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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 Manager operating in the Consumer space. If you think a Manager 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.
Lauren Hobart
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Chelsea Collective General Manager of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Lauren Hobart joined DICK’S Sporting Goods in February 2011 as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Lauren currently serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer and Chelsea Collective General Manager. In this role, she oversees marketing for all of the Company’s lines of business, as well as the strategy, merchandising and operations for our specialty shop, Chelsea Collective. In addition, Lauren serves as the President of The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation. Prior to joining DICK’S, Lauren spent 14 years at PepsiCo in various roles, culminating in being the CMO of Carbonated Soft Drinks in North America. In addition to other significant marketing roles within PepsiCo, Lauren also worked with JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo earlier in her career. Since January 2014, Lauren has served on Sonic Corporation’s Board of Directors.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Sang Ahn
Vice President and General Manager, Samsung Pay of Samsung Electronics
Sang Ahn is the VP & General Manager of Samsung Pay, Inc., responsible for driving the business and operations of Samsung’s mobile wallet in the U.S. Sang Ahn has been involved in Samsung Pay from day one by leading the investment and then strategic acquisition of a proprietary technology that became the basis for Samsung Pay’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). Today he leads teams in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York City working closely with Samsung divisions in the U.S. and Korea. Sang Ahn also leads the commercialization of select Samsung services in the identity management, artificial intelligence, mobile commerce, and mobile browser spaces for the U.S. market. He reports to the Global SVP of Services at Samsung Electronics. Previously Sang Ahn was the Managing Director and Head of East Coast Investments for Samsung’s Global Innovation Center (GIC). GIC builds, buys, invests, and partners with innovative startups that can make a strategic impact for Samsung. At Samsung he invested in LoopPay (payments, acquired by Samsung), Automated Insights (language processing, acquired by Vista Equity) and Wevr (software and content for virtual reality). Prior to Samsung, Sang Ahn was a Principal at Dawntreader Ventures (a $300mm venture fund based in New York) where he served as a lead investor and Board Director of companies that have been acquired by leading technology companies such as Google, EMC, VeriSign, and IAC. As an entrepreneur, Sang Ahn was the founder and President of Glenkirk Advisors (technology advisory) and Founder & CEO of AhnWalker Therapeutics (novel drug development). Sang Ahn is a current Board Director of MarketFactory, an emerging financial technology company. Sang Ahn is a husband and father of two daughters and resides in Palo Alto, CA.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Bill Lee
Vice President and General Manager of Consumer Electronics Retail Operations of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jennifer Arnold
Senior Manager, Product Marketing – AI & IoT of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sungsoo Kim
Lead Product Manager of Samsung Electronics
Sungsoo is a business development and product management professional at Samsung Electronics. Recently, he has led the effort to launch Samsung Pass, which is an ‘identity management-as- a-service’ using iris technology. In the past, he has launched several products at Samsung and also worked at multiple Fortune 500 technology companies.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Gabriela Rojas
Sr. Technical Program Manager – Samsung Developer Program of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sonji Thompson
Design Project Manager, Samsung Austin R&D Center of Samsung Electronics
Sonji Thompson is a Design Program Manager at Samsung Austin R&D Center whereshe is primarily responsible for removing road blocks and enabling teams to deliverIP for mobile and automotive Samsung products. She is a passionate advocate forwomen and has lead the SARC Women In Technology at Samsung EmployeeResource Group for the past 4 years. This year she is co-leading the ERG forsmoother transition out in 2020.Sonji has over 28 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, ranging fromproduct engineering, failure analysis, custom design and chip integrationengineering at Motorola/Freescale. She had been a manager for 10 of those yearsand transitioned to project and program management when joining Samsung in2010.Sonji also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin inElectrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from NationalTechnology University through course and project work from several highlyrenowned universities. She has lived primarily in Texas, Houston and Austin. Shecurrently resides in Austin with her husband, their teenage son and daughter, anddog Bandit. She loves to travel, hike, and spend time with family and friends.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Rachael Schwartz
General Manager of JAB Holding Company
When it comes to strategy-driven innovation, Rachael Schwartz is in her element. For nearly two decades, Rachael has artfully navigated innovation for companies in the consumer products, food and beverage, and financial services industries. Today, Rachael is leading the development of Keurig Connect, Keurig’s Internet of Things (IoT) platform at Keurig Green Mountain (Keurig), the $4.5 billion dollar personal beverage system company responsible for changing the very way North Americans drink coffee with its leading Keurig® single-serve brewing system and a portfolio of 80+ powerhouse specialty beverage brands like the company’s own Green Mountain Coffee, Donut House, and Laughing Man, as well as partner brands like Starbucks, Swiss Miss, and Lipton, among others. Day-to-day, Rachael has one mission: drive strategy and flawless execution of Keurig Connect through better understanding consumers wants and needs in order to provide them with improved, smarter, and more personalized beverage experiences. She is also charged with leading the back end capability development for Keurig to better leverage the big data and digital marketing capabilities enabled by Keurig Connect.
