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 Director operating in the Information Services space. If you think a Director 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.
Craig Soules
Director – Product Management of Freshworks
Craig Soules is the Director of Product Management at Freshworks.
Follow Craig Soules:
About Freshworks: Freshworks provides businesses with SaaS customer engagement solutions.
Alan Berkson
Global Director of Community Outreach/Analyst Relations of Freshworks
Alan Berkson is the Global Director of Community Outreach/Analyst Relations at [Freshdesk](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/freshdesk), a business software company. Prior to that, he founded Intelligist Group. Berkson holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from City University New York.
Follow Alan Berkson:
About Freshworks: Freshworks provides businesses with SaaS customer engagement solutions.
Garth Goodson
Director of Freshworks
Garth Goodson is Director at Freshworks.
Follow Garth Goodson:
About Freshworks: Freshworks provides businesses with SaaS customer engagement solutions.
Rei-Ling Hudson
Director of Marketing of Fin.com
Follow Rei-Ling Hudson:
About Fin.com: Fin.com is a work insights platform that provides cross-applications and enterprises data insights for CX and operations teams.
Tina Joros
Director of Allscripts
In her role as Director of the Allscripts Developer Program, Tina is constantly organizing, marketing, and managing the sale of new applications and integrations built by her team of developers. This Fall Tina joins Health 20 to demo the numerous new tools that she has introduced to the Allscripts store.
Follow Tina Joros:
About Allscripts: Allscripts provides healthcare information technology solutions.
Justin Appler
Director of Engineering, Applications of Crunchbase
Justin develops software mostly in JavaScript, often for the web, and sometimes in other languages. The challenges of building products that stand the test of time and effective software teams (from recruiting through to day-to-day engineering process) fascinate him.
Follow Justin Appler:
About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Danielle Ben-Gera
Director of Data Engineering of Crunchbase
Danielle Ben-Gera has been serving as Director of Data Engineering at Crunchbase since September 2018.
Follow Danielle Ben-Gera:
About Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides intelligent prospecting software powered by live company data.
Ajay Kapoor
Global Director, Performance Driven Marketing of General Motors
Ajay Kapoor is the Global Director, Performance Driven Marketing at General Motors.
Follow Ajay Kapoor:
About General Motors, General Motors, NextGen Venture Partners, NextGen Venture Partners, Space Capital: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Linda Gooden
Board of Directors of General Motors
Ms. Gooden brings to our board her strong leadership capability demonstrated through her various senior leadership positions at Lockheed Martin Corporation (“Lockheed”). She has an extensive background in information technology (“IT”) and cybersecurity, significant operations and strategic planning expertise, and experience in business restructuring, finance, and risk management. Ms. Gooden served as Executive Vice President, Information Systems & Global Solutions (“IS&GS”) of Lockheed from 2007 to 2013. Under her leadership as Executive Vice President of IS&GS, Lockheed expanded its IT capabilities beyond government customers to international and commercial markets. She also served as Lockheed’s Deputy Executive Vice President, Information and Technology Services from October to December 2006 and its President, Information Technology from 1997 to December 2006. In her role as President of Lockheed’s IT division, Ms. Gooden grew the business over a 10-year period to become a multi-billion dollar business. She also brings to our Board her experience as a director at other public companies, particularly in the areas of finance, audit, strategic investments, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Follow Linda Gooden:
About : General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Dana Komin
Director, Manufacturing/Manufacturing Engineering EV Growth of General Motors
Follow Dana Komin:
About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Dan Mahlebashian
Retired General Motors Senior Leadership Team and Global Executive Director Global Business Services of General Motors
Dan Mahlebashian is the Retired General Motors Senior Leadership Team, Global Executive Director Global Business Services at General Motors.
Follow Dan Mahlebashian:
About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Frankie James
Managing Director of General Motors
Dr. Frankie James is the managing director of GM’s Advanced Technology Office in Silicon Valley, focused on human-machine interactions and driver experience. Prior to joining GM, Dr. James was the program manager for Human Computer Interaction at SAP Research. Dr. James received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in June 1998.
Follow Frankie James:
About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Jim Hamilton
Global Finance IT Director – Order To Delivery of General Motors
Hamilton is responsible for strategy and planning, and is also the business-facing IT Finance Delivery Executive for the Enterprise SAP Program (eSAP) at General Motors. The eSAP Program is one of the largest SAP-based business transformations in the world.
Follow Jim Hamilton:
About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Michael Hardie
Director of Operational Excellence of General Motors
Mike Hardie is the Director of Operational Excellence at General Motors.
Follow Michael Hardie:
About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Justin Kennedy
Director of Offsec & Red Team of NTT Communications
Justin Kennedy manages the Offensive Security Practice. His expertise lies in social engineering, physical security and other areas of penetration testing and offensive security. With an eye for detail and the ability to think outside of the box, Kennedy is able to identify problems which are commonly overlooked and solve those problems with innovative solutions. Kennedy’s background includes administration of Windows and UNIX systems, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, security appliances; incident response and handling for Fortune 100 companies; and high-level programming for rapid development. Kennedy is a tremendously skilled penetration tester and social engineer who has successfully penetrated several of the largest banks in the world.
Follow Justin Kennedy:
About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
Amy Tenderich
Editorial Director, Diabetes & Patient Advocacy at Healthline.com of Healthline Media
Follow Amy Tenderich:
About DiabetesMine.com, DiabetesMine.com, Healthline Media: Healthline Media is the 2nd largest and fastest growing consumer health publisher in the world, reaching 85 million people a month.
Terry Wise
Director of Business Development of Amazon Web Services
Terry Wise, Director of Business Development of Amazon Web Services.
Follow Terry Wise:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Scott Mullins
Managing Director, Head of Worldwide Financial Services Business Development of Amazon Web Services
Scott Mullins is the Head of Worldwide Financial Services Business Development at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he is responsible for leading the development and execution of AWS’s strategic initiatives in the financial services industry around the world. Prior to joining AWS in 2014, Scott’s 20 year career in financial services included roles at JPMorgan Chase, Nasdaq, Merrill Lynch, and Penson Worldwide. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Scott is a subject matter expert quoted in industry media, a recognized speaker at industry events, and serves on the advisory board of the FinTech Sandbox.
