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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 President operating in the Apps space. If you think a President 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.
Emily Reuter
Vice President of Strategy and Operations of Color
Emily Reuter is the Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Color.
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About Color: Color is a population health technology company that enables the delivery of advanced healthcare through clinical genetics.
Justin Lau
President & COO of Mightyapp
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About Mightyapp: Mighty makes Google Chrome faster & use 10x less memory.
Charles Migos
Vice President of Product Design of Unity Technologies
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About Unity Technologies: Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Brandon Wolf
Vice President, User Enablement of InVision
Brandon Wolf is the Vice President of User Enablement for InVision, overseeing a global support team of 30+ team members including customer advocacy, support engineering, customer education, and internal tools. He is charged with managing divisional personnel, deliveries, growth and scalability to address thousands of tickets per month. Brandon is responsible for InVision’s systematic and customer-first approach, which is an extension of our platform and has consistently earned over 98% ticket satisfaction rating over the last two years. Prior to InVision, Brandon served as the Manager of Customer Advocacy and Support Engineering at Zendesk.
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About InVision: InVision is the visual collaboration platform powering the world’s smartest companies.
Mike Weissman
President & Chief Executive Officer of SoundCloud
Michael Weissman is COO at SoundCloud. Prior to this, Mike worked at Vimeo as COO since 2013.
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About SoundCloud: SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and share sounds.
Mike DeLaet
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships of Scopely
Mike DeLaet is currently the SVP of Strategic Partnerships at Scopely. Prior to Scopely, Mike was the Founder & CEO of Rogue Games, Inc. based in Los Angeles. Prior to Rogue, he was the SVP of WW BD & Licensing at Kabam and SVP of Global Publishing at Glu Mobile.
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Eric Ma
Senior Vice President, User Acquisition of Scopely
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Christina Dunbar
Vice President, Global Talent of Scopely
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Daniel Saks
Founder & Co-CEO & President of AppDirect
Daniel Saks is the Co-CEO of AppDirect, which he founded in 2009 with Nicolas Desmarais. Daniel plays a key role in the growth and development of AppDirect, from attracting a leading team, to nurturing relationships with customers and partners. Daniel’s presentation at the Under the Radar conference in the spring of 2011 resulted in AppDirect winning “Best in Show,” earning coverage in Wall Street Journal. Daniel received a BA in political science from McGill University then studied finance and accounting at Harvard. Prior to AppDirect, Daniel worked at Viant Capital, a boutique tech investment bank. In his free time, Daniel enjoys traveling, attending hockey games, and studying contemporary architecture and impressionist paintings.
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About AppDirect: AppDirect provides an end-to-end cloud commerce platform for both monetizing and managing digital customer relationships.
Michael Cassin
Vice President of Product Management of AppDirect
Prior to his 5 years at Visa, Michael spent 6 years in product leadership roles at PayPal and, before that, 3 years in product at VeriSign. Michael holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering Technology from the State University of New York, University Center at Binghamton. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking in and exploring the great outdoors with his wife and young daughter and honing his skills as an avid home chef.
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About AppDirect: AppDirect provides an end-to-end cloud commerce platform for both monetizing and managing digital customer relationships.
Steve Woodworth
Vice President of Business Development of Prompt.io
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About Prompt.io: Prompt.io is a simple, scalable solution for communicating with customers in their preferred medium messaging.
David Liakas
Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships of Huvr Inc.
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About Huvr Inc.: Huvr is a global virtual marketplace that helps to connect human walkers to virtual travelers to explore the world in real-time.
Kuntal Vahalia
Vice President, Strategic Channels and Global OEM of MuleSoft
Kuntal Vahalia is the vice president of strategic channels at [Mulesoft](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mulesoft), a technology company that enables users to connect applications and data across devices.
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About MuleSoft: MuleSoft provides an integration and API platform that makes it easy to connect data from any system to create connected experiences.
Sandeep Ramani
Regional Vice President of MuleSoft
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About MuleSoft: MuleSoft provides an integration and API platform that makes it easy to connect data from any system to create connected experiences.
Ishmeet Singh
Vice President, Customer Success – Americas of MuleSoft
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About MuleSoft: MuleSoft provides an integration and API platform that makes it easy to connect data from any system to create connected experiences.
Brent Grimes
Senior Vice President Global Customer Success of MuleSoft
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About MuleSoft, reef.ai: MuleSoft provides an integration and API platform that makes it easy to connect data from any system to create connected experiences.
Joshua Gordon
President and CEO of Red Pocket Mobile
Joshua Gordon is the president and CEO of Red Pocket Mobile.
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About Democracy Council, Red Pocket Mobile: Red Pocket Mobile is a different kind of wireless company.
Chris Beals
CEO and President of Weedmaps
Christopher Beals is the chief executive officer of Weedmaps. Prior to being CEO, he first serves as the company’s president and general counsel from 2015 until his appointment in March 2019.
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About Weedmaps, WM Technology: Weedmaps is the world’s first marijuana technology and media brand.
Liam Don
Co-founder & President of ClassDojo
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About ClassDojo: ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities.
Nicole Houston
President, Chief Operating Officer of Fluid Credit
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About Fluid Credit: Fluid Credit provides university students with credit and personal finance education.
Mark Gentry
President of Service Fusion
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About Service Fusion: Service Fusion provides a suite of management software applications to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, IT and many other service businesses.
Kim D. Blickenstaff
President and Chief Executive Officer of Tandem Diabetes Care
Kim joined Tandem in August 2007, bringing more than 30 years of healthcare experience in finance, marketing management, sales and strategic planning. Prior to joining Tandem, he was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Biosite Incorporated, a medical diagnostic company that was acquired by Inverness Medical Innovations for $1.8 billion in June 2007. Prior to founding Biosite, he held various finance, operations, research management, sales management, strategic planning and marketing positions with Hybritech Incorporated and Baxter Healthcare. Kim has been active in the medical device and diagnostics industry over the last 12 years, serving on the board of directors for innovative, young healthcare companies such as SenoRx and MediVation Incorporated. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Tandem Diabetes Care: Tandem Diabetes Care develops medical devices for the treatment of diabetes offering diabetic insulin pumps for adults and children.