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About GE Appliances, JAB Holding Company, StartFast Ventures: JAB Holding Company is a privately held group focuses on long term investments in companies with premium brands.
Brittany Domnie-Paul
Product Marketing Manager of Sony
Brittany Domnie-Paul is the Product Marketing Manager at Sony.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Glen Buzzetti
Sales Manager of New Enterprise Associates
Glen Buzzetti is an Real estate investor who lives in the NYC trip state area, The hobbies of Glen Buzzetti include fitness, travel, dining, positive motivation and giving to charities such as the make a wish Foundation..When acting as a buyer’s broker with a finalized agreement , they support buyers by assisting them buy property for the lowest achievable price under the best terms. The real property broker owes fiduciary responsibilities to whoever that broker solutions as a client.
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About Compline LLC, Glen Buzzetti Inc Life Insurance, New Enterprise Associates, Title Transfer Holding LLC, Title Transfer Holding LLC: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.
Josh Baillon
Digital Innovation Manager – Silicon Valley Innovation Outpost of Nestlé
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About Nestlé: Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries.
Tara Walker
Sr. Manager, Pricing Operations and Reporting of Nestlé
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About Nestlé: Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries.
Jade L Peters-Votava
Project Manager, People Analytics, Org Design, and Data of Nestlé
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About Nestlé: Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries.
Natalia Baklitskaya
Engineering Manager of Better.com
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About Better.com: Better.com is a homeownership journey platform that utilizes technology to change the way people buy and own a home.
Esperanza Teasdale
Vice President/General Manager of PepsiCo
Esperanza Teasdale leads shopper marketing for national customers and sets “opt-in” strategy and plans to multiply key customer growth. She has an extensive history at PepsiCo, beginning as brand manager in 2003. She has demonstrated excellence in a range of roles, most recently as senior director of shopper marketing for small format where her team won three vendor awards at 7-Eleven. She is a graduate of Rutgers University’s College of Engineering and the University of Connecticut.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Lucia Ying
Title Senior Manager New Business Development – Food Service of PepsiCo
Lucia Ying is a Senior Brand Manager at PepsiCo with a focus on communication, innovation and brand strategy for the Lipton brand. In this role, she leads the North America communication strategy and innovation development/commercialization, helping to extend the Lipton brand into new forms, categories, and channels while addressing consumers’ needs in the demand space. Lucia has also led Lipton’s e-commerce strategy, expanding the brand into new online shopping channels and developing e-commerce specific marketing activities. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Lucia held various roles in marketing analytics and strategy at The Nielsen Company, where she advised multinational CPG clients on marketing mix optimization strategies in both the US and in China. Lucia holds a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Outside of the office, Lucia loves to travel and explore new cultures and cuisines. She particularly enjoys learning about fashion and recently completed the two year Fashion Design program at the Parsons School of Design.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Neil Hand
Vice President & General Manager Tablet, Chrome, Workstations, Rugged and Alienware of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Irene Mwathi
Sr Product Manager of Dell
Irene has run her own IT consulting business for the last 4 years in Austin and has over 15 years of experience in Systems Analysis and Business development. Irene has worked with various private sector companies such DELL, 3M, Northrop Grumman, National Institutes of Health and American Express. Irene has also worked with startups as a mentor and has managed to earn a wealth of experience to develop a product that has been voted the best in the event venue business.
