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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 Finance 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.
Geoff Ralston
President and Partner of Y Combinator
Geoff Ralston is the Founder & Partner of Imagine K 12. Geoff has been an Investor in, Board Member of, and Advisor to a variety of start-up companies, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also the President and Partner at Y Combinator. From 2002-2009 Geoff was the Chief Executive Officer of Lala Media, Inc., an innovative cloud music start-up in Palo Alto that was purchased by Apple in December of 2009. Geoff worked at Yahoo! from 1997-2005 after their 1997 acquisition of Four11 Corp. At Four11 Geoff was the VP of Engineering and led the creation of Yahoo! Mail’s predecessor, RocketMail. At Yahoo! Geoff was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Communications Business Unit and then served as the company’s Chief Product Officer from 2003-2005. Prior to Four11, Geoff was the creator of the popular LookUP! Internet white pages and do-it-yourself home page service. Geoff holds a BA in Computer Science from Dartmouth College. An MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. An MBA from INSEAD, the European Institute of Business Administration.
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About Bix, Imagine K12, Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.
Gregory Chang
Vice President of Product of Carta
Gregory Chang is a product executive who helped lead two companies, YuMe and Zuora, to an IPO. He is currently Vice President for Product at Carta, where he oversees the core product, including cap table management and equity plan software. Greg is an angel investor focused on enterprise SaaS. His investments include Amplitude, Atrium, Ironclad, Gem, and Vanta among others. Greg is also a Sequoia scout, advisor at 8VC, Affinity and Qualia and previously served on the Federal Communications Commission Technological Advisory Council during the Obama Administration.
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About Carta: Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Chris Budd
Vice President, CISO Americas of Deutsche Bank
Chris Budd is a Vice President in the CISO Americas group of Deutsche Bank. He is responsible for representing the Americas CISO to major business divisions as well as for providing information security counsel in M&A exercises throughout the hemisphere. His experience provides raw material for driving internalized training initiatives across the enterprise. His success comes from infusing expertise into the curricula, but also by incorporating dialogue with front-office stakeholders to maximize value of the content. His trainings have reached nearly 2,000 colleagues in every major discipline, in board rooms and server rooms alike, around the globe.
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
David Faugno
Executive Vice President of Accel
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About Accel, Qualtrics: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Linda Yu
Vice President & Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
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About SoftBank Group, SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Ryan Lucas
Vice President of SoftBank Vision Fund
Ryan is the Vice President at SoftBank Investment Advisers. Prior to joining SoftBank in 2018, Ryan was a Senior Consultant at EY where he focused on operational due diligence in the Technology and Consumer Product industries. Ryan began his career at EY as a Consultant and supported clients in the Financial Services industry.
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Philippe El Khazen
Vice President of Valor Equity Partners
Philippe is a Vice President at Valor Equity Partners, an operational growth investment firm focused on non-control and control investments in high growth companies across various stages of development. Philippe joined Valor in 2012 as an Operations Specialist. In this capacity, he led post-acquisition improvement projects and provided operational support to several portfolio companies across the consumer, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. Prior to joining Valor, Philippe was a member of the aerospace navigation laboratory at the Illinois Institute of Technology where his research focused on a new algorithm to enhance the integrity performance of the Global Navigation Satellite System using both GPS and Galileo constellations. Philippe holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (with Highest Honors) from the Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from INSA of Strasbourg, France. In addition, Philippe was awarded the CFA charter in September 2016. He is fluent in French and Arabic and intermediate in Spanish.
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About Valor Equity Partners: Valor Equity Partners is an operational growth investment firm focused on high growth companies across various stages of development.
Rachel Manson
Vice President of Marketing of Lightspeed Venture Partners
Rachel Manson currently works as the Vice President of Marketing for Lightspeed Venture Partners. She previously worked at Cutline Communications as the Vice President.
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About Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Daniel Ingevaldson
Vice President of TechOperators
Daniel Ingevaldson is a Vice President at TechOperators and he has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.
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About TechOperators: TechOperators is a venture capital firm which focuses on solutions in software, internet, cloud computing, security, and infrastructure.
Michaela Balderston
Vice President of Communications of Tusk Venture Partners
Michaela brings experience in strategic communications, issues management and advocacy campaigning to Tusk’s clients. She joined Tusk Ventures from Nestlé, where she managed corporate and crisis communications in the U.S. She was responsible for overseeing and growing the company’s digital strategy and worked directly with the Public Affairs team to build strategic partnerships and expand the company’s Creating Shared Value work in the areas of water, rural development and nutrition. Prior to joining Nestlé, Michaela led strategic communications at The ONE Campaign, Bono’s campaigning and advocacy organization. During her time at ONE she created integrated communication strategies that drove measurable actions in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. These efforts helped to pass legislation despite a polarized U.S. Congress, including the Electrify Africa Act, a public-private initiative to bring electricity to more than 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. Her work took her around the world, campaigning in Africa, Europe and North America. She began her career at Direct Impact in Washington, D.C., Burson-Marsteller’s grassroots communications agency. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Michaela is based in New York City and is a graduate of Colgate University, where she double-majored in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies.
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About Tusk Venture Partners: Tusk Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.
Jed Lenzner
Vice President of Tusk Venture Partners
Jed Lenzner is the Vice President at Tusk Venture Partners.
