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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 Founder operating in the Professional Services space. If you think a Founder 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.
Jessica McKellar
Founder and CTO of Pilot
Jessica McKellar is a founder and the CTO of Pilot, a bookkeeping firm powered by software. Previously, she was a founder and the VP of Engineering for a real-time collaboration startup acquired by Dropbox, where she then served as a Director of Engineering. Before that, she was a computer nerd at MIT who joined her friends at Ksplice, a company building a service for rebootless kernel updates on Linux that was acquired by Oracle. Jessica is also a former Director for the Python Software Foundation and PyCon North America’s Diversity Outreach Chair. For her outreach efforts in the Python community, she was awarded the O’Reilly Open Source Award in 2013.
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About Pilot: Pilot is a platform that offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
Waseem Daher
Founder & CEO of Pilot
Waseem Daher is a Founder and CEO at Pilot.
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About Pilot: Pilot is a platform that offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
Jeff Arnold
COO & Founder of Pilot
Jeff Arnold is a Past Founder & CEO at Ksplice.
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About Pilot: Pilot is a platform that offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
Nathan Sportsman
Founder and CEO of Praetorian
As the Founder and CEO of Praetorian, Nathan is responsible for championing the vision, maintaining the culture, and setting the direction of the company. He also holds the additional duties of CTO where he is responsible for overseeing the innovation and development engine of the company keeping the firm well positioned to defeat the ever evolving cybersecurity threat. Prior to bringing in professional management to help run the company, Nathan managed the day-to-day operations of the firm from its 2010 beginnings as a bootstrapped start-up to its current YoY hyper-growth. Since Praetorian’s founding, Nathan has successfully instilled a “customer first” mentality that has become part of the DNA of the company which has led to unprecedented customer satisfaction reviews as reflected in a historical net promoter score of 86%. This reputation for delivering value to the customer has resulted in a three year growth rate of 214%. Under Nathan’s leadership, the company has earned national recognition on the Inc. 5000 list multiple times, the Cybersecurity 500, CIO Top 20, and locally on Austin’s “Fastest 50” growing firms. Prior to founding Praetorian, Nathan worked in various technical roles at industry-leading companies such as Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and McAfee. His experience has cross cut most industry sectors, and customers have ranged from Wall Street and Silicon Valley to government intelligence agencies and renowned educational institutions. Nationally recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity field, Nathan is a frequent public speaker, is a contributing author to the world’s best-selling computer security book, Hacking Exposed, is a U.S. patent holder, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin (nationally ranked #5 for Computer Science and Engineering). Nathan holds a BS in electrical & computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
Ann Shepherd
COO and Co-Founder of Him For Her
Ann Shepherd is co-founder of social impact venture Him For Her. She serves on the board of fintech startup HoneyBook. Previously Ann was the Senior Vice President of Marketing at OpenTable.
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About Him For Her: Him For Her is a social venture that accelerates the diversity on corporate boards.
Jocelyn Mangan
CEO and Co-Founder of Him For Her
Jocelyn Mangan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Him For Her.
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About Him For Her, Snagajob: Him For Her is a social venture that accelerates the diversity on corporate boards.
Tiffany Pham
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mogul
Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, an award-winning worldwide platform enabling women to connect, share information, and access knowledge from each other. A coder, she developed the first version of Mogul, which now reaches 18 million women per week from over 196 countries and 30,470 cities worldwide. Mogul was named one of the Most Exciting Startups of 2016 by Business Insider, one of the Top NYC Startups to Watch by Entrepreneur Magazine, named one of the Best Websites for Finding Top Talent by Inc. Magazine, one of the Top Websites for Marketing Your Company Online by Forbes, and has been honored and recognized by Bustle, City of Fort Worth, City of New York, City of Paris, and Harvard Business School. Tiffany was named one of Forbes “30 Under 30” in Media, Business Insider “30 Most Important Women Under 30” in Technology, ELLE Magazine “30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World,” Good Housekeeping “Awesome Women Award” Winner, Alice Paul “Equality Award” Honoree, Cadillac “IVY Innovator” Award Winner, SmartCEO Magazine “Smart CEO Award” Winner, “Innovation & Inclusion Award” Winner for Social Entrepreneurship, NY Business Journal “Woman of Influence” Winner, Tribeca Film Festival “Innovation Award” Fellow, and SE “Top 100 Social Entrepreneur.”
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About Columbia University in the City of New York, Discovery, Macmillan, Mogul, Mogul Global Fund, Simon & Schuster: At Mogul, our vision is to unlock the world’s greatest potential.
Daniel Harsell
Founder & SVP of Technology of Intapp
Daniel Harsell is the Founder & SVP of Technology at Intapp.
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About Intapp: Intapp is a provider of industry-specific, cloud-based software solutions that enable connected professional and financial services.
Alice Default
CEO and Co-Founder of Double
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About Double: Double connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants and delegation tools — so you can save time and stay focused.
Tom Chang MD
Co-CEO , Founder and Retina Surgeon of Acuity Eye Specialists
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About Acuity Eye Specialists: Acuity Eye Specialists is a team of doctors and staff that provides best eye care services and comprehensive treatment to communities.
Joel Scott
Co-Founder & COO of SV Academy
Joel Scott is Co Founder & COO at SV Academy.
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About SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Rahim Fazal
Co-Founder and CEO of SV Academy
Co-Founder and CEO at SVAcademy.
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About Forbes Technology Council, SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Tom Blaisdell
Founder & CEO of AlignPact
Tom Blaisdell is the Founder & CEO at AlignPact.
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About AlignPact, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College: AlignPact is a management consulting firm that advises and supports entrepreneurs in creating companies designed to make a positive impact.
Marcela Sapone
CEO & Co-Founder of Hello Alfred
In 2014, the founders of Hello Alfred won the TechCrunch Disrupt SF pitch competition–becoming the first all-female founder team to do so–after wowing judges with its vision of an on-demand concierge service that connects customers with a professionally trained home manager to complete workaday household errands like cleaning, laundry, and pet care.
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About Hello Alfred: Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform.
Jessica Beck
COO & Co-Founder of Hello Alfred
Jessica Beck is a COO & Co-Founder at Hello Alfred.
