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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 VP’ operating in the Business Development space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Oren Yunger
Vice President of GGV Capital
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About GGV Capital, Silicon Valley CISO Investments: GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.
Tiffany Luck
Vice President of GGV Capital
Tiffany Luck joined GGV Capital in 2018 and is focused on enterprise software. Prior to joining GGV, Tiffany was with Morgan Stanley’s Technology Investment Banking Group in Menlo Park where she worked on several major transactions, including GitHub’s recent sale to Microsoft for $7.5 billion. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Tiffany spent time at Amazon and worked with several venture-backed startups. Tiffany received a BS from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About GGV Capital: GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.
Christine Hinton
VP Marketing U.S. of GGV Capital
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David Grenetz
Vice President of Global IT of GGV Capital
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
Vice President of Insight Partners
Jonathan joined Insight in 2014. Prior to joining Insight, Jonathan worked as an associate at the Boston Consulting Group and analyst at Johnson & Johnson in Zug, Switzerland. Jonathan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, receiving a degree in Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School of Business and a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. At Penn, Jonathan ran the Weiss Tech House, the school’s largest technology focused entrepreneurial group and served as president for both the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and the Engineering Deans’ Advisory Board. He also won the Spade Ivy Day Award, representing the fourth highest honor for leadership among men within the entire senior class and was the Engineering School’s Undergraduate commencement speaker. Outside of work, he is an passionate Philadelphia sports fan and enjoys weightlifting, nutrition and trying new foods, and spending time with family and friends.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Daniel Aronovitz
Vice President of Insight Partners
Dani joined Insight in 2014. His career experience prior to Insight includes financial analysis and due diligence at JANA Partners, an activist hedge fund based in New York. Dani has also spent time at middle-market private equity firms such as Lincolnshire Management, Trilantic Capital Partners, and Footbridge Partners, conducting in-depth research, performing valuation analysis, and sourcing potential investment opportunities. Dani graduated with honors from New York University’s Stern School of Business with a BS in Finance and Accounting. His passions outside of work include skiing, traveling, sporting events and attending concerts in and around NYC. Dani also enjoys competing in fantasy sports leagues and is an avid New York Giants fan.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
AJ Malhotra
Vice President of Insight Partners
AJ Malhotra joined Insight in 2014. Previously, he worked at Viacom, specifically for Nickelodeon in their e-commerce department. Prior to that, he worked at a financial media start-up in New Jersey. AJ received a BBA from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, with concentrations in both finance and entrepreneurship. While in college, AJ ran one of the largest undergraduate investment funds in the country as well as planning the fund’s annual undergraduate pitch competition. In his free time, AJ enjoys following New York and University of Michigan sports, watching indie films, traveling, and live music.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Joseph DeBonis
Vice President of Insight Partners
Joe DeBonis began working for Insight in 2020. Prior to joining Insight, he worked as a Consultant with Bain & Company in their offices in New York, Boston, and New Delhi. Joe worked at Bain on growth and product strategy, supply chain optimization, and operating model design for clients in retail, consumer goods, healthcare, media, and financial services. He also gained business and pedigree expertise.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Philine Huizing
Vice President of Insight Partners
Philine joined Insight in 2016. She focuses on both high growth and mature software businesses, particularly in cybersecurity and infrastructure software. Previously, she spent time on Insight’s Onsite team, working closely with portfolio executives on GTM strategy, product strategy, and M&A. Prior to Insight, she worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company’s New York Office. Her work at McKinsey focused largely on growth and transaction strategy, advising clients across a variety of industries including financial services and financial technology, pharmaceuticals, and industrials. Philine graduated from MIT in 2014 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in product design and a minor in Management Science. Originally from the Netherlands, she also spent some time living in the U.K. before heading to Boston. In her free time, Philine loves skiing, watching crime tv shows, and hiking (favorite so far is Ben Lomond peak in New Zealand!)
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
David Spiro
Vice President of Insight Partners
David Spiro joined Insight in 2014. Previously, he worked for Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm that invests in financial services companies. David also worked on the Equity Capital Markets desk at Citigroup, where he advised companies that were raising capital through IPOs and follow-on offerings. David graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma. He graduated with a BS in Economics and had a dual concentration in ‘Operations & Information Management’ and ‘Legal Studies & Business Ethics’. During his junior year, David studied abroad at University College London. Outside the office, David is an avid sports fan and has competed in over 50 professional, amateur, and junior golf tournaments. David also enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Matt Koran
Vice President of Insight Partners
Matt Koran joined Insight in 2016. Previously, he worked at Guggenheim Securities, where he was a Sales and Trading Analyst. While there, he created and delivered a daily, firm-wide analysis on market activity and trends. Prior to that, he worked at the Chicago Board of Trade as an Assistant Trader, where he developed trading strategies in the futures market. Matt graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Economics. During his time there, Matt played linebacker on the football team and served as Harvard’s 142nd team captain. Matt also acted as director for Crimson in the Community, a community service initiative that organized and ran blood drives, mentorship programs, bone marrow drives, and sports clinics for children with special needs. Outside of work, Matt is an avid sports fan and enjoys traveling, weightlifting, and spending time with his family and friends.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Rebecca Liu-Doyle
Vice President of Insight Partners
Rebecca joined Insight in 2016. Prior to Insight, she worked as a management consultant in McKinsey & Company’s New York office. Her work at McKinsey spanned a number of topics, including growth strategy, M&A, product development, and frontline transformation. She spent a significant amount of time advising clients in the financial services and consumer packaged goods industries. Rebecca graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. She grew up bouncing between states and has lived in Louisiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Utah. In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys eating and shopping her way through the city, cycling, Marvel superhero movies, art history, and international travel. She is fluent in Chinese, and has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do.
