Best Startup
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 Internet 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.
Elizabeth Pemmerl
Vice President, Global MSFT GTM, Public Sector & Channels of GitHub
Elizabeth Pemmerl is the Vice President, Global MSFT GTM, Public Sector and Alliances at GitHub.
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About Dcode, GitHub: GitHub provides code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects in organizations.
Tom Lee
SVP, Corporate Development and Global Head of M&A of Verizon Media
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Sumeet Singh
Vice President Big Data & AI and Location Platforms of Verizon Media
Sumeet Singh is the Vice President of Big Data, AI, and Location Platforms at Yahoo (now Verizon Media). Sumeet is considered an early leader of the big data movement, responsible for launching and scaling most services for Yahoo’s Hadoop platform since 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech, media, and telecommunications industries. Connect with Sumeet on Twitter @sumeetksingh.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Nicholas Bagg
Vice President, Head of Consumer Operations and Strategy of Verizon Media
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About Bagg Therapy Group, Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
Tenni Theurer
VP and Head of Product for News of Verizon Media
As an innovator & operational executive across consumer and technology domains at Yahoo, Visa and IBM, Tenni’s experience spans 17 years leading product and engineering teams delivering new strategies, features and services. She is currently Sr Director of Product Management where she oversees Yahoo.com and Yahoo News’ product portfolio at Oath. Prior to Yahoo, she was Sr Business Leader for Visa’s consumer digital wallet and mobile services. At IBM, Tenni worked in the Pervasive Computing group developing enterprise mobile solutions for B2B customers in US and Europe. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
George Fletcher
Identity Architect, VP of Verizon Media
George Fletcher’s identity “credentials” include work on OpenID Connect, OpenID 2, OAuth, OAuth2, User Managed Access (Kantara Initiative) as well as contributions to the Security Services (SAML) and XRI OASIS TCs. Previously, George also worked on the Liberty Alliance Identity Web Service Framework. In addition to his identity work, George Fletcher has 20+ years of software development and architecture experience covering a wide variety of disciplines including artificial intelligence, “real-time” media processing, graphical information systems, consumer electronic devices and large scale Internet deployments. George Fletcher is currently Chief Architect for Consumer Identity Services at AOL Inc.
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About Verizon Media: Verizon Media offers services in content, advertising, and technology with its brands such as Yahoo, TechCrunch, and more.
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.
Brendan Lewis
Vice President, Communications of Expa
Brendan Lewis is the VP of Communications at Expa.
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About Expa, Grubhub: Expa supports early-stage startups through expertise, access, and funding.
Stephen Olmstead
VP, Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO of InVision
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About InVision: InVision is the visual collaboration platform powering the world’s smartest companies.
Brandon Wolf
Vice President, User Enablement of InVision
Brandon Wolf is the Vice President of User Enablement for InVision, overseeing a global support team of 30+ team members including customer advocacy, support engineering, customer education, and internal tools. He is charged with managing divisional personnel, deliveries, growth and scalability to address thousands of tickets per month. Brandon is responsible for InVision’s systematic and customer-first approach, which is an extension of our platform and has consistently earned over 98% ticket satisfaction rating over the last two years. Prior to InVision, Brandon served as the Manager of Customer Advocacy and Support Engineering at Zendesk.
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About InVision: InVision is the visual collaboration platform powering the world’s smartest companies.
Malik Ducard
VP and Content Partnerships of YouTube
Malik S. Ducard is the VP, Content Partnerships at Google where he is in charge of premium film, TV and new media partnerships for YouTube. Prior to joining YouTube, he served as senior vice president of digital distribution for the Americas at Paramount Pictures and oversaw distribution of films to online, mobile and digital platforms including iTunes, XBox, Netflix, and a range of mobile, online and device technology partners. A native of the Bronx, NY, Malik attended the Pomfret School then went on to earn his B.A. degree in Film and African-American Studies in 1995 from Columbia University and then his MBA in 2000 from the University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management.
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About Google, Google, Google, YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Kelly Merryman
VP of Content Partnerships of YouTube
Kelly Merryman is VP of Content Partnerships at YouTube. Previously she managed content acquisition for Netflix in Europe. She began her tenure at Netflix in 2007 licensing content for the US market. In 2010 she dedicated her time to Netflix’s international expansion which has included Canada, Latin America, and the UK and Ireland. Prior to joining Netflix, Kelly held positions in digital distribution and business development at Sony Pictures, and spent time at both Bain & Company and Audax Group, a private equity firm in Boston. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Business School. She also serves on the boards of two non-profits in the Los Angeles area: CoachArt and Bookends.
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About YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Eugina Jordan
VP of Marketing of Parallel Wireless
Eugina Jordan is the VP of Marketing at Parallel Wireless.
