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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 Intelligence 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.
Gil Benghiat
Founder, VP of Products & Implementation of DataKitchen
Gil Benghiat is a Founder and VP of Product & Implementation of DataKitchen, a company on a mission to provide the software, service, and knowledge that enables every data analytics team to successfully implement DataOps. At DataKitchen, Gil leads an Implementation Team of talented software and data engineering professionals responsible for guiding customers’ adoption of DataOps and optimal use of DataKitchen’s DataOps Platform. Gil also leads a Product Development Team responsible for the definition, design, development, quality, and operation of DataKitchen’s SaaS DataOps Platform. Gil has over 35 years of experience in software engineering spanning multiple technical leadership roles at data-oriented technology companies, such as AT&T Bell Laboratories collecting and displaying network data, managing data at Sybase, collecting and cleaning clinical trial data at Phase Forward, integrating pharmaceutical sales data at LeapFrogRx, and liberating his clients’ data at Solid Oak Consulting. At previous companies, he achieved results such as growing a company from 4 to 320 employees and revenue from $0 to $60M resulting in IPO and improving the scalability of the product to increase the number of systems managed from 300 to 12,000. Gil holds an Sc.B. from Brown University in Applied Mathematics and Biology and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
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About DataKitchen: DataKitchen is a DataOps software company that helps organizations deliver more data products faster with lower errors that customers trust.
Amit Vyas
Global Vice President, Inside Sales of Samsara
Amit is responsible for building and scaling a high-performance sales organization and driving all revenue growth. Known for his energy, motivating leadership style and sharp attire, Amit brings over 15 years of experience across IT, networking, direct and channel sales. Most recently, Amit was Director of Sales, Cloud Networking at Cisco Meraki, where he helped build and scale the sales organization and was a key contributor to the rapid growth through Meraki’s acquisition by Cisco for $1.2B in 2012. When Amit’s not working, he can be found playing almost any competitive sport, doing Bikram yoga, riding his motorcycle, playing chess or hanging with his wife and son at Crissy Field.Amit has a B.A. in Philosophy from San Jose State University.
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About Samsara: Samsara helps businesses in harnessing IoT data to develop actionable business insights and improve their operations.
Stephen Heisserer
VP Product of MicroAcquire
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About MicroAcquire: MicroAcquire is a startup acquisition marketplace that helps startups find buyers and get acquired.
Dan Hopkins
Vice President, Applied A.I. of Eightfold
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About Eightfold: Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Tom Banton
VP of Solutions Engineering & Enablement of Eightfold
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About Eightfold: Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Aswin Shibu
VP of Sales of MixRank
VP of Sales, MixRank & Mattermark. Ex. Director of Sales, FullContact | Head of Sales, Profoundis | Founder&CEO at Sous Chef.
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About Mattermark, MixRank: MixRank combines robust Mobile App & Web Intelligence with a LiveScan Contacts Engine to Automate Lead Generation
Jason Hubbard
VP of Growth of SalesIntel
Jason Hubbard is the VP of growth at SalesIntel.io and the VP of marketing at CircleBack, Inc. He is also the CEO and founder of YourGrowthExpert. Prior to that, Jason was the VP of marketing at Cirruspath.
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About Cirruspath, SalesIntel: SalesIntel is the top provider of accurate and affordable sales and marketing contact data.
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
Ben Porterfield
Co-Founder & VP of Engineering of Looker
Ben Porterfield is the co-founder and VP of engineering at Looker. He held positions for various companies including Readyforce, Rally Up Inc., BlackArrow, and Sticky Inc. Ben holds a BS in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About Looker: Looker is a an enterprise platform for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics.
Pedro Arellano
Vice President and Product Marketing of Looker
Pedro Arellano is Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst. With more than 17 years of industry experience, Pedro has extensive expertise in business intelligence (BI), analytics technologies, and real-world customer implementations. He has appeared as a speaker at industry conferences and tradeshows across the US and Europe. Prior to Birst, he held positions at MicroStrategy as Director of Agile BI, Director of Professional Services and Senior Director of Worldwide Technical Support. Pedro holds a computer engineering degree from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico.
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About Looker: Looker is a an enterprise platform for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics.
Jake Wells
SVP Solutions Architecture of Flashpoint
Jake Wells is Director of Operations at Flashpoint. Jake Wells serves as the lead on technical production, managing the integration of our subject matter expert and engineering teams, and assists with product and business development. With nearly a decade of experience as both a producer and consumer of cyber threat intelligence in the public and private sectors, Jake Wells has unique insight into ensuring that customers receive relevant and actionable information. From 2009 to 2015, Jake Wells served as a senior intelligence analyst for the NYPD, where he managed counterterrorism and intelligence-led criminal investigations. As the lead analyst in the Cyber Intelligence Unit, he substantially enhanced the group’s threat intelligence capabilities and represented the NYPD when engaging with government agencies from around the world. Previously, he worked as an analyst for the SITE Intelligence Group providing Deep Web intelligence to commercial and government clients. A 2015 Madison Policy Forum Military-Business Cybersecurity fellow, Jake Wells holds an MA from Columbia University, a BA from Emory University, and studied Arabic in Syria.
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence.
Roshan Popal
SVP, Cloud Operations and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of MicroStrategy
Roshan Popal is working as an SVP, Cloud Operations and Chief Information Security Officer at MicroStrategy (CISO). A technology and security executive with a proven track record of service delivery and information security risk mitigation, Mr. Popal is known for building, developing, and leading high-performance IT and security teams across global SMBs and large enterprises. Utilizing his strong business acumen and broad technical knowledge, he strategically aligns IT and security services for organizational success. A global leader with a love for people, the environment, and a focus on providing a benefit to humanity. Mr. Popal currently serves as the VP of Corporate IT and Chief Information Security Officer at MicroStrategy, business intelligence & analytics firm with headquarters in the D.C. metro area. Prior to MicroStrategy, he led the global IT & information security teams for Cigital, Inc., a global software security firm focused on “Building Security In.” In his spare time, he enjoys reading about morality and ethics, social issues, and expanding on his language skills. He is fluent in more than 5 international languages.
