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This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Consumer Electronics 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.
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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.
John Godfrey
Vice President of Public Policy of Samsung Electronics
John Godfrey is Vice President of Public Policy for Samsung Electronics America, a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea. Based in Washington, D.C., he represents Samsung in external relations with government and industry, focusing on communications policy and technical regulations related to digital television, wireless spectrum, health care, environment, broadband, accessibility, and other areas. An active participant in the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Godfrey is a member of the CEA Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Video Division Board, and the Government Affairs Council, among other groups. He is also a current member and past chairman of the Board of Directors of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, the standards developing organization for digital television broadcasting. Prior to joining Samsung in 2006, Godfrey was vice president of government affairs for Pioneer North America; and previously, he was director of government affairs for Sony Electronics, also in Washington. Earlier, he was with the Information Technology Industry Council, a trade association of leading information technology companies; the National Research Council, the policy research arm of the National Academies of Science and Engineering; and SRI International. Godfrey has a Master of Arts degree in Telecommunications from George Washington University, a Master of Arts degree in East Asian Studies from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
David Eun
Chief Innovation Officer & President of Samsung Electronics
As President of AOL Media and Studios, David Eun oversees AOL’s network of content sites, as well as the SEED.com publishing platform, the StudioNow video platform and AOL’s New York City and Los Angeles studios. In this role, Eun is responsible for AOL’s efforts to build one of the strongest large-scale journalistic organizations while becoming the leading publisher of high-quality content and journalism in the world. Eun joined AOL from Google, where he was responsible for global business development efforts in video, print and local content businesses. In this capacity, he directed sales, business development and management of accounts spanning ad serving technologies, advertising inventory monetization and content partnerships. He most recently oversaw all content acquisition, distribution and business development deals with leading media and technology companies working with YouTube. Prior to joining Google in 2006, Eun helped to oversee AOL while working at Time Warner as Vice President, Operations for the Media & Communications Group. In this role, he helped provide operational oversight and develop new businesses, particularly in digital distribution and broadband content and services, for AOL, Time Warner Cable and Time, Inc. divisions. Before joining Time Warner, he was a partner at Arts Alliance, a venture capital firm focused on digital media, information technology and business services, and co-managed the U.S. office. Eun started his career in media at NBC, where he led some of NBC’s first cross-media initiatives involving television programming, the Internet and retail consumer products. He also worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co. Eun graduated magna cum laude with a major in government from Harvard College
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About Emmy’s Foundation, Samsung Electronics, Samsung NEXT: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jaeyeon Jung
Corporate Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Jaeyeon Jung is a vice president for service R&D at Mobile Communications Business in Samsung Electronics. Prior to joining Samsung, she was a principal security architect at Microsoft Research (2011-2016) and a research scientist at Intel Labs Seattle (2007-2011) after a brief stint as a software architect at Mazu networks (2006-2007). She obtained her PhD from MIT in 2006. Currently, she leads various cloud service engineering efforts in Samsung including the IoT backend service.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Alan Robles
Vice President Retail Design & Development of Samsung Electronics
Over 24 years exploring the relationship between users and their surroundings, Alan’s been creating experience environments for clients and projects of every scale around the world. In his role at Gensler he explores the opportunities found at the fringes of the design practice, searching for the edges of the play space of each design opportunity. As Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and digital media have become a more significant part of the engagement and development of “place”, he’s focused his work on exploring the interplay between content and context. Developing the tools for creating stories in places with special attention to the value those stories help communicate within the experience environment.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Stefan Heuser
Vice President, Operations and Innovation – Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) of Samsung Electronics
CEO at Siemens Technology-to-Business
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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.
Drew Blackard
Vice President, Mobile Product Management 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.
Jack Ahn
Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Samsung DeX is another notable accomplishment of the dedicated technical minds at Samsung. They’ve tirelessly pursued creating new possibilities for technologies to help users break preconceived notions of what they can and cannot do or how they are “supposed” to use their devices. Jack truly appreciates being part of Samsung DeX. Prior to joining Samsung, Jack focused on delivering mobile and mobility solutions to enterprise customers. At Samsung, Jack is responsible for Knox and Knox related services along with Samsung DeX, Email, Samsung Focus, and Smart Key services. Jack enjoys problem solving with engineers from all walks of life.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Steven Fuld
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Sony
teven Fuld has been SVP and Managing Director, Sony Card Marketing & Services Company at Sony Corporation of America since June 2009. Mr. Fuld oversees all aspects of the Sony Rewards as well as the Sony and PlayStation credit card programs. Sony Rewards collaborates with and provides capabilities and expertise to other parts of Sony to assist them in increasing customer loyalty and brand preference, and driving incremental sales. During Mr. Fuld’s tenure, Sony has introduced a significantly improved credit card program utilizing Capital One and Visa, closer collaboration with Sony’s US business units and enhanced marketing capabilities, and a merchant-funded rewards program. Prior to joining Sony, Mr. Fuld served as Managing Director and Executive Vice President at The Kessler Group, a privately owned financial services firm based in Boston specializing in partnership development, credit card marketing and portfolio acquisitions, for 10 years. During that time, he was instrumental in launching and managing three separate and diverse businesses for the company, including its credit card portfolio acquisition unit, its insurance practice and, most recently, its capital business.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Shiro Kambe
Executive Vice President of Sony
Sachi Kambe is the Senior VP at Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Kazushi Ambe
Senior Vice President of Sony
Kazushi Ambe is the Senior Vice President at Sony Corporation.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Steve Rizzone
Chairman, President & CEO of Energous Corporation
Stephen R. Rizzone serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Energous Corporation.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Neeraj Sahejpal
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Energous Corporation
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Derek Hanson
Vice President Solutions Architecture and Alliances of Yubico
Derek Hanson is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Standards for Yubico. Derek and his team are tasked with assisting organizations and standards bodies everywhere to develop and deploy authentication solutions utilizing the YubiKey.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Praveen Vishakantaiah
Senior Vice President and CTO, Infrastructure Solutions Group 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.
Jeff Clarke
President of Dell
Jeff Clarke serves as vice chairman, Operations and president, Client Solutions, for Dell. In this role, he is responsible for global manufacturing, procurement and supply chain activities worldwide, as well as the engineering, design and development of computer desktops, notebooks and workstations for customers ranging from consumers and small and medium businesses to large corporate enterprises. In addition, Jeff leads customer support, sales operations, commerce services functions, and IT planning and governance globally for Dell. Jeff joined Dell in 1987 as a quality engineer, and has served in a variety of engineering and management roles. He moved into product development in 1989 and was promoted to director of desktop development in 1995. In 1997, Jeff was responsible for launching the Dell Precision Workstation product line. Subsequently, Jeff was vice president and general manager, Relationship Product Group, including the OptiPlex, Latitude and Precision lines of business. Under his leadership, all three businesses achieved No. 1 worldwide share positions. Prior to joining Dell, Jeff was a reliability and product engineer at Motorola, Inc.Jeff serves on the College of Engineering Advisory Council for his alma mater, the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1986.
