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 SaaS 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.
Robert Gunn
COO of Pryon
Robert Gunn has more than 22 years of senior management experience in high technology companies and a proven track record in technology startups. Prior to joining Serus in 2004, Robert was president and CEO of PhysicianAccess.com, an e-health company that developed the first Internet-based application to address the clinical, business and patient needs of private practice physicians. Prior to PhysicianAccess, Robert was an original member of the board of directors at Cobalt Networks, Inc., a leading Internet and intranet server company. As an advisor to the CEO during the company’s formation and as Vice President of Sales, he was responsible for the creation of worldwide marketing and sales strategies. Cobalt was purchased by Sun Microsystems in November 2000 for $2 billion. In addition, Robert has held executive-level sales and marketing positions at Micronics Computers, a leading supplier of advanced system boards and multimedia peripherals, and TriQuint Semiconductor, a leading manufacturer of integrated circuits for cellular phones and wireless networks.
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About Pryon: Pryon is an AI company focused on enterprise knowledge management.
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Mike Don
COO of InMarket
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About InMarket: InMarket offers a self-service location-based platform that captures accurate consumer location data, which drives campaign performance.
Stepan Ilyin
Co-Founder & COO of Wallarm
Stepan is a co-founder of Wallarm, Y Combinator-backed company, which provides AI-driven security for modern applications and APIs.
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About Wallarm: End-to-end API Security for the Modern Teams
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.
Charlie Newark-French
Chief Operating Officer of Hyperscience
Charlie is the Chief Operating officer at HyperScience. HyperScience is an enterprise software company that has built a market leading machine learning solution to automate document processing. Previously he was an investment Partner at Fusion Global Capital, a growth stage venture capital fund focused on Enterprise Software. He began investing in the venture space in 2012. Notable Investments include: RingCentral (NYSE), The Trade Desk (NASDAQ), VeloCloud (VMware), Instart Logic, and Barefoot Networks (Intel). In 2014 Charlie took the role of President at Fuze, a 120 person video-conferencing software start-up, where he helped scale the organization and lead the company through its acquisition by ThinkingPhones. Charlie joined Fuze’s acquirer, ThinkingPhones (rebranded as Fuze), in a sales leadership capacity. Charlie began his career in London with McKinsey and Company before moving to Vodafone’s Internet Services Division. Charlie has worked with start-ups across the world, including companies in San Francisco, London, and Kenya. Charlie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford. Charlie began his career in London with McKinsey and Company before moving to Vodafone’s Internet Services Division. Charlie has worked with start-ups across the world, including companies in San Francisco, London, and Kenya. Charlie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.
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About Fusion Global Capital, Hermes Growth Partners, Hyperscience: Hyperscience is a technology company that develops AI-based enterprise software designed to automate office work processes.
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.
Justin DiPietro
Co-Founder & COO of Glia
Justin DiPietro is Founder & COO at SaleMove.
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About Glia: Glia is a digital customer service provider connecting online retailers with customers through voice, video, and collaborative browsing.
Darren Morris
COO and Co-Founder of Gradient Cyber
Darren Morris is the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Gradient Cyber.
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About Gradient Cyber: Gradient is a cybersecurity products and services company that visualizes an organization’s cybersecurity health.
John Kramer
COO & Board Member of HoneyBook
John Kramer is COO at HoneyBook.
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About HoneyBook, Salsa: HoneyBook is a business management platform creating tools to help creative entrepreneurs run their business on their own terms.
Steve Chew
Co-Founder & COO of BuildOps
Accomplished leader in Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Business Development, and Marketing with over a decade of experience at both Consumer and Enterprise technology companies. Demonstrated versatility in both start-up and corporate environments.Early employee at two Silicon Valley startups that successfully exited through acquisition. Launched the European business for a “unicorn” startup valued at $1.2B+. Led technical product management for two of Microsoft’s largest cloud-first products – Outlook and Exchange Online (Office 365). Proven track record of success in the following areas: Mobile Apps, Cloud Computing, SaaS, Social Networking, Crowdfunding, and eCommerce. Engineering degree from Stanford and MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About BuildOps: Industry leading all-in-one software solution for subcontractors driving profitability through best-in-class technology
Matt Rivett
Chief Operating Officer of Local Motors
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About Local Motors: Local Motors is an American motor vehicle company that creates and delivers safe and accessible mobility solutions for local communities.