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About Hello Alfred: Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform.
Hunter Newby
Founder & Owner of Newby Ventures
Hunter Newby is an entrepreneur with a highly successful, 15-year track record in creating new, network-neutral interconnection businesses that treat communications infrastructure as real estate. He is the Founder, CEO and a Director of Allied Fiber, the nation’s first integrated, network-neutral colocation and dark fiber infrastructure provider. Prior to founding Allied Fiber, he was a Founder, Chief Strategy Officer and a Director of The Telx Group, Inc., one of the leading carrier hotel interconnection facility operators in the U.S. Mr. Newby is a recognized authority in the industry, has served on several Advisory Boards, is a published author, public speaker and the recipient of numerous awards including being named to the Global Telecoms Business Top 40 Under 40 in 2010. Mr. Newby earned a B.S. in Communications from Drexel University.
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About Newby Ventures: Newby Ventures is an investment and holding company that offers capital, creative intelligence solutions, and value creation services.
Cenk Sidar
Co-Founder & CEO of Enquire AI
Cenk has been global risk executive for 12 years before launching GlobalWonks as the CEO. He has worked extensively assisting top financial institutions, multinational corporations, risk management firms, and legal firms operating in high-risk regions. Cenk holds an MA degree in international economics and international relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, a postgraduate degree in European studies from SAIS’s Bologna Center in Italy, and a BA degree in business administration and international relations from the Istanbul Bilgi University.
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About Enquire AI, Sidar Global Ventures: An insights software company that provides enterprises a comprehensive toolkit to easily discover and leverage expert knowledge in real time
Tom Bliss
Founder of Triple R Affordable Aircraft LLC
As the publisher of AVweb (since 2012), Tom Bliss is also Chairman of the Triple R program and an active owner-pilot with 2,300 hours in 26 different airplanes, with instrument and commercial tickets. “It’s a balancing act that is sometimes overwhelming but never dull,” he says. Tom joined AVweb after running Bliss Marketing Communications, a technology-focused marcom agency in Phoenix for 28 years and servicing some 300 clients in five states with a progression of airplanes beginning with a Mooney M20C and moving up to an A36 Bonanza and eventually a Cessna P-210N Centurion. Before the agency, he managed marcom for divisions of Sperry Flight Systems (now Honeywell) and Collins Avionics. Tom’s first marketing job was at Cessna in the days when Wichita produced hundreds of airplanes every week. Although those days are long gone, he thinks there is a strong future ahead for GA but in a different way than you might think. All things that fly fascinated Tom as a kid growing up in Ames, Iowa, including his first trip to the local airport fly-in circa 1960. A flight in a 172 float plane at age 10 and a few airline flights by age 12 were as close to the yoke as he was able to get. But at age 15, a friend’s dad took Tom flying in a new Mooney executive with curtains and a fake wood instrument panel no less and after an hour of flying from the right seat, “my life would never be the same”, he says. A year later, in 1971, he was 16, a junior at Ames High school in Ames, Iowa and a part time line boy, pumping gas and washing airplanes in the afternoons and learning to fly Saturdays and at night. He soloed after six hours at Goodrich Aviation, a Cessna Pilot Center. A year later, thanks in part to a swimming scholarship at Arizona State University, he passed his Private Pilot check ride via the University’s Aero Tech program and later earned a commercial license. Tom has also owned a share of a Mooney M-20C and was the sole owner of an A-36 Bonanza before trading up to the pressurized 185-knot Cessna P210N Centurion.
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About AVWeb.com, Triple R Affordable Aircraft LLC: Triple R Affordable Aircraft rebuilds, restores, re-equips, and refurbishes aircraft
Marc Lederman
Co-Founder & General Partner of NewSpring
Marc is co-founder and General partner at NewSpring Capital and part of the NewSpring Growth investment team. NewSpring Capital manages four distinct investment strategies focused on leveraging operational expertise and capital to build market leading companies. Marc is an active member of the Philadelphia region’s venture capital community having served as both a regional and national judge for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. He has an extensive background in finance, consulting and accounting and previously served as a Manager in the Business Assurance and Advisory Services Group at Deloitte & Touche. Marc currently serves on the boards of 3Pillar Global, Inc., Liquidhub, Inc., Raritan, Inc., RealTime Media, Inc., Exegy, Inc., Velocidata, Inc. and VidSys, Inc. He earned a B.S. in Accountancy, cum laude, from Villanova University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Intersection, NewSpring, Snagajob, VelociData: NewSpring Capital is focused on leveraging operational expertise and capital to build market leading companies.
Chad Gillenwater
Founder & Executive Vice-Chairman of AVI-SPL
Vice Chairman Chad Gillenwater is responsible for developing worldwide growth strategies, assembling a top management team, and providing the guidance that will maximize the value of AVI-SPL.
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About AVI-SPL: AVI-SPL is recognized as an innovative leader in the collaboration and AV industry, the result of a 2008 merger between Audio Visual
David Fano
Founder and CEO of Teal
David Fano is founder & CEO at Teal.
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About Teal: Teal helps people navigate change and drive their career with confidence and purpose.
Isaac Mashman
CEO/Founder of Mashman Ventures
Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida Isaac Mashman is a businessman, podcast host, speaker, and private investor who first got involved in business in 2017. Coming from a rather “humble” family, through business Isaac realized that there was more to life than struggle and stagnancy. It was the perfect solution to his childhood problems. Since starting his journey he has had the opportunity to become the first person in his family to ever travel internationally, has been to multiple states and cities including New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Miami. He’s hosted two podcasts, and in April of 2020 he launched his very own company Mashman Ventures. One of the largest things he attributes to his success has been personal development. He recognized early on that if one was not growing as an individual the chances were, no other areas of his life would be growing either. This is why Isaac launched his newest podcast, “Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman” and has made it his goal to share his experiences, knowledge, and lessons he has learned along the way with as many people as possible, thus helping them become more capable and in return get the results they want in life. Isaac Mashman specializes in creating, growing and positioning personal brands through his public relations firm Mashman Ventures.
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About Mashman Investments, Mashman Ventures: Mashman Ventures is a public relations firm that specializes in personal branding.