Jeannie Cho
Vice President, Finance of BlueCat
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About BlueCat: BlueCat builds next-generation IPAM, DNS, and DHCP solutions that connect mobile devices, applications, and the cloud.
Maijid Moujaled
Co-Founder & President of Chipper Cash
Maijid Moujaled is a co-founder and president at Chipper Cash.
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About Chipper Cash: Chipper Cash is a fintech platform that offers mobile, cross-border money transfer services.
Wes Brummette
Vice President of Operations of ClickUp
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About ClickUp: ClickUp offers a customizable workplace productivity platform that serves all departments across an organization.
Alex Haro
Cofounder / President of Life360
Alex Haro the Co-Founder and President of Life360, the world’s largest Family Network serving over 50 million families joins Enterprise Radio working in conjunction with the Mobile APP Channel.
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About Life360, mymoneykarma: Life360 creates a mobile app for families that helps families feel closer together.
Christine Lemke
Co-Founder & President of Evidation Health
As Chief Product Officer, Christine leads product management and development at Evidation Health. Previously, Christine co-founded and led The Activity Exchange, an insight and personalization platform that helps healthcare companies deliver the right digital interventions and incentives to consumers to help them achieve sustainable behavior change. Prior to her work in healthcare, Christine was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Sense Networks, developers of the first machine learning platform for mobile phone activity data (exited to YP.com). She has also held roles at 3iGroup (Paris), Microsoft XBOX and co-founded Chicago-based Channel IQ, a product analytics platform. Christine has a BA from the University of Washington and an MBA from HEC Paris.
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About Evidation Health, Evidation Health: We enable and empower everyone to participate in better health outcomes.
Euwyn Poon
President & Co-Founder of Spin
Euwyn Poon is a Singapore-born entrepreneur, lawyer, and engineer. He founded Spin, the micro-mobility company based in San Francisco that was acquired by Ford in 2018, and is the founding partner of the venture capital firm Moso Capital. Euwyn graduated from Cornell University in 2004 at the age of 18 with a degree in Computer Science and Cornell Law School in 2007. After earning a J.D. from Cornell Law School, he practiced M&A and securities law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from 2007 to 2009, then was funded by Y Combinator.
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About Moso Capital, Spin: Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
Ted Bronstein
Vice President of Partnerships of Spin
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About Spin: Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder & President of Boast.AI
Co-founder and President of Boast.ai
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About Boast.AI: Boast.AI is a fintech platform that helps companies identify, claim, and finance R&D tax credits and government incentives.
David Steinberger
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Comixology
David Steinberger is the co-founder and CEO of comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform that features content from Marvel, DC and 75 top comic book and graphic novel publishers. The comiXology platform includes a top ten grossing iPad app, as well as iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire and Windows 8 apps, and a web store and reader at www.comixology.com. He designed comiXology’s Guided View, the reading technology that transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience and defines the digital comic experience. A long time comic fan and passionate entrepreneur, David’s inspiration for comiXology was shaped at the NYU – Stern’s 2007 Business Plan competition while he pursued his MBA. David also holds a Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music, and an Advanced Certificate from The Juilliard School. David’s currently reading Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness from IDW Publishing.
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About Amazon, Comixology: Comixology delivers a cloud-based digital comics platform that enables users to discover, buy, and read comics.
Aaron Koblin
Co-Founder, President of Within (VR/AR)
Aaron Koblin is the Co-Founder, President at Supernatural. He is also the Co-founder and President of Within, an augmented and virtual reality company.Prior to Within, Aaron created and lead the Data Arts Team at Google from 2008-2015. Aaron has received many awards including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Interaction Design and the National Science Foundation’s award for science visualization. He received an Emmy in 2014, and two of his music video collaborations have been Grammy nominated. In 2010 Aaron was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT. He received his MFA in Design|Media Arts from UCLA. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His projects have been shown at international festivals including TED, Sundance, Tribeca Film Festival, Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, the Japan Media Arts Festival, and more.
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About Here Be Dragons, Supernatural, Within (VR/AR): Within is a virtual reality and augmented reality media and technology company.
Josh Yguado
President, COO & Co-Founder of Jam City
Josh Yguado is co-founder, COO and President of Jam City, where he oversees the company’s operations, growth strategies and game portfolio – which has repeatedly dominated the top grossing charts of the Apple and Google Play stores. Before launching Jam City, Josh was Vice President at Fox Entertainment, where he helped Fox in its acquisition of MySpace, its creation of Hulu and its launch of new television networks. His career also includes working at MTV Networks and Univision. Among other honors, SoCalTech named Josh one of its top “50 Most Influential People” in Southern California’s technology industry. A board member of The Young Turks, he received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Harvard University. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Matt Pillar
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Jam City
Matt Pillar is an accomplished executive with more than twenty-five years of experience building, advising, and investing in businesses in Asia and the United States. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at leading mobile gaming company Jam City, formerly SGN Games; Founder and Managing Director at Fire Dragon Enterprises, a global strategic advisory firm; and Senior Fellow with the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, where he teaches a graduate/MBA course on “Doing Business in China/Asia.” In addition to his service on a number of Boards of Directors of consumer-facing media and technology companies over the years, Matt has been a major fundraiser on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House. He currently serves on the Board of Overseers of From the Top and on the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California. Proficient in Mandarin Chinese, Matt graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in East Asian Studies from Brown University and received a Master in Business Administration degree with Honors from Harvard University, where case studies and lecture material which he co-authored and published have been taught in both the Harvard Business School executive education program and second-year MBA curriculum. He currently writes about China business and strategy at http://www.climbingthegreatwall.com and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/firedragonllc.
