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
Chang Kim (“CK”) is a 3x founder and angel investor/adviser for 50+ companies and venture funds. CK is currently co-founder and CEO at Saywise, a new startup with a mission to use AI to unlock more human wisdom. Formerly, CK was the founder and CEO of Tapas Media, a mobile storytelling platform for original IP
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,
Tony Uphoff is Chief Executive Officer of Pipeline 360, the leading B2B Demand Generation Company. He also serves as an analyst at Cloud Wars, a technology analyst firm that covers the latest trends and best practices in digital transformation. Tony also serves as an advisor and mentor to several tech and digital media companies. Prior
Rahul has 35 years of experience in the financial services, banktech, fintech, and health-tech industries, having served at the board and executive levels. Until March 2019, Rahul was CEO of RevSpring (backed by GTCR), a high-growth healthcare fintech that provides intelligent financial engagement and payment solutions to 2,000 leading healthcare providers. Before RevSpring, for a
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
Sunil Gunderia is the Chief Innovation Officer at Age of Learning, the company behind ABCmouse, a program used by over 50 million children. He led the development and is co-inventor of a multi-patented, AI-driven personalized mastery learning system that powers My Math Academy and My Reading Academy. Students using these programs have demonstrated significant gains,
Through his consultancy, Middleshift, Vince helps entrepreneurs build and scale their sales efforts. He has served as an interim CEO, a public company board member, and a consultant to over thirty clients including major internet companies, TV Networks, and Studios. Currently Vince serves on the board of Steezy, the world’s leading platform for online dance
Over the past few decades I’ve worn various hats as part of the founding teams of companies in the technology, restaurant and real estate industries. My early career was focused on real estate private equity finance and early-stage technology investing (eCompanies). Subsequently I helped launch technology companies including Boingo Wireless (NASDAQ IPO), Curby (sold to
