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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 Washington based CEO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Dan Kanninen
Partner and CEO of STG Group
Dan is an established political voice in the beltway, featured frequently on MSNBC, CNN, FOX news and FOX business, as well as being on the record in publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Politico. Dan Kanninen has spent more than 15 years in influential positions at all levels of government and politics, playing key roles in policy making, campaigns, and political management. He has advised presidential candidates, cabinet members, governors, major private sector CEOs, non-profits and coalitions, and foreign heads of state. He is a Partner and CEO of the political and public affairs consulting firm STG. Dan played a critical role in President Obama’s 2008 election as the State Director in Wisconsin after working in leadership positions in Wisconsin, Ohio and North Carolina during the primaries. Dan served the re-elect by overseeing the northeastern United States (a nine state, $20 million operation including the critical battlegrounds of New Hamp- shire and Pennsylvania) from Chicago headquarters before leading the Virginia operation as Senior Advisor, turning that state blue for just the second time since 1964.
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About STG Group: STG Group is a provider of mission-critical technology, cyber, and data solutions.
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Surbhi Rathore
CEO & Co-Founder of Symbl.ai
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About Symbl.ai, Women in AI: Symbl.ai is an early-stage, venture-backed startup that is democratizing access to conversational intelligence for developers.
Eric Schmidt
Co-Founder and CEO of Glue Up
As a leader in the global tech industry, Eric is focused on developing customer-centric products and transforming the way professional communities build and enrich relationships. He has incubated multiple tech startups within the software, mobile, and environmental industries, and has worked with venture capital and private equity investments in the United States and China. He also founded China Entrepreneurs — a community he built into a 20,000+ member network. Eric is an elected member of AmCham China’s Board of Governors. In 2004, sponsored by Nike and Phillips, he traced Marco Polo’s route, cycling 100 days from Beijing, China to Venice, Italy. Eric holds an M.S. and a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has been featured in media such as the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, CCTV, China Daily, and numerous other outlets.
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About Glue Up: Glue Up is an all-in-one engagement management CRM for associations, chambers of commerce, event organizers and marketing professionals.
Omri Mor
CEO and Co-Founder of Routable
Omri founded ZIIBRA in 2011 with the goal of helping artists turn their creative projects into full-time gigs. He has become renowned for his email-slaying skills and tireless attention to design and product. When he’s not in the office, you can find him picking up a new record to listen to, eating copious amounts of sushi, or cheering for his alma mater, the University of Washington.
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About Routable: Routable is a B2B payments-based platform that allows its users to send and receive business-to-business payments.
John Haley
CEO of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Geoff Osler
CEO and Co-Founder of S!NG
Geoff Osler si the Co-Founder and CEO of S!NG. Prior to co-founding ClearSign, Geoff Osler was Director of Partner Marketing for Adobe Systems, Inc. where he was responsible for worldwide programs with membership in excess of 10,000 developers, service providers, and certified training centers. Geoff has managed marketing teams in Europe, Asia and the Middle East in addition to the United States and Canada. Prior to Adobe, he was co-founder and marketing director of Crosstree Systems Inc., the developer of Target, one of the world’s first daily, industry-specific email news services. In 1994 at Science and Information Technology, Ltd., Geoff was part of the team that created MAPS, one of the first software systems to enable web-based image searching and content management. Geoff concluded agreements placing MAPS at some of the world’s leading publications including The Times of London, The Daily Mirror and The Economist. From 1992 to 1994, at the beginning of the shift to a free market, Geoff was a senior manager at Apple Computer in Warsaw, Poland with responsibility for product localization and securing exclusive distribution agreements with leading U.S. software and hardware manufacturers.
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About S!NG: S!NG is a hesitation-free idea-sharing platform providing new groundbreaking technology services targeted for the music industry.
Reggie Aggarwal (CEO and Founder)
Founder & CEO of Cvent
Reggie Aggarwal is the CEO and Founder of Cvent, the leader in meetings, events and hospitality software. A lawyer by trade, Reggie founded Cvent in 1999 as a two-person startup, with the goal of making meeting planning easier for his peers in the business community. Reggie was named the #1 SaaS CEO by The SaaS Report in their 2019 Top 50 SaaS CEO list and Entrepreneur of the Year for the Washington, DC area by Ernst & Young. He was also named the most admired CEO in the Washington, DC area by the Washington Business Journal, one of the 100 most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, and a rising star by Forbes Magazine. He has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and Business Week. He has also been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC and several other popular news shows.
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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.
Jeffery Hawn
Chairman and CEO of Quest Software
Jeffrey Hawn has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2015. Hawn is currently Chairman and CEO of Vertafore, a provider of software and solutions to the insurance industry. Prior to joining Vertafore, Hawn served as Chairman and CEO of The Attachmate Group, a software holding company, from May 2005 to November 2014. Prior to that, he was an Operating Partner of JMI-Inc., a private equity firm, a role he assumed in April 2004. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations for BMC Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, from July 2000 to March 2004 and as a partner with McKinsey & Company, a leading management consulting firm, from July 1990 to July 2000. Hawn received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Hawn served on the board of Pervasive Software Inc. from February 2003 until April 2013, the board of Vignette Corporation from November 2001 until July 2009 and numerous private company boards.
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About Attachmate, CD&R LLP, Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Rick McGeer
CEO and Co-Founder of engageLively
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About engageLively, US Ignite: Jupyter Hubs as a Service, with built in presentation, visualization, interaction, and a built in point-and-click chart editor
Joe Roets
CEO and Founder of Dragonchain
Joe Roets is a successful Software Architect with experience as CIO, CTO, and Senior Vice President in many industries. For over 25 years at such companies as Disney, Lockheed Martin, Sprint, FBI, DoD, and createTank, he has spearheaded new technology programs and led software teams large and small. He has contributed to blockchain and cryptocurrency projects since 2010 at Overstock, Coinbase, Symbiont, and the Walt Disney Company. Most recently, he founded the Dragonchain Blockchain Platform (open sourced from Disney).
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About Dragonchain, Dragonchain Foundation: Dragonchain offers users with the potential of blockchain through accessible, flexible, and secure platform.
Ben Cotton
Founder & CEO of Cyfir
Ben Cotton is the President, CEO and founder of Cytech Services, an industry leading computer forensics and incident response firm serving both public and private industry. Prior to founding CyTech in 2002, Ben was a twenty-one year veteran of the US Army, Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Mr. Cotton served in both unclassified and classified units fighting the Global War on Terrorism, specializing in sensitive site and digital device exploitation, Computer Network Attack (CNA), and Computer Network Defense (CND). While on active duty—in addition to being a fully qualified operator—Mr. Cotton was a technical visionary and pioneer in Cyber Security and Computer Forensics for the US Government and the SOCOM. Ben is a plank holder for the SOCOM capabilities that now exist within these technical areas. Ben holds a Masters of Science in Information Technology Management and has also earned numerous technical certifications, including the CISSP and other industry-recognized computer forensic and incident response certifications.
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About Cyfir, eSentire: CyFIR is the ideal network investigation and Incident Response tool for performing live computer investigations across any size enterprise.
Glenn Gore
CEO of Affinidi
Glenn Gore is working as a Glenn Gore at Affinidi since November 2020 and previously worked as a Director, Lead Solutions Architect at AWS. As the head of Architecture for Amazon Web Services, Glenn is responsible for managing a regional team, creating architectural best practices and working with customers on how they use the cloud for business transformation. In this role, Glenn oversees architectural best practices across APAC, regional input into the AWS roadmap and supporting customers that are making strategic investments with AWS.
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About Affinidi: Affinidi specializes in creating and sharing digital identities, credentials and data for individuals & organizations.
Martin Mao
Co-Founder and CEO of Chronosphere
Martin Mao is the founder and CEO of Chronosphere.
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About Chronosphere: Chronosphere develops a scalable, reliable, and customizable monitoring solution built for cloud-native applications.
James Legg
President & CEO of Thycotic
Responsible for day-to-day operations, James creates and executes growth strategies and initiatives designed to propel Thycotic to the next level. James has amassed over 25 years of managerial and sales experience in guiding technology companies to accelerated, sustained growth. Most recently, he served as EVice President and GM of Unitrends, Inc., after serving as CEO of PHD Virtual, acquired by Unitrends in 2013. Previously, he served as Vice President of worldwide sales for Idera Corporation, and was Vice President of sales at NetIQ Corporation, having come there via the acquisition of PentaSafe Security Technologies, a remote access, vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection solution provider.
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About Thycotic: Thycotic protects companies from cyber attacks with innovative technologies that secure privileged accounts across the modern enterprise.
David Leeds
Founder & CEO of Tango Card
Experience starting, scaling, and managing large enterprise businesses. FiberTower: Cofounder, SVP Strategy, Sales, and Marketing. Stanford GSB MBA (2000), University of Vermont/Univ. of Copenhagen BSBA (1991).
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About Tango Card: Tango Card bundles simple technology, great rewards and expert service to help companies get the most out of their reward programs.