Follow Scott Mullins:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Richard Halkett
Managing Director, Digital Innovation of Amazon Web Services
Follow Richard Halkett:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Arnaud Mauvais
Director, Software Development of Amazon Web Services
Arnaud is an experienced technology executive with more than 20 years of in-depth management experience in both large companies and start-ups in the mobile, video and internet spaces. Seasoned technical leader with responsibilities for globally distributed teams as large as 200 people and budget of $400 Million+, specialized in Cloud Computing Architecture, Engineering & Support (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
Follow Arnaud Mauvais:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Mark Relph
Director – GTM and Specialist Sales – IoT, Robotics, and Kinesis Video of Amazon Web Services
Follow Mark Relph:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Andy Troutman
Director of Amazon Web Services
Follow Andy Troutman:
About Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Rex Grignon
Director, WW BD of Amazon Web Services
Rex Grignon is the Director of Worldwide BD of Amazon Nimble Studio (AWS).
Follow Rex Grignon:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
David Borland
Director of Engineering of Amazon Web Services
David Borland is Co-Founder and serves as VP Hardware Engineering. He has served in roles of VP and Director of Engineering at leading semiconductor companies such as Intel, AMD and Marvell and brings low power SoC architecture, design and high volume manufacturing leadership to Calxeda. Mr. Borland delivered innovative market leading Cellular and Application Processors to high volume mobile applications building a “ground up” business for Intel that was acquired by Marvell. Upon joining Intel in 1999, he led the ADI/Intel Joint Development that delivered a new DSP Core architecture and implementation with industry leading power/performance and effective C programming that is used by Analog Devices, Intel, Marvell and MediaTek. Mr. Borland was with AMD for 14 years, where he was the Product Line Manager of Cordless Telephones. He began his engineering career at AMD as a product and design engineer on single chip modems after earning a BSEE in 1984.
Follow David Borland:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Eugene Kawamoto
Director of Product Management – Amazon Redshift of Amazon Web Services
Follow Eugene Kawamoto:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Jason Schleifer
Principal Creative Director of Amazon Web Services
Jason Schleifer is the Principal Creative Director of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Follow Jason Schleifer:
About Amazon Web Services, Nimble Collective: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Mark Ryland
Director, Office of the CISO of Amazon Web Services
Follow Mark Ryland:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Matt Pope
Director of Product Management and UX of Amazon Web Services
Follow Matt Pope:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Zivan Ori
Director of Software Development of Amazon Web Services
Mr. Zivan Ori is the co-founder and CEO of E8 Storage that provides the next generation of cost-effective rack-scale flash storage for the enterprise and software-defined cloud. Before founding E8 Storage, Zivan held the position of IBM-XIV R&D Manager, being responsible for developing the IBM XIV® high-end, grid-scale storage system, and served as Chief Architect at Stratoscale, a provider of hyper-converged infrastructure. As a seasoned technological innovator, Zivan worked as the Wi-Fi Driver Architect at Envara Inc. (a fabless semiconductor company acquired by Intel) and as VP R&D at Onigma (an information security solution provider acquired by McAfee). Zivan Ori holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and an MA in Linguistics (with distinction) from University College London. His interests include storage (SAN, NAS), network protocols (IB, 40GE, FC), system programming and embedded programming, Linux, and distributed programming. An avid fan of the Japanese language and culture, with JLPT L3 proficiency, Zivan is a graduate of Talpiot.
Follow Zivan Ori:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Greg Khairallah
Director, Analytics of Amazon Web Services
Follow Greg Khairallah:
About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Narayanan Chathanur
Sr. Director (Cloud-Native Dev & Cloud-Integration suites) of Infosys
Follow Narayanan Chathanur:
About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Laura Kholodenko
Managing Director of IHS Markit
Follow Laura Kholodenko:
About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
John Jannes
Director, Head of Product and Trading Analytics of IHS Markit
John Jannes is a Director of Business Development for IHS Markit’s Trading Analytics product suite where he focuses on the creation of trading analytics solutions for trading compliance and transaction cost analysis. Prior to working at the firm John spent fifteen years working in electronic trading on the sell side. He has held a range of positions including trader, sales specialist, product manager, and execution consultant. John has extensive market structure experience including managing three different dark pools, creation of smart order routing strategies, and participation in best-ex committees. He holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 55 and 24 licenses.
Follow John Jannes:
About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Matt Short
Senior Research Director, IOT of IHS Markit
Matt Short is the research and analysis lead for Internet of Things (IOT) solutions within the Transformative Technology team at IHS Markit. As a Transformative Technologies lead, his role is to offer insights, data and strategic assistance to companies in their efforts to develop individual growth strategies, market-entry plans and competitive analysis in the disruptive world of IOT across different industries and levels in the supply chain. He has over 20 years of experience in applications engineering, systems engineering, systems architecture and product and segment marketing. Previously, he was a senior product line manager focused on storage for NXP’s Digital Networking business. Matt Short worked with key players in the industry to develop innovative new solutions. He has been a key figure in developing processors ranging from PowerQUICC I, the QorIQ PowerPC family of communications processors, Layerscape ARM based processors as well as specialty security ASSPs. As a customer liaison for Motorola, Freescale and NXP, he focused on a wide breadth of applications such as IOT and industrial, storage and datacenter, networking and communications, as well as security. He was the executive sponsor for NXP for the Multicore for Avionics working group that helped avionics companies achieve FAA and EASA certification and spent several years co-chairing that group. He holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Texas, US.
Follow Matt Short:
About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Liz Cruz
Associate Director, IoT & Smart Cities of IHS Markit
Liz Cruz manages the IoT and Smart Cities research portfolio within IHS Markit Technology. The group tracks IoT connectivity (cellular, WiFi, and low-power), platforms, cybersecurity, and smart cities. Her team provides companies with accurate market forecasts and share analyses that help clients to identify new market opportunities, make strategic product development decisions, and advise on M&A activity. During her tenure at IHS Markit she has launched numerous research areas and grown revenues significantly year-over-year. Prior to managing the IoT team, Liz’s research focused on how digitization, the outsourcing of data center management, economic factors, and a focus on sustainability is changing the physical infrastructure for data centers. She is a frequent commentator on industry trends, speaker at data center related events, and contributor to technology news publications.
