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 President operating in the Software space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
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Elizabeth Pemmerl
Vice President, Global MSFT GTM, Public Sector & Channels of GitHub
Elizabeth Pemmerl is the Vice President, Global MSFT GTM, Public Sector and Alliances at GitHub.
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Brad Smith
President of Microsoft
Brad Smith is Microsoft’s President. He leads the company’s Department of Corporate, External and Legal and Affairs, which is responsible for all legal work and for government, industry and community affairs activities. Smith has played a leading role at Microsoft on intellectual property, competition law, and other Internet legal and public policy issues. He is also the company’s chief compliance officer. Since becoming general counsel in 2002, he has overseen numerous negotiations with governments and other companies, including Microsoft’s 2002 antitrust settlement with state attorneys general, its 2002 data privacy negotiations with the Federal Trade Commission and European Commission, and agreements to address antitrust or IP issues with Time Warner, Sun Microsystems, RealNetworks, IBM and Novell. Smith is responsible for Microsoft’s intellectual property work, including all of its IP portfolio, licensing and public policy activities. He has helped spearhead the growth in the company’s patent portfolio and the launch of global campaigns to bring enforcement actions against those engaged in software piracy and counterfeiting and against viruses, spyware and other threats to Internet safety. He is also responsible for the expansion of Microsoft citizenship and philanthropic activities, work to revise its contracts to make them more customer-friendly, and the strengthening of legal compliance programs, issuing Standards of Business Conduct for all Microsoft employees and creating an Office of Legal Compliance. Smith previously worked for five years as Deputy General Counsel for Worldwide Sales, and before that, he spent three years managing the company’s European Law and Corporate Affairs group, based in Paris. Before joining Microsoft, he was a partner at Covington & Burling, having worked in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and London offices and represented a number of companies in the computing industry. Smith graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, where he received the Class of 1901 Medal, the Dewitt Clinton Poole Memorial Prize, and the Harold Willis Dodds Achievement Award, the highest award given to a graduating senior at commencement. He was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at the Columbia University School of Law, where he received the David M. Berger Memorial Award. He also studied international law and economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He has written numerous articles regarding international intellectual property and electronic commerce issues, and has served as a lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law.
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Bret Arsenault
Chief Information Security Officer & Vice President of Microsoft
As VP and CISO at Microsoft, Bret Arsenault is responsible for information security and risk management; setting the company’s security incidence response strategy. He leads a global team of security professionals focused on protecting the company’s assets through programs that span education and awareness, governance, identity and access management, enterprise business continuity management, and security assessments. He chairs Microsoft’s Information Risk Management Council, which brings together teams from across the company focused on protecting data, and hosts Microsoft’s Security Council – an enterprise customer forum that drives product direction and operational best practices. He holds advisory board roles in the public and private sectors and is a founding member of the Executive Security Action Forum and Security 50.
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Julia Liuson
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
Julia Liuson is Corporate Vice President of the Developer Division, overseeing software development for Visual Studio and .NET framework, including CLR, .NET x-plat effort, all programming languages, user interface, mobile and cloud development tools. Liuson joined Microsoft in 1992, and has held a variety of technical and management positions while at Microsoft. She was General Manager of Visual Studio Business Applications where she was responsible for enabling developers to easily build applications on Microsoft client, server and service platforms. Liuson has also served as General Manager for Server and Tools business from MS Shanghai office in China for two years while running engineering teams on both sides of the Pacific. Previously, Liuson has served as development manager, and later as Partner Product Unit Manager for Visual Basic. She was also a core member of the leadership team that led the successful development and launch of Visual Studio Team System in 2005.
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Rajesh Jha
Executive Vice President, Experiences and Devices of Microsoft
As executive vice president of Microsoft’s Experiences and Devices Group, Rajesh Jha leads the team that includes Devices, Windows client, New Experiences and Technology, Enterprise Mobility and Management, and Office Product Group
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Brendan Burns
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
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Lori Wright
Vice President, Gaming / Xbox Business Development of Microsoft
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Jared Spataro
Corporate Vice President, Office and Windows of Microsoft
Spataro is responsible for the Windows Commercial business; the Office SMB business; Office apps product marketing, and Microsoft 365 digital marketing. He also manages several cross-company initiatives, including Modern Desktop (focused on driving upgrades to Windows 10 and Office 365) and Modern Productivity (aimed at creating new productivity scenarios that span devices, operating systems, apps, and cloud services).
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Kareem Choudhry
Corporate Vice President, Gaming Cloud of Microsoft
Kareem currently works as Microsoft’s corporate VP of gaming.
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Chris Weber
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
Chris Weber is a corporate vice president in Microsoft’s Worldwide Commercial Business. He leads the Small, Medium, and Corporate business segment and plays a key role in driving growth and new customer acquisition across four solution areas – Modern Workplace, Business Applications, Apps & Infrastructure, and Data & AI. Chris’s group drives global strategy and digital sales for corporate accounts, and small to medium-sized businesses, along with Software Asset Management. Chris previously worked for Nokia as a senior vice president, Markets, to lead the company’s re-entry into the North American market. In July 2012, he was named to the Nokia Leadership Team to lead sales and marketing globally. Prior to his tenure at Nokia, Chris held executive positions in sales, marketing and professional services at Microsoft for 15 years.
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Thomas Keane
Corporate Vice-President of Azure Global of Microsoft
As Corporate Vice President of Azure Global, Keane leads a worldwide engineering team dedicated to building Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform to enable adoption by every country, every industry, and every customer in the world. His organization is responsible for Azure’s Global Infrastructure, including designing and launching future Azure data center regions, expanding global coverage and Microsoft’s hub, hero, service ring and availability zone infrastructure spanning over 1GW of capacity in 200 datacenters in 54 regions and 19 countries. Keane is responsible for Azure’s Cyber Sovereignty engineering, including privacy, compliance, data residency and security and works frequently with global governments and regulators enabling Azure to be the industry leader in this critical area.
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Shilpa Ranganathan
Corporate Vice President, Mobile & Cross device Experiences of Microsoft
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Scott Guthrie
Executive Vice President of Microsoft
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Judson Althoff
Executive Vice President of Microsoft
As president of Microsoft North America, Althoff is responsible for Microsoft’s commercial and public sector customers and partners, and the consumer business in retail and through operator channels across the United States and Canada. Althoff leads strategic planning, business operations and key growth initiatives across the region. As a senior leader, he brings solid experience developing and leading successful direct and indirect businesses globally. Recognized for building organizations with a culture of excellence in execution his strengths include building relationships, communicating, innovating, and motivating organizations to produce results. Althoff joined Microsoft in March 2013. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Alliances and Channels and Embedded Sales for Oracle. Before joining Oracle, Althoff was an Area Business Development Manager and District Sales Manager for EMC Corporation. Althoff was named a Top Channel Leader or Executive by CRN magazine 2008-2012 and was named Channel Chief 2009-2012. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Jeff Teper
Corporate Vice President – Microsoft 365 Collaboration of Microsoft
Jeff joined Microsoft in 1992 to lead corporate developer evangelism for Windows NT. He then served as a Group Program Manager in Microsoft’s Internet Business Unit. In 1998, he led the creation of SharePoint Portal Server, which became one of Microsoft’s fastest growing businesses, exceeding $3 billion in revenues. Jeff next served as Corporate Vice President for Program Management across Office 365 Services and Servers, which is the foundation of Microsoft’s enterprise cloud leadership. He then led Corporate Strategy supporting Satya Nadella and Amy Hood on Microsoft’s mobile-first/cloud-first transformation and acquisitions. Prior to joining Microsoft, Jeff was vice president for software development for an investment firm in New York. He leads Office shared experiences and core applications, as well as OneDrive and SharePoint consumer and business services in Office 365. Jeff holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in information systems and finance from New York University.