Mohit Bhende
CEO and co-founder of Karat
Mohit “Mo” Bhende co-founded Karat with the goal of unlocking opportunities. Interviews change lives by connecting people to organizations where they can find their purpose, grow, and change the world. And yet, while there are millions of interviews happening every year, interviewing has never been recognized as its own discipline. In fact, the vast majority of people conducting interviews receive no formal training in how to conduct them, which limits opportunities for organizations to grow and employees to thrive. Mo encountered this challenge firsthand as a Microsoft executive trying to rapidly scale engineering hiring for XBOX. Even the world’s biggest tech company was having a hard time conducting interviews with the quantity, quality, and consistency needed to meet hiring targets. So, with co-founder Jeffrey Spector, Mo set out to unlock the business and career opportunities that are limited today by professionalizing interviewing to make every interview predictive, fair, and enjoyable. They built the world’s first and only interviewing cloud and established the profession of Interview Engineering with Karat’s global network of interviewers. Today, Karat helps organizations unlock hiring opportunities by conducting technical interviews on behalf of clients like Indeed, Robinhood, Roblox, and Peloton. Karat’s unique business model reclaims significant engineering time, generates clear and objective hiring data, and provides candidates with a flexible and responsive experience. Prior to Karat, Mo cultivated his passion for hiring and talent development as an executive at Microsoft. At Microsoft, Mo closed $700M+ in business development and M&A deals for XBOX. Earlier in his career at Microsoft, Mo managed the company’s $200M Corporate China Fund and was based in Beijing. Mo holds an MBA from Wharton, an Master of Philosophy from Cambridge – where he studied as a Gates Scholar – and a BS with Honors from Penn State. He has served on Penn State’s Alumni Board and loves to ski, travel and spend quality time with his wife, children and family.
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About Karat: Karat develops an interviewing cloud platform to solve the multi-decade global shortage of software engineers.
Roy Kapani
Chairman and CEO of Systems Engineering Associates (SEA)
Mr. Kapani has over 20 years’ experience in the information technology industry. He founded ECS in 2001, with one contract and a handful of employees. Beginning in 2004, Mr. Kapani began hiring strategic personnel, and the company began to double in size at a rapid pace. He infused his beliefs in the corporate culture by creating a professional services firm focused on excellence, discipline and process. His management style places an emphasis on customer satisfaction and methodologies to ensure the highest levels of quality. Mr. Kapani was the Chief Executive Officer until he promoted George Wilson in February 2014. Mr. Kapani previously held executive leadership positions with Computer Based Systems, Inc. (CBSI), and AverStar. Mr. Kapani holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park. He earned his Master of Business Administration in Finance from George Washington University. Mr. Kapani is on the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation Board and the National Cathedral School Board. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Economic Club of Washington, DC.
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About ECS Federal, Systems Engineering Associates (SEA): Systems engineering associates corporation is a veteran-owned business focusing on systems engineering.
Jon Schneider
Co-founder and CEO of Stealth Mode Startup
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About Stealth Mode Startup: Our vision is to empower DevOps and application developers and change how modern software applications
Denise Tayloe
Chief Executive Officer of Privacy Vaults Online, Inc., d/b/a PRIVO
Denise Tayloe co-founded PRIVO in early 2001, inspired by the opportunities and challenges of implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which became effective in 2000. Denise has become a subject matter expert, recognized leader and authority in permission and identity management, has been an invited speaker on the subject at conferences regarding identity and children’s privacy issues across the globe, and has been published in numerous publications. Denise has more than 20 years of experience in business development, sales, finance, and the development of companies providing business and technology related services. She was a senior auditing consultant with Arthur Andersen for small business and developing tech companies. She completed her CPA after graduating Magna Cum Laude from George Mason University with a degree in Accounting and Finance. Outside of work, Denise can be found hanging out with her dog Nuckles, riding her motorcycle and watching football with the guys.
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About Privacy Vaults Online, Inc., d/b/a PRIVO: The leader in minors privacy, customer identity and permission management.
Bassam Tabbara
Founder and CEO of Upbound
Bassam Tabbara serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Upbound, Inc. He served as Chief Technology Officer of Quantum Corporation.
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About UPBOND, Upbound: Upbound is an infrastructure management platform that runs, scales, and optimizes services across multiple cloud environments.
Chris Gibbons
Founder & CEO of The Greystone Group, Inc.
Chris Gibbons is a physician, health innovator and entrepreneur with a passion for digital health health innovation and diversity. He is currently The Chief Health Innovation Adviser for the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force and the Founder & CEO of The Greystone Group, Inc., a health technology research, innovation and incubation company. Previously Dr. Gibbons was an Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Health Informatics at Johns Hopkins University where he currently remains as an adjunct assistant professor. He is a recognized health innovator, published author and international speaker who has authored over 75 scientific papers, books, book chapters and technical reports. Dr. Gibbons obtained his medical degree from the University of Alabama and then completed residency training in Preventive Medicine, a basic science research fellowship and a Master of Public Health degree all from Johns Hopkins.
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About Duke University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Greystone Group, Inc.: The Greystone Group, Inc. is a health technology innovation company focused on multicultural innovators and solutions.
Jay Sunny Bajaj
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Digital Management
Jay Sunny Bajaj is Digital Management, Inc.’s (DMI) Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer. Sunny was raised in the technology industry, where both of his parents independently built successful IT services businesses. In 2002, he leveraged his deep understanding of the industry to found DMI. Under Sunny’s leadership, DMI has grown to become a recognized leader in enterprise mobility, big data analytics, strategic consulting, managed services, application development and cybersecurity. The company continues to experience dramatic growth, with an expanding client base that includes all fifteen U.S. Federal Departments and hundreds of Fortune 1000 commercial clients. DMI has received accolades for its growth, innovation and outstanding client service. The company has been honored as one of the top 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the country by Inc.com for the last seven years and was also recognized as one of the Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Greater Washington Area by the Washington Business Journal. Growing more than 900 percent in the past three years, and employing more than 1,500 professionals, DMI recently received Inc. Magazine’s Hire Power Award and was ranked as the 9th largest private job creator in the U.S. in 2013. Sunny is a multi-year winner of the Washington SmartCEO Future 50 award. In 2009 and again in 2010, he was honored as a Smart100 CEO, an exclusive group of 100 top-performing and highly respected CEOs in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region. Sunny earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Maryland. Prior to founding DMI, he worked at e-business pioneers AppNet and CommerceOne, as well as Goldman Sachs.
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About Digital Management: Digital Management provides mobile solutions and services that include enterprise mobility and cyber security.
Lee E. Mikles
CEO and President of Pendrell Corporation
Lee E. Mikles is President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Director of Pendrell Corp. Mr. Mikles has served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer and President since November 2014. He has served as a director of FutureFuel Corp., a manufacturer of custom and performance chemicals and biofuels, since 2005. He also served as Future Fuel’s Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to January 2013, its president from 2005 to January 2015, and its principal financial officer from 2005 to 2008. He served as chairman of Mikles/Miller Management, Inc., a registered investment adviser and home to the Kodiak family of funds, between 1992 and 2005 and was chairman of Mikles/Miller Securities, LLC, a registered broker-dealer, between 1999 and 2005. Mr. Mikles has served on the boards of directors of Pacific Capital Bankcorp., Official Payments Corporation, Coastcast Corporation, Nelnet, Inc., Imperial Bank and Imperial Bancorp.
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About Pendrell Corporation: Pendrell Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pendrell Technologies, Inc., provides corporate intellectual property solutions
Sunny Gupta
CEO of Apptio
Sunny is the co-founder, President and CEO of Apptio, responsible for company vision, strategic direction, planning and execution. Sunny’s enterprise software career spans more than 20 years with roles in general management, strategic marketing, product management and business development. Before founding Apptio, Sunny was Executive VP of Products at Opsware and was responsible for all of Opsware product businesses up to its acquisition by HP for over $1.6 billion. Demonstrating his passion for pioneering innovative solutions to complex enterprise technology problems, Sunny co-founded iConclude and created the IT runbook automation market. Sunny served as the company’s CEO, serving customers such as ACS, Alaska Airlines, Glaxo Smith Kline and Halliburton, until its acquisition by Opsware. Previously, Sunny held senior leadership roles in Products, Business Development and Engineering at Mercury Interactive, Rational Software, and IBM. Sunny earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina, was selected as a Top 40 CEOs under 40, and was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year in 2012.
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About Apptio: Apptio is a provider of SaaS-based Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions for managing businesses in the IT field.
John Sercu
CEO of TA Group Holdings
John Sercu is the CEO at TA Group Holdings.
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About Bookwalter Winery, TA Group Holdings: TA Group is a veteran-owned company provides mentorship, shared operations and scalable processes.
Praveen Seshadri
CEO & Co-Founder of AppSheet
Over Praveen’s career, he has pursued the “dream” of declarative end-user programming in various incarnations. In a previous life, he was a CS professor at Cornell. And in another, he was a partner engineering manager at Microsoft in the SQLServer and Bing teams.