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About Dell, Spaces 2 Host: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Aditya Rao
Group Product Manager of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Roger Foreman
Systems Management Software/Firmware Product Marketing Manager of Dell
Roger Foreman is a senior product manager at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Andre Ortolon
eCommerce and Marketing Manager of Dell
Andre Ortolon is an e-commerce and marketing manager at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jane Wasson
Product Marketing Manager Dell Security of Dell
Jane Wasson is a product marketing manager at Dell focusing on mobile and email security products and solutions. Prior to Dell, Jane worked in product management and marketing roles for a number of next -gen technologies including broadband networking, media servers and digital home solutions. Jane is a UC Davis Alumni with a degree in Physics.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Joan Dowling
Senior Marketing Manager – Signature Kitchen Suite and Builder Channel of LG Electronics
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Bill Goldsmith
Vice President and General Manager, CCL Design USA of CCL Industries
Bill Goldsmith is a Vice President and General Manager, CCL Design USA at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Andy Iseli
Vice President and General Manager, CCL Tube of CCL Industries
Andy Iseli is a Vice President and General Manager, CCL Tube at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Allison Phillips
Vice President and General Manager, Avery North America Printable Media of CCL Industries
Allison Phillips is a Vice President and General Manager, Avery North America Printable Media at CCL Industries.
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About Avery Dennison, CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Alexandra Markopoulos
Field Manager (Captain) of Enjoy
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About Enjoy, Mantra Fitness: Enjoy Technology is a platform that offers same-day delivery services and operates mobile retail stores.
Barry Hanen
Manager, Payments & Card Services of Walgreens
Barry Hanen is the Manager, Payments & Card Services at Walgreens.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Luke Rauch
Group Vice President, Customer Experience & General Manager, Owned Brands of Walgreens
Luke Rauch is the Group Vice President, Customer Experience & General Manager, Owned Brands at Walgreens.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Scott Van Nice
Computer Forensics and Electronic Discovery Manager of Procter & Gamble Company
Scott Van Nice is an executive at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company, Procter & Gamble Company, University of the Cumberlands: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Carrie Birth
Brand Manager West Team – Grocery of Procter & Gamble Company
Carrie Birth is the Brand Manager West Team – Grocery at Procter & Gamble.
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About Procter & Gamble Company: Procter & Gamble Company offers variety of consumer goods products.
Amanda Rosenberg
Product Analytics Manager of Grove Collaborative
Amanda Rosenberg is the Data and Insight Analyst at The Weather Channel, LLC. since August 2013. Amanda has worked in Ad Operations on the publisher side for 4 years. After becoming proficient in campaign management she has focused on training teams how to analyze campaigns, developing advanced reporting, building documentation and campaign performance optimizations. Prior to the Weather Company, Amanda worked as a Associate Web Analyst for e-Commerce Conversion at Williams Sonoma where she perfected her analytic skills and learned to manage large sets of data. Previously, Amanda was a Campaign Manager at Jumpstart Automotive Group. Amanda earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Amanda currently resides in San Francisco.
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About Grove Collaborative: Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home and personal care products and is the leader in zero-plastic CPG.
Katie Rob Ambrose
Senior Manager, Employer Brand and Diversity and Inclusion of Unilever
Katie Rob Ambrose currently heads up the employer brand team for Unilever North America. Her career has been marked by pivots — from junior high teacher to instructional designer to marketing manager to employer branding — each time building new teams and new capabilities from the ground-up. She started her career in employer branding at CenturyLink nearly three years ago, after a successful stint as a marketing product and campaign manager, with a goal of bringing a marketing mindset to human resources. Now, after joining Unilever 18 months ago, she’s on a mission to make Unilever a household name for top talent with an eye on the company’s commitment to making sustainable living commonplace through their talent and their fans.
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Joe Hanko
Product Delivery Manager, Developed Markets of Unilever
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Jeff Chase
Community Manager of eero
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About eero: Eero offers a Wi-Fi system for household use.
Amelia Le
Digital Marketing Manager of Mattel
Amelia is the digital marketing manager for the Thomas & Friends brand at Mattel Inc. She has over 8 years of digital experience specializing in digital and social media marketing. Amelia leads a team of social media and digital creatives that focus on creating compelling content and ultimately driving consumer engagement with the Thomas & Friends brand. Prior to joining Mattel, Amelia worked at LinkedIn in the early stages of the company’s development. She has taken that data-driven start-up mentality and applied it to her work at Mattel.
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About Mattel: Mattel is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and family products.
Johanna Kincaid
Data Scientist, Manager of Virgin Pulse
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About Virgin Pulse: Virgin Pulse, part of the famed Virgin Group, is passionate about inspiring and engaging employees to live better every day.
Andrew McCann
Principal Product Manager, Team Member Digital Experience of Whole Foods Market
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About 11trees.com, Whole Foods Market: Whole Foods Market is a supermarket chain owned by Amazon that exclusively sells natural and organic products.
Jaime Sutton
Principal Product Manager, eCommerce and Digital Products of Whole Foods Market
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About Whole Foods Market: Whole Foods Market is a supermarket chain owned by Amazon that exclusively sells natural and organic products.