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About MicroStrategy: MicroStrategy provides enterprise software for business intelligence, mobile intelligence, and network applications.
Hugh Owen
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of MicroStrategy
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About MicroStrategy: MicroStrategy provides enterprise software for business intelligence, mobile intelligence, and network applications.
Leigh Merrigan
VP of Marketing of Logentries
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About Logentries: Logentries makes machine-generated log data easily accessible to IT operations, development, and business analysis teams of all sizes.
Leigh Merrigan
VP of Marketing of Logentries
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About Logentries: Logentries makes machine-generated log data easily accessible to IT operations, development, and business analysis teams of all sizes.
Jack Drew
VP, Sales of Logentries
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About Logentries: Logentries makes machine-generated log data easily accessible to IT operations, development, and business analysis teams of all sizes.
Raj Gossain
SVP Product of Alation
Raj Gossain is Vice President of Products at ClearSlide, Inc. since December 2014. Previously, Raj was Vice President of Products for Cisco’s Cloud Collaboration Applications Technology Group (CCATG) and was responsible for product strategy, planning and execution for Cisco’s cloud collaboration applications portfolio. Prior to Cisco, Raj was Vice President of Product Marketing for Yahoo!’s Communications and Communities properties. Raj earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Alation: Alation offers a machine learning data catalog to help people find, understand, and trust data across their organizations.
Bharet Malhotra
Senior Vice President of Sales of Cvent
As Senior Vice President of Sales at Cvent, Bharet drives the strategic direction and development for the Cvent Supplier Network, a leading eRFP channel that connects event planners with more than 200,000 venues throughout the world. Under Bharet’s leadership, in 2014 Cvent Supplier Network processed $8 billion in meeting and event RFP volume. Through Bharet’s leadership, Cvent established relationships with nearly all of the leading hotel chains around the world, including Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Marriott, Ritz Carlton and Starwood. Bharet and his team work closely with hotel executives to help enhance the properties’ exposure on the Cvent Supplier Network and capture more group business. Bharet earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, where he triple majored in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Economics. While at Duke, Bharet competed against world-ranked players on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. Following graduation, Bharet served on the Duke University Alumni Board of Directors and was President of the Engineering Alumni Association.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Brad Gillespie
Vice President of Enterprise Sales of Cvent
Brad currently leads Enterprise Solutions Consulting for Cvent, the leading provider of Meetings and Events SaaS software. A former CMO, Brad works with select Enterprise customers to modernize and transform event marketing programs with an emphasis on process, technology, integrations, and analytics. Cvent was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2016 in a take-private transaction and later merged with Lanyon to form the largest technology provider in category. Today Cvent has over 4,300 employees and over 28,000 customers around the world. Prior to Cvent Brad was Chief Marketing Officer for Octiv (acquired by Conga), a document automation platform for sales and legal documents. From 2012-2016 Brad was Global Vice President of Marketing (CMO) for SiriusDecisions (acquired by Forrester), the leading global research and advisory firm for b-to-b sales, marketing, and product organizations. Prior to joining SiriusDecisions, Brad was Vice President of Marketing for the global technology solutions firm, ROLTA (BSE:ROLTA.BO), where he led marketing for the Americas, Europe and MENA regions. He was also Vice President of Marketing for Zanett, a leading mid-market business and technology consulting firm (acquired by KPMG in June 2014). The majority of Brad’s career has focused on go-to-market. Following the Dot Com crash in 2002 Brad co-founded MFGA where he led marketing strategy engagements for organizations in Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Software and Professional Services. While at MFGA, Brad also co-founded two start-ups based on patented technologies and serves as President or PEARL Protected. PEARL was an award-winning fire safety device whose IP was acquired by the Werner Company in 2009. Brad’s career began in human resources at Columbia/HCA (now Hospital Corporation of America (NYSE:HCA) and at Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX). During the Dot Com boom Brad transitioned to sales and marketing as employee #11 at Atlanta-based Newton Park which grew by 2000% over a four-year period. He also worked at digital pioneer Red Sky Interactive which was part of the Omnicon group of agencies. Brad grew up in central Kentucky and attended the University of Kentucky where he studied Political Science and Public Policy. About PEARL Protected While at MFGA, Brad co-founded two start-ups based on patented technologies and served as President of one of those companies, PEARL Protected, from 2005-2007. PEARL gained national exposure for its unique solution for fire safety. The PEARL product is a patented escape ladder that is installed permanently into an interior wall allowing egress through a window or other opening. Following its launch in 2005, the PEARL ladder became one of the most recognized home safety products in the market. PEARL appeared on several episodes of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and was showcased on NBC’s Today Show and CBS’s The Early Show. In 2006 PEARL earned the Product Innovation Award from the Home Safety Council. Widely supported by fire safety professionals across the US, former California State Fire Marshall, James McMullen, referred to PEARL at the time as “the most innovative fire safety product since the advent of the residential smoke alarm”. The National Institute of Fire and Safety Training called PEARL a “must-have” in the home. The product was launched in 2005 primarily into the new home construction market at the height of the housing boom. PEARL quickly saw mass appeal in the channel and was recognized by Building Products magazine as one of the Top 100 Building Products for 2007. The housing decline in 2007-08 significantly impacted PEARL’s traction in the market. The product saw a brief resurgence in the college and university housing community following the mass shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech in 2007. In 2009 PEARL entered a licensing and distribution agreement with Werner Ladder Company, the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of ladders, climbing equipment and ladder accessories.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Nitin Malhotra
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Cvent
Nitin drives strategic corporate initiatives across a broad range of Cvent’s businesses. In this role, he leads all acquisition initiatives, identifies new product opportunities, and serves as an advisor regarding 3rd party partnerships and integrations. Prior to Cvent, Nitin was a successful entrepreneur—having founded and sold three technology-based startups over a 20-year career. His expertise ranges from online gaming and telecommunications to non-profits and associations. Nitin graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He then went on to attend George Washington University for a Master’s degree in Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Ashley Baber
Vice President of Account Management of Cvent
Ashley Baber is the director of account management at [Cvent](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cvent#/entity), an event management platform that enables planners to manage all aspects of an event. Prior to that, he was a senior manager for account management at the same company. Baber obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from James Madison University. She lives in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Lawrence Samuelson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Cvent