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About AppSheet: AppSheet is the intelligent no-code platform for business apps.
Larry Cohen
CEO of Gates Notes
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About Gates Notes: Gates Notes focuses on the development of scientific and technological solutions and services.
Sanju Bansal
Founder & CEO of Hunch Analytics
Sanju Bansal is the co-founder of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), a worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile software, big data and cloud-based services. He served as the company’s vice chairman of the board of directors and executive vice president till November 14, 2013. From 1993-2012, he served as chief operating officer of MicroStrategy. Bansal serves as a member of the board of directors of Cvent (NYSE: CVT), a cloud-based event management software provider, and The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ:ABCO), a research services company. In 2013, Sanju received the Washington Business Journal’s Outstanding Directors award for his work with Cvent. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from MIT and a Master of Science in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About CareJourney, Hunch Analytics: Hunch Analytics is a great company to work with, or work for. We are dedicated to harnessing newly available data and cutting-edge analytic.
Michael Corkery
President & Chief Executive Officer of Deltek
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About Deltek: Deltek is an enterprise software and information solutions provider for professional services firms and government contractors.
Eben Frankenberg
President & CEO of Echodyne
Eben Frankenberg has over 20 years of experience starting and growing technology companies. Prior to founding Echodyne, he spent 9 years at Intellectual Ventures – 4 years creating and overseeing IV’s spin-outs: TerraPower, Kymeta and Evolv Technologies as well as IV’s Lab and Global Good, and 5 years as the COO. Prior to IV, Eben spent 10 years at Onyx Software leading Sales, Marketing, Business Development, and the Americas as Onyx went from basement start-up to IPO in 4 years, and grew from 7 to 800 employees. He started his career as a geophysicist in oil exploration and has an AB from Dartmouth College and a MS in Geophysics from Stanford University.
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About Echodyne: Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies.
Femi Adebogun
Co-Founder and CEO of ScholarMe
Femi Adebogun is a programmer, problem solver and technology innovator with a passion for improving broken and inefficient systems. While still in High School he founded Testify Software, an EdTech start-up geared towards individualized learning. Alongside Testify, Femi designs and develops custom websites and applications for commercial clients throughout the United States. He is currently the Co-Founder and CEO at ScholarMe.
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About ScholarMe, Testify Software: ScholarMe simplifies how high school and college students pay for college.
Vincent Lopez
Founder & CEO of LCA Vantage
Vincent Lopez is a Mexican-American entrepreneur, and the founder & CEO of LCA Corp., which manages investments in various industries, including healthcare, technology, and media. Mr. Lopez is the founder & CEO of LCA Vantage Healthcare, a transformative cost-saving market-disrupting solution to America’s crippling healthcare system. Throughout his career, Mr. Lopez has held several esteemed positions including a 2015 nomination by Governor Tom Wolf (D-PA) to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Board of Governors. He completed a Fellowship in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) education targeted in minority neighborhoods, with President Obama’s Organizing for Action. He’s served as a law enforcement officer. He’s worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Subsequently, he went on to work for notable U.S. Government Contractors. He is the founder & CEO of the Lopez Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, which focuses on establishing lifelong success in our schools, communities, and our working world. The Foundation believes in its core principles to “Teach, Inspire, Empower, & Lead” the next generation. He studied at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English, political science, and government (Pre-law). He’s an avid fan of Formula 1 racing, horse racing, and fishing.
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About LCA CORP, LCA Vantage, The Lopez Foundation,Inc.: Electronic Health Records, Remote Physiological Monitoring, Biometrics, FHIR Complaint, Health Subscriptions
Erik Wittreich
CEO of Ridgeline International
Erik Wittreich is an experienced Leader/Army Green Beret with a track record of developing complex strategies, executing long-term innovative plans, analyzing international trends, and managing high-profile client relationships. Wittreich maintains a reputation for building and growing cross-cultural teams to thrive during high-pressure situations in both military and corporate settings. Pat Tillman Scholar and Sloan Fellow at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Key specialties include: ● Managing Operations ● Strategic Planning ● Lifecycle Planning ● Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis ● Global Alliances ● Contingency Planning
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About Ridgeline International: Technology, Digital Signature Management
Michael Dering
CEO & Founding Partner of Dering & Estrada
Mr. Dering has over 25 years experience in successfully managing and growing technology firms. Mr. Dering specializes in supporting both the executive management team and the board of emerging growth companies. Mr. Dering often provides both CEO mentoring services as well as help with a company’s growth and strategic direction. Mr. Dering is an active board member and consultant for a number of very successful high tech companies in the greater mid-Atlantic region. Prior to forming D&E, Mr. Dering was President and CEO of ServiceBench. ServiceBench experienced rapid growth by developing innovative “Service Management On-Demand” solutions, attracting prestigious new customers and expanding internationally. As a result, ServiceBench was recognized by Deloitte as one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. ServiceBench was sold to NEW in January 2008. Prior to ServiceBench, Mr. Dering served as President and CEO of CrossAccess Corporation, a multi-national venture-funded software infrastructure company that focused on integrating corporate business functions with new e-business applications. Prior to joining CrossAccess, Mr. Dering served as President and CEO of two publicly traded Bell & Howell companies. Under Mr. Dering’s leadership, Bell & Howell Mail and Messaging Technologies (MMT) doubled its profits and grew its revenue to $500 million while cultivating a broad customer base that included telecommunications carriers. At Bell & Howell Publishing Services (PSC), Mr. Dering launched its European operation and implemented a focused sales program that resulted in increased market share. Previously, Mr. Dering had a 20-year career at TAB Products Company, a $170 million publicly traded manufacturer of information storage and retrieval solutions for office environments. He initially served in a variety of sales and marketing positions, and, in his last five years, was TAB’s President and CEO, helping turn around the company and making it the dominant industry leader. Mr. Dering holds multiple board positions including 3PillarGlobal, Valencell, HelloWallet, Fishbowl, Bridgeborn, Washington Management Group/CCS, StrikeIron, The Royalty Exchange and MindShare. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
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About Dering & Estrada, eTrans Systems, Valencell: Dering & Estrada is a consulting firm providing project management, software development, and other services to businesses.
Jennifer Sunshine Steffens
CEO of IOActive
As its CEO, Jennifer Steffens spearheads all aspects of IOActive’s global business operations and drives the company’s strategic vision. Jennifer brings a wealth of industry and business experience to the company, having been an early member of several successful startups. Recognized as one of the top leaders in information security, Jennifer is an active member of the Executive Women’s Forum, the Information Security Systems Association and the Open Web Application Security Project. Lauded by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Information Security Magazine, and many more, she received SC Magazine’s Reboot Leadership Award for Top Management in 2017 and CV Magazine’s IT Security CEO of the Year 2018. She serves as a judge for the TechTrailblazers and DUO Women in Security awards and is a frequent speaker at events around the world. Earlier in her career, she held leadership positions at ground breaking companies such as Sourcefire and NFR Security. Prior to joining IOActive, Jennifer came to Seattle to help startup GraniteEdge reinvent itself. While there, she led initiatives to restructure the company and developed a product strategy that ultimately led to a successful acquisition.
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About IOActive: IOActive is a security consultancy with a global presence and deep expertise spanning hardware, software, and wetware.
Richard Clarke
CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management, LLC
Richard A. Clarke is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Against All Enemies”. He is the chairman and CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management. Clarke served for thirty years in the United States Government, including ten continuous years as a White House official, assisting three consecutive presidents. In the White House he was the special assistant to the president for global affairs, special advisor to the president for cyberspace, and national coordinator for security and counter-terrorism. Prior to his White House years, he served as a diplomat, including as assistant secretary of State, and held other positions in the State Department and the Pentagon. Since leaving government in 2003, Mr. Clarke has served as an on-air consultant for ABC News for ten years, taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for five years, managed a consulting firm, chaired the board of governors of the Middle East Institute, and written seven books, both fiction and nonfiction. Richard A. Clarke’s other books include Pinnacle Event, Sting of the Drone, Breakpoint, The Scorpions Gate, Cyber War, and Your Government Failed You.
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About ABC News, Good Harbor Security Risk Management, LLC: Good Harbor advises CEOs, executives, Boards, investment professionals, and government leaders on cyber security risk management.
M.H. Lines
CEO of Stack Moxie
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About Stack Moxie: No-code monitoring and validation for complex SaaS environments – supporting the business users managing tech stacks.
Farley Mesko
CEO & Co-Founder of Sayari Labs
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About Sayari Labs: Sayari Labs is a provider of financial intelligence and supply chain risk solutions for analysts and investigators.
Calista Redmond
CEO, RISC-V International of Linux Foundation
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About Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation builds sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and industry adoption.