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About Fire Dragon Enterprises, Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Josh Brooks
Senior Vice President of Brand Strategy and Marketing of Jam City
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Jeremy Horn
Vice President of Jam City
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Jennifer Tyson
Senior Vice President of HappyCo
Jennifer (Llacera) Tyson is the Senior Vice President at HappyCo.
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About HappyCo: HappyCo is taking traditional paper based processes out of the dark ages.
Justin Norman
Vice President, Data Science of Yelp
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About Yelp: Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Luther Lowe
Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Government Affairs of Yelp
Luther Lowe is the Senior Vice President of Public Policy at Yelp. In this role, he develops and executes Yelp’s initiatives related to competition policy, open data, and consumer free speech. A recent focus of his advocacy was working to persuade the European Commission that Google was in violation of EU competition laws, an effort profiled at length by the New York Times in 2017. In 2018, in naming him to its inaugural ‘New Establishment’ list, Vanity Fair wrote, “No single person in the United States has been a bigger antagonist of Google in the past seven years than Luther Lowe.” Politico called Luther “Google’s chief antagonist in the U.S. and Europe” this year when it reported on the Department of Justice’s fresh investigation into Google’s conduct. Luther joined Yelp as an early employee in 2008, where he was part of a small landing team that opened Yelp’s first remote office in New York City. After serving a year in the Account Executive role, he was tapped to create a new department leading small business outreach, reporting to the COO. In 2011, he handed off the department and became Yelp’s first director of government affairs. Before joining Yelp, Luther was an aide de camp to retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark where he primarily assisted in producing General Clark’s best-selling memoir. He has served as a paid staffer on more than a dozen state, local, and federal democratic campaigns. While attending college and serving as a member of the Virginia National Guard, he filed and won a federal lawsuit against the city of Williamsburg, Virginia for the systematic disenfranchisement of student voters. The high profile effort led to increased national awareness about student voter suppression. Luther lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and daughter. He holds a bachelor of arts in Government from the College of William & Mary.
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About Yelp: Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Curt Blake
President & CEO of Spaceflight Industries
Curt Blake is chief executive officer of Spaceflight’s launch services group and previously served as senior vice president and general counsel. Curt has led efforts to expand Spaceflight’s global network of launch service providers while building relationships with key commercial-, civilian- and defense-related customers. Over the last several years, Curt oversaw the company’s growth from its early commercial rideshare launches on the Antares and Soyuz vehicles to become the industry’s rideshare leader and the world’s first commercial spaceline. Curt brings more than 25 years of executive experience in high-growth and tech industries, with past experience including a range of senior executive and general counsel roles at Microsoft, Starwave, Corbis and Aldus. He’s a current and active board member of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and the Seattle-based Pacific Science Center, as well as a contributor to numerous small-satellite conferences. Growing up in Thailand and Ethiopia, Curt is a student of the world and still enjoys traveling for work and pleasure (but don’t ask him to take a middle seat).
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About Spaceflight Industries: Spaceflight Industries provides small-satellite services and solutions to enable new applications through the commercialization of space.
Simon Biddiscombe
President and CEO of MobileIron
Simon Biddiscombe is the president and CEO of MobileIron. Prior to becoming the CEO, Simon served as the CFO of the company.
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About MobileIron: MobileIron offers a mobile-centric, zero trust security approach that verifies user, device, application, network, and security threat.
Karana Ellis
Co-founder/President of Cascadia Carbon
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About Cascadia Carbon: Building CODEX: A carbon-neutral blockchain cryptocurrency for carbon offset generation and storage
Siddhartha Dabral
Co-Founder and Vice President of Platform Engineering of Button
Co-Founder at Button
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About Button: Button is the mobile commerce technology company that is powering a commerce-driven internet.
Samantha Steinwinder
Vice President of Corporate Marketing of Accolade
Samantha Steinwinder is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Accolade, Inc. She oversees Corporate Marketing for the healthcare technology innovator that is reinventing the way individuals and organizations experience healthcare. Ms. Steinwinder is a former Managing Partner at The Concept Agency and Vice President of Weber Shandwick. Samantha received a bachelor of arts in Communication at Menlo College.
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About Accolade: Accolade features personalized health and benefits solutions that help to improve experience, outcomes, and healthcare cost for employers.
Andy Chen
Senior Vice President of Innovation of Match Group
Andy Chen is chief product officer at Glassdoor, responsible for leading strategy, innovation, and execution among the product, design and community teams. Andy joined Glassdoor from Match Group, where he held several leadership roles within product, innovation and business development. Most recently, Andy was SVP of Match Group’s innovation team, +1Labs, where he led a portfolio-wide effort to drive ideas from conception to strategy to development and to market. Prior to his tenure at Match Group, he co-founded travel technology startup, Traxo. Andy holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with honors, and a bachelor’s degree in civil structural engineering from Texas A&M University.
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About Glassdoor, Match Group: Match Group is a division of IAC & online dating portfolio that comprises over forty brands around the world.
Trevor Lund
Vice President of Finance of Pelion Venture Partners
Trevor joined the Pelion team in 2017. Trevor’s key responsibilities revolve around financial reporting, with duties that include preparation of the GAAP financial statements and assisting in the valuation of the fund’s portfolio companies. Prior to Pelion, Trevor was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was charged with managing the day-to-day activities on numerous SEC and asset management engagements. He was also one of two employees chosen by the national office to be mentored by Manhattan-based CEO Bob Moritz; never before, or since, has an employee from the Salt Lake City office been chosen for such an honor. Trevor graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting from Utah State University and is a licensed CPA and member of the UACPA and AICPA.
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About Pelion Venture Partners: Pelion Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs and invests in early-stage B2B software-based companies.
