Category: Podcasts

Shira Shamban is a security researcher and technical expert with a focus on cloud security. Currently, she is the Co-founder and CEO of Solvo, a software company that automates and shifts left cloud security. Shira started her professional career in cybersecurity as a military officer in the elite intelligence unit 8200.

Shira strongly believes in empowering women and under-represented communities in the world of technology. She volunteers as a lecturer and a mentor in forums such as SheCodes, Cyber Ladies and Women in AppSec. Shira started the local mentoring program Security Diva and is the co-chair of OWASP Israel.

Developing Artificial General Intelligence that Learns by Dreaming.

Brent Oster is the President and CEO of ORBAI. He has 28 years experience in 3D computer graphics, animation, simulation, and AI with Bioware, Electronic Arts, Autodesk, and NVIDIA. He was the co-founder Bioware and Check Six, and he has completed the Stanford Continuing Studies curriculum of classes in entrepreneurial business, along with his degrees in Aerospace Engineering at University of Toronto and Scientific Computing at UC Santa Barbara.

As a Sr Solution Architect at NVIDIA, Brent helped Fortune 500 companies (and startups) looking to adopt ‘AI’, but consistently found that DL architectures tools fell far short of their expectations for ‘AI’. Brent started ORBAI to develop something better for them.

Can technology prevent global civil unrest for both political and product issues?

Daniel Curran is the Founder at CustEx.com, a voter & customer demand platform. Forbes #7, Crunchbase #4 Silicon Valley SuperAngel. 178+ investments, 18+ unicorns. Tech Executive.

What does it take to disrupt an antiquated industry like commodities trading?

Jesse Solomon is Co-Founder of Mickey, a commoditech company focused on modernizing global trade by making it easier for small to midsize suppliers to export products globally. He, along with co-founder Alex Rabens, set out to launch a platform with the goal of wiping out the global trade crisis. Today, Mickey is modernizing the way raw materials and commodities are sourced and exported out of the United States. In his role, Jesse oversees sales, hiring, and fundraising for the company. Since its founding in 2019, Jesse has been instrumental in helping to raise more than $10m in capital from top VC firms Lightbank and Lerer Hippeau. Prior to co-founding Mickey, Jesse led sales for Endeavor Content Live, a production house that struck licensing deals with film and entertainment companies such as Lionsgate, Warner Brothers and other Hollywood film studios. Here, Jesse booked and managed more than $65m in revenue globally within his first year.

Before his work with Endeavor Content Live, Jesse worked in talent booking for William Morris Endeavor (WME), the longest-running talent agency in the country. While at WME, he became the fastest agent to be promoted in the company’s history.

Jesse is a two-time cancer survivor who actively mentors cancer patients through Imerman Angels. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Business from the University of Miami. While a student, he was Vice President of the Sigma Chi fraternity, a member of the university’s men’s basketball practice squad, and was on the school’s radio station WVUM’s promotions team.

Joel Cumming is SkyWatch’s Chief Technology Officer. His team focuses on making earth observation data open and accessible for everyone. Previously, as Head of Data at Kik Interactive, Joel directed data engineering and data sciences at petabyte scale. Prior to that, Joel managed analytics and big data teams at BlackBerry, helping the company grow from 3 million to 80 million subscribers.

Joel holds several data related patents on location AI and contextual analytics. Outside of work, Joel is an active member of the local community as a coach in minor baseball and hockey.

With experience in the payments industry for nearly a decade, Caleb Avery was often asked to help software companies who were looking to monetize their payments. Working with these businesses he realized software companies who were looking to optimize their integrated payment processing solution were looking for two key things. One, an instant digital sign-up experience. And two, to maximize their revenue.

Unable to find a solution that didn’t require his clients to compromise on either technology, user experience, or economics, he decided that he needed his own. That led him to build Tilled and create PayFac-as-a-Service. Tilled’s revolutionary platform empowers software companies to monetize the payments flowing through their platforms.

David Dulany is Founder and CEO of Tenbound, a research and advisory firm focused and dedicated to Sales Development. Tenbound has become the hub of the Sales Development industry, with a thriving online research center, market map, tool directory, training and consulting programs and The Tenbound Sales Development Conferences held yearly around the world and virtually.

He recently published his first book, The Sales Development Framework, now available onAmazon.com.

Knowing ways to adapt and survive in the Real Estate industry.

Thad Wong is the co-founder and co-CEO of @properties, the nation’s 10th largest brokerage firm by sales volume (REALTrends 500). @properties and its affiliated companies have over 3,500 agents in nine states, as well as annual closed sales volume of over $12 billion.

Wong and @properties‘ co-founder, Mike Golden, met in the mid-1990s at a small brokerage firm in downtown Chicago. They teamed up to sell new-construction and condominium-conversion developments, and quickly became two of the city’s top producing agents.

In 2000, recognizing a need among fellow agents for more services and support, they established @properties. The idea for the name came to Wong as he rode a department store escalator past a Christmas tree adorned with ornaments bearing the “@” symbol.

