and Non-profiteers. Keith currently serves on advisory boards at Rutgers University and the Democratic National Committee. He is a frequent keynote at global venues like the United Nations, Future Tech Congress, Money 20/20, and Hope Global Forums to name a few. Most recently he was honored as an IBM Global Entrepreneur, one of the UN’s International Young Leaders Assembly members, the United Kingdom’s Technology & Investment Financial Technology Delegation, the US Department of Homeland Security’s Commitment to Diversity, and multiple 40 under 40 notices.
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About Accrue, Cyberfense, NTGR8, nuOctave, Stall Talk: Accrue is a financial analytics company that builds deep learning technology.
Daniel Florence
COO of Sixt Rental Cars
Prior to joining Sixt in 2017, he spent nearly two decades immersed in North American rental car operations. Florence spent 18 years with Dollar Thrifty in the US, holding various leadership roles within operations, and eventually rising to become Area Director. In 2014, he transitioned to Hertz, where he was appointed as a Vice President of Airport Operations. Florence was then tapped by Car2Go to serve as Chief Operating Officer for North America. Sixt is always at the forefront of mobility, it was the first car rental company with a website and the first to include ride sharing and ride hailing through its new app.
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About Sixt Rental Cars: Sixt Rental Cars is a car and truck rental company also offering limousine service.
Ryan Melohn
COO & Co-Founder of Expansion Venture Capital
Ryan Melohn is co-founder and chief operating officer for Expansion VC. In addition Mr. Melohn is vice-president and property manager for the Expansion Group Inc. , a real estate corporation with holdings in both residential and commercial sectors. As chief facilitator for Expansion VC, Mr. Melohn has been responsible for successfully pairing potential entrepreneurs/companies with ideal investments. Ryan’s networking throughout the venture capital and corporate worlds, have proven extremely valuable to EVC. His portfolio includes but is not limited to Postmates, RelayRides, AngelList, Life360, Firebase, TheRealReal, Enigma.io, Compstak, Engrade and eShares among many others. Ryan’s philanthropic interests are varied and eclectic. He is particularly dedicated to Kids of Courage, an organization focused on improving the daily lives of children and adults battling catastrophic illnesses.
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About Expansion Venture Capital: Expansion Venture Capital is a New York-based company providing investment and mentorship to early- and growth-stage companies.
Miten Mehta
Co-Founder & COO of KloudData Inc.
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About Fractal Analytics, KloudData Inc., Xoogler: KloudData is providing software solutions and services.
Daniel Schachtel
Chief Operating Officer of Intcomex
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About Intcomex: Intcomex provides IT products such as self-standing computer systems, PC components, peripherals, power protection and backup devices.
Tarek Alaruri
Co-Founder & COO of Fairmarkit
Tarek Alaruri is the COO and Co-Founder at Fairmarkit.
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About Fairmarkit: Fairmarkit is an intelligent sourcing platform that empowers organizations to more efficiently purchase the goods and services they need.
Yash Prakash
COO of Saviynt
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About Saviynt: Saviynt provides intelligent identity and access governance solutions to let enterprises secure applications in a single platform for cloud.
Marc Yount
President, COO of Field Agent
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About Field Agent: Field Agent is a provider of enterprise services used to offer mobile research and retail data collection.
Brian Kim
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Liferay
Brian Kim, Chief Operating Officer and a founding partner, leads the company’s Professional Services Organization and orchestrates the ongoing operations of a fast-growing global organization. He is also managing the strategic growth of the company’s partnership network. Prior to Liferay, Brian worked alongside upper management at HubbardOne on internal company operations. He is also an alumnus of Accenture where he worked with marquée clients within the financial services sector. Brian holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago.
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About Liferay: Liferay makes software that helps companies create digital experiences on web, mobile and connected devices.
Paul Lanzi
Co-Founder & COO of Remediant
Paul Lanzi is the co-founder and COO of Remediant.
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About Remediant: Remediant provides enterprises with Privileged Access Management (PAM) software to help them protect their accounts from misuse and abuse.