Dilip Rao
Co-Founder & CEO of Sharebite
Dilip Rao is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Mohsin Memon
Co-Founder, President, & COO of Sharebite
Mohsin Memon is a Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Ahsen Saber
Co-Founder & VP, Business Operations & Customer Success of Sharebite
Ahsen Saber is a Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Operations and Customer Success at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
John Paller
Founder & Steward of Opolis
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About Opolis: Opolis operates as a digital employment cooperative for independent workers.
Francois Nadal
CEO & Founder of OneUp
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About OneUp: OneUp is an online accounting software for small business owners and accountants.
K. Suriyakumar
Co-Founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ARC Document Solutions
Kumarakulasingam (“Suri”) Suriyakumar co-founded the Company in 1989 and has served as ARC Document Solutions’ President and Chief Executive Officer since June 1, 2007. He served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 1991 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. On July 24, 2008, Mr. Suriyakumar was appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Suriyakumar was employed with Aitken Spence & Co. LTD, a highly diversified conglomerate and one of the five largest corporations in Sri Lanka.
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About : ARC Document Solutions offers managed print services (MPS), offsite document printing and fulfillment services.
Jeffrey Franklin
Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales and Business Development of TrueCommerce
Since co-founding RedTail in 2000, Jeff has played an integral part in the development of the RedTail’s flagship managed EDI service—from its design and development, to its implementation as part of a total electronic trading solution for middle-market businesses. He brings more than 25 years of expertise in the understanding of manufacturing systems that include electronic data interchange As Vice President, Sales for Sage / AccountMate, Jeff focuses on RedTail’s sales in those market segments. Earlier, Jeff transitioned from VP of Product Development Director of Sales and Business Development. Prior to founding RedTail Solutions, Jeff was IT Director for RBI, where he developed and implemented a collaborative system for new product development in addition to his general responsibilities for RBI’s IT strategy and systems. Jeff also started Electro-World and Boca Software, and wrote a full MRP system for electronics company Solitron. Jeff attended the University of Florida
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About TrueCommerce: TrueCommerce, Inc. provides electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions to small and mid-tier companies. Its end-to-end solution includes
Brian Charlesworth
Founder and CEO of Sisu
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About Sisu: Sisu provides real estate sales coaching solution designed for teams, brokerages and agents.
Raymond McKenzie
Founder and CEO of StartingPoint
Raymond (Ray) McKenzie is the Founder and CEO of Starting Point Technologies, Inc. Ray is also the Founder and Managing Director of Red Beach Advisors. With more than 20 years of experience as a senior business executive, leader, and consultant leading global organizations ranging from start-ups to large enterprises. Raymond has significant experience with corporate strategy, operational efficiency, technology through digital transformation, and leading global service-oriented teams. Ray has held various senior executive positions with companies such as Verisign, Neustar, State Farm Insurance, TeleSign, and UltraDNS.
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About Red Beach Advisors, StartingPoint: SaaS workflow management software for service-based companies and teams that can be deployed and customized in one hour.
Parnian Barekatain
Founder and CEO of SolveCity
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About SolveCity: SolveCity provides AI and HI for Intelligence search, Information Mapping and Collective Scientific Problem Solving.
Divyabh Mishra
Founder & CEO of CrowdANALYTIX
Divyabh is an entrepreneur and currently founder and CEO of CrowdANALYTIX, a crowdsourced analytics service focused on serving life sciences and professional services firms.
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About CrowdANALYTIX, qualifiedLINK: CrowdANALYTIX builds scalable AI solutions for enterprises globally.
Leonard Chung
Co-Founder of String
Leonard has been working in the technology industry for over sixteen years with a particular emphasis on successfully developing and delivering products and ideas from Zero to One. Previously, Leonard was Founder & CEO of Syncplicity (acquired by EMC in ’12). He has been working in the area of collaboration, data management, and internet scale applications for over 18 years and is the inventor of seven patents. Past products include Windows PowerShell, SETI@home, and internet storage company Scale Eight. Notable past collaborators include RISC/RAID inventor David Patterson and ACM Turing Award Winner Jim Gray. Leonard received a B.A. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About String: String is a software company that offers a cloud-based direct phone line and messaging solution for business texting and calling.
Zac Choi
Co-Founder & CEO of String
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About String: String is a software company that offers a cloud-based direct phone line and messaging solution for business texting and calling.
Tarik khribech
CEO/Founder of Allbetter
Allbetter was born out of passion, innovation, and irritation. Founder Tarik Khribech was born in Morocco and migrated to the USA. He soon finished his Master’s degree in Computer Science and began working for Fortune 100 companies. Years of launching innovative businesses with growing success fueled Tarik’s fire for measurable, positive results. But as an immigrant, he saw first-hand the frustration of small business life, especially during the recent pandemic. Irritation grew while using the available apps for homeowners and contractors, and an idea, a deep, long-term vision, and a solution were born. Now entering its third year, allbetter has attracted a world-class team of visionaries, business and brand strategists, technology and app experts, and more, all dedicated to make the contractor and homeowner industry better, make small business better, make busy homeowners feel better, and this world, well…you know.
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About Allbetter: Changing the way property owners find local contractors, and helping both succeed.
Eric Fischgrund
Founder/CEO of FischTank PR
Eric Fischgrund is the founder and CEO of FischTank PR, a boutique communications and marketing firm headquartered in New York City. A career MarComm executive, Eric has worked both agency side and in-house prior to launching FischTank PR. The firm specializes in a number of corporate practice areas, including but not limited to B2B and B2C technologies, renewable energy and sustainability, financial services and personal finance products, and non-profits. Eric resides in North Jersey with his wife Monica and dog (Buddy), and enjoys spending time with family and friends, biking, golfing, hiking, reading, and writing.
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About Boom Local, FischTank PR: FischTank PR is a public relations and marketing firm specializing in media relations, content writing, branding, digital/social, & more.
Brian Stefano
Founder & President of Data Intensity
Brian Stefano is the Founder and President of Data Intensity. In this role, Brian is responsible for driving strategic business development initiatives, identifying and nurturing market opportunities, and working with key Data Intensity customers and partners worldwide. Prior to founding Data Intensity in 2001, Brian worked for Oracle Corporation, where he was responsible for managing the company’s northeast region. While at Oracle, Brian was among the company’s top revenue producers globally, growing the business by more than $27 million annually. Brian began his career in technology as a corporate sales manager for Sybase, Inc. Brian received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bryant College.