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About Dell, Dell Technologies: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Karen Quintos
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Dell
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Brett Hansen
Vice President Client Software and General Manger Data Security of Dell
Brett is responsible for developing Dell Technologies solutions that enable customers to simplify and streamline their client lifecycle, secure their endpoints, and ultimately provide users with a more productive and modernized workspace environment. Brett joined Dell after 12 years with IBM Software Group. In his last position, he served as Director, IBM Tivoli Demand Systems Marketing where he held global responsibility for generating and managing the Tivoli pipeline.
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About Cigent Technology, Dell, Semarchy: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
John Scimone
Sr. Vice President, Chief Security Officer of Dell
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About Dell, Executive Women’s Forum: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Liam Quinn
Sr. Vice President, Sr. Fellow 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.
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.
Liz Matthews
Senior Vice President Global Brand and Creative of Dell
Liz Matthews is the SVP of Global Brand and Creative & Executive Director – Consumer Marketing for Dell. Liz is responsible for building and running the new Dell Technologies brand and its family of brands. Additionally, Liz is responsible for driving Dell’s brand and purpose globally through advertising, messaging, digital, social, creative, corporate narrative, voice and visual identity, while at the same time, igniting Dell’s purpose internally. She has a plethora of technology marketing background from both large global brands and brazen start-ups including Sun Microsystems where she was fully integrated in the brand, product, and in house communications and ran end-to-end, integrated marketing for the software division. Liz sits on the Board of Directors for the Ad Council and is a LifeWorks Legacy Circle member, a non-profit dedicated to empowering homeless youth to self-sufficiency. Liz holds a B.A. in communications from California Polytechnic State University.
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About Dell, Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
John Moody
Vice President – Global Client Support & Deployment Services of Dell
John Moody serves as vice president of global client support and deployment services 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.
Brian Payne
Vice President, Product Management for Dell Technologies Cloud 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.
Aaron Chaisson
Vice President Dell Technologies Messaging of Dell
Aaron and his team are responsible for creating and socializing Dell EMC’s strategy and thought leadership messaging within the rapidly evolving IT landscape. Aaron has held a variety of roles in EMC and Dell Technologies over the past 20 years including Training & Education, Pre-Sales and marketing. Aaron was a founding member of the EMC vSpecialists program focusing on virtualization and cloud technologies and most recently he built the Dell Technologies Portfolio Messaging organization.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Tab Ratan
Vice President, Business Development & Head of Marketplace of Hollar
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
John Taylor
Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications of LG Electronics
John I. Taylor is Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications for LG Electronics USA, Inc. Active in ATSC activities for decades, Taylor currently serves as ATSC Communications Chairman in addition to his role as a member of the ATSC Board of Directors. He represents LG Electronics on the Video Division Board of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). He is Chairman of the CEA Communications Committee and co-Chair of the CEA 4K Ultra HD Working Group, and he serves on the CEA Foundation Board of Trustees. Taylor also is a member of the boards of directors of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, The Media Institute and the Library of American Broadcasting. His industry experience included serving as Chairman of the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance public affairs group, past Chairman of the CEA Video Division and former Chairman of the CEA HDTV Promotion Committee.He co-founded the Digital TV Transition Coalition and Plasma Display Coalition and previously served on the boards of the ATSC Forum and the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Active in digital television since 1988, Taylor is a charter member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers, and recipient of its highest honor, the Industry Leadership Award. Among other industry honors, Taylor received the 2014 AHAM Distinguished Service Award and was inducted into the Dealerscope Hall of Fame in 2015, largely for his work related to digital television.Since 2000, he has served as LG’s senior U.S. industry relations and government affairs executive. Taylor represents the company before the U.S. government and in industry organizations. He also is chief media spokesman and public relations strategist for LG Electronics in the United States. Taylor joined Zenith in 1981 and was named the company’s senior public affairs executive in 1987 and a corporate officer in 1993. (Zenith merged with LG Electronics in 1999.)A former newspaper reporter, he earned an M.S. degree from the Medill Graduate School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and a B.A. from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Samuel Chang
SVP LG electronics US / Corporate Vice President LG HQ of LG Electronics
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Henry Chung
Vice President and Corporate Venture Capital of LG Electronics
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Ralph Santana
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Harman International Industries
Ralph Santana is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Ralph has responsibility for 197 employees across four business units and drives all aspects of HARMAN’s worldwide marketing strategy. This includes brand stewardship, artist relations, event sponsorship, market research and product innovation for all HARMAN product and technology brands including AKG®, harman/kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®. Under Ralph’s leadership, HARMAN has built the most powerful audio brand portfolio in the industry, achieving an increase in HARMAN’s car audio backlog to $7.5 billion and reaching an unprecedented 41 percent share of car audio around the world. HARMAN has also won more than 200 design and innovation awards over the last several years and ranked number one in portable audio in Europe. Notably, e-commerce under Ralph’s leadership has grown by eight times since the start of his tenure, and driven HARMAN’s flagship brands to their highest levels of awareness, search and equity. Ralph reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. Ralph received his bachelor’s in English literature from Dartmouth College, and his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
John Stacey
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer of Harman International Industries
John Stacey is executive vice president and chief human resources officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. John is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function globally, including people continuity and development, target setting, employee relations, compensation, benefit management and recruitment. He reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. Previously, John served in various senior human resources positions with global alcoholic beverage company Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) from 1990 to 2008. Prior to joining HARMAN, his most recent position was vice president of People for InBev North America. John also held the role of vice president of People for InBev Eastern Europe. John started his career with Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. as manager of Human Resources and served as regional director Human Resources for Labatt, Atlantic Canada. In June of 2000, John relocated to the United States to assume the role of vice president of Human Resources for Labatt USA. John earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. John is also a member of the CHRO Roundtable, an exclusive group made up of senior human resources professionals throughout the U.S.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Darrin Shewchuk
Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications of Harman International Industries
Darrin Shewchuk is Head of Connected Car Communications at HARMAN. In this role, he leads the global communications strategies for the $3B business unit. Darrin Shewchuk holds overall responsibility for developing and directing the execution of strategies, policies and programs to strengthen Harman’s stakeholder awareness on connected car initiatives. Specific responsibilities include media relations, executive thought leadership, government relations and issues management. Prior to his current role, Darrin Shewchuk was the Director of Media and Analyst Relations at Harman’s software subsidiary, QNX Software Systems. In this role, he was responsible for implementing corporate strategies to manage the company’s image with global stakeholders, including customers, investors, staff, and the general public. Specific responsibilities included public affairs and media relations, Internet strategies, brand management and corporate positioning, and speakers programs. In addition to his tenure at Harman, Darrin Shewchuk brings an additional thirteen years of professional experience in progressively senior communications management roles. He was employed for six years by Telesat, a broadcast satellite services company and later with Stentor, a Canadian telecommunications company. He began his career with PBS at the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour in New York. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Canada and the Executive Program in Leadership from the Yale School of Management.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Sandy Rowland