Lynn Atkinson
Chief Operating Officer of Mainsail Partners
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About Mainsail Partners: Mainsail Partners is a San Francisco-based private equity firm with nearly $400 million in committed capital raised from leading
Lynn Atkinson
Chief Operating Officer of Mainsail Partners
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About Mainsail Partners: Mainsail Partners is a San Francisco-based private equity firm with nearly $400 million in committed capital raised from leading
Patrick Chopson
COO, Co-Founder of Covetool
Focusing on the crossover between architecture and technology, Patrick Chopson leads cove tool, a building consulting software company delivering daylight, cost, and energy modeling. He oversees product development and strategy for cove.tool providing a web based software for cost optimization vs energy performance to dramatically lower the cost of green buildings. Graduating in 2014 with a Master’s in High Performance Buildings from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Patrick focuses on architecture, process integration, and computational design. Multiple publications have written about Patrick’s impact in the AEC industry including Architect Magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily and more. He is a licensed architect with over 14 years of experience in both architecture and mechanical engineering firms. His undergraduate in architecture is from Kennesaw State University in Marietta, GA.
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About Covetool: Covetool is a B2B SaaS company that helps make buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost.
Antoine Villata
COO of Planisware
In 2001, with several years as a Planisware consultant in Paris under his belt, Antoine Villata moved to the US to establish Planisware Services in North America, starting operations in both California and New Jersey. Antoine has over 15 years of hands-on experience in the field of project and portfolio management (PPM). His experience includes designing and implementing PPM solutions at several major NPD companies, directing global multi-site and multi-region projects, and partnering with prestigious consulting firms to implement processes and methodologies that increase returns on R&D investments. He uses his cumulative experience on a daily basis in his role of overseeing operations in the US. Antoine received an MS in Innovation Management from Compiegne Technology University (UTC) in France as well as an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Wharton School. On weekends, Antoine enjoys spending time with his wife and two small children and kitesurfing around the Bay Area!
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About Planisware: Project Portfolio Management Software
Hai Tran
COO & CFO of SOC Telemed
Ha Tran has over 20 years of experience as an executive with both public and private companies, focusing on building growth-oriented organizations. He contributed to the growth of the Home Infusion business at BioScrip, which yielded double-digit revenue growth during his tenure. He also has significant healthcare and technology experience. Prior to BioScrip, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President International of Harris Healthcare Solutions, which is the healthcare subsidiary of Harris Corporation, a $6 billion diversified technology company. From 2008 to 2011 he served as Chief Financial Officer of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded Pharmacy Benefits Management company. He also served as Vice President and Treasurer of Hanger Orthopedic Group, a public healthcare services, products, and distribution company, from 2006 to 2008. Hai Tran holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Richmond.
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About CSG International, SOC Telemed: SOC Telemed is a provider of specialty consultations to acute-care hospitals through telemedicine.
Yuriy Smirnov
COO and Co-Founder of Fundraise Up
Yuriy Smirnov COO and Co-Founder of Fundraise Up.
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About Fundraise Up: The new standard in online giving.
Jason Stulberg
COO / CFO of Fooda
Jason Stulberg joined Lightbank in January 2012.Prior to Lightbank, Jason was on the founding team of Star Studio, a new venture within Coinstar/Redbox. Previously, Jason spent three years at Wind Point Partners, a middle market private equity firm and two years at Bain & Company in Chicago. Jason holds a BS in engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
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About Fooda: Fooda is a food technology platform that connects restaurants to people while at work.
Tim Mattox
President & Chief Operating Officer of Upland Software
Tim Mattox oversees Upland’s sales, marketing, development, operations, human resources and product areas, helping the company grow more effectively and efficiently. He also leads our GM’s, who run Upland’s various lines of business. Before joining Upland in 2014, Tim was at Dell, Inc. for approximately 15 years, holding executive roles in strategy, operations and marketing. He ran worldwide enterprise product management including pricing, demand/supply and financial forecasting, and product launch operations. He also ran Dell’s corporate strategy, reporting to the CEO for two years as part of the executive leadership team. Prior to this role, Tim led B2B marketing for Dell’s Americas region corporate business group, helping Dell achieve #1 share position in commercial notebooks, desktops and workstations. He also led worldwide product marketing for all of Dell’s desktops, notebooks and workstations for both the corporate and consumer market. Prior to this role, Tim started and ran DellHost, Dell’s entry into the web hosting business. He joined Dell to start and run the strategy team for Dell’s enterprise systems group. Preceding Dell, Tim worked for Bain & Company and Oracle Corporation. He sits on the board of the National Center for Arts and Technology, an innovative educational nonprofit. Tim holds BS/MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
Hatem Naguib
Chief Operating Officer of Barracuda Networks
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About Barracuda Networks: Barracuda is a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, affordable IT solutions for security and storage.