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Henry Frankievich
Vice President of Insight Partners
Henry joined Insight in 2016. He focuses on investments in both high growth and mature software businesses with an emphasis on leveraged buyouts and majority recapitalizations. Prior to joining Insight, Henry was a member of the technology investment team at TA Associates. Henry completed investments in multiple software companies, and his role included leading sector-focused sourcing initiatives, conducting operational and market due diligence on new investments, and working closely with portfolio company management teams at the board level to support post-close goals, including identifying portfolio M&A opportunities. Previously, Henry worked in the Investment Banking division at Credit Suisse. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. Henry previously served as Co-President of the Private Equity Association of Boston and a member of United Way’s PE / VC Council.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Neal Behrend
Vice President, Marketing COE of Insight Partners
Neal Behrend is a Vice President on the Insight Onsite team. Prior to joining Insight, Neal led marketing at Brigit, where he helped rapidly scale paid social channels before pivoting to focus on customer retention and value optimization during the COVID recession. Prior to joining Brigit, Neal was the Head of Growth at MoneyLion and oversaw conversion optimization efforts at Unison. He has also worked as an engagement manager at Oliver Wyman in management consulting.
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Josh Zelman
Vice President of Insight Partners
Josh Zelman joined Insight in 2015. Prior to joining Insight, he worked on the Data Science team at BuzzFeed where he evaluated business performance from a data-oriented perspective and developed an appreciation for analytically driven decision-making. Josh graduated summa cum laude from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in Systems Science and Engineering and minors in both Engineering Entrepreneurship and Mathematics. During his time at Penn, he led a team of student consultants for Consult for America that provided business development resources to local entrepreneurs. In his spare time, Josh enjoys traveling with friends, running outdoors, and cooking.
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Hannah Gräfin von Waldersee
Vice President, Strategy & Innovation of Insight Partners
Hannah Gräfin von Waldersee currently works as the Vice President in Strategy and Innovation for Insight Partners. She previously worked at Declare as the CEO.
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Thomas Norris
Vice President of Insight Partners
Thomas Norris currently works as the Vice President for Insight Partners. He previously worked at Bain & Company as the Senior Associate Consultant.
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Alison Sullivan
SVP, Sales COE of Insight Partners
Alison Sullivan currently works as the SVP in Sales COE for Insight Partners. She previously worked at Proprietor Company as the Go-to-Market Specialist.
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Lydia Chen
Vice President, Marketing Strategy & Communications of Insight Partners
Lydia joined Insight in 2017. Prior to Insight, she worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, where she advised clients in the technology, financial services, and healthcare industries. Her projects covered several functional topics including revenue growth, M&A, and channel sales strategy. Lydia graduated from Harvard University where she studied Applied Mathematics with a focus in Economics and Computer Science. Originally from Boise, ID, Lydia feels passionately about nature documentaries, animated films, food, and hiking the Pacific Northwest.
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Jared Rosen
Vice President of Insight Partners
Jared Rosen joined Insight in 2015. Prior to joining Insight he worked at Amplify.LA and LearnLaunchX, startup accelerators in Los Angeles and Boston focused on consumer software and edtech, respectively. Jared graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a BA in History of Science and a minor in Computer Science. His academic work explored the interdependence of technological advancement and societal change and earned him departmental honors. Outside of work Jared enjoys golf, scuba diving, craft beer, and photography.
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Veronica Fereance
Vice President, Management Company Controller of Insight Partners
Veronica joined Insight in 2011. Prior to joining Insight, Veronica was a senior accountant at Eton Park Capital Management, LP, focused on the accounting and valuation of their emerging markets private equity vehicles. Before joining Eton Park, Veronica was a senior accountant at Perry Capital, LLC. Her responsibilities there included the asset management and accounting of each investment in their real estate portfolio. Veronica began her career in 2004 as an Auditor and Consultant at Ernst & Young, LLP in the Financial Services Division, where she provided assurance and business advisory services for hedge funds, private equity funds, and banking and capital markets clients. Veronica has a BS in Accounting from Fordham University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.
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Molly McCarthy
Vice President and Chief of Staff of Insight Partners
Molly joined Insight in 2019 as Vice President and Chief of Staff for Deven Parekh. She focuses on process optimization, external engagement, and strategic projects spanning all areas of the firm. Prior to joining Insight, Molly was Chief of Staff for the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s Asset Management division. She’s also a recovering politico and spent 9 years on Capitol Hill before moving to New York, including 7 years covering commerce, trade, and research funding and policy for the Senate Appropriations Committee. She is a two-time University of Virginia graduate with a Master’s degree in Public Policy and a B.A. with distinction in Political Philosophy, Policy and Law and Foreign Affairs. In her free time, Molly is typically juggling a dozen books, making friends with strangers’ dogs, and trying to see everything on Broadway.