As a key member of Cvent’s senior management team and the company’s principal legal officer, Larry is responsible for overseeing Cvent’s legal affairs and providing leadership in all aspects of the business, including strategic corporate initiatives, board activities, compliance and corporate governance. Before joining Cvent, Larry was the Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at NeuStar, Inc., a leading provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, information services, financial services, retail, media and advertising sectors. In this position, he oversaw all legal aspects of the company’s transactional, corporate, governance, finance, executive compensation and securities issues. In addition, he was responsible for advising the human resource department on employment matters. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Tufts University. He then received his Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and his Juris Doctor degree from Boston University’s School of Law.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Alex Rolfe
Vice President of Sales, Event Solutions of Cvent
Alex Rolfe is the Vice President of Sales, at Cvent.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Michael Lu
Vice President of Product Development of Cvent
He is the Vice President of Product Development at Cvent. Before he joined Cvent, Michael provided technical consulting services to Intelsat, a global satellite services provider. Prior to Intelsat, Michael worked as a principal consultant at Price Waterhouse, later PricewaterhouseCoopers. At Price Waterhouse, Michael led teams that designed and developed workflow management and financial applications for the public sector. Michael holds an MS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University. He is a certified Microsoft professional and Java developer.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Daniel Lapus
Senior Vice President of Product Management of Cvent
Daniel Lapus has been with Cvent since November 1999 and has been instrumental in the design and delivery of Cvent’s product offering since the first beta release of the Event Management software. Today Dan is responsible for both the Product Management and Quality Assurance teams within Cvent’s technology department. He remains heavily involved in the overall success of Cvent’s current products offerings and spearheads the research and design efforts for new products and any enhancements to existing products. Prior to Cvent, Dan worked as a technical consultant in the telecommunications industry. Dan worked with MCI WorldCom as a quality assurance manager for their local telephone billing system. Dan led and organized test procedures, ensured accurate testing coverage, and collaborated with team members and other leaders to provide superior product delivery. Previous to this, Dan worked as a technical analyst for AT&T and was responsible for software programming, software testing, and product support. Dan holds a BBA in Computer Information Systems, with a concentration in Programming and Analysis, from James Madison University.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
David Johnson
SVP, Engineering of Cvent
With more than 20 years of experience delivering software products to millions of customers, David Johnson specializes in fostering organizational growth and ensuring optimal utilization of engineering resources. He is currently vice president of product development at Cvent and is responsible for leading the research & development division, overseeing the company’s technology and process innovation, while ensuring optimal utilization of engineering. Most recently, David was the chief technology officer at Zynga’s east coast office and game studio. In this position, he oversaw the development of massively scalable, cloud-based software architectures. Prior to Zynga, David was vice president of content integration and ecommerce at Entourage Systems, Inc. He was responsible for engineering the mobile communication platform and digital ecosystem for the Google Android-based enTourageeDGe™ and Pocket eDGe™ tablets and e-readers. These products were sold at major retailers across the country, including Amazon, Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Before his work at Entourage Systems, Inc. David was vice president of engineering at CyberData Technologies, Inc. He was responsible for leading the engineering and quality assurance departments through a period of rapid corporate growth and success. Throughout David’s career, he has obtained in-depth knowledge of complex technology development within a diverse range of industries including hospitality, eCommerce, gaming, and mobile. David earned a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University in 1992.
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About Cvent, Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Brian Ludwig
Senior Vice President of Sales of Cvent
As SVP of Sales, he oversees Cvent’s worldwide sales of the flagship event management solutions division and the mobile app solutions division. To this end, Brian travels across the globe and is often called upon to speak at conferences regarding technology trends in the meetings industry. Brian works very closely with leadership across the organization to help shape strategy and direction in terms of product roadmap, client services, marketing initiatives, operational efficiencies, and acquisitions. Brian arrived at Cvent with a strong technology sales foundation. Brian worked as a Regional Sales Director for Lutron Electronics, an industry-leading lighting control systems manufacturer. Brian dramatically grew Lutron’s footprint in the southern part of the United States. Brian’s technical acumen landed him as a regular instructor of architects, engineers, and electrical contractors at Lutron’s training institute. Brian graduated with an MBA from University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith Business School, where he studied Entrepreneurship and Marketing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Pete Floros
Senior Vice President, Product of Cvent
He is a Senior Vice President, Product at Cvent. Prior to Cvent, Pete worked at Artesia Technologies, a leader in enterprise Digital Asset Management solutions, where he focused on the implementation of Artesia’s flagship product for numerous large and medium-size enterprises. Pete’s clients included Sony Electronics, Home Box Office (HBO) and The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Pete also worked at First Consulting Group, a leading provider of information-based consulting services, where he developed custom applications for large clients including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Eurasia Foundation and the United States Postal Service. Pete holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Anil Punyapu
Vice President of Enterprise Sales of Cvent
Today, Cvent is the leading SMM solution in the marketplace, helping many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical, financial, technology and healthcare organizations centrally manage enterprise-wide meetings spend and streamline meetings processes. With his technology expertise combined with his deep knowledge of the meetings and events industry he continuously helps shape the development of the company’s SMM product. He also leads the division’s strategic marketing initiatives, sales processes and training programs. In addition, Anil oversees the management of Cvent’s relationships with industry-leading travel and meetings management companies across the globe and built the company’s partnership division, which currently includes Maritz Global Events, American Express Meetings & Incentives, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, BCD Meetings & Events, and HelmsBriscoe. Under his leadership, the partnership team has grown to manage 24 of the top 25 meetings management companies and 50 of the top 100 travel management companies in the U.S. Prior to his current role, he also built Cvent’s chapter sales division, which is focused on chapter-based associations, such as Meeting Professionals Internationals. Anil holds a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a law degree – Juris Doctorate (J.D.) – from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he graduated with honors.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Anthony Oland
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of KBM Group
Anthony Oland is the Global Chief People Officer at Boxed.