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Jordi Ribas
Corporate Vice President, Bing Program Management, Microsoft of Microsoft
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Rish Tandon
Corporate Vice President, Teams Engineering of Microsoft
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Ann Johnson
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
Ann Johnson leads the Enterprise Cybersecurity Group in their mission is to accelerate customers’ digital transformation with trusted solutions and expertise to build the secure modern enterprise. Before joining Microsoft, Ann was CEO at Boundless, an open source geospatial software and services provider. Prior to Boundless, Ann was with Qualys, Inc., as president and chief operating officer, a provider of cloud security and compliance solutions that enable organizations to identify security risks to their information technology infrastructures, help protect their information technology systems and applications from cyber-attacks and achieve compliance with internal policies and external regulations. Prior to Qualys, Ann was vice president of World Wide Sales/IPV and Global Accounts at RSA Security LLC, a subsidiary of EMC Corporation which provides solutions to protect customer online identities and digital assets. Ann is a recognized cybersecurity industry leader with a proven track record for building and leading high-performing global enterprise software operations. Ann has a background in cybersecurity, infrastructure and storage and is a frequent speaker on topics of online banking fraud, information security, healthcare security, mobile security, privacy and compliance. Ann is a graduate of Weber State University in Utah where she completed a dual major in political science and communications. Ann is passionate about horseback riding, skiing and any water-related activity as well as cooking and organic gardening. She lives with her husband, son, and three rescue dogs in the Puget Sound area.
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Tom Burt
Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust of Microsoft
Burt leads the company’s Customer Security and Trust (CST) team. This cross disciplinary team of engineers, lawyers, policy advocates, project managers, business professionals, data analysts and cybercrime investigators drives continuous improvement of customer security in our products and online services. Working with engineering and security teams across the company, CST is responsible for ensuring our products and online services comply with our internal security engineering policies and oversees programs to provide security transparency to global governments. Burt’s team is formulating and advocating cybersecurity policy globally, advancing the Digital Geneva Convention, the Tech Accord, and the Defending Democracy Project, is collaborating with public and private organizations to disrupt cyberattacks and support deterrence efforts. Engineering compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, global readiness of our products and services, responding to law enforcement requests for access while protecting customer privacy and adherence to trade sanctions globally are also key focus areas for the team as it seeks to advance its core mission of ensuring customers can rely on and trust all Microsoft products and online services. Burt joined Microsoft in 1995 and has held several leadership roles in the Corporate External and Legal Affairs Department. He led the company’s Litigation Group from 1996 to 2007, and most recently led the Digital Trust team.
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Rohan Kumar
Corporate Vice President, Azure Data of Microsoft
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Tad Brockway
Corporate Vice President for Azure Storage, Media, and Edge of Microsoft
Tad is a 20-year veteran of Microsoft and has been in leadership roles on the Microsoft Azure team since 2011. Currently, his team is responsible for Azure Storage, which is the durability layer for the Azure cloud, including: Object Storage, Files, Disks, etc. His team is also responsible for Azure Media Services and Azure’s overall strategy in the Media & Entertainment industry. In addition, his team owns Azure Intelligent Edge products like: Azure Stack and Data Box. Tad has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and an MBA from the University of Washington.
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Mitra Azizirad
Corporate Vice President and Microsoft AI of Microsoft
Mitra Azizirad is the Corporate Vice President for Microsoft AI where she is responsible for defining and accelerating the productisation of Microsoft’s portfolio of AI innovation, and shaping and driving the perception of Microsoft AI. Mitra leads Microsoft’s vision to democratise access to AI, empowering developers to innovate, industries to transform, and ultimately empowering every individual to transform society with AI. A 27-year veteran of Microsoft, Mitra has held key leadership positions at Microsoft across a wide array of technical, marketing and sales functions, both in the field and corporate. Prior to Microsoft, she held technical leadership positions at the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD/NASDAQ), and International Telecommunications and Satellite Organisation (Intelsat).
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Rik van der Kooi
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Advertising of Microsoft
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Joe Whittinghill
Corporate Vice President, Talent, Learning, and Insights of Microsoft
Joe Whittinghill is the corporate vice president of talent, learning, and insights at Microsoft.
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Nick Parker
Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Solutions of Microsoft
Nick Parker serves as a Corporate Vice President of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft.
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Aleš Holeček
Corporate Vice-President of Office Engineering of Microsoft
Aleš Holeček is a Corporate Vice President leading the Engineering team delivering the core applications and service that define the Modern Office Experience. Prior to Office Aleš was responsible for the Windows Developer Ecosystem and Platform team. He was responsible for design and architecture of the Universal Windows Platform and for the broader Windows Platform. Prior to that Mr. Holeček was a Distinguished Engineer and the Director of Development for the Windows Experience for Windows 7. He joined Microsoft in 2004.
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Alex Simons
Corporate Vice President Program Management of Microsoft
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Matt Barlow
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
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Joy Chik
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
Joy’s teams are responsible for Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Account (MSA), Microsoft Graph, Information Protection, and Forefront Identity Management suites, which are delivered to customers as cloud services or on-premises products. Since joining Microsoft in 1998 as a software engineer contributing to Terminal Services in Windows 2000, she has steadily risen in the company as an established leader of some of the industry’s most impactful engineering teams. Joy was also recognized as one of Business Insider’s “39 Most Powerful Women Engineers of 2018″.
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Alysa Taylor
Corporate Vice President, Business Applications & Global Industry of Microsoft
Alysa Taylor is the Corporate Vice President responsible for Microsoft’s Business Applications and Global Industry Marketing. She leads the product marketing teams responsible for Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform (Power BI, Common Data Services, PowerApps and Microsoft Flow) as well as the global industry product marketing team.
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Kudo Tsunoda
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
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Megan Saunders
Vice President Connected Care of Microsoft
Megan Saunders is the Windows 3D Initiative General Manager for Microsoft.
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Fred Humphries
TitleCorporate Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs of Microsoft
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Gavriella Schuster
Corporate Vice President, Commercial Partner Channels & Programs of Microsoft
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Julie Brill
Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft
Julie Brill was sworn in as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission on April 6, 2010. Since joining the Commission, Julie Brill has been working actively on issues of critical importance to today’s consumers, including protecting consumers’ privacy, encouraging appropriate advertising substantiation, guarding consumers from financial fraud, and maintaining competition in industries involving health care and high-tech. Prior to becoming a Commissioner, Julie Brill was the Senior Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the North Carolina Department of Justice. Commissioner Brill has also been a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia University’s School of Law. Before serving as Chief of Consumer Protection and Antitrust in North Carolina, Commissioner Brill served as an Assistant Attorney General for Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the State of Vermont for over 20 years. Prior to coming to the Vermont Attorney General’s office, Commissioner Brill was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York. She clerked for Vermont Federal District Court Judge Franklin S. Billings, Jr. Commissioner Brill graduated, magna cum laude, from Princeton University, and from New York University School of Law, where she had a Root-Tilden Scholarship for her commitment to public service.