Michele Kang
CEO & Founder of Cognosante
A visionary in the field of health information technology, Michele founded Cognosante in 2008 to disrupt and challenge the status quo in the U.S. healthcare system. Leveraging a unique set of business, data, and technical expertise in a fundamentally different way, Cognosante provides innovative solutions central to carrying out national healthcare transformation. Under Michele’s leadership, Cognosante has emerged as one of the most trusted partners of key Federal and state health agencies, while growing rapidly over the past five years. In the spring of 2017, Michele was named winner of the Women in Technology (WIT) Corporate Mid-Market Sector Award at its 18th Annual Leadership Awards in Washington, DC. In 2015, Michele was honored as EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® for the Washington, DC region, and then went on to win the U.S. Award for the Services category. In November 2015, Michele was named Executive of the Year among contracting organizations with revenues of $75 million to $300 million during the 13th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards™. She also received the 2012 Mosaic Woman Trailblazer Award from Diversity Woman magazine in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments and leadership in business. Michele is actively engaged in promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) studies and careers for girls and women. In 2012, she was elected along with U.S. senators, high-ranking government officials, and top executives of Fortune 500 companies as an inaugural member of 100 Women Leaders in STEM. In 2016, STEMconnector® named her one of the “Top 100 CEO Leaders in STEM” in recognition of her deep personal commitment to the cause. To realize one of her lifelong passions, Michele launched the Cognosante Foundation in 2012. The Foundation is focused on helping underprivileged and underresourced individuals build meaningful professional careers and achieve financial independence. It has underwritten an annual fellowship program with the Young Invincibles for first-generation college students to develop critical skills and gain exposure to business and political environments that may otherwise be out of reach. Michele also has been a leader in Veterans causes, organizing the establishment, funding, and serving as chair of the National Women Veterans Committee for the Million Women Mentors (MWM) organization. In October 2016, Michele received the Veterans Service Award from MWM in recognition of her dedication to improving the lives and prospects for success of the nation’s 1.4 million female Veterans. Consistent with Cognosante’s overall vision, Michele established Cognosante Ventures to identify, invest in, and mentor emerging innovative health technology and data analytics companies. Cognosante Ventures focuses on building a portfolio of groundbreaking solutions and capabilities that can help fundamentally change the way healthcare is provided. To date, it has invested in four early-stage companies, and Michele serves on the board of three of these companies. Prior to founding Cognosante, Michele served as vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman’s Health Solutions division, and as a management consultant helping global information, technology, and telecom companies formulate and successfully execute profitable growth strategies. Michele is an American Enterprise Institute National Council Co-Chair, a Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Vice Chair, and a member of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in public and private management from the Yale School of Management.
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About Cognosante: Cognosante is a provider of healthcare consulting, technology solutions, and business process outsourcing services.
Prem Kumar Kandalu
Founder & CEO of Cloud IQ Technologies
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About Cloud IQ Technologies: Cloud IQ Technologies offers you a portfolio of IT Cloud Management services.
Cory Siskind
Founder and CEO of Base Operations
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About Base Operations: Base Operations uses AI to aggregate and visualize threat data to help companies keep their people and operations safe around the world.
Free Wortley
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of LunaSec
Free Wortley is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LunaSec.
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About LunaSec, Refinery: Open Source data security platform to help you protect your most sensitive data.
Graham Covington
CEO & Founder of Engaging Networks
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About Engaging Networks: Engaging Networks is the technology used by many of the world’s leading charities to power their digital strategies.
Ray Liu
CEO and Founder of Origin Wireless
Ray Liu is the Founder and CEO of Origin Wireless.
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About Origin Wireless: Origin Wireless is a m2m (machine to machine) services company providing solutions to various industries and verticals.
Allison Magyar
CEO, Founder & President of Hubb
Allie Magyar is a skilled entrepreneur and technology maven with over 15 years of experience driving successful technology enabled service companies. She founded Hubb to build a technology solution that directly addressed the needs of meeting planners as they manage the overload of information for their event content. As CEO of Hubb, she is responsible for directing the company’s strategic direction with an emphasis on key partnerships, integrations, and growth. Allie is also passionate about driving positive corporate culture and her companies have won several regional awards such as “Healthiest Workplace” and “Most Philanthropic”. Allie combines her real-world experience in marketing, sales, partner relationship building, and show production with a strong vision for the technology-enabled future of event management. She is an experienced speaker who has spoken at conferences such as CEMA, Event Tech Live and ACT-W Portland. Allie is CMP certified, a board member for TAO (Technology Association of Oregon), a member of Vistage, a two-time Inc. 5000 award winner, and was listed on the 2013 Collaborate 40 Under 40 in the meetings industry and the 2017 Portland Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. She was named a 2017 Top Woman Entrepreneur by Smart Meetings Magazine and, in 2018 was an EY Pacific NW Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.
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About Hubb: The Hubb Platform makes virtual, in-person and hybrid events with powerful attendee engagement tools that bring brands to life.
Thomas Lapham
Chief Executive Officer of CHEQ
Thomas Lapham is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at CHEQ.
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About CHEQ: The World’s First Social Order & Payments Platform
Jim MacIntyre
Chairman & CEO of Product Lab LLC
Jim MacIntyre is a serial entrepreneur with over a 20-year track record for technology innovation. He has served as a CEO and board member for some of the DC area’s most dynamic technology companies, including Ignitio, Cirrus Seven, and Logi Analytics. He was founder and CEO of pioneering web analytics and optimization firm Visual Sciences, formerly WebSideStory, which he sold to industry-leader Omniture. Additionaly, he served as Chief of eCommerce Technology for GSI Commerce, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 and became eBay Enterprise. He is currently the CEO and Principal of McLean, VA – based Product Lab, LLC. Mr. MacIntyre holds a BA from the University of Vermont.
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About Cirrus Seven, Ignitio, Product Lab LLC: Digital product agency based in Miami, FL.
Brian Weaver
Founder ,Chairman & CEO of Torch.AI
Brian Weaver is the Founder , Chairman & CEO of Torch.AI.
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About MEDQOR, Torch.AI: Torch.AI is a network-centric AI that delivers augmented intelligence technology solutions and digital consulting services.
Trenor Williams
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Socially Determined
Williams is a family physician, entrepreneur, former CMIO and consulting executive and he most recently was the founder of Clinovations and former Managing Partner at the Advisory Board. In 2017, Dr. Williams founded a new company Socially Determined in order to create a service-enabled technology platform that integrates the social determinants of health with clinical data through the use of comprehensive care pathways and advanced analytics. With more than 20 years of healthcare experience, Dr. Williams’ unique perspective is formed at the intersection of healthcare and technology. He has an extensive understanding and knowledge in the implementation of healthcare technology, clinical process redesign, consumer market strategy development, and clinical adoption strategy development for leading hospital systems here in the United States and around the world. He has authored and edited several articles and books including: EHR for Dummies and Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide, which received the 2009 HIMSS Book of the Year Award. Prior to starting Socially Determined and Clinovations, Dr. Williams led and supported engagements for Advanced Clinical Information Systems Implementations in both Inpatient and Ambulatory organizations. His expertise has helped organizations implement and optimize Computerized Physician Order Entries and develop strategies for achieving clinical, operational, and financial return on investment. Dr. Williams spent time in England working with the National Health Service to develop the national benefits that will measure every hospital in the country. He also helped healthcare communities redesign clinical care pathways for specific disease states in order to deliver improved and more efficient care. Dr. Williams’s subject matter expertise has helped clients develop physician adoption and clinical transformation methodologies and organize and motivate their clinical staffs during implementations. During these projects he worked side by side with clients to design and implement new governance structures, clinical content management strategies, clinician training plans and clinical workflow redesign efforts. Before beginning his consulting career, Dr. Williams was the medical director of Family Practice at Mammoth Hospital in California. He also served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve.
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About Socially Determined: The social risk analytics company for organizations committed to addressing the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Barry Crist
CEO of Chef Software
Barry Crist has more than 20 years of experience in driving enterprise customer success and adoption with both open source and DevOps software solutions. Prior to joining Opscode, he was an Executive-in-Residence at Ignition Partners, an Opscode investor. He was previously CEO of Likewise, a company with a strong open source to enterprise go-to-market model that had wide industry reach including OEM agreements with VMware, Dell, HP, Riverbed, and EMC.Likewise was acquired by EMC Isilon in September 2012. Prior to Likewise, Crist served as Vice President of the Application Management group at Mercury, now a division of HP, where he grew North American sales from less than $1 million to more than $75 million. Crist led enterprise sales organizations at Network Associates (now McAfee) and was in various sales, technical, and international roles at Apple.
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About Chef Software: Chef is a continuous automation platform powered by community and open source software engines.
Chris Young
Founder and CEO of ChefSteps
Chris Young is the CEO and cofounder of ChefSteps, the James Beard and Dieline award–winning smart-product company behind Joule Sous Vide—the smallest, most powerful sous vide tool on the planet. Controlled by a video-rich app created entirely in-house, Joule has been used to cook more than 1 million meals and is Cook’s Illustrated’s top choice among sous vide tools. Prior to ChefSteps,Young was the principal coauthor of the acclaimed and worldwide best-selling six-volume work Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. He was also the founding chef of Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Experimental Kitchen, the secret culinary laboratory behind the innovative dishes served at one of the best restaurants in the world. Prior to becoming a chef, he completed degrees in theoretical mathematics and biochemistry.