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About Parallel Wireless: Parallel Wireless designs and maintains cellular networks.
Robert Slifka
VP of Engineering of Sharethrough USA
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About Sharethrough USA: Sharethrough is one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges
Yoonkee Sull
Vice President of ICONIQ Capital
Yoonkee Sull currently works as the partner for ICONIQ Growth. He previously worked at Citi as the Analyst
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About ICONIQ Capital: ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.
Yoni Rubin
Vice President of Business Operations of Pypestream
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About Pypestream: Pypestream is conversational artificial intelligence built for scale.
Rick Armbrust
VP Business Development of Framer
Rick Armbrust is an technology executive and advisor to startups
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About Amperity, Framer: Framer is a tool to design interactive high-fidelity prototypes for iOS, Android, desktop, or the web.
Fletcher Jones
Senior Vice President, Product Management of EVERFI
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About EVERFI: EVERFI is an education technology company that provides learners of all ages education for the real world.
Sandy Gould
VP, Talent Acquisition, Development, Diversity & Inclusion of Yahoo
Sandy Gould is the VP, Talent Acquisition, Learning and Diversity & Inclusion at Verizon Media.
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About Verizon Media, Yahoo: Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Jon Prall
VP Production Engineering of Yahoo
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About Yahoo: Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Clint Balcom
Chief Product Officer & SVP, Design of JioSaavn
Clint Balcom is the Chief Product Officer & SVP, Design at [Saavn](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/saavn#/entity), an online music service that enables its users to access Indian, Bollywood, and international content. He also serves as the creative director of [212] MEDIA. Previously, he was the founder and principal of Balcom & Nobody. Balcom holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston University. He lives in New York, United States.
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About JioSaavn: Saavn is a music streaming service for Indian, Bollywood, and International content.
Gavin Byrne
SVP Special Projects of JioSaavn
Gavin Byrne is the vice president of product at [Saavn](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/saavn#/entity), an online music service that enables its users to access Indian, Bollywood, and international content. Previously, he was the director of content operations at the same company. Byrne has studied at Fordham University. He lives in New York, United States.
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About JioSaavn: Saavn is a music streaming service for Indian, Bollywood, and International content.
Nick Stoumpas
SVP, Investor Relations & Treasurer of IAC
Nick Stoumpas is the SVP, Investor Relations & Treasurer at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Julie-Anne Selvey
Vice President – Brand Communications / Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for IAC Applications of IAC
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Michael Schwerdtman
SVP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer of IAC
Michael Schwerdtman is the SVP , Controller & Chief Accounting Officer at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Joanne Hawkins
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of IAC
Joanne Hawkins is the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of IAC. In this capacity, her responsibilities include securities laws and related regulatory compliance, corporate governance and corporate finance matters and assisting in the general administration of the legal department. Ms. Hawkins was promoted to this position in February 2006 from Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, a position she held since September 2005. She previously served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, a role she held since December 2000. Prior to IAC, she worked for Cahill Gordon & Reindel, a New York law firm, serving first as an Associate and then as a Senior Attorney. At Cahill Gordon & Reindel, her practice focused on general corporate law, securities laws, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Hawkins graduated with a B.S. in accounting from St. John’s University and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Mark Schneider
Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis of IAC
Mark Schneider is the Senior Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Trish Lounsbury
Senior Vice President & Internal Audit of IAC
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About IAC, IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Rob MacKethan
VP of Insurance of Zendrive
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About Zendrive: Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Jeremy King
SVP, Engineering of Pinterest
Jeremy is SVP of Technology at Pinterest where he leads the company’s technical vision and roadmap and the engineering organization responsible for building and scaling a visual discovery engine. Prior to Pinterest, Jeremy was the CTO and SVP at Walmart. During his tenure at Walmart, Jeremy led the e-commerce tech team that powered the technology behind U.S. retail stores and eCommerce for Walmart and Jet. Focused on creating seamless shopping experiences, he oversaw customer, merchant and supply chain technologies across cloud and data platforms. An expert in e-commerce development and building and scaling technical teams and consumer products at the world’s largest retail organization, he was also previously CTO and SVP at Walmart Labs, EVP of Technology at LiveOps and VP of Software Development and Engineering at eBay.