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Andrew Shuman
Corporate Vice President – Products – Experiences and Devices Group of Microsoft
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Toni Townes-Whitley
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft
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Judith Platz
Senior Vice President, Service Cloud Support of Salesforce
Judith Platz brings over 25 years of in-depth customer support experience to TSIA. Most recently, she was Senior Vice President of the Global Customer Success team for Approva Corporation. Judith was responsible for supervising & coordinating multiple functional, strategic, organizational development & technical work streams, including Technical Support, Account Management, Business Consulting, implementation management, and Training. Judith developed and nurtured a world-class professional services, support & training culture. She led the recruitment and motivation of a talented management team & staff. She led her team to three consecutive TSIA STAR Awards. Prior to Approva, she spent seven years at Oracle in a number of critical customer service positions where she led a team that developed and implemented customer confidence programs focused on increasing customer satisfaction and retention for highly complex global accounts. In this role, she was recognized by the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) for her sustained efforts advocating on their behalf and educating and communicating with the Oracle user community. Judith brings significant systems integration and operations experience to TSIA. Prior to her tenure at Oracle, Judith worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she supervised support operations across three continents and developed and implemented information technology standards to achieve quality improvements. Judith also has extensive experience in computerized learning in both the public and commercial sectors.
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Jason Lee
Vice President of Salesforce
Jason Lee is the Vice President of Security Operations at Salesforce which includes companywide network and system security, incident response, threat intel, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, identity and access management, and the red team. He has 20 years of experience in technology with a primary focus on information security and cryptography. Prior to his current role, he held the position of Principle Director of Security Engineering for the Windows and Devices division in Microsoft with the charter of protecting the online services of Windows Update, XBOX live, and the Microsoft online store. He also was Senior Director of Developer Services where he was responsible for the design and management of the mission critical PKI for all products across Microsoft. This included cryptographic services baked in boxed products such as Windows and SQL Server, and cloud services such as Azure and Office 365. Additionally, Jason was responsible for the codesigning and anti-malware services supporting Microsoft in that role. Previous roles included leading various security functions such as application security, attack and penetration testing, security strategy and architecture, and regulatory compliance.
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Vinay Kumar
Senior Vice President, Cloud Engineering of Oracle
Vinay Kumar is Sr. Director Product Management at Oracle, responsible for Oracle Infrastructure product strategy. He leads product teams focused on compute, storage, networking, database, security, and an expanding set of foundational services. He has wide range experience in building distributed systems, and specializes in building V1.0 products. Before joining Oracle, he led product teams at Amazon S3 and EBS, where he built multiple new services including EBS GP2 and S3 IA. He has held various product management and engineering roles at Akamai, EMC, and Wipro. He holds MBA from Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Don Johnson
Executive Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure of Oracle
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Jon Chapman
Co-Founder and President of EVERFI
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About EVERFI: EVERFI is an education technology company that provides learners of all ages education for the real world.
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Ray Martinez
President Financial Education of EVERFI
Ray Martinez is the Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of EverFi. During his tenure, Ray has led a number of critical initiatives including the creation of the company’s first teacher training initiatives, the development of partnerships with dozens of state superintendents, and the training of hundreds of teachers across the country. He’s also led sales efforts including the signing of key partnerships with American Express, BB&T, United Way, EverBank and dozens of community banks that have brought critical skills to hundreds of communities. Ray has forged partnerships with twenty eight state banking associations and is a frequent speaker at statewide banking and teacher onferences.Before EverFi, Ray spent 11 years at Kaplan, Inc.managing cutting edge supplemental education programs in San Francisco, Sacramento, Dallas,Northern Virginia, Los Angeles, and San Diego. During his time there, he was recognized with Kaplan’s President Award for Leadership.Ray is a graduate of Bowdoin Collage. EverFi is the leading education technology platform company to teach, assess,and certify students in critical skills. EverFi’s learning platforms include financial literacy, digital citizenship and cyberbullying prevention, civic education, student loan management, and health and ellness. The company is powering a national movement in 50 states that enables students to learn using adaptive and engaging technologies including 3D gaming, simulation, social networking, and virtual worlds.EverFi is currently working with 1,000 clients and over 5 million students have been certified in EverFi platforms, making the company one of the largest online education providers in the world.
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About EVERFI: EVERFI is an education technology company that provides learners of all ages education for the real world.
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Fletcher Jones
Senior Vice President, Product Management of EVERFI
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About EVERFI: EVERFI is an education technology company that provides learners of all ages education for the real world.
Derek Hanson
Vice President Solutions Architecture and Alliances of Yubico
Derek Hanson is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Standards for Yubico. Derek and his team are tasked with assisting organizations and standards bodies everywhere to develop and deploy authentication solutions utilizing the YubiKey.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
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Adam Vitarello
President / Co-Founder of Optoro
Adam Vitarello is the Co – Founder & COO of Optoro. Adam Vitarello co-founded Optoro in 2008 with Moore after working with him at eSpot, which he joined in 2005 as CTO and COO. While at eSpot, Vitarello meticulously designed, programmed, and implemented every feature of the proprietary software, systems and marketing algorithms that put eSpot at the forefront of its industry and created the core for Optoro’s software today. He provides an eye for streamlining the reverse logistics process and an uncompromising attitude always demanding excellence. Vitarello has been responsible for Major Design Elements and Implementation Strategies of Optoro’s proprietary software and systems. As COO, he manages Corporate Headquarters and Remarketing Solutions with a one-on-one approach that puts employees first with the goal of maintaining a small-business feel in a rapidly expanding environment. Vitarello utilizes that same personal interaction strategy with clients and partners in advancing the automation and remarketing technologies that serve as the driving force of Optoro’s service. When he’s not pulling all the strings for Optoro and our partners, he can be found training for marathons, triathlons, or mountain climbing. Even atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, reverse logistics is never far from his thoughts. Adam holds a B.A. from Brown University.
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About Optoro: Optoro is a technology company that provides a way to liquidate returned, overstock, and damaged-box products.
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Deepak Singh
Vice President, Compute Services of Amazon Web Services
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec
Vice President and General Manager, Amazon S3 of Amazon Web Services
Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is the Vice President and General Manager of Amazon S3, the object storage service of Amazon Web Services. Mai-Lan has been on Amazon Web Services since 2010. During her tenure at Amazon Web Services, Mai-Lan has also been General Manager of AWS computing services, such as Amazon Simple Workflow, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Auto Scaling, and Amazon CloudWatch.
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
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Matt Wood
Vice President of Amazon Web Services
Matt Wood works at Amazon Web Services, pulling from over a decade of expertise in distributed systems, architecture, web-scale analytics, big data, machine learning and high performance computing to help customers bring their ideas to life through technology. After medical school, Dr. Wood completed his PhD in machine learning and bioinformatics, joined Cornell as a research fellow, and contributed to the next generation DNA sequencing platform at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Since joining Amazon Web Services in early 2010, he has played a role in introducing many significant new features and services to customers on the AWS Cloud, including AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Machine Learning.
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Steve Woodworth
Vice President of Business Development of Prompt.io
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About Prompt.io: Prompt.io is a simple, scalable solution for communicating with customers in their preferred medium messaging.