Grant Michael Leingang
President / CEO of BLVCK DIVMOND
Grant Michael Leingang is President and CEO for BLVCK DIVMOND in Las Vegas. He has been a digital entrepreneur since the age of 15 and holds a true passion for technology. BLVCK DIVMOND focuses on developing organizations, businesses, and foundations. Their work passion is simple and derived from a belief that BLVCK DIVMOND’s company operations will be a different experience. Leingang has created assets for many high-end brands like CORE Hydration. He has been known to utilize software and deliver original entrepreneurial visions using creative cost-effective methods that result in a positive ROI.
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About BLVCK DIVMOND, Illest, PDX ADVERTISING, WE’RE A CULT, INC.: Creative direction, web design and development. Project direction and management. Graphic design. SEO. Social media development. UX design.
Dan Blumenfeld
Co-founder President and CMO of Spiral
Dan Blumenfeld is a Co-Founder and serves as the President and CMO at Spiral
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About Spiral: Spiral is a provider of a banking solution for the charitable sector.
Kevin McGowan
Vice President Of Product Management of HqO
Kevin McGowan is the Vice President of Product Management at HqO.
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About HqO: HqO helps building owners and property teams thrive with technology that engages tenants and creates the most value for their assets.
Gerard Guillemot
President of Longtail Studios
Gérard Guillemot is the President and CEO of Longtail Studios, which he founded in 2003. Longtail Studios develops console games for a family-oriented audience. In 2000, Gérard founded the game developer Gameloft, whose initial focus was to operate a platform for the emerging PC online gaming community. When Ubisoft was created, Gérard led its editorial content and managed the development teams. He actively encouraged the company to create its own franchises – now a key differentiator for Ubisoft, which offers long-term visibility and security to shareholders. He was also responsible for Ubisoft’s expansion into North America, one of the world’s biggest video-game markets. Gérard Guillemot co-founded Ubisoft in 1986. He sits on the Board of Directors as Executive Vice President of Publishing and Marketing. He brings to the Board 30 years of experience in the videogame industry. Deeply rooted in the USA, he brings to the Board his understanding of emerging opportunities such as social media and online communities. Gérard Guillemot graduated from EDHEC business school. He is a French national and has been living in New York City for over 15 years.
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About Longtail Studios, Ubisoft: Longtail Studios is a company which has developed gaming applications like Football
Bill Bradford
President of Smule
Bill has four kids and eats lots of cheerios. He used to play rugby.
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About Smule: Smule develops music-making apps that connect people online.
Anjali Peri
Vice President Business Development of SitterFriends
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About SitterFriends: Book your community’s most trusted babysitters, in a second, for free
Mike Arenth
President and Chief Executive Officer of HotSchedules
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About HotSchedules: HotSchedules provides mobile, cloud-based technology for the restaurant, retail and hospitality industries.
Matthew Meehan
Founder & President of Dvdendo
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About Dvdendo: Dvdendo is a micro-investing app that encourages individuals to make investing a part of their daily routine.
Benny Nachman
CEO, Founder & President of Jassby
Benny is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record in building a global bank with over 30 licenses all over the world.Managing hundreds of employees, thousands of merchants with over $6bn in volume and $120m in revenues.
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About Credorax, Jassby: Jassby is a mobile payment system designed for families, kids, and teens.
Stephanie Dua
Co-Founder and President of BEGiN
Stephanie Dua is Co-Founder & President of BEGiN, parent company of HOMER. After launching her career at McKinsey & Co.,Stephanie spent 15 years in public education, most recently as a Senior Advisor to the Common Core Standards effort.She served as the CEO of the New York City Education Department’s Fund for Public Schools, raising more than $165 million to support literacy and teacher-training efforts. In 2009, she was named to Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40 list. She received a BA in geophysics from UCLA and a Masters from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Kennedy Fellow. Stephanie lives in Coconut Grove, FL, with her husband and three daughters.
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About BEGiN, HOMER: BEGiN is an award-winning company offering best-in-class solutions across digital, physical, and experiential learning to kids globally.
Tonya Coppin-Fox
President of Our.Love
Experienced Founder & CEO with a demonstrated history of working in the civic & social organization industry. Skilled in Corporate turn-around, Business Development Programs, Management, Training, and Human Services. Strong business development professional with a Master of Education – MEd focused in Special Education and Teaching from Mercy College.
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About Our.Love: “It’s like Home Design Meets Noom, but for Relationships”
Grant Pierce
President, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sonics
Grant A Pierce co-founded Sonics in September 1996 and has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since March 1997 and as chairman of the board of directors since February 1997. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Pierce served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and General Manager for MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., a digital media and communications devices company. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Pierce was Chief Financial Officer at ParcPlace Systems, a company selling object-oriented software development environments. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Pierce served as corporate controller for MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. Mr. Pierce’s extensive experience also includes work at Convergent Technologies, Inc., ITT Qume, and Arthur Andersen and Co. Mr. Pierce received a B.S. in Business Administration-Accounting from California State University, Hayward and is a former certified public accountant.
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About Sonics: Sonics supplies on-chip communications solutions for home entertainment, wireless, networking and mobile devices.
Amir Dan Rubin
Chair & CEO & President of One Medical
Amir Dan Rubin is President & CEO at One Medical. As president and chief executive officer, Amir is focused on delivering better health through outstanding, coordinated clinical care; innovative digital technology; and the highest levels of service, access, and engagement. Previously, as EVP and divisional CEO of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, he oversaw a number of business lines focused on helping to make the health system work better for everyone. Prior to Optum, Amir was president and CEO of Stanford Health Care where he helped raise patient experience and quality scores to the highest levels in the nation, grow a regional network of care settings, and advance digital health and corporate partnerships in the heart of Silicon Valley. Amir also previously served as COO for the UCLA Health System, and has been awarded the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Northern California in recognition of his role in innovation and industry transformation. He holds MBA and MHSA degrees from the University of Michigan.
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About One Medical: One Medical is a members-only technology platform offering an array of concierge medical services.
Ernest Hursh
Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Slice Labs
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About Slice Labs: Slice Labs is the first on-demand insurance cloud platform provider, enabling companies to build intuitive digital insurance products.