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About ChefSteps, Combustion: ChefSteps is a well-funded and rapidly growing start-up that works at the intersection of culinary education, entertainment, and technology.
Yousef Javadi
Co-Founder, President and CEO of LTN Global Communications
Javadi is a co-founder of LTN and its President and CEO. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive leader in both telecom services and IP technology. Javadi brings over 25 years of experience at starting, growing, and running global businesses. Most recently, Javadi was President of NexTone Communications, a privately held provider of software products. Earlier, Javadi was President of Sprint International, where he ran all of Sprint’s businesses, alliances, and relationships outside of the U.S. Under Javadi’s leadership and direction, Sprint built its next generation global Internet backbone. Prior to that, he held increasingly important corporate executive positions, including: head of the billion dollar North American operations of Primus Telecom; president of a wireless messaging unit at G.E. Capital; and vice-president of global sales and marketing at OTI, a start up satellite company that was sold to MCI. Javadi holds a B.Sc and M.Sc in Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About LTN Global Communications: LTN provides IP-based video transport solutions focusing on the quality and reliability of videos delivered over the Internet.
Ted T. Tanase
CEO & Founder of Ensocare
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About Ensocare: Ensocare provides customer services and care coordination facilities to healthcare organizations to maximize their patient care facilities.
Marc Pinotti
Co Founder & CEO @UnifyCloud LLC of UnifyCloud
VP – Business and Development with successful track record of launching numerous Startups, as well as rapidly growing businesses within Fortune 500 companies. Two of the startups were successfully acquired, spin-out was acquired, as well as multiple successful startups within Microsoft, Qualcomm and Lexmark International.
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About CloudAtlas, UnifyCloud: UnifyCloud ensures customers successfully migrate to the Cloud while maintaining Cost Control, Compliance and Cybersecurity.
Kevin Jackson
CEO of GovCloud Network
Kevin L. Jackson is a globally recognized cloud computing expert, Thought Leader, Industry Influencer and Founder/Author of the award winning “Cloud Musings” blog. He has also been recognized as a “Top 100 Cloud Computing Influencer and Brand” (Onalytica 2017), a “Top Federal IT Blog” (FedTech Magazine 2015,2016). Internationally recognizable firms that have sponsored blog posts authored by him include Cisco, Microsoft and IBM. Mr. Jackson has also been featured in podcasts and online video with Dell, IBM, Intel Corporation and National Public Radio. In May 2018 he was awarded an Information Security Leadership Award for his work in the US Federal Government Sector by the President, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. Mr. Jackson’s commercial experience includes Vice President J.P. Morgan Chase, Worldwide Sales Executive for IBM and Engility Corporation Director Cloud Solutions. Recently he served as part of a team responsible for onboarding mission applications to the US Intelligence Community cloud computing environment (IC ITE). Publications include, “GovCloud: Cloud Computing for the Business of Government” (Government Training Inc., 2011), “GovCloud II: Implementation and Cloud Brokerage Services” (Government Training Inc, 2012), “Practical Cloud Security: A Cross Industry View” (Taylor & Francis, 2016), and “Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions” (Packt, 2018). Mr. Jackson also delivers online training through Pluralsight.
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About (ISC)2, AT&T, GC GlobalNet, GovCloud Network, IBM, Intel Corporation, International Training Consortium, LinkedIn, Packt, Pluralsight, SourceConnecte, Supply Chain Now, The Social Movement, Total Network Service, Tulane University School of Professional Advancement, wikibooks.me: GovCloud Network helps it’s clients better leverage the global and parallel nature of cloud computing.
Mark Marron
President & CEO of ePlus
Marron joined ePlus as senior vice president of sales in 2005, and was promoted to COO in 2010 and to CEO and President in July 2016. A 30-year IT industry veteran, Marron served as senior vice president of worldwide sales at NetIQ, and was general manager of worldwide channel sales for Computer Associates International, Inc. He has extensive sales and operations experience both domestically and internationally. Marron holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Montclair State University.
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About ePlus: ePlus is an technology solutions provider of professional & managed services for cloud, security, data center, and digital infrastructure.
Alan Meekins
Founder & CEO of RosHub Inc
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About RosHub Inc, Source Parts: The Robotics Cloud
Brandon Schulz
Co-Founder & CEO of Violet
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About Violet: Violet is a Commerce API Platform enabling any app to integrate universal checkout in weeks instead of years.
Sanjeev Kumar
Co-Founder, President, CEO of The Athene Group
Sanjeev’s passion for leveraging technology to solve business problems led him to form The Athene Group back in 2001. Over his extensive career in the IT business, he has witnessed the evolution from mainframe computers to client servers to the Internet age, and is excited that the Athene team can participate in the industry’s many ongoing advancements. Sanjeev has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, India, although he never saw himself in that industry! He found the world of technology to be much more challenging and fun. He was a developer and programmer before turning his talents to starting and running a business that has enabled him to build extensive relationships with financial services firms of all sizes, within the U.S. and abroad. While working with clients and thinking about new solutions are Sanjeev’s top priorities, he also has many hobbies, including biking, hiking, and eating great food—all which he enjoys with his wife and son. He also participates in fundraising bike rides each year, and sponsors education for several children who would not have the funds to go to school otherwise.
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About Skience, The Athene Group: The Athene Group was founded by individuals with significant experience in the Technology Services industry.
JC Herz
CEO of Ion Channel
JC Herz is cofounder of Ion Channel, a data and microservices platform that automates situational awareness and enables risk management of the software supply chain. She has 15 years of analytics experience in healthcare and national security. JC was a White House Special Consultant to the Pentagon’s CIO office and coauthored the DoD’s Open Technology Development roadmap. A published author, she has been contributing to Wired magazine since 1993.
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About Ion Channel, National Security Institute (NSI): Ion Channel is a data platform and service that allows organizations to risk-manage their software supply chain.
Evan Richman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of SkyKick
Before SkyKick, Richman was at Microsoft for seven years where he held a number of product management leadership roles on the SharePoint and Office 365 businesses. Prior to Microsoft, Richman was the VP of Business Development for Digital Pipe, a Silicon Valley based networking startup and began his career as a consultant for Towers Perrin. Richman holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and B.A from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About SkyKick: SkyKick provides a cloud management SaaS platform for IT providers.
Todd Schwartz
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of SkyKick
Prior to SkyKick, Schwartz was Director of Product Management at Microsoft, where he held a number of leadership roles, including the launch and double-digit growth of Bing, AdCenter and Windows Live businesses. Before Microsoft, Schwartz worked as a consultant with Deloitte Consulting and Accenture, and held roles in venture capital, startups, and as a Captain in the US Army. Schwartz holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and B.A. in Economics from Colorado College.
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About SkyKick: SkyKick provides a cloud management SaaS platform for IT providers.
Sri Vasireddy
Co-Founder & CEO of REAN Cloud
Sri is responsible for driving the REAN Cloud Solutions roadmap along with the Consulting Practice. Sri Vasireddy is a leader in cloud computing security, solution architecture, and investment management. He has advised several government agencies and commercial organizations about their cloud computing strategies involving cloud migration, optimization, security, and compliance. During his career at the MITRE corporation, he was recognized as an expert in cloud computing and was put on strategic cloud computing initiatives in the federal government, including: Technical Lead advising GSA in developing the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA); Chief Engineer for Net Centric Enterprise Services, a Department of Defense web services initiative; Principal Architect for developing a cloud computing strategy for the US Courts Administrative Office; and Principal Architect for data center virtualization and wide area network modernization for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Mr. Vasireddy’s early involvement with federal cloud computing initiatives led him to be the first solutions and security architect on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector team. Mr. Vasireddy started a new venture to provide a delivery model for cloud-based solutions that democratizes access to computing and accelerates innovation. Since leaving AWS, he has worked closely with financial services and public sector customers such as Medicaid and CHIP Payment Access Commission (MACPAC.gov) to secure their AWS environments. Mr. Vasireddy holds a Master’s in Computer Science from George Mason University and an MBA from Duke University. Mr. Vasireddy plans to provide a delivery model for cloud based solutions that democratizes access to computing and accelerates innovation through his new venture. He is also the Founding Director of a non-profit, Asha-Jyothi, which provides education for underprivileged kids in India.
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About REAN Cloud, REAN Foundation: REAN Cloud brings together a unique set of skills and expertise in cloud computing.
Greg Deeds
Founder & CEO of Technology Exploration Group
Greg Deeds is a Founder & CEO at Technology Exploration Group.
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About Technology Exploration Group: The Technology Exploration Group was born out of a vision to provide customers with customized and comprehensive technology solutions.
Aran Khanna
CEO of Reserved.ai
Aran Khanna is a software engineer in the deep learning research team at Amazon Web Services, led by Professor Alex Smola. Aran is the technical lead for the development of the Apache MXNet framework for Mobile, IoT and Edge devices, working to allow for deployment and management of efficient deep network models across a broad set of devices outside of the data center, from Raspberry Pis to smartphones to NVIDIA Jetsons. Aran recently graduated from Harvard’s Computer Science department before joining the AWS team.
