NonPanelists
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Jock Breitwieser, Director Corporate Communications TriNet Jock Breitwieser joined TriNet in February of 2013 as director corporate communications at TriNet. In his role, he is responsible for the company’s public relations, analyst relations and social media programs. Previously, Jock was head of global public relations at Dell and responsible for public relations, customer references and social […] -
Ann Winblad, CoFounder/Managing Director Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Ann Winblad is the co-founder and a Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm focused on software investing and manages over $1 billion in cumulative capital. Since Hummer Winblad Venture Partners’ inception in 1989 the firm has launched over 100 […] -
Steve Morin Steve Morin is an adventurer, a hacker, an entrepreneur, a startup advisor and an avid hiker. Main expertise is in BigData, Mobile and AdTech. Steve grew up in New York City and currently lives in San Francisco. When he’s not working on a project, you can find him traveling, hiking, […] -
Topher Wilkins, CEO Opportunity Collaboration Topher Wilkins, CEO of the Opportunity Collaboration, has been hosting people in collaborative environments for the purposes of social change for over a decade. Starting with the Highland City Club, which he co-founded in Boulder, Colorado, to managing Dunton Hot Springs, and finally with the Opportunity Collaboration, Topher is passionate […] -
Brendan Wales, Associate e.ventures As an Associate at BV e.ventures, Brendan focuses his efforts on building relationships with entrepreneurs in the areas of early stage consumer Internet and mobile applications. Prior to BV e.ventures, Brendan was an early employee at zozi, one of the world’s leading online marketplaces for outdoor adventures. There he worked […] -
Greg Kidd, 3taps Co-founder/Twitter Investor/Square Adviser Greg Kidd is a co-founder of 3taps, which syndicates posting data from eBay, Craigslist, Indeeed, and Backpage for 3rd party developers like Padmapper and Lovely. Greg is a co-founder of the seed fund Hard Yaka which has invested in startups like Balanced, Proven,Geeklist, Crowdhall, Ribbon, Hailo, MightyText, Kabbage, Crowdhall and […] -
Harry McCracken, Editor-at-Large TIME Harry McCracken is an editor-at-large for TIME. He covers personal technology for the magazine and for TIME.com. Prior to joining TIME, he was the founder and editor of Technologizer, an award-winning independent blog that is now part of TIME.com. He also spent 14 years atPC World, the world’s largest computing […] -
Johnny “Diggz” Higgins, Chief Evangelist Voxeo Labs Johnny “Diggz” Higgins, is an entrepreneur, musician, filmmaker and founder of Geeks Without Bounds. In 1999 Diggz co-founded Voxeo and serves as Chief Evangelist for Voxeo Labs’ flagship cloud communications platform, Tropo and its community of over 250,000 developers. Diggz is also a professional dueling piano player and will perform […] -
Tim Chang, Managing Director Mayfield Fund Tim is a proven venture investor and experienced global executive, known for his thought leadership in Gamification, Quantified Self, and Behavioral/Social Science-led Design. He has been named to the Forbes Midas List of Top 100 Tech Investors, as one of CNET’s 12 Most Influential Tech Investors and as a Power […] -
Rohit Bodas, Managing Partner American Express Ventures Rohit Bodas is a Partner at American Express Ventures and is responsible for identifying and managing early-stage investments for American Express’ $100 Million Digital Commerce Initiative. Prior to American Express, Rohit was founding member of Hartford Ventures and made investments in DriverSide Inc and Coulomb Technologies. Prior to Hartford Ventures, […] -
David Blumberg, Managing Partner Blumberg Capital David Blumberg is the Managing Partner of Blumberg Capital. David has been investing in early stage technology companies for more than 24 years. His current investment focus includes Digital Media, Social Media, Mobility, SaaS/Technology Enabled Services and Internet. Prior to founding Blumberg Capital in 1991, David managed technology investments with […] -
Edith Yeung, Partner Right Ventures Edith Yeung is a founding partner at RightVentures. Her focus is mobile and consumer internet companies. Edith previously worked with AT&T Wireless, Oracle, Siebel, Autodesk, Cisco, Telstra and Hungary Telecom. Prior to joining RightVentures, Edith founded BizTechDay, the insightful voice of news, events & research for the SMB internet market […] -
Jules Walker, Director KPMG’s Bay Area Venture Capital Practice Jules is a Director in KPMG’s Bay Area Venture Capital Practice focused on Business Development. With over 20 years experience in Silicon Valley in a variety of financial services companies, Jules helps identify and assist great companies as they take their next steps out of garages, incubators and seed rounds. […] -
Michelle Zatlyn, CoFounder/Head User Experience CloudFlare Michelle Zatlyn is the co-founder & Head of User Experience of CloudFlare, the web performance and security company. Michelle creates products people love. Prior to CloudFlare, she worked at Google and Toshiba and launched two successful startups. In 2012, CloudFlare was selected by the Wall Street Journal as the Most […] -
John Shapiro, Snr Product Manager Intuit QuickBooks Online John Shapiro is a senior product manager at Intuit on QuickBooks Online. He is focused on delivering a delightful first use experience in the product and offering the tools that small and medium sized product-based businesses need to manage, operate, and grow their business. Before Intuit, John spent five years […] -
Ben Levy, Partner Bootstrap Labs At BootstrapLabs, Ben is the Head of the Execution Platform and advise all portfolio startups in their day to day operations, from connecting founders with industry experts, advisors and investors to increase their likelihood of success, to assisting with product design and development, positioning, go-to-market strategy and implementation, partnerships and […] -
Jeff Tannenbaum, Principal BlueRun Ventures Jeff joins BRV with over 15 years leadership experience building consumer web companies in the entertainment, mobile and technology industries. He has structured partnerships with companies including the New York Times Company, Perseus, as well as numerous online/offline publishers. Jeff founded and oversaw all business activities at PhotoCrank. In less […] -
Patrick Sagisi, Associate DBL Investors Patrick Sagisi is an Associate at DBL Investors, which he joined in 2011. Patrick sources and performs diligence on investment opportunities, advises portfolio company management, and helps portfolio companies implement their double bottom line practices. Patrick has over 15 years of global experience in product management, new product development, marketing, […] -
Wendy Lea, CEO GetSatisfaction Wendy Lea is the CEO of Get Satisfaction. Wendy currently serves as an angel investor, strategic advisor and board member for a long list of startup companies. Wendy serves on the board of Silicon Valley Social Venture Capital (SV2.org) and Corporate Visions. She has been recognized as a Top 100 […] -
Julie Chin, CoFounder The Angel Fund Julie Chin is CoFounder of The Angel Fund. She has over 10 years of team-building in fast-paced, resource-constrained, creative, and tech-savvy environments; over 5 years of launching online commercial products, and internal systems with complex integration needs; over 3 years of direct customer interactions, and managing global communications and policies […]