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About Boxed, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Tom Young
Executive Vice President of Client Delivery Services of KBM Group
Tom Young is executive vice president of client delivery services for KBM Group. Tom Young leads the teams responsible for our data, database marketing and CRM solutions, which include technical design, development, implementation and customer support of our AmeriLINK® data services and database marketing offerings. Tom Young also oversees our IT solutions, business intelligence and enterprise infrastructure groups. Tom Young has over 25 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing technology solutions for automated database marketing and other business critical challenges. As an executive sponsor, Tom Young is actively involved with KBM Group’s largest clients bringing thought leadership on enabling practical consumer engagement strategies, and the technology and execution resources to make it happen. C Clients respect his ability to understand and address the underlying causes of their marketing challenges with business-justified solutions. Today, his creative strategic solutions help clients tackle multi-channel attribution, integrate disparate data silos and make real-time intelligence-based decisions to customize conversations with consumers on the fly. Before joining KBM Group, Tom Young was president of Component Solutions, Inc. specializing in business process re-engineering, customer relationship management, database marketing, data warehousing and business intelligence solutions for clients such as Union Pacific Railroad, Staples, Inc., and Owen Healthcare. Prior to this, Tom Young was partner and vice president of operations for Project Solutions Corporation, Inc., which provided business management solutions to multinational companies and government agencies. Tom Young worked with more than 40 major corporations and government agencies in Europe, South America and the United States.
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About Choreograph, KBM Group, Wunderman Thompson Data: KBM Group is a data analysis group that helps identify trends and teaches how to engage customers.
Frances Le
Vice President of Engineering of Dropbox DocSend
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About Dropbox DocSend: Dropbox DocSend is a secure document sharing and tracking solution that helps companies share business-critical documents with ease.
Subutai Ahmad
VP of Research of Numenta
Subutai brings experience across real time systems, computer vision and learning to Numenta. He has previously served as VP Engineering at YesVideo, Inc. where he helped grow the company from a three-person start-up to a leader in automated digital media authoring. In 1997, Subutai co- founded ePlanet Interactive, a spin-off from Interval Research. ePlanet developed the IntelPlay Me2Cam, the first computer vision product developed for consumers. He has served as a key researcher at Interval Research. Subutai holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While pursing his Ph.D, Subutai completed a thesis on computational neuroscience models of visual attention.
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About Numenta: Leading the new era of machine intelligence
Alex Spinelli
CTO & EVP product, technology, and operations of LivePerson
Alex leads the technology organization at LivePerson, overseeing all R&D globally. Prior to LivePerson, he was global head of Alexa OS for Amazon.com, running a large, distributed team of developers around the world, and leading the development of the core software systems and capabilities that underpin the Alexa platform. Before joining Amazon, Alex served as CTO of McCann Worldgroup — one of the world’s largest marketing organizations with 24,000 staff across more than 100 countries — and CTO for North America and Asia-Pacific at AXA Technologies, where he built large-scale grid computing for predictive modeling. At Thomson Reuters, he oversaw product and technology for news and media, including real-time, AI-driven news curation for financial professionals. He has also held executive technology leadership positions at TheStreet.com and MTV Networks as CTO of Comedy Central. Alex started his career as an engineer in New York City, working on real-time data feeds. He has an MBA from Duke University.
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About Google, LivePerson: LivePerson provides real-time intelligent customer engagement solutions that help companies enhance the relationship with their customers.
Jay Blazensky
Vice President of Business Development, Voice of LivePerson
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About LivePerson: LivePerson provides real-time intelligent customer engagement solutions that help companies enhance the relationship with their customers.
Ido Hacohen
Vice President, Head of M&A and Corporate Development of LivePerson
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About LivePerson: LivePerson provides real-time intelligent customer engagement solutions that help companies enhance the relationship with their customers.
John Capaldi
Senior Vice President Of Sales of Celonis
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About Celonis: Celonis provides an Execution Management System that helps companies in running their business processes.
Al Guddemi
VP of Business Development of Celonis
Al Guddemi is the VP of business development at Celonis.
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About Celonis: Celonis provides an Execution Management System that helps companies in running their business processes.
Southard Jones
Vice President, Product Marketing of Celonis
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About Celonis: Celonis provides an Execution Management System that helps companies in running their business processes.
Rob High
IBM Fellow, VP, CTO IBM Edge Computing of IBM Research
Rob High is an IBM Fellow, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, IBM Watson. He has overall responsibility to drive Watson technical strategy and thought leadership. As a key member of the Watson Leadership team, Rob works collaboratively with the Watson engineering, research, and development teams across IBM. Prior to joining the Watson team, Rob was Chief Architect for the SOA Foundation and member of the IBM Academy of Technology, Rob championed an open industry architectural definition of the principles of business and IT alignment enabled by SOA and Business Process Optimization, as well as ensuring IBM’s software and services portfolio is architecturally grounded to enable for efficient SOA-based solutions. This responsibility extended across the IBM software portfolio, including WebSphere, Rational, Tivoli, Lotus, and Information Management offerings. Rob has 37 years of programming experience and has worked with distributed, object oriented, component-based transaction monitors for the last 26 years, including SOMObject Server, Component Broker, and the WebSphere Application Server. Rob previously served as Chief Architect for the WebSphere foundation with architectural responsibility for the WebSphere Application Server and the related products integrated on that core runtime.
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About IBM Research: IBM Research provides research and developments related to the technological industry.