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About Pinterest, Walmart Labs, Webb Investment Network: Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Reed Grothe
Senior Vice President of Business Development of Alarm.com
Reed Grothe has served as our Senior Vice President of Business Development since April 2010. Prior to joining us, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the pro audio division of Harman International Industries, Incorporated from 2006 to 2010 and as the Chief Global Sales Officer of Gibson Guitar Corp. from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Gibson, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President and General Manager as well as Vice President of Global Sales at GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Grothe holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Donald Natale
Senior Vice President of Sales of Alarm.com
Donald Natale has served as our Senior Vice President of Sales since July 2014 and prior to that served as our Vice President of Sales since June 2006. Prior to us, Mr. Natale served as Vice President of Dealer Sales for GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Natale also has served as Vice President of Sales for Sequel Technologies, LLC, Territory Manager for Interactive Technologies Incorporated, and Sales Manager for Rollins Protective Services Company. Mr. Natale holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Alison Slavin
SVP Creation Lab of Alarm.com
Alison Slavin, one of our founders, has served as our Senior Vice President, Creation Lab since February 2014. Prior to that, from 2000 to January 2014 Ms. Slavin served as our Vice President of Product Management. Ms. Slavin holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Daniel Ramos
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Alarm.com
Daniel Ramos has served as our Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since June 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ramos served as Principal Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense. Prior to his service with the Air Force, Mr. Ramos was the Vice President of Legal and Business Planning at The Away Network, a business unit of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Before joining The Away Network, he was a senior transactional attorney with the law firm of Shaw Pittman LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP). Mr. Ramos holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Jason DaCosta
Vice President of Customer Operations of Alarm.com
Jason DaCosta has served as our Vice President of Customer Operations since May 2014. Joining Alarm.com as a Sales Associate in 2004, Mr. DaCosta has served us in a variety of roles, currently overseeing Alarm.com’s customer service and support organization. Prior to working at Alarm.com, Mr. DaCosta started his career as a Marketing Associate with the Corporate Executive Board. Mr. DaCosta holds a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Victoria Schillinger
Vice President of Human Resources of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Steve Chazin
Vice President Of Products of Alarm.com
Steve is a Chief Product and Marketing Officer. He is equally adept at product strategy and tactics and has an excellent on-stage presence. He is a rare individual who has synthesized a stellar background in engineering, sales, marketing and management to become a true product leader.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Baoqiu Cui
VP & Chairman of Technical Committee of Xiaomi
In June 2012, he joined Xiaomi and built up the Xiaomi Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Platform team. He has led Xiaomi’s “Cloud Computing-Big Data-Artificial Intelligence” technology development route。He is the chairman of the Group technical committee . Dr. CUI, Baoqiu graduated from the Department of Computer Science of Wuhan University and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior to joining Xiaomi, he worked in IBM Silicon Valley Lab, Yahoo! and LinkedIn, working on technology development and management in database, search engine, machine learning, big data, social networking and more.
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About Xiaomi: Xiaomi is an electronics and software company that focuses on mobile devices and technology.
Kate Spies
SVP & General Manager of Wellgood
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About Wellgood: Wellgood is an organization that writes articles about exercise and healthy living.
Boris Revsin
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Business Development & Strategy of Dailybreak
Boris Revsin is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of CampusLIVE, Inc, “The Homepage for College Students,” providing single-click access to the most widely used college resources. Boris has an extensive background in web development and digital media, founding his first website in 1999. While attending UMass Amherst, he worked as the Head of Operations for the Amherst-based web-development firm JaredWeb, Inc and as a web consultant for the 2008 Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign. Boris, along with the CampusLIVE team, was named 3rd place in the 2008 BusinessWeek “Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25.” He has also been honored as an “Emerging Entrepreneur” by Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Office of Business Development. BusinessWest Magazine named Boris Revsin to the 2010 class of “40 Under 40”.
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About Dailybreak, Fullstack Ventures, Republic, Republic Capital: A revolutionary online media platform that allows users to earn rewards for engaging in shareable, interactive content.
Sara Bial
Vice President, Product Management of WeddingWire
Sara Bial is the vice president of product management at [WeddingWire](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/weddingwire), an online vertical marketplace that connects engaged couples with event professionals. She was previously the chief product officer at Rent the Runway. Bial was the director of product management at HSN before which he was a VP of product management at Barnes & Noble. Bial holds a bachelor’s degree in decision information science from the University of Florida.
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About WeddingWire: WeddingWire is an online marketplace to help engaged couples plan their weddings.
Ted Conbeer
SVP of Strategy + Data of MakeSpace
He is an SVP of Strategy + Data at MakeSpace.
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About MakeSpace: MakeSpace is an on-demand storage company that makes it easy to order, store, and retrieve physical belongings.
Duncan Grazier
VP of Engineering of Weedmaps
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About Glimpse, Weedmaps: Weedmaps is the world’s first marijuana technology and media brand.
Annie Banks Raser
Vice President Of Production of MeatEater
Annie Banks Raser is the Vice President of Production and Operations at MeatEater. Previously, Annie spent over three years working at Zero Point Zero Production as the Head of Production from the year 2016 to 2018 and as a Producer form the year 2015 to 2018.