Hannah Butman
Brand Manager of Billie
Hannah Butman is a brand manager at Billie.
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About Billie: Billie is a wellness company that offers shaving supplies and body products.
Wendy Furchak
Senior Account Manager of McAfee
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Bing Sun
Security Research Manager of McAfee
Bing Sun is a senior information security researcher, and leads the IPS security research team of McAfee. He has extensive experiences in operating system kernel layer and information security R&D, with especially deep diving in advanced vulnerability exploitation and detection, Rootkits detection, firmware security, and virtualization technology.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Bing Sun
Security Research Manager of McAfee
Bing Sun is a senior information security researcher, and leads the IPS security research team of McAfee. He has extensive experiences in operating system kernel layer and information security R&D, with especially deep diving in advanced vulnerability exploitation and detection, Rootkits detection, firmware security, and virtualization technology.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Lorenzo Adams
Marketing and Communications Manager of Virtuix
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About Virtuix: Virtuix is a developer of a virtual reality platform that enables players to walk and run in 360 degrees in virtual reality.
Kelly Campbell
Community Manager of Virtuix
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About Virtuix: Virtuix is a developer of a virtual reality platform that enables players to walk and run in 360 degrees in virtual reality.
Emily Libresco
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications of Lerer Hippeau
Emily Libresco currently works as the Senior Manager in Marketing and Communications for Lerer Hippeau. She previously worked at Pivotal Ventures as the Executive Communications and Media.
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About Lerer Hippeau: Lerer Hippeau helps early-stage founders with the capital and tools they need to build ideas into category-defining companies.
Lisa Freed
STEM Program Manager of iRobot
Lisa Freed is a LEED AP, STEM Program Manager at iRobot.
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Scott Stevelinck
Sr Manager of an Engineering Facility of Garmin
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About Garmin: Garmin manufactures marine, aviation, and consumer technologies suitable to run on global positioning systems.
Laura Willming
Recruiting Manager of Harry’s
Laura Willming is recruiting manager at [Harry’s Grooming](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/harrys#/entity), a platform that allows its users to buy razors, German engineered blades, and shaving creams. She is also a co-founder of Wedge LLC. Willming obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
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About Harry’s: Harry is a developer of an online platform used to sell shaving equipment and accessories for men.
John Le
Engineering Manager of Qualtrics
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About Qualtrics: Qualtrics is a single system of record for all experience data, managing customer, product, employee, and brand experiences on one platform.
Zoë Babian
Senior Product Manager of Osmo
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About Osmo: Osmo is an interactive play company bringing harmony between physical and digital.
David Koch
Global Product Manager, DAM of Mars
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About Mars: Mars is a manufacturer of pet food, confectionery, and other food products.
Ben Vanderplas
Manager, Engineering and Product Management of Sonoco Products Company
Ben VanderPlas is a Global Product Manager for Sonoco ThermoSafe. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Michigan State Universities School of Packaging and has a Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. Over the past 13 years Ben has had various roles within ThermoSafe including engineering, sales, and marketing. He retains a Certified Packaging Professional designation from the Institute of Packaging Professionals and recently co-authored a technical supplement to the World Health Organizations Technical Report Series Number 961, for the Qualification of Shipping Containers.
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About Sonoco Products Company: Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products.
Scott Wharton
VP & General Manager, Video Collaboration Group of Logitech
Scott Wharton is the VP & General Manager, Video Collaboration Group at Logitech .
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About Bulldog Innovation Group LLC, Logitech: Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Eric Tooley
Senior Product Marketing Manager of Logitech
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About Logitech: Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Ling Li
Technical Support & Operations Manager of UBTech Robotics
Ling Li is technical and operations manager at Ubtech.
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About UBTech Robotics: UBTech Robotics is as an artificial intelligence and humanoid robotic company.
Fabrice Hamaide
General Manager, Head of M&A, Europe of Aterian
Fabrice Hamaide is the CFO at Mohawk Group, Inc.
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About Aterian: Aterian is the leading consumer product platform. Formerly Mohawk Group.
Ali Aleisawi
Facilities Manager of Thrasio
Ali Aleisawi is the Facilities Manager at Thras.io.
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About Thrasio: Thrasio is a next-generation consumer goods company reimagining how the world’s most-loved products become accessible to everyone.