Follow Liz Cruz:
About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Liz Cruz
Associate Director, IoT & Smart Cities of IHS Markit
Liz Cruz manages the IoT and Smart Cities research portfolio within IHS Markit Technology. The group tracks IoT connectivity (cellular, WiFi, and low-power), platforms, cybersecurity, and smart cities. Her team provides companies with accurate market forecasts and share analyses that help clients to identify new market opportunities, make strategic product development decisions, and advise on M&A activity. During her tenure at IHS Markit she has launched numerous research areas and grown revenues significantly year-over-year. Prior to managing the IoT team, Liz’s research focused on how digitization, the outsourcing of data center management, economic factors, and a focus on sustainability is changing the physical infrastructure for data centers. She is a frequent commentator on industry trends, speaker at data center related events, and contributor to technology news publications.
Follow Liz Cruz:
About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Matt Short
Senior Research Director, IOT of IHS Markit
Matt Short is the research and analysis lead for Internet of Things (IOT) solutions within the Transformative Technology team at IHS Markit. As a Transformative Technologies lead, his role is to offer insights, data and strategic assistance to companies in their efforts to develop individual growth strategies, market-entry plans and competitive analysis in the disruptive world of IOT across different industries and levels in the supply chain. He has over 20 years of experience in applications engineering, systems engineering, systems architecture and product and segment marketing. Previously, he was a senior product line manager focused on storage for NXP’s Digital Networking business. Matt Short worked with key players in the industry to develop innovative new solutions. He has been a key figure in developing processors ranging from PowerQUICC I, the QorIQ PowerPC family of communications processors, Layerscape ARM based processors as well as specialty security ASSPs. As a customer liaison for Motorola, Freescale and NXP, he focused on a wide breadth of applications such as IOT and industrial, storage and datacenter, networking and communications, as well as security. He was the executive sponsor for NXP for the Multicore for Avionics working group that helped avionics companies achieve FAA and EASA certification and spent several years co-chairing that group. He holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Texas, US.
Follow Matt Short:
About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Bryan Dougherty
Managing Director and Head of Technology of Arcesium
Bryan Dougherty is a Managing Director and the Head of Technology for Arcesium, overseeing platform development, infrastructure and security. Prior to the formation of Arcesium, Bryan was Head of Middle and Back Office Technology at the D. E. Shaw group for nine years. Bryan started his career at Random Walk Computing, a technology consultancy focused on the capital markets where he worked on a variety of projects for exchanges/marketplaces, investment banks, and hedge funds.
Follow Bryan Dougherty:
About Arcesium: Arcesium is provider of middle- and back-office technology and services to alternative asset managers.
David Nable
Managing Director and Head of Sales of Arcesium
David Nable is a Senior Vice President and the Head of Sales for Arcesium. Prior to joining Arcesium, David was the Head of U.S. Sales and a member of the global operating committee for Credit Suisse Prime Fund Services, a fund services business that was acquired by BNP Paribas. Prior to that, David spent nine years at Goldman Sachs in sales and client management roles across both the Prime Brokerage and Fund Administration businesses.
Follow David Nable:
About Arcesium: Arcesium is provider of middle- and back-office technology and services to alternative asset managers.
Mayank Kohaley
Director of Engineering of Zeta Global
Follow Mayank Kohaley:
About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Winnie Shen
Senior Director of the Data Cloud of Zeta Global
Follow Winnie Shen:
About Zeta Global: Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
Stephen Crosher
SLM Strategic Programs Director of Synopsys
Follow Stephen Crosher:
About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Bernie DeLay
R&D Group Director of Synopsys
Bernie DeLay is a R&D Group Director at Synopsys where he is responsible for verification automation technology and Verification IP architecture. Prior to joining Synopsys, he was Director of VIP development at Qualis Inc. which was acquired by Synopsys in 2003. He has over 25 years of experience in IP to SoC design and verification.
Follow Bernie DeLay:
About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Lisa Anderson
Director of Administration of Lead Edge Capital
Follow Lisa Anderson:
About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
Lisa Anderson
Director of Administration of Lead Edge Capital
Follow Lisa Anderson:
About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
Mohitosh Negandhi
Director – Programmatic Business of FreakOut Holdings
Follow Mohitosh Negandhi:
About FreakOut Holdings: FreakOut is marketing technology company that develops and sells marketing platforms.
Steven Ehrlich
Director of Research – Digital Assets of Forbes
Steve is the Lead Analyst for Emerging Technologies at Spitzberg Partners, a boutique corporate advisory firm headquartered in NYC that advises technology and financial services firms on innovation goals and strategies to navigate political and regulatory hurdles worldwide. Spitzberg Partners specializes in the payments and blockchain industries, with a particular emphasis on how distributed ledger technologies can improve operational efficiency and create new business opportunities for the financial sector. Another area of focus of the firm is evaluating how blockchain technologies fit into existing and changing data privacy/data security regulations, with a focus on digital identity. Prior to joining Spitzberg Partners, Steve was a Senior Intelligence Analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton supporting the U.S. Department of Defense. In this role, he led a team of all-source intelligence analysts that provided intelligence support to U.S. Department of Defense officials and combatant commands on emerging security threats in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, East/Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Steve has a B.S. in Business Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and a M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Additionally, he is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (United States, Canada, and the European Union) and a Certified Information Privacy Technologist at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
Follow Steven Ehrlich:
About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
Denis Pinsky
Growth Director of Forbes
Denis Pinsky leads the growth marketing team at Forbes, focused on digital strategy, product development, strategic partnerships, and other initiatives that improve and grow Forbes platform. Prior to Forbes, Denis was responsible for driving strategic direction and ownership of search engine optimization, social media strategy, and web analytics at Enova and AT&T while also serving as an advisor to entrepreneurs and startups at Webfia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and International Business from the Washington University in St. Louis. While at the Washington University, he developed entrepreneurial approach to problem solving working for startups and Fortune 500 companies in London, Hong Kong, and New York. He’s impressed with clean design and smart architecture. When offline he enjoy pretty much all outdoor sports activities and particularly ambitious about skiing, cycling, and soccer. Specialties: ~ growth marketing strategies ~ product development / management ~ strategic partnerships ~ entrepreneurship / startups ~ internet strategy ~ digital / mobile marketing ~ search engine marketing / optimization (seo) ~ data science / web analytics ~ social media / affiliate / email marketing ~ ecommerce
Follow Denis Pinsky:
About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
William Anderson
Director of Software Engineering of Forbes
Throughout his career, William has worn many hats: co-founding agencies, building and leading teams at existing establishments, guest lecturing at universities, and participating at local meet-ups. While having programmed since 2001 , his true passion lies in helping the teams and organizations that he is a part of to succeed. At Forbes, William works on establishing engineering principles and practices, cloud architectures, driving cross-department value delivery and communication, technical product ownership, team growth, external partnerships, technology exploration, as well as mentoring and managing technical architects and managers. Developing a culture of empathy and hearing out alternative solutions and points of view from others is always at front of mind.
