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This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Professional 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.
Aaron Welch
Director of Delivery of Contino
Aaron Welch is a Director of Delivery at Contino. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder and SVP of Product at Packet.
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About Contino: Contino is a professional services consultancy providing a range of services for DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Pragmatic Agile practices.
Aleksandra Davis
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Aaron Roe
CTO Products & Solutions – Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte, Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Graham Allan
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Rasheq Zarif
Managing Director and Future of Mobility Tech Sector Leader of Deloitte
Rasheq Zarif is the Head of the Business Innovation division of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America located in Silicon Valley. His team focuses on the emergence and development of new business opportunities in the U.S. Market. The areas include but are not limited to: smart cities, mobility solutions, logistics, and digital services. Zarif has been in various strategic roles within the Mercedes-Benz organization for almost 15 years. Prior to that, he had held multiple research roles with UC Berkeley and the NYC Department of Transportation. Zarif graduated with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Management of Technology from UC Berkeley and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Columbia University.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Muna Tuna
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Colin Soutar
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
John Waters
Associate Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Mike Kavis
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Diana Fox-Hopkins
Managing Director, Global Clients and Industries – Marketing & Communications of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Sanjiv Sinha
Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte, Deloitte, Deloitte, Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Prakash Santhana
Managing Director Payments Risk & Integrity of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Christopher Dinkel
Managing Director SAP HANA Analytics of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
John Ferraioli
Managing Director of Deloitte
John Ferraioli is the data leader for Deloitte’s Digital Supply Networks (DSN) offering. Specializing in defining and deploying Enterprise Information Management Strategy, Systems, and Operating Models in support of Digital Supply Networks’ business outcomes. John brings over 25 years of Business Process, SAP, and Supply Chain experience to enable Digital Supply Networks. Relevant experience includes: multiple global SAP / ERP deployments and Data Migrations, Supply Chain Data and Analytics, IOT and Smart Factory, streamlining New Product Introduction, Retailer Collaboration, and B2B/C Collaboration across CPG, MFG, and multiple industries. John helps introduce and leverage advanced analytic, data, and enabling digital core technologies.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Philip Wilson
Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Mike Fucci
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deloitte
Mike Fucci leads the Deloitte board of directors in providing governance and oversight as well as guidance on priority matters such as firm strategy, brand positioning, risk mitigation, talent development, and leadership succession. He was most recently the COO for Deloitte Consulting LLP and national managing partner for its Advisory and Services practice. For 33 years, he has been a practitioner and principal at Deloitte, with specialties in HR transformation, talent strategies, and total rewards.
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About : Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Khalid Kark
Managing Director, CIO Program of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Eric Hipkins
Managing Director of Deloitte
Eric Hipkins is the Managing Director at Deloitte.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Theresa Grafenstine
Managing Director of Deloitte
Theresa Grafenstine, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, CGAP, CGMA, CIA, CISSP, CPA, is a managing director at Deloitte & Touche LLP and Past Chair of ISACA. Grafenstine served as inspector general of the US House of Representatives, where she was responsible for planning and leading independent, non-partisan audits, advisories, and investigations of the financial and administrative functions of the House. Prior to joining the House Office of Inspector General (OIG), she served at the Department of Defense OIG, where she led acquisition audits of major weapon systems and responded to high-profile Congressional audit requests. Grafenstine also serves on the board of directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and as the audit committee chair of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Wendy Henry
Managing Director of Deloitte
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Rana Sen
Managing Director of Deloitte
Rana is a managing director in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Public Sector practice, leading Deloitte’s smart city initiative in the US and supporting Deloitte’s smart city work globally. He has more than 18 years of experience in implementing and leading major government transformation initiatives in public health, human services, transportation, and finance and administration. His work with government agencies includes the development of strategic smart city roadmaps, implementation of smart transportation solutions, operations and maintenance of one of the largest civilian financial administration solutions for the federal government, and automation of long-term care case management.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Rachael Goydan
Managing Director, Global Consulting of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Jeff Loucks
Executive Director, Center of Technology, Media and Telecommunications of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Scott Corwin
Managing Director and US Leader for Sustainability & Climate Change of Deloitte
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Ned Glattly
Managing Director of Deloitte
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Robert Schmid
Chief IoT Technologist, Managing Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Mark Cotteleer
Managing Director – Supply Chain and Operations Consulti of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Ned Glattly
Managing Director of Deloitte
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Scott Corwin
Managing Director and US Leader for Sustainability & Climate Change of Deloitte
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Myke Miller
Director of Deloitte
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William Eggers
Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Government Insights of Deloitte
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Robert Schmid
Chief IoT Technologist, Managing Director of Deloitte
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Mark Cotteleer
Managing Director – Supply Chain and Operations Consulti of Deloitte
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Bennett Gaston
Director of Client Engagement of Confiz
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About Confiz: Confiz is a full service technology company, committed to enabling people and verticals by producing high performance industry solutions.