Sasha Pesic
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of RapidAPI
As VP General Counsel at Airware, Sasha manages all legal matters. Sasha has more than 19 years of legal and business experience at public and private technology companies managing legal affairs as well as corporate strategy, capital financings, and business development. He has served as General Counsel for over 10 years and as COO for over 3 years. He has worked at a range of companies including CNET Networks,LeapFrog, Lexar, and Livescribe. Prior to moving in house, Sasha worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto and at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco. Sasha has a JD from UCLA School of Law. In his free time, Sasha enjoys outdoor activities with his wife and three children.
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About RapidAPI: RapidAPI is an API Hub that enables developers to find, manage, and connect to thousands of APIs.
Winnie Lee
Chief Operating Officer of Appier
Winnie Lee is the Co-Founder and COO at Appier. Prior to joining Appier, Winnie was an immunologist for 10 years. Receiving her PhD from Washington University and her MS from Stanford University, Winnie has authored a number of publications in top-tiered journals, including four Nature papers, and her research work has received close to 1000 citations accumulatively. During her leisure time, Winnie enjoys shopping, swimming, traveling and learning new things.
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About Appier: Appier is a Taipei-based startup providing an AI powered platform to brands and retailers to help increase customer engagement.
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.
Motti Danino
Chief Operating Officer of OroCommerce
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About OroCommerce: OroCommerce is the company behind OroCRM, OroCommerce and the OroPlatform.
Demetrios Barnes
Chief Operating Officer of SmartRent
Demetrios Barnes oversees operations and business development at SmartRent. Prior to joining the team, he was Vice President of Technology Operations for Colony Starwood Homes, leading the charge in the internalization of property management across 12 states and the merger between Colony Starwood Homes and Starwood Waypoint Homes. Previously, Mr. Barnes was Director of Property Management and Technology with Beazer Pre-Owned Rental Homes, and a Regional Manager for several multifamily companies. Mr. Barnes holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Arizona State University.
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About SmartRent: SmartRent is an enterprise home automation and internet of things platform for the multifamily industry.
Annie Tsai
COO of Interact
Two-time C-Level software executive with two decades of industry experience, Annie Tsai is a founder, investor, advisor, published author, and change agent for early and growth stage technology companies. A UC Berkeley grad who studied the interconnectivity of people on the internet and it’s effect on relationships in the physical world, Annie has been fostering her life-long passion for bringing the people back into software. Entrepreneur, Investor, SaaS
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About Interact, The House Fund: SaaS zero party data platform: The easiest way to convert curious people into loyal customers and happy clients.
Christie Kim
COO of Persona
Christie Kim serves as the Chief Operations Manager at Persona.
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About Persona: Persona is an identity platform that helps business verify customer identities that brings trust to online interactions.
Matt Stapleton
Chief Operating Officer of Spiff
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About Spiff: Spiff is a compensation platform for revenue and sales organizations that helps automate complex commission processes and motivate sales.
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.
Karl Hanson
COO and Co-Founder of Tonic.ai
Karl Hanson is a Co-Founder and COO at Tonic. Throughout his career in data analytics, Karl has been inspired by the impact of hard work and powerful tooling. At Palantir, he was integral to the commercial leadership team, heading several of their early commercial enterprise engagements. As Head of Deployments at Segovia, he helped NGOs reach people in need in some of the most remote parts of the world. His vision in founding Tonic is to promote that win-win philosophy across all industries by advocating for the privacy of individuals while enabling companies to do their best work.
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About Tonic.ai: Tonic mimics your production data to create safe, useful, de-identified data for QA, testing, and development.