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About Tusk Venture Partners: Tusk Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.
Brendan Lewis
Vice President, Communications of Expa
Brendan Lewis is the VP of Communications at Expa.
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About Expa, Grubhub: Expa supports early-stage startups through expertise, access, and funding.
Jade Mandel
Vice President, Growth Equity of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
John Giannuzzi
Vice President, Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs
John is a vice president at Goldman Sachs in the Merchant Banking Division. In this role, John leads investments in growth stage enterprise technology companies, with a specific focus on software. He serves on several technology company boards. John joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 in the Investment Banking Division.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Mike Herman
Vice President of Goldman Sachs
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About Girard Securities, Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Harry Singh
Vice President of Goldman Sachs
Harry Singh is a Vice President in the US Power trading group at Goldman Sachs. Harry has extensive experience in power market design and renewable energy transactions. Harry’s recent focus includes work on corporate renewable procurement and he was a part of the team that executed the firm’s first renewable PPA. He has participated in structuring and origination of commercial transactions in power and environmental markets including renewables, energy efficiency and other low carbon resources. Prior to his current position, he was with RBS Sempra Commodities where he worked on structured renewable transactions under the California RPS. He also served as a Senior Advisor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and prior to that held various positions at PG&E. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently serves as Chairman of WSPP.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Lakshmi Subbramanian
Vice President of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Matthew Dorr
Vice President of Goldman Sachs
Matthew Dorr is a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Investing team. In that capacity, he invests in private companies throughout North America in the software and technology sectors. He currently has board involvement with Aryaka, Zipwhip, xMatters and Skytap, and has been involved in the firm’s investments in Revionics, BigCommerce, Billtrust, Paycor (sold to Apax Partners), and IO Data Centers (sold to Iron Mountain). Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
John Waldron
President and Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs
John Waldron is a President and Chief Operating Officer at Goldman Sachs.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Erwin Eichmann
Vice President & Associate General Counsel of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Vladimir Berezniker
Senior Engineer/Vice President of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Patrick Morrison
Vice President of Khosla Ventures
Patrick Morrison is Vice President of Talent at Khosla Ventures, where he works across the portfolio advising entrepreneurs on executive search and talent strategy. Prior to Khosla Ventures, Patrick led executive search for Adobe’s $7B Digital Media business, as well as its Cloud Technology organization. He joined Adobe from Korn Ferry, a leading organizational consulting firm, where he managed C-suite search engagements for marquee consumer digital and enterprise technology clients. Before Korn Ferry, Patrick was a Principal at Bespoke Partners, a boutique search firm that partnered exclusively with Venture Capital and Private Equity clients. He began his career as an attorney at a business litigation firm in San Diego. Patrick holds a JD from University of San Diego School of Law and a BA from Arizona State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He was born in Arizona but lives in San Francisco, where he’s perennially cold.
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About Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
Jonathan Gray
President & COO of Blackstone Group
Jonathan (“Jon”) Gray is President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone, and is a member of Blackstone’s Board of Directors. He sits on its Management Committee and most of its investment committees, including serving as Chairman of the Real Estate group’s investment committee. Jonathan Gray previously served as the firm’s Global Head of Real Estate, which he helped to build into the largest real estate platform in the world with $120 billion of investor capital under management. He joined Blackstone in 1992. Jonathan Gray currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Hilton Worldwide. He also serves on the board of Harlem Village Academies and Trinity School. Jonathan Gray and his wife, Mindy, established the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine focused on the prevention and treatment of BRCA related cancers. They also established NYC Kids RISE in partnership with the City of New York to accelerate college savings for low income children. Jonathan Gray received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Michael Petryczenko
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Partners of Blackstone Group
Michael A. Petryczenko is a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Strategic Partners, Blackstone’s secondary private fund of funds business, which was acquired from Credit Suisse in August 2013. Michael Petryczenko is involved with overseeing the financial reporting, tax structuring and treasury operations related to Strategic Partners’ secondary private equity funds. Before joining Strategic Partners, Michael Petryczenko was the Tax Manager for the Peabody Fund, an opportunistic real estate fund jointly managed by J.P. Morgan and The O’Connor Group. Prior to joining the Peabody Fund, Michael Petryczenko was a Tax Manager at Ernst and Young, LLP in the Real Estate Group. His clients included DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and SL Green Realty Corp. Michael Petryczenko received a BS in Accounting from St. Francis College, New York and an MS in Taxation from Pace University, New York. He subsequently earned the C.P.A. designation.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Yufei Wang
Vice President of Blackstone Group
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Whitnie Narcisse
Senior Vice President of First Round Capital
Whitnie Narcisse is a Senior Vice President at First Round Capital.
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About First Round Capital: First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.
Lee Millstein
President of International Operations of Cerberus Capital Management
Lee Millstein joined Cerberus in October 2007. Prior to joining Cerberus, he was the Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Aozora Bank from 2004 to March 2007, where he was responsible for the bank’s corporate lending, real estate, leveraged lending, structured credit and principal investing businesses. Prior to Aozora Bank, he was at Morgan Stanley for ten years, from 1994 to 2004, most recently as Managing Director and head of high-yield and distressed principal investing in Japan and non-Japan Asia. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Cerberus Capital Management Operating/ Management Advisory Committee, Private Equity Investment Committee, Global Distressed Debt Committee and the Real Estate Investment Committee.