Troy Cosey
Managing Director of FranklinCovey
Troy Cosey is the Managing Director of Franklin Covey.
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About FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a performance improvement company that helps organizations address issues that require behavioral changes.
Bill Dale
Buildings & Infrastructure (BI) Director, Applied Technology of Jacobs
Bill Dale is a leader in applied technology at Jacobs with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of science, technology, and engineering. He specializes in identifying opportunities for improving work process with the practical application of technology and is passionate about information security and intellectual property management. Currently, he advises internal teams, and external entities, on process optimization. He enjoys skiing, fishing, and spending time with his family.
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About Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Robert Bratt
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, US Operations of DLA Piper
With more than 30 years of experience managing multimillion-dollar commercial and federal legal programs, Bob Bratt oversees all US operations for the firm and plays a key role in the integration of its international operations, ensuring uniform delivery of services globally. Before joining DLA Piper, Mr. Bratt was Managing Partner of Civilian and Homeland Security with Unisys Corporation, improving operations, developing business, increasing profitability and supporting a diverse group of critical government programs. Earlier in his career, as Corporate Vice President at Science Application International Corporation, he managed a portfolio of federal and commercial telecommunications projects with a starting value of $7 million that doubled in size in over 18 months. From 1978 to 2000, Mr. Bratt served with the US Department of Justice in a series of high-profile programs that involved the White House, other cabinet agencies and members of Congress. During his tenure at DOJ, he successfully transformed two legal divisions into highly effective and efficient operations. As Executive Officer of the Criminal Division, he managed the division’s extensive administrative functions, improved its efficiency, negotiated funding to increase support to the division’s more than 800 lawyers, eliminated a structural deficit in its budget and managed a range of complex programs, such as the Wireless Management Office, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (recreating Haiti’s police force) and the Office of Naturalization Operations. Mr. Bratt served as Executive Officer of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division from 1986 to 1992, creating and then overseeing this office established to implement the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.
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About DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
Callie Carr
Managing Director for Legal Affairs of DLA Piper
Ms. Carr re-joined DLA after spending several years in-house, most recently, as the Chief Privacy Counsel for a Fortune 200 global technology and manufacturing company, where she was the lead attorney for the company’s global privacy program, for the company’s largest business unit and for the company’s global information technology organization. Prior to that Ms. Carr was an attorney for a management and information technology consulting company where she supported the company’s cyber, financial services, and energy and utilities markets.
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About DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
Daniel Glaser
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies
Daniel S. Glaser, age 53, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Prior to assuming this role in January 2013, Mr. Glaser served as Group President and Chief Operating Officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies from April 2011 through December 2012, with strategic and operational oversight of both the Risk and Insurance Services and the Consulting segments of the Company. Mr. Glaser rejoined Marsh in December 2007 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh Inc. after serving in senior positions in commercial insurance and insurance brokerage in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
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About Marsh & McLennan Companies: Marsh & McLennan Companies is a global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in the areas of risk.
Morton Schapiro
Board Of Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies
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Ville Nuuja
Director, Development & Technology of Visma
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About Visma: Visma provides business software and services for accounting and administration.
Kaushal Patel
Executive Director, Advisory Services of Ernst & Young
Kaushal Patel is a purpose-led, forward thinking senior executive leader in the Americas Cybersecurity practice. He has over seventeen years of progressive professional experience serving organizations in various capacities to build high performing teams, accelerate growth, and sustain profitability. His areas of expertise are information security advisory and consulting, which include Identity and Access Management, Data Protection and Privacy, Digital Transformation and Blockchain technology disciplines. He also provides thought leadership on topics of Cyber Threat Management and Risk Transformation. He often facilitates C-suite roundtable discussions and is a frequent speaker at various institutional forums. He is a strategic thought leader, entrepreneur and a visionary with extensive experience in successfully growing profitable book of business, achieving best business value proposition and building effective centers of excellence both domestically and internationally (India, Costa Rica, Manila, and London). Kaushal is an innovation catalyst and a change agent who has developed information security standards & policies, deployed governance, risk & compliance frameworks and designed robust Cybersecurity business solutions. He consults with major organizations across industry sectors and serves as a trusted partner to executive leadership.