Jim Melvin
COO of SevOne
Jim Melvin has over 20 years of experience in leadership and CEO roles related to software, hardware, and SaaS businesses. He is the senior vice president and chief marketing officer of [SevOne, Inc.](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sevone#/entity). Previously, he served AppNeta as the president, chief executive officer, and chief marketing officer. Prior to AppNeta, Melvin was the president and chief executive officer of Mazu Networks. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a master’s degree in management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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About SevOne: SevOne provides the only digital infrastructure monitoring solution engineered for Speed at Scale for the world’s demanding.
William Welch
President and Chief Operating Officer of Duo Security
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About Duo Security, Logikcull: Duo Security provides security software products and services.
Colton Jang
Founder & COO of LeapYear Technologies
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About LeapYear Technologies: LeapYear develops technology for enterprises to securely unlock value from their most sensitive data assets.
Marc Stoll
President & Chief Operating Officer of Nextiva
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About Nextiva: Nextiva is a leading business communications company that helps organizations simplify and enhance their customer relationships.
Darlene Mann
Chief Operating Officer of StreetLight Data
Since 2008, she has provided executive advisory services to companies in the internet services and enterprise software segments. Darlene was CEO of Siperian from 1996 to 2002. Prior to this she led the internet and software services practice at ONSET Ventures, also serving as a director for more than a dozen portfolio companies. Before ONSET, Darlene served in a variety of operating roles including Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Avantos Performance Systems, and Founding Vice President of Marketing at BroadVision, and held a number of senior product management positions with Verity, Paramount Communications and Lotus Development Corporation.
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About Akoonu, StreetLight Data: StreetLight Data is a data analytics company transforming urban planning and transportation design with the power of geospatial data.
Erin Brockman
Chief Operating Officer of Ordergroove
As the COO of Ordergroove, Erin is focused on accelerating revenue growth, building and scaling a world-class team and culture, and ensuring strong value delivery for clients. She is directly responsible for Ordergroove’s Client Services teams, including Client Development and Client Solutions, Subscription Marketing, Human Resources as well as companywide Operations. Prior to Ordergroove, Erin served in leadership roles at Yodle for 6 years, first as SVP of Client Services and then as Chief Human Resources Officer, where she helped scale Yodle’s marketing automation SaaS business from start-up to $160M+ in revenue, 50,000 customers and over 1,200 employees. Previously, Erin was Vice President of Operations and Customer Service at Yahoo! HotJobs for 8 years where she successfully led the transition from high-growth start-up to an industry-leading media and recruitment solutions business. Before Yahoo!, Erin held management positions at a number of high tech start-up organizations and spent several years in Change Management consulting at Accenture. Erin is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations. She lives in Tribeca with her husband, John, and baby Grayson where they enjoy trying out all the great restaurants in their neighborhood.
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About Ordergroove: Ordergroove transforms brands & retailers from episodic transactions to recurring revenue via frictionless, recurring customer experiences.
Aparna Deshpande
Co-Founder & COO of Pathlock
Aparna Deshpande is the COO and co-founder of Greenlight and is responsible for overseeing finance and operations at Greenlight. She has more than 12 years’ experience managing the delivery of diverse business technology initiatives including solutions for regulatory compliance, enterprise web infrastructure, customer relationship management and sales force automation. Prior to Greenlight, Aparna worked in the technology consulting practice for Cap Gemini and PwC. She also held technology management positions with AT&T Bell Labs and Merrill Lynch. Aparna holds a B.S. degree in eElectronics engineering.