Follow William Anderson:
About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
Paul Sturm
Board of Directors of Morningstar
Paul Sturm served as a member of Morningstar’s advisory board beginning in 1998 and was elected to the board of directors in 1999. He is a private investor who wrote a monthly column on investing for SmartMoney between 1992 and 2006. From 1985 to 1989, he was assistant managing editor for BusinessWeek. From 1980 until 1985 he held a similar position at Forbes. Prior to that, Sturm worked as a business writer for a variety of publications based in New York, Washington, and London. Sturm holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Oberlin College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He received a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Follow Paul Sturm:
About : Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide.
Don Phillips
Managing Director of Morningstar
Don Phillips is a managing director for Morningstar. He joined the company in 1986 as its first mutual fund analyst and soon became editor of its flagship print publication, Morningstar® Mutual Funds™, establishing the editorial voice for which the company is best known. He helped to develop the Morningstar Style Box™, the Morningstar Rating™, and other distinctive, proprietary Morningstar innovations that have become industry standards. Phillips has served in a variety of leadership roles at Morningstar, most recently head of global Research, before paring back his schedule to take on a part-time, non-management role. He has served on Morningstar’s board of directors since 1999, and he also serves on the board of directors for Morningstar Japan. Phillips holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.
Follow Don Phillips:
About Morningstar: Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide.
Mike Roberts
Director of Data Analytics of Pluralsight
Mike Roberts comes to Pluralsight with a wealth of experience and a varied background encompassing databases, analytics, visualization, and scripting. Has has worked for Fortune 500 companies as well as small business helping them understand their vast data troves. His analytical style revolves around people and context, and in industry consumed with ‘defaults’, he believes that data intelligence starts with giving people access to their information with collaboration in mind.
Follow Mike Roberts:
About Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a technology learning platform for software developers, IT admins, and creative professionals.
Mitch Dumke
Sr. Director Of Operations – Pluralsight One of Pluralsight
Follow Mitch Dumke:
About Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a technology learning platform for software developers, IT admins, and creative professionals.
Hampton Paulk
Director of Curriculum, Development of Pluralsight
Follow Hampton Paulk:
About Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a technology learning platform for software developers, IT admins, and creative professionals.
James Hooper
Director of Product, Written of Pluralsight
Follow James Hooper:
About Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a technology learning platform for software developers, IT admins, and creative professionals.
Jamie Topolski
Director, Payment Card Products of Fiserv
Jamie Topolski currently is the Director of Payment Card Products at Fiserv. He is focused on delivering a cost-effective, comprehensive and integrated solution for clients migrating from magnetic stripe to contact and dual-interface EMV™ chip cards. Jamie currently serves on the U. S. Payments Forum Steering Committee and participates in the Secure Technology Alliance Payments Council. Previously, Jamie served on the EMVCo Board of Advisors and was the Manager of Global EMV Programs for Discover Financial Services. Jamie received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and Master of Business Administration from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
Follow Jamie Topolski:
About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Lisa Iagatta
Director, Account Management, Investment Services of Fiserv
Lisa Iagatta, Director of Account Management for Investment Services at Fiserv, is responsible for North American financial services client relationships for TradeFlow and MessageBroker technology solutions. Ms. Iagatta, Chair of ISITC NA, is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the independent non-profit financial services organization in North America. As a member of the investment community since 1991, Ms. Iagatta has extensive experience in front, back and middle office operations. Prior to joining Fiserv, Ms. Iagatta held senior operational leadership roles at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Eaton Vance Management International and Putnam Investments. Ms. Iagatta received her undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire. She is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an advanced degree in Business Management and Administration with concentration in Finance.
Follow Lisa Iagatta:
About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Michael Wynston
Director Global Network Architecture of Fiserv
Follow Michael Wynston:
About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Ted Deffenbaugh
Sr. Director Of Product Line Marketing of Seagate Technology
Sr. Director Of Product Line Marketing at Seagate Technology.
Follow Ted Deffenbaugh:
About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Frank Biondi
Member of the Board of Directors of Seagate Technology
Frank Biondi has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC, an investment advisor organization, since 1999.
Follow Frank Biondi:
About Waterview Advisors: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Rags Srinivasan
Senior Director Growth and Customer Success – Cloud Business of Seagate Technology
Rags Srinivasan is Senior Director of Product Strategy and Marketing, Cloud, IoT and Video Surveillance for Seagate. He is responsible for market development, ecosystem partner development and storage solutions for video surveillance and IoT. He is passionate about solving data challenges and enabling businesses to manage data and harness its power.