Stephen Forrest
Professor & Vice President for Research of University of Michigan
Stephen Forrest is Vice President for Research at the University of Michigan and the William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. Stephen is an expert in technology transfer and the holder of hundreds of patents.Stephen was appointed to the MEDC Executive Committee in 2011. Stephen investigated photodetectors for optical communications at Bell Labs before joining the Electrical Engineering and Materials Science Departments at USC in 1985 where he worked on optoelectronic integrated circuits and organic semiconductors. In 1992, he became the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. Stephen served as director of the National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology and director of Princeton’s Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM). Stephen chaired Princeton’s Electrical Engineering Department from 1997-2001.
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About Global Photonic Energy, Princeton University, Universal Display Corporation, University of Michigan: The University of Michigan is a public research university that caters business, engineering, law, and medical courses.
Wen Miao
Senior Vice President, Global Client Technical Services of TIBCO
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Matt Quinn
Executive Vice President, Products & Technology and CTO of TIBCO
Executive Vice President, Products & Technology and CTO at Tibco software.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Terence Vaughan
VP, Business Development & Sales of Constellation Research
Terence Vaughan is VP, Business Development & Sales @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Holger Mueller
VP & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Sherrie King
Vice President of Sales and Business Development of Constellation Research
Sherrie King is Director of Lead Generation and Sales @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Vinnie Mirchandani
VP & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
Vinnie Mirchandani is VP & Principal Analyst @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
David Stanley
Vice President of Constellation Research
David Stanley is the Vice President at Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Elizabeth Herrell
Vice President and Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
Elizabeth Herrell is Vice President and Principal Analyst @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research, Forrester Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Elizabeth Herrell
Vice President and Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
Elizabeth Herrell is Vice President and Principal Analyst @ Constellation Research.
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About Constellation Research, Forrester Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Doug Henschen
VP & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Brett Weiss
Senior Vice President of Avaap
Brett Weiss joined Apex Systems as Managing Director in 2021.
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About Apex Systems, Avaap: It provides full end-to-end Infor Lawson implementation services in all the Lawson core modules as well as the extended products
Josh Halickman
SVP, Product Development of Emburse
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About Emburse: Emburse is a provider of expense management and accounts payable automation solutions.
Poornima Ramaswamy
EVP, Strategic Clients of Qlik
Poornima Ramaswamy is Vice-President of Cognizant’s AI and Analytics Practice. With her 20 years of experience, she consults and works with clients across industries in North America to leverage their vast amounts of data and convert it into meaningful insights to improve revenue goals and drive business process efficiencies. Her focus has been to help clients in their analytics and AI transformation journey and help them transition from a data-driven business to an insights-driven business. Poornima also runs Cognizant’s Chief Data & AI Officer Advisory Council, which is a community of analytics executives who focus on making AI/analytics a strategic imperative in their organization. She has an MBA (Technology and Finance) and an undergraduate degree in mathematics.
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About Qlik: Qlik simplifies the way people use data by making it a natural part of how they make decisions.
Debbie Lofton
Vice President & General Counsel of Qlik
Debbie is responsible for providing legal support on operational issues, as well as developing and implementing business processes to achieve business goals and mitigate risk. She also supports SEC reporting and corporate governance compliance programs, joint venture and merger and acquisition transactions, intellectual property activities, and also manages internal and external legal resources. Debbie joins Qlik from McCausland Keen & Buckman, where she provided legal services to public and private clients in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, business counseling and general corporate law. Prior to McCausland Keen & Buckman, Debbie was the SVP, General Counsel and Secretary for InfraSource Services, Inc., where she was responsible for corporate governance and compliance, SEC reporting, litigation management, acquisitions and divestitures, labor and employment, and general commercial. She has also served as SVP and General Counsel for SunGard Availability Services, EVP and General Counsel of RMH Teleservices Inc., and VP-Legal and Assistant General Counsel for SunGard Data Systems. Debbie holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.
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About Qlik: Qlik simplifies the way people use data by making it a natural part of how they make decisions.
Kevin Ott
COO and SVP Product Development of Formation
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About Formation: Formation distills customer data into uniquely tailored experiences; we orchestrate physical & digital exchanges into one seamless journey.
Brian Denenberg
Vice President, Global Sales of Einsights
Brian has more than twenty years of experience leading sales teams and driving revenue for start-ups, enterprises and consultancies worldwide. His broad experience includes complex technical sales, high volume sales to the SMB market, as well as sales to C-level executives. Prior to joining Einsights Brian was a Senior Consultant at Channel Partners where he advised leading technology vendors and cloud partners on how to improve their sales and Go-To-Market strategies. Prior to Channel Partners he was a co-founder and Vice President of Sales for the leading online parenting website in Southeast Asia, MumCentre.com, which partnered with 90% of the family oriented brands in Southeast Asia and over a thousand SMB customers. Brian received his BA degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from Indiana University Bloomington.
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About Einsights: Einsights develop the business analytics tool built for the inquisitive mind.
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.
Ryan Ostendorf
Co-founder & VP Engineering of Vagabond Vending
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About Vagabond Vending: Vagabond delivers real-time business intelligence to the palm of an operator’s hand to make a leaner, smarter and more profitable business.
Stephani Martin
VP People of Affinity
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About Affinity: Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform built to expand and evolve the traditional CRM.
Brian MacLeod
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development of Cratus Technology, Inc.
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About Cratus Technology, Inc.: CRATUS provides the all-in-one AI – IoT SaaS platform for enterprise operations.
Stephen Scheppmann
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Teradata
Steve Scheppmann is executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Teradata, reporting to Vic Lund. In addition to leading the financial organization, Steve has responsibility for IT services and global operations. Prior to joining Teradata in September 2007, Steve had 20 years of experience as a CFO and more than 10 years in public accounting. He was executive vice president and CFO of Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Steve was executive vice president and CFO for NOVA Information Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2006 and senior vice president and CFO for Larson-Juhl, Inc. from 1988 to 2000. He held senior auditing positions with Arthur Andersen & Company from 1978 through 1988. He was a member of the board of directors of eResearch Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnical services and technology company, where he also served as the chair of its audit committee from 2006 – 2012. Steve grew up in the Midwest and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Simon Moss
Vice President, Head of Industry Consulting and Solutions, The Americas of Teradata
Simon Moss is vice president of industry consulting and solutions for the Americas at Teradata. Simon has extensive leadership and entrepreneurial experience in banking and financial technology. Previously, he was a managing director at Grant Thornton responsible for FinTech in the Americas and was founder and chief executive officer for Mantas Corporation, leading the company to become a market leader in global anti-money laundering and compliance technology. Simon’s other experience includes founding the IBM Risk Management Practice, working as a partner at PWC, and serving on multiple technology company boards of directors.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Cliel Schachter
VP, Technology of Upsight
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About Upsight: Upsight is a mobile analytics & marketing platform, handling 1000s of apps & 500+ billion data points monthly.