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About Data Intensity: Solution Expertise. Boutique Service. Trusted Advisor.
Jack L. Oliver III
Founder & Senior Policy Advisor of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Jack Oliver founded Bryan Cave Strategies in 2005 and currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor. Oliver also serves as a Senior Advisor to Barclays Capital (formerly Lehman Brothers) providing senior relationship management for top clients across investment banking, capital markets, and private wealth management. A native Missourian, Oliver has worked at the highest level of national and Missouri state politics, distinguishing himself as a dominant force in campaign fundraising. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he served as an advisor and strategist for the Bush-Cheney ’04 presidential campaign. As National Finance Vice-Chairman for Bush-Cheney ’04 and Victory 2004, Oliver managed the campaign’s $240 million national finance plan. During the campaign, Time magazine described Oliver as “the man largely responsible for what is being heralded as the most formidable money machine in modern political history.” Previously, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Republican National Committee, a prominent role that required him to oversee all the day-to-day operations of the 2002 congressional campaigns. Under Oliver’s leadership, the Republicans made historic mid-term gains in the House and Senate. Oliver also served as the National Finance Director for then-Gov. George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign and managed a fundraising effort in the primary and general elections that shattered all previous presidential fundraising records. Before joining the Bush campaign in 1999, Oliver served in various political, financial and managerial roles in the campaign and congressional offices of Sen. John Ashcroft, Sen. John Danforth, Sen. Kit Bond, Congressman Jim Talent, Congressman Bill Emerson as well as the Missouri Republican Party. Oliver was raised in Cape Girardeau and St. Louis, where he still resides.
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About Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is a fully integrated global law firm that provides clients with connected legal advice.
Arnie Miller
Founder of Matrix Essentials
Arnold M. Miller, who began his career as a hair stylist and later founded Matrix Essentials Inc., one of the nation’s leading makers of hair-care products, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer. Mr. Miller was 60 years old and lived in Beechwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. He died of pneumonia and other complications of cancer, which he had been battling for about a year, said Dennis Lubin, senior vice president of marketing at Matrix Essentials. Mr. Miller had most recently served as president of Matrix Essentials, a Solon, Ohio, company that he co-founded in 1980 with his wife, Sydell. The company, with annual sales that exceeded $150 million last year, sells shampoos, hair sprays, cosmetics and other products under the brand names Matrix Essentials, Systeme Biolage and Vavoom! Mr. Miller opened his first salon in 1955 in South Euclid, Ohio. In 1971, he and his wife made their first foray into manufacturing, founding Ardell Inc., which made and sold artificial eyelashes and cosmetics. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a sister, Eve Porris, of Cleveland Heights, and two daughters, Lauren Spilman and Stacie Halpern, both of Cleveland. Source: {Nytimes} (http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/28/us/arnold-miller-60-founder-of-matrix-a-shampoo-maker.html)
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About Matrix Essentials: Matrix Essentials, Inc. operates as a professional hair care and hair color company in the United States.
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.
John Waldmann
Founder, CEO of Homebase
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About Homebase: Homebase helps its users to track and schedule hours.
Bill Walsh
Founder & CEO of Powerteam International
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About Powerteam International: Powerteam International is one of the leading Success Education Companies
Vincent Liu
CEO & Co-Founder of Bishop Fox
Vincent Liu (CISSP) is the co-founder and CEO of Bishop Fox. He is an expert in security strategy, red teaming, and product security; and at Bishop Fox, he oversees firm strategy and client relationships.
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About Bishop Fox: The leader in offensive security, providing continuous pen testing, red teaming, attack surface management, & security assessments.
Jack Arslanian
Founder & CEO of MiniMoves
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About MiniMoves: MiniMoves is a full service moving company for homes and businesses.
Charlie Tafoya
CEO + Co-Founder of Chronograph
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About Chronograph: Modern Technology for Private Capital Markets
Michael Bridge
Co-Founder & President of Chronograph
Michael Bridge is the Co-Founder & President at Chronograph.
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About Chronograph: Modern Technology for Private Capital Markets
Sankar Thiagasamudram
Founder & CEO of Audeze
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About Audeze: Audeze is a California-based high-end audio manufacturer delivering the most accurate sound reproduction available today.
Jim Worrell
Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder of Quality Biomedical
Jim Worrell serves as the Chief Commercial Officer and a co-founder of Quality Biomedical. Jim is a lifelong entrepreneur and specialist in global sales. He has led successful exit strategies from these companies after having led them from inception to very impressive sales growths. Jim is passionate about customer advocacy and champions the needs of the customer as the paramount objective of any company. His passion in this regard ensures that the customer’s voice is heard clearly when any decision is made in the company.
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About Quality Biomedical: Quality Biomedical helps healthcare providers improve operational efficiency.
PK Raja
CTO and Co-Founder of Quality Biomedical
PK Raja joined Quality Medical in 2016 and holds the role of Vice President of Information Technologies. Raja has over 20 years of leadership across the Information Technology discipline Raja serves as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. He is a co-founder of Meridian Biomedical Inc that acquired Quality Biomedical in Sep 2015. As CTO, Raja is the principal architect and chief developer of the company’s technology platform. Raja has over 25 years in various technology platform development roles all over the world. Some of his platform development roles include industries such as transportation, healthcare, retail, energy, and telecommunication. His passion is reducing complex business process steps to their core requirements and then automating them to further eliminate all unnecessary steps. He is also passionate in working with customers to understand and solve problems for them.
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About Quality Biomedical: Quality Biomedical helps healthcare providers improve operational efficiency.
Matt Ellis
Founder & CEO of Measurabl
Founder & CEO of Measurabl.
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About Measurabl: Measurabl is the world’s most widely adopted ESG (environmental, social, governance) data management solution for commercial real estate.