Follow Rags Srinivasan:
About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Dambisa Moyo
Non Executive Director of Seagate Technology
Dambisa Moyo is a global economist and author who analyzes the macroeconomy and international affairs. In particular, her work examines the interplay of international business, technology, and the global economy, while highlighting the key opportunities for investment; capitalizing on her rare ability to translate trends in markets, innovation, politics, regulatory matters and economics into their likely impact on global business. Dambisa was named by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World and was the Thinkers50 Thinker of the Month in April 2015. She was an early investor in Silver Creek and is a keynote speaker at the 2015 Global Drucker Forum. Her writing appears regularly appears in publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, covering key topics for businesses in the 21st century and the relationship between technology, global economic growth, and the private sector.
Follow Dambisa Moyo:
About : Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Dave Abbott
Managing Director, Sports Media of Sportradar
Follow Dave Abbott:
About Sportradar: Sportradar is a supplier of sports and betting-related live data, odds solutions and fraud detection services.
Arun Maheshwari
Non-Executive Director of Mastek
Arun Maheshwari studied at IIT, Bombay (left before finishing) and IIM, Calcutta in India before leaving for the US for further studies. Arun has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, an MBA from Columbia University and a PhD from Wharton School of Business. Arun taught at Wharton, Temple Fox School of Business, and NYU Stern while working on his dissertation. Arun obtained CPCU (Property Casualty Certification) and FLMI Part1 (Life Certification) while working at Continental Insurance. Arun returned to India in 1974 after his education in USA and joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), as a senior executive responsible for marketing, software development, and management consulting. Arun was TCS’ first head of marketing / business development. After about three years, he decided to migrate to the USA and joined McKinsey, in New York in 1977. At McKinsey, he specialized in strategy and information technology studies, many of them in the Insurance industry. In 1981, Arunmoved from McKinsey to Reliance Insurance in Philadelphia, and then to Continental Insurance (now CNA), as a senior information technology executive. Incidentally, both Reliance and Continental were Arun’s clients at McKinsey. During his career at Continental, he made a transition from IT to Finance and was responsible for all accounting and back office functions, managing more than 1.000 employees in his last job at this Fortune 500 company. In 1996, Arunstarted CSC India from scratch. CSC India grew rapidly under Arun’s leadership and received many awards, including best employer in India. CSC India had more than 4,000 employees and customers in 25 countries when Arun left it. The foundation built by Arun continued to support rapid growth of CSC India, and today it has 30,000 employees.Arunnext started Fiserv Global Services Group, where he had an equity interest, in October 2005. Fiserv Global Services grew rapidly to more than 2,000 employees in two years. Arun retired at the end of 2009. Arunis currently associated with FirstMark private equity group. Arun has served as a Board member for Duck Creek Technologies (recently sold to Accenture) and is currently a Board member of Eagle Eye Analytics, where he acted as an interim CEO when the CEO had a heart attack and left suddenly. Arun is a director of Fortegra; a NYSE listed insurance product and services company. Arun is also an advisor to Mastek, an established Indian IT company. Arun is active in technology investment through his personal fund RisingSun Ventures and in real estate investment through his firm Infinite Realty Ventures.
Follow Arun Maheshwari:
About : Mastek in building, maintaining and managing bespoke digital solutions for clients in Government, Health, Retail, and, Financial Services.
Jenny Barna
Director of Launch of Spire Global
Jenny is the Launch Manager at Spire, a satellite powered data company headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Jenny comes to Spire from SSL, where she supported new business pursuits and programs, focused on smallsats and hosted payloads. Prior to joining SSL, Jenny spent almost 10 years as a launch vehicle propulsion engineer at Orbital in Chandler, Arizona, where she led an integrated propulsion team on many successful launches of the Orbital Boost Vehicle (OBV) and the development and qualification of propulsion subsystems for the two-stage variant of OBV. Jenny has an Aerospace Engineering degree from Arizona State University.
Follow Jenny Barna:
About Spire Global: Spire Global is a space to cloud data analytics company utilizing satellites to provide maritime, aviation, and weather tracking.
Brett McDowell
Executive Director and Governing Council of Hedera Hashgraph
Brett McDowell is the Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, the organization he helped establish in 2012 to remove the world’s dependency on passwords through open standards for strong authentication. Brett McDowell manages the strategic direction of the FIDO Alliance and coordinates its liaison activities with numerous external industry groups, standards bodies and government agencies worldwide. Previously, Brett McDowell was Head of Ecosystem Security at PayPal, where he developed strategies, lead initiatives, and spearheaded their authentication strategy to make the Internet safer for PayPal and their customers. He and his team drove several open standards and won a CSO40 award for innovation in authentication. Brett McDowell has held several leadership positions including founding Management Council Chairman for the NSTIC IDESG, co-founder and Chairman of DMARC.org, Treasurer for the National Cyber Security Alliance, Secretary for StopBadWare.org, and Vice President for FIDO Alliance. Prior to joining PayPal in 2010, Brett McDowell managed a number of IEEE-ISTO initiatives, serving as Executive Director for Kantara Initiative, Liberty Alliance Project, and VoiceXML Forum. Brett McDowell has extensive industry standards experience having worked with IETF, ISO, ITU-T, ANSI, OASIS, W3C, IEEE and the ETSI ICT Standards Board.
Follow Brett McDowell:
About Hedera Hashgraph: Hedera Hashgraph is a public distributed ledger for building decentralized applications.
Farzana Haque
Business Director:Eastern USA of Tata Consultancy Services
Farzana Haque is a Head of Europe Telecom Business Unit & Global Head for Strategic Group Accounts at Tata Consultancy Services.
Follow Farzana Haque:
About Tata Consultancy Services: Tata Consultancy Services is a multinational information technology services, business solutions and consulting company based in India.
Prasad MK
Senior Director- Digital Transformation of Tata Consultancy Services
Prasad MK is the Senior Director- Digital Transformation at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Prasad has worked with global organizations to strategize customer experience testing and QA & Testing approaches for large digital transformation programs. Prasad is currently responsible for assurance solutions and consultancy for Telecom, Media and HiTech industry verticals. Prasad earned his B.E. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Sri Shanmugha College of Engineering and Technology.
Follow Prasad MK:
About Tata Consultancy Services: Tata Consultancy Services is a multinational information technology services, business solutions and consulting company based in India.