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About Reserved.ai: Archera provides a cloud cost optimization solution for companies to save time and money on their cloud costs, without any risk.
Geeman Yip
Founder & CEO of BitTitan
Geeman Yip is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BitTitan, guiding the aggressive growth and execution of all strategic company initiatives. Recognizing the limitless potential of the cloud but also the barriers confronting its adoption, Geeman founded BitTitan in 2007 to help IT service providers and businesses assess, deploy, and manage technology solutions in a rapidly changing cloud world. Prior to BitTitan, Geeman was a program manager and early member of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite team, architecting what would become the foundation for today’s Office 365 suite. He has over two decades’ worth of experience in the software and IT spaces, including email services, identity management, telephony systems, and business productivity applications. An active philanthropist, sailor, ballroom dancer, and mentor to young entrepreneurs in the Greater Seattle Area, Geeman holds a bachelor’s degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine and is the author of multiple U.S. software patents.
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About BitTitan, MigrationWiz: BitTitan empowers IT service professionals to successfully deploy and manage cloud technologies through automation.
Bob Donahue
President & CEO of BY LIGHT Professional IT Services
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About BY LIGHT Professional IT Services: BY LIGHT Professional IT Services is a provider of IT, cloud, cyber and infrastructure solutions to the US Federal Government.
Stockton Rush
CEO of OceanGate
Stockton Rush is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of OceanGate Inc. As CEO, Rush is responsible for OceanGate’s financial and engineering leadership, shaping the company’s strategic direction with a clear vision focused on developing the next generation of manned submersible solutions for subsea operations in the commercial and defense sectors. Rush began his career early, becoming the youngest jet transport rated pilot in the world when he obtained his DC-8 Type/Captain’s rating at the United Airlines Jet Training Institute in 1981 at the age of 19. He proceeded to serve as a DC-8 first officer during college summers, flying out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Overseas National Airways under a subcontract from Saudi Arabian Airlines. Over the course of three summers, Rush flew to locations such as Cairo, Damascus, Bombay, London, Zurich, and Khartoum. In 1984, Rush joined the McDonnell Douglas Corporation as a Flight Test Engineer on the F-15 program. During this time he spent two years at Edwards Air Force Base on the APG-63 radar test program and then on the Anti-Satellite Missile Program as the sole full-time representative of McDonnell Douglas. Over the past 20 years, Rush has overseen the development of multiple successful IP ventures. He most recently served on the Board of Directors for Seattle’s BlueView Technologies, a manufacturer of small, high-frequency sonar systems. In 2012, Rush was involved in the company’s acquisition by Teledyne RD Instruments, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies and leading provider of monitoring and distribution applications in subsea oil and gas production. He continues to lend his comprehensive business expertise to several Seattle companies, currently serving on the Board of Directors of Entomo, an enterprise software developer focused on post-sale channel management and financial reporting. Rush also serves as Chairman of Remote Control Technology, Inc. (RCT), a manufacturer of wireless remote control devices for several Fortune 500 industrial clients, including Exxon, Conoco-Philips and Boeing. Rush is a co-founder and member of the Board of Trustees of OceanGate Foundation, a STEM-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing inspirational ocean exploration activities and curriculum for students and educators. Previously, he served on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Flight in Seattle from 2003-2007, chairing the Development Committee from 2006-2007. In 1989, Rush personally built a Glasair III experimental aircraft, which he still owns and flies today. He also completed a heavily modified Kittredge K-350 two-man submersible, in which he has conducted over 30 dives to date. He obtained his BSE in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1984, and his MBA from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business in 1989. Rush has written numerous engineering articles on manned submersible vehicles in subsea operations for a variety of trade publications, and has spoken on private-public investment opportunities in the new ocean economy.
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About OceanGate: OceanGate provides subsea manned submersible solutions for commercial, research, and military applications.
Phillip Bond
President and CEO of Bond & Associates
Phil Bond is one of America’s most honored technology policy experts and leader of the firm that bears his name. A former US Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, his 25-plus year career in Washington has included numerous citations for his leadership roles in the Executive branch, on Capitol Hill, at major high technology companies, and most recently as the CEO of TechAmerica, the largest technology advocacy association in the US. Bond has been accorded numerous accolades during his 25-plus years in Washington, DC, including: Named to the Federal 100, the annual listing by Federal Computer Week of the most influential people in government technology; Named one of the Top 50 Tech Leaders of 2003 by Scientific American magazine for his policy leadership around nanotechnology; Elected Deputy Chair of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, a federation of more than 70 national technology associations around the world; Named a Tech Titan in Washingtonian Magazine’s annual listing of tech leaders; Recognized by Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, as one of The Fabulous Fifty, a listing of the most powerful staff in Congress Earlier in his career, Bond served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Monster Worldwide, the world’s largest online career site, and General Manager of Monster Government Solutions. From 2001 to 2005, Bond was Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Technology and, from 2002-2003, served concurrently as Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans. In his dual role, Bond worked closely with Secretary Evans to increase market access for U.S. goods and services and further advance America’s technological leadership at home and around the world. He oversaw the operations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Office of Technology Policy, and the National Technical Information Service. During his tenure, the Technology Administration was the pre-eminent portal between the federal government and the U.S. technology industry. Bond joined the Administration from the private sector, where he served as Director of Federal Public Policy for the Hewlett-Packard Company, and previously as Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Treasurer of the Information Technology Industry Council. From 1993 to 1998, Bond served as Chief of Staff to the late Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA). He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 1992 to 1993. Earlier, Bond was Chief of Staff and Rules Committee Associate for Congressman Bob McEwen (R-OH) from 1990 to 1992. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. He is a graduate of Linfield College in Oregon. Bond and his wife, Diane, have two daughters and reside in Fairfax Station, Virginia.
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About Bond & Associates: Bond & Associates provides a strategic approach to government affairs for a very specific purpose –to build your business.
Robert Martin
CEO of Sanctuary
Leading a team of incredible humans at Sanctuary as CEO and Experience Curator
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About Sanctuary, Summit Capital: Developing Activated Experiential Environments, via a first of its kind wellness application for physical space.
Sheila Duffy
Founder and CEO of Greystones Group
Sheila Duffy is the founder and CEO of Greystones Group.
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About Greystones Group: Greystones Group provides expert technical support to the US warfighter.
Manish Kedia
CEO & President of CloudMoyo
Manish is a senior entrepreneurial leader and executive manager with rapid growth over 20 years in leading companies and growing product and consulting services P&L’s. He started his career with Siemens AG. He joined Nexgenix, at an early stage start-up, as an associate and grew to Partner & VP, as he built the national consulting firm focused on Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, & CRM and led merger with TCG. He joined Microsoft management to lead Microsoft Consulting (MCS) Global Services strategy, and later led Big Data & Analytics Appliance launch in SQL Server business group. He moved back to start-up roots with Edifecs, a B2B healthcare compliance company, as SVP of national accounts and business development. Recently, as CEO, he launched and led Benefitalign, a cloud-based enterprise healthcare insurance marketplace company to a successful exit. Manish is passionate about applied technology. And loves to ‘reimagine’ business to leverage disruptive innovation of Cloud, Big Data, devices, and Analytics, especially in Healthcare, Life sciences Retail, and High Tech industries. He has been an active advisor to several organizations in including industry leaders like Dell Healthcare & Life sciences, and Silicon Valley big data analytics firms like Actian and others. Manish graduated in Computer Engineering from University of Mumbai, India and holds a Certificate in Business Management from Wharton school of business, University of Pennsylvania, PA. Manish lives in Redmond, WA with his wife and 14 year daughter. He enjoys the Pacific Northwest outdoors, hiking and trails, and loves to travel with family. He is an avid Seattle Seahawks fan – Go Hawks! Believe!
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About CloudMoyo, Icertis: CloudMoyo is the partner for cloud and analytics solutions. The company envisions, builds & operates ERP-surround enterprise cloud and data.
Alexa Anthony
CEO, Co-Founder of Magic AI
Alexa Anthony is the CEO of Magic Ai Corp., a computer vision-based machine learning company that collects and analyzes data on animal behavior. Alexa is a passionate and driven entrepreneur with a successful track-record in fundraising and sales. As a former Division 1 athlete in Equestrian, Alexa trained and competed at the highest level of show jumping internationally. Prior to founding Magic AI, Alexa worked for the Intellectual Ventures Incubator where she sourced Entrepreneurs in Residence, and participated in the start-up and spin-out process of early-stage technology companies. Additionally, she worked on investor relations, corporate development projects, and licensing transactions. Alexa is passionate about networking, deal development, and creating strategic opportunities. Alexa has a B.A. from the University of South Carolina where she was an NCAA Division 1 athlete and holds four Division 1 championship rings in Equestrian
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About Magic AI: Magic AI is a platform that brings artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality to specific industries and verticals.