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About Pathlock: Pathlock is a provider of unified access orchestration.
Peter Koht
Co-Founder & COO of OpenCounter
Peter Koht is a civics nerd. An experienced economic development professional, most recently Peter worked for the City of Santa Cruz. Peter worked on a number of issues at the City, from leading a regional broadband policy group to opening up City data to spearheading policy initiatives that lowered administrative barriers to job creation. Previous to his public sector role, he worked in technology and media. When not working, Peter runs trails and surfs.
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About OpenCounter: OpenCounter combines Silicon Valley and public-sector talent to create best-of-class products for modern governments.
Itay Shoshani
Chief Operating Officer of Silk
As Chief Operating Officer, Itay Shoshani is responsible for all of Kaminario’s internal operations including Customer Success, Operations, IS/IT and Sales Operations. Prior to this role, Itay served as Chief Revenue Office where he was responsible for worldwide sales and customer operations. Before joining Kaminario, Itay served 10 years with Unisys EMEA in a variety of executive positions. Itay also held leadership roles at startups such as ibetcha, as well as large enterprises such as ELAL.
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About Silk: The Database Supercharger
Colm Bergin
Chief Operating Officer of Modo
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About Modo: Modo is the payments orchestration platform for enterprises.
Raghu Yelluru
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Smart ERP Solutions
Raghu Yelluru has over 25 years of experience in business applications, which includes over 20 years working with PeopleSoft applications and customers. During his nine years working at PeopleSoft/Oracle he held roles in global support and designed and developed many core PeopleSoft features as part of developing Financials, including receivables and general ledger modules. His vast development and functional knowledge brought him to co-found SmartERP where he is responsible for operations, product management and strategy. Also an avid cricket player, Raghu helped establish public cricket fields where local leagues compete.
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About Smart ERP Solutions: SmartERP is the enterprise business applications space providing innovative, cost-effective and configurable solutions.
Debe K.
Founder & COO of ManageCasa
Debe has a diverse entrepreneurial background that includes operational startup experience in various industries for almost 20 years. She is a long-time homeowner and was a commercial real estate tenant for almost 20 years.
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About ManageCasa: The leading intuitive, interactive and automated software for property managers, associations and landlords.
Tim Tesluck
COO of Field Complete
As Chief Operating Officer, Tim is responsible for overseeing all daily operations.
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About Blast Sourcing, Field Complete: Software for real estate contractors to manage their operations
Meet Bhatt
COO of Crater
I’m a tech operations executive and I started my career in 2012 taking care of daily operations at Blackfire Solutions and continued my technological path later in the US. I have also freelanced and continuously collaborated and operated with Bytefury on several key projects. I’m the Co-founder and COO at Crater Invoice, Inc.
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About Crater: Crater is an Open Source accounting application for individuals and businesses.
Timothy Sovay
COO of CreatorIQ
As SVP at theAudience, Tim Sovay is tasked with leading business development and strategic partnerships with large media and consumer brands. He collaborates with the nation’s leading marketers to build deeper relationships with their fans through direct-to-consumer social media channels via a combination of strategy, technology, and a network of over 6,000 influencers. While at theAudience, he has led campaigns for such brands as Ford, American Express, McDonald’s, Sony, 20th Century Fox and CNN/HLN. Over the past 10 years, Tim Sovay has successfully executed digital and social campaigns for some of the biggest film franchises in the industry including The Twilight Saga, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Pixar franchises in addition to the Academy Award®-winning film The Hurt Locker. He has also helped spearhead eminent indie film campaigns such as Spring Breakers, The Bling Ring, and Marley, all of which used digital and social media as leading components of their marketing strategies. Tim Sovay received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration & International Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About CreatorIQ: The most trusted software to unify and power advanced influencer marketing for the world’s most innovative enterprises
Clive Wu
Chief Operating and Technology Officer of HealthCrowd
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About HealthCrowd: HealthCrowd is an end-to-end communications platform for healthcare.
Mathieu Champigny
COO of globaledit
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About globaledit: Creative production platform that empowers creative ops professionals to manage visual production at scale.