Carolyn Childers
Co-Founder & CEO of Chief
Carolyn Childers is the Co-founder and CEO of Chief, the private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. She is an experienced leader and operator, having successfully scaled several early-stage businesses. Prior to founding Chief, Carolyn was SVP of Operations at Handy, led the launch of the site Soap.com (Quidsi) and acted as its GM through its acquisition by Amazon. Carolyn is now focusing her energy and experience on tackling the imbalance of professional power and creating lasting change from the top down, landing her on Inc.’s 2019 Female Founders 100 List.
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About Chief: Chief is the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Lindsay Kaplan
Co-Founder of Chief
Lindsay Kaplan, Co-Founder of Chief, is an accomplished and award-winning brand creative, marketer, and communications executive. Most recently, she was VP Communications and Brand at Casper. Kaplan began her career in publishing at Oxford University Press, Time Out New York, and ELLE magazine. She also worked on the agency side at Publicis, and brought numerous startups to market. She was named New York Times DealBook Groundbreaker, PR Week’s 40 Under 40, Business Insider Most Innovative CMOs in the World. Kaplan holds a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Brandeis University.
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About Chief: Chief is the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Rob Biederman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Catalant
Rob Biederman is the co-founder and CEO of Catalant Technologies. Prior to founding Catalant, Rob was a private equity investor at Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital, where he focused on the health care and high technology industries. Originally from New York, Rob attended Princeton University and graduated from Harvard Business School.
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About Catalant: Catalant is a software company that provides global enterprises with software solutions to access business expertise on demand.
Sean Crafts
Founder & CCO of Mavenlink
Sean Crafts is currently Chief Growth Officer at Mavenlink. Mr. Crafts spent the last 10 years helping to grow InQuira, a knowledge management software startup from 15 employees to more than 150 with annual gross revenue exceeding $30 million. He held various positions within the company including sales, marketing, finance, operations and contracts. Most recently he managed and directed the company’s Alliance and Channel Sales Division . He also sits on the Board of Twice Verified. Mr Crafts graduated with a double major from Duke University, and holds a J.D. from Berkeley’s Boalt Law School.
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About Mavenlink: Mavenlink is a transformative SaaS platform for the modern professional services organization.
Roger Neel
Founder & CTO of Mavenlink
Roger is currently Chief Technology Officer at Mavenlink. Mr. Neel has 10 years of consulting experience in the development of social networking and knowledge management products for companies in many different industries such as Apple, 3M, and Bank of America. In his career he has directed new product development, alliances, sales and delivery. As an entrepreneur and consultant he reliably predicts major technology changes and trends. Being one to always seek the next big technology shift, he has explored and used nearly every language platform and has selected Ruby on Rails as Mavenlink’s framework of choice. Mr. Neel holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Economics from Cornell University.
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About Mavenlink: Mavenlink is a transformative SaaS platform for the modern professional services organization.
Raymond Grainger
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Mavenlink
Raymond Grainger is the current Chief Executive Officer at Mavenlink. He was most recently Executive Vice President of Professional Services and Strategic Alliances at InQuira, a leading Knowledge Management and Enterprise Search software company. Prior to that, he developed his consulting expertise as a Global Managing Partner at Accenture for 17 years in the high technology industry, having consulted to both large enterprises and small & medium sized businesses. Earlier in his career he served on two expeditions to Antarctica and was awarded a congressional medal. Mr. Grainger is also a Trustee of Harvey Mudd College and Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee. He holds a B.S in Engineering with Distinction from Harvey Mudd College.
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About Mavenlink: Mavenlink is a transformative SaaS platform for the modern professional services organization.
Alex Davidovich
Founder & CEO (product, UI/UX design) of Squareshot
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About apprvl, Squareshot: We help consumer, fashion and dnvb brands streamline content production and create beautiful product shots to maximize their online sales.
Álvaro De La Fuente
Co-Founder / CEO of Artisroom
I was born in Spain, however I have lived in New York City for 12 years. Attending Babson College, a truly global university, has given me unique assets beyond my curriculum. I have experienced and collaborated with people from all walks of life and every corner of the globe.
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About Artisroom: Platform for artists in music, art, & fashion to build a portfolio and create connections
Madelin Woods
Founder & CEO of Walden
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About First Round Fast Track, On Deck, Walden: The one-stop-shop for coaches to run their businesses online.
Scott T Powell
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Axispoint
Scott T. Powell, Founder and COO, grew up in a family culture of early computer and software businesses in the 1980s and continued the tradition with the start-up of several businesses, building systems, software, and databases for healthcare, manufacturing, and insurance industries. Co-founding Axispoint in 1994, Scott initially focused on building web technologies for media, entertainment, and sports before expanding to application development across several verticals. He is a hands-on executive responsible for operations, delivery, and product development at Axispoint.
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About Axispoint: Axispoint is a global software development company providing robust custom software solutions.
Jeffrey Eschbach
Founder & CEO of Page Vault
JEFFREY ESCHBACH is an entrepreneur and tech innovator, with over 20 years of experience creating new products and businesses. He is the founder and CEO of Page Vault Inc., a company that transforms Internet content into evidence for the legal world. Before that, Jeffrey built a career leading R&D initiatives at Intel Japan and Motorola Research Labs. After moving to Chicago a decade ago, he became immersed in its growing startup scene, and now advises and invests in early-stage companies there. He received an MBA with honors from The Kellogg School of Management, regularly teaches as a professor at the school, and serves as the Director of Program Outreach for the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. He also holds undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. Jeffrey is a National Science Foundation Fellow, has earned 11 USPTO patents related to cloud-computing, and frequently speaks on startup and corporate innovation topics.
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About Chicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV), Kellogg School of Management, Page Vault: Page Vault enables legal professionals to easily capture web content for use as evidence in the U.S. courts.
Todd Price
CTO & Co-Founder of Page Vault
Todd is highly successful at using technology to bring value to businesses of every size. His unique combination of business sense, passion for technology, and effective communication make him an invaluable team leader and business catalyst. He sees your needs, discerns a course of action, and gets it done. As an Analyst/Architect/Developer, Todd has guided many leadership teams through technology projects large and small, from requirements to design to assembly, testing, deployment, training, maintenance and next iteration. He loves to create technology solutions that address not only your current problems and opportunities, but well beyond into the future by designing with the perspective of the client and the assumption of change in mind. As an Entrepreneur, he has networked, strategized, and built from the ground up in an environment where cost is of utmost importance yet value needs to be created now.As a Developer, Todd is a “coding black belt” whose expertise is often sought and relied upon to do the heavy lifting.As an IT Leader, Todd has overseen data center construction, desktop deployment, budgets, acquisitions, business partnerships, office closures, team building, RFPs, and many other executive level activities.