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About Cerberus Capital Management: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Matthew Zames
President and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Matthew E. Zames is President of Cerberus and joined the Firm in 2018. He has broad responsibilities across the firm’s global platform and leads a number of operational and strategic initiatives, including overseeing all investments in the financial services industry, growing the understanding and use of technology, data, and AI in investment activities and at the Firm’s portfolio companies, and helping the Firm identify and capitalize on new investment strategies. He was most recently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of the Operating Committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from 2012 to 2017. In his role as COO, his responsibilities included the firm’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), the Oversight and Control Group, Treasury & Funding, Mortgage Banking Capital Markets, Compliance, One Equity Partners, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, Global Technology and Operations, Global Real Estate, Procurement, Security & Safety, General Services, and Military & Veteran Affairs. He was co-COO from July 2012 until April 2013 when he assumed the full COO position. Previously, he was CIO of JPMorgan Chase. Prior to 2012, he held a series of senior roles in the firm’s Investment Bank. He was co-head of Global Fixed Income for J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank and head of Chase’s Mortgage Banking Capital Markets. Before that, he managed several leading Markets businesses, including Rates, Foreign Exchange, Public Finance, Securitized Products Group, and the Tax Exempt Capital Markets business.
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About Cerberus Capital Management: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Annis Steiner
Vice President, Marketing of Bain Capital Ventures
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About Bain Capital Ventures, Chief: Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.
Jimmy Li
Vice President of Goodwater Capital
Jimmy Li is the Vice president at Goodwater Capital.
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About Goodwater Capital: Goodwater Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on consumer tech startups.
Yoonkee Sull
Vice President of ICONIQ Capital
Yoonkee Sull currently works as the partner for ICONIQ Growth. He previously worked at Citi as the Analyst
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About ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Shawn Jung
Vice President of Activant Capital
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About Activant Capital: Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce.
Victor Chen
Vice President of CapitalG
Victor joined CapitalG as an associate in 2016. Prior to Google, Victor worked as an associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking Group in San Francisco. Victor graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley.
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About CapitalG: CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.
Kathryn Karacozoff
Vice President, Growth & Marketing of CapitalG
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About CapitalG: CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.
Todd Graham
Vice President of Venrock
Todd is based in our Palo Alto Office where he focuses primarily on enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity. He is very passionate about the intersection of technology and business. His main areas of interest include digital transformation, human-based threats, disruptive go-to-market, and the consumerization of the user experience. In his career, Todd has alternated between startups and large infrastructure vendors. Most recently, he led Corporate Strategy for Cisco’s Security and Collaboration businesses where he developed long-range business strategy for product and go to market while also driving inorganic activities such as the acquisition of Duo Security. Earlier in his career, he led the IT Business Management product group at VMware. Using experience gained at VMware, Todd co-founded Bluenose Analytics to help product and customer success leaders better familiarize with their customers. He also founded a Data Loss Prevention company that was acquired by EMC’s security division, RSA, while attending the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Outside of work, Todd can be found with his family exploring the wilds of San Francisco, attending youth soccer games, and celebrating children’s birthdays. In what remains of his spare time, he enjoys carpentry, coding, and all things Canadian.
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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.
Julie Park
Vice President of Venrock
Julie Park is a Vice President at Venrock.
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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.
Riz Thakir
Vice President – Finance of Two Sigma Ventures
Riz is responsible for portfolio company valuations, financial and investor reporting, performance analytics, and fund operations at Two Sigma Ventures. He joined Two Sigma in 2013 and has worked in several Finance roles over his tenure along with various technology projects that brought enhanced capabilities to illiquid investment businesses of the firm. Riz began his career at Ernst & Young, LLP in the Financial Services Division where he provided assurance and business advisory services for hedge funds and private equity funds. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of New York. Riz earned a BS in Business Administration with concentration in Financial Analysis & Accounting from the University at Albany.
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About Two Sigma Ventures: Two Sigma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies run by highly driven people.
Richard M. Cashin
Managing Partner, Founder, President and Member of Investment Committee of One Equity Partners
Mr. Cashin is Managing Partner of OEP. Prior to founding One Equity Partners in 2001, Mr. Cashin was President of Citigroup Venture Capital, Ltd. Mr. Cashin is a member of the JPMorgan Chase Executive Committee and sits on the Board of Titan International Inc. He is a Trustee for the American University in Cairo, Boys’ Club of New York, Brooklyn Museum, Central Park Conservancy, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the National Rowing Foundation (Chairman), and TOUCH Foundation. He is Co-Chairman of the New York City Investment Fund and is active in several inner-city educational initiatives as well as Harvard fundraising and has served as Co-Chairman of his Harvard class for over 35 years. Mr. Cashin received his M.B.A. from Harvard University, his A.B. in East Asian Studies from Harvard College, and attended a one-year fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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About One Equity Partners, One Equity Partners: One Equity Partners makes private equity investments behind compelling business ideas and strong management teams.
Joseph Kauffman
President of Credit Karma
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About Credit Karma: Credit Karma offers a range of tools and personalized recommendations designed to help customers make the most of their money.
Paul Farber
Associate, Vice President of TPG Growth
Mr. Farber is an Associate based in San Francisco. Mr. Farber joined TPG Growth in 2015. Previously, he worked at Lazard as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group.