Piers Carey
Chief Executive Officer of Teneo
Piers co-founded Teneo in March 2000 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors as well as Chief Executive Officer. Piers inspires the Teneo team to realise customer service excellence and has his own personal vision to impact the education of one million children in Africa.
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About Teneo: Teneo is the specialist integrator of next generation technology, offering the strongest mix of optimization solutions for networks.
Promod Sharma
President and CEO and Co-founder of Criterion Systems
Promod Sharma is the President and CEO of Criterion Systems. Promod is responsible for setting the strategic direction, creating and modelling the company culture, building and leading the senior executive team, and allocating capital to the company’s priorities. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Sharma has enjoyed a successful career in the information technology industry. He has managed numerous mergers and acquisitions and led high growth IT services companies. Mr. Sharma is skilled at building strong, motivated teams and corporate cultures that achieve exceptional results. Prior to founding Criterion Systems, Mr. Sharma served as president and CEO of CNSI, a government technology services and solutions company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sharma held senior level positions at INET, EDS, and GenesysCorporation. He is also the founder and CEO of Abolish Child Trafficking (ACT) Now Inc., a humanitarian initiative that focuses on combating child trafficking in the Washington metropolitan area. Mr. Sharma obtained a B.S. in Physics with Honors from Delhi University (India) and a M.S. in Finance from the London School of Economics. He is a Certified Chartered Accountant from England.
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About Criterion Systems: Criterion Systems is a systems integrator that delivers innovative business solutions for government agencies.
Michael Luciani
CEO and Co-Founder of The Tuesday Company
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About The Tuesday Company: The Tuesday Company builds software that helps organizations strengthen relationships with supporters to drive community, activism.
Azarias Reda
Founder and CEO of FreshCar
Co-founder at @Meritful • PhD Comp Sci from @UMich • Research Engineer at @LinkedIn, @Microsoft • NSF Research Fellow • Undergrad Biz Degree • On 2nd Startup
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About FreshCar: FreshCar specializes in vehicle subscriptions and they provide the most advanced software platform for car subscriptions.
Yossi Appleboum
CEO & Co-Founder of Sepio
As CEO of Sepio Systems, Inc., Yossi is responsible for North American operations at Sepio. He brings 25 years’ experience in security, networking, and computer science and control systems, along with a wide-angle perspective to cyber security threats and unique security solutions. In the early 1990s, Yossi joined the technology unit of the Israeli Army Intelligence Corps (Unit 8200). As team leader and chief architect, he focused on design and development of critical infrastructure network monitoring and security systems. In 1998, Yossi co-founded WebSilicon, a company dedicated to delivering advanced networking and security systems. As VP of research and development, Yossi was involved in the design and implementation of numerous systems for government agencies, integrators and vendors worldwide. In 2007, Yossi became the company’s CTO, responsible for North American business activities. In this role, he worked with key customers to develop next-generation network monitoring and security systems. In 2013, WebSilicon was acquired by Magal (NASDAQ: MAGS), one of the world’s largest physical security integration companies. After the acquisition, Yossi led the integration of the company into Magal and was instrumental in rebranding WebSilicon as CyberSeal. Yossi served as CTO for cyber security of Senstar, the North American division of Magal, and relocated to the United States to work closely with key customers and partners. As CTO, Yossi was involved in all phases of development of the Tungsten Cyber Security Appliance and the Rubidium Central Monitoring Systems. These solutions converge physical and logical security and introduced a higher echelon of cyber security to the market.
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About Sepio: Sepio helps enterprises managed hardware related risks using physical layer information.
Sarah Haggard
Founder and CEO of Tribute
Sarah is a proven business leader who spent the last decade climbing the Corporate ladder in product marketing, sales and strategy. Her tenacity, drive and results led to her being widely recognized as a turnaround expert, new business incubator and compete strategist. Sarah’s leadership style is engaging and authentic. Her superpower is her ability to spot patterns, diagnose operational issues and activate the right people and resources to deliver results. Building high performing teams that have a high degree of trust and customer obsession. Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Seattle University and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Business Administration from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. In her own words, “I’m founding Tribute because I’m passionate about the power of human connection, and using storytelling as a means to find that connection. When we feel connected, we feel empowered, supported, and most importantly, capable of achieving our most aspirational goals.” In her own words, “I’m founding Tribute because I’m passionate about the power of human connection, and using storytelling as a means to find that connection. When women feel connected, we feel empowered, supported, and most importantly, capable of achieving our most aspirational goals. Without sacrificing who we are, or what we believe in.”
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About Tribute: Tribute is a micro mentorship app, available in Slack and Teams, that enhances team collaboration, learning, and productivity.
Nirav Desai
CEO of Moonbeam Exchange
Nirav S. Desai is an entrepreneur, investor, and strategist who integrates technologies to enable the next wave of computing. Over the course of his career, Mr. Desai has consulted with clients in the technology, health, manufacturing/logistics, and government sectors – helping a major consulting firm build a 100+ person immersive technology (virtual reality, augmented reality, etc.) practice. He brings this experience to Moonbeam as CEO and Co-Founder. Moonbeam is a startup focused propelling innovation in the enterprise through data science, artificial intelligence, and immersive technology. Additionally, he advises startups and consults with corporate clients working with innovation labs, government research centers, universities, and incubators and accelerators, to identify and embrace edge technologies. He is the Seattle Chapter President for the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Association, a global member community of virtual reality and augmented reality professionals and enterprises with chapters in major cities across the globe. He mentors startups through TechStars Seattle, the TechStars/Amazon Alexa startup accelerators, and the University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs. He serves as an Innovation Co-Chair for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region with a focus on helping states, provinces, and municipalities embrace disruption and position for the future economy. Mr. Desai serves the University of Washington as an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and as a Civic Council member for the Jackson School of International Studies. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy.
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About Moonbeam Exchange: Technology scouting and innovation exchange to connect corporate innovation labs with next generation technology. INNOVATOR <--> MARKETS
Bruce Milne
CEO of Corum Group
In his capacity as CEO of the Corum Group, Bruce Milne has overseen more technology M&A transactions than anyone in the world, netting sellers over $7 billion in personal wealth. Prior to Corum, he founded or owned four software/IT/internet related firms, including the largest vertical market software company in its time, AMI. This Inc. 500 firm, at its peak, was rated by IDC as the fastest growing computer-related company in the world. He has also been at the vanguard of creative financing and, at one point, raised more venture capital in a single closing than anyone in history without a lead investor. Through Corum, he has helped execute over $1 billion in financings/recapitalizations with VC and PE firms in the U.S. and Europe. As a recognized expert in software, he has served on numerous advisory boards including Bill Gates at Microsoft, IBM, and Apple. He was founding investor in a number of firms, including Blue Coat, Bright Star and Sabaki, as well as advisor to two governors, a senator, and the Canadian Government. He was a board member of the Washington Technology Center, and founded the WTIA, the nation’s most active regional technology trade association. His involvement is global, as over 60% of Corum transactions involve a non-US buyer or seller. He has been a keynote speaker in 20 countries, most recently Shanghai, founded SoftWorld in Canada, and he was chosen as one of the 200 most influential individuals in the IT community in Europe. Through his passion for executive education, he developed the “Selling Up, Selling Out” seminars, the most attended tech conference in history (continuous since 1990), and was the founding Chairman of the World Financial Symposiums (wfs.com), an organization dedicated to “Educating Technology Leaders” – held in financial/technology capitals around the world. Bruce is a Dean’s List graduate from the University of Washington in International Business, and graduated from Harvard Business School with Distinction. He has authored hundreds of articles on tech M&A, management, and three books on business models, including “Power Planning – How to Structure Your Software Company for Success.”
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About Corum Group: Corum Group Ltd. is the global leader in merger and acquisition services, specializing in serving software and information technology firms.
Tony Audino
Founder & Co-CEO of PeoplePath
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About PeoplePath: PeoplePath provides cloud-based platforms designed to engage and manage relationships with candidates, current and former employees.
Mahfuz Ahmed
Founder , CEO & Chairman of Disys
Mahfuz Ahmed is the principal founder of DISYS. He is currently the CEO, and serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors. From 1994 to present, Mr. Ahmed’s focus has been on strategic planning, new business development, financial management, operations, and overseeing DISYS services. Mr. Ahmed is an alumni of Harvard University. In addition to a degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering, he has more than 15 years of Information Technology experience. Mr. Ahmed’s previous career experience at several companies, including ExxonMobil, gave him the foresight to create a company that could provide its clients with highly skilled consultants to complement their technology staff without the burden of long-term costs associated with hiring and training.
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About Disys: DISYS provides IT staffing and consulting, finance and professional services, ERP services, and infrastructure support services.
Kam Desai
CEO & Co-Founder of ShiftOne
Kam is a serial entrepreneur who’s obsessed with inventing and making products that don’t just speak to customers but kisses them on the lips. Once an operator one of the largest Aveda concept spas in the Bay Area, it comes naturally to him to think like a GM about improvements. Previously, Kam co-founded Conformia Software (acquired by Oracle), and developed web crawling technologies for AllWall.com.