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About Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Christopher Aiken
Managing Director of Ernst & Young
Chris Aiken is a Managing Director in the Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP. He has more than 18 years of experience in system development, technology infrastructure and operations. Chris has extensive technical experience performing data conversion, compliance evaluation and process assessment analysis, as well as development of advanced data acquisition, decision support, and reporting systems. Chris leads the Microsoft platform Data & AI team for the US Digital, Data and Analytics (DDnA) competency and leads the analytics relationship with Microsoft via the formal EY-Microsoft alliance.
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Chris Gianutsos
Managing Director, Digital of Ernst & Young
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Pamela Wood
Director of Administration of Ernst & Young
Pamela Wood is Director of Administration at Ernst & Young.
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About Ernst & Young, Parallax Capital: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Lori Foster
Managing Director of Ernst & Young
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Alice Loveys
Managing Director Federal Practice Digital Health and US Healthcare Blockchain Leader of Ernst & Young
Ali Loveys is a Managing Director in EYs Government and Public Sector Healthcare Advisory practice, EY ‘s healthcare blockchain leader, and co-leader for EY’s Children’s Health team. Dr. Loveys has been at the forefront of emerging healthcare technologies for her entire career including being a pioneer in electronic health record adoption, health information exchange, and privacy and security. She was in the inaugural class of United States medical board diplomates in clinical informatics. As such, her work bridges clinical, business, and technology policies, regulations, and standards within healthcare. As part of EY’s blockchain team, she joins over 500 EY blockchain professionals worldwide creating and implementing dynamic solutions across multiple industries.
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Victor Yocco
Research Director, Intuitive of Ernst & Young
Victor Yocco is the UX Research Director at EY Design Studio
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About Ernst & Young, EY Design Studio: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Rachel Hall
Executive Director of Ernst & Young
Rachel Hall is the Partner/Principal – Consulting Services at EY
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About Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Harry Roberts
Executive Director of Ernst & Young
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
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.
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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.
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About Tata Consultancy Services: Tata Consultancy Services is a multinational information technology services, business solutions and consulting company based in India.
Peter K. Barker
Director of Franklin Templeton Investments
Mr. Peter K. Barker serves as the President at Fletcher Jones Foundation. Previously, from November 1982 until retiring in November 1998, he served as a General Partner at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Barker headed Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s investment banking activities on the West Coast from 1978 to 1998. He joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1971. Mr. Barker began his career in the London office, and then spent seven years in the New York corporate finance department before assuming his responsibilities on the West Coast. He was also an Advisory Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. from December 1998 until his retirement in May 2002. Mr. Barker serves as a Director of Franklin Resources Inc., Automobile Club of Southern California, Irvine Company, and W. M. Keck Foundation. Mr. Barker has been a Director at Fluor Corporation since June 15, 2007. He also serves as a Director of American International. He serves as a Trustee at Fletcher Jones Foundation. Mr. Barker is also a Trustee of Claremont McKenna College, having formerly been its Chairman. He served as the Chairman for California Operations of JPMorgan Chase & Co. since September 2009 until his retirement on 31 January 2013. Mr. Barker served as an Independent Director of GSC Investment Corp. He was previously Chair of the Los Angeles Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Barker served as a Director of Ameron International Corp. since 1999. He served as a Director of Stone Energy Corp. from 2000 to December 21, 2006. Mr. Barker served as an Independent Director at Saratoga Investment Corp. since 2007 and Avery Dennison Corporation since January 2003. He served as Director at Lenox Group Inc. Mr. Barker has been active in several civic organizations, including the Los Angeles Area Boy Scout Council, Los Angeles Metropolitan YMCA, Claremont McKenna College, and the Phoenix House of California. He graduated from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. degree.
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About Franklin Templeton Investments: Franklin Templeton Investments is a global investment firm that offers mutual funds for individuals and institutions.
Harshendu Bindal
Managing Director – Head of Digital Strategy and Wealth Management of Franklin Templeton Investments
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About Franklin Templeton Investments: Franklin Templeton Investments is a global investment firm that offers mutual funds for individuals and institutions.