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About Devingly, Page Vault: Page Vault enables legal professionals to easily capture web content for use as evidence in the U.S. courts.
Stephen Nazaran
Head of Operations, Co-Founder & CFO of Page Vault
Steve coordinates Page Vault’s finances, operations, and marketing. Steve Nazaran is co-founder and CFO of Page Vault. Steve oversees product management, daily operations, marketing, and finance for the growing company. He has an extensive background in operations in small organizations and loves the challenge of wearing many hats in an expanding company. Steve is a National Science Fellow, holds an advanced degree from the University of Notre Dame and is currently an MBA candidate at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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About Page Vault, Page Vault: Page Vault enables legal professionals to easily capture web content for use as evidence in the U.S. courts.
Jon Rossi
Founder of MODERN
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About MODERN, My Dealer Service: MODERN provides web-based communication software connecting services to customers.
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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About Bridger: A tech-enabled consulting platform connecting businesses with industry professionals to share knowledge, on-demand.
Paul Weinert
Managing Principal / Founder of GRAYBOX
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About Digital Industries, GRAYBOX: GRAYBOX is a digital consulting agency that helps you solve challenges.
William Berkley
Founder & Executive Chairman of W. R. Berkley
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About W. R. Berkley: W. R. Berkley, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally.
Travis Hansen
Co-Founder of Lift Credit
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About Eddy, Lift Credit, Sunshine Foundation, Tech9, Tesani Companies: Lift Credit is a consumer finance company based in Provo, Utah.
Vera Duncan
Founder & CEO of Lift Credit
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About Lift Credit: Lift Credit is a consumer finance company based in Provo, Utah.
Zach Smith
Co-Founder & CTO of Lift Credit
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About Lift Credit: Lift Credit is a consumer finance company based in Provo, Utah.
Zach Smith
Co-Founder & CTO of Lift Credit
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About Lift Credit: Lift Credit is a consumer finance company based in Provo, Utah.
Shafat Qazi
Founder and CEO of BQE Software
Shafat founded BQE in 1995 to simplify the lives of millions of service professionals. An engineer by trade, he was acutely aware of the pain professional service firms endure when it comes to billing, accounting, time tracking, and project management. He created the original BillQuick in his garage. Two decades later, as he oversees a global enterprise, Shafat has never forgotten his roots and BQE remains at the vanguard of customer-driven innovation. He holds a master’s in structural engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor’s degree from the National Institute of Technology (NIT). When he’s not working on a new invention, he enjoys flying planes and traveling. So far, he’s visited 51 countries and plans to visit at least 50 more.
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About BQE Software: BQE Software develops practice management software for professional services firms.
Matt Conger
Co- Founder and CEO of Cadence Translate
Matt has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a master’s degree in engineering from Stanford University. He has worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company in NYC as well as a private equity investor for the energy industry for five years at Hudson Clean Energy Partners. In addition, he spent a year as a business development director for a solar company in California.
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About Cadence Translate: We unlock better business insights through professional translation, interpretation, and transcription.
Leonardo Mattiazzi
Co-Founder of Sensedia
As Partner and EVP for Global Innovation, Leonardo guides CI&T and its customers to be active participants and leaders in industry transformations. He has lead CI&T’s expansion into new markets globally and co-founded Sensedia, a digital platform company. With a pioneering spirit, his focus is on fomenting intrapreneurial corporate culture, standing up and evolving the capabilities and organizational structures needed for enterprises to thrive and grow in a fast paced world. He has been a leader in the application of Lean Digital to drive enterprise transformation, and is now based in San Francisco, California.
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About CI&T: Sensedia is a modern services connectivity and integration expert offering API management, service-mesh and legacy integration enablement
Marshall Miller
Owner, Founder, President & CEO of EmaginePOS
Marshall Miller is the Owner at EmaginePOS
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About EmaginePOS, GearSprout: Powerful Web-based Point-of-Sale for Restaurants and Retail Locations.
Olivier Mouillet
Co-Founder of Skeepers
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About Netangels, Skeepers: Skeepers are pragmatic and ROIistic SaaS solutions to enable brands to create value and for their customers.
Genevieve Barnard
CFO & Co-Founder of MDaaS Global
Genevieve Barnard is the CFO and Co- founder of MDaaS. She used to be the associate director of associate director at Kletjian Foundation. Genevieve earned her MBA at Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management.
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About MDaaS Global: MDaaS Global operates tech-enabled diagnostic centers in clinically-underserved communities.
Ian Jackson
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Enshored LLC
Founder and CEO with Enshored. I have built Enshored from an idea into a world class outsourcing partner for high growth companies. Enshored currently partners with clients from around the world with outsourced Customer Excellence, Content Moderation, Back Office Processing and Sales & Marketing.
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About Enshored LLC, Fast Circles LLC: Powerful outsourcing for disruptive start-ups.
Hrithik Patel
Co-Founder of Wami
Hrithik Patel is the co-founder of Wami.
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About Wami: Go beyond the inbox. Improve retention and build loyalty with personalized, handwritten notes at scale.
Danielle Deibler
Co-Founder and CEO of Marvelous
Danielle Deibler is the Co-Founder and CEO of Marvelous.ai, an early stage startup focused on building natural language technology to discover and expose propaganda, disinformation and bias to enable advocates and policymakers to devise counter-measures and immunities. She has over 25 years in the Internet infrastructure, security, networking, interactive technology, machine learning and AI technologies. Her primary area of focus in the last 20 years has been building scalable real time interactive platforms. Previously she was CEO and Co-Founder of leading edge Reg-Tech startup Compliance.ai. She founded Apps54 and Ignited Artists. Prior to that she was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Trinity Ventures. Deibler has held senior leadership positions in software development, engineering, business development and product management for KIXEYE, Adobe, DIGEX, and UltraDNS.
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About Marvelous: AI powered Narrative Intelligence
Daniel Barenboym
Founder & CEO of Collective Learning Inc.