Laura Moon
Chief Operating Officer of Eden Workplace
Laura Moon is the chief operating officer of Eden.
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About Eden Workplace: The complete suite of workplace software for hybrid companies.
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
Samuel Adeyemo
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Aurora Solar
Samuel Adeyemo is the Co-Founder and COO at Aurora Solar.
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About Aurora Solar: Aurora Solar is a SaaS company that uses aerial imagery to assess solar installation projects.
Joel Scott
Co-Founder & COO of SV Academy
Joel Scott is Co Founder & COO at SV Academy.
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About SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Peter Becronis
Cofounder and Chief Operating Officer of Owner’s Vault
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About Owner’s Vault: Owner’s Vault is an industry-first property document storage, sharing and collaboration platform
Devin Shurtleff
COO of Opiniion
Devin Shurtleff is the COO at Opiniion.
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About Opiniion: Opiniion is an automated tool for property management companies to collect authentic real-time feedback from residents.
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.
Matt Laessig
COO & Co-Founder of Data.world
Matt Laessig is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer of [Data.World](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/data-world#/entity), the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world. He is an executive with over 18 years of experience in growing technology and internet businesses. Previously, Laessig held various leadership roles as Vice President at [HomeAway](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/homeaway#/entity) and Bazaarvoice. He was also the general manager of BedandBreakfast.com. Laessig holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and English from the University of Wisconsin, a Master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton Business School.
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About Data.world: Data.world is the cloud-native data catalog platform.
Brian Kane
COO & co-founder of Sourcepoint
As an experienced Operations Executive within the online advertising space, Brian has a particular talent for building companies that deliver scalable and differentiated services to digital publishers. As Co-founder and COO of Sourcepoint Brian aims to meet the expanding compensation challenges faced by premium publishers and provide them with content compensation alternatives that foster more open, balanced value exchanges with consumers. Prior to co-founding Sourcepoint, Brian was COO of LiveRail, the ad tech platform acquired by Facebook, working with the executive team on go-to-market strategy, and leading the Technical Services, Human Resources, and Account Management teams. Brian was previously COO of ad optimisation platform Admeld, where he headed up Global Client Services and Human Resources. He was a pivotal contributor to the development of Admeld’s customer centric and employee focused culture – key drivers in the company’s subsequent acquisition by Google. Prior to Admeld he spent 9 years with DoubleClick/Google, where as an early employee, he held various executive roles and helped to build DoubleClick’s Client Services and Operations organization. Brian studied at the University of Miami and the City University of New York-Brooklyn College, and is highly respected as a solutions-oriented and people-focused leader.
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About Admeld, showd.me, Sourcepoint: Sourcepoint is the data privacy software company for the digital marketing ecosystem.
Chris Handman
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of TerraTrue
Chris Handman is a Co-Founder and COO at TerraTrue. He was the General Counsel at Snap Inc. and Partner at Hogan Lovells.
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About TerraTrue: TerraTrue is a privacy platform designed to work with product development.
Joachim Klein
President & COO of ThreeKit
Joachim Klein is the President and COO at ThreeKit. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MS in Engineering (Diplomingenieur) from the Technical University of Berlin.
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About ThreeKit: ThreeKit is a 3D product configuration and visualization platform that enables brands to create and manage beautiful visuals 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.
Jimmy Rodriguez
COO of 3dcart
Jimmy Rodriguez is the CTO and co-founder of 3dcart. Joining the company in 2004, Jimmy began managing business development and technical planning; presently he oversees daily operations and the overall strategic vision of the company using feedback from customers and merchants to improve the 3dcart platform. With a background of web programming and e-commerce development, Jimmy specializes in merging and optimizing social media, search engine optimization, marketing, business management, productivity, and user friendly interfaces for the e-commerce industry. Jimmy attended UNY in Venezuela where he studied Industrial Engineering and Operations obtaining a Bachelor of Science.
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About 3dcart, Shift4Shop: 3DCart provides an easy-to-use e-commerce solution suite to design any type of online business portals.