Steven Wisneski
Director Global Trade Servcies of Franklin Templeton Investments
Steven Wisneski is the Senior Vice President, Systems & Operations Strategy at Franklin Templeton.
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About Franklin Templeton Investments, Franklin Templeton Investments: Franklin Templeton Investments is a global investment firm that offers mutual funds for individuals and institutions.
Annie Caucci
Director of Marketing of NewSpring
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About NewSpring: NewSpring Capital is focused on leveraging operational expertise and capital to build market leading companies.
Peter Rip
Board of Director of GAIN Credit
Focus: Peter joined Crosslink in 2006 to focus on Digital Media & Internet Services and Software & Business Services. Experience: Peter brings over 25 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, venture investor, and institutional investor. He has focused exclusively on early stage technology companies. Before becoming a venture investor, Peter co-founded Silicon Compiler Systems, a major IC design automation software company acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1991. He began venture investing in 1992. He has specialized in investing in early stage companies, several of which have been acquired by AOL, CA, HP, Microsoft and others. Prior to joining Crosslink, Peter was a Managing Director at Leapfrog Ventures and the Managing Director of Knight Ridder Ventures. Education: BA, Brandeis University Ph.D. (Marketing) Stanford Graduate School of Business Peter’s blog can be accessed at EarlyStageVC.typepad.com
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About : GAIN Credit is a fintech company dedicated to providing credit for people who are underserved by mainstream financial service companies.
Mari Baker
Member of the Board of Directors of John Wiley & Sons
Mari Baker is the Director of Blue Shield of California.
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About Blue Shield of California, Young Presidents Organization (YPO): John Wiley & Sons is a provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions.
Eduardo Menasce
Member of the Board of Directors of John Wiley & Sons
Menascé has served as a director of the company since Feb. 8, 2008. He also is a director and member of the Audit Committee of Hill-Rom Holdings (formerly Hillenbrand Industries), having served on that board since 2004. Menascé is a member of the New York Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors and is the retired president of the Enterprise Solutions Group for Verizon Communications, Inc., in New York (2000-2005). Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation, which created Verizon Communications, he was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of CTI MOVIL S.A. (Argentina), a business unit of GTE Corporation (1996 to 2000). Menascé has also held senior positions at CANTV in Venezuela (1994-1996), Wagner Lockheed, and Alcatel in Brazil (1992-1994), and served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of GTE Lighting in France (1981-1992). Menascé currently serves on the boards of directors and is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Pitney Bowes Inc., a global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions. He is also on the Board of Directors and is a member of the Audit Committee of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a developer, publisher and seller of products in print and electronic media for educational, professional, scientific, technical, medical and consumer markets. Menascé is a Co-Chairman of The Taylor Companies, a privately held global investment bank which specializes exclusively in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Daybreak, a non-profit charitable organization focused on funding research for rare genetic diseases.
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About : John Wiley & Sons is a provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions.
Chris Albro
Director of Strategic Accounts of Workfront
Chris Albro is the director of strategic accounts at Workfront. He is a former head of enterprise sales at Quiq Incorporated.
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About Workfront: Workfront providers cloud-based enterprise work management solutions for enterprise teams.
Alexandre Marian
Managing Director of Alix Partners
Alexandre has more than 10 years of experience in strategy and operations for automotive and industrials players. He is passionate about the future of mobility and has worked along the value chain from suppliers to manufacturers and aftermarket players. Alexandre has consistently demonstrated the skills needed to help companies transform operations and drive growth. Prior to joining AlixPartners, he was a consultant at Roland Berger and a project manager at Renault, where he launched new vehicles. Alexandre has an MBA with distinction from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Science in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is fluent in French and proficient in German.
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About Alix Partners: AlixPartners is a global business advisory firm of results-oriented professionals who specialize in creating value and restoring business.
John Goldsmith
Director of GLG
John Goldsmith is the Director of Phosphorus.