Adam Landefeld
Senior Vice President of Product of Domo
Promoting a culture of innovation and execution is the norm for Adam. As Domo’s vice president of product, Adam leverages eleven years of focused BI software experience combined with a creative background in computer graphics and 3D modeling to drive Domo’s industry-defining products. Adam joined Domo from Corda Technologies where he started as a software engineer and was ultimately responsible for building and growing the company’s services organization. As VP of Product, Adam’s leadership has been critical to Domo’s elegant combination of five core products into one solution, the world’s first business management platform.Adam not only knows how to build a successful product, he knows his way around a body shop. In his free time he restores classic muscle cars and is also a nationally recognized, sponsored RC helicopter pilot.
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About Domo, Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Brannen Child
VP of Finance of Domo
Brannen Child leads and builds innovative finance teams with processes and systems, particularly within high-growth technology companies. He is the vice president of finance at [Domo](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/domo), a SaaS-based platform that helps CEOs and business leaders transform the way they manage businesses via direct access to data. Child holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University.
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About Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Chris Willis
VP of User Experience Design of Domo
Chris brings more than 20 years of design leadership in web, mobile and data visualization to Domo as vice president of user experience. His hyper focus on combining data, technology and emerging trends in innovative ways is what continues to make Domo an indispensable tool for customers. Prior to Domo, Chris co-founded HOUR Detroit magazine and Footnote.com (now Fold3.com), which was acquired by Ancestry.com for $27 million. Before moving into the technology space he was an award-winning illustrator and journalist with multiple published works to his name. In between thinking of new ways to innovate the Domo experience, Chris works to maintain his appointed “most interesting man” status by embarking on any number of risky activities like skydiving, soaring, and—his most adventurous activity—being a dad.
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About Domo, Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Jeff Skousen
VP of Corporate Sales of Domo
Jeff brings nearly 20 years of sales and leadership experience to Domo. As vice president of corporate sales, Jeff has played a integral role in building the Domo sales machine from the ground up. He brings an intense, results-driven attitude to the organization he leads. Before joining the Domo executive team, Jeff spent time at IBM, Omniture and even started and ran a successful financial services company for more than six years. With five kids at home Jeff doesn’t have a hard time staying busy outside of work. When he’s not spending time with his family, you might find him in the mountains on his mountain bike or perfecting his award-winning elk calling skills.
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About Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Mark Stock
VP of Inside Sales of Domo
Mark Stock is an executive with over 15 years of experience in high-growth, business-to-business sales organizations. He serves as the vice president of inside sales at [Domo](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/domo), a SaaS-based platform that helps CEOs and business leaders transform the way they manage business via direct access to data. Previously, Stock ran account development management for the Omniture Division of Adobe Systems after building and starting the entire account development group from scratch to around 40 professionals from 2002 to 2009. Prior to Omniture, Stock worked at MSN, Dun & Bradstreet, and NBC Universal. Stock holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the State University of New York College at Oswego.
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About Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Gina Ventimiglia
VP of Procurement of Domo
As VP of Procurement, Gina brings a strong passion for operational efficiency to Domo. For the past 15 years, she’s been leading procurement teams at Silicon Valley technology companies including PeopleSoft, Hyperion and SuccessFactors, delivering more than $200M in savings through her work. Most recently she was VP of Procurement at Auction.com where she built the company’s procurement department from the ground up and implemented best practices across the organization to support $8 billion of annual real estate sales. Previously she held a similar role at SuccessFactors, leveraging her experience to automate and scale the finance department and helping build the foundation for the company’s IPO and eventual sale to SAP AG for $3.4 billion. Prior to that she built the procurement departments at both Hyperion and PeopleSoft, which scaled with both of those companies until their eventual sale to Oracle.
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About Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Gina Ventimiglia
VP of Procurement of Domo
As VP of Procurement, Gina brings a strong passion for operational efficiency to Domo. For the past 15 years, she’s been leading procurement teams at Silicon Valley technology companies including PeopleSoft, Hyperion and SuccessFactors, delivering more than $200M in savings through her work. Most recently she was VP of Procurement at Auction.com where she built the company’s procurement department from the ground up and implemented best practices across the organization to support $8 billion of annual real estate sales. Previously she held a similar role at SuccessFactors, leveraging her experience to automate and scale the finance department and helping build the foundation for the company’s IPO and eventual sale to SAP AG for $3.4 billion. Prior to that she built the procurement departments at both Hyperion and PeopleSoft, which scaled with both of those companies until their eventual sale to Oracle.
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About Domo: Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
Stephen Tsuchiyama
Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Customer Success of FortressIQ
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About FortressIQ, Pavilion: FortressIQ defines security, insights, and governance in enterprise business automation and AI.
Jason Noble
Vice President – Digital Innovation Group of Neudesic
As Vice President of the Digital Innovation Group, Jason drives the daily innovation pipeline that fuels Neudesic’s client solutions and successes. He owns a team of technology experts, dedicated to digital enterprise transformation through trending technologies including collaboration, integration, cloud, data and analytics. Jason has spent over twenty years helping medium-sized businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises build and manage complex, mission critical digital platforms that advance collaboration through knowledge and management applications. In addition to his Vice President role, Jason also leads product development for Neudesic’s Firm Directory and Pulse products.