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About TPG Growth: TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.
Malik Nabulsi
Vice President of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Alex Caluza
Vice President of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Vice President of H.I.G. Capital
Navneet Alag is the vice president at H.I.G. Capital.
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Steve Boyle
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of TD Ameritrade
Steve Boyle as a Chief Financial Officer for TD Ameritrade, Steve Boyle is responsible for the Company’s investor relations and finance operations functions, including accounting, business planning and forecasting, and treasury and asset liability management. Boyle also serves as a member of the Company’s senior operating committee, which shapes the strategic focus of the organization. Boyle brings nearly 30 years’ experience in financial services to this role. He joined Banknorth as Controller in 1997 and was named Executive Vice President and CFO in 2004. He remained in that role for the bank, which has since become TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, until joining TD Ameritrade in 2015. Prior to joining Banknorth, Boyle served as the Director of Financial Reporting for Barnett Banks, Inc. and served in a variety of accounting roles for Fleet Financial Group and Arthur Andersen & Co.
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About TD Ameritrade: TD Ameritrade is a finance company in online stock trading.
Steve Quirk
Executive Vice President, Trader Group of TD Ameritrade
Steven Quirk oversees the strategy and deployment of initiatives for trading at TD Ameritrade. He also serves as a member of the Company’s senior operating committee, which shapes the strategic focus of the organization.
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About TD Ameritrade: TD Ameritrade is a finance company in online stock trading.
Trina Van Pelt
Vice President, Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital
Trina Van Pelt is Vice President & Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital; Vice Chair of its Investment Committee; and Chair of its diversity & inclusion investing initiative. She focuses on investments in artificial intelligence, autonomous things, mobility management, sports technology, and data centric business models. Trina currently serves on multiple, early to growth stage, portfolio company boards (Cognitive Scale, GoodData, Mighty Networks, Moovit, Paxata). In February 2019, she was named to the Power 200 list of the world’s most influential data economy leaders. She is a sought out advisor to Intel’s executive team on transformational growth strategies for Intel’s data centric businesses. Van Pelt has more than 23 years of experience in technology investments, M&A, strategic planning and business development. She has led more than 85 technology acquisitions and investments worth >$50B over the course of her career, spanning the computing, communications, software, IoT and mobile industry segments. She has built, developed, led, inspired and managed large teams of investors and strategic business development professionals negotiating equity and complex buy-and sell-side transactions and partnerships. Before joining Intel in 2004, Van Pelt was a director of corporate development at CNET Networks and an investment associate at TA Associates. She began her career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers and Ernst & Young’s financial advisory services group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and earned a master’s degree in management from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Mark Rostick
Vice President & Senior Managing Director of Intel Capital
At Intel Capital, Mark Rostick makes venture investments as well as sources & executes corporate development opportunities in the areas of enterprise/cloud computing infrastructure and software, graphics, media processing, digital media and digital entertainment & gaming. He also has extensive experience internationally and, particularly, in the emerging markets of Latin America and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Intel, Mr. Rostick marketed Turner Broadcasting’s cable networks in South America, practiced law as a Trial and Litigation Counsel for Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd in Charleston, SC and was an Analyst at Bank of America. Mr. Rostick holds a J.D. and an International M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina. He also holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance. Mr. Rostick’s investment portfolio includes companies like AppIQ (acquired by HP), DeNovo, Enpirion, GeoFusion, Groove Networks (acquired by MSFT), Motricity (NASDAQ: MOTR), PowerPrecise (acquired by TI), Sandburst (acquired by BRCM), Skycross, Virtustream and WebRadar.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
David Flanagan
Vice President & Sr. Managing Director , US of Intel Capital
Dave is Sr. Managing Director Intel Capital & Vice President of Intel. Dave is a voting member & chair of Intel Capital’s investment committee. Dave joined Intel Capital in 1999. Dave oversees Intel’s next generation computing, mobile client & communication system investment areas. Dave currently oversees Intel Capital’s investments in BoomTV (esports platform) Cloudleaf Technologies (IoT Cloud), Airship (Customer Engagement Platform) and SecureKey Technologies (Next Generation Authentication Network). Dave’s recent exits include CashStar (sold to Blackhawk Network in 2017) UQ Communications (Sold to KDDI in 2014) ClearWire (Acquired by Sprint 2013). Prior to Intel Capital Dave worked in sell-side equity research for Van Kasper & Company, a San Francisco based investment banking firm where he covered technology and communications. Before that Dave worked at Transamerica, a diversified investment services company. Dave has an MBA from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado. Dave lives with his wife Kimberly and their two children in Portland Oregon.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Jai Das
Co-Founder, President & Partner of Sapphire
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Rico Mallozzi
Vice President & Head Of Platform of Sapphire
Rico collaborates with Sapphire Ventures’ portfolio companies to help them achieve scale and operational excellence via go-to-market and business development support. He works closely with Sapphire’s portfolio on initiatives around defining customer segmentation, modifying sales processes, and building demand generation. Rico also developed and leads Sapphire’s SV Explorer platform which serves as a digital platform to better connect corporate executives with Sapphire’s unique network of startups. Rico’s experience in the technology industry spans across multiple functional areas. He began his career working at start-ups in the renewable energy industry and more recently held positions at Cisco and SAP. Throughout his career at SAP, he served in roles as an analyst in corporate development, sales strategy manager in APJ (Singapore) and strategic projects manager for the Office of the CEO at Ariba. Rico’s last role at SAP was on the strategic business development team, a small team created by SAP’s North American CEO to help SAP’s largest customers and partners define their digital transformation strategy. Rico has also supported social entrepreneurs in Indonesia and Sri Lanka in developing business models for social venture funds. Rico has a bachelor’s in finance and economics and graduated summa cum laude from Bryant University. He has an MBA from The University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business where he was a Provost Fellowship Award recipient. Rico has lived and worked in Italy, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. When not working you can find Rico running along the Embarcadero and chasing his mischievous dog at Crissy Field.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Jane Lee