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Amitabh Srivastava
President, Advanced Software Division of Dell EMC
Amitabh Srivastava is President, Advanced Software Division at EMC Corporation. With revenues of $21.7 billion in 2012 and 60,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset—information—in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. In his role as President of EMC’s Advanced Software Division, Srivastava oversees all aspects of ASD’s business including product development, finance, marketing, sales, and product management. ASD is building innovative products that will help differentiate EMC storage products and expand them into new markets. Srivastava has more than 28 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining EMC in April 2011, Srivastava was Senior Vice President of Server and Cloud Division at Microsoft Corporation, where he was responsible for Windows Azure and Windows Server products. Before joining Microsoft in 1997, Srivastava was the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of TracePoint Technology Inc. He started his career in research in 1984, working at Texas Instruments Research Labs in Dallas, Texas and Digital’s Western Research Labs in Palo Alto, California. He holds 14 patents and has published a variety of papers. His paper on ATOM with Alan Eustace in PLDI 1994 received the Most Influential PLDI Paper Award in June 2005. Srivastava earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. A Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur awarded him a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2004. The Pennsylvania State University named him an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus in 2004 and inducted him as an Alumni Fellow in 2009. Srivastava delivered the commencement address titled ‘Fourth and Goal’ in the College of Engineering graduation ceremonies at Pennsylvania State University in 2008.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
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Ajoy Krishnamoorthy
Vice President, Platform Strategy of Acumatica
Ajoy Krishnamoorthy heads the Cloud xRP Division of Acumatica, a leading cloud ERP platform provider for mid-sized customers. In this role he is responsible for the Vertical ISV ecosystem, Platform business P&L and developer marketing. He is also responsible for strategic alliances and product incubation with strategic partners including DocuSign, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. Prior to Acumatica, Ajoy spent 10 years at Microsoft driving business success across a wide range of product management, alliance and marketing roles. Ajoy has co-authored half a dozen books on various MS technologies including ASP.NET and Visual Studio. Ajoy has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Masters in Computer Science and also earned his MBA from The Ohio State University.
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About Acumatica: Acumatica is a provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential.
Will Coggins
Vice President of Tola Capital
Will Coggins is a Vice President at Tola Capital.
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About Tola Capital, Tola Capital: Tola Capital is a venture capital firm that invests globally in enterprise software companies across multiple stages.
Craig McLuckie
Vice President of VMware
Craig is the VP of R&D for VMware’s Cloud Native Applicationsbusiness unit. Craig arrived at VMware via the acquisition of Heptio, a company that he co-founded and led as CEO. Previously, Craig spenttime in senior positions at Microsoft and Google; at the latter he made significant contributions to Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes. Craig also co-founded the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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About Kubernetes, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
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Gabe Newell
President & Owner & CEO of Valve Software
Gabe Newell is the President & Owner & CEO of Valve Corporation. Gabe held a number of positions in the Systems, Applications, and Advanced Technology divisions during his 13 years at Microsoft. His responsibilities included running program management for the first two releases of Windows, starting the company’s multimedia division, and leading efforts on the Information Highway PC. Then he started Valve. His most significant contribution to Half-Life, the company’s debut title, was his statement: “C’mon, people, you can’t show the player a really big bomb and not let them blow it up.”
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About Steam, Valve Software: Valve is an American entertainment software and tech company developing video games and other related technologies.
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Paul Rempfer
Senior Vice President of Business Development of STG Group
Executive Vice President at DirectViz Solutions, LLC.
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About DirectViz Solutions, LLC, STG Group: STG Group is a provider of mission-critical technology, cyber, and data solutions.
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Joseph Nicholas
Senior Vice President of Cyber Security & Secure Information Systems of STG Group
Joe Nicholas is responsible for the operation and oversight of STG’s cybersecurity and secure information systems practice, which provides operational support for information systems and IT operations for all Federal Government client requirements. This includes enterprise network and operations security (NOC/SOC), cyber systems and technology service management, cyber transport and computing infrastructure, secure voice and unified communications, application security; disaster recovery / business continuity planning, risk management framework, information security and assurance, end user support, and service desk/center operations. Mr. Nicholas brings to STG extensive experience in creating, transforming and leading development teams that have delivered groundbreaking information technology innovations across the national security and intelligence sectors. With over 25 years of experience driving strong organic growth within both new and established enterprises, Mr. Nicholas possesses insights and know-how to help expand STG’s strategic opportunities, build partnerships and advance its business model.
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About STG Group: STG Group is a provider of mission-critical technology, cyber, and data solutions.
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Amit Mathradas
President and COO of Avalara
Amit Mathradas manages growth operations at Avalara, overseeing sales, marketing, business development, customer experience, and professional services. Throughout his career, Amit has focused on serving the small business category with tools and services to help that segment grow and thrive in the global economy. Prior to Avalara, Amit was general manager and head of the small and medium business segment for North America at PayPal. He also served in senior leadership roles at Web.com and Dell, focusing on serving the needs of small businesses by developing partnerships and go-to-market strategies
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About Avalara, PayPal: Avalara develops a platform that automates the major steps of tax compliance, all in the cloud.
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Jim Poole
Vice President, Ecosystem Business Development of Equinix
Jim Poole is the vice president of ecosystem development and global service providers at [Equinix](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/equinix). Prior to that, he was the general manager of global networks and mobility at the same company. He joined Equinix from Roundbox Inc., a provider of mobile broadcast software, where he led business development and sales. Before Roundbox, he was vice president and general manager of network services at CenturyLink. He also held senior leadership positions at C&W Americas, dynamicsoft, American University Washington College of Law, and UUNET. Poole holds a bachelor’s degree from American University.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Sean Brehm
Co-Founder and President of Gradient Cyber
Sean Brehm is the Co-Founder and President at Gradient Cyber.
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About Atigeo, Gradient Cyber: Gradient is a cybersecurity products and services company that visualizes an organization’s cybersecurity health.
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Arif Kareem
President/CEO of ExtraHop
Arif Kareem has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at ExtraHop Networks, Inc. since July 26, 2016 and December 15, 2016 respectively. Mr. Kareem served as President of Fluke Networks. During his tenure, he realigned and expanded the Fluke Networks’s product portfolio to provide greater visibility across networks and cloud applications, improve the end-user experience and increase business value. He also oversaw the acquisition and integration of Air Magnet and ClearSight Networks. He joined RadiSys Corporation in July 1997 as Vice President of Telecom Business Unit and served as its Vice President and General Manager of Telecommunications Division since October 1997 and Senior Vice President since October 2000. Since February 2002, Mr. Kareem served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development and Corporate Marketing at RadiSys Corporation. From 1980 to 1997 Mr. Kareem held various engineering and marketing management positions at Tektronix, Inc. before serving as General Manager of Tektronix’s Telecom Product Line and subsequently General Manager of the Communications Test Business Unit. Mr. Kareem holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S.E.E. from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon.
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About ExtraHop: ExtraHop helps organizations to stop advanced threats with security that can’t be undermined, outsmarted, or compromised.