Tink Taylor
Chief Operating Officer, Founder, and President of dotmailer Group
Tink Taylor is COO, Founder, and President of dotMailer and dotDigital Group and has been pivotal in the development of digital marketing since its outset in both the UK and now the US.Serving as a key and influential member of the UK DMA’s Email Council and also the IAB since 2006, Tink’s been judging the Email, Mobile and Agency categories at the UK DMA’s awards for over half a decade. Now chair of the email marketing category, he is constantly striving to help individual organizations, and the industry as a whole to develop and progress.
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About dotAgency, dotmailer Group: dotmailer Group provides digital marketing professionals with SaaS technology solutions and tools, and offers an email marketing platform.
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.
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.
Tim Welch
President & COO of Spireon
As the Chief Operating Officer and EVP of Share Services for Spireon, Inc., Tim Welch oversees the daily operations of the company including product planning, purchasing, financial performance, partnership development, contract management, logistics, customer support, and sales. Prior to joining the Spireon management team, Welch served as the Chief Executive Officer for ProconGPS Inc., a company he was instrumental in launching. Tim has a B.S. in Marketing and an MBA in Logistics from the University of Tennessee.
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About Spireon: Spireon connects companies to their mobile assets and workforce through game-changing information platforms.
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.
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.
Evan Ginsburg
Partner & COO of Turn/River Capital
Evan Ginsburg is the CEO of BookFresh.
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About Turn/River Capital: Turn/River specializes in spin-outs, buyouts, recapitalizations, or growth equity investments in small-scale technology and web companies.
Anni Melikian
Chief Operating Officer of Edlio
Anni Baghdasarian, Chief Operations Officer Anni has been with Edlio for 8 1/2 years with first hand experience in finance, project management, human resources and operations. She loves making a difference in the education space, and providing schools and districts with the tools they need for effective communication. Outside of the office, she’s BBQing with friends, running, and spending time with her son and husband.
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About Edlio: Edlio creates custom designed websites with an intuitive content management software.
Keegan Walden
Co-Founder & COO of Torch
Dr. Keegan Walden is the Co-founder and COO of Torch. In this capacity, he leads a product team focused on building software that uses ongoing feedback and analytics to help leaders recognize and overcome their challenges. He also coaches a select group of C-suite leaders at high-growth startups. Prior to co-founding Torch, Keegan led the outcomes research team at a national provider of behavioral health services (5,000 clients per year), where he studied the role that personality, mindfulness, and psychotherapy play in improving wellbeing over time. Before becoming a psychologist, Keegan spent 11-years in UX design, creating interfaces for complex financial applications. Keegan has served on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research has been published in Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience the International Journal of Psychophysiology, among other peer-reviewed journals. He has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University.
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About Torch: Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and feedback to raise performers to the next level.
Sina Mobasser
Founder & COO of Tapcart
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About Tapcart: Tapcart is a SaaS platform that enables e-commerce merchants to launch and manage mobile apps for their brands.
Susan Kuo
COO & Co-Founder of Singular
Susan’s extensive background in mobile ad tech, analytics, and gaming was integral in the creation of Singular. Before founding Singular, she held senior leadership roles at Onavo and InMobi. As an active member of the mobile community, she serves on the advisory board for several mobile-focused startups.
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About Singular: Singular, a marketing intelligence platform, unifies marketing analytics, giving marketers actionable insights from previously siloed data
Apoorva Verma
Co-founder & COO of Rattle
Apoorva Verma is the Co-Founder at Rattle.
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About Rattle: Access & manage Salesforce directly from Slack
Vikhyat Chaudhry
Co-Founder, CTO and COO of Buzz Solutions
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About Buzz Solutions: Buzz Solutions provides AI-based actionable insights and predictive analytics for asset fault detection and inspection of power lines.