Kathleen Long
Vice President / General Manager, Networks (Biz Dev, Marketing, Relationships, Success & Operations) of RepairPal
For the last 16 years, Kathleen Long has provided thousands of practical business, payroll, and accounting solutions to small and medium sized businesses. She delights in helping entrepreneurs and accountants grow their businesses and achieve success, by helping them to streamline, automate and reduce manual work and paper. Kathleen joined Bill.com in July of 2010. Prior to that, Kathleen worked at Intuit and PayCycle, helping to grow and develop what ultimately became the largest online payroll service in the US! In each case, Kathleen built and developed world class, award-winning customer support teams and strategies. Kathleen has also been up close and personal with small businesses and their accountants, working as a business advisor to push her customers’ businesses to the second stage of growth and help them acquire business financing and lines of credit. This work has helped her really develop and absorb the mindset of the businesses she serves. Kathleen has a degree in General Studies and Philosophy from the University of Nevada Reno. She delights in music, theater, movies, reading, writing, laughing (too loud), talking (a lot) and being a kid all over again with her teenage son.
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About RepairPal: RepairPal helps car owners find peace-of-mind with free, custom repair estimates, cars overviews, and recommendations to local, fair shops.
Michelle Esgar
Senior Group Manager, Marketing and Experience of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Andy Behr
Senior Technology Manager of Panasonic
Andy Behr is a Technology Manager with Panasonic Electronic Materials Division. He leads a research and marketing team based in Silicon Valley that that develops leading-edge materials for electronics and other emerging applications. Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in business. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in material technologies such as photo resists, adhesives, encapsulants, conductive materials, fluoro-chemicals, abrasives, films and tapes. Andy began his career in research and has subsequently held positions in marketing and leadership.
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Mario Carrillo
Senior Manager, Mobility Solutions & Payment Technologies of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Mario Carrillo
Senior Manager, Mobility Solutions & Payment Technologies of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Mark Colaluca
Vp and General Manager Communication and Media Solutions of HP
Mark Colaluca is the Vice President, Global Support Delivery Americas, Enterprise Group, Technology Services within HP’s Technology Services (TS) business unit. As the leader of this function, his organization is responsible for all enterprise services spare parts operations. This includes – logistics, transportation, material sourcing, material repair, material availability, inventory planning and management, customer self-repair, return to HP repair and parts repair. Also included is our software supply chain and spare parts sales business unit. Colaluca joined HP in 1984, and has held numerous management and executive positions within customer support services and supply chain operations. He has been in his current role since November 2009. Prior to HP, he served in the United States Air Force. Colaluca currently lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife Sheri, and their two children, Nicholas and Kendall. He is very active in his children’s school and sports teams, coaching and leading special events.
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About HP, HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Doris Brown-McNally
WW Brands Business Development Manager, Graphic Solutions Business of HP
For close to 40 years Doris has been recognized in the printing, textile and plastics industries as one of the foremost experts on color, a crucial element in corporate branding and identity. Her greatest strengths are her passion, creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company’s reach. As a highly sought-after speaker for the industry, she devises and presents motivating and educational presentations, sharing digital print capabilities and brand use stories worldwide.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Tim Stefl
Category Manager of HP
Tim Stefl is the Commercial Category Manager for HP Indigo 5xxx and 7xxx series presses. He has worked for the Indigo division since 1994, serving in a variety of roles. He writes the “Step-by-Step” series, an email newsletter designed to provide tips and tricks as well as other timely information to a worldwide community of HP Indigo press and production professionals. Tim began his career as a prepress operator at American Color in Phoenix, AZ after graduating from Arizona State University with a graphic communications degree. He’s been married to his beautiful wife Wavey since 2000, and has three children (ages 14, 13 and 8). When not working, Tim coachs all three kids in their respective sports (girls fastpitch softball, 8th grade football and 8u baseball).