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Barrie Markowitz
Executive Vice President, Marketing COE of Insight Partners
Barrie Markowitz joined Insight in 2019 as Executive Vice President on the Insight Onsite team. Barrie works with portfolio companies on accelerating growth through marketing performance and talent management. Prior to Insight, Barrie founded bmark & others, a marketing consultancy specializing in high growth, recurring revenue businesses. Prior to founding bmark & others, Barrie was the Chief Marketing Officer for Unirush, a pre-paid card company owned by The Carlyle Group. Barrie was responsible for acquisition, customer engagement, customer retention, public relations, social community, corporate social responsibility, and advocacy. Prior to RushCard, Barrie was Vice President of Marketing for Audible, an Amazon company. Barrie also spent seven years at the United States Tennis Association as the Managing Director of Membership. Prior to the USTA, Barrie spent 14 years at American Express where she managed customer acquisition, customer retention, new product development, and partner relationships for marquis consumer products such as the Platinum Card, Centurion Card, Costco Cobrand Card, Delta Skymiles Credit Card, and the Membership Rewards Program. Barrie holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.
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Helen Hua
Vice President, Talent COE of Insight Partners
Helen joined Insight in 2017 to lead executive networking, best practices and other executive talent initiatives across the Insight portfolio. Prior, Helen was a Principal at True Search, an international executive search firm. At True, she led and drove executive searches across scaling venture and private-equity backed technology companies. Helen started her career at the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s office of Enforcement in their Office of Market Intelligence in Washington, D.C. She graduated with honors from Smith College, with dual degrees in American Studies and Government. Helen is a food enthusiast, always searching for the best restaurants, food stands and farmers markets in New York and the Bay Area.
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Jenna Sigman
Senior Vice President, Talent COE of Insight Partners
Jenna Sigman joined Insight in 2017 and is a principal on the Insight Onsite team. She works closely with the executive team of portfolio companies to accelerate growth, build their teams and scale operations. Prior to Insight, Jenna spent 5 years at TravelClick as a key leader in scaling and transforming its digital marketing services businesses. As Vice President of TravelClick’s Media and Web Solutions, she led several initiatives that fueled the business’s growth. She launched recurring-revenue subscription products, secured and expanded partnerships, overhauled operations and transformed the go-to-market approach. Prior to TravelClick, Jenna spent 4 years at American Express and 3 years at Citibank. At American Express she led the launch of Personal Savings, American Express’s Direct Bank and was responsible for sales and marketing, including go-to-market, channel programs, resource plan and brand/performance. At Citibank, she gained exposure to brand marketing, product marketing and product management. Jenna graduated from Binghamton University, School of Management with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a concentration in Marketing.
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Nikki Parker
Vice President, Marketing Strategy of Insight Partners
Nikki Parker is Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Communications at Insight Partners where she is responsible for articulating and amplifying the iconic firms leadership position in the industry and the unprecedented value it brings to their portfolio of software and technology companies. Nikki has extensive experience implementing integrated communications and marketing programs, as well as running strategy for businesses within every stage of their lifecycle, from startup to IPO. Departing leading PR firm 5W where Nikki, as Senior Vice President, led the vision and direction of the agency’s consumer tech, B2B, enterprise, and crisis communications practices. Nikki built high impact communications programs for some of the world’s most respected brands and took great pride in leading a team of formidable PR practitioners. Nikki began her career in innovation solutions driving every aspect of a go-to-market strategy, from ideation, business plan development, and marketing execution. This provided Nikki with a 360-degree view of how to build and execute on strategy that will ensure product or business success, as well as strong stakeholder management skills to ensure buy-in. Nikki then applied this business acumen in a variety of roles, working with multiple high growth technology companies across the consumer, cyber security, AI, SaaS and marketplace sectors, where she led global growth, marketing, communications and investor relations. Having navigated and executed numerous funding rounds, IPOs, acquisitions, product launches, new market expansions and other business milestones Insight Partners and its portfolio companies will encounter, Nikki brings to the firm sophisticated instinct but, remains the hardworking, scrappy operator that has led many businesses to greater success. Nikki holds a Bachelor of International Studies from The University of Sydney and completed the Harvard Business School Building a Culture of Innovation program in 2018. Nikki is a fitness, food, and travel aficionado (and not exactly in that order)!
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Jed Heller
Vice President, Head of Human Capital of Insight Partners
Jed Heller currently works as the Senior Vice President for Insight Partners. He previously worked at Foursquare as the Senior Director of Human Resources.
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Dionne Chingkoe
Vice President, Onsite of Insight Partners
Dionne Chingkoe currently works as the Principal for Insight Partners. She previously worked at Anaqua as the Board Observer.
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Paul McDonnell
Vice President of Insight Partners
Paul McDonnell currently works as the Vice President for Insight Partners. He previously worked at Rokt as the Vice President Product Marketing.