Vice President of Sapphire
Jane Lee joined Sapphire Ventures in the summer of 2018 as an investment associate, helping analyze potential new investments and assisting existing portfolio companies. Prior to joining Sapphire Ventures, Jane was an investment banking analyst at Deutsche Bank, where she worked on numerous equity, debt and M&A transactions across software, internet and hardware verticals. Jane graduated with a double major in economics and statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Born in Beijing, China and raised in the Bay Area, Jane is also fluent in Mandarin.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Thomas Moon
Vice President of Sapphire
Thomas joined Sapphire Ventures in the summer of 2017 and focuses on the firm’s fund investments in the United States and internationally. As part of the team, he helps conduct due diligence on current and potential investments for Sapphire Ventures’ fund portfolio. Prior to joining Sapphire Ventures, Thomas worked at Tufts University underwriting a multitude of different investment strategies for the university’s endowment. Thomas received a BA in economics with honors from Tufts University. Born in New York City, Thomas has also lived in Hong Kong, South Korea and Switzerland.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Katie Bukstein
Vice President, Talent of Sapphire
Katie (Bukstein) Halimi is the Vice President of Talent at Sapphire Ventures, LLC.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Kevin Burke
Vice President, Strategy of Sapphire
Kevin Burke is the Vice President of Strategy at Sapphire.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Jonathan Bilzin
Co-President of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Jonathan Bilzin is a Managing Director of TowerBrook and a member of the Management Committee. He was previously a Managing Director at Soros Private Equity. He was a member of the Principal Investment Area and Real Estate Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs in New York. He earned his BBA. from the University of Michigan and received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners, TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Vincent Gao
Vice President of WI Harper Group
Vincent Gao focuses on investments in the Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) space. Prior to joining WI Harper, he worked as an associate at Tuspark Holding Co., Ltd, where he was responsible for TMT and Clean Tech investments. Vincent has over 7 years of experience in the high technology industry, direct investment, and startups. Prior to Tuspark, Vincent worked as a tech manager at Cisco Systems Company, where his responsibility is managing the tech team to solve customer’s technical problems. Vincent holds an MBA degree from Tsinghua University and a B.E. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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About WI Harper Group: WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.
Quinn Li
Senior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures
Quinn oversees Qualcomm’s $1B global venture investment portfolio of 150+ companies across seven regions. Quinn and his team invest in key areas such as 5G, AI, Automotive, IoT and Networking to help expand Qualcomm’s ecosystem and customers. He currently serves as a board member or observer in AMEC, Airspan, Cohesity, Innovium, OneWeb, RetailNext and Verve. Quinn has led over a dozen investments with successful exits in A123 Systems, Eero, InvenSense, Powercloud Systems and Zoom. Prior to joining Qualcomm Ventures, Quinn held various roles in the wireless industry. He worked in product management and business development at IBM Systems and Technology Group, and spent several years in Broadcom and the wireless infrastructure group at Lucent Technologies. Quinn received his MBA from Cornell University, and his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
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About Qualcomm Ventures: Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, the fund has over 150 active portfolio companies.
Leslie A. Noonan
Vice President of Taxation of Summit Partners
Leslie A. Noonan is the VP of Taxation at Summit Partners
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Mark Hexamer
Vice President, Talent and Recruiting of Summit Partners
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Steven J. Twomey
Vice President of Summit Partners
Steven J. Twomey is based in Summit’s Boston office. He is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America and Europe, and focuses primarily on the technology and healthcare & life sciences sectors. Prior to Summit, Steve worked for Raymond James & Associates and Goldman, Sachs & Co. He holds a BS in management, magna cum laude, from Boston College.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Susan E. Barr
Vice President Marketing of Summit Partners
Susan E. Barr joined Summit Partners in 2007. Prior to Summit, she worked for Blue Agave Software, Hull Creative Group and Oberon Software/Vignette Corporation. Susan works in Summit’s Boston office. She holds an AB in studio art and women’s studies, cum laude, from Smith College and a MEd from the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Deborah T. Lower
Vice President, Administration of Summit Partners
Deborah T. Lower joined Summit Partners in 1997. Prior to Summit, she worked for Transamerica Corporation, Transamerica Investment Services and Watt Industries. Deborah works in Summit’s Menlo Park office.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Deborah T. Lower
Vice President, Administration of Summit Partners
Deborah T. Lower joined Summit Partners in 1997. Prior to Summit, she worked for Transamerica Corporation, Transamerica Investment Services and Watt Industries. Deborah works in Summit’s Menlo Park office.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Colette Hastings Featherly
Senior Vice President of Oxford Finance LLC
Featherly has over 12 years of experience in the financial services industry, and has been part of the Oxford team since 2010. She is responsible for Oxford’s capital raising, strategic planning and investor relations activities. Prior to joining Oxford, she worked at Dymas Capital Management, a middle market lending affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management. Previously, she held positions at American Capital and CIBC World Markets. Ms. Featherly holds a B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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About Oxford Finance LLC, Oxford Finance LLC: Oxford Finance delivers flexible financial solutions to healthcare and life sciences companies worldwide.