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Santosh Haranath
Specialist Director, Cyber Security Services of KPMG International Limited
Santosh is a Specialist Director in the Silicon Valley office of KPMG’s Cyberservices practice. He has about 18 years of IT experience with 15+ years in Identity Management Industry. Understanding the criticality and impact of identity on enterprise digital transformations, over the last five years Santosh has focused on building cloud-native IAM platforms and improving adoption of IAM solutions. He has been leading and delivering security projects from assessment, strategy, and roadmap through implementation and support for clients across industries, in both Enterprise and Client / Consumer IAM landscape.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Priya Emmanuel
Managing Director, Cloud Strategy and Transformation of KPMG International Limited
Priya is a Managing Director in KPMG’s CIO Advisory Services. She leads the US practice for Cloud Strategy and Transformation and specializes in helping clients figure out how to best leverage cloud to enhance their digital transformation journey and get long-term value from moving to public cloud.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Salvatore Ternullo
Director- Cryptoasset Services Solution Lead of KPMG International Limited
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Andi Baritchi
Director of KPMG International Limited
Andi Baritchi, distinguished consulting leader in KPMG’s Cyber Security Advisory practice, contributes regularly to industry thought leadership via published research, speaking engagements, and executive briefings. Mr. Baritchi’s research interests include artificial intelligence, privacy, liberty, connected / self-driving cars, payment security, and the convergence of the preceding as they drive the future of cyber security.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
David Pessah
Senior Director, KPMG Innovation Lab of KPMG International Limited
David Pessah is an entrepreneur + strategist living in New York. He currently works at the KPMG Innovation Lab on Innovation and Strategic Investment projects. Prior to Wayla, David formed and ran the Social Media practice at Thrillist Media Group (Thrillist.com + Jackthreads.com), led Strategy for USA Network and H&R Block at 360i, served as VP of Strategy + Partnerships at mobile media start-up Wayla.com. David also co-founded Youbiquity Media, a strategic consulting firms that has advised a large and diverse group of clients including: Sprint Nextel, David Burke Group restaurants, ArtistDirect, Random House, and more.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Casey Winters
Managing Director, Transaction Services of KPMG International Limited
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Rajan Behal
Managing Director of KPMG International Limited
Rajan Behal is a Managing Director with KPMG LLP’s Cyber practice based out of Dallas. Rajan has over 19 years of consulting experience in the information security with a strong backgrounds in: Identity and Access Management, Privileged Access Management, Security Analytics, Insider Threat Detection, Security Information and Event Management, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Risk Assessments, as well as Program Management. He holds multiple security & project management certifications such as SABSA SCF, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, c|CISO, PMP. Prior to joining KPMG Rajan has worked with various consulting organizations like Accenture, Oracle, etc. Rajan is a member of SABSA, ISC2, IEEE, and ISACA.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Orson Lucas
Managing Director, Cyber Services of KPMG International Limited
Orson Lucas is a Managing Director with KPMG Cyber Services focused on helping complex, global organizations to enhance the maturity of their security programs to protect their most sensitive information assets. He has spoken at over two dozen conferences on various technical topics, and has authored several papers in Compliance Week, Bloomberg BNA, Compact Magazine, and various other industry publications. Mr. Lucas holds several certifications, including Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information System Controls (CRISC), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), and Archer Certified Consultant (ACC).
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Mahendra Goyal
Director of KPMG International Limited
Mahendra is a director in KPMG’s Management Consulting practice and a thought leader with more than 20 years of advisory, enterprise transformation, and operations experience with Fortune 500 companies. His core area of expertise is business transformation through target operating model and strategic cost optimization across the lifecycle from strategy to execution. Mahendra is a subject matter professional for intelligent automation and is well versed with Lean Six Sigma, ITIL service lifecycle, and project management methodologies. He has led multiple business initiatives to help clients transform various functions including Finance and Accounting (F&A); Customer Service—both front and back office operations; Contact Centers; HR; Payroll; and Real Estate Facilities Management (REFM).
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Kevin Shanley
Specialist Director of KPMG International Limited
Kevin Shanley is the Specialist Director at KPMG.
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Than Khar Chin
Specialist Director, Cyber Security Services of KPMG International Limited
Than Khar is a Specialist Director in KPMG’s Cyber Security Services practice in the Silicon Valley office. He has over eleven years of experience in Information Technology, Cloud Security, Enterprise IAM and Consumer IAM solutions. In addition, Than Khar leads architecture and development of many of KPMG’s IAM innovation investments in delivery enablers, accelerators and integration tools.
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Matt Campbell
Managing Director of KPMG International Limited
Matt is recognized thought leader in Talent, Organization Development and Employee Experience and a Managing Director in KPMG’s People & Change practice. Matt is pragmatic, business savvy, builds collaborative relationships that influence and deliver results. He possesses broad-based industry exposure, global perspective and creative approach. His specialties include business strategy, identity and design; talent and HR strategy; employee experience strategy and design; talent risk profiling; culture definition and values alignment; capability planning, talent aquisition and workforce management; change management; program and project management; team building, skill and process development; and reward, compensation and benefits design.