From the beginning, Wong and Golden placed a heavy emphasis on culture, marketing and innovation, and in less than 10 years, @properties grew into the #1 residential brokerage firm in Chicago by sales volume. Over the past decade, the firm has expanded throughout the metro area and into Northwest Indiana, Southwest Michigan and Wisconsin. Today, @properties is the largest residential brokerage firm in Illinois.

Juan Acosta is founder of Tabella, a company on a mission to bring the world closer to God. Juan launched Tabella in 2019 and has garnered backing by venture capitalists and angels from Silicon Valley and around the world. Before launching Tabella, Juan served as the COO of Draper University, a pre-accelerator in Silicon Valley started by legendary Venture Capitalist, Tim Draper. During his time at Draper University, Juan oversaw the university’s operations and was responsible for partnering with local and state governments to build their innovation hubs through special programs and training opportunities. He also secured millions in contributions and endowments for student scholarships, created corporate and sponsorship programs, and managed the staff and training of more than 700 entrepreneurs. Juan was also instrumental in the launch of Draper U Ventures — a venture fund focused on funding early stage startups from around the world.

Vishal Sunak is the co-founder and CEO of LinkSquares, the company behind the fastest-growing AI-powered contracting platform for legal teams. Named among the 2020 Gartner Cool Vendors for Contract Lifecycle Management and Advanced Contract Analytics, LinkSquares is used by more than 400+ legal teams at mid-to-large companies, including brands such as TGI Fridays, Cogito and Wayfair, to move their businesses forward faster.

Vishal is widely recognized as a change agent in the legaltech space, where he has worked tirelessly to improve outcomes for legal teams, while elevating their visibility within the enterprise.

Using technology to unlock value for creators in the music industry.

Ade Adeyemo spent the first part of his career in the financial services industry where he worked at JPMorgan for 6 years taking up roles within the securities based lending business and more recently in private wealth management. His interest in the music industry predates his professional career. In the early days of the ipod and mp3 players Ade used to curate playlists for himself and for friends.

After completing his Masters in Entrepreneurship from the Foster School of Business at University of Washington, Ade decided to merge his professional experience in finance with his interest in the music industry to build Joko – a video streaming platform where recording artists can tell their stories and realize a profit. Joko uses a technology-enabled marketplace to give users access to exclusive docuseries, and provide artists an alternative source of revenue. It is a technology-driven media company with an ode to the past and a keen eye on the future.

Cross functional efficacy: Remote and hybrid teams’ best chance at innovation and interdependence.

Keith is Chief Marketing Officer of Kasasa® , the innovative leader in branded, communitypowered banking products proven to drive profit and growth. He directs growth initiatives for Kasasa and the company’s client base of more than 900 community banks and credit unions.

He also drives adoption of Kasasa, a national brand of free rewards checking accounts and other products offered exclusively at select community financial institution.

A 20-year veteran of the financial services and technology industry, Keith Brannan increases ROI for community financial institutions by aligning organizational design, differentiated brand strategy, go-to-market initiatives, and a vision for consumer and corporate marketing tactics with sales objectives. Keith designs and scales marketing products in order for community financial institutions to have access to best-in-class marketing.

Pete Harvey is ProQuo AI’s CTO and CPO;developing their platform, AI, Machine Learning and UI/UX teams. Having been a published scholar of the different formations of ice crystals, he brings new facets of learning to how ProQuo helps to build brands. Pete joined ProQuo from EY, leading business growth through the implementation of technology solutions. 

Searsha Sadek is ProQuo’s Head of Growth;straddling R&D, Sales & Marketing, and General Management divisions of the company to identify the greatest opportunities to grow as the company scales. With a background in psychology and advertising strategy, she’s always worked to understand how people feel and how to employ that to fuel brands. Working with global powerhouse brands and new start ups alike, in order to find and solve the problems that unlock growth, and accelerate the areas that supercharge it

Gary Goldberg  is an entrepreneur and third generation textile scientist who has combined his passion and unique knowledge of the craft with a relentless entrepreneurial spirit to disrupt the way sports leagues, teams and schools design and purchase customized gear for today’s young athletes.

Gary is the founder and CEO of SquadLocker – a B2C and B2B startup that has reinvented the way sports leagues, teams and schools design and purchase customized gear including uniforms, spirit wear and other apparel. Gary is extremely passionate about the impact of mentoring when it comes to helping today’s young athletes reach their full potential. In fact, Gary believes coaches, teachers and mentors are the unsung heroes in the fabric of America’s youth.

Michael O’Neil is the Founder and CEO of GetWellNetwork. He is an active leader in the healthcare, entrepreneurial, and non-profit communities, including Graybridge, a non-profit he launched in 2020 alongside ten families. Graybridge, a non-profit, non-partisan, inclusive organization focuses on improving racial unity through human connection. Graybridge seeks to address deeply rooted racial stereotypes and intolerance through an interactive journey of discovery, connection, and impact to educate and empower people to improve racial equity and justice. Michael is also a cancer survivor and the founder and CEO of GetWellNetwork, a leading global digital health company that offers interactive patient engagement solutions. For more than 20 years, Michael has focused on bridging care gaps to create a seamless experience for patients and their families.