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About MeatEater: MeatEater is an outdoor lifestyle media and commerce company that provides content about the natural world.
Dan Bratone
VP, Head of North American Business Development of The Trade Desk
Dan Bratone is the VP, Head of North American Business Development overseeing the development and management of The Trade Desk’s domestic new business teams, go to market strategies and sales operations. Dan’s career has spanned from entertainment to enterprise software with operational and leadership experience across Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, Product Development and Project Management with the last decade focused on building high performance revenue generation organizations for media focused SAAS platforms. Dan’s a recognized industry expert on digital marketing best practices in channels such as Programmatic media, SEM/SEO, and Social Media. Prior to the Trade Desk, Dan held sales leadership positions as the SVP, Americas at TBG Digital and as the VP of Sales for Efficient Frontier. At EF Dan built and led the sales teams focused on the Eastern Region and LATAM until its acquisition by Adobe Systems in 2011. Dan is a graduate of Syracuse University with an MBA from Fordham University.
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
Mike Blacker
VP, Enterprise Business Development of The Trade Desk
Mike Blacker is the VP of Strategic Business Development at The Trade Desk, a global demand-side-platform in the $5B real-time bidding industry. In his role, Mike prospects for new strategic clients across various industries and works extensively with existing clients to further embed The Trade Desk platform into their business. Mike is an adtech veteran with a string of start-up including Infoseek, CBS SportsLine, Epylon/Accenture, ExpertCity/Citrix, AudienceScience, Feeva, Quova and Neustar. Mike was one of the first to sell online ads back in 1996 and has spent his entire career working in various roles around digital advertising, adtech and ad platforms. Mike graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives with his family in Ojai, CA.
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
David Danziger
Vice President, Data Partnerships of The Trade Desk
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About The Trade Desk: The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
Todd Parnell
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Richmond Flying Squirrels of MLB Advanced Media
“Parney” serves as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Double-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants. In that role he oversees all aspects of the Flying Squirrels’ day-to-day operations in Richmond, including the recent $1.5 million renovation of The Diamond, the Squirrels’ stadium. During their inaugural season, the club quickly established itself as a leader in the community, while smashing corporate and ticket sales expectations as the Squirrels led the Eastern League in both overall and average attendance, welcoming 463,842 fans to The Diamond. Upon completion of the inaugural season, the franchise was recognized as the Richmond Business of the Year by the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce. “Parney” also serves on the Richmond Chapter of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Board of Trustees as well as the Richmond Police Athletic League Board of Directors. With his flamboyant personality and 22 years’ experience in minor league baseball, “Parney” has become one of the most popular speakers and guest lecturers in the region. Prior to joining the effort to return baseball to Richmond, Parnell served as the President of the Greenberg Sports Group (GSG), which provides management, consulting, and marketing services to the U.S. sports industry. GSG also manages the overall operations of Minor League Baseball’s Pennsylvania State College Spikes and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He held the title of President for both franchises. The 43-year old “Parney” graduated from Messiah College in 1988 with a degree in physical education and a minor in business.
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About MLB Advanced Media: MLB.TV is a website that offers news, schedules, standings, and statistics related to baseball.
Martin Hood
Vice President, Channel Partnerships of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Terry Sutton
Vice President, Client Success of CashStar
Terry Sutton is a seasoned senior executive with over 25 years of experience in Operations, Technology and Customer Experience. She most recently was at L.L.Bean where she oversaw the E-commerce and Marketing departments as Senior Vice-President of the Direct Channel. Prior to that she was the VP of Customer Satisfaction for L.L.Bean, responsible for four call centers and over 1,000 employees. She is unique in her ability to bring together people, process and technology to solve complex business problems and is known for her ability to translate strategy into action. Her passion for the customer experience and business process design and optimization positions her well to scale DAVO Technologies for the future. Terry has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Dan Farrell
Vice President, Worldwide Sales of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Dan Farrell
Vice President, Worldwide Sales of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Katherine Edenbach
Vice President, Finance of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Seth Falcon
VP Platform Engineering of BlaBlaCar
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About BlaBlaCar: BlaBlaCar is a long distance carpooling platform that connects drivers with empty seats and passengers to share travel costs.
Anik Dang
Co-Founder & Vice President, International Markets of FirstBlood
Co-founder & VP Global Markets @ Firstblood Technologies Inc.
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About Babson College, FirstBlood: A platform that lets eSports players challenge each other in the field and win rewards.