Adam Bayaa
Vice President of IT & Security of Heal
Adam is Vice President of IT & Security at Heal, and has over 15 years’ experience in the retail, hospitality and healthcare industries.
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About Heal: Heal is an in-home primary care practice that offers modern doctor house calls, one-touch telemedicine and remote monitoring for seniors.
Mike Jensen
Senior Vice President of Operations of Heal
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About Heal: Heal is an in-home primary care practice that offers modern doctor house calls, one-touch telemedicine and remote monitoring for seniors.
Dinesh Desai
President and CEO of Emtec
Dinesh Desai has been Emtec’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since August 2005. Prior to August 2005, Dinesh Desai was the Chairman and CEO of DARR Global Holdings, Inc., a management consulting firm. Prior to DARR, Dinesh Desai was President, CEO, Co-Chairman and an owner of Western Sky Industries, a privately-held manufacturer of proprietary component parts used primarily in aerospace applications. Western Sky grew from approximately $3 million in revenues to over $170 million prior to being sold to McKechnie in 1999. Before Western Sky, Dinesh Desai spent twelve years with American Can and Arco Chemical in various management positions. Dinesh Desai holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and a Masters of Science Degree in both chemical and industrial engineering from Montana State University. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from Temple University.
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About Emtec: Emtec is a global IT consultancy dedicated to helping organizations drive transformation and growth via innovative technology and processes.
Doug Woo
President, Smart Displays of Fuhu
Doug Woo joins Fuhu as President of the newly formed Smart Display Division, and is responsible for developing and bringing to market unique and compelling large format displays that leverage the company’s software and content platforms, expand the company’s media relationships and reflect and carry forward the company’s core values and strategic direction. He has over 20 years experience in the electronics industry. In 2002, Woo conceived and spearheaded the return of Westinghouse televisions to the market, serving as President of Westinghouse Digital Electronics at the forefront of the launch and expansion of flat panel television industry – LCD, 1080p, LED – and the eventual merger of information technology and consumer electronics supply chains. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Executive Vice President of Princeton Graphic Systems, Inc. and MAG Innovision, Inc., leading suppliers of computer monitors and high definition televisions under the Princeton, Sylvania and MAG brands. He most recently led the incubation and market development for LED flat panel lighting under the PIXI brand. Woo is a former partner at the international law firm Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, where his practice focused on intellectual property, commercial law, product distribution and merchandising for companies engaged in the distribution of products and services, including consumer electronics, semiconductors, toys, automobiles and home appliances. He holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, served as law clerk to the Honorable Herbert Y.C. Choy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and has been a member of the boards of directors of AdtekMedia, Inc. and Outcast Media Holdings, Inc., leading out-of-home short form content and advertising networks through gas stations, as well as civic and community organizations, including The Great Leap, Inc., a long-established multi-cultural performing arts company in the Los Angeles area, and the UCLA Alumni Association.
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About Fuhu: Fuhu is a designer and seller of cloud-served software, apps and products and services for children.
Karl Murphy
President of Get Spiffy
CEO of a growing on-demand technology fueled mobile car washing and detailing business. I lead a team that delivers convenient, trusted and professional auto services to our clients at home or work. Our mission is to redefine the car washing experience everywhere.
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About Get Spiffy: Get Spiffy is an on-demand car wash and detailing service.
Avesta Rasouli
President of HONK
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About HONK: HONK is an innovative roadside assistance platform that uses both technology and a unique business model.
Mark Salvador
Vice President of Financial Planning Analysis of Bill.com
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About Bill.com: Bill.com is a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies and automates back-office financial operations.
Rich Jaroslovsky
Vice-President for Content and Chief Journalist of SmartNews
Rich joined SmartNews in 2014, and is responsible for its relationships with U.S. publishers and content providers. Prior to joining the company, he wrote a widely read column on personal technology for Bloomberg News, and has appeared frequently on Bloomberg TV, NBC and National Public Radio, among others. Rich was the first Managing Editor of WSJ.com, and founded and was first president of the Online News Association, the preeminent professional organization for digital journalists. He also was an award-winning reporter, columnist and editor for The Wall Street Journal, where he was the White House correspondent and National Political Editor.
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About SmartNews: SmartNews is a news app that helps users find quality news beyond the filter bubble.
Stephan Galfas
Co-Founder, President and Executive Vice President of Product of Activation, Inc.
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About Activation, Inc., International Talent Organization, Miss Molly Records: Connecting Brand Enthusiasts on Mobile
Theo Sedlmayr
President, CEO & Founder of Wallflowerme
Theo, a lawyer and active investor/ entrepreneur, founded a boutique law firm in 1995 rooted in music industry transactions where he serves as legal counsel and advisor to numerous award-winning, multi-platinum musical artists, producers, records labels, and various types of entertainment companies. He is a 1990 graduate of the University of Virginia and a 1993 graduate of Boston University School of Law.
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About Wallflowerme: Wallflower is an event-driven social networking app that enables users to chat and meet with others at similar social events.
David Mavashev
President and CEO, Founder of Nastel Technologies
David Mavashev is a leading expert on IT infrastructure, middleware and messaging technologies with over 25 years experience architecting systems and solutions. His areas of expertise encompass implementing middleware-centric architectures and the underlying infrastructure monitoring that is fundamental for its optimal performance, as well as tools and technologies for monitoring and managing integrated application processes and performance across the enterprise, and helping companies achieve business agility through effectively aligning IT with business processes in the real-time enterprise. A successful entrepreneur, David founded Nastel in 1994 and also served as the company’s CTO for many years. Prior to that, he was the technical manager of the messaging group at NYNEX, where he architected and managed the implementation of the first commercial transactional messaging product, which now forms the basis for IBM WebSphere MQ (formerly MQ-Series). A pioneer in the early evolution of messaging technologies, David logged many years as an IT consultant working with some of the world’s foremost banks and financial institutions.
