NonPanelists
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Chris Yeh, CEO PBworks Chris Yeh has been building Internet businesses since 1995. He is the VP Marketing for PBworks, which provides highly vertical collaboration solutions that help businesses work more efficiently and effectively. Its products serve markets such as advertising and marketing agencies, law firms, and education, as well as the broader business […]
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Dr. Sean Casey, Co-Founder/Managing Director Silicon Valley Space Center Dr. Sean Casey is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Silicon Valley Space Center. Between 1997 and 2012, Dr. Casey served as a Senior Scientist with NASA’s SOFIA program as the USRA management and technical lead for SOFIA’s science instrument development program, lead for science instrument integration and commissioning, and […]
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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 […]
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Julie Craft, Regional Development Director San Francisco Bay Area Infusionsoft Julie Craft is a seasoned executive with 20 years in social, SaaS, search, telecom and gaming. She is the founder and CEO of AchievingGreatness, LLC, www.achievinggreatness.net, a leadership and marketing consultancy. She is also the Regional Director for Infusionsoft, the all-in-one sales and marketing technology platform specifically designed for small […]
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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, […]
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Elizabeth Lefever, Orrick Attorney Elizabeth (“Libby”) Lefever is a member of the Orrick Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies, public companies, investment banks and venture capital firms. Ms. Lefever focuses on representing emerging companies in many areas, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities laws and venture capital financings.
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Michael Bushong, VP Marketing Plexxi Michael Bushong is currently the vice president of marketing at Plexxi, where he focuses on using silicon photonics to deliver SDN-based data center options. Prior to joining Plexxi, Mike spent 12 years Michael Bushongat Juniper Networks, primarily in product management and product strategy roles. Leading Juniper’s flagship OS product management […]
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Sophie-Charlotte Moatti, Product Management Facebook Sophie-Charlotte is an entrepreneur, executive and adviser who has launched award winning mobile services used by millions of people. Currently she builds products at Facebook. Prior, she founded, ran, and sold her company; it produced a top-rated app (mobile social discovery). Before that, she was general manager of a top […]
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David Hornik, Investor August Capital For nearly two decades, David has worked with technology startups throughout the software sector. In 2000, David joined August Capital to invest broadly in information technology companies, with a focus on enterprise application and infrastructure software, as well as consumer facing software and services. Prior to joining August Capital, David […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Rajesh Setty, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker & Alchemist Rajesh’s mission in life is to bring good ideas to life. With love! Rajesh is involved in a few companies in some combination as a founder, operating executive, board member and/or an investor. Apart from that, he has written a few books and is working on a few more of […]
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Scott Orn, Partner Lighthouse Capital Partners Scott is a Partner in the Menlo Park, California Lighthouse Capital office. Scott is responsible for identifying information technology investment opportunities, performing due diligence, negotiating and monitoring west coast investments. Scott returned to Lighthouse in 2008 as a Senior Associate after completing his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management […]
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Bill Reichert, Managing Director Garage Technology Ventures Bill Reichert is Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a leading seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund, based in Silicon Valley. Garage makes seed investments in promising early stage technology companies and works intensively with them to help them to the next step. Some of Garage’s most successful startups include […]
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Zohar Levkovitz, CoFounder Amobee (acquired by SingTel for over $300M) Zohar is the founder and former CEO of Amobee, the leading mobile corporation for far reaching mobile advertising. Within just a few years Amobee has reached hundreds of millions of people and has begun a revolution in the way advertising can truly utilize the mobile medium. Amobee was recently sold […]
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Prerna Gupta, Chief Product Officer Smule Prerna Gupta is Chief Product Officer at Smule, the leading developer of social music creation apps, like the #1 hit app Songify, an app that turns speech into music. Smule’s apps have over 90 million downloads and over 950 million songs created to date. Previously, Prerna co-founded Khush, the leading […]
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Mary Hodder, Founder Dabble.com Mary Hodder is an entrepreneur, founder, user researcher, user advocate and early adopter. She founded Dabble.com in 2005 and she also founded a mobile app called “wellness mobile” to self track and share one’s own wellness. She is currently working on a Privacy Phone to protect personal data, and is […]
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Chris Anderson, CEO 3D Robotics & Founder DIY Drones From 2001 through 2012 Chris was the Editor in Chief of WiredMagazine. Before Wired he was with The Economist for seven years in London, Hong Kong and New York in various positions, ranging from Technology Editor to US Business Editor. He’s the author of the New York Times bestselling books […]
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Sarah Cone, Associate Illuminate Ventures Sarah Cone is a Venture Associate at Illuminate Ventures, a Micro VC firm in Silicon Valley that invests in B2B cloud computing. Sarah has over 10 years of experience in high tech, beginning her career at Amazon.com. She has worked in technology public policy both at the non-profit Public Knowledge […]
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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 […]