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Travis Kassay
Executive Vice President, Sales COE of Insight Partners
Travis joined Insight in 2019 as an EVP on the Insight Onsite team. Travis partners with portfolio company CEOs and their leadership teams to build scalable and effective go-to-market strategies. Leveraging his more than 20 years of experience in sales, inside sales, and sales operations, Travis consults with portfolio companies to address challenges and opportunities that they face in scaling their organizations. Travis also engages in Sales Due Diligence reviews of potential portfolio investments. Prior to joining Insight, Travis developed and led the sales operations and inside sales organization at York Risk Group, an insurance third party administrator. During his tenure at York Risk, they achieved record sales each year and redesigned their sales and go-to-market strategy. Recently York Risk Group was acquired by Sedgwick creating the largest global third party administrator. Travis spent 6 years at ADP in sales operations roles. He led the sales operations and business consulting teams for ADP’s Global Enterprise Sales team which generated more than $300m annually. He also created an organization that optimized the territories and quotas for all of ADP’s 7000 sales reps. He managed the sales business intelligence team and predictive analytics team. Earlier in his career, Travis held various leadership roles in sales operations and finance across Tyco Telecom, Avaya, and American Express. Travis received a BS from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, and his MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Travis is originally from New Jersey, but now resides in Milton, GA with his wife, son, and daughter.
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Caitlin DiPasquale
Vice President of Insight Partners
Caitlin DiPasquale currently works as the Vice President for Insight Partners. She previously worked at KKR as the Associate.
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Bruce Epstein
Executive Vice President, Engineering of Insight Partners
Bruce Epstein currently works as the Executive Vice President, Engineering for Insight Partner. He previously worked at Industrious as the Director Of Engineering.
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Meg Fitzgerald
Vice President of Insight Partners
Marketing and technology leader with a passion for growth, lean building, and entrepreneurship.
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Jeffrey Tente
Vice President, Tax of Insight Partners
Jeffrey Tente joined Insight in 2019. He previously worked in Private Client Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in North Carolina and in Business Tax Services at Deloitte Tax LLP in New York where he provided tax compliance and planning services to various alternative asset managers. In his most recent role at KKR & Co., Jeffrey was responsible for the tax reporting of the publicly traded companies, KKR & Co. L.P. and KKR & Co. Inc., in addition to other KKR funds. Jeffrey graduated cum laude from Elon University in 2009 and is a Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina.
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Kelly Hardeman
Vice President, IR & Capital Formation of Insight Partners
Kelly Hardeman is a Senior Associate of Marketing and Investor Relations at Pegasus. Previously, Ms. Hardeman was an Associate in the Private Equity investor relations group at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Hardeman is a graduate of New York University. She joined Pegasus in 2009.
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Katy Ganguli
Vice President, Talent COE of Insight Partners
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Charlene Chen
Senior Vice President, Insight Onsite of Insight Partners
Charlene Chen currently works as the Senior Vice President for Insight Partners. She previously worked at Locality as the Head of Growth.
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Andrew Korbel
VP & Practice Lead, Product and Technology COE of Insight Partners
Andrew Korbel joined Insight in 2020 as a Vice President. He is the practice lead for the Product and Technology Center of Excellence within Onsite. He partners closely with portfolio company executives to accelerate growth and to create operational capabilities, specifically through lean and agile processes and data-driven strategies. Andrew specializes in Product and Engineering Operations processes and practices. Prior to joining Insight, Andrew was VP of Product Operations at Carbon Black, designing and building their product operations capabilities across multiple product lines. Prior to joining Carbon Black, he led the R&D Operations function for SignalFx to enable the organization to scale to meet the growing demands of the business and customers. Throughout his career, he has held various positions in B2B SaaS companies including being a Sr. Director of Software Engineering at CA Technologies where he led the build-out of a big-data business system platform and a Sr. Director of Agile Program Management at Rally Software where he led the product and engineering operations functions. Andrew graduated from West Viriginia University with a degree in Geography.
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Max Wolff
Vice President of Insight Partners
Max Wolff joined Insight in 2015. Prior to joining Insight, he co-founded Altair Prep, an education technology company that offered SAT classes complemented by a data-driven software platform that personalizes students’ study schedules. Altair expanded to have offices in three states and culminated in the sale of the software to a larger education company. He also previously worked as an analyst at Oppenheimer and Co. Max graduated summa cum laude from the Huntsman Program at the University of Pennsylvania, with a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of Business and a BA in International Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences. He speaks German and Japanese. In his free time, he enjoys biking, playing soccer, reading The Economist, and traveling to off-the-beaten path destinations.
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James Wood
Vice President, Pricing Strategy of Insight Partners
James joined Insight in 2019 as a Vice President. He works closely with portfolio companies to drive growth, maximize value capture and optimize their go-to-market approach through pricing and packaging strategy improvements. Prior to joining Insight, James was Head of Pricing at Segment, designing and owning implementation of their packaging and pricing model from Series B through Series D. Before this he was a strategy consultant specializing in pricing and go-to-market strategy at Simon-Kucher and Partners. He worked on 40+ engagements, mostly in software and subscription businesses, for their London and San Francisco offices. James is originally from Bristol, UK, and graduated from the University of Manchester with a BSc in Business Management. In his spare time, James enjoys soccer, concerts, skiing, mountain biking, traveling and spending time with his family back across the pond.