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About ikaun, Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Brett Fisher
Vice President, Client Partner Organization – Western Region of Neudesic
Brett Fisher is Neudesic’s Vice President, Client Partner Organization – Western Region. His organization is responsible for ensuring that Neudesic’s clients obtain the greatest amount of business value for their technology investment. He has 25 years of software consulting experience and has held various roles throughout his career. Before Neudesic, Brett held the position of Vice President of Sales with Stonebridge and held various roles with Software Architects, including Managing Director, Houston and Director of Regional Sales. Brett has a proven track record of delivery, financial, sales and partnership excellence.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Brendon Birdoes
Vice President, Digital Innovation Group of Neudesic
Technology professional with over 15 years experience, helping clients with technology strategy, architecture and implementation of technology solutions. His passion is utilizing existing and emerging technologies especially in Cloud and Mobility, along with proven delivery practices to achieve Digital Transformation. Brendon is currently a Vice President of the Solution Partner Group at Neudesic shaping technology vision & strategy focusing on innovative solutions for their clients.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Shantanu Sarkar
Vice President, Solutions and Innovation of Neudesic
Shantanu is responsible for Neudesic’s innovation consulting capability, focused on helping customers develop strategies for deriving business value through innovative use of technology. He is also responsible for Neudesic’s line-of-business solutions and offerings in analytics, visualization, and social collaboration, based on Microsoft technology and SAP ERP. Prior to joining the Neudesic team, Shantanu spent more than twenty years at Microsoft in individual technical contributor and business management roles. Most recently, he was Microsoft U.S. Consulting Services CTO for the Business Productivity solution areas based on Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, Lync and Project Server, in the cloud on Office 365, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment. Shantanu has extensive experience designing and implementing a variety of business automation solutions in diverse industries, including healthcare, real estate, financial services and retail. He began his IT career at Burroughs/Unisys as a software engineer in mainframe operating systems and high volume transaction processing. Shantanu holds a Master of Science in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He currently resides in Irvine, Calif.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Mike Scariano
VP of Sales of Neudesic
Mike Scariano is the VP of Sales at Neudesic, responsible for managing a $100M sales budget for all Neudesic Offices throughout the US. He brings over 17 years of experience in the Microsoft System Integrator Partner Channel. Prior to joining Neudesic in April 2008, Mike was a Geographic Vice President for Capgemini. Mike has a proven track record of success in exceeding sales goals, growing client relationships and expanding the skills of his sales team.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
A S
VP Operations of Carto
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About Carto: Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements.
Aaron Trahan
VP, Strategic Development of Headset
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About Headset: Headset is a data-driven tech company that provides a cannabis market and business intelligence solution for the cannabis industry.
Victor DeMarines
Co-Founder,VP of Products & Strategy of Revulytics
Victor DeMarines brings extensive product management and marketing experience in the security industry to his current position. Prior to founding V.i. Labs, Victor was a senior product manager at RSA Security where Victor DeMarines drove product strategy for the company’s strong authentication, Smart Card, and enterprise Single Sign-On client products. Prior to RSA, Victor was the director of product management at Authentica where he was instrumental in defining product strategy and direction for Authentica’s enterprise rights management and secure email solutions. Before Authentica, Victor DeMarines held senior product management positions at AXENT Technologies and Progress Software, a global supplier of software technology and services.
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About Revulytics: Insight into who’s using your software and how they’re using it.
Martha Stuart
VP of Marketing of Revulytics
Martha Stuart brings her passion for marketing innovative technology products and helping companies drive new revenue opportunities to V.i. Labs. As VP, Marketing, she is responsible for driving marketing innovation and execution across branding, demand generation, new market penetration, sales enablement and pipeline acceleration. Prior to V.i. Labs, Martha Stuart served as VP, Enterprise Marketing at Intralinks, a leader in enterprise collaboration solutions. Martha was also Director, Americas Marketing at Sophos, a global security company, where Martha Stuart was instrumental in building a world class marketing function and growing the business. Martha Stuart began her marketing career at Motorola working in the United States and Europe. Martha Stuart earned her MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.
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About Community Consulting Teams Boston, Revulytics: Insight into who’s using your software and how they’re using it.
Bart Hanlon
VP of Engineering of Revulytics
Bart Hanlon has more than 25 years of experience and an extensive background in software engineering and product development. Most recently, Bart was the Vice President of Engineering at PanGo Networks where he led the development of PanGo Locator – the industry leading location management platform. Bart Hanlon was responsible for growing the engineering team from one engineer to a staff of twenty that included full time staff as well as outside consultants and an off-shore development team in India. PanGo was acquired by Innerwireless in March 2007. Bart Hanlon has served in various other engineering executive level positions with companies including BEA, Hewlett Packard, Mercator Software, and Novera Software. His software development background includes senior developer positions at Hewlett Packard, Apollo Computer, Wang Laboratories, and Honeywell Information Systems.
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About Revulytics: Insight into who’s using your software and how they’re using it.
Irv Alpert
EVP of Onvia
Irvine Alpert, Executive Vice President, leads Onvia’s business development efforts. Alpert was previously CEO of ProjectGuides, a customized information service that delivered leads to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) community. He grew the company from a home business to one of the top AEC market-information sources in the nation. Prior to starting ProjectGuides, Alpert was president of RCI Environmental, an environmental remediation-contracting firm, where he grew sales from $100,000 to $12 million in three years. He also served as vice president of sales and marketing at Hart Crowser, Inc., one of the largest environmental services firms in the Pacific Northwest. Alpert has an undergraduate degree in social sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Onvia: Onvia is the leading provider of sales intelligence and acceleration technologies for the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace.
Chris Woerner
SVP of Product of Onvia
Chris Woerner joined Onvia as the Senior Vice President of Product Management in June 2015. Woerner has over 20 years of experience in software development, software product management and product marketing. At Onvia, he is responsible for leading the product management and user experience teams in developing the company’s award winning Onvia Guide, the Online Database and the DemandStar eProcurement platform. Prior to Onvia, Woerner served as VP Product Management at CDK Global, a spin-off from ADP Dealer Services. He has also held software management positions with InstallShield Software, Quaker Oats and Andersen Consulting. Woerner holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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About Onvia: Onvia is the leading provider of sales intelligence and acceleration technologies for the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace.