Joe Bardenheier
SVP, M&A of Endurance International Group
Joe Bardenheier has used his experience in business development to successfully complete over 50 acquisitions in his time at Endurance International Group. His path to Endurance started when he was Co-Founder, President and C.E.O. of The Gavin Group, an international apparel company that was sold to a public company in 1992. From there, he moved on to a senior position at Vanguard Sailboats where he was instrumental in the acquisition of its largest competitor. Joe then became a Senior Consultant with Ernst & Young prior to cofounding WebOnTap, which was acquired by Endurance in 2000. He has become a member of Endurance’s executive team, which has grown the firm from a start-up to one of the leading provider of cloud-based solutions designed to help small businesses establish, manage and grow their businesses. Joe graduated from Tufts University and received his M.B.A. from Babson College. When not helping Endurance grow by leaps and bounds, Joe enjoys alpine skiing and racing sailboats.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Hannah Budreski
Vice President Marketing Communications of Endurance International Group
Hannah Budreski is Vice President of Marketing at Endurance International Group, a technology company focused on helping small businesses around the world and whose family of brands includes Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, and Domain.com. During her 20 year career, Hannah has honed her skills at building brands, driving demand, and helping customers meet their milestones. Deeply passionate about small business, Hannah is accomplished at adding value for customers at all stages of their journey from those just starting out to established and expanding businesses.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Daniela Alpert
Co-Founder & VP of Corp Relocation of Shyft
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About Shyft: Shyft transforms the moving and relocation industry by introducing technology, customer service, and lead management solutions.
Peter Ferris
Sr. Vice President, Office of the CEO of Equinix
Pete Ferris serves in the Office of the CEO at Equinix. Peter has held several senior-level positions with Equinix since July 1999 and was appointed Sr. Vice President of Global Partner Programs and Strategic Customer Development in 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Chief Sales Officer. From 2007 until 2010, Mr. Ferris served as President, Equinix U.S. where he was responsible for strategy and growth of the company’s operations throughout the region. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President of Sales for Equinix. Mr. Ferris has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Equinix, he held senior management positions at Frontier Global Center, Genuity and MFS Datanet. Mr. Ferris holds a degree in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University and lives in San Francisco.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Jacob Smith
VP, Bare Metal Strategy & Marketing of Equinix
Jacob is co-founder of Packet and serves as CMO. His diverse background (which includes running a digital marketing agency, administering two national nonprofits, and ten years as a professional opera musician) informs a unique approach that has established Packet as a trusted infrastructure partner for today’s leading developers, SaaS companies and Fortune 100’s.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Raouf Abdel
EVP, Global Operations of Equinix
Raouf Abdel joined Equinix in 2012, and today he is head of Global Operations overseeing engineering, construction, and operations for the company. Previously he served as Regional Operating Chief, Americas where he successfully led IBX Operations through significant growth and expansion. Mr. Abdel has 30 years of experience in the datacenter, telecom, and construction industries. Prior to joining Equinix, he was President and CEO for OpTerra Energy Group where he was responsible for building the company’s business plan, securing funding and day to day operations. Before that Mr. Abdel was President, Business Markets Group, at Level 3 Communications where he led the company’s $1 Billion Enterprise business unit. He also held numerous leadership roles at Level 3 in network deployment, product development and M&A. Prior to Level 3, Mr. Abdel served as VP of Network Deployment at MFS Communications and was responsible for network and facility deployment throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Mr. Abdel holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Temple University in Philadelphia.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Yun Freund
Vice President of Engineering of Equinix
Yun Freund served as Vice President of Engineering, at Equinix, leading the global Product Engineering organization. Previously Yun worked as the VP of Engineering at GE Digital for over 5 years and has been instrumental in building Predix Industrial Internet Platform and driving Digital Transformation with GE business units. Yun also worked at Cisco leading Cloud Services Platform for large enterprise and service providers. Yun has taught graduate computer science courses at San Jose State University as Adjunct Professor and has a PhD in Computer Science. Yun is an executive speaker at various STEM and Women leadership panels and embraces diversity and inclusion in her value.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Steve Madden
Vice President, Global Segment Marketing of Equinix
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Steven Smyser
VP, Bare Metal Finance & Commercial Solutions of Equinix
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About Equinix, GraniteShares: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Jim Poole
Vice President, Ecosystem Business Development of Equinix
Jim Poole is the vice president of ecosystem development and global service providers at [Equinix](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/equinix). Prior to that, he was the general manager of global networks and mobility at the same company. He joined Equinix from Roundbox Inc., a provider of mobile broadcast software, where he led business development and sales. Before Roundbox, he was vice president and general manager of network services at CenturyLink. He also held senior leadership positions at C&W Americas, dynamicsoft, American University Washington College of Law, and UUNET. Poole holds a bachelor’s degree from American University.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Bill Long
Vice President- Interconnection Services of Equinix