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Rachel Weston Rowell
SVP, Product & Technology COE of Insight Partners
Rachel Weston Rowell currently works as the SVP in Product and Technology COE for Insight Partners. She previously worked at Trail Ridge as the Managing Partner.
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Dave Cates
Vice President of Insight Partners
Dave joined Insight in 2017 and works with portfolio companies to accelerate growth and scale operations. Prior to Insight, he worked as a Consultant with Bain & Company in their Boston office and as Strategy & BizOps Manager at Skillshare. At Bain, he focused on growth strategy, M&A, and private equity diligences of enterprise software and consumer internet businesses. At Skillshare, he worked with the executive team on shaping company strategy, scaling operations, and managing investor relations. Dave also worked at Accion Venture Lab, supporting seed stage portfolio companies on issues of product-market fit & growth strategy, and at the World Bank, consulting on social protection and poverty reduction in Swaziland. Originally from Kennett Square, PA, Dave attended the University of Virginia as a Jefferson Scholar and graduated with a BA in Economics and a Master’s of Public Policy.
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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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Charles Huang
VP and Chief Finance of Blackstone Group
Charles Huang is a Vice President and the Chief Finance and Financial Analysis Officer of Equity Healthcare, within Blackstone’s Private Equity Operations Group. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Huang worked in venture capital, focusing on health technology investing and actively supporting healthcare portfolio companies of Spark Capital. Prior to Spark Capital, while completing a dual Master’s degree program in Business and Public Administration, he helped contribute to the growth of a number of VC/PE-backed healthcare companies in the areas of strategy, operations, and clinical informatics/reporting, including Generation Health and Accelecare Wound Centers. Before graduate school, Charles was a Manager in the Strategic Financial Planning Group at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and had also worked previously in the health consulting practice at Towers Perrin. Mr. Huang has co-authored several Harvard Business School cases and notes on healthcare innovation, payment, and policy. He’s an advisor, investor, and collaborator with Blueprint Health, Startup Health, TEDMED and Luminary Labs – organizations that focus on health and wellness innovation and disruption. He’s a board advisor and angel investor in health technology start-ups such as Artemis Health, Heal, and CredSimple. In addition to his M.B.A. and M.P.A. from Harvard, Mr. Huang holds a B.A. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. He has often served as a judge, speaker, and curator at many health innovation conferences and challenges, such as Health 2.0, TEDMED, Health Evolution Partners Summit, Harvard Business School Healthcare Conference and the Verizon Powerful Answers Challenge.
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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.
Miia Laukkarinen
VP of Talent of Bessemer Venture Partners
Miia Laukkarinen is VP of Talent at Bessemer’s Menlo Park office, where she works closely with Bessemer’s portfolio companies providing strategic counsel and tactical support on talent initiatives. Prior to joining BVP, Miia spent over a decade filling VP and C-level positions in venture backed consumer internet and software companies. Miia was an Associate and a member of the Venture Capital practice of The Caldwell Partners and Heidrick & Struggles. Miia started her career as an Associate with Spencer Stuart’s High Technology and Board practices in Silicon Valley. Her work focused on placing Board Directors and other senior executives at large and small companies within the technology sector. Miia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University.
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About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that funds consumer, enterprise, and healthcare startups.
David Wehrs
Partner, Head of BVP Funded of Bessemer Venture Partners
David Wehrs, a partner in our Silicon Valley office, focuses on helping BVP Funded companies as they grow. Acting as a liaison to BVP Funded companies, David leads a team of functional experts who act as resources to the portfolio – our Solutions Team. This team supports portfolio companies through tailored introductions and expertise across a variety of critical functions including Marketing and PR, Executive and Technical Talent, Corporate and Business Development. In this role, David also supports the connected community of BVP Funded companies. Across the portfolio, connections are made through introductions, events, and a variety of other channels. From peer advisory boards for Founders, CFOs, CTOs, CMOs, and HR to deep-dives on relevant topics like Growth, Retail, Innovation, and Technology, BVP fosters pivotal conversations and knowledge sharing across the community.
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About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that funds consumer, enterprise, and healthcare startups.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tara Gadgil
Vice President of Thoma Bravo
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About Thoma Bravo: Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm with a focus on investing in software and technology companies.
Tobias Harris
Senior Vice President (Japan analyst) of Teneo
Tobias Harris is a Senior Vice President (Japan analyst) at Teneo. He is an expert on Japanese politics, and worked in 2006-2007 on the staff of Keiichiro Asao, at that time a member of the upper house of the Japanese Diet and shadow foreign minister for the Democratic Party of Japan, for whom he conducted research on foreign policy and Japan’s relations with the United States. He is also the Fellow for Economy, Trade, and Business at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. He earned an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Politics and History from Brandeis University. Tobias has also conducted graduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and, from 2011-2012, at the Institute for Social Science at the University of Tokyo as a Fulbright scholar. Tobias has written about Japanese politics for publications including the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs and regularly provides on-air analysis for CNBC, Bloomberg, and other networks.