Paul Allen
Co-Founder & COO of Ordermark
Paul Allen, Chief Strategy Officer Paul Allen is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with over 25 years experience working across sales, marketing and product development with teams at Intel, Motorola, Adobe, Quicken Loans, the State of Connecticut and dozens of technology startups. He has been a founder, investor, and board member of numerous venture backed technology companies and led two tech startup accelerators, including one backed by Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken Loans. Paul is active in the venture community and sits on the Colorado Governor’s Advanced Industry Grant Committee and is a board member of Startup Colorado and UNLV’s Technology Assessment Committee. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from UCLA.
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About Bizdom, Ordermark, Tribe of Angels: Nextbite is an online ordering management system for restaurants.
Suhas Ahuja
Co-Founder, COO of SIERA.AI
Suhas is an experienced entrepreneur with multiple successful exits in the high-tech sector. Suhas leads all of Stocked Robotics’ sales and business development operations globally.
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About SIERA.AI: SIERA.AI is a mobility tech company that helps warehouses and factories increase safety and efficiency of their industrial vehicle fleets.
Star Carter
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Kanarys
Star Carter is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Kanarys. Kanarys is a technology company focused on partnering with organizations to build more inclusive workplace cultures. Kanarys is committed to creating a world where diversity is sought after, inclusiveness is honored and equity is evident.
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About Kanarys: Kanarys is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion focused SaaS platform providing clear metrics to diagnose, prioritize and optimize DEI efforts.
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.
Casey Hester
Co-Founder and COO of otto by DEVCON
Casey comes to DEVCON with a publishing career spanning nearly two decades, managing operations and creating new digital products. Her current obsessions are kombucha, tom ka soup and turning her house into a botanist’s greenhouse.
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About otto by DEVCON: otto by DEVCON specializes in the fields of risk management and SaaS.
Nevin Raj
COO & Co-Founder of Grata
Nevin Raj is a co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Grata.
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About Grata: Grata is a business-to-business search engine for finding and targeting private companies.
Maria Karaivanova
COO & Co-founder of WhyLabs
Maria Karaivanova is the COO and co-founder of WhyLabs, the AI Observability company. Previously, she was a Principal at Madrona Venture Group investing in SaaS, ML/AI, and cybersecurity and a CxO & Head of Business Development at Cloudflare (NYSE: NET).
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About WhyLabs: WhyLabs is the AI observability and monitoring company.
Adrian D Souza
Chief Operating Officer of LotLinx
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About Integral Ad Science, LotLinx: LotLinx’ is a SaaS provider of Digital Retailing and Marketing technologies and for the Automotive Industry.
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.
Tamra Johnson
COO of Liquid
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About 79 Studios, FlexTeam, Liquid: Liquid is a global vendor and freelancer payments platform providing agile SMBs consolidated payments, automation and business controls.
Eric Pritchett
President, Chief Operating Officer of Terzo Technologies
Eric Pritchett is the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and Head of Risk. In this role he develops and implements the strategic direction of the firm. He provides leadership and oversight for risk management, operations and client development. Prior to joining Potamus, Mr. Pritchett co-founded PhaseCapital LP, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Portfolio and Risk management from 2007-2011. PhaseCapital LP is an asset management firm that develops and manages a variety of quantitative investment and trading strategies. Mr. Pritchett began his career as a management consultant serving the telecommunications, media and technology industries.
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About Terzo Technologies: Terzo is an Enterprise SaaS platform for Vendor Relationship Management Platform (VRM).
Jonathan Hsu
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer of AppNexus
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About AppNexus: AppNexus operates a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising.
James Dunne
Chief Appraiser & Chief Operating Officer of Bowery Valuation
James has worked in the real estate industry for a total of 15 years, including 8 years of commercial real estate appraisal experience. Most recently he served as a Vice President at CBRE in their Valuation & Advisory Services group. James has appraised a wide variety of property types including multifamily, office, industrial, self-storage facilities, retail centers, mixed-use properties, development sites and real estate portfolios. He is a specialist in the valuation of affordable housing, including LIHTC and Section 8 properties. James is a designated member of the Appraisal Institute and his clients include commercial banks, pension funds, private equity, government institutions, attorneys and developers.
