NonPanelists
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Mark Rose, CEO & Founder Ridezu Mark is a serial entrepreneur and product leader. Mark is currently the CEO, Founder of Ridezu, an innovative social mobile carpooling platform. Previously Mark was VP, Product for Visa / PlaySpan (acquired by Visa in March 2011). Mark joined PlaySpan after co-founding Spare Change – the first and largest micropayments […] -
Cromwell Schubarth, Senior Technology Reporter Silicon Valley Business Journal Cromwell Schubarth is Senior Technology Reporter of the Silicon Valley Business Journal and Editor of TechFlash Silicon Valley, the daily email newsletter about the region’s founders and funders. He has been with the Business Journal since 2005 including as Managing Editor and Multimedia/Research Editor. Before coming to Silicon Valley, he […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
Eghosa Omoigui, General Partner EchoVC Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners. Before this, Eghosa was with Intel for nearly 10 years and his last role was as Intel Capital Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies, where he acted as a senior investment professional focused on platform-agnostic consumer […] -
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 […] -
Prashant Shah, Board Member & Head of TIE Angels Prashant Shah has been an early stage venture investor since 2001. He is an active Charter Member of TiE Silicon Valley, a member of its Board of Directors, and Head of TiE Angels. Previously, he spent nearly 10 years at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, an early stage VC focused on […] -
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 […] -
Dimple Sahni, Partner DS Inc She brings over 15 years of experience in investment banking, technology entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and venture capital in the US and India. Prior to joining Hattery, Dimple was a Kauffman Fellow and venture capitalist at firms including L Capital, the Omidyar Network and Unilever Corporate Ventures. She is a true […] -
Carey Lai, Intel Capital Carey Lai joined Intel Capital in July 2011 and has over ten years of venture capital and technology experience. He focuses on Internet-Enabled Consumer and Marketing Services, Digital Media, Technology-Enabled Cloud Services and Virally-Adopted Software. His currently portfolio include 500Friends, Box, BrightEdge, Nexmo, Sprinklr, SweetLabs, and UUCUN. Prior to Intel […] -
Randy Williams, Founder Keiretsu Forum Randy Williams founded Keiretsu Forum in September 2000 to provide a disciplined and structured approach to angel investing. Mr. Williams’s passion for investing and bringing together like-minded community leaders has created a powerful and giving environment for entrepreneurs. With over 1,000 angel investor members throughout 27 chapters on 3 continents […] -
Daniel Yost, Orrick Attorney Daniel Yost is co-chair of the technology transactions and licensing practice at Orrick and a prior co-chair of Orrick’s Emerging Companies Group. Mr. Yost’s practice focuses on negotiating complex commercial and technology transactions and intellectual property counseling. Mr. Yost has counseled clients on commercial law, copyright, licensing, marketing, patent, privacy, […] -
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 […] -
Judy Myers, Founder/CEO UBoomerU.tv Judy Myers, born in Palo Alto, educated in Europe and a graduate of San Francisco State, is the lone female Founder/ CEO in the social networking space in Silicon Valley. Her career spans the fascinating and cutting edge worlds of Wall Street, Publishing, fashion, Hollywood, and professional sports. She has […] -
Andreas Stavropoulos, Managing Director DFJ Andreas Stavropoulos is Managing Director at DFJ, where he focuses on investments in consumer internet and mobile technology. He serves on the boards of Meetup, SugarSync, LocationLabs, RichRelevance, Yodle, Silverpop and others. Past investments include Epocrates (NASDAQ: ATHN), Mobile 365 (Sybase), Centerpost (West Corp.), Everdream (Dell), Appstream (Symantec), and Vizu […] -
Jason Demant, CEO LAUNCH Jason Demant is the CEO of LAUNCH, which covers and celebrates new startups, products, services and technology at its annual LAUNCH Festival and other events, on its tech news product the LAUNCH Ticker, and on the popular podcast “This Week in Startups”. @lifeaftercubes -
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 […] -
Elise Brownell, The Angels’ Forum Elise Brownell, PhD. has spent the last 32 years in the bio/pharmaceutical arena where she has played key roles in Discovery, Development and Opportunity Assessment to drive innovation. After completing her doctorate, Elise’s career started at SUNY Stony Brook where she made discoveries relating to genetic evolution in the great […] -
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 […] -
Scott McGrew, Host NBC’s Press:Here Scott McGrew host of NBC’s Press:Here, a weekly roundtable featuring Silicon Valley CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs. Joining Scott each week is a team of contributors including reporters from the BBC, NPR, CNBC, TechCrunch, Fortune, Wired, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Scott was the first journalist to […]