Jonathan Bullock
Co-Founder & Managing Director of LX
Jonathan Bullock is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of LX. He is involved in business advisory projects focused on the tech and investment sectors, including supporting numerous tech start-ups and spin-outs, either directly or through their VCs, PE, or corporate investors. He holds a BA and MEng from Cambridge University in Engineering and Management.
Follow Jonathan Bullock:
About LX: LX offers an AI-powered personality survey that promotes personal development for individuals, teams, and leaders.
Dora Nagy
Co-Founder and Managing Director of LX
Dora Nagy is the Co-Founder of LX and the Chief of Staff to the CEO of Kheiron Medical. She started my career at Google as an APMM (Associate Product Marketing Manager), rotating between roles and countries for 3 amazing years working on B2C and B2B initiatives, events, and scaled marketing programs.
Follow Dora Nagy:
About LX, SaveSarah: LX offers an AI-powered personality survey that promotes personal development for individuals, teams, and leaders.
Craig Klemp
Senior Director of Global Partnerships of Evernote
Follow Craig Klemp:
About Evernote, EZ Texting: Evernote is a suite of software and services that allow users to capture, organize, and find information across multiple platforms.
Rodrigo Vaca
Managing Director, Zoho Brasil of Zoho
Follow Rodrigo Vaca:
About Qntrl, Zoho: Zoho offers a suite of business, collaboration, and productivity applications.
Laura Burrus
Director- Enterprise Demand Gen and Customer Marketing of Zoho
Follow Laura Burrus:
About Zoho: Zoho offers a suite of business, collaboration, and productivity applications.
Ankush Tewari
Senior Director, Market Planning of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Ankush Tewari manages three U.S. markets for LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Credit Risk, Digital Economy, and Communications Media and Mobile. Tewari is also responsible for global business development. He previously held roles at Dun & Bradstreet and Genpact. Ankush Tewari has a B.S. in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Follow Ankush Tewari:
About LexisNexis Risk Solutions, LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
Alex Marquez
Global Managing Director, Experian Ventures of Experian
Alex launched Experian Ventures in 2016 and is currently the Global Managing Director and a member of Experians Investment Committee. As a leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world, we invest in data/analytics, information security, healthcare, automotive and the broader financial services ecosystem. The Experian Ventures portfolio of investments includes AireLabs, AxiaMed (acq), BankBazaar, Hyphen, Bonify, C88, Canopy, Cazana, Grab, InfoSum, Madaket Health, Finicity (acq), Grab (GRAB), Jirnexu, Infosum, Machinify, Nav, PlaceIQ, RecargaPay, Salary Finance, Stackin, TrueData, and TrueAccord. We have invested more than $225m across the globe since inception in 2016. Previously, Alex served as Executive Vice President at Nantmobile, part of the Nantworks family of companies, building novel consumer mobile applications in health, wellness, and computer vision. Alex was Managing Director with USAA’s Corporate Development Group and a member of USAA’s Executive Management team and built USAA Ventures into one of the most active FinTech CVC after his first year. Alex created USAA’s Blockchain Working Group and investment thesis in blockchain [according to CBInsights, USAA was recognized as the first bank/insurance company to invest in blockchain technologies] and was responsible for the groups investments in Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Saffron (acq by Intel), and CafeX, ExpectLabs (acq by Cisco), while establishing USAA’s venture brand in Silicon Valley. Alex was a Director with Intel Capital, the world’s largest corporate venture group having invested over $14B globally. During his tenure with Intel Capital, Alex managed or co-managed investments in Atom Entertainment (acquired by Viacom), BlackArrow (acquired by Cross Mediaworks), ChannelM (acquired by PlayNetwork), Gametrust (acquired by Real Networks), Gaikai (acquired by Sony), Envivio (Nasdaq: ENVI), Kabam (acquired by Netmarble), K2 Network (acquired by RHI), Trymedia (acquired by Macrovision), The Generations Network (Nasdaq: ACOM), SixApart (acquired by SayMedia), and Synacor (Nasdaq: SYNC). In addition, Alex was co-founder and CEO of AppScotch, which brought transparency to paid mobile advertising. AppScotch was acquired by AppAnnie in 2016. Alex has served as a mentor to Plug&Play Silicon Valley and numerous other startups and accelerators/incubators. Alex has served as an advisor to ProSieben – the second largest media company in Germany; supports Purdue University mentorship program (SV BIG); and was a member of UNLV’s Engineering Advisory Board. Alex has served as an advisor to Gamestop Corporation, Playspan (acquired by Visa), and he has also served as an advisor and mentor to dozens of early stage companies and global corporate venture groups. Alex was previously an advisor to the NVCA’s Corporate Venture working group.
Follow Alex Marquez:
About Experian, Experian Ventures: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Karim Chehade
Investment Director, Experian Ventures of Experian
Karim Chehadé is an Investment Director at Experian Ventures, where he is responsible for identifying, sourcing, and investing in companies developing innovative consumer and business solutions for data creation, analytics and machine learning and information security. Prior to his role on the venture team, Karim was the Director of Small Business and Transactional Services for Experian’s Business Information Services unit, where he held responsibility over Experian BIS’ small business platforms, products, and services, and managed products and partnerships involving user-permissioned data. Prior to joining Experian, Karim held product management, strategy, and management consulting roles at Disneyland.com, Google, and Accenture, respectively. He has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and degrees in Economics and Spanish from Cal State University, Northridge.
Follow Karim Chehade:
About Experian, Experian Ventures: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Steve Wagner
Managing Director, Experian Decision Analytics of Experian
Steve Wagner is Global Managing Director, Experian Decision Analytics. Steve joined Experian in 2005 and has led a wide range of businesses including Consumer Information Services in North America, Credit Services, Marketing Services, and Consumer Services in Brazil and the now divested global Cross Channel Marketing business. Steve represents Experian on the board of the US Data and Marketing Association, and serves as Chairman of the Experian social innovation fund. Prior to joining Experian, Steve was General Counsel of ERisk, a risk and capital management software company owned by JP Morgan Partners. Before that, Steve was a corporate transactional lawyer in New York and London with the global firm of Clifford Chance. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law.