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About Bowery Valuation: Bowery Valuation is a technology-enabled commercial real estate appraisal that powers appraisers with cutting edge software.
Kaan Ersun
COO of Solvvy
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About Solvvy: Solvvy is a machine learning startup that reinvents the customer experience by delivering a better self-service platform.
Yanek Korff
Co-founder and COO of Expel
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About Expel: Expel is a SOC-as-a-service platform that provides security monitoring and response for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
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.
Michael Kolell
COO of Tellworks
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About Tellworks: Tellworks is a logistics and asset management company focused on managing their customers complete equipment lifecycle.
Sarah Sanders
Co-Founder, COO & Board Member of Native
Sarah Sanders is a co-founder at Native AgTech, a B2B platform designed to democratize agricultural data. Previously, Sarah was a territory account executive at Toast. Sarah Sanders holds a bachelor of business administration degree in management from the University of Kentucky.
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About Native: A platform using A.I. to understand consumer preferences and helping companies create products that people love!
Simon Smith
Co-Founder & COO of Inky
Simon Smith is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operations Officer at Inky. Prior to joining Inky, Simon was VP of Software Operations at ITA Software and managed the team responsible the for SaaS and data operations, a purview involving hundreds of servers and 24/7 support. Simon’s infrastructure handled millions of travel search queries per day, and serviced virtually all major US airline and travel intermediary websites. Prior to ITA, Simon managed a Computer Sciences Corporation team that performed vulnerability analysis for the US Air Force. Simon holds a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from Texas A&M University.
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About Inky: Inky is a cyber-security company that secures email against phishing.
Max Goodberg
Co-Founder & COO of Flux
Max Goodberg is the Co-Founder & COO at Flux
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About Flux: Flux’s internal mobility platform connects employees looking to grow their careers with the most impactful work at the company.
Ujjwal Gupta
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of BenchPrep
Ujjwal Gupta is one of BenchPrep’s co-founders. Day-to-day, he leads a variety of marketing, product and project management initiatives. Prior to founding BenchPrep, Ujjwal’s started several companies across a variety of industries –including nanotechnology, rural tech, and events management. Long story. His educational background includes a PhD in Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University and a BS/MS from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has been published 15 times. Ujjwal’s background in science helps keep the BenchPrep team methodological and evidence-based in our decision-making.
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About BenchPrep: BenchPrep offers a learner success platform to improve engagement and outcomes for learners.
Tracey Revellino
Counsel / Chief Operating Officer of Globespan Capital Partners
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About Globespan Capital Partners: Globespan Capital Partners is a California-based venture capital firm that finances startups in the IT industry.
Cory Munchbach
COO of BlueConic
Cory has spent her career on the cutting edge of marketing technology and brings years working with Fortune 500 clients from various industries to BlueConic. Before joining the BlueCrew, she was an analyst at Forrester Research where she covered business and consumer technology trends and the fast-moving marketing tech landscape. A sought-after speaker and industry voice, Cory’s work has been featured in Venture Beat, Wired, AdAge, and AdWeek, as well as spoken at conferences such as FutureM, MITX, and the Association of National Advertisers. A life-long Bostonian, Cory has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston College and spends a considerable amount of her non-work hours screaming wildly for all the local sports teams. The rest of that time is spent hanging with her husband, family, and friends; taking their dog for long hikes; at her CrossFit gym; or – most likely of all – reading. Follow Cory on Twitter @CorinneJames.
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About BlueConic: BlueConic’s customer data platform liberates first-party data so companies can transform customer relationships and drive business growth.
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.