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Owen Wright
Engineering Program Manager of HP
Owen is an engineering program manager for HP’s Developer Program which enables HP businesses to gain agility and efficiency in their software development practices by sharing their software resources. Open APIs and developer communities are part of the program’s core strategy. Owen’s previous positions in his 8 years at HP range from overseeing software quality for ecommerce web presences to leading print systems integration for retail photo-processing. His prior roles have involved management, SQA engineering, and project management for various businesses including a financial software development firm, a large medical clinic, and a healthcare insurance corporation. Owen holds a B.S. in music with a minor in psychology from the University of Oregon.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Evan Scheessele
Sr. Manager, Cloud, API, & Developer Experience of HP
Evan is an HP platform architect and engineering-lead for cloud-computing practices and business delivery. In 15 years with HP Evan’s roles have varied greatly across new-business initiatives, from software designer for early cloud-services, engineering pre-sales, information-security governance, devops/test manger, to more recently leading development of cloud software platforms and automation for business-agility, and open-APIs platform strategy. Evan has had the privilege to work on HP products and initiatives ranging from telepresence studios to automated subscription-replenishment of print-supplies in the enterprise, to retail photo-processing fleet software and network optimization, and very early R&D into self-service cloud computing platforms for software R&D teams. Evan holds a B.S.E in electrical engineering and economics from Duke University.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Lois Leslie
Senior Innovation Product Manager & Link Technology CMO of HP
Lois Leslie is the Senior Innovation Product Manager & Link Technology CMO at HP.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Lior Krasnovsky
Labels and Packaging Workflow and Partners Manager of HP
Lior Krasnovsky brings 10 years of experience in Print workflow and finishing production . Lior started at HP as a product manager for production management systems. He led the definition and introduction of multiple HP SmartStream products and managed some of the products from ideation to commercial release. He relocated from Israel to Atlanta in 2016 to expand Indigo NA Labels and Packaging eco system and holds the role of Category Manager for workflow and finishing partners.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Sarah Wasson
Manager, Strategic Category and Operations Analytics of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Bob Raus
Category Manager, Workflow and Partner Programs of HP
During his 25 year career in the graphic arts industry at HP Indigo, EFI-VUTEk, Oce, Xerox, and RISO, Bob has always focused on success beyond the press. As a self-proclaimed tempered radical, Bob believes that business success is the only measure of whether a technology investment has value, and the digital press – while critical – is only one element of a true business solution. When the digital press is combined with partnerships, workflow automation, targeted selling, the right finishing, supplies, and reliable service, the result is delivering more jobs, faster, with higher value and less touch points, to new and existing markets. In other words – profitable growth.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
William Hart
Sr. Director of Product and General Manager of Particle
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About Particle: Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.
Jeremy Borchardt
Development Manager of mHUB
Jeremy Borchardt is the Development Manager of mHUB.
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About mHUB, mHUB: mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Eugene Lopin
Technical Product Manager, SAFe Product Owner – Global Payments, Fulfillment, Fraud, E-commerce of Estee Lauder Companies
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About Estee Lauder Companies, PlayAlchemist: Estee Lauder Companies is a manufacturer and marketer of skincare products, makeup, perfumes, and hair care products.
Shannon Murphy
National Accounts Manager of Snap One
Shannon Murphy joined SnapAV in 2017 as the National Accounts Manager. Murphy has over 17 years of sales and marketing experience in the security and custom electronics industries. Prior to joining SnapAV, she was Vice President of Sales & Marketing at the Electronic Security Association. Prior to ESA, she served as VP of Business Development for AE Ventures where she was responsible for the sales and growth of the Electronic Security Expo (ESX), Electronic Security Integrators Forum and the CE Pro 100 Summit. She has held various positions previously at Netsertive, EH Publishing, Exhibitgroup/Giltspur and Daniel Roberts. Murphy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and an MBA in Marketing from Bentley University.
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About Snap One: Snap One provides high quality audio and video to custom installation professionals.
Roland Dubois
Product Design Manager, UX Lead of Shop-Ware
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About GRAVR, Shop-Ware, Virtuleap: Shop-Ware offers an enterprise-grade SaaS platform to help the automotive aftermarket thrive and grow.
Bill Trinen
Director, Product Marketing Manager of Nintendo
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About Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Cynthia Keith
Senior Manager Internal Audit of Daymon Worldwide
Cynthia Keith joined the board of directors of the Company earlier this year and has served on the board of directors of the Bank since 2016. She enjoyed a 25 year career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, the world’s largest multinational professional services firm. She joined the firm in 1989 and became a partner in 2000. Throughout her career, she specialized in audits of and consulting with technology and communications clients, including global public companies focused on mergers and acquisitions as well as companies in various stages of growth. From 2010 to her retirement in 2014, Cynthia Keith served as Operations Leader for the National Professional Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, and she previously served as North Texas Technology Team Leader from 2002 to 2010. Since early 2018, she has served on the board of directors and audit committee of PCTEL, Inc., a publicly traded company that provides technology solutions to the wireless industry. Cynthia Keith holds a degree from the University of Texas at Dallas, is a Certified Public Accountant and has served on the Entrepreneurs for North Texas Board, University of Texas at Dallas Jindal School of Management Advisory Council, the Greater Dallas Chamber Board and the Metroplex Technology Business Council Board of Directors. The depth and breadth of Cynthia Keith’s 25 years of experience as a CPA serving various companies, as well as her leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, qualify her to serve on the our board of directors.