Follow Steve Wagner:
About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Aaron Suplizio
Director, Online Lending & Fintech of Experian
Aaron is responsible for leading go-to-market strategy and operations for Experian’s Fintech and Insurance verticals. He works closely with online lending startups, the venture capital community and Experian’s sales, product and marketing teams to fuel innovation and growth for companies building exciting new businesses within Financial Services. Before joining Experian, Aaron spent 5 years at Line 6, a venture-backed music technology firm where he held various leadership positions in product and marketing. Prior to that, Aaron worked at Analysis Group, one of the largest privately-held economic consulting firms where he supported top academic experts in the areas of intellectual property, securities fraud, and antitrust litigation in the software and pharmaceutical industries.
Follow Aaron Suplizio:
About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Michael Gross
Product Innovation Director of Experian
With over 10 years of experience in financial services fraud prevention and risk management, Michael Gross has partnered with industry-renowned fraud experts to bridge business needs with technology solutions that pinpoint fraud, support innovation, facilitate market expansion, and drive revenue growth. At Experian, Gross is responsible for identifying banking, e-commerce, and travel industry trends, highlighting emerging fraud threats, understanding client and partner risk management controls, and defining, implementing, and measuring the performance of new risk strategies for top global online brands.
Follow Michael Gross:
About Experian, Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Timothy Starkey
Director, Strategic Accounts of Experian
Timothy Starkey is a Director for Strategic Accounts for Experian’s Fraud and Identity Solutions business, managing Experian’s Federal business and relationships, along with key Federal Sector solution and integration partners. Tim has been with Experian for more than 6 years, and has an impressive track record of delivering solutions that exceed client expectations for consumer identity verification, authentication and fraud prevention. Prior to joining Experian, Tim held a variety of senior level positions in sales, marketing and business development supporting both US and international markets, across both the public and private sectors.
Follow Timothy Starkey:
About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Michael Delgado
Director of Social Media & Community Engagement of Experian
Michael is the senior manager of social media and public relations at Experian, North America, and teaches social media courses at the University of California Irvine extension school. He leads content strategy and community building efforts on Experian social channels and loves using live-streaming social platforms (Periscope, G+ Hangouts) to help consumers and businesses.
Follow Michael Delgado:
About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Kathy Clark
Director of Global Human Resources of Trunarrative
Kathy has built her career enabling others to advance their careers. Her experience in Human Resources spans from identifying top talent to ensuring strategies are in place for team members to be at their best. As the Head of HR for Provenir she has been a significant part of their growth around the globe. In this role for TruNarrative, Kathy will support their people strategy around the world.
Follow Kathy Clark:
About Kitewheel, Provenir, Trunarrative: Trunarrative is a risk and financial crime management platform that offers fraud prevention, identity, and compliance solutions.
Dale Walsh
Director of Innovation for Ricoh Service Advantage of Ricoh Company
As the Director of Service Advantage Innovation, Dale is responsible for developing new and innovative strategies, solutions and partnerships for Ricoh Service Advantage in the Americas and Globally. He focuses primarily on emerging markets and technologies such as Robotics, Drones and other Unmanned Systems, Intelligent Locking Systems as well as last mile delivery solutions. Dale’s role is to assist companies both large and small in utilizing Ricoh’s massive global infrastructure including our Field Service Technicians, Call Centers, Help Desks, Depot Repair, Training Services and Remote Monitoring Services to create their own Service Advantage. Dale has been with the Ricoh family of companies for over 25 years and lives in the Atlanta, GA area.
Follow Dale Walsh:
About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Scott English
Senior Managing Director, Head of US Investments of Hearst Ventures
Scott English runs Hearst Ventures, the venture capital arm of Hearst Corporation. He acts as a director or observer on the boards of a number of the groups portfolio companies including Pandora, BuzzFeed, Synaptic Digital and Wide Orbit. English joined Hearst in 1995 and ran business development and strategy for Hearst’s HomeArts.com network of magazine websites. He moved into his current role in 1999 after helping orchestrate the merger of HomeArts.com and Women.com (iVillage). Prior to Hearst, English worked in the magazine division at Conde Nast. English graduated with a BA from Trinity College and earned his MBA from Columbia Business School.
Follow Scott English:
About Hearst Ventures: Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies
David Famolari
Managing Director of Hearst Ventures
Follow David Famolari:
About Day2 Ventures, GoodCompany Group, Hearst Ventures: Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies
Darcy Frisch
Managing Director & Vice President of Hearst Ventures
Darcy Frisch is vice president at Hearst Ventures, where she identifies, executes and oversees Hearst’s investments in early stage digital media and information businesses. Since joining Hearst Ventures in 2000, Ms. Frisch has been involved with many investments including drugstore.com, XM Satellite Radio, Circles and MobiTV. She currently is a board director at Nexage and board observer at RAMP. She previously served on the boards of Sphere (sold to AOL in 2008) and Voxpop.tv (sold to IAC in 2011). Prior to Hearst, Darcy was with the investment group E2Enet. She also held positions as a tax analyst at KPMG and as the legislative assistant for tax for U.S. Senator David Boren of Oklahoma. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and earned her MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business.
Follow Darcy Frisch:
About Hearst Ventures: Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies
Ken Bronfin
Senior Managing Director of Hearst Ventures
As President of the Hearst Interactive Group since 2002, Ken Bronfin has overall responsibility for the rapidly growing set of digital businesses and investments within Hearst Interactive Media. In addition, Bronfin has corporate responsibility for a variety of internally-focused objectives focused on development, innovation and technology. He sits on the Boards of several of Hearst Ventures portfolio companies. Bronfin joined the Hearst Corporation in 1996 as Deputy Group Head of Hearst Interactive Media. Prior to joining Hearst, Bronfin worked for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) for 10 years, during which he held a series of increasingly responsible roles, including his role as a founder of the Interactive Media Group. Other assignments included General Manager of NBC’s Digital Television Group and Vice President of NBC Cable and Business Development. Bronfin holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA in management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Follow Ken Bronfin:
About Hearst Ventures, Stylus Media: Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies
William Hart
Sr. Director of Product and General Manager of Particle
Follow William Hart:
About Particle: Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.