Manjit Singh
Chief Operating Officer of Knock
Manjit Singh was named Chief Information Officer of Toyota Motor North America in July 2018. Prior to that he was named senior vice president and chief information officer of The Clorox Company in November 2014 and joined the Clorox Executive Committee in August 2016. In this role, he is responsible for Clorox’s information technology organization and directing the company’s strategic technology initiatives. Prior to assuming this position, Singh led the industry solutions group at Box Inc., responsible for aligning strategies with key customers across different industries. He also served as CIO for Las Vegas Sands and Chiquita Brand International as well as regional CIO for Gillette in Singapore. Early in his career, he worked for Procter & Gamble, where he pioneered the company’s digital marketing footprint and set up early e-commerce capabilities. He has been honored as an InformationWeek Top 50 Global CIO, InformationWeek Top Innovator and Influencer, ComputerWorld Premiere 100 Leader, Consumer Goods Technology Magazine Visionary, and CIO 100 award winner. Singh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Master of Science degree in computer science from Indiana University.
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About Knock, Vista Equity Partners: Knock is a software-as-a-service platform that provides sales and marketing services for residential property management companies.
Brian Denker
Co-Founder and COO of Tackle
Brian has spent most of his career immersed in information technology and entrepreneurial business. With a background deeply set in data and analytics, Brian has helped some of the largest companies transform how they leverage their data for practical insights. Working with front edge MPP technologies such as Netezza, Greenplum & Hadoop, Brian was able to see how every company could become a technology company. As the cloud grew in popularity across the 2000’s, the software & procurement space lagged behind. Seeing that gap as an opportunity, Brian helped found Tackle.io in 2016 to transform the way companies sell software in the cloud.
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About Tackle: Tackle.io operates as a cloud marketplace subscription platform that helps software providers generate revenue.
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.
Jason Witt
COO of Operative
Jason is Operative’s Chief Revenue Officer responsible for top-line revenue growth and retention. Prior to Operative, Jason ran his own advisory firm that catered to a variety of communications and media clients across both traditional and emerging platforms. Jason was also the Senior Vice President of Global Revenue at Fox Interactive and founder of MySpace Studios, a marketing, advertising and product development division of Fox. Between 2005 and 2009, Jason served in several executive roles within MTV Networks, including Senior Vice President roles within both Affiliate and Ad Sales and founder and General Manager of Digital Fusion. Early in his career, Jason held leadership positions at AOL focused on content programming, business development and commerce platform development. Jason holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Yale and a graduate degree in law from Columbia University.
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About Operative: Operative offers a SaaS-based platform and technology-enabled services to help media industry leaders balance operational efficiency.
Austin Hale
COO & Co-Founder of Tactic
Austin Hale is the COO & Co-Founder at Tactic.
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About Tactic: Tactic is a SaaS platform that helps manage a hybrid workplace with office space reservation, integration, and map services.
Kip Young
President & COO of DoctorLogic
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About DoctorLogic: DoctorLogic offers an EHR-integrated marketing service that helps doctors grow their practice.
Henry Hund
Chief Operating Officer of Conveyor
Henry left big finance to help grow RJMetrics and launch Stitch (Data). He now leads Aptible’s growth efforts, but also tries to do a good job as a husband and father. Henry earned his MBA from Wharton and his BS from Penn State.
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About Aptible, Conveyor, Lorious, Stitch: Conveyor is a software company that makes vendor security reviews fast, frictionless, and accurate for both vendors and customers.
Debra Wohlrab
COO of SuperNet
Debra Wohlrab 13 years as a VP at Mastercard and another 12+ years in finance, Debra brings a deep expertise in financial operations and compliance.
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About SuperNet: SaaS, Payment Processor, Payment Network
Blake Pridham
Co-Founder & COO of Adventure Bucket List
Blake Pridham is the Product Manager at Yervana.
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About Adventure Bucket List, Dish Cooking Studio, Yervana Services Inc: Adventure Bucket List is a SaaS and e-commerce empowering adventure venders.
Angela Edwards
Co-Founder and COO of Pyxai
Angela Edwards is Co-Founder/COO at Pyxai.
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About Pyxai: Pyxai is a software company that creates HR software that screens and ranks job applicants for qualifications, soft skills, and culture fit.
Shibo Xu
Co-Founder / COO of Refersion
Shibo X. is the Co-Founder at Refersion.
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About Confesh, Refersion, The Confessionals: Track your affiliates, partners, salespeople, and customer referrals. We proudly support Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, and PayPal.