Austin Smith
Vice President of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Brook Hinchman
Vice President of Oaktree Capital Management
Brook Hinchman is the Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
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About Oaktree Capital Management, Oaktree Capital Management: Oaktree Capital Management is a privately owned investment manager specializing in alternative investment strategies.
Jesse M. Du Bey
Managing Director & Vice President of Providence Equity Partners
Jesse Du Bey is founder and managing partner of Orkila Capital, a private equity firm focused on media, technology, and special situations investments. Prior to founding Orkila, Jesse was a managing director at Providence Equity Partners, the world’s leading investment firm focused on media, technology, and information services, with over $23B under management. Jesse is currently a Board Director of Heartflow, Inc., Bellator (a Viacom company), World Triathlon Corporation (Ironman), ikaSystems, Crash Line Productions, and The DuBey Family Foundation. Jesse is a graduate of the University of Washington and is a native of Seattle, WA.
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About Orkila Capital, Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Tullio Purtill
Vice President of Providence Equity Partners
Tullio Purtill joined at Providence Equity Partners as Vice President in 2017.Tullio is an Associate at ABS Capital Partners. His investment interests and experience include technology-enabled services, eCommerce and consumer technologies. Prior to joining ABS Capital in 2013, Tullio was an analyst with GCA Savvian where he worked on numerous growth capital and M&A transactions in the technology industry. His experience includes capital raises for high growth Internet and eCommerce businesses, as well as multi-billion dollar cross-border M&A transactions. Earlier in his career, Tullio was an analyst with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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About Bank of America, Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
King Jang
Vice President of Providence Equity Partners
King Jang is a vice president in Providence Equity Capital Markets based in their New York office. Prior to joining Providence in 2012, he worked as a senior associate at Behrman Capital, where he worked on private equity investments and growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He began his career as an analyst in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch, focused on media and communications transactions. Mr. Jang graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Simon Koziel
President of ProTrak
Simon is the President and Founder of ProTrak International, Inc. and has over 30 years of experience in the investment management and consulting industries. He worked at several major investment management, banking and consulting firms, including J.P. Morgan Investments in New York City and Arthur D. Little in Boston. Prior to starting ProTrak, Simon was the President of a software consulting company that serviced the investment management community. Simon holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the City College of New York – School of Engineering.
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About Backstop Solutions Group, ProTrak: The Complete Project & Communications Tool for General Contractors
Dennis Glass
President & Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Financial Group
Dennis R. Glass is president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Financial Group. He serves as a director on the Board of Directors for Lincoln National Corporation. He is also president and serves on the Board of the principal insurance subsidiaries of Lincoln Financial Group. Glass was president and chief operating officer of Lincoln Financial Group from April 2006 until July 2007. Previously, Glass served as president and chief executive officer of Jefferson Pilot Corporation, which merged with Lincoln Financial in 2006. Prior to joining Jefferson Pilot in 1993, Glass held executive-level finance and investment positions in the insurance and investment industries. Glass currently serves on the Board of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and its Executive Committee. He also co-chairs the ACLI’s CEO Steering Committee on Prudential Issues and serves on several other committees. Glass has served on other industry boards and has been active in numerous charitable and civic activities. Glass is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1971 and a master’s degree in business administration in 1973.
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About Lincoln Financial Group: Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions.
Ellen Cooper
Chief Investment Officer & Executive Vice President of Lincoln Financial Group
Ellen Cooper is Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Lincoln Financial Group and is a member of the company’s Senior Management Committee. Cooper is responsible for setting, implementing and providing strategic oversight and management of Lincoln’s investment strategy. She serves as the primary investment officer on all investment related matters to the Board of Directors and senior management team. Cooper joined Lincoln Financial in 2012 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she served as managing director and global head of the insurance strategy. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Cooper was the chief risk officer for AEGON Americas. She has also served in insurance consulting roles at Ernst & Young, LLP and Towers Perrin. Cooper holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Actuarial Science from Temple University, as well as CERA, CFA and FSA designations.
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About Lincoln Financial Group: Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions.
Kenneth Solon
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Head of Administrative Services of Lincoln Financial Group
Kenneth S. Solon is executive vice president and chief information officer for Lincoln Financial Group and is a member of the company’s senior management committee. Solon is responsible for enterprisewide Information Technology, Administrative Services and the Digital Business Group. Previously, Solon served as Head of Shared Services and was responsible for Customer Service for Lincoln’s Individual Life, Individual Annuity and Retirement Plan Services business lines, Licensing, Commissions and Claims. Solon joined Lincoln in 2008 with extensive experience in domestic and global strategy formulation, planning and implementation, information systems and customer service. He spent the first 13 years of his career with Chase Manhattan Banking Corporation and the subsequent nine years with Prudential Financial Inc. While at Chase, he managed Operations and Information Technology functions domestically, as well as in Europe and Asia. At Prudential, Solon led the company’s Operations and Information Technology areas for the public conversion from a mutually held insurance company to a publicly traded organization, as well as leading the customer service area for Individual Life Insurance. Solon received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware. He holds FINRA Series 6 and 26 Registrations.