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About BeAKid, Collective Learning Inc.: Collective Learning is a platform for child-related businesses.
Gilman Callsen
Founder & CEO of Rho Impact
Entrepreneur with a penchant for technology startups. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Web and Data Technologies, Business Strategy
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About Rho AI, Rho Impact: The art and science of impact. Combining software with ESG advisory to address key barriers to planning, tracking, reporting, and modeling.
Harish Ramachandran
Co-Founder & VP of Global Pre-sales of CIGNEX
Harish is Co-Founder and VP – Strategic Business at CIGNEX Datamatics. He has over 18 years of experience in solutions consulting, project delivery, and product development largely in the Financial Services industry.
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About CIGNEX, CIGNEX: CIGNEX is a global consulting company offering solutions, services and platforms on Open Source, Cloud and Automation technologies.
Cheryl Francis
Co-Founder of Corporate Leadership Center
Cheryl Francis is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors at Corporate Leadership Center (CLC), a partnership between major corporations and academic institutions that advances top corporate leaders and leadership practices. CEO Perspectives, CLC’s flagship program for C-suite executives, is in its tenth year and is offered in partnership with the Kellogg School of Management and the Chicago Booth School of Business. Thirteen percent of program alumni are now corporate CEOs and 20 percent sit on corporate boards. More than 60 CEOs and board chairs have participated as executive speakers. CLC’s second program, Leading Women Executives, offers a unique development experience for high-potential women and their companies aimed at improving the cost/benefit trade-off for corporate executive women and their organizations. CLC owns this program 100 percent, recruiting academic talent from world-class universities based on their research and consulting agendas. Cheryl Francis is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Aon plc (since October 2010), Morningstar and HNI Corporation (since 1999). Cheryl is a Member of the Compensation and Finance Committees for Aon; Audit Committee Chair and a Member of the Compensation Committee for Morningstar; and a Member of the Audit Committee for HNI. Cheryl is a Cornell University Emeritus Trustee and Presidential Councillor and a Member of the Board of Directors at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. Cheryl formerly served on the boards of Hewitt Associates, Lands’ End and Cornell University; and was Chair of The Chicago Network, Chicago’s leading professional women’s organization. Cheryl’S board experience includes chairing the audit committees of four public companies and Cornell University; serving as Lead Director of Hewitt Associates through a successful CEO search and, later, sale of the company; serving on all major board committees; starting up the audit committee for two newly public companies (Hewitt Associates and Morningstar); playing a leadership role in CEO succession (HNI and Hewitt Associates); and board service outside of the U.S. (London-based Aon plc). Cheryl was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. from 1995 to 2000. Cheryl oversaw all financial functions, including mergers and acquisitions, of this $5 billion print services company. Under her leadership, return on investment improved to greater than 14% from 10%, return on equity exceeded 23%, cash generation increased more than $200 million per year, and organic revenue grew faster than industry indices. Earlier in her career, Cheryl was Treasurer of FMC Corporation, its first woman officer and an Adjunct Professor at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Cheryl is a frequent Lecturer and Panelist in university and business settings on subjects ranging from corporate governance, strategy and leadership and the advancement of women. Francis has chaired the judging committee for Financial Executive International’s Chicago CFO of the Year award since its inception in 2011. Cheryl was honored for Community Leadership by the YWCA in 2004. Cheryl is a Member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network. Cheryl holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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About Corporate Leadership Center: Corporate Leadership Center is a collaborative business-academic forum.
Edward D Kirkwood
CEO & Founder of OakBridge Advisors
Ed Kirkwood is responsible for the overall operations of OakBridge Advisors and heads the company’s Due Diligence, Asset Management and Retirement Plan divisions. Ed believes in leading by example, beginning and ending everything with a noble motive. His vision and integrity has enabled OakBridge to grow and build the evolution of a recognized corporate brand. Because of his leadership, the Company was able to excel in a marketplace challenged by political and economic turmoil. OakBridge prospered during the recession & global financial crisis due to a creative strategy, careful planning and market foresight. Ed was classically educated in his native New York City and began his post-collegiate career on Wall Street in 1983. Prior to OakBridge, he was a Managing Partner and Director of Agencies at three major insurance companies. During his spare time, Ed pursued his financial education at the American College. He studied Management, Leadership, and Business, which later led to his designations of Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant.
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About OakBridge Advisors: OakBridge Advisors provides Employee Benefits, Retirement Plans and Asset Management to Companies.
Lawrence Hartley
President & Founder of OakBridge Advisors
Lawrence Hartley is responsible for the vision and management of the Employee Benefits division of OakBridge Advisors. Since 1997, Lawrence has consulted companies and non-profit organizations to improve their benefits, providing both unique and cost effective solutions. As an industry leader, Lawrence serves on various insurance company advisory panels and provides support for the direction of their product designs. He is an active Board Member of the Orange County Association of Health Underwriters and commonly speaks to the impact of Healthcare Reform. Married since 2007, Lawrence and his wife reside in Orange County, California and have two young children. He frequently visits with his extended family in the San Francisco Bay Area and is passionate about spirituality, health & wellness, travel and the future of the insurance industry.
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About OakBridge Advisors: OakBridge Advisors provides Employee Benefits, Retirement Plans and Asset Management to Companies.
Malik Zakaria
Founder and CEO of Field Engineer
Malik founded fieldengineer.com in 2015.
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About ExterNetworks, Field Engineer: Field Engineer develops a marketplace for on-demand field and network engineers.
Jason Luders
Co-Founder, Senior Vice President of i2i Population Health
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About i2i Population Health: i2i Population Health provides healthcare organizations with population health management and analytics solutions.
Travis Jarae
Founder & CEO of Liminal
Travis Jarae is the Founder and CEO of Liminal, a strategic advisory firm focused on identity, fintech, and cybersecurity. Travis founded One World Identity with the goal of facilitating the development of foundational identity, trust, and safety standards and practices, enabling accessibility and security for all. His career has centered on building identity products and solutions for ecommerce companies, financial services providers, and governments. Prior to One World Identity, Travis was responsible for identity verification strategy and operations at Google. Travis is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in Finance.