Amber Ushka
VP Human Resources of Onvia
Amber Ushka joined Onvia in March, 2014 as the Vice President of Human Resources to lead all functions of the company’s human capital operations. Ushka possesses more than 20 years of successful experience in multi-discipline roles including sales and marketing, the last 10 of which came in human resources roles of increasing size and scope. She holds a senior professional designation with both the Society of Human Resource Management and Human Resource Certification Institute. Prior to Onvia, she held leadership roles at Corbis Images, Microsoft and Onyx Software. Prior to her career in Human Resources, Ushka spent over fifteen years building and driving high performing sales and marketing teams in technology, including hardware, software and services. She is a regular speaker at local and regional Human Resources events and conferences on topics of recruiting, on-boarding and culture.
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About Onvia: Onvia is the leading provider of sales intelligence and acceleration technologies for the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace.
Brendon Albrizio
Vice President, Customer Success of Crayon
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About Crayon: Crayon is an intelligence platform that helps businesses track, analyze, and act based on market movements.
Hichem Sellami
Co-Founder, Chief Solutions Architect & Vice President, Applications of Incorta
Hichem is a data warehouse and analytics expert and has design experience in a variety of industries, including project management, accounting, financial services, insurance, health services, pharmaceuticals, supply chain and human resources. Hichem spent nearly a decade at Oracle as an applications developer and software development director. Prior to Oracle, Hichem spent 7 years at Siebel and helped develop Siebel Analytics. He holds two master’s degrees and a PhD in Mathematics and Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About Incorta: Incorta develops an analytics platform designed to speed up business data ingestion.
Jan Andrs
VP of Marketing of MANTA
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About MANTA: MANTA is the central hub of all data flows, allowing information users to understand where, how and what about their information assets.
Ernie Ostic
SVP of Products of MANTA
Ernie Ostic is the SVP of Products at MANTA – Data Lineage Automation.
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About MANTA: MANTA is the central hub of all data flows, allowing information users to understand where, how and what about their information assets.
Lukas Hermann
Vice President of Engineering of MANTA
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About MANTA: MANTA is the central hub of all data flows, allowing information users to understand where, how and what about their information assets.
David Pellegrini
VP of Sales, North America of MANTA
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About MANTA: MANTA is the central hub of all data flows, allowing information users to understand where, how and what about their information assets.
Adam Donato
VP of Delivery of Remesh
Entrepreneur, start up exec, consultant.
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About Remesh, Unhabit: Remesh offers an AI-powered platform that enables users to have live conversations with their customers at scale.
Chris Falkner
VP, Head of Advanced TV of Cuebiq
Chris Falkner serves as vice president and head of advanced TV at Cuebiq. Chris spearheads Cuebiq’s TV initiatives, as well as partnership efforts for linear and advanced TV attribution solutions. With over 15 years of industry experience, Chris’ success comes from his understanding of the impact technology and data have on advertising. Previously, Chris was the SVP of Advanced Television at NBC Broadcasting and has worked on IAB’s Advanced TV Committee since 2009. In addition to his expertise in Advanced TV, Chris holds 3 patents in television and computed tomography systems, has a B.S in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and serves on the Executive Board of the Hoboken Communities of Faith Homeless Shelter.
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About Cuebiq: Location intelligence and measurement company
Andreas Schurch
VP of Alliances of Matillion
Andreas Schurch serves as vice president of alliances at Matillion.
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About Matillion: Matillion is an integration platform for cloud data warehouses.
Ryan Johnson
Senior Vice President Product Management of CallRail
Ryan Johnson is the Senior VP of Product Management at CallRail, a leader in intuitive and powerful call analytics trusted by more than 85,000 businesses. Previously, he was the VP of Product Management at Banjo. Ryan obtained his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management from Albion College. He also holds an MBA in Executive Management from Colorado Technical University.
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About CallRail: CallRail is a phone call tracking and analytics platform businesses use to understand which marketing campaigns drive leads and conversions.
Terry Olkin
Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Workday Adaptive Planning
Terry Olkin is the SVP and Chief Architect at Workday, Inc.
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About The Toro Company, Workday Adaptive Planning: Workday Adaptive Planning is powering a new generation of business planning with the Business Planning Cloud.
Yasser Khan
Executive Vice President of Plasma Business Intelligence
Executive Vice President at Plasma Computing Group
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About ONE Tech, Inc., Plasma Business Intelligence: Plasma Computing Group offers businesses with a BPM solution that focuses on business process automation and transformation.
Keith Merrill
Vice President of Plasma Business Intelligence
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About Plasma Business Intelligence: Plasma Computing Group offers businesses with a BPM solution that focuses on business process automation and transformation.
Keith Merrill
Vice President of Plasma Business Intelligence
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About Plasma Business Intelligence: Plasma Computing Group offers businesses with a BPM solution that focuses on business process automation and transformation.
Paul E Blondin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDB
Paul Blondin is EDB’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Paul works closely with the senior executive team and board of directors to participate in strategic planning and forecasting. Paul oversees EDB’s financial controls and processes, which gives him unique insight into how and when EDB can penetrate new markets. Paul has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in enterprise software. Before joining EDB, Paul was Managing Partner of KickStart Partners, LLC, a business advisory group to private equity investors and CEOs. Paul was previously an entrepreneur, having co-founded and led Pactolus Communication Software, which was sold in 2010. He held executive posts at IPHighway Ltd; Open Development Corp; and was President and CEO of the network security company Netect Ltd. until he engineered its sale in 1999. Paul also served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Open Development Corporation, which was sold in 1997, and CFO of Cascade Communications Corp. Paul earned his MBA from Babson College and a BS in accounting from Boston College.
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About EDB: EDB is an open source-based data platform.