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Harman International Industries
Sandy Rowland is executive vice president and chief financial officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sandy is responsible for all aspects of the Finance function and serves as the principal contact to outside auditors, KPMG LLP. Sandy reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. With more than 20 years of experience in financial management, Sandy joined HARMAN in October 2012 to lead investor relations. In 2013, she added corporate development to her responsibilities, which included strategy and mergers and acquisitions. On January 1, 2015, she became CFO. Prior to joining HARMAN, Sandy was a vice president in the Corporate Finance group at Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE:KODK). Also at Kodak, Sandy held assignments of increasing responsibility including controller of the consumer segment, director of corporate financial planning and analysis, assistant treasurer, director of investor relations and chief financial officer of the commercial segment. Sandy was also a manager in the Audit and Business Advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where she worked primarily with technology companies. Sandy received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business from Lafayette College. She also holds an MBA from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Rick Loughery
Vice President Global Product Communications of GoPro
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About GoPro, GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Michael Shabun
Vice President, Business Development & Marketing of Insta360
Michael Shabun is Marketing Director of Insta360 and leads North American marketing strategy, partnership and communication efforts. Michael joined the team from DJI where he was instrumental in moving the company into the public spotlight through a series of strategic alliances within emerging consumer and industrial verticals. Prior to his work at DJI, Michael held business development positions at various global marketing agencies where he helped large scale technology manufacturers expand their North American partner portfolios. Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Insta360: Insta360 is a professional intelligent technology company that offers cameras that empowers people to freely share experiences.
George Palikaras
Founder, President/CEO of Metamaterial Inc.
Founder at Metamaterial Technologies
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About Metamaterial Inc.: Mastering Light using Smart Materials & Photonics. Changing the way we use, interact and benefit from Light.
Shailaja Shankar
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Core, EPP, EDR & Data Center Security of McAfee
Shailaja K. Shankar is the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Core, EPP, EDR & Data Center Security at 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.
Steve Grobman
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of McAfee
Steve Grobman is the Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at 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.
Vincent Weafer
Vice President of Engineering, McAfee Labs of McAfee
Vincent Weafer is the Senior Vice President & Cyber Engineering at Capital One.
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About Capital One, McAfee, TriagingX: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Eddie Trujillo
Vice President of Operations of uBreakiFix
Eddie Trujillo is the co-founder and vice president of operations for the international electronics franchise uBreakiFix
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About uBreakiFix, uBreakiFix, uBreakiFix: uBreakiFix is an international electronics repair franchise that operates in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Alison Dean
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of iRobot
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Tim Saeger
Executive Vice President, Engineering of iRobot
Tim Saeger has served as executive vice president of engineering since March 2017. Mr. Saeger previously served as senior vice president of engineering from August 2015 until March 2017. Prior to iRobot, Mr. Saeger served in multiple roles at Bose Corporation from 2005 – 2015, including Vice President of Home Entertainment, and Vice President of Product Development. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saeger also served at Thomson, Inc., and General Dynamics, in a variety of engineering and engineering management positions. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University, and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Mr. Saeger also has been awarded 24 U.S. patents.
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About iRobot, iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Russell J. Campanello
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of iRobot
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Seagate Technology
Patrick O’Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company’s activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O’Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance – Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O’Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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About Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
B.S. Teh
Senior Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations of Seagate Technology
B.S. Teh is senior vice president of global sales and sales operations. He is responsible for Seagate’s worldwide sales and field marketing, with a focus on driving scale and breadth in customer and market coverage. Teh joined Seagate in 1989 as a field customer engineer. He has served in a variety of leadership roles with the company across multiple functions in California, Singapore and Shanghai, including sales, marketing, business operations and field technical support. Most recently, he was senior vice president of Asia-Pacific sales and marketing, based in Singapore. Teh holds an MBA from the University of South Australia and an EE degree from the National University of Singapore.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
John Grieci
Senior Vice President of Customer Advocacy of Seagate Technology
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Jason Feist
Vice President of Engineering of Seagate Technology
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Joy Nyberg
Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Internal Communications of Seagate Technology
Joy Nyberg is responsible for leading Seagate’s global human resources efforts, including: compensation and benefits, leadership and learning, staffing and on-boarding, HR central transaction centers, HR compliance, internal communications and community engagement. Prior to joining Seagate in 2007, Nyberg was vice president of Compensation and Benefits at Maxtor Corporation. She has also held senior HR positions at KLA-Tencor and ESL/TRW. Nyberg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Susan Lyman
Vice President, Global Consumer Marketing of Garmin
Director of Marketing – responsible for global marketing of consumer marine, automotive, outdoor, fitness and wellness markets. Susan works with Garmin associates around the world. She joined Garmin in 1997 after 10 years in engineering and technical sales, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas.
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About Garmin: Garmin manufactures marine, aviation, and consumer technologies suitable to run on global positioning systems.
Gaurav Hardikar
Vice President of Product of Brilliant
Product Management Leader with experience at multiple stages of company growth – early stage (Brilliant), mid-size (Shopkick), large (Trulia, Zillow Group). Values full-stack product management – taking the product from strategic planning all the way to the actual Go-To-Market, through effective collaboration and emotional intelligence when working with teams. Having worked across a variety of different software and hardware products, he has significant experience in product analytics, UX design and research, and team management. Gaurav is always looking for a challenge and finding solutions to problems that have a tangible impact on people’s daily lives.
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About Brilliant: We make the Brilliant Control, a smart home control system that replaces an existing light switch.
Nicole Zheng
Founder and President of Minim
Nicole Zheng is the Co- founder and CMO of Minim (OTCQB: MINM), the creator of innovative internet access products under the globally-recognized Motorola brand. While at Minim, she has been recognized by Entrepreneur as a Top Female Founder in the United States (2020). Prior to Minim, Nicole held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at cloud software companies Antidote Technologies and OnSIP (ACQ: Intrado). She has served as a board member of Alliance of Channel Women, a nonprofit on a mission to advance careers for women in the communications technology sector through education, community, and advocacy. Nicole holds a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering and B.S. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as business certifications from The Wharton School. She currently resides in Southampton, NY.