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About Teneo: A New York-based corporate advisory firm
Shervin Ghaemmaghami
Senior Vice President of F-Prime Capital
Shervin joined F-Prime in 2012 to help start their technology fund. He focuses on early-stage investments in enterprise software and fintech companies. Over the past 3 years, Shervin has led or participated in investments in Cloudant (acquired by IBM in 2013), Codeship, FutureAdvisor (acquired by BlackRock in 2015), Flywire (formerly PeerTransfer), Recurly and ReadMe. He began his career in venture capital with Polaris Venture Partners, and has held operating roles at The Atlantic and various MIT spin-outs/ start-ups. He has also worked for McKinsey and Company in both their US and Middle East offices. Shervin was born and raised in London, England and has undergraduate and masters degrees in Engineering from both the University of Cambridge and MIT.
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About F-Prime Capital: F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.
Patrick Jermain
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Plexus Corporation
Patrick Jermain is our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Patrick joined Plexus in 2010 as Corporate Controller and progressed quickly to our Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. He was promoted to his current role in May 2014 and is responsible for finance, tax and treasury functions and maintaining internal controls, external reporting, and investor relations. Prior to joining Plexus, Patrick was the Corporate Controller, Assistant Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer at Appleton Papers Inc., currently known as Appvion, Inc. Mr. Jermain also held the positions of Director of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Secretary while at Appleton Papers. Prior to Appleton Papers, Mr. Jermain served as Vice President – Finance and Corporate Controller at Banta Corporation, acquired by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, and was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Patrick earned an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Wake Forest University, and is a certified public accountant.
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About Plexus Corporation: Plexus uses unique Product Realization service model to transform your concepts into branded products and deliver to your target markets.
Christina Zimmermann O’Conor
Vice President of Congruent Ventures
Christina Zimmermann O’Conor is the Vice President at Congruent Ventures.
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About Congruent Ventures: Congruent Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focused on sustainable technologies.
Allison Lim
Vice President of MidOcean Partners
Allison Lim currently works as the Vice President for MidOcean Partners. She previously worked at Paine Schwartz Partners as the Senior Associate.
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About MidOcean Partners: Presence Capital is an investment firm that finances startups developing technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality.
MaryAnn Bekkedahl
SVP, Global Business Development of BigCommerce
MaryAnn Bekkedahl is the SVP & Global Business Development at BigCommerce.
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About BigCommerce, Keep Holdings: BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.
Marc Ostryniec
SVP Sales of BigCommerce
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About BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.
Mark Phillips
VP Digital, McKinsey & Company of McKinsey & Company
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About McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Scott J Cooper
VP Marketing of Go1
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About Go1: GO1 allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform.
Jeffrey Baldwin
Vice President of TCV
Jeffrey Baldwin serves as a Vice President at TCV.
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About TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Sam Bursten
Vice President of Energy Impact Partners
Mr. Bursten has experience in the power and clean-technology sectors and project finance. Before joining EIP, Mr. Bursten worked as an analyst in CIT’s Energy group, focusing on construction and acquisition financing for renewable energy, conventional power, and midstream transactions. He holds a BA in Public Policy and an Energy and Environment Certificate from Duke University.
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About Energy Impact Partners: Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation.
Andy Lubershane
Senior Vice President of Energy Impact Partners
Andy leads research at EIP, generating insight to guide both EIP’s investments and our partners’ strategy. He has spent the past decade researching and analyzing the impact of new technology on energy markets – beginning as a wind energy analyst at IHS, then pioneering research on energy storage & grid integration of renewables. At EIP, Andy works closely with subject matter experts & operational leaders from the firm’s strategic partners to develop market intelligence and strategic vision. He has won accolades for writing & speaking on topics ranging from the energy transition to the digital transformation of industry. Closer to home in South Portland, ME, Andy serves on the Maine Climate Council’s Energy Working Group, plays outside with his wife & daughter, and is an insatiable board game player (and designer!).
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About Energy Impact Partners: Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation.
Cassie Bowe
Vice President of Energy Impact Partners
Cassie Bowe is the Vice President at Energy Impact Partners.
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About Energy Impact Partners: Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation.
Adam James
Senior Vice President of Energy Impact Partners
Adam James is the Senior Vice President for Energy Impact Partners. His areas of expertise include business strategy and operations, electricity market regulation, and new market entry. Adam is also the co-founder and Board Chair of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI), a non-profit dedicated to empowering diverse young professionals for leadership positions in the clean energy field. Adam joined EIP from Tesla Energy where he managed special projects and new global initiatives. In that role, he drove improvements in a variety of critical areas – including Tesla’s global channel sales program, the residential energy business in Mexico, and the disaster response in Puerto Rico – as well as developing new programs to scale deployments. Prior, to SolarCity, he was the Deputy Director for Global Strategy, responsible for international market development and policy. He led the development of SolarCity’s global strategy across all segments and worked on early business development including M&A opportunities and utility partnerships. As a Senior Analyst with GTM Research, Adam led the global downstream solar research practice, including the successful launch of the company’s market-leading Latin America practice; working closely with startup CEOs and utilities in the region, and providing consultation services to Boards and Executives on market entry. His first job in the energy space was with the Center for American Progress where we worked on the Energy & Environment team with a focus on climate negotiations and clean energy policy. Adam received his B.A. in Philosophy from George Mason University, where he competed nationally for the policy debate team. He is an avid cyclist and reader and lives in New York with his wife and three children.