Bill Long joined Equinix in 2013. He is responsible for the overall profitability and growth of Equinix interconnection products globally. This includes management of the existing portfolio and new product innovation. Prior to joining Equinix, Long served as Vice President of Voice Services at Level 3 Communications where held numerous product management, product develop and R&D related roles. He is a named inventor on five issued and pending patents.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Ryan Mallory
Senior Vice President Global Solutions Enablement of Equinix
Ryan Mallory serves as Equinix’s VP of Global Solutions Architects and is an active contributor in the IoT space. Sitting on multiple customer advisory boards and advising start-ups in Silicon Valley around the interconnect grid, city, home and person, his line of sight into emerging market trends and advanced execution is highly regarded. Key areas of expertise are the mobile integration point, edge access and aggregation point and core distribution infrastructure for IoT and the industrial internet. His guidance and recommendations have helped fortune 500 companies solidify their IoT roadmap and implement a comprehensive execution plan.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Milind Wagle
SVP & CIO of Equinix
Milind Wagle joined Equinix in April 2010 and serves as the Global CIO within the Customer Success Organization. Wagle leads the global IT team and oversees the solution delivery for enterprise applications, information security, and end-user technology infrastructure support for Equinix’s thousands of global employees. For the past six years, Wagle has served in various senior leadership roles within the IT team at Equinix, most recently as Vice President. In addition to managing the global IT applications portfolio, he has managed large-scale, cross-functional enterprise transformation programs for the company, including designing and deploying process, system and organizational standardization across the globe. Previously he has held leadership positions at VeriSign, KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint. Wagle holds a BS, Electronics Engineering from University of Mumbai.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Michael Blum
SVP, Business and Legal Affairs of Quantcast
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About Quantcast: Quantcast helps create a more personalized digital world.
Christina Cubeta
VP Marketing of Quantcast
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About Quantcast: Quantcast helps create a more personalized digital world.
Andrew Chen
Senior Vice President – Product, Design, & Data of Flow Commerce
Andrew Chen is the senior vice president of product management at [Flow](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/flow-8), a turn-key platform for e-commerce companies to go global, capturing international demand for their products. Previously, he was the vice president of product management, UX, and design at [BaubleBar](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/baublebar#/entity). Prior to BaubleBar, Chen was the director of products at [Gilt Groupe](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gilt-groupe) and [iHeartMedia](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clear-channel-communications#/entity). He was also the principal product manager of [Lot18](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lot18#/entity). In 2009, Chen founded SnapItTo.Me and served the same company as the head of products. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Yale University.
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About Flow Commerce, Gaingels: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
Siddharth Jain
SVP Engineering of Flow Commerce
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About Flow Commerce: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
Juliana Pereira
Vice President Marketing of Flow Commerce
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About Flow Commerce: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
William Caraccio
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Chief Legal Officer of Applied Micro Circuits
L. William Caraccio joined us in June 2010 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. In December 2002, he was a co-founder of RMI Corporation (formerly Raza Microelectronics, Inc.), a privately held fabless semiconductor company where he was most recently Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and, following RMI Corporation’s acquisition by Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. in October 2009, he served a transition role at Netlogic as Senior Counsel until January 2010. From March 2000 to January 2003, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Foundry Holdings, Inc., a privately held investment firm and incubator of high technology companies. From June 1992 to March 2000, he was at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), an international law firm where he was most recently a Partner and co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Securities and Technologies Group. Mr. Caraccio earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Applied Micro Circuits: Applied Micro provides computing and connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure and data centers.
Matt Wilson
Vice President, Politics of Brigade
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About Brigade, Causes: Brigade wants to make civic engagement easy, effective, and enjoyable — and in so doing, restore political power back to the people.
David Lampkin
SVP, Commercial Sales of Wave
David Lampkin is a SVP, Commercial Sales at Wave.
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About Wave, Wave Business: Wave is a leading provider of video, internet and phone services
Michael Wiemer
VP Eng / Co-Founder and CTO of Mojo Vision
Michael Wiemer is the Co-Founder and CTO at Mojo Vision.
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About Mojo Vision: Mojo Vision is developing Mojo Lens, the world’s first AR smart contact lens with a built-in display that delivers Invisible Computing
Eric Johnsen
VP Business Development, Consumer and Enterprise (Fractional) of Mojo Vision
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About Mojo Vision: Mojo Vision is developing Mojo Lens, the world’s first AR smart contact lens with a built-in display that delivers Invisible Computing
Tim A. Miller
SVP Engineering of Quizlet
Tim is Senior Vice President of Engineering at Quizlet, a mobile learning platform serving over 50 million adult and child learners worldwide, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and 50% of U.S. college students. Previously, he served as head of engineering at Flickr, where he built Flickr’s first mobile team and deployed the first free terabyte on the Internet. From 1997 through 2011 he served in engineering and leadership roles at several venture-backed startups including Airflash, Zero G Software, and Deem.