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About Lincoln Financial Group: Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions.
AF_initDataCallback({key: \’ds:1\'” alt=”” class=”wp-image-14850″ width=”154″ height=”152″/>Charles Blankenship
President & CEO of GE Appliances & Lighting of General Electric
Charles (Chip) Blankenship is the President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Home & Business Solutions, an $8 billion operating unit comprised of GE Appliances, headquartered in Louisville, KY, and GE Lighting, headquartered in East Cleveland, OH. Together, the businesses employ more than 27,000 people around the world who invent, build and deliver innovative, energy-efficient appliances and lighting products that improve people’s lives. Blankenship began his career with GE in 1992 after earning a B.S. degree in Materials Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia. His first position was that of Staff Scientist at GE’s Corporate Research and Development facility in Schenectady, New York. His technical work resulted in 23 papers published in refereed journals and eight U.S. and European patents. As a program manager, he led a team of scientists and engineers developing alloys and processes for aircraft engine, land-based gas turbine, lighting systems, medical systems and diesel engine applications. Blankenship joined GE Aviation’s Commercial Engines Operation in 1996 as the leader of the CF6 Airline Support Engineering team. He was later appointed Manager of Embraer CF34 programs, and subsequently General Manager of GE Aviation’s Small Commercial Engine Operation. In 2006 he was named General Manager for Aero Energy, a division of GE Energy in Houston, Texas, that supplies aeroderivative gas turbines and packaged generator sets for industrial and marine applications. He returned to GE Aviation in 2008 as VP of the Commercial Engines Operation, a $5 billion business and the world’s leading producer of large and small jet engines for commercial aircraft. He was named President & CEO of GE Appliances on January 1, 2012 and assumed his current role on January 1, 2013.He sits on the boards of KentuckyOne Health and the National Association of Manufacturing (NAM) and chairs NAM’s Task Force on Competitiveness & the Workforce.Blankenship resides in Louisville, KY, and is married with four children.
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About Arconic, GE Appliances, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Daniel Gaisin
Vice President of Finance of FirstMark
Daniel Gaisin is the Vice President of Finance at FirstMark.
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About FirstMark: FirstMark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.
craig lang
Vice President, Legal Affairs of Oak Investment Partners
Vice President, Legal Affairs, Oak Investment Partners Craig Lang joined Oak in 2007 as Vice President, Legal Affairs. In this role, Craig is responsible for day-to-day legal issues relating to Oak’s West Coast office portfolio company investments. Prior to joining Oak, Craig was a corporate securities attorney for over nine years with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., where he worked on a wide variety of transactions, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings, as well as general corporate representation of a number of public and private companies in the technology industry. He graduated with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center with a JD and Washington & Lee University with a BA in political science. He is a member of the California State Bar.
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About California State Bar, DLA Piper, Oak Investment Partners: Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital and private equity firm.
Ivana Estrada
Vice President Institutional and Securities Technology of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Bernard Machlovitch
Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Kevin Murphy
Vice President of Morgan Stanley
Kevin Murphy brings over 20 years of experience as a strategic advisor to healthcare services companies, and has worked with businesses in nearly every segment of the industry. In such areas as Healthcare IT, hospital management, managed care, physician practice management, home health and others, he has completed over $30 billion of mergers and acquisitions and raised more than $5 billion in equity and debt capital. His interests in healthcare began earlier in his career while studying genetics at The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from MIT and an MBA (beta gamma sigma) from Columbia Business School.
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About Houlihan Lokey, Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Toks Afolabi-Ajayi
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Anthony Sinatra
Vice President, Global Program Lead and Senior Technology Program Manager of Morgan Stanley
Anthony Sinatra is currently the Global Program Lead for Surveillance Analytics Technology at Morgan Stanley which has key focus on bringing Big Data and Advanced Analytics to the trade surveillance space. Previously, he served as the Lead Delivery Manager for the AML Transaction Monitoring program. He has over 15 years of experience in Financial Services technology and over 10 years of experience in Compliance.
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Katy Zhao
TitleSenior Vice President | Senior Portfolio Manager | International Client Advisor of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Adam Aranda
Vice President of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Alex Pancoe
Associate Vice President, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Manager of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Miguel Ilzarbe
Vice President, Executive Operations of Flagship Pioneering
Miguel Ilzarbe joined Flagship Ventures in 2015 as the Vice President of Executive Operations. In this role, he acts as a Sr. Advisor to Flagship’s CEO focused on strategic development of the firm, operational leadership of VentureLabs and support of new initiatives across the firm. Miguel was previously the Chief of Staff and the Director of Operations and Management, within the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT’s Directors Office, supporting Eric Lander. He administratively spearheaded a large international multidisciplinary effort at the Broad titled SIGMA (Slim Initiative in Genomic Medicine for the Americas). SIGMA, a $134M dollar collaboration with the Carlos Slim Health Institute aims to understand the genetic basis of Diabetes, Cancer and Kidney disease with a focus on Latin American populations. Prior to the Chief of Staff role, Miguel served as the assistant director of the Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program at the Broad. In this capacity he was responsible for project management and administrative issues within the program. He came to the Broad from the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, where he was responsible for all subcontracting and financial activities of the center, as well as leading a team that had fiduciary responsibility over all of Dana-Farber’s core facilities. Before his career in research administration, Miguel spent two years as a lab supervisor of Dana-Farber’s DNA sequencing facility, four years at the sequencing facility at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and four years in military intelligence. Miguel holds a bachelor’s degree in Diagnostic Genetic Sciences from the University of Connecticut and an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix. He also completed Electronic Warfare Coursework in the United States Navy.
