I’m Robert Tomkinson, a senior operating executive with 20+ years of experience building, scaling, and integrating consumer and marketplace businesses across venture-backed, PE-backed, and public-company environments. My background includes leadership roles at companies such as eBay, EA, Yelp, TouchTunes, Ingenio, Puls, and CoPilot. I’ve served in CMO and VP-level roles, partnering closely with founders and […]
I’m a co-founder of Pirate Studios, where I built and now run the company’s North American business. Over the last ten years, I’ve been in the trenches scaling Pirate from a single site in London into a 37-location, 500k-customer network of self-service music studios across the UK, US, and Europe. Pirate is now profitable, projecting
David is a seasoned go-to-market (GTM) leader with over three decades of experience in enterprise software and SaaS. He has a proven track record of driving meaningful impact for companies targeting enterprise customers, having held past senior leadership roles at industry giants like Adobe, Oracle, and Hootsuite. His expertise spans revenue management at all scales,
For me, technology has always been about more than code or platforms — it’s about how it shapes people’s lives and creates a better future. Over the last 20+ years, I’ve worked across AI, blockchain, enterprise and consumer tech, building products that aim to empower, protect, and connect people in meaningful ways. As a seasoned
I have 25+ years of experience as a legal and business advisor to venture-backed, high-growth businesses and their investors. In particular, I have represented many of the top Silicon Valley public and private companies in their efforts to invest in and acquire technology startups and has helped various leading artificial intelligence (AI), enterprise and consumer
Mark Young is recognized for his expertise in strategy, business development, and operating experience in creating, building, and managing profitable, high-growth direct-to-consumer digital businesses in entertainment, commerce, and technology. He has a successful track record of building and leading teams at Fortune 100 companies, NBCUniversal/Comcast, Disney, and high-growth start-ups, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. Mark is
As a Strategy Consultant and Senior Advisor, I help Internet, media, consumer goods & retail companies operationalize their growth plans and communicate to investors with impact. As an advisor and mentor to start-ups, I provide an operator's perspective from having 20+ years of experience in building new businesses. I'm a boomerang management consultant – I
Lifelong entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of Ranker. Prior founder of multiple successful small businesses in the music industry, and founder of eCrush, a 1.0 digital media startup which exited to Hearst in late 2006.
I love building great products, great companies, and working with great teams. Over the past 15+ years I have founded two startups, exited both, and held high-impact roles within two businesses that reached large successful exits. I love working with and alongside other founders, dreamers, and builders. I’m a strong leader with a high-level of
Engineering leader with a 20+ year track record of delivering at scale—modernizing platforms, embedding AI into financial systems, and leading globally distributed teams through complex transformations. I operate at the intersection of architecture, execution, and business impact. * Platform Modernization & Scale: Reduced incidents by 80% through microservices and DevEx improvements; rebuilt orchestration systems for