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Jules Walker
Director of KPMG International Limited
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Hemal Shah
Managing Director of KPMG International Limited
Hemal Shah is the Managing Director at KPMG.
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Lav Kapoor
Specialist Director of KPMG International Limited
Lav is a Specialist Director in KPMG’s Cyber Security Services practice. He is a seasoned professional, with over thirteen years of experience encompassing leadership, product management, architecture, design, development, testing, integration and implementation of multi-tiered enterprise applications and products, with specialized expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM). He has international experience working on Fortune 500 organizations in North America and APAC.
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Shekhar Jha
Specialist Director of KPMG International Limited
Shekhar Jha has been an identity and access management professional for over 17 years involved in over 50 projects. He demonstrates a broad understanding of the different vendor offerings within the identity and access management space, in addition to a strong ability to translate complex business needs into elegant, non-vendor specific, or cross-vendor technical solutions. He has specialization in business-to-business customers’ identity management and fine-grained entitlements.
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Shekhar Jha
Specialist Director of KPMG International Limited
Shekhar Jha has been an identity and access management professional for over 17 years involved in over 50 projects. He demonstrates a broad understanding of the different vendor offerings within the identity and access management space, in addition to a strong ability to translate complex business needs into elegant, non-vendor specific, or cross-vendor technical solutions. He has specialization in business-to-business customers’ identity management and fine-grained entitlements.
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Dave Burgess
Director of Engineering of Teletronics Technology
Mr. Burgess joined Teletronics Technology Corporation in 2002 where he is currently General Manager of Engineering. Mr. Burgess has over 32 years of professional experience in technical engineering management of electrical hardware, embedded software and test engineering departments. Mr. Burgess has extensive experience in high speed digital and video electronics hardware, FPGA and ASIC product development, engineering process control and project management in both the telecom and aerospace industries. He has held various design engineer and engineering management positions in large and small companies. Mr. Burgess holds a BSEET degree from College of New Jersey and a MSEE degree from Monmouth University.
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Greg Georgianna
Creative Director of SolveCity
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Krishna Veerareddy
Partner & Managing Director of Shore Group
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Peter Knights
Founder and Executive Director of WildAid
Peter Knights was formerly a program director working on illegal wildlife trade with Global Survival Network and a senior investigator for the Environmental Investigation Agency. He specialized in conducting global on-site investigations and campaigned against the trade in wild birds for pets and the consumption of endangered species in traditional Chinese medicine, such as bear gallbladder, rhino horn, and tiger bone. On birds, this work led to over 150 airlines stopping the carriage of wild birds and the Wild Bird Conservation Act, which cut imports of wild birds into the US from 800,000 to 40,000. In 1996 while working across Asia, Peter created the first international program aimed at reducing demand for endangered species products. He received an Associate Laureate of the Rolex Award for Enterprise for this work. The program used sophisticated advertising techniques, donated airtime, and celebrity spokespeople with the message “When the buying stops, the killing can too” and has over 100 actors, athletes, and musicians appearing in its campaigns. In 2011 it raised $200 million in donated media in China alone. The campaign Peter started on shark fin is attributed with helping to reduce demand for fins by 50-70% in China in 2012 and helping to secure bans in a number of US states.Peter has served as Executive Director of WildAid since its founding in 2000. He initiated the Marine Protection Program and currently leads the Demand Reduction Program for shark fin, manta ray gill rakers, ivory, and rhino horn. Peter holds a B. Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics.
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About WildAid: WildAid is a organization that aims to conserve wildlife through public awareness programs.
Pamela Farkas
Board of Directors of WildAid
An active philanthropist, Pamela Stedman Farkas has served as a member of the Advisory Council of The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History since the Council’s founding in 1993. A strong supporter of the Center’s mission to mitigate critical threats to global biological and cultural diversity, she has been an advocate of extending this mission to marine environments, and has participated in Sea Turtle research at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife refuge. A longtime member of the Board of Trustees of the International Center of Photography in New York, Ms. Farkas chaired ICP’s Infinity Awards from 2003 to 2011 in support of their mission of “Concerned Photography”. She is also an active supporter of the Jane Goodall Institute in Arlington, VA and the Oxbow School in Napa, CA. A graduate of Harvard College, Ms. Farkas holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She resides in New York City with her husband, Andrew Paul, and their three daughters.