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Jim Ivers
Vice President, Marketing, Software Integrity Group of Synopsys
Jim Ivers leads all aspects of Cigital’s global marketing strategies, branding initiatives and programs, as well as product management and product marketing. Jim is a 30-year technology veteran who has spent the last ten years in IT security. Prior to Cigital, Jim was the CMO at companies such as Covata, Triumfant, Vovici, and Cybertrust, a $200M security solutions provider that was sold to Verizon Business. Jim also served as VP of Marketing for webMethods and VP of Product Management for Information Builders.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Hugh Owen
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of MicroStrategy
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About MicroStrategy: MicroStrategy provides enterprise software for business intelligence, mobile intelligence, and network applications.
Cam Salem
Vice President of Updata Partners
Cam focuses on investing in later-stage growth companies. Prior to joining GC, Cam worked as a Business Development Associate at AGC Partners in Boston. Cam previously interned at Tilden Park Capital Management, a boutique hedge fund based in New York. Cam is a graduate of Trinity College, earning a B.A. in Economics.
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About Updata Partners: Updata provides growth equity and operating expertise to the next generation of technology leaders.
Chuck Ghoorah (Co-founder)
Co-Founder & President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing of Cvent
Chuck Ghoorah is the co-founder and President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Cvent. Chuck has been instrumental in Cvent’s growth from a two-person startup to an industry-leading global organization. Cvent has helped its more than 30,000 customers manage millions of events.
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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.
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Bharet Malhotra
Senior Vice President of Sales of Cvent
As Senior Vice President of Sales at Cvent, Bharet drives the strategic direction and development for the Cvent Supplier Network, a leading eRFP channel that connects event planners with more than 200,000 venues throughout the world. Under Bharet’s leadership, in 2014 Cvent Supplier Network processed $8 billion in meeting and event RFP volume. Through Bharet’s leadership, Cvent established relationships with nearly all of the leading hotel chains around the world, including Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Marriott, Ritz Carlton and Starwood. Bharet and his team work closely with hotel executives to help enhance the properties’ exposure on the Cvent Supplier Network and capture more group business. Bharet earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, where he triple majored in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Economics. While at Duke, Bharet competed against world-ranked players on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. Following graduation, Bharet served on the Duke University Alumni Board of Directors and was President of the Engineering Alumni Association.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Brad Gillespie
Vice President of Enterprise Sales of Cvent
Brad currently leads Enterprise Solutions Consulting for Cvent, the leading provider of Meetings and Events SaaS software. A former CMO, Brad works with select Enterprise customers to modernize and transform event marketing programs with an emphasis on process, technology, integrations, and analytics. Cvent was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2016 in a take-private transaction and later merged with Lanyon to form the largest technology provider in category. Today Cvent has over 4,300 employees and over 28,000 customers around the world. Prior to Cvent Brad was Chief Marketing Officer for Octiv (acquired by Conga), a document automation platform for sales and legal documents. From 2012-2016 Brad was Global Vice President of Marketing (CMO) for SiriusDecisions (acquired by Forrester), the leading global research and advisory firm for b-to-b sales, marketing, and product organizations. Prior to joining SiriusDecisions, Brad was Vice President of Marketing for the global technology solutions firm, ROLTA (BSE:ROLTA.BO), where he led marketing for the Americas, Europe and MENA regions. He was also Vice President of Marketing for Zanett, a leading mid-market business and technology consulting firm (acquired by KPMG in June 2014). The majority of Brad’s career has focused on go-to-market. Following the Dot Com crash in 2002 Brad co-founded MFGA where he led marketing strategy engagements for organizations in Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Software and Professional Services. While at MFGA, Brad also co-founded two start-ups based on patented technologies and serves as President or PEARL Protected. PEARL was an award-winning fire safety device whose IP was acquired by the Werner Company in 2009. Brad’s career began in human resources at Columbia/HCA (now Hospital Corporation of America (NYSE:HCA) and at Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX). During the Dot Com boom Brad transitioned to sales and marketing as employee #11 at Atlanta-based Newton Park which grew by 2000% over a four-year period. He also worked at digital pioneer Red Sky Interactive which was part of the Omnicon group of agencies. Brad grew up in central Kentucky and attended the University of Kentucky where he studied Political Science and Public Policy. About PEARL Protected While at MFGA, Brad co-founded two start-ups based on patented technologies and served as President of one of those companies, PEARL Protected, from 2005-2007. PEARL gained national exposure for its unique solution for fire safety. The PEARL product is a patented escape ladder that is installed permanently into an interior wall allowing egress through a window or other opening. Following its launch in 2005, the PEARL ladder became one of the most recognized home safety products in the market. PEARL appeared on several episodes of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and was showcased on NBC’s Today Show and CBS’s The Early Show. In 2006 PEARL earned the Product Innovation Award from the Home Safety Council. Widely supported by fire safety professionals across the US, former California State Fire Marshall, James McMullen, referred to PEARL at the time as “the most innovative fire safety product since the advent of the residential smoke alarm”. The National Institute of Fire and Safety Training called PEARL a “must-have” in the home. The product was launched in 2005 primarily into the new home construction market at the height of the housing boom. PEARL quickly saw mass appeal in the channel and was recognized by Building Products magazine as one of the Top 100 Building Products for 2007. The housing decline in 2007-08 significantly impacted PEARL’s traction in the market. The product saw a brief resurgence in the college and university housing community following the mass shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech in 2007. In 2009 PEARL entered a licensing and distribution agreement with Werner Ladder Company, the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of ladders, climbing equipment and ladder accessories.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Nitin Malhotra
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Cvent
Nitin drives strategic corporate initiatives across a broad range of Cvent’s businesses. In this role, he leads all acquisition initiatives, identifies new product opportunities, and serves as an advisor regarding 3rd party partnerships and integrations. Prior to Cvent, Nitin was a successful entrepreneur—having founded and sold three technology-based startups over a 20-year career. His expertise ranges from online gaming and telecommunications to non-profits and associations. Nitin graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He then went on to attend George Washington University for a Master’s degree in Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Ashley Baber
Vice President of Account Management of Cvent
Ashley Baber is the director of account management at [Cvent](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cvent#/entity), an event management platform that enables planners to manage all aspects of an event. Prior to that, he was a senior manager for account management at the same company. Baber obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from James Madison University. She lives in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Lawrence Samuelson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Cvent
As a key member of Cvent’s senior management team and the company’s principal legal officer, Larry is responsible for overseeing Cvent’s legal affairs and providing leadership in all aspects of the business, including strategic corporate initiatives, board activities, compliance and corporate governance. Before joining Cvent, Larry was the Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at NeuStar, Inc., a leading provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, information services, financial services, retail, media and advertising sectors. In this position, he oversaw all legal aspects of the company’s transactional, corporate, governance, finance, executive compensation and securities issues. In addition, he was responsible for advising the human resource department on employment matters. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Tufts University. He then received his Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and his Juris Doctor degree from Boston University’s School of Law.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Alex Rolfe
Vice President of Sales, Event Solutions of Cvent
Alex Rolfe is the Vice President of Sales, at Cvent.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Michael Lu
Vice President of Product Development of Cvent
He is the Vice President of Product Development at Cvent. Before he joined Cvent, Michael provided technical consulting services to Intelsat, a global satellite services provider. Prior to Intelsat, Michael worked as a principal consultant at Price Waterhouse, later PricewaterhouseCoopers. At Price Waterhouse, Michael led teams that designed and developed workflow management and financial applications for the public sector. Michael holds an MS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University. He is a certified Microsoft professional and Java developer.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Daniel Lapus