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About Quizlet: Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.
Brian Lobdell
Vice President of Lead Edge Capital
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About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
Jordan Savage
Co-Founder & VP, Creative of Grove Collaborative
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About Grove Collaborative: Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home and personal care products and is the leader in zero-plastic CPG.
Steve Heflin
Vice President of Sales of Afilias
Steve Heflin has 20 years’ experience in the online industry. In 1994, he started one of the first dial-up internet service providers in southern Pennsylvania. Steve co-founded Domain Bank in 1999, one of the first ICANN-accredited Registrars to be created, where he spent four years as President from 2002 to 2005. Steve joined Afilias as Vice President of Sales in 2006, overseeing Afilias’ global sales including the dotMobi business subsidiary, with a focus on domain and Registry services. Steve is 44 years old.
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About Afilias: Afilias provides back end domain name registry services, DNS, idn and RFID services.
John Kane
Vice President of Corporate Services of Afilias
John Kane has nearly 20 years’ experience focusing on the online industry, specifically in the areas of Domain Name management, brand protection and Internet security. Before joining Afilias in 2008, John was Executive Vice President at Demand Media, a Content and Social Media company, from 2007 to 2008 and served as Vice President of Sales and President of its subsidiary, eNom, Inc. (an ICANN-accredited Registrar) from 2004 to 2008. He has also been an active participant in ICANN since its inception in 1998. John was previously a non-Executive board member of Afilias prior to his appointment with the Group. He oversees the continuing expansion of Afilias’ product offering. John is 48 years old.
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About Afilias: Afilias provides back end domain name registry services, DNS, idn and RFID services.
Roland LaPlante
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias
Roland LaPlante has over 30 years’ senior marketing experience, beginning with Procter and Gamble in brand management, and then successive positions at Heublein/Diageo, Citibank, McGraw-Hill, Providian and Xlibris (an online publisher). Since joining Afilias in 2001 as Chief Marketing Officer, he has overseen both corporate and product marketing for Afilias, including the launch of .INFO and the establishment of Afilias’ position in the current round of nTLDs. As the Group’s principal industry spokesperson, Roland is a sought after speaker on a variety of TLD issues and has helped position Afilias as a global Registry leader. Roland is 61 years old.
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About Afilias: Afilias provides back end domain name registry services, DNS, idn and RFID services.
Ben Seri
Vice President of Research of Armis Security
Ben Seri is the Head of Research at Armis, responsible for vulnerability research and reverse engineering. His main interest is exploring the uncharted territories of a variety of wireless protocols to detect unknown anomalies. Prior to Armis, Seri spent almost a decade in the IDF Intelligence as a Researcher and Security Engineer. In his free time, Seri enjoys composing and playing as many instruments as the wireless protocols he’s researching.
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About Armis Security: Armis Security offers an agentless IoT security solution that lets enterprises see and control any device or network.
Shawn Conly
Senior Vice President Marketing of GREE
Shawn Conly is a Vice President, Marketing at GREE.
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About GREE: Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users.
Enrique Rodriguez
EVP and CTO of Liberty Global
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About Liberty Global: Liberty Global is an international cable company providing television, broadband internet, and telephony services.
Oliver Nicholas
VP of Engineering of Nana Academy
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About Nana Academy: Vertically integrated student-to-operator trade skills school, driven by an AI-marketplace.
Brendon Thomas
VP, Distribution of Pluto TV
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About Pluto TV, ViacomCBS: Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service in America.
Bhumi Bhutani
Co-Founder, VP of Sales of Way
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About Way: The No.1 Car Insuretech, Fintech Super App
Ko Baryiames
SVP, Technology of KAYAK
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About KAYAK: KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Vanessa Kafka
VP, Product of KAYAK
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About KAYAK: KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
James Turnbull
VP of Engineering of Glitch
James is an experienced engineering leader who has previously worked at Microsoft, Kickstarter, Docker, Venmo, and Puppet. He was one of the founders of the non-profit educational platform Empatico. He is also the author of a number of technical books and chair of the Velocity conference series.
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About Glitch: Glitch is the friendly community where everyone builds the web.
Charley Moore
SVP, Finance & Operations of Mack Weldon
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About Mack Weldon: Mack Weldon is an e-commerce company that sells men’s underwear, t-shirts, and socks.