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John Baker
Managing Director & Chief Program Officer of WildAid
John is the driving force behind WildAid’s operations including program strategy, fundraising efforts, international program management, and organizational operations. He brings valuable expertise from 15 years of managing conservation programs in Southeast Asia and 12 years at PRBO Conservation Science. John’s entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on attitude have helped launch innovative rural development projects in Thailand, manage a conservation program for the largest protected area in Laos, and establish an award-winning family planning program for the Vietnam Women’s Union. He works closely with like-minded individuals including pre-eminent social entrepreneur Mechai Viravaidya and lends his expertise to the creative process including the publication of a guidebook to Thai national parks and a coffee table book on Thai flora and fauna. During one watershed moment in recent Thai political history, John seized the opportunity to write speeches for Thailand’s Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. When not in the water or in the forest, he enjoys gardening and cooking.
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Jeffery Gruen
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
Jeff Gruen is Huron’s Chief Clinical Innovation Officer and a member of the firm’s Healthcare leadership team. He has a distinguished career as an executive, entrepreneur and advisor working across industries with a focus on population health, ACO risk models and care management. Dr. Gruen has been a leader in four digital health/care delivery model innovation companies, including Revolution Health Group, where he served as President of the Care Division. He also has extensive experience in managing risk at the interface between payers and providers and served as a Chief Medical Officer at United Health Group.
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Raj Suchak
Managing Director & Salesforce Practice Leader of Huron Consulting Group
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Mike Willhelm
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
MIKE WILLHELM leads the Profitability & Risk Analytics Team at ADI. He has an extensive background in a number of analytics solutions including: Enterprise Performance Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Business Intelligence. Mike holds a comprehensive understanding of multidimensional profitability management, performance measurement, costing, planning, and risk analytics. His leadership brings to bear his 20+ years of experience in developing strategic roadmaps, architecting business solutions, and deploying performance and risk systems; all the while focused on delivering business value to his clients. Prior to his joining ADI Strategies, Mike worked for Oracle Consulting as a Practice Director and Oracle Sales as an Enterprise Architect. Preceding Oracle, he worked in the banking industry. Mike possesses specializations in Financial Services and the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA).
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Alexandre A Seran
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
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Mario Desiderio
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
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Olivier Jarricot
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
OLIVIER JARRICOT leads the Hyperion Planning and Analytics Team. In his role, Olivier oversees all current active engagements to ensure the right mix of resources are delivering the best possible solution for our customers. Olivier has been working with Hyperion tools and technologies since 1995. Prior to his work at ADI, Olivier held management positions at Bearing Point and KPMG. Since 2002, Olivier has implemented numerous solutions for clients ranging from BP to Hallmark to Activision.
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Donald Davis
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
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Donald Davis
Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group
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Francis Brown
Board Director & Co-founder of Bishop Fox
Francis Brown is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Bishop Fox. He focuses on driving the firm’s cybersecurity research and thought leadership programs.
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About Bishop Fox: The leader in offensive security, providing continuous pen testing, red teaming, attack surface management, & security assessments.
Tom Eston
Practice Director, Application Security of Bishop Fox
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Tom Eston
Practice Director, Application Security of Bishop Fox
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Michael Philippi
Sr. Director of Software Engineering of Mitchell International
Michael Phillippi is a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Mitchell International. Michael has 25+ years of experience in various software engineering roles across various industries including finance, transportation, Internet commerce, insurance, manufacturing, and retail in North American and Western Europe. Michael currently manages 10 software engineering teams responsible for application and workflow solutions deployed at 25,000 stores in North America and Western Europe. These solutions are integrated with third-party application developers, customer partners, and customer applications. Michael is also a mentor for Java programming and robot design at The League of Amazing Programmers.
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Steve Giannini
Managing Director of Alliance Network Group
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David Christensen
Delivery Director – Application Services of Axispoint
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David Christensen
Delivery Director – Application Services of Axispoint
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Andrew Rawana
Founder, Director of Bridger
Andrew Rawana is the Founder and currently serves as Director, Business Development for Bridger Consulting Group, where he manages and oversees all business operations including strategies for acquiring enterprise clients, driving revenue, and establishing brand awareness. Andrew is a former Vice President, Business Development of Guidepoint, the second-largest expert network firm. There he managed a portfolio of institutional investors composed of hedge funds, private equity firms, and strategy consulting firms.
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