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
Talulah Riley
Co-founder and COO of Forge
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About Forge: Forge is platform that empowers hourly workforces to work on-demand while giving their employers the tools needed to run their business.
Josh Conviser
COO of Booxby Inc.
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About Booxby Inc.: A.I. to monetize stories
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.
Kader Garnier Aw
COO of Speach
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About Speach: SPEACH is an enterprise video platform that enable organizations to easily capture, manage and distribute on-demand video tutorial.
Aneel Potluri
COO of CEIPAL
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About CEIPAL: CEIPAL is an integrated Cloud HCM solution delivers in a single platform from hiring to workforce collaboration from anywhere anytime.
Ken Hanscom
Chief Operating Officer of InviteManager
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About InviteManager: InviteManager connects customers with their passions through a mobile, desktop, and CRM application automating customer entertainment.
David Daugherty
COO of CrunchTime!
David has served as CrunchTime’s COO since early 2009. Prior to joining CrunchTime, David practiced corporate and entertainment law, held executive positions with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and most recently served as the CEO of EmergiTech, Inc. David graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1982 from Yale University, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1985.
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About CrunchTime!: CrunchTime offers a cloud-based enterprise restaurant management platform.
Joe Raczka
COO & Managing Partner of York IE
Joe Raczka is co-founder, COO and managing partner at York IE where he leads the firm’s strategic advisory and investment practice and is the Chief Compliance Officer. Joe and his team lead and manage York IE’s investment pipeline, as well as produce and cultivate market intelligence and industry trend reports. Additionally, Joe works with entrepreneurs on corporate strategy, growth planning, fundraising, and monetization strategies, as well as M&A activities and strategic partnerships. Joe is an avid angel investor and startup advisor focused primarily on the SaaS and IaaS markets, bringing with him a stellar Rolodex across the investment banking, market analyst, venture capital and private equity landscape.
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About York IE: York IE is an early-stage investment firm helping reshape the way companies are built, scaled, and monetized.
Ross Lerner
Cofounder & COO of OnRamp
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About OnRamp: OnRamp is a customer onboarding platform that helps teams infuse world-class implementation into their DNA.
Sankar Lagudu
Co-Founder & COO of RFPIO Inc.
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About RFPIO Inc.: Revolutionary RFP software that enhances collaboration and fosters a truly efficient response process. Allow your team to thrive with RFPIO.
Scott Gellman
COO/CFO of Kurtosys
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About Kurtosys: Real growth. Realized. Digital Experience Platform for Financial Services.
Luis Moncayo Castillo
Co-Founder & COO of Inspectorio
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About Inspectorio: Inspectorio’s SaaS solution improves quality, compliance and on-time delivery with actionable insights and data-driven collaboration.
Vincent Tran
Co-Founder, COO of Liongard
Vincent Tran is the Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer at Liongard.
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About Liongard: Liongard’s changing the way MSPs manage and protect thousands of businesses worldwide. Manage modern IT with confidence.
Lisa Deatherage
COO of CertFocus
Lisa is responsible for driving the global infrastructure, process development, and total customer experience for CertFocus. Lisa, a seasoned insurance professional began her association with CertFocus’s parent Surety2000 in June of 2000 as Regional Manager, and quickly became Vice President of Operations. She was instrumental in the development of the CertFocus solution, working with strategic partners, customers and internal programming to foster the solution and platform that now leads the certificate of insurance management industry. In 2005, Lisa was appointed Chief Operations Officer of CertFocus, assuming total responsibility for the CertFocus customer and operations center in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a frequent lecturer and recognized thought leader on risk management, surety and risk transfer strategies. Lisa is a graduate of the University of Phoenix with a BSBM in Business Management and a BSM in Marketing and as a proud Rotarian for the past many years, she is currently a board member and Club Service Chair for Plaza Rotary Club in Kansas City.
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About CertFocus, Vertikal, Vertikal: CertFocus is the service and compliance leader in SaaS-based Certificate of Insurance and related document management .