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About Elefund, jKool, Nastel Technologies: Nastel Technologies provides middleware-centric application performance and business transaction management software solutions.
Andrew Caravella
Vice President, Global Partnerships of Sprout Social
Andrew Caravella is vice president of marketing at Sprout Social, a leading social media management and engagement platform for business. He leads a team that creates and delivers relevant, engaging content and conversations through multiple forms of media and technology. Andrew believes the heart of social media hinges on exceptional experiences and meaningful human connections, and he uses those principles to guide dedicated direct acquisition, lead generation and brand visibility initiatives. Focused primarily on digital and social media, his career work includes executive communications, brand management, education campaigns, and event planning for everyone from Fortune 500 brands to not-for-profit organizations. Prior to joining Sprout Social, Andrew was director of marketing at the search marketing agency Performics (Publicis Groupe). He previously served as a search product marketing manager at DoubleClick and began his career in public relations and account management at Weber Shandwick.
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About Sprout Social: Sprout Social provides a platform for businesses to manage social media engagement, publishing and analytics.
David Olsen
Vice President, Quality Assurance, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs of AgaMatrix
Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance & Clinical Affairs at AgaMatrix.
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About AgaMatrix: AgaMatrix develops and manufactures a line of diabetes products designed to improve the quality of diabetes care.
Merrick Theobald
Vice President, Marketing of BILLMO, LLC
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About BILLMO, LLC: BillMo is a Latin American Mobile Wallet focused on the receive side of a Money Transfer enabling the recipient to spend money digitally.
Denise Delisle
Vice President, Operations and Compliance of BILLMO, LLC
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About BILLMO, LLC: BillMo is a Latin American Mobile Wallet focused on the receive side of a Money Transfer enabling the recipient to spend money digitally.
Conor Keane
President & CEO of Spring Global
Conor Keane is the CEO of Spring Mobile Solutions.
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About Spring Global: Spring Mobile Solutions offers cloud-based, out-of-the box mobile applications designed to optimize medium to large field force operations.
Jeromee Johnson
President & CTO of Tellus
Now leading the team at Tellus where he is delivering something new and special at the intersection of FinTech and PropTech – blending Personal Finance with Property Management with Sustainable Housing. Mr. Johnson also serves as a board director, mentor and advisor, focusing his time on high impact initiatives with tangible ESG outcomes. He is a widely recognized FinTech executive, an electronic trading and capital markets systems expert. He has been acknowledged globally for innovating and sharing insight in the areas of trading technology, financial markets, market networks and regulation. He was Executive Vice President and a member of the executive team at Miami International Holdings, responsible for their global markets initiatives. Prior, he was responsible for the options business at BATS Global Markets. He led their entry into derivatives and the creation, management, and strategy of the BATS Options Exchange. During his seven years on the management team at BATS, the company scaled from a single U.S. equity exchange to operate almost a dozen of the largest cross-asset exchanges, globally. Mr. Johnson was President of 3D Markets-the first options “dark pool”-a crossing network for equity options, designed to help bring large institutional OTC trades back to the listed, regulated environment. At 3D, he was responsible for strategy, product development, technology, sales, and broker dealer operations. Prior to 3D, at the TABB Group, Jeromee advised capital market participants, and their providers, on technology and strategy issues. He has held multiple securities industry licenses including the Series 4 and Series 24 Principal licenses. He is the author of a number of seminal industry titles including: Locating the Invisible: Aggregating Dark Book Liquidity, Groping in the Dark: Navigating Crossing Networks and Other Dark Pools of Liquidity, and Trading at Light Speed: Analyzing Low Latency Market Data Infrastructure Mr. Johnson currently resides in the Kansas City, KS., area with his family.
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About Cboe Global Markets, Demand Derivatives, Forbes Technology Council, Tellus, The Ayadee Foundation: Making finance and real estate work for you – with tools ranging from high-yield savings all the way to property management.
Nataliya Anon
CEO , Founder & President of Svitla Systems Inc.
Nataliya Anon – a Stanford Business School graduate with Ukrainian heritage, entrepreneur, leader, and strategic implementer – is the Founder and CEO of Svitla Systems. Nataliya brings to Svitla extensive international business experience, keen cross-cultural knowledge and strong interpersonal skills. Her client-centric approach and relentless dedication to the highest standards have propelled Svitla’s success in the last decade. Prior to founding Svitla in 2003, Nataliya founded and served as CEO of Lohika Systems (acquired by Altran Solutions Corp.) Before that, she held management positions at Ernst & Young as well as received private equity and venture capital experience in the US and UK, where she made investments in various emerging technologies and manufacturing companies. Nataliya was a member of the Fourth Class of Growing Entrepreneurs Mentoring Program administered by the Committee of 200. Nataliya was also the co-founder of Ukrainian Students Association at Stanford. She holds a Masters Degree in IT and Accounting from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Stanford University.
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About Svitla Systems Inc.: Svitla Systems is a multinational software development company headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Josh Jaffe
President, Media of Ingenio
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About Ingenio: Ingenio is a knowledge-commerce platform, connecting customers and advisors through its proprietary web and telephony technology solutions.
Greg Silvey
Executive Vice President of Babyscripts
Senior Healthcare Executive in Sales Leadership functions at multiple start up’s and Fortune 15 organizations. Has lead Divisions at Cardinal Health and PSS World Medical. Most recently is the Senior Vice President at Envera Health.
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About Babyscripts, Envera Health: Babyscripts is a clinically validated, digital healthcare company that delivers risk-specific care to pregnant mothers at any time.
Brian Ewing
Vice-President of Sales of Notion
Sales and Marketing Executive with experience with mature brands and hyper-growth emerging brands. Strong pragmatic Sales & Marketing experience has led to documented success with US brick & mortar retailers, Amazon, professional channels, builder, and developing NEW Business in emerging channels Strong leadership abilities have allowed for rapid career growth. Ability to step outside the box and to look at opportunities with a strategic short / long term perspective. Team player that enjoys managing / developing a team to take on the next BIG Challenge
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About Notion: Notion is a smart self-monitoring system that empowers home-owners to be proactive in protecting their spaces, people, and possessions.
