Greg Kim is President at Ocean Heights Ventures, a leading strategic advisory firm serving CEOs, Boards and private equity firms. He leverages his experiences in scaling and selling multiple tech companies and advising countless others in both B2B and B2C arenas. His value creation activities have covered a wide spectrum including corporate strategy, GTM, performance […]
Ivan brings more than 35 years of finance and operations management experience. He was co-founder and Managing Partner of Full Stack Finance, a firm specializing in providing CFO advisory and accounting outsource services to early—to mid-stage venture-backed or private equity-backed technology companies. His industry experience includes technology, internet services, online advertising, digital media publishing, and
Entrepreneur and operator with 30 years of deep experience in online games, digital health, food, fitness, sports and media. Co-Founder of Tastemade, LIVESTRONG.COM and Demand Media. Board member USC Center for Body Computing. Expertise in building multiplayer networks, community-based platforms, product, technology, marketing, brand, storytelling, partnerships and community development.
I build things, teams, companies and people! 20+ years of experience shaping and structuring companies for rapid, sustained growth. People-focused, analytical leader who understands business, inspires cutting-edge innovation, and dives deeply into operations—from technology and manufacturing through market development. Master’s degree from MIT; trained in executive leadership. Always open to unconventional ideas.
As a Silicon Valley veteran, I have been fortunate to lead teams that have designed, developed, and scaled products with global impact from enterprise advertising systems like AdWords to consumer experiences like Google Maps. I have a particular passion for those products and technologies that address deep human needs and then evolve to become a
Engineering and Product Management executive with proven track record of delivering software products to customers ▪ Industry and academic experience in machine learning; research published in refereed journals and conference proceedings ▪ Leader of domestic and global technical teams spanning diverse geographies, to build business critical products that delight users ▪ Significant experience working with
Roger Obando is a serial entrepreneur and technologist with over 20 years of experience in software development and consulting in both the enterprise and start-up worlds. His most recent entrepreneurial venture, Baker Technologies, a CRM platform focused on helping companies in the cannabis industry build and retain relationships with their customers, was acquired in 2018,
Scott Pyper is the Strategic Accounts Director at Marchex, a publicly-traded conversational intelligence company. He joined Marchex by way of two acquisitions – Marchex acquired Voicestar in 2007 and Voicestar acquired Scott’s company, Selling Station, in 2006. Prior to Marchex, he was a key member of the sales team at Carsmart.com, an automotive lead generation
Prior to co‑founding Tekton, Jai was a Venture Partner with Partech since 2006, where he led early stage investments in the US, Asia and Latin America. Jai has over 20+ years of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur and global tech investor, having invested in 150+ startups at inception of Tekton including Coupang, Toss, Outdoorsy,
Former CPO and GM of startups and mid-sized companies including Upwork, 33Across, Financial Engines, Realtor.com, as well as Operating Executive at Silver Lake, a leading tech private equity firm. I’ve gone through multiple adventures of creating new product categories, finding product-market fit, (re)building the organization, and scaling from pre-revenue to eight+ figures. Lately, I’ve been