Senior Vice President of Product Management of Cvent
Daniel Lapus has been with Cvent since November 1999 and has been instrumental in the design and delivery of Cvent’s product offering since the first beta release of the Event Management software. Today Dan is responsible for both the Product Management and Quality Assurance teams within Cvent’s technology department. He remains heavily involved in the overall success of Cvent’s current products offerings and spearheads the research and design efforts for new products and any enhancements to existing products. Prior to Cvent, Dan worked as a technical consultant in the telecommunications industry. Dan worked with MCI WorldCom as a quality assurance manager for their local telephone billing system. Dan led and organized test procedures, ensured accurate testing coverage, and collaborated with team members and other leaders to provide superior product delivery. Previous to this, Dan worked as a technical analyst for AT&T and was responsible for software programming, software testing, and product support. Dan holds a BBA in Computer Information Systems, with a concentration in Programming and Analysis, from James Madison University.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Brian Ludwig
Senior Vice President of Sales of Cvent
As SVP of Sales, he oversees Cvent’s worldwide sales of the flagship event management solutions division and the mobile app solutions division. To this end, Brian travels across the globe and is often called upon to speak at conferences regarding technology trends in the meetings industry. Brian works very closely with leadership across the organization to help shape strategy and direction in terms of product roadmap, client services, marketing initiatives, operational efficiencies, and acquisitions. Brian arrived at Cvent with a strong technology sales foundation. Brian worked as a Regional Sales Director for Lutron Electronics, an industry-leading lighting control systems manufacturer. Brian dramatically grew Lutron’s footprint in the southern part of the United States. Brian’s technical acumen landed him as a regular instructor of architects, engineers, and electrical contractors at Lutron’s training institute. Brian graduated with an MBA from University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith Business School, where he studied Entrepreneurship and Marketing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Pete Floros
Senior Vice President, Product of Cvent
He is a Senior Vice President, Product at Cvent. Prior to Cvent, Pete worked at Artesia Technologies, a leader in enterprise Digital Asset Management solutions, where he focused on the implementation of Artesia’s flagship product for numerous large and medium-size enterprises. Pete’s clients included Sony Electronics, Home Box Office (HBO) and The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Pete also worked at First Consulting Group, a leading provider of information-based consulting services, where he developed custom applications for large clients including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Eurasia Foundation and the United States Postal Service. Pete holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
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Tim Solms
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Government Security of Forcepoint
Tim Solms is Forcepoint’s senior vice president and general manager of global government security, where he is responsible for the P&L and growth strategy for the Global Governments business. He is chartered with further extending Forcepoint’s leadership in the cross domain and insider threat markets within domestic customers and in delivering capabilities that support international government customers. Solms brings more than 30 years of progressive leadership experience in both the military and private sector to Forcepoint. Most recently, Solms was vice president, Federal and managing director, worldwide government at Juniper Networks where he held senior leadership responsibility for the company’s worldwide government business. Before joining Juniper, Solms was the general manager, U.S. Department of Defense at Microsoft Corp. and senior director, DoD, NATO and Federal international at VMware. Solms also held a series of government market-focused leadership roles at Dell. Before joining Dell, Solms spent more than 18 years with the U.S. Army. He also served in various leadership roles at AFCEA’s DC Chapter, including a stint as president. Solms earned a bachelor’s degree in administration from The Citadel.
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About Dun & Bradstreet, Forcepoint, WildRock Security Group: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Mark Bishof
President & CEO of Clarabridge
Mark Bishof is a seasoned CEO with a track record of creating high performance organizations, shaping new markets and delivering world class solutions and results. – Served as CEO of Flexera Software. – Held senior executive positions at IBM, Deloitte Consulting, Macrovision, Crossworlds Software, and Booz Allen Hamilton. – Serves as a Board Director of Infogix and Pace Harmon, and is a Board of Trustee member of The Nature Conservancy (Virginia Chapter).
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About Clarabridge: Clarabridge is a Customer Experience Management platform that provides insight from customers.
Ben Gitenstein
Vice President of Product Management of Qumulo
Ben Gitenstein runs Product at Qumulo. He and his team of product managers and data scientists have conducted nearly 1,000 interviews with storage users and analyzed millions of data points to understand customer needs and the direction of the storage market. Prior to working at Qumulo, Ben spent five years at Microsoft, where he split his time between Corporate Strategy and Product Planning.
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About Qumulo, Qumulo, Qumulo, Qumulo: Qumulo provides a file data platform for multi-cloud environments with large scale file data.
Molly Brown
Vice President Of Engineering of Qumulo
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About Qumulo: Qumulo provides a file data platform for multi-cloud environments with large scale file data.
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.
Scott Frank
Vice President of Marketing of Airbiquity
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About Airbiquity: Airbiquity designs, operates and manages telematics connectivity infrastructure.
Brad Anderson
President of Products and Services of Qualtrics
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About Qualtrics: Qualtrics is a single system of record for all experience data, managing customer, product, employee, and brand experiences on one platform.
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Dan Doody
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of CACI International
Daniel G. Doody is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for CACI International Inc. As CIO, Mr. Doody has the lead responsibility for aligning CACI’s information infrastructure with its organizational priorities, supporting operational excellence through the strategic use of technology, and leveraging information systems to support the company’s business capture and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Doody possesses significant experience as a senior executive in both the private sector and federal government. Before joining CACI, he served as Senior Vice President and CIO at ManTech International. His accomplishments there included upgrading the company’s financial and human resources information environments, enhancing information system security, and leading the company’s program to achieve ISO 20000 IT Service Management, the international standard for quality IT service delivery. Prior to this, Mr. Doody served in several roles with the U.S. House of Representatives, including as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer – Operations. He had direct responsibility for delivering IT operational support to House members, committees, and support offices; played lead roles in modernizing legacy information systems; and led efforts to improve continuity of operations. He has also held positions with the Department of the Navy’s Information Systems and Technology enterprise and Kaman Sciences Corporation. Mr. Doody has an MS degree in information systems technology from George Washington University and a BS degree in computer science from Park University. He also possesses a CIO certificate from CIO University and completed DoD Acquisition Professional Certification Level III (Computer & Communications Systems) information management and planning courses from the Defense Acquisition University/Information Resources Management College – Ft. McNair.
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
Jody Brown
Executive Vice President Corporate Communications of CACI International
Jody Brown is Executive Vice President of Public Relations, Corporate Communications, and Congressional Relations at CACI International Inc. She reports directly to Ken Asbury, CACI President and Chief Executive Officer, and provides special project support to Dr. J. Phillip London, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of CACI. Ms. Brown initiates and directs the company’s internal and external communications, public relations, congressional relations, marketing communications, corporate branding and strategies, philanthropy and community relations, and employee communications. She leads the coordination of strategic leadership events, provides critical direction for change management activities, and is a member of the company’s Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Executive Team. Ms. Brown provides strategic input and direction to the company’s investor relations and has led or made major contributions to a wide range of projects and initiatives that have spurred and supported CACI’s growth. Her contributions have been essential in enabling CACI to sharpen client focus, increase awareness of the company’s solutions and capabilities, expand into new markets, enhance recruitment communications, and enhance shareholder value. Contributing to CACI’s growth initiatives, Ms. Brown manages internal and external communications and coordinates resources to ensure company-wide support for strategic goals. She has led the company’s change management communications program during internal operations alignment and the integration of new acquisitions. Her dynamic oversight of strategic leadership activities and management communications enhances executive information-sharing and decision-making that provides the foundation for enterprise-wide commitment to company goals.