Alan Johnson
Vice President of Engineering of Abstract
Alan Johnson is the Co – Founder at Treehouse .
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About Abstract: Abstract is the design workflow management system that empowers design teams and stakeholders to seamlessly manage, version and collaborate.
Arthur Iinuma
President and Co-Founder of ISBX
Arthur derives his business experience through the culmination of various disciplines acquired throughout years of professional experience both in the United States and Southeast Asia and leads in the development of new business, growth strategy and capital finance. Arthur’s financial experience includes managing investments at Morgan Stanley, as well UBS Private Bank where he served as Vice President of Investments – the youngest within the region. He has also worked overseas leading in the expansion of a Southeast Asian real estate development company as their Executive Director. During this time, Arthur had been involved in the internet marketing and consulting fields, alongside Kelly, on various projects as a Project and Account Manager. Arthur currently serves as a Principal of a private equity firm centered around the acquisition and development of real estate properties and maintains an agency managing the import of goods into the United States. He holds a Bachelor’s in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Riverside. Arthur’s experience as a promoter of business development will serve as the cornerstone for the allocation of resources and investment in regards to the future expansion of the company.
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About Iinuma.io, ISBX: ISBX is a digital agency providing creative, technology, marketing, and app development services to Fortune 500 companies.
Eric Wise
President & Co-Founder of ISBX
Eric is the President and founder of ISBX, Inc. (ISBX). ISBX is one of the top mobile technology developers in the US. ISBX’s, customers include Apple, Sony, Honda, Anhueser Busch, Coca-Cola and many other corporations. ISBX has been listed on Inc’s 5000 fastest growing companies for the past three years. Eric is primarily responsible for leading the product development team across the Website, iOS/Android applications, and Backend.
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About ISBX, Picturizr: ISBX is a digital agency providing creative, technology, marketing, and app development services to Fortune 500 companies.
Kellen Giuda
Founder, President & CEO of American Military News
Kellen Giuda is a business executive and the Founder and CEO of American Military News, one of the largest online military news platforms in the world reaching millions of readers every month. AMN’s mission is to inform the general public on the American military, global affairs and culture. Since its founding in 2015, AMN has engaged 54 million readers, and has become the highest, most-rated military news app on Apple and Google’s app stores. As CEO and Founder of KellenProjects, an operations consulting firm, Giuda has served political and private-sector clients since 2010, including serving as National Coalitions Director for former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign and from 2010-2011, serving as Director of a national public policy campaign consisting of 180 organizations representing seven million people and support from more than 150 legislators. Giuda is a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), the Online News Association (ONA) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Previously, Giuda was an architectural project manager in lower Manhattan, New York City at TRA Studio. As project manager, he helped execute the design and construction of multiple buildings in lower Manhattan. Giuda was also a member of TRA’s design team that placed as a finalist in the Redesigning Grand Army Plaza International Urban Design Competition in New York City. Kellen graduated from the University of Miami School of Architecture with a Bachelor of Architecture.
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About American Military News: American Military News is a military and foreign affairs news outlet.
Jon Coley
Senior Vice President, Sales & Success of Device Magic
Jon Coley serves as a Senior Vice President, Sales at Device Magic.
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About Device Magic: Device Magic replaces paper forms and processes for organizations across the world.
David Etherington
President of Connected Signals, Inc.
David Etherington is President of Connected Signals, Inc., which he co-founded in 2010. Connected Signals gets real-time traffic-signal state information from cities, adds geo-spatial, timing plan, and phase map information, and develops sophisticated predictive models. The resulting data is made available for a variety of applications aimed at making driving safer, more fuel efficient, and less stressful. After receiving his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of British Columbia in 1986, David became a Member of Technical Staff in the Artificial Intelligence Principles Research Department of AT&T Bell Labs, in Murray Hill, NJ. In 1994, he left Bell Labs to co-found the University of Oregon’s Computational Intelligence Research Laboratory (CIRL), which he directed for many years. In 1998, he became president and co-founder of On Time Systems, Inc. (OTS). OTS specializes in optimized solutions to routing and scheduling problems, including developing and maintaining the aircraft routing software that routes most of the USAF’s cargo missions, which saves the Air Force approximately 20M gal. of jet fuel annually.
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About Connected Signals, Inc.: Connected Signals is an innovative startup in the connected car space that delivers real-time, predictive traffic signal data.
Nathaniel McNamara
President & Founder of Studio
Nathaniel focuses on investments in information technology and is involved in all stages of the investment process.
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About FounderDating, Studio: Studio makes audio based group running classes available live and on-demand to anyone with access to a treadmill.
Paul Mathews
Founder & President of PLAYSTUDIOS
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About PLAYSTUDIOS: PLAYSTUDIOS is the developer and operator of award-winning free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms.
Brian Zanghi
President & Chief Executive Officer of Masabi
Brian is Masabi’s Chief Executive Officer and President. Brian is focused on accelerating the company’s growth globally, and scaling the team to serve the evolving mobile ticketing market. He is a software industry veteran who brings 20 years of experience in building software-as-a-service businesses to address the global market. Prior to joining Masabi, Brian was CEO of Awareness, Inc, a provider of social marketing software. Before that he also served as CEO of Kadient and held ‘C’-level positions at a variety of software companies such as SPSS, NetGenesis and eRoom.
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About Masabi: Masabi is the global leader in transport mobile ticketing and payments.
James Hereford
President and CEO, Fairview Health Services of Luma Health
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About : Luma Health solves the central challenge in healthcare — getting a patient in front of the right healthcare provider quickly.