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About Minim, Zoom Telephonics (now Minim): Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
Ilan Abehassera
Co-Founder, President & COO of Willo
Ilan Abehassera is the Co-Founder, President & COO at Willo.
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About Diaspora Ventures, Oui Are New York, Willo: Willo develops technology in oral health that automatically empowers everyone to achieve the best at-home clean possible.
Marc Greenspoon
President of Muzik
Prior to joining Muzik in 2013, Marc Greenspoon was a Partner and a Director at Kingstree Trading LLC, a next generation proprietary trading firm located primarily in Chicago, Illinois. Kingstree was one of the earliest and most successful pioneer firms in electronic futures trading. Besides trading one of the largest proprietary equity books at the firm, Mr. Greenspoon’s responsibilities included developing proprietary strategies and software trading tools, and creating risk management protocols. His obsessive and passionate approach to life, coupled with a conservative eye and “gut” to trading was highlighted often as an example of why the merger between the Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) was important, and why centralized liquidity was good for the industry. His trading skills and acumen have been compared to professional sports athletes who all measure success with a scoreboard after hours studying data, film, and trends. His performance has been chronicled in several publications, including the book, Enhancing Trader Performance (2006) by Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. During his tenure at Kingstree, Marc Greenspoon was one of the most successful equity traders on the CME’s electronic platform responsible for trading 2-3% of the daily volume, a notional amount in excess of several billion dollars. Mr. Greenspoon, Muzik’s President has been an integral part of the Muzik executive team since joining the Company in 2013. Marc has been leading Muzik’s legal, accounting, financing, and Human Resources teams with a focus on compliance, security, investor relations, and increased shareholder value. Marc, along with Muzik Founder & CEO Jason Hardi, successfully led and raised over $80M dollars in a Series B funding round which included some of the top strategics, tech moguls, artists, athletes, and family offices in the world. In 1998, Mr. Greenspoon graduated with honors from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Textile Technology.
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About Muzik: Creators of The Worlds First Smart headphones designed to connect artists, fans, and brands like never before.
Jong-Wook Shin
Founder, President and CEO of iiRcade
Results-driven, customer and consumer-focused executive with vision, dedication and drive to succeed. Visionary leader with strong entrepreneurship and innovation experiences as a founding CEO of an award-winning startup and vice president of innovations at LG Electronics. Winner of 2018 CES Innovation Award and Startup of the Year finalist recognitions at CES, IFA, Smart Kitchen Summit, Startup Conference. Recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious ‘Outstanding Top 45 Asian American in Business’ award in 2010 and Sony Mobile Presidential Award in 2011. 22+ years of experiences in the consumer electronics and mobile industry, leading organizations and creating innovative products with amazing experiences at Motorola, Sony Mobile, Intel, LG and HOPii. 16+ years of experiences in product management, product planning, product strategy, portfolio management, business strategies and business management. 18+ years of team management experiences and 8+ years of executive leadership experiences. 12+ years of strong experiences in disruptive innovations and entrepreneurship with startup experiences, new experience products and disruptive innovations creation accomplishments. Comprehensive knowledge and experiences in managing products from concept to launch and beyond. Strong business and technical skills. A dynamic self-starter with proven ability to resolve complex challenges in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Extensive experiences in customer and vendor management, and managing projects in both matrix organizations and startup environment. Excellent leadership skills from various executive leadership experiences. Kellogg MBA. Excellent people skills and highly persuasive negotiator. Strong communication and presentation skills. Great team player who is very dependable, very hard working and always makes a difference. Committed to professional excellence and success.
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About iiRcade: Bringing Arcade Gaming to the 21st Century
Celina Mikolajczak
Vice President, Battery Technology, Panasonic Energy of North America of Panasonic
Celina Mikolajczak is the vice president of battery technology for Panasonic Energy of North America. In this role, Celina leads a team of more than 200 passionate engineers, analysts and other technical staff who work to continuously improve lithium-ion cell manufacturing and to bring the latest cell technologies to mass production for Tesla Motors, Inc. at the Gigafactory facility in Sparks, Nevada. Prior to joining Panasonic in 2019, she served as director of engineering focused on battery development for rideshare vehicles at Uber Technologies. There, she worked to develop battery packs for bicycles, scooters and aircraft. Before that, Celina worked at Tesla Motors as the senior manager for cell quality and materials engineering, helping to develop the battery cells and packs for Tesla’s Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Roadster Refresh. From 1999 to 2012 Celina developed a technical consulting practice at Exponent focusing on lithium-ion cell and battery safety and quality. She helped develop many safety and quality concepts that were initially applicable to consumer electronics battery packs but are now standard considerations for electric vehicle battery packs. Celina continues to be an active participant in development of fire codes and standards related to EVs, ESS, and battery production facilities. With more than 20 years of experience, Celina is a recognized leader in the lithium-ion industry. Her technological expertise, engineering background and leadership skills have been instrumental in ushering in milestones in battery technology production and efficiency. Celina is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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About Panasonic, Panasonic, Uber: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Darren Hudgins
Vice President, Software Engineering of Breathometer
Darren Hudgins is the Vice President, Research & Development of Hillrom.
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About Breathometer, Hill-Rom: Breathometer develops a breath analysis technology that helps people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Peter Su
Vice President and Chief IP Officer of Moley Robotics
Peter Su is patent strategy and legal director . He is also a partner at Dentons US LLP. Peter is an IP strategist. He advised numerous Silicon Valley companies.
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About FIBREE, Moley Robotics: Moley Robotics develops robotic kitchen with oven, hob, sink, and two dexterous robotic arms that allow it to cook.