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
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Valerie Lyons
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Solutions and Services of CACI International
Valerie J. Lyons is Executive Vice President of the Enterprise Solutions and Services group of CACI International Inc. Ms. Lyons leverages more than 32 years of government experience in delivering business systems solutions across the company’s entire client base. She has led the implementation of multiple business systems engagements that have grown CACI’s presence in this market and brought considerable productivity gains to its government clients. She has also been an essential contributor to CACI’s mergers and acquisitions program and its activities in its Business Systems market. Previously, as the Americas Government & Public Sector Leader for Ernst & Young, Ms. Lyons constructed programs and mobilized teams that helped attract the top talent in the marketplace, including 10 partners with deep government experience. She established strong client relationships with federal agencies and led the acquisition of a well-known government contractor in the Department of Defense space. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Ms. Lyons was President and Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini Government Solutions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini, one of the world’s largest providers of consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. The subsidiary was launched to support the transformation needs of the U.S. government through collaboration, the application of leading practices and Ms. Lyons’ three decades of global public sector experience. While serving as an Executive Vice President at Identix, a biometric technology company, Ms. Lyons helped to establish it as a national technology and fingerprint biometrics solutions provider in the post-September 11 environment. On November 14, 2001, Ms. Lyons testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information and worked hand-in-hand with more than 25 Senate and House members and their staffs to ensure fingerprint biometrics was included in the national agenda to fight terrorism. Ms. Lyons’ leadership and business skills were honed during her 18 years at EDS, a $25 billion IT services company. Eventually she rose to President of the EDS Government Services Unit, a department with over $400 million in revenue and 3,000 people. In this role, she was responsible for marketing, sales, and delivery to all federal civilian agencies. Ms. Lyons mentors start-up companies and rising women executives, and is a trustee on the Board of Wesley College. She and her husband reside in Fairfax, VA. She has two grown children.
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
John DeFreitas
Executive Vice President, National Services of CACI International
John DeFreitas is Executive Vice President of the National Services business group of CACI International Inc, a leading provider of information solutions and services to intelligence, defense, and federal civilian government customers. In this role, he oversees the delivery of strategic and integrated national and homeland security solutions, backed by widely acknowledged expertise and capabilities in intelligence, counterintelligence, security services, and intelligence-enabling services. John joined CACI through the acquisition of the L-3 National Security Solutions (L-3 NSS) segment in February 2016, where he served as President and General Manager, Intelligence Solutions sector, providing solutions and services to the U.S. Intelligence Community. While at L-3 NSS, he built a team that provided solid value to customers and owners through excellent program performance and new business growth. Prior to joining L-3, he served for more than 33 years as an Army intelligence officer. His assignments included Deputy Director for Analysis and Production, National Security Agency; Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command; Director of Intelligence (C2), Multi-National Force Iraq; Director of Intelligence (J2), U.S. Forces Korea; and Director of Intelligence, U.S. Special Operations Command. He has extensive experience leading and managing national, operational, and tactical intelligence operations in combat, crisis, and routine environments. He holds a bachelor of science degree in management from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
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John Mengucci
Chief Operating Officer and President of U.S. Operations of CACI International
John S. Mengucci is Chief Operating Officer and President of U.S. Operations for CACI International Inc. In this role, he has primary responsibility for all of the company’s domestic, federal, state, and local markets and oversees the company’s main business groups – Enterprise Solutions and Services; Healthcare, Litigation, and Enterprise IT; Mission Solutions and Services; National and Cyber Solutions; and National Services. Mr. Mengucci possesses a strong track record of developing and implementing successful growth strategies and managing large operations for peak performance to continue CACI’s sustained growth and success. Prior to joining CACI, Mr. Mengucci was President of the Lockheed Martin Corporation’s Information Systems and Global Solutions – Civil Product Line. In this position, he led a 13,000-person, $4 billion business area. His group served clients such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and many other federal agencies. He oversaw additional growth markets as well as investments in health, energy, and financial markets. Mr. Mengucci’s previous positions at Lockheed Martin included serving as President of Information Systems and Global Solutions – Defense. In this role, his responsibilities included the execution and growth of a $3.5 billion business area providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; command and control; data fusion; and IT solutions and services to domestic and international defense departments. Before this, Mr. Mengucci held increasingly responsible executive roles with Lockheed Martin, beginning with his position as director of Martin Marietta Corporation’s Electronic Systems Radar Product Support Division in 1992. Mr. Mengucci’s professional and community affiliations include having served as a board member for the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Valley Junior Achievement; sitting on the board of directors for the Tech America Public Sector Board and the RTCA NextGen Advisory Committee; and serving as a youth travel soccer coach and recreational baseball coach. He has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award every year since 2006. Mr. Mengucci holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Clarkson College of Technology and a master’s of business administration in organizational management from Syracuse University.
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About CACI International, CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
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Mike Rhodes
Executive Vice President, Mission Solutions and Services of CACI International
Mike Rhodes is Executive Vice President of the Mission Solutions and Services Group of CACI International Inc. With a primary customer base of C4ISR applications, logistics, intelligence solutions, investigation services, and strategic communications, Mr. Rhodes leads a group of highly diversified engineering, scientific, logistics, and communications professionals. Prior to joining CACI, Mr. Rhodes worked for American Systems Corporation where he served as the Engineering Director, providing technical and managerial direction to a team of hardware and software engineers responsible for developing new products associated with signal acquisition, processing, and analysis as related to tactical and strategic cryptologic/EW systems. Mr. Rhodes holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He served in the U.S. Army on active duty from 1982-1986 as a Signal Corps officer supporting the Communications Electronics Command (CECOM).
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
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Jerry Briggs
Executive Vice President of CACI International
Jerry Briggs is Executive Vice President of the Enterprise IT business group of CACI International Inc. Mr. Briggs came to CACI from Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm, where he spent nearly 30 years building business in roles of increasing responsibility. In his most recent position as Chief Operating Officer, Health & Public Service North America, he managed a $3 billion business, consistently exceeding annual business plans and delivering best-in-class profitable growth. In his previous position as Managing Director, U.S. Federal Business, Mr. Briggs managed 4,000 employees and more than $1 billion in annual revenue while profitably growing the business 5 to 10 percent above market. His roles at Accenture have also included Senior Vice President, Defense Logistics and a variety of positions delivering projects to customers across several industries, including distribution, banking, transportation, state government, and federal government. Mr. Briggs is a board member of Back On My Feet, a national for-purpose organization that uses running to empower the homeless population. He previously served as an Executive Committee member of the Professional Services Council. He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Ohio State University
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
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Mike Gaffney
Executive Vice President, Business Development of CACI International
Mike Gaffney is Executive Vice President, Business Development for CACI International Inc. Mr. Gaffney joined CACI from Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), where he spent 23 years in both business development and operational roles. In his most recent role, as President of CSC’s Civil and Health Services Group, he led a $2 billion organization responsible for all federal civilian and state and local clients. Prior to that assignment, he was President of Business Development, responsible for new business development for CSC’s $6 billion public sector in North America, leading a 150-member team that won over $39 billion in contracts across the U.S. public sector market. He has been a member of ACT-IAC, AFCEA International, the National Defense Industrial Association, the Association of the U.S. Army, and the Navy League of the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Fordham University.