Denny Moynihan
Senior Director of Quest Diagnostics
Denny Moynihan is a senior director at Quest Diagnostics.
Follow Denny Moynihan:
About Quest Diagnostics: Quest Diagnostics is a clinical laboratory that offers diagnostic testing, services, and information.
Non-Executive Director of Device Authority
George Samenuk is an investor specializing in technology Companies particularly in the software space. He formerly served as the Chairman and CEO of McAfee (NYSE: MFE), the world’s largest dedicated security leader. During George’s tenure at McAfee the stock price increased from $3 to $30 and the market capitalization grew from $500 Million to more than $5 Billion. Prior to McAfee George was the CEO of TradeOut.com, an independent, business-to-business Internet marketplace initiated to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers of excess inventory. Tradeout.com was owned by eBay and GE. George started his career at IBM. During his 22-year worldwide career at IBM he held a variety of Executive Positions in Sales, Marketing and Services. He was one of the original Executives in ISSC which was later was renamed IBM Global Services. During his tenure, George lived in Singapore where he managed 17 South Asia countries including India. George’s last position was General Manager of the Americas where he was responsible for IBM’s $45 Billion business across the USA, Canada and Latin America. George has served on the Boards of McAfee.com (sold to McAfee for $233 Million), Symbol Technologies (sold to Motorola for $3.9 Billion) and other privately-held companies. George is a graduate of Brown University where he received his undergraduate degree in Political Science.
Follow George Samenuk:
About : Device Authority is a global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain.
Stephen Nardone
Senior Director, Security & Network Solutions Center of PC Connection
Stephen Nardone is an industry-leading security expert with more than 35 years of experience in program development and management, risk governance and oversight, architecture, service development and delivery, and assessment and testing. As Director of PC Connection, Inc.’s Security and Mobility Practices, Nardone leads the Company’s efforts to develop solutions and services that help customers reduce exposure to security threats. Prior to joining PC Connection, Inc., Nardone worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) for 15 years and held various leadership positions in the private sector. He is a member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and InfraGard. Nardone holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Follow Stephen Nardone:
About PC Connection: PC Connection is a direct marketer of a range of information technology (IT) solutions.
Ben Mingay
Member of Board of Directors of Alternative Networks
Ben Mingay was appointed to the Board in 2011. An experienced corporate financier, he is a Senior Partner and co-founder of Smith Square Partners LLP, an independent corporate advisory business. He was previously a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston and a Partner of Hawkpoint Partners. Ben is also a non-executive Director of HomeServe plc.
Follow Ben Mingay:
About Smith Square Partners: Alternative is a leading provider of IT solutions to UK businesses from device to datacentre.
Kevin Haas
Director, Professional Services, Hitachi Vantara of Hitachi Vantara
Follow Kevin Haas:
About Hitachi Vantara: Hitachi Vantara drives data to meaningful outcomes.
Amy Wass
Director of Customer Success of LogRocket
Amy Wass is the director of customer success at LogRocket.
Follow Amy Wass:
About LogRocket: LogRocket records videos of user sessions with logs and network data, identifying UX problems and revealing the root cause of every bug.
Brian Neville-O’Neill
Director of Content of LogRocket
Brian Neville-O’Neill is the director of content at LogRocket.
Follow Brian Neville-O’Neill:
About LogRocket: LogRocket records videos of user sessions with logs and network data, identifying UX problems and revealing the root cause of every bug.
Don Epperson
Member of the Board of Directors of Zintro
Don Epperson is Chief Executive Officer at FreshBooks.
Follow Don Epperson:
About Annise, buildOn, Digital Trek, Enervee, FreshBooks, OnWords, Shannon Reed: Zintro is a global platform that makes it easy for companies to start a conversation with over 200,000 highly specialized consultants.
John Goldsmith
Director of GLG
John Goldsmith is the Director of Phosphorus.
Follow John Goldsmith:
About GLG, Grape Arbor VC, Phosphorus: The world’s insight network.
Molly Connolly
Director, Strategic Alliances of Dell Technologies
Follow Molly Connolly:
About Dell Technologies: Dell Technologies provides essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future.
Kyle Harper
Director of Dell Technologies
Kyle Harper is AI Strategy Director for Dell Technologies’ Precision Workstation business, and is a 35 year computing industry veteran with experience in engineering, marketing, and management in the areas of AI, IoT, open source software, mobile handhelds, mobile infrastructure, and high performance advanced microprocessors. He holds a BSCS from Texas A&M and an MBA from UT Austin. Before joining Dell Technologies, Kyle worked for Arm, Texas Instruments, AMCC, and Motorola and his own consultancy.
Follow Kyle Harper:
About Dell Technologies: Dell Technologies provides essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future.
Catheryn Robinson
Managing Director, Capital Markets of Percent
Follow Catheryn Robinson:
About Percent: Percent is the platform powering the private credit market.
Kathy Carbone
Director of IT of Auto I.D.
Kathy Carbone is the Director of IT for AUTO I.D., Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors. She began her IT career in 1986 as a Data Entry Operator at Boeing in Seattle. While at Boeing, she was certified at Boeing’s intensive Computer Technical School and shortly after, she was promoted to programmer. Kathy’s experience has included numerous IT managerial positions with large Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, American Airlines, EDS, and HP. Her job responsibilities through the years have included Information Specialist, Technical Consultant, and IT Project Manager. She has worked closely with the technical staffs and customers to manage multi-million dollar projects, while expanding her experience to meet ISO 9000/9001 certifications on various projects. Kathy has also been a Training Coordinator to hundreds of customers, which included overseeing projects where clients were migrated to new technical platforms. She has managed both technical teams and consultants to maintain and develop new software. Kathy’s leadership from an IT perspective continues to be a critical component of AUTO I.D. and its success. She graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Follow Kathy Carbone:
About Auto I.D.: Auto I.D. is a developer of vehicle identification and information platform to provide VIN-specific vehicle information in real-time.