Scott Abel
Founder, President & CEO of Umuse
Scott Abel is the co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. In January 2006, Scott Abel co-founded Spiceworks, the world’s network for IT. More than 4.0 million IT professionals use Spiceworks to connect with peers, research the latest products and services and connect with over 2,700 technology companies. Scott Abel is a serial entrepreneur with more than 30 years in the technology industry, including seven years working for Steve Jobs. He co-founded Motive, which achieved numerous company milestones, including generating over $100M per year in revenue, navigating a successful an IPO in 2004, and inking customer deals with 40 of the world’s top broadband providers. Before joining Motive, Scott was vice president of Worldwide Professional Services for NeXT Software (acquired by Apple), where he built NeXT’s consulting organization from the ground up. He grew the organization into a $14 million business in just over two years. Previously, Scott held various business and software development positions at Apollo Computer, Motorola, Tracor and Applied Research Labs. He is an InformationWeek Magazine “Top 15 Innovator and Influencer” and holds a BS degree in Physics from the University of Texas, Austin.
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About Umuse: Umuse is a stealth mode startup that try to bring order to the chaos that has become workplace communication.
Shama Zehra
Co-Founder, President of Jetzy
Shama Zehra is the Co-founder & Chairperson of SZ Global, the holding company of JETZY which is the world’s first social platform to connect and reward people with passion for travel, adventure and unique lifestyle experiences. Jetzy has a reach of more than 6 million people monthly across platform. And Jetzy app has been used in 170 countries, 4000 cities. On Jetzy app users can connect with other people by their location and interests, and get authentic recommendations, find travel & activity partners or simply make new friends all over the world. In addition users can get JetPoints for exciting rewards by simply referring friends to Jetzy, posting recommendations and communicating on the app. Shama is a serial entrepreneur and has built several successful businesses in technology, financial services and fashion space. Shama began her career as one of the youngest female entrepreneurs in Pakistan when she started a women apparel firm with her mother and sister right after high school. Within a few years, Shama had opened a small factory and three sales channels (1. retail store, 2. sales via department stores, 3. exports), and successfully sold the business at age 20. Shama’s passion for travel and technology led her to brand the first frequent flyer credit card in Pakistan, spearhead mobile and interactive voice responder (IVR) applications in early 2000’s in South Asia (pre-US market adoption) and take pilot training aspiring to become the second female pilot in Pakistan. An alum of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Shama’s entrepreneurial vision and success has been featured in Forbes, Crains, Huffington Post, Nasdaq Entrepreneurs. Michigan University’s Dividend Magazine, Columbia University’s Core Magazine, Wework’s Creator Magazine, and several other publications. Shama holds two MBA degrees: one in Finance & Strategy from Michigan Ross School, and second in International Business from IBA, Karachi (the oldest business school outside North America to award an MBA degree formed in affiliation with Wharton, University of Pennsylvania). Shama lives in Gramercy in New York City and enjoys travel, ski, yoga and spending time with her family (esp her niece and nephews).
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About Jetzy: Jetzy is the world’s first social platform to connect and reward people with passion for travel, adventure and unique lifestyle experiences
Jon J. Bowsher
President of TIBA North America of TIBA Parking Systems
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About TIBA Parking Systems: TIBA’s advanced Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems improve efficiency & profitability for Off-Street Parking owners and Operators.
Trevor Wood
Senior Vice President of OpenMarkets
Trevor Wood joined OpenMarkets in April 2012 following eight years in the medical device business unit of Hospira, Inc with a focus on business development and strategic contracting. At OpenMarkets, Trevor serves as our primary liaison to the equipment supplier community, working with key stakeholders to create MarketBuys benefiting both buyers and sellers. His diverse strengths and experiences also allow him to manage our sales team and select strategic clients, including Baptist Health, Capstone Health Alliance, Christiana Care and the Southern Atlantic Health Alliance. Trevor has a degree from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
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About OpenMarkets, OpenMarkets: OpenMarkets is a SAAS + services company helping healthcare providers save money on capital equipment.
Tom Derrick
Senior Vice President of OpenMarkets
Tom leads a range of core functions for OpenMarkets, including technology and marketing. Prior to OpenMarkets, Tom served as a senior communications director for a rapidly growing medical device manufacturer, and as a DC-based public relations director conducting advocacy for the orthotic and prosthetic community. Tom is a co-founder of OpenMarkets. He has degrees from Wake Forest and DePaul Universities.
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About OpenMarkets: OpenMarkets is a SAAS + services company helping healthcare providers save money on capital equipment.
Alex Wu
Vice President, Marketing and Partnerships of HomeCourt
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About HomeCourt: HomeCourt is an interactive basketball app that acts as a personal skills trainer for basketball players.
TK Herman
Co-Founder CEO & President of Aptera Software
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About Aptera Software, SkyZone: Aptera is a Custom Software Development partner specializing in creating Mobile Apps, Web Apps and Websites for enterprise-level companies.
Erik Bjontegard
Founder & President of Total Communicator Solutions
Erik Bjontegard serves as the President and Director of Total Communicator Solutions, Inc.
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About Total Communicator Solutions, Total Communicator Solutions, Total Communicator Solutions: Total Communicator Solutions provides a platform that enables marketers to send targeted offers and messages to customers.
Geoff Greve
Senior Vice President of OEM & IOT Division of Total Communicator Solutions
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About Total Communicator Solutions, Total Communicator Solutions: Total Communicator Solutions provides a platform that enables marketers to send targeted offers and messages to customers.
Gregory Hummer
Co-Founder, President, and CEO of PBM
Dr. Hummer, President and CEO of PBM, founded the company in 1998 in response to the changing needs of the WCOMP marketplace. PBM launched its Internet-based workers’ compensation cost containment software solution, Claims Advantage™, in October 1998 and has since been offering innovative online solutions to the nation’s largest insurance companies, third party administrators, bill review companies and employers.
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About PBM: PBM is a web-based application developer that serves online applications for insurance companies.