Catherine Lesjak
Executive Vice President & CFO of HP
Catherine Lesjak has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hewlett Packard Company (“HP”) since January 1, 2007 and was interim chief executive officer of HP from August 2010 through October 2010. As a 27-year veteran of the company, Lesjak has held a broad range of financial leadership roles across HP. Before being named CFO, she held the position of senior vice president and treasurer, responsible for managing HP’s worldwide cash, debt, foreign exchange, capital structure, risk management and benefits plan administration. Earlier in her career at HP, Lesjak managed financial operations for Enterprise Marketing and Solutions and the Software Global Business Unit. Prior to that, she was group controller for HP’s Software Solutions Organization and managed HP’s global channel credit risk as controller and credit manager for the Commercial Customer Organization. Lesjak earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master of business degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Enrique Lores
President, Imaging & Printing Business of HP
Enrique Lores is the President of HP Inc.’s Imaging & Printing business, an over $20 billion business engineering ink and laser-based solutions that provide a faster, more affordable, exciting way to print, manage, and realize content. Within this business is the Solutions group. With a scalable, software-rich foundation, HP provides end-to-end solutions that tie products, services and software together. Throughout his 26 year tenure with HP, Enrique has held leadership positions across the organization. Most recently leading the Separation Management Office for HP Inc., he executed one of the largest and most complex corporate separations in history. Previously, Enrique was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Business Personal Systems, where he was responsible for the overall business, including defining product, marketing and sales strategies, end-to-end product development, and business execution worldwide. Before his Business Personal Systems role, Enrique was Senior Vice President of Customer Support & Services (CSS), providing industry-leading customer care to more than 150 million HP customers, and helping HP develop, build and provide industry-leading service offerings. Prior to his CSS role, Enrique was Senior Vice President of the Worldwide Customer Services & Sales organization where he defined the sales strategy across multiple sales channels for HP’s Personal Systems business. Enrique also served as Vice President and General Manager of HP’s Large Format Printer business. In this role, he was responsible for leading several mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Scitex, a manufacturer of wide-format industrial printers. He has also held leadership positions internationally, including Vice President and General Manager of HP’s commercial products category for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Enrique holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University in Valencia and an MBA from ESADE in Barcelona. Enrique is based in Palo Alto, California.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Anne Anderson
Vice President, Experience and Change Leadership of HP
Anne is a Senior Director in the worldwide Partner and Foundational Services organization for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. A highly experienced, global customer experience leader, Anne is dedicated to bringing an outside-in perspective into business initiatives. Her proven track record of innovation in internet marketing, eCommerce, lead generation, SEO and digital content is now focused on enabling Hewlett Packard Enterprise partners through high-value online engagements and conversion engines.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Ron Coughlin
President, Personal Systems Business of HP
Ron Coughlin is the President of HP Inc.’s Personal Systems Business. This group focuses on PCs, tablets, accessories and other related services for all customer segments and represents a $35 billion annual revenue business for HP. Ron joined HP in June 2007 as the Senior Vice President of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) Worldwide Strategy and Marketing team. In this role, he was responsible for driving global strategy, marketing and planning across all customer segments and global business units. In 2010, Ron transitioned to lead the LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions global business unit – an organization that spanned consumer to enterprise. In this role, he was responsible for customer offerings that included HP LaserJet printers, supplies, managed print services and enterprise software solutions. Under his leadership, the business gained 4 points of HP share and expanded its Managed Services offering to the channel. Most recently, Ron ran Consumer Personal Systems where he was instrumental in turning the business around by redefining the strategy, re-engineering the cost structure, and re-invigorating innovation including creating the Immersive Computing category. Prior to joining HP, Ron spent 13 years with PepsiCo as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, he led the marketing function for PepsiCo’s International Beverage business with more than $10 billion in system sales – including the Pepsi, 7-up, Tropicana, Gatorade, Aquafina and Sobe brands. Ron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Marketing from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Ron is based in San Diego, California.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Eben Frankenberg
President & CEO of Echodyne
Eben Frankenberg has over 20 years of experience starting and growing technology companies. Prior to founding Echodyne, he spent 9 years at Intellectual Ventures – 4 years creating and overseeing IV’s spin-outs: TerraPower, Kymeta and Evolv Technologies as well as IV’s Lab and Global Good, and 5 years as the COO. Prior to IV, Eben spent 10 years at Onyx Software leading Sales, Marketing, Business Development, and the Americas as Onyx went from basement start-up to IPO in 4 years, and grew from 7 to 800 employees. He started his career as a geophysicist in oil exploration and has an AB from Dartmouth College and a MS in Geophysics from Stanford University.
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About Echodyne: Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies.
John Robinson
President & Chief Executive Officer of Aaron’s
John W. Robinson, III, has been the Chief Executive Officer of Aaron’s, Inc. since November 10, 2014 and has been its President since February 2016. John Robinson served as an Executive Vice President of Aaron’s, Inc. from April 2014 to November 10, 2014. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Leasing Holdings, LLC until November 10, 2014. John Robinson served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Progressive Finance Holdings LLC. He served as President and Manager at TMX Finance LLC from January 2008 to December 2011 and since June 2010 respectively. He has been Director of Aaron’s, Inc. since November 10, 2014.
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About Aaron’s: Aaron’s, Inc. (Aaron’s) is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, computers, residential furniture, household appliances.
David L. Buck
Vice President Western Operations of Aaron’s
David L. Buck is the COO at Aaron’s
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About Aaron’s: Aaron’s, Inc. (Aaron’s) is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, computers, residential furniture, household appliances.
David L. Buck
Vice President Western Operations of Aaron’s
David L. Buck is the COO at Aaron’s
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About Aaron’s: Aaron’s, Inc. (Aaron’s) is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, computers, residential furniture, household appliances.
Jack McDougall
Vice President, Business Development of PogoTec
Dr. McDougall is the founding optometrist and chief executive officer of International Eyecare Center, Inc. with fourteen locations in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. He has extensive business relationships developed from managing a regional eye care chain in the Midwest. He has owned CMS Wholesale Optical Laboratory since 1981.
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About PogoTec: PogoTec is an electronic company creating the smallest and lightest camera attachable to virtually all glasses.
Evelyn Blake Harris
Vice President, Counsel/Legal Officer of PogoTec
Ms. Harris has proven herself in multiple young companies where she has assisted with a wide variety of legal needs. Harris has served in an Investor Relations role for Innotech, Inc in 1994 with the company going public on the NASDAQ and then sold to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Following its exit, Harris took on the role as Director of Legal Affairs for PixelOptics, Inc. from 2005 transitioning into VP of Legal through 2013 as the IP oversight and due diligence management for financings.
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About PogoTec: PogoTec is an electronic company creating the smallest and lightest camera attachable to virtually all glasses.
Jim Barney
Vice President, Development of PogoTec
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About PogoTec: PogoTec is an electronic company creating the smallest and lightest camera attachable to virtually all glasses.
Scott McKie
Vice President – US Sales of Dyson
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About Dyson: Dyson is a global technology company that designs iconic reinventions that work, perform and look very different.
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.
Andrew Alias
Vice President of Sales & Marketing of REPAY
Andrew W. Alias joined the REPAY team in January of 2007 as Implementation Manager and Head of Customer Support. In June of 2008 Security Check Atlanta, a sister company of REPAY, was acquired by Payliance. Andrew Alias was asked to assist Andrew Morris in supporting the sales force for Payliance. After the transition and earn out was complete, Andrew Alias returned to REPAY and was appointed as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing, a position he continues to hold today. Andrew Alias attended the University of Mississippi where he pursued a Bachelors of Science, Family Consumer Sciences degree with an emphasis on Hospitality Management.
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About REPAY: Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) is a full service provider of electronic transaction processing services for retail merchants.