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About CACI International: CACI International Inc provides information systems, and technology and professional services to the U.S.
Jeffrey Spector
President and co-founder of Karat
Jeffrey Spector co-founded Karat with Mohit Bhende in 2014 to fix the process of interviewing and hiring software engineers. Software engineers are shaping the way we live today and the way we will live in the future. Careers in tech represent opportunities to shape the world and create lasting financial stability, and it is a moral imperative that these opportunities are open to all of us. Jeffrey’s passion for helping people achieve financial security dates back to his work as Chief of Staff to Melinda Gates at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role, he worked side by side with Gates to optimize the foundation’s strategies, with a particular focus on job candidate experiences and researching how postsecondary education can better translate into economic opportunity. At Karat, Jeffrey has continued to follow that passion. He leads a purpose-driven organization that is transforming the way the tech industry hires talent by making every interview predictive, fair, and enjoyable. To date, Karat has conducted nearly 100,000 interviews on behalf of tech-driven organizations like Intuit, Roblox, and Wayfair. In 2021, Jeffrey spearheaded the launch of the company’s flagship purpose program, Brilliant Black Minds, to bring more equity to the world of tech. Previously, Jeffrey worked in the private sector as an Investment Analyst at John A. Levin & Co.’s hedge fund in New York, where he was drawn to businesses that helped people thrive by solving societal issues. He began his career at Linktone, a Shanghai-based mobile services startup, where he served as VP of Customer and Market Research and helped guide the company through its NASDAQ IPO. Jeffrey holds a BA in economics from Duke University. He lives with his wife and three children in Seattle, WA.
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About Karat: Karat develops an interviewing cloud platform to solve the multi-decade global shortage of software engineers.
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Don Neault
Vice President, Advanced Services Global Enterprise Theater of Cisco
Don Neault is responsible for executive management and delivery of consulting, engineering and professional services to Cisco’s largest Global Enterprise customers. He leads dedicated teams that address the technical challenges faced by customers in Financial Services, Manufacturing, Automotive, Logistics, Retail, and Oil and Gas. Neault has successfully married Cisco’s preferred go-to-market model with the complexities and desires of his customers’ business models to drive complementary strategies for business growth, while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction. Neault and his team work with Cisco’s community of engineers, business development, account managers, and the company’s ecosystem of systems integrators and partners to meet the unique requirements of this global segment. Neault has held a variety of leadership positions in Cisco Services where he established a professional services team focused on the Service Provider and the Public Sector markets. Among his major achievements was the successful planning, execution and migration of a Voice over IP service offering for two major cable companies in the US and the establishment of a Global Enterprise Services Agreement with the US Army. Prior to joining Cisco in 1999, Neault served as Vice President of Outsourcing at Bell Atlantic Network Integration (BANI). In this capacity, he managed outsourcing service contracts involving networking and distributed computing environments. In addition, Neault provided executive management to outsourcing account operations through the entire life cycle from due diligence and transition, to ongoing operations. At Digital Equipment Corporation, Neault managed the Communications Industry Professional Services Center where he was responsible for the definition, sale and delivery of complex systems integration services for the company’s clients in the communications industry. He holds a Master of Science degree in computer and information systems from Northeastern University. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Lowell Technological Institute. Neault also is a graduate of Boston University’s Management Development Program.
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
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Keith Basil
Vice President of Product, Cloud Native Infrastructure of SUSE
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About Fourth Cloud, SUSE: SUSE provides reliable and interoperable Linux and cloud infrastructure solutions that give enterprises greater control and flexibility.
Lesly Mohr
Vice President of Finance of Voyager Capital
Lesly Mohr is the Vice President of Finance at Voyager Capital.
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About Voyager Capital: Voyager Capital is a venture firm providing entrepreneurs with the resources, experience, and connection to build successful tech companies.
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Stephen Coakley
COO & President of Babel Street
Stephen Coakley is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Babel Street, a company that provides actionable intelligence by persistently monitoring and analyzing a variety of data sources. Babel Street serves governments, higher education, and a wide spectrum of the business sector. Prior to Babel Street, Stephen was the Founder and Principal of Horizon Services, a government contractor that rose to #312 on the Inc 500 Fastest-Growing Companies List, with $8M in revenues and 150 employees. Steve’s philosophy is that he wants to work with very smart people doing something they all can be incredibly passionate about. Otherwise, it’s time to reinvent.
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About Babel Street: Babel Street provides real-time situational awareness and intelligence on global topics of interest.
Greg Meredith
President of RChain Cooperative
Greg is the President of The RChain Cooperative. Previously he has worked as Principal Architect of Microsoft’s BizTalk Process Orchestration, Principal Architect of Microsoft’s Highwire offering as well as Principal Architect of ATM Network management solution for ATT/NCR and Co-designer and developer of MCC’s Rosette/ESS technology.
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About RChain Cooperative: RChain Cooperative decentralized applications platform is powered by the Rho Virtual Machine.
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Kathy Warden
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Northrop Grumman
Kathy Warden is corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector, a leading global provider of advanced solutions for defense, intelligence, civil agency and commercial customers. Warden is a member of the company’s Corporate Policy Council. In this role, Warden oversees large-scale, mission-critical systems and complex hardware and software products within the U.S. and internationally in areas such as command, control and communications; cybersecurity and identity management; homeland security; health, public safety and enterprise infrastructure; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and ground systems. Most recently, Warden was sector vice president and general manager, Cyber Intelligence division Northrop Grumman Information Systems. Warden has extensive experience in operational leadership and business development in government and commercial markets. Previously, she was vice president for the Cyber and SIGINT business unit in the sector’s Intelligence Systems division. She joined Northrop Grumman in 2008 as vice president, Strategic Initiatives, where she was responsible for ISR market strategies including key growth campaigns in cyber and intelligence information sharing. Prior to joining the company, Warden was vice president, Intelligence Systems at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, where she led the Intelligence Systems business unit. Previously, Warden was a senior vice president at Veridian Corporation where she led a business unit delivering ISR capability in support of space programs and led strategic pursuits with the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. Earlier, Warden was a principal in a venture Internet firm where she consulted with Fortune 500 companies on Internet use to expand their business models, and led development teams to deliver e-publishing, e-commerce and e-marketing solutions. Warden spent nearly a decade with General Electric Company working in commercial industries. She began her GE career as a systems engineer and later served as corporate auditor, strategy and merger and acquisitions director, and director of the global services operating unit of GE Information Services. Warden has a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University and a master’s degree in business administration from George Washington University. She served as an advisor in the mid-1990s to the Internet Advisory Council formed under former Vice President Al Gore. She served as chair of the Executive Mosaic Cyber Group in 2011-2012. She is the Northrop Grumman Information Systems executive chair for the University of Maryland school systems and oversees the Northrop Grumman University Cyber Research Consortium. She is a member of AFCEA International and serves on the executive committee for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.
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About Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman is a global security company providing solutions for sectors such as aerospace, electronics and technical services.
Andrew Spevacek
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships of Well Health
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About Well Health: WELL Health® is the #1 patient communication platform for enterprise healthcare systems (2021 and 2022 Best in KLAS for Patient Outreach).
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
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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.