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About Daymon Worldwide: Daymon worldwide is the enterprise-wide window to the world and real-time experience.
Jerome Arfeli
Senior Procurement Manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
Tomasz Bania
Cyber Defense Manager of Dolby Laboratories
Tomasz Bania is the Cyber Defense Manager and Security Response Architect at Dolby. He has worked in a number of verticals, most recently as lead at the Cyber Defense Center at HP/HPE. Tomasz has a passion for security automation and has worked on various cyber defense, security research, and incident response initiatives.
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About Dolby Laboratories: Dolby creates surround sound, imaging, and voice technologies for cinemas, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, games, and more.
Andrew Border
General Manager & Vice President, Communications Business Group of Dolby Laboratories
Andrew Border As Vice President of the Dolby Communications Business Group, Andrew Border is responsible for the expansion of Dolby technology into the communications market. He leads a global team responsible for delivering innovations and experiences that improve collaboration and productivity. Andrew joined Dolby in November 2010, spearheading the development and worldwide launch of Dolby Voice® and the Dolby Conference Phone, both of which have redefined audio conferencing. He oversees strategy and the creation and delivery of communications solutions for the market. In his previous role as Director of Product Management for Unified Communications at Cisco, he defined the company’s strategy for presence and instant messaging, led its video strategy for unified communications, and managed Cisco’s relationship with Microsoft for unified communications. Andrew holds a BA degree in history and political science from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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About Dolby Laboratories: Dolby creates surround sound, imaging, and voice technologies for cinemas, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, games, and more.
Michael Graff
Senior Manager, IT Architecture of Dolby Laboratories
Michael Graff is a senior manager of IT architecture at Dolby Laboratories.
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About Dolby Laboratories: Dolby creates surround sound, imaging, and voice technologies for cinemas, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, games, and more.
Henry Chi
Portfolio Manager of Capital Innovators
Henry Chi serves as a portfolio manager at Capital Innovators.
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About Capital Innovators: Capital Innovators invests in tech-enabled startups through our nationally recognized accelerator and directly through our seed funds.
Ryan Strain
Senior Engineering Manager / Chief Product Owner (PLM) of Whirlpool
Senior Engineering Manager / Chief Product Owner (PLM) at Whirlpool Corporation.
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About Whirlpool: Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
Betsy Rohney
Community Manager of Lioness
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About Lioness: Destigmatizing women’s sexual health through information and conversation.
Kaitlin Karp
Customer Success Associate/ Chat Manager of Anova Culinary
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About Anova Culinary: Anova is changing the way people cook, making it easy for everyone to create restaurant-like experiences, everyday.
Kaitlin Karp
Customer Success Associate/ Chat Manager of Anova Culinary
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About Anova Culinary: Anova is changing the way people cook, making it easy for everyone to create restaurant-like experiences, everyday.
Kelly Grote
Marketing Manager of Staples
Kelly is the Marketing Manager at Cultivation Capital. Kelly manages the day-to-day marketing and public relations activities of the organization and long term marketing strategy for the firm. Kelly has a bachelor’s of science in public relations from Missouri State University. During her time at Missouri State University, she served on the executive board of her sorority and numerous committees. After college, Kelly went on to work for a start up in the telemedicine industry before she joined the Cultivation Capital team. She oversaw all marketing and communication efforts, helping develop marketing strategies for employee benefit groups and retail.
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About Staples: Staples Easy Rebates is an online platform that enables Staples customers to submit, track, and find rebates.
Chris Wuerfl
Airline Business Development Manager of Bose
Mr. Wuerfl brings a career track record maximizing customer life time value, “hell bent” on developing lifelong brand advocates by delivering uniquely rich customer experiences, meaningful products and exceptional service. After beginning his career in accounting at L.K. COMSTOCK, Chris’ management style and success was groomed at Bose Corporation where he played key leadership roles managing teams for inbound and outbound direct marketing, domestic and international channel sales, and corporate wide customer life cycle management. In more recent years Chris has turned his passions to delivering value to early stage companies, applying his customer management acumen to building market share through customer retention and new business acquisition. Among other priorities in sales and marketing, Chris manages LittleFoot Energy’s partner selling system and network of independent sales representatives in North America.