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About newBrandAnalytics, ShiftOne: ShiftOne is a mobile app that reduces turnover, drives incremental revenue, and makes work a better place for hourly employees and managers.
Reginald Brothers
Chief Executive Officer&Founder of BigBear.ai
Dr. Reginald Brothers was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 7, 2014, for the position of Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Dr. Brothers is the science adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and is responsible for oversight and management of the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the Department’s primary research and development arm and technical core. Through his leadership of S&T, Dr. Brothers is responsible for a science and technology portfolio that includes basic and applied research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation with the purpose of helping DHS operational elements and the Nation’s first responders achieve their missions in the most effective, most efficient, and safest manner possible. From December 2011 until April 2014, Dr. Brothers served in the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research. In this position, he was responsible for policy and oversight of the Department’s science and technology programs from basic research through advanced technology development. Dr. Brothers was also responsible for the Department’s laboratories and, as architect of the long-term strategic direction of the Department’s science and technology programs, oversaw scientific advancements necessary for the continued technological superiority of U.S. Armed Forces. Dr. Brothers is a science and technology leader and expert with more than 20 years of demonstrated success across the private and public sectors. He has held a variety of positions within the scientific and technological community that demonstrate his leadership and technical aptitude. This includes his prior service as a Technical Fellow and Director for Mission Applications in the Communications and Networking Business Area at BAE Systems, as a member of the Board on Army Science and Technology within the National Academy of Sciences, and as a Program Manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This also includes his experience as a Group Leader at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and as Chief Architect at Envoy Networks, a successful 3G wireless start-up company. Dr. Brothers received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About BigBear.ai: BigBear.ai is a decision dominance serving the national defense and intelligence communities.
David Etue
Chief Executive Officer of Nisos Inc.
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About Nisos Inc.: Active Defense technology enabled services and product company.
David Etue
Chief Executive Officer of Nisos Inc.
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About Nisos Inc.: Active Defense technology enabled services and product company.
Chief Executive Officer of ArmorText
CEO ArmorText
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About ArmorText: ArmorText provides secure text messaging for mobile enterprises to boost collaboration, ensure security, and help meet compliance standards.
Vijay Tanamala
CEO of BlueAlly
Vijay Tanamala is CEO at BlueAlly. Vijay drives the company’s delivery of superior value to its customers by leveraging and integrating all of BlueAlly’s capabilities towards this goal.
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About BlueAlly: BlueAlly has been serving as a prime source of IT Services for customers both large and small.
Thomas Opdycke
President & Chief Executive Officer of DS-IQ, Inc.
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About DS-IQ, Inc.: DS-IQ delivers breakthrough technologies for intelligently targeting messages to shoppers across multiple digital media channels
Rajeev Gupta
Founder and CEO of mElimu
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About mElimu: Cost Effective Digital University-in-a-Box Platform
Aaron Goldfeder
CEO & Co-Founder of Panda AI
Aaron Goldfeder is the CEO and Co-Founder at PANDA AI.
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About Panda AI: Panda AI develops a B2B artificial intelligence platform designed to simplify work and combine various tasks.
Pamela Maynard
Chief Executive Officer of Avanade
As President, Europe, Africa and Latin America, Pamela Maynard is responsible for directing strategy and operations across 14 geographies. Pamela has more than 15 years of experience in IT consulting, with a strong emphasis on driving customer excellence. Before assuming the role of EALA President, she served as general manager of Avanade UK, driving the development of innovative solutions to help Avanade’s customers realise results. Pamela joined Avanade UK in 2008 as head of enterprise applications and infrastructure consulting. In that role, she was responsible for development, information management and collaboration, infrastructure consulting, project management and outsourcing. Pamela came to Avanade from Capgemini, where she spearheaded IT performance improvement for global clients. She has also held IT strategy and programme management positions at Ernst & Young and consultancy roles at Oracle.
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About Avanade: Avanade provides innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem.
Mary Langowski
Chief Executive Officer of Solera Health
Langowski is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Solera Health. Prior to that, she was the Executive Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development, Government Affairs for CVS Health. In this role, she leads the team responsible for navigating complex and dynamic policies, regulations, and market trends as CVS Health identify and expands opportunities in new markets to drive growth. Langowski has a track record of helping clients translate nuanced public policy into actionable business strategy. She has a deep understanding of the political landscape and expertise in analyzing and shaping health care policy at every level of government. Prior to joining CVS Health, Langowski was with the international law firm DLA Piper where she served as the chair of their Health Care Policy and Regulatory Practice and as the co-chair of their Food and Beverage Sector. Prior to that, she served in senior positions at Alston & Bird and Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal where she provided strategic counsel to clients with a special focus on health care. In addition to her private sector experience, Langowski served as a senior health care policy advisor for U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and was the chief policy advisor at the Iowa Department of Public Health under Governor Tom Vilsack. She earned a B.A. and M.P.A from Drake University and a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.
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About Solera Health: Solera allows health plans and employers to securely and efficiently leverage a network of community and digital health solutions.
Meagan Metzger
Founder and CEO of Dcode
Meagan Metzger is the founder and CEO of Dcode, a privately owned company that connects the emerging technology industry and government to drive commercial innovation in the federal market. Meagan is also a General Partner at Dcode Capital, a venture capital firm that invests alongside top-tier venture firms in commercially-successful, high-growth technology companies in areas that are of high priority across the U.S. government. Meagan serves on the Board of Directors for the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF) and for The Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government (The-Alliance).
Prior to Dcode, Meagan worked as Chief Operating Officer of a government-focused mobile and cloud company, growing it 200% year-over-year. Meagan was also previously Chief Strategy Officer at a government-facing IT and Acquisition support consultancy and established it as one of the fastest-growing small businesses on Washington Technology’s Fast 50 for three years in a row. Through her various roles, Meagan has worked closely with senior leadership across DoD and civilian agencies, using her expertise in federal IT acquisitions and commercial technologies to drive innovation into multi-billion-dollar IT programs. Meagan holds degrees in both Applied Science and Technology and Business Administration/Marketing from The George Washington University.
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About Dcode: Dcode is a privately-owned company connecting the tech industry and government to drive commercial innovation in the federal market.
Jeff Warren
Founder and CEO of Closer Mobile
Specialties:Product and Market Strategy, P&L Management, Business Development, Alliances, Mergers, International Operations, Cloud Services, Android, Mobile Devices, embedded software, mobile content distribution
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About Closer Mobile, Migo, Inc.: Operates in the technology industry.
Peter Holland
President & CEO of Hivemine
Peter Holland Experienced strategist, leader and founder of multiple technology startups with a track record of success driving growth. Prior companies include InfoMove, Teletronics Management Services, Nexus Cellular and McCaw Cellular.
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About Hivemine, SUMA: Hivemine provides social business software products, including AskMe.
Harold Brewer
Chief Executive Officer of DefenseStorm
Harold Brewer is a veteran, innovator and entrepreneur in the world of banking technology.His accomplishments are numerous, including the development of the first integrated, object-code-only community banking system, Omni—a game-changing technology in bank data processing. He spent several years working with the Sheshunoff Affiliation Program, consulting with banks across the country about how to improve their operations and profitability through high-quality technology and human resources. Harold went on to found Brintech, an organization that helped banks struggling with technology change during the late 80s by providing a more institutionalized approach to these challenges. Harold is a two-time failure at retirement, most recently leaving to provide his banking operations leadership and expertise to DefenseStorm.
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About DefenseStorm: DefenseStorm is a network security company that provides a cloud-based cybersecurity management platform.
Albert Ng
CEO of Misapplied Sciences
Albert is a pioneer in low-latency touchscreens that provide users with the gratifying sensation of an instantaneous response when interacting with their phone, tablet, and other touchscreen devices. In addition to being featured in popular tech journals, Albert’s work in this field trended on social media sites, reaching the front page of Reddit, and attracting over 1.2 million views on YouTube. At Stanford, Albert built high-performance computers and interfaces that advanced the ability of biologists to perform next-generation gene sequence alignment. Albert received a BS from Caltech and an MS from Stanford in EE. He was granted fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Stanford, and Microsoft Research.
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About Misapplied Sciences: Misapplied Sciences is a technology that allows many viewers to simultaneously share the same displayand each see something different.
Harjinder Sandhu
Founder / CEO of Saykara
Harjinder is a serial entrepreneur in the healthcare technology space and has stood at the forefront of innovations in speech recognition and machine learning for more than 20 years. Earlier in his career, Harjinder co-founded MedRemote, a healthcare-focused speech recognition company acquired in 2007 by Nuance. He then served for five years as Vice President and Chief Technologist of Nuance’s Healthcare R&D division. He also co-founded the patient engagement company, Twistle, and remains on its Board of Directors. Harjinder holds a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) and master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Computer Science from The University of British Columbia. He is a former Assistant Professor of Computer Science at York University and Visiting Scientist at IBM.
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About Saykara: Saykara has developed the first voice-enabled mobile AI assistant to automate physician charting.