David C. Adams
CEO & COO of Curtiss-Wright
Mr. David C. Adams is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Curtiss-Wright Corp. He served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. For the five years prior to his new position, Mr. Adams was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since October 2012. Prior to being named President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Adams served as Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company with overall responsibility for the Motion Control and Metal Treatment segments’ strategic goals, technology development, global operations and financial performance. He was President of Motion Control since 2005 and Vice President of the Company from November 2005. Prior to joining the Company in 2000, Mr. Adams had 10 years’ related industry experience with Goodrich and Lucas Aerospace. He serves on the board of governors of the Aerospace Industries Association. Mr. Adams holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from California State University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from California Lutheran University.
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About Curtiss-Wright: Curtiss-Wright delivers engineered, critical function products and services to the commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets.
Brian Dixon
COO of Capital Innovators
After obtaining my Juris Doctor from Washington University, I began furthering my career by focusing on my two greatest strengths–business and law. Thus far I have built a substantial amount of experience in both fields, working as the Program Director for Capital Innovators, pro bono legal consultant for startup businesses, and managing the marketing, advertising, and fundraising efforts for a nonprofit organization and two different St. Louis based law firms.
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About Capital Innovators: Capital Innovators invests in tech-enabled startups through our nationally recognized accelerator and directly through our seed funds.
James S. Marcelli
President & COO & Director of Lightwave Logic
Mr. Marcelli has served as President, CEO and director of Lightwave Logic since August 2008. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company and its progress toward a fully functioning commercial enterprise. Over the last twenty years, Mr. Marcelli has served as the president and chief executive officer of multiple start-up and growth companies in high tech manufacturing and business services, including two companies that were founded by him. In addition, he has held senior management positions with several companies including Teradyne Corporation and Sanmina Corporation. Throughout his career, he has held positions in Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance. Mr. Marcelli has served on the boards of several non-profit corporations and also served on the Advisory Board of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Engineering School.
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About Lightwave Logic: Lightwave Logic is a research and development company focused on developing application-specific electro-optic polymers.
Kevin Yip
COO & Co-Founder of Blueboard
Founder at Blueboard.
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About Blueboard: Blueboard is an experiential rewards and recognition platform for the modern workplace.
Robb Ellis
Chief Operating Officer of AbacusNext
Robb Ellis is a Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Operational Consultant with proven track record of providing leadership and strategic vision on a global level to public & private software, manufacturing and services companies with revenues ranging from $20 million to $1 billion. He has strategic focus in assisting Companies in growing annual recurring revenue, improving customer satisfaction, investing through M&A initiatives…all while growing the bottom line. He delivers tactical corporate services expertise (including legal, finance, tax, human resources, internal infrastructure) with an operational focus. He has skills at negotiating contracts for corporate development initiatives, divestitures, debt facilities, customers and vendors. He is an effective decision maker and business partner with a record of reversing companies’ financial losses to profitability through cost savings initiatives while driving a focused growth & innovation strategy. He has involvements in several Company transformations that have resulted in successful exits that provided Shareholders with exceptional IRR returns.
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About AbacusNext: AbacusNext is a technology-as-a-service provider for the professional services industry.
Sparky Heitmann
COO of Moxie
Bringing more than 20 years of business and management experience growing successful organizations, Alan “Sparky” Heitmann joined Moxie after serving as VP of Worldwide Operations and Finance at Tealeaf, where he led finance and business administration, professional services and support globally. Prior to Tealeaf, Heitmann was VP of Client Management for Ask Jeeves Business Solutions. In this role, he was responsible for 80 global corporate clients, and built a client relations organization that generated $24 million in revenue. Previously, Heitmann had managed a $35 million business unit and 100 employees as Director of Consumer Relations for Iomega Corporation. He also spent nine years with Arthur Anderson Business Consulting, where he helped build the firm’s San Francisco and Charlotte consulting practices and managed large-scale engagements for clients such as Amdahl, Applied Materials, Cisco Systems, Guilford Mills, Iomega, Sara Lee and Sun Microsystems. Heitmann holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About Moxie: goMoxie is a customer guidance platform ushering in new customers and increasing customer efficiency.