Shaler Alias
President of REPAY
Shaler Alias co‐founded REPAY in 2006 and was appointed President of the company in June, 2008. From 2004‐2006, he served as Director of Sales and Marketing for Capital Recovery Solutions, an accounts receivable management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2006, Shaler Alias and John Morris developed a transaction set known as VISA POS specifically for the payday advance industry. Shaler Alias and Mr. Morris sold this product to over 5,000 subprime lending locations in less than two years. Upon proving the success of this product line, they decided to focus their efforts towards growing and diversifying the REPAY portfolio. In 2008 and 2009 REPAY added four product lines that would allow them to grow vertically in the subprime lending space, as well as sell to standard retail industries. Shaler Alias currently serves as the President of REPAY and manages each Merchant Acquiring portfolio. Shaler Alias has spent his entire professional career in sales and sales management in the debt and transactional processing industry. Shaler Alias attended the University of Mississippi where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management.
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About REPAY: Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) is a full service provider of electronic transaction processing services for retail merchants.
Pam Hendee
Vice President of Sales of REPAY
Pam was vice president of sales for Security Check of Atlanta, LLC, a check verification and collection company located in Oxford, MS. During her twelve years at Security Check, she was responsible for 2,000 merchant locations. Pam Hendee had previously worked in sales and marketing for Peachtree Millwork, Inc.. Pam attended the University of Georgia where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education.
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About REPAY: Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) is a full service provider of electronic transaction processing services for retail merchants.
Steven Peters
President of 2020 Companies
Steve joined 2020 in 2006 with a strong background in product and channel marketing, and immediately began working to bolster the company’s success with many high profile clients across numerous channels. He has extensive experience leading and consulting for some of the world’s largest brands.
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About 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Ross Wissner
Executive Vice President of 2020 Companies
Since joining 2020 in 2008, Ross has lent his unique knowledge of brand strategy, retail field marketing, merchandising, and operations to help generate rapid gains in market share. He draws upon years of sales, operations, and distribution experience with an emphasis in CPG and Beverage Alcohol.
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About 2020 Companies, 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Kathleen Canum
Vice President, Administration of Canon
Senior Corporate Officer with CPA who has extensive expertise in finance, accounting, operations, change management and teambuilding. I have been particularly effective in creating operational efficiencies while increasing morale. My strengths include strategic planning, facilitating change, M&A, and customer service.
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About Canon: Canon is a manufacturer of business and consumer imaging products.
Traci Spero
Vice President, Human Resources of Canon
Traci Spero is currently the Director of HR Strategy & Analytics at Canon, she served as the Director of Talent Strategy and Insights for Macy’s Inc. since September 2012. In this role, Traci drives the national strategy for succession and performance management, organizational development, and analytics for the Merchandising, Planning, and Omnichannel organizations; she provides consulting to Corporate Services, Marketing, Macys.com and Bloomingdale’s.
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About Canon: Canon is a manufacturer of business and consumer imaging products.
Mark E. Jagiela
Chief Executive Officer and President of Teradyne
Mr. Jagiela became CEO of Teradyne in February of 2014. He has been President of Teradyne since January 2013 and the President of the Semiconductor Test Division since 2003. He is also on the Board of Directors. Prior to these roles, he was the worldwide marketing manager of Teradyne’s semiconductor test products from 2001 to 2003. Mark joined Teradyne in 1982 as a design engineer, developing image sensor test systems. From 1989 to 1999 he served as general manager of Teradyne’s Japan Division. He returned to the U.S. in 1999 as the engineering manager for the company’s VLSI Test Division in Agoura Hills, California. Mark holds a BSEE from the University of Michigan. Mr. Jagiela has been a director of Teradyne, Inc. since 2014.
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About Nextest Systems, Teradyne: Teradyne is a supplier of automatic test equipment used to test complex electronics used in consumer electronics.
Sean Chen
President of Ambiq Micro
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Neeraj Bhardwaj
President and Founder of Loto Labs
Neeraj Bhardwaj is the CEO and co-founder of Loto Labs. Loto Labs was created with the simple goal of creating the best vaporizer possible. We formed our company in Redwood City, CA, where all of us met through our love of recreational ice hockey. From there, we discovered that none of us were happy with the vaporizers we used. We soon realized that all four of us had lots of experience in different fields that when put together would create an ideal company to make the best possible product out there. He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and and MBA from Santa Clara University. Neeraj has worked in sales and business development for 10 years in ultrasonics and medical worldwide. Wanting a change in life, he decided to attend Santa Clara University and get on the startup track. After graduate school, he and some of his cohort decided to start a bank to bank instant payment platform. Searching for investment, they latched on to the concept of crowdfunding. After working with his legal team, he worked to change the current crowdfunding laws and pass reforms. During that time he came up with the idea for the Evoke Vaporizer, and started Loto Labs (www.lotolabs.com). He and his team raised over $225,000 crowdfunding via Indiegogo (igg.me/at/evoke). Now Neeraj and his team are working diligently to get their product, the Evoke, up and running. He is married to a marketing manager at Ebay Inc. His parents started and run a high tech manufacturing company in State College, PA where Neeraj was born.