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About Bose, LittleFoot Energy Finance: Bose is is a research company that develops sound solutions for entertainment, home audio, aviation, and automotive industries.
Al Robertson
General Manager and Chief Marketing Officer of Edgewell Personal Care
Al has been a key leader of the Energizer Personal Care business since 2003. In addition to Energizer, Al has extensive experience in domestic, international and global assignments with companies including Johnson & Johnson, Schering Plough, Warner-Lambert, and Pfizer. As Chief Marketing Officer, Al’s extensive brand and marketing expertise will be instrumental while leading Marketing, global brand management, new product planning and commercialization, global consumer insights and communications, product lifecycle management, and the Latin America commercial organization.
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About Edgewell Personal Care: Edgewell Personal Care manufactures and markets a diversified range of personal care products.
William Harmon
General Manager of Goal Zero
Bill is responsible for empowering consumers with emerging energy solutions that meet their needs where ever life takes them, whether that is climbing a mountain, traveling through an airport, or cheering for their kids from the sidelines of a soccer field. Bill’s team is focused on both portable power and distributed generation products and services that free customers from the traditional boundaries of being tethered to an outlet to receive power from a centrally located power plant. Bill is responsible for product development, go-to-market strategy, and overall P&L management. Bill joined Reliant Energy in January 2003 before it was acquired by NRG. Prior to his current role, he held leadership roles in information technology, customer care, mass market operations, product development, and P&L management driving operational excellence, transformational projects, and financial results. Before joining Reliant, Bill spent ten years in management and information technology consulting. He served in progressive leadership roles at firms including Ernst & Young leading energy industry focused system integrations for Fortune 500 clients. Bill received a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management & Computer Science from Purdue University’s Krannert School of management. He serves on the board of directors for the Reliant Charitable Giving Foundation and the March of Dimes Houston Chapter.
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About Goal Zero: Goal Zero develops portable solar power systems, including solar panels, portable power packs, generators, chargers and accessories.
Dallas Mark
Human Resources Manager of Future Metals
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About Future Metals: Future Metals Inc. is a company that distributes aerospace metal tubing and specialty metal products to the aerospace market.
Scott Collins
MRO Product Manager of Future Metals
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About Future Metals: Future Metals Inc. is a company that distributes aerospace metal tubing and specialty metal products to the aerospace market.
Coppelia Marincovic
Solvay Ventures – Investment Manager North America of Solvay
Ms. Coppelia Marincovic serves as Investment Manager of North America at Solvay Ventures. Previously, she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, she worked at Sofinnova Partners. Ms. Marincovic holds an MBA from INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration), France, an MSc. in Environmental Sciences from Harvard and an MSc. in Chemistry from Chimie ParisTech, France.
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About Solvay: Solvay is a Belgium-based chemistry corporation that provides chemicals, materials, and solutions.
Leigh Radford
Vice President & General Manager of Procter & Gamble Ventures Studio
Leigh Radford, is the Vice President of P&G Ventures – the in-house startup studio of Procter & Gamble. Leigh has over 20+ years of experience within P&G. She is an experienced business leader who has led the strategic and creative development of brands across multiple categories, including Skin Care, Personal Cleansing, Health Care, and Oral Care. Leigh has a talent for taking small ideas with promise and turning them into proven global brand success. Brands under her leadership have delivered significant and sustained business growth (i.e. Olay became the #1 Global Skincare Brand, and Vicks achieved $1 Billion+ status). Leigh’s passion for growing businesses, delighting consumers, and proven track record, resulted in her dream job, leading the P&G Ventures group. Within P&G Ventures she leads some of the world’s most innovative thinkers, scientists and entrepreneurs.
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About Procter & Gamble Company, Procter & Gamble Ventures Studio: P&G Ventures creates new brands and businesses that solve consumers’ everyday problems.
Jason Richardson
General Manager of DockATot
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About DockATot: DockATot manufactures and distributes multi-functional docks that can be used for lounging, playing, and resting.
R.D. Childers
Operations Manager of Plum
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About Plum: The Plum Lightpad is the most advanced WiFi light dimmer available.
R.D. Childers
Operations Manager of Plum
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About Plum: The Plum Lightpad is the most advanced WiFi light dimmer available.
Danny Kupersztoch
Program Manager of Plum
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About Plum: The Plum Lightpad is the most advanced WiFi light dimmer available.
Amit Gaikwad
Sr. Manager, Wireless Engineering of Amazon Lab126
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About Amazon Lab126: Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices.