Steve Yankovich
Vice President of Innovation and New Ventures of eBay
Steve Yankovich joined HomeValet as Chief Experience Officer in 2020.Steve Yankovich, vice president of innovation and new ventures at eBay Inc., leads a newly formed team focused on future-looking technologies and experiences that will drive innovative new approaches to connecting retailers, merchants and sellers with consumers around the world. Steve is focused on creating the future – opportunities beyond core products from a business and technology perspective. From 2009 to 2012, Steve served as vice president of eBay mobile, responsible for eBay’s mobile business and product development worldwide on device platforms such as the iPhone, iPad, RIM, Android, Windows Phone, tablet and mobile web. Under Steve’s leadership, eBay mobile doubled its mobile commerce volume every year from 2008 through 2012, with $13 billion in mobile commerce volume in 2012 alone. eBay mobile is expected to generate $20 billion in 2013. Steve spearheaded the eBay Inc acquisitions of RedLaser and Critical Path Software. His patent portfolio consists of 29 leading technologies, four of which have been formally issued. Before eBay, Steve was Adobe’s Entrepreneur in Residence where he created an Adobe seed project targeted at knowledge and information workers. Before Adobe, he was the founder/CEO/CTO of Movaris Inc., an Enterprise BPM software company that was acquired by Adobe. When Steve isn’t busy tinkering with technology, he enjoys building and driving fast cars.
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About eBay, HALL Wines, HomeValet, Relay Ventures: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Alexander Stojanovic
Vice President, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Semantic Platform Engineering of eBay
Alexander is an executive and entrepreneur, currently serving as Managing Director of Adaptive Insight. Previously, he served as Vice President of Applied Research and Machine Learning at eBay, managing machine learning activities globally. He was the founding Vice President, CTO, and Chief Architect of the Cisco Cognitive Computing and Real-time Analytics SaaS platform – now a part of the Cisco Cloud Center product line. Prior to Cisco, Alexander was a Vice President and CTO at Oracle Corporation, working on design and strategy of Oracle’s public cloud platform offerings with an emphasis on machine learning-based SaaS offerings. He served as CTO for the Oracle Data Integration Cloud Services and founded both Oracle Data Catalogue and Big Data Preparation Cloud Services. Alexander has also held founder and leadership roles at MAANA. At Microsoft, Alexander founded and led Azure HDInsight, SQL Server Semantic Engine, and Microsoft Solver Foundation product lines. Alexander is an active angel investor and advisor to innovative AI and ML-driven start-ups, including: Kosmos AI, Wave Computing, Sapiens Data Science, Roambee, and DataRPM (acquired by Progress Software in 2017). A graduate of Santa Clara University, he resides in Los Gatos with his family – wife Tatjana and daughter Mina – enjoying electronic music composition, Leica photography, cinema, and sailing.
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About eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Dan Tarman
SVP & CCO of eBay
Dan Tarman has 30+- years of professional and executive experience. Starting his career as a litigation attorney and continuing in the corporate world, has worked at a number of leading companies in senior marketing, brand strategy and corporate communications roles.
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About Autism Impact Fund, eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Jordan Sweetnam
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas Market of eBay
Jordan Sweetnam is the SVP and general manager for Americas Market at eBay. He was the vice president of customer experience for Walmart eCommerce. He brings rich e-commerce experience building differentiated products that delight customers and drive growth. He is responsible for leading a high-performance organization with Design, Analytics and Product Management teams that are focused on delivering an amazing customer experience when shopping Walmart.com at home, on their mobile devices or engaging digitally in the store. Jordan joined Walmart’s eCommerce team in 2016. He previously spent 12 years at eBay with his last two years as vice president of Seller Experience. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a specialization in finance from the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with honors.
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About eBay, Walmart Labs: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Gail Frederick
VP, Mobile and Developer Ecosystem of eBay
Gail Frederick’s expertise includes two decades of software development and architecture leadership inside venture-backed startups and Fortune 500s. Currently, as Senior Director of Developer, Ecosystem and Services at eBay, she’s hyper-focused on making eBay integration easier for internal and third-party developers – both critical to enabling smoother, more seamless buying and selling experiences. In a prior role as Senior Director of Commerce OS, Gail was chartered with streamlining standards through architecture and design patterns for the company’s web services, focused on multi-screen applications and mobility. Before her time at eBay, Gail served as a director for Intel’s Open Source Technology Center, the heart of Linux at Intel. Her treatise on standards-based mobile web development entitled “Beginning Smartphone Web Development” published in December 2009. Gail holds both bachelor and master degrees in Computer Science from The University of Michigan and The University of Washington, respectively. When not at work, Gail is mom to school-age twins and calls Portland, Oregon home.
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About eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Sanjeev Katariya
Vice President & Chief Architect of eBay
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About eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Jean-Francois Van Kerckhove
VP Geographic Expansion – Member of North Americ Executive Staff of eBay
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About eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