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About Flagship Pioneering: Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Dick Farrahar
Senior Vice President, Executive Operations of Flagship Pioneering
Dick Farrahar joined Flagship Ventures in 1999 as Senior Vice President, Executive Operations. Dick has over 30 years of experience overseeing operations, human resources, organizational development, team building, and workforce strategy. Before joining Flagship, Dick was Vice President of Applera Corporation, where he was responsible for the integration of PerSeptive Biosystems with Applera Corporation following the merger of the two companies in 1998. In addition, Dick guided the process of combining PerSeptive Biosystems, Applied Biosystems, Tropix and Molecular Informatics into a new $1 billion Applied Biosystems division of Applera. He had previously served as Senior Vice President, Executive Operations for PerSeptive Biosystems. Earlier Dick had a long career with Digital Equipment Corporation in both human resources and operations, and for the last several years of his tenure was a member of DEC’s Executive Committee reporting to the CEO.
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About Applera Corporation, Flagship Pioneering, PerSeptive Biosystems: Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Nick Baker
Senior Vice President of Macquarie Group
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About Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Kenneth Chan
Senior Vice President of Macquarie Group
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About Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Rob Bemis
Vice President, Global Infrastructure of Highland Capital Partners
Rob joined Highland in 2003, and serves as Vice President, Global Infrastructure. He is responsible for the firms’ technology, facilities, construction, and conservation and environmental impact initiatives. As part of his role, Rob acts as an advisor to Highland-backed companies in the areas of infrastructure and technology, and has been highly active in the support of entrepreneurs and startups residing in a Highland Entrepreneur Center. Background Prior to Joining Highland, Rob was the Director of Information Systems for Audax Group, a Private Equity Firm based in Boston, where he started at the firms inception. Prior to Audax Group, Rob served in various network management roles for several high tech startups. Rob is also an 8 year veteran of the United States Air Force. Rob received his technical training in the United States Air Force specializing in Electronics & Electronics Systems.
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About Highland Capital Partners: Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that offers seed, early, and growth-stage funding solutions.
Michael Cortez
Vice President of YL Ventures
Michael Cortez is the Vice President at YL Ventures, is a member of the investment team, focusing much of his time on business development for current portfolio companies. In addition to BD and other value-add activities, Michael is heavily involved in investment due diligence, industry research, and the continued expansion of the firm’s U.S. platform.
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About YL Ventures: YL Ventures funds and supports seed-stage entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity sector.
Tyler Flint
Vice President of Redpoint
Responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing new investments as well as supporting Comcast Ventures’ existing portfolio companies
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About Redpoint: Redpoint Ventures partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.
Alex Zhang
Vice President of Redpoint
Alex joined Redpoint in 2015. He focuses on early-stage investments in China. Prior to joining Redpoint, Alex was an investment director with Ceyuan Ventures. Previously, Alex was a business development director at Tencent and a product manager at Google China. Alex earned his bachelor and master degrees in computer engineering from Tsinghua University.
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About Redpoint: Redpoint Ventures partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.
Kyle Liu
Vice President of Redpoint
Prior to joining Redpoint, Kyle was a Senior Associate with Fosun Kinzon Capital, where he was involved with investments in Dream Castle, Kongming, Iveno, and 100NJZ. Kyle has been awarded 30+ patents in the field of 4G Mobile technologies. Kyle holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Xiamen University, an M.Phil in ECE from Brunel University in the United Kingdom, and an MBA from China European International Business School.
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About Redpoint: Redpoint Ventures partners with visionary founders to create new markets or redefine existing ones at the seed, early, and growth stages.
Gunther Bright
Executive Vice President and General Manager, U.S. Large Market and Global Client Group of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Denise Pickett
President, Global Services Group of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Kerla Wolf
Vice President & GM, Global Coverage, Reporting & Merchant Experience of American Express
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Jaromir Divilek
Executive Vice President – Head of American Express Network and Global Network Businesses of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Phil Norman
Vice President, Membership Products and Partnerships of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Suraj Madnani
Vice President, Chief Product Owner – Risk Management and Product Development of American Express
Suraj Madnani is the Vice President of Product Development in the Global Risk group at American Express. In this role, he is responsible for leading strategy and development of innovative products to support risk management across all risk domains. Prior to this, Suraj was responsible for product development and launch of new-to-market lending and payment products such as American Express Business Financing and Working Capital Terms. Prior to American Express, Suraj held various product and technology roles at IBM and GE. Suraj holds a B. Eng, from the University of Pune, India and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Kavita Gupta
Vice President, Global Information Management of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Colleen Taylor
President, Merchant Services – US of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