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About Loto Labs: The makers of the world’s first induction vaporizer
Sudesh Arora
Founder, President and CEO of NEO Tech
Entrepreneur, CEO, Philanthropist, Sailor, & Lifelong Learner Sudesh, the second eldest of four siblings, was born in Sheikhupura, India, which would become part of Pakistan when Pakistan was created. He and his family migrated to the Indian side during the violent and tumultuous partition of India and Pakistan. During his early childhood, Sudesh and his family lived in refugee camps and then in a room without running water or electricity. During this time Sudesh suffered from the illnesses of poverty and overcrowding, including smallpox. His family settled in Delhi and over time his father developed a business in the paper industry and eventually found financial success. From an early age, Sudesh enjoyed reading and learning. Despite his mother having received only 6 months of formal education herself, she was an important advocate for her children’s education. All four children achieved at least a bachelors, one obtained a doctorate degree and two others obtained masters degrees. Education Sudesh was one of a select 5% awarded a merit scholarship to Bombay India Institute of Technology (view the 60 Minutes special about IIT). He earned a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT and his Masters Degree (MSEE) from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Sudesh worked for Gulf Research and Development Company, where he was granted design patent and went on to develop a sophisticated sulfur analyzer which won the company the coveted IR-100 Award from Industrial Research magazine as one of the 100 most significant developments of the year. This was Gulf’s first IR-100 award in more than 20 years. In 1968, Sudesh relocated to California where he worked for a short period at the company that would eventually be known as NEO Tech. He saved his money and went to work building his own business much like his father had done. In 1975, Sudesh, along with William Scharf, bought NATEL out of bankruptcy and created a new business. In 1981, Sudesh bought out his partners’ shares to become sole owner. Through his expertise, the company became a leader in design, development and manufacturing of complex, high-end electronic, microelectronic and synchro conversion products. He implemented a sales team to sell NATEL standard products throughout the world. In the late 1980s, the Department of Justice began an investigation after an employee accused NATEL of falsifying test data. After nearly 6 years of scrutiny, the DOJ could not find fault, but by that point millions of dollars of business left NATEL to avoid the negative publicity. In 1993, Sudesh had to enter a guilty plea to end the investigation and start rebuilding his business. His efforts to grow were hampered again in 1994 when a significant earthquake devastated his business. Once again, Sudesh focused on rebuilding and began shipping parts within 3 weeks using temporary facilities. The 1990s were not only notable for struggles. Sudesh led NATEL through several synergistic acquisitions that moved the company into new products and packaging technologies. He also wisely mitigated risks against the wireless boom and bust that afflicted so many other microelectronics companies. In 2000, Sudesh’s leadership led to NATEL being awarded the Raytheon Microelectronics Outsource contracts. He pivoted NATEL away from standard products and towards contract manufacturing. In 2003, based on the success of the 2000 divestiture, Raytheon nominated NATEL and Sudesh for the US Small Business Administration’s Regional Subcontractor of the Year Award. In 2007, Sudesh spearheaded the acquisition of Raytheon divested equipment and related assets associated with the manufacturing of certain microwave integrated circuits (MICs) from the Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) unit of Raytheon Company (located in El Segundo, California). The MICs are used in SAS Tactical Radar and Electronic Warfare products. Concurrent with the acquisition, NATEL and Raytheon entered into a long term exclusive supplier agreement for the MICs as well as a preferred supplier agreement for related MICs. The agreement is a positive development for both parties, with SAS divesting a non-core product and NATEL strengthening its position as a RF/Microwave manufacturer. In October 2013, when most people in their late 60s would consider retiring, Sudesh decided to roll the dice and buy a company nearly three times larger than NATEL. The acquisition placed NATEL among Tier 2 EMS providers and complemented the existing microelectronics business. Sudesh has been enjoying the integration process and pushing the business to new levels. Many innovative capabilities have been added to NATEL’s product line during Sudesh’s tenure, and comprehensive management controls have been implemented. The success of these changes has been illustrated by the company’s continuous, profitable growth and recognition as a formidable, world-class microelectronics manufacturing company. The company is now known as NEO Tech. —- Charitable Work & Personal Life Sudesh serves on the National Board of Directors of Pratham USA, the largest educational NGO in India, with a goal of ensuring that every child in India receives a quality education. He first became involved with the organization in 2005, and has been an active in shaping their growth and vision. As a part of his involvement, he has donated heavily to the construction of schools, including DIL Kaisera School for Girls in Mandianwala, Pakistan, which is named after his mother, as well as the Pratham Arora Center for Education (PACE) Vocational Training Centers in six Indian cities: Aurangabad, Latur, Bapatla, Bhopal, Ralegaon, and Pilani. His vision is to boost literacy among the poor and then create more than one million jobs globally for people to apply their education. In 2006, he donated the NATEL’s Simi Valley building to California Community Foundation (CCF). In 2009, Sudesh gave rent-free operation in Chatsworth, CA, to the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Foundation, which the foundation used to open a 15,000-square-foot facility to offer information, support groups and other programs for cancer patients and their families, as well as a video production facility and television studio. Sudesh is a member of MENSA and enjoys spending time with his family, building his business, sailing, and wine (in that order).
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About NEO Tech: Electronic Manufacturing Services offers contract manufacturing, medical electronic manufacturing, PCB assembly, OEM and manufacturing
Seymour Segnit
Founder and President/CEO of MAGFAST
Seymour is MAGFAST’s eclectic, experienced, and extremely passionate CEO. Laser-focussed on customer experience, he builds the brand’s magic and drives down business risk to deliver a range of products he describes as ‘Far and away the best work of my life‘. Although he admits to having been ‘an almost superhumanly poor student’ Seymour actually studied engineering at Oxford University, and his long and varied career has since included stints at major ad agencies Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi, as a radio personality at London’s mighty Capital Radio and co-founder of a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup. He’s also founded or attempted companies to help folks speed up their websites, transform the world of transportation and even get relief from fears and phobias! MAGFAST is his second USB charging company – the first grew far too quickly and, as he puts it ‘provided the excruciatingly painful experience needed to make MAGFAST a success!’ At MAGFAST, Seymour builds magic, and drives down risk. He has assembled a world-class team around him to deliver a range of products that Seymour calls ‘The best work of my life’.
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About MAGFAST: The new family of wireless, magnetic chargers, that’s changing charging for good.
Joy Weiss
President & CEO of Tempo Automation
Joy Weiss, currently President of Dust Networks at Analog Devices, has held executive leadership positions over the past 35 years at a variety of private and public technology companies. Joy was CEO of Dust Networks, a pioneer in industrial wireless sensor networking, when it was acquired by Linear Technology in 2011, and she has served on the boards of several private companies in Silicon Valley. She is currently on the board of Vigilent and Tempo Automation. Joy is also the Chair of the board of Playworks, a national non-profit based in Oakland, CA. Joy holds a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Analog Devices, InkSpace Imaging, Tempo Automation: Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market.
Kennon Guglielmo
President of EControls
Dr. Kennon H. Guglielmo was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on January 1, 2015. Dr. Guglielmo has served as Chief Technology Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of Enovation Controls, Inc., a leading global provider of sophisticated digital control systems for gaseous fuel engines and engine-driven equipment, since its inception in June 2014. In 1994, Dr. Guglielmo formed EControls Group, Inc., an affiliate of Enovation Controls, Inc., and began developing engine management systems for the industrial, marine, and heavy-duty engine markets. He has been the President and a member of the Board of Directors of EControls Group, Inc. since its formation. Dr. Guglielmo holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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About EControls: EControls is an electronic manufacturing company providing design and development.
Phil Edge
Vice President, Growth Strategy of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
John Whelan
Vice President of Customer Experience of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Josephine Chan
Vice President of People of SquareTrade
Josephine is responsible for all things related to people at SquareTrade. That includes building and motivating a team of top talent, as well as nurturing the company’s unique culture. Prior to SquareTrade, she served as director of human resources at Nextag.com, the leading online comparison-shopping site with nearly half a billion visitors per year. In that role, she was responsible for driving global initiatives such as talent acquisition, employee engagement, and talent development. Josephine earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Davis.
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Michael Costanza
Vice President of Business Development of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Jason Siciliano
Vice President & Creative Director of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Richard W. Lourette
Vice President Engineering of Token
Richard W. Lourette is VP of engineering at Tokenize. Rich has been building complex embedded systems for over 30 years.
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About Token: Tokenize develops a biometric-based wearable ring that can make payments, power up a computer, and part doors.