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About Energy Impact Partners: Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation.
Adam James
Senior Vice President of Energy Impact Partners
Adam James is the Senior Vice President for Energy Impact Partners. His areas of expertise include business strategy and operations, electricity market regulation, and new market entry. Adam is also the co-founder and Board Chair of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI), a non-profit dedicated to empowering diverse young professionals for leadership positions in the clean energy field. Adam joined EIP from Tesla Energy where he managed special projects and new global initiatives. In that role, he drove improvements in a variety of critical areas – including Tesla’s global channel sales program, the residential energy business in Mexico, and the disaster response in Puerto Rico – as well as developing new programs to scale deployments. Prior, to SolarCity, he was the Deputy Director for Global Strategy, responsible for international market development and policy. He led the development of SolarCity’s global strategy across all segments and worked on early business development including M&A opportunities and utility partnerships. As a Senior Analyst with GTM Research, Adam led the global downstream solar research practice, including the successful launch of the company’s market-leading Latin America practice; working closely with startup CEOs and utilities in the region, and providing consultation services to Boards and Executives on market entry. His first job in the energy space was with the Center for American Progress where we worked on the Energy & Environment team with a focus on climate negotiations and clean energy policy. Adam received his B.A. in Philosophy from George Mason University, where he competed nationally for the policy debate team. He is an avid cyclist and reader and lives in New York with his wife and three children.
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About Energy Impact Partners: Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation.
Daniel Harsell
Founder & SVP of Technology of Intapp
Daniel Harsell is the Founder & SVP of Technology at Intapp.
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About Intapp: Intapp is a provider of industry-specific, cloud-based software solutions that enable connected professional and financial services.
Steve Todd
Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Intapp
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About Intapp: Intapp is a provider of industry-specific, cloud-based software solutions that enable connected professional and financial services.
Georgios Theophanous
Vice President of Invus
Georgios is an Associate based in New York. Prior to joining Invus in 2013, Georgios was an associate at Vector Capital in San Francisco, a middle-market private equity firm focused on technology investments. Previously, Georgios was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Palo Alto, where he worked with technology, industrial goods, and financial services clients on growth strategy, operations, and mergers & acquisitions projects. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College.
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About Invus: Invus recognizes that every company is unique and that extraordinary business performance cannot be achieved by following a formulaic
Mandy Wen
Vice President of GSR Ventures
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About GSR Ventures: GSR Ventures focuses on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled technology.
Travis Meinders
VP of Engineering of Netcapital
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About Netcapital: Netcapital enables investors to invest in entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital using technology.
Anders Wallgren
Vice President of Technology Strategy of CloudBees
Anders Wallgren is Chief Technology Officer of Electric Cloud. Anders brings with him over 15 years of in-depth experience designing and building commercial software. Prior to joining Electric Cloud, Anders held executive positions at Aceva, Archistra, and Impresse. Anders also held management positions at Macromedia (MACR), Common Ground Software and Verity (VRTY), where he played critical technical leadership roles in delivering award winning technologies such as Macromedia’s Director 7 and various Shockwave products. Anders holds a B.SC from MIT.
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About CloudBees, Electric Cloud: CloudBees develops a cloud-based platform that provides end-to-end automated software delivery.
Rajiv Goyal
Executive Vice President of ThoughtFocus
Executive Vice President at ThoughtFocus .
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About ThoughtFocus, ThoughtFocus: ThoughtFocus is a US based, privately held consulting, software engineering and business process management company.
Mark Vesper
Vice President of Techwave
Mark has over 35 years of productive Sales & Marketing experience in diverse industries such as global telecommunications, IT and customer service organizations. He has a proven record of facilitating long term business relationships with both customers and industry luminaries. He has led successful national sales teams, including those which generated significant revenues from F100 clients such as Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, Pfizer, Fuji, Bloomberg & Siemens, and has been responsible for global account management and annual revenues.
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About Techwave: Techwave is a US-based IT services and solutions company.
Srinivas Kode
Vice President of Techwave
Srinivas is an accomplished professional with over 17 years of experience in Information Technology sector focusing on Business Intelligence and Business Solutions for the past 15 years. He has a clear understanding of the methodologies and processes that are required for a sustainable and scalable solutions in large scale complex implementations. Srinivas has the immense ability to roll-up the sleeves to focus on detail to come up with reliable and effective resolutions to hard pressed issues and challenges in fast-paced environments. He is pro-active and outspoken in bringing the attention of the senior executive management to make an informed decision with respect to concerns and challenges impacting the strategic objectives of a project/engagement. Srinivas has a proven track record of managing, implementing and delivering complex and challenging projects/engagement on time and budget for Fortune 500 clients in Aerospace & Defense, Consumer products, Retail and Pharmaceutical industry sectors.