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About Liminal: One World Identity (‘OWI’) is the home of the KNOW Identity Conference and media brand. OWI Advisory Services is now Liminal
Gabriel Moncayo
CEO and Co-Founder of AlwaysHired
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About AlwaysHired: AlwaysHired is a full-time, remote technology sales bootcamp & training program.
Andrew Crebar
Founder & CEO of Sapling
Andy Crebar is the founder and CEO at Sapling.
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About Sapling: Sapling is a People Operations Platform
Seth Hallem
Co-Founder & CEO of Mobile Helix
Seth Hallem is the CEO, Co-founder and Chief Architect of Mobile Helix. Seth’s academic and professional experience is in software security, architecture, and development. While at Stanford, Seth become a co-founder and the CEO of Coverity, Inc., the leader in advanced software development testing. Seth served as Coverity’s CEO from 2002 to 2010, during which time the company grew to over 150 employees and 1,000 customers worldwide. Coverity was acquired by Synopsys for $375 million in February 2014. Seth has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University where he also started a PhD program in advanced software analysis techniques. In 2008 Seth was recognized as an MIT “TR35” recipient for contributions in the field of software quality and testing.
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About Mobile Helix: Wiith LINK, attorneys & knowledge professionals work from anywhere. Compare, annotate, edit, email documents using a single encrypted app.
Joe Kolinger
Founder & CTO of Officework Software
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About Kolinger Associates, Officework Software: OfficeWork Software is an innovator of workforce planning and visualization solutions since 2005.
Joe Devon
Co-Founder of Diamond
Joe Devon is the co-founder of Diamond, a Digital Agency based in Los Angeles. Joe has been a computer programmer for more than 30 years, working on projects spanning Search Engine technology, Performance Management, scaling Wide Area Networks; for Internet backbone providers, Investment Banks, Telcos & Media. Joe serves on the advisory boards of leading development industry conferences (Zendcon, Semtech) and Cross Campus. Joe is an organizer of several technology oriented meetup groups in Los Angeles and CoFounded Global Accessibility Awareness Day, bridging the gap between disabled citizens and the Internet.
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About Diamond, Health Mania PBC, Startup Devs, Television Four, Television Four: Diamond is a digital agency in Los Angeles specializing in scalable, high-performance web and mobile applications.
Stacey Bendet
Founder of Creatively
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About Creatively: Creatively connects the creative community through best-in-class portfolios, collaborative features, and opportunities around the globe.
Joe Indriolo
Founder & Chief Product Officer of Creatively
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About Creatively: Creatively connects the creative community through best-in-class portfolios, collaborative features, and opportunities around the globe.
David Yount
CEO & Founder of LicenseLogix
David Yount is the CEO and Founder at LicenseLogix.
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About LicenseLogix: LicenseLogix specializes in streamlining the license and permit needs of businesses.
Robert Ferri
Founder & CEO of Robert Ferri Partners
Robert Ferri is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Robert Ferri Partners since September 2008. Bob has helped found, grow and finance a number of companies in the United States and Europe, including online securities brokers, trading and other transaction technology providers and enterprise solutions companies. Bob maintains a similar focus as a founding Partner of Catapult Technology Ventures, which concentrates on private technology companies in the U.S.A. Bob has international experience in financial communications, having launched and headed media relations departments for The Nasdaq Stock Market and its parent organization, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., as well as Montgomery Securities, a prominent investment bank focused on growth companies. At two Omnicom firms, Bob launched the San Francisco-based Financial Communications and Investor Relations Practice, which grew quickly to serve publicly traded and IPO-track companies, as well as financial services firms, throughout the United States. In Washington, D.C., Bob was Executive Assistant for Communications to United States Senator John Heinz. Bob also was a Columnist and Reporter in the Washington bureau of Thomson Newspapers, Inc., a chain of more than 100 daily newspapers. Bob was Founding Owner and President of The Amherst News, Inc., a weekly newspaper in his native Massachusetts. Bob also served as Editor of two daily newspapers. Bob, who has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has a wide range of experience in politics and government. A frequent commentator in electronic and print media, he has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University and other institutions of higher education, as well as a speaker to business and civic organizations. Bob serves on the U.S. Boards of Directors of Etherstack, Inc., a London-based wireless software company and Minerva Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology licensing company based in the Bay Area of California. A member of the Dean’s Alumni Leadership Council of Harvard’s Kennedy School and the San Francisco Area Advisory Committee of the Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard College, Bob serves on the not-for-profit Boards of Directors of the Resource Center for the United Nations, the American Liver Foundation’s Northern California Chapter and the Presidio YMCA in San Francisco. At the 1988 Super Bowl in San Diego, Bob was a Member of an on-field camera crew for NFL Films. A native of Massachusetts, Bob is a resident of Sausalito, CA.
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About Levine Media Group, Robert Ferri Partners: Robert Ferri Partners is an strategic advisory group.
Volodymyr Zastavnyy
CEO and Founder of Newoldstamp
Volodymyr Zastavnyy is the CEO and founder of Newoldstamp.
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About Newoldstamp: Newoldstamp is an email signatures marketing platform that turns user’s email into a powerful advertising tool.
Dan Wagner
Co-Founder & CEO of CloudSmartz, Inc.
Dan Wagner is co-founder and CEO of CloudSmartz, Inc., a business transformation and IT services company that was recently established through merger of CloudSmartz LLC and IPLogic. The combined company provides a wide array of IT services all designed to help energize businesses, innovate through bundling of native and best in class IT solutions, create Cloud growth strategies, improve operating performance, and focus companies on actions that rapidly enhance enterprise value. Dan most recently held the position of President of XO Business Services, where he managed more than 1,800 finance, marketing, sales, care, and service delivery employees nationwide who interact daily with XO business customers. Prior to XO, Dan was an executive with Global Crossing (now Level 3), where he held several titles over his 14 years including Executive Vice President of Enterprise and Collaboration Services, President of Europe, and Chief Information Officer. He began his career with Accenture where he spent several years working in Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, and other high performing industries. Dan attended Cornell University where he earned his BS in Electrical Engineering.
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About CloudSmartz, Inc.: SDN/NFV Productization, Agile Development, Digital Transformation, DCX Portals, Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO)