Todd De Young
President & CEO of Antenna79
Todd joined Pong in September of 2012. Prior to joining Pong, Todd was Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Career Education Corporation where he was responsible for developing the company’s overall business strategy and leading its marketing efforts. Todd has over 20 years of experience in general management, strategic marketing, distribution, strategy development and brand building and has served in senior roles at Motorola, Ameritech, the Allstate Insurance Company and The Procter & Gamble Company. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and his B.A. from Hope College.
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About Antenna79: Antenna79 is a consumer electronics company that design and market products with built-in antenna technology.
Gary Shapiro
President & CEO of Consumer Technology Association
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About Consumer Technology Association: CTA brings a strong, collective voice to advocate on behalf of the entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.
Michael Bergman
Vice President, Technology and Standards of Consumer Technology Association
Mike Bergman is vice president of technology and standards at the Consumer Technology Association, where he leads association work on cybersecurity and internet standards. Mike has been involved with the electronics industry for more than 30 years, in chip design, embedded systems, wireless communications and wireless digital multimedia.
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About Consumer Technology Association: CTA brings a strong, collective voice to advocate on behalf of the entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.
Doug Johnson
Vice President & Emerging Technology of Consumer Technology Association
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About Consumer Technology Association: CTA brings a strong, collective voice to advocate on behalf of the entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.
Veronica Lancaster
Vice President & Standards Programs of Consumer Technology Association
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About Consumer Technology Association: CTA brings a strong, collective voice to advocate on behalf of the entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.
Adam Levy
President of Snap One
Adam was part of the original SnapAV team that started the company back in 2005. He joined SnapAV founders Faison and Craze after tenures at Bank of America and Publicis Hawkeye. After several years of running the Sales and Marketing teams, he left the company briefly to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities. He returned to SnapAV in late 2015 as President to head up the company’s store-front operations, responsible for managing all customer-facing teams and setting the overall company strategic goals for the custom residential channels.
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About Snap One: Snap One provides high quality audio and video to custom installation professionals.
Sabrina Kemeny
President, Co-Founder of Tap Systems
Sabrina Kemeny is a cofounder of TAP, a high tech start-up that is changing the way people interact with the electronic world. Dr. Kemeny co-invented the camera-on-a-chip technology which revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera, while working for Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Subsequently, she was cofounder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the company that successfully commercialized the fledgling CMOS sensor technology. After managing several rounds of equity financing and negotiating many strategic alliances with players such as Kodak, Intel and Hitachi, she oversaw the acquisition of Photobit to Micron Technology, Inc. • BS, MS and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University o Received the Helena Rubinstein “Outstanding Women in Science” award • Member of the technical Staff at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory o Co-Inventor of the CMOS active pixel image sensor technology: the Camera-on-a-Chip that revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera today o The United States Space Foundation inducted her into the Space Technology Hall of Fame • Co-Founder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the industry-leading supplier of CMOS image sensors that was acquired by Micron Technology, Inc o Negotiated exclusive license for the JPL patent portfolio o Negotiated strategic alliances with companies such as Intel, Kodak and Hitachi o Managed equity financing and oversaw the Micron exit. • Business advisor to several high tech start-ups in the Los Angeles area and an angel investor with Tech Coast Angels.
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About Tap Systems: Tap Systems is a developer of a wearable Bluetooth keyboard designed to help users type by tapping fingers on any surface.
Paul Orban
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Dish Network
Paul W. Orban, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, is responsible for all aspects of DISH’s accounting department including external financial reporting, technical accounting policy, income tax accounting and internal controls. He has had key roles in significant debt offerings, acquisitions and divestitures over the years including the “spinoff” of Echostar Corporation (“Echostar”) in 2008, which created two independent, publicly traded companies: DISH Network Corporation, which provides consumers with the highest quality programming and technology in pay-TV, and Echostar, a premier global provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions. Following the “spinoff,” Paul was the Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for both DISH Network Corporation and Echostar Corporation until 2012. Today, he remains Corporate Controller for DISH. Paul joined DISH in 1996 as a Senior Manager of Accounting and was responsible for all aspects of SEC external financial reporting. Prior to his current position, he held various leadership positions with increasing responsibility including Director of Accounting, Vice President of Accounting and Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Before joining DISH, Paul was an auditor at Arthur Anderson LLP, where he was responsible for the audits of numerous companies including many SEC registrants in the Denver area. As a CPA, Paul is a member of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Colorado. In his spare time, Paul enjoys boating, skiing, coaching and attending sporting events with his significant other Barbara and their young triplets.
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About Dish Network: Dish Network is a satellite service provider that offers satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services.
Erik Carlson
President & CEO of Dish Network
W. Erik Carlson is DISH’s President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations including Human Resources, Operations and Information Technology, Media Sales, Marketing, Programming, Product Management, Acquisition and Retention, Finance and Accounting organizations. A DISH veteran of nearly two decades, Erik has held numerous roles throughout the company. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations. In this role, he oversaw DISH’s In-Home Services, Customer Service Centers, Customer Billing, and Information Technology organizations, as well as Manufacturing, which consists of equipment retrieval and refurbishment operations. Prior to that, Erik managed the company’s indirect sales operations as Senior Vice President of Retail Services and Sales. Erik received his undergraduate degree from Bradley University. He enjoys golfing and spending time with his wife and their two children.
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About Dish Network: Dish Network is a satellite service provider that offers satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services.
Kevin Arrix
Senior Vice President, Dish Media of Dish Network
As chief revenue officer of Verve, Kevin Arrix is responsible for building out the mobile marketing platform’s sales, sales operations and customer success services, with a focus on key U.S. and international market segments. Prior to Verve, Kevin was chief revenue officer and executive vice president of worldwide brand partnerships at SFX Entertainment, the global leader in electronic music. Here, he was also the chief revenue officer for Viggle Inc., a mobile-based entertainment rewards platform comprised of Viggle and Wetpaint. As revenue lead for SFX, Kevin was responsible for all brand partnership and business development activity globally, and oversaw the strategic development and execution of SFX live events, content creation, content licensing and media. He started at Viggle in December 2011, prior to the app launching, and built the company’s entire sales, sales marketing and operations teams and systems, successfully bringing the company to the public markets. Previously, Kevin was at Viacom, starting at Nickelodeon in a digital and television advertising sales management position managing over $400 million in revenue. He quickly ascended to executive vice president of digital advertising in charge of advertising sales, operations, marketing and strategy for all MTV Networks brands, including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and Spike.He was an integral part of the management team that established MTV Networks as a digital player in the marketplace, responsible for over $300 million in revenue and a team of several hundred. Kevin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Duke University and is based in New York City.
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About Dish Network: Dish Network is a satellite service provider that offers satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services.