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About Sysco, Techwave, Techwave, Techwave: Techwave is a US-based IT services and solutions company.
Mike Nusser
Senior Vice President of Techwave
Mike Nusser is a global consulting executive with 25 years of experience in building and managing companies and helping them reach their full potential. He is a part ofthe North America leadership team and is responsible for developing strategic relationships with key prospects and clients through definition of solution offerings that enable Techwave to widen customer base in North America and also expand AMS service offering across all the practice areas. Mike is a visionary leader who highly values creating a great customer experience, delivering solutions with integrity, helping people realize their highest potential and providing all involved with the right environment to succeed. Mike previously served as the Sr. Vice President at GROM Associates and Managing Director of Intelligroup Inc.
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About Techwave: Techwave is a US-based IT services and solutions company.
Aaron Perman
Vice President of S3 Ventures
Aaron Perman joined S3 Ventures in 2013 and is currently a Vice President. He works closely with Chrono.gg, Datical, LevelSet, Liveoak Technologies, and Pivot3, and previously served on the board of Invodo (acquired by CoCreativ). Prior to joining S3, Aaron invested in small-cap publicly traded companies at Western Standard, a long/short equity hedge fund. Earlier in his career, Aaron spent time in the corporate strategy group at Southern California Edison and started a successful small business liquidating computer hardware. Aaron serves as a mentor for the DivInc Accelerator and leads the Emerging Venture Capitalist Association’s Austin chapter. He received his BS in International Business from the University of Southern California.
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About S3 Ventures: S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs in building high-impact companies.
Alec Barnett
Vice President of TSG Consumer Partners
Alec works with our partner companies and is involved in due diligence of our investments. Prior to joining TSG Consumer Partners, Alec was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan, where he advised consumer products and retail clients on a variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, as well as debt and equity financings. Alec graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Finance and Public Relations from Syracuse University.
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About TSG Consumer Partners: TSG Consumer Partners is an investment firm that focuses on the branded consumer sector.
Adam Hemmer
Senior Vice President of TSG Consumer Partners
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About TSG Consumer Partners: TSG Consumer Partners is an investment firm that focuses on the branded consumer sector.
Michelle Wohl
Vice President Marketing of Zipline
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About Zipline: Zipline is the operations platform that powers retail’s most complex work.
John Romney
Vice President of Development & Sales of Franchise Creator, Inc.
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About Combo Kitchen, Franchise Creator, Inc.: Franchise Creator is a full service franchise consulting firm.
C.N. Reddy
Executive Vice President of Investments & Board of Directors of Alimco Financial
C.N. Reddy has served as a director since 2001. He is a co-founder of Alliance Semiconductor, which until 2006, was a provider of semiconductor products and solutions, and has held various positions. Since October 2000, he has served as the Executive Vice President for Investments at Alliance, during which time he has been responsible for Alliance’s investments in private technology companies and identifying future possible technology company acquisitions for Alliance. From December 1997 to October 2000, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Alliance. From May 1993 to December 1997, he served as Senior Vice-President Engineering and Operations at Alliance. From 1985 to May 1993, he served as Vice President Engineering at Alliance. From February 1985 to October 2000 he also served as Secretary of Alliance. Mr. Reddy has served as a member of the board of directors since Alliance’s inception in 1985. He was a member of the founding management team at Cypress Semiconductor. Prior to that, he held positions at Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Reddy is currently the Executive Vice President of Investments and serves on the board of directors at Alliance Semiconductor. He currently serves on several private company boards. Mr. Reddy received an MSEE from Utah State University.
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About Alimco Financial: Alimco Financial is a diversified alternative finance company that invests capital opportunistically into small businesses.
Rajaram Kudli
Vice President of Analytic Engineering of Valgen
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About Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Michael Lightfoot
Vice President of Operations & General Counsel of Valgen
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About Internet Law Services, Valgen: Valgen provides analytic consulting services, data and SaaS applications to serve the commercial fleet market.
Jimena Zubiria
VP, People & Communications of TheVentureCity First Round
Jimena Zubiria serves as the Vice President of Communications & People, Americas at TheVentureCity.
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About TheVentureCity First Round: TheVentureCity is a operator-led venture accelerator that makes the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse and accessible to capital.
Ziad Bakri
Vice President of T. Rowe Price
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About T. Rowe Price: T. Rowe Price is an investment management firm dedicated to funding technology startups.
Ross MacMillan
Vice President of T. Rowe Price
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About T. Rowe Price: T. Rowe Price is an investment management firm dedicated to funding technology startups.
Lee Jokl
Vice President & Sr. Manager, Individual Investors Client Experience of T. Rowe Price
Lee Jokl is the Vice President and Sr. Manager, Individual Investors, Business Strategy at Citelighter.
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About T. Rowe Price: T. Rowe Price is an investment management firm dedicated to funding technology startups.
Geoffrey Hardin
Vice President, Senior Rates / FX Trader of T. Rowe Price
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About T. Rowe Price: T. Rowe Price is an investment management firm dedicated to funding technology startups.
