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Murcia Emprende
Israel
Mr. Igor Rabinovich is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer & CVO at Akita. He holds BA (Bachelor of Arts) in Computer Science and Management from Ha'Universita Ha'Petuha. He is also an Angel Investor.
Individual/Angel
Namık Kural
United States
Mr. Edwin Goodman is a Co-Founder and serves as Investment Partner, General Partner and Investment Committee Member at Activate Venture Partners. He serves as Board Member & Executive Officer at Replika Software and DosedDaily. He is an advisor at Triton.ai. He also co-founded Activate's predecessor funds - Milestone Venture Partners - in 1999. He brings over 40 years of diversified venture investment experience, beginning with Patricof & Co. (now APAX) where he worked for seven years beginning in 1974 as its third employee. While at Patricof & Co., Mr. Goodman, headed a small business investment company which invested in the final private financing round raised by Apple Computer in the summer of 1979. After APAX, Mr. Goodman worked for 17 years at Hambros Bank, where his responsibilities expanded to include managing both the U.K. bank's U.S. venture and merchant banking operations. During his tenure with Hambros Bank, Mr. Goodman also was responsible for supervising the creation of new Hambros-sponsored fund products, including Cross Atlantic Partners I, II and III (a series of biomedical venture funds for which he served as the Chairman of the General Partner and a member of the Advisory Board) and Crescent Private Capital, L.P. (a private equity fund for which he served as a member of the investment committee). He also assisted in the launching of Hambros Venture Funds in Japan, Australia and Israel. Prior to his investment experience, Mr. Goodman managed WBAI FM, an educationally-licensed, listener-sponsored FM radio station in NYC. Before managing WBAI, Mr. Goodman was the co-CEO of an investment unit of the Bedford Stuyvesant Development & Services Corporation in Brooklyn, NY, which made SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses in the community. Mr. Goodman's professional career began with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. After his release from active duty, he joined his family's high-fashion retailing business, Bergdorf Goodman, in New York City, where he was active in many areas of the business. He worked closely with his father on the sale of the business to Carter Hawley Hale Stores, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company in 1972. Mr. Goodman is a former Board Chair and a current life Trustee of the Board of the Choate Rosemary Hall School in Wallingford, CT. He also serves on the Board of FIT (The Fashion Institute of Technology), a college with 9,000 students, within the New York State system. Additionally, Mr. Goodman serves as a Trustee of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization which supports college student civic engagement by encouraging voter registration and social entrepreneurship. He was a founding director of the Board of DonorsChoose, a non-profit organization that allows individual donors to select and fund projects that are posted on its website by public school teachers throughout the U.S. Mr. Goodman holds a B.A. in English literature from Yale College and a M.S. from Columbia University Business School.
Individual/Angel
Neil Currie
United States
Mr. Edouard Tabet serves as the Founder & Chief Executive Officer at ZeTrip. He cofounded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Eliot and Me. Prior to founding ZeTrip Edouard was Vice President of Engineering at online dating company SpeedDate, Inc. At SpeedDate, with a team of 25 developers he hired, Edouard led the development of mobile and web applications. Edouard holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie.
Individual/Angel
Nejc Kodric
London, England, United Kingdom
Nejc Kodric Since starting out in 2011 with little more than some basic computer equipment, вВђ1,000 and a love of technology, Nejc has been i...
Individual/Angel
NewCity Capital
United States
Mr. Ramana Rao served as Chief Technology Officer at Livefyre. He was a Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Inxight Software. He is an Advisor of Wize. Mr. Rao is an Advisor to several startups in the information intelligence space. He founded Inxight Software, Inc., in 1997 and served as its Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President. Mr. Rao was responsible for the strategic vision and architecture Inxight Software, Inc., products and technologies. He served at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). His work includes 25 patent filings and numerous refereed research papers. He has been noted speaker of many influential conferences including TED, Next 20 Years, DEMO, and the International Design Conference in Aspen. Mr. Rao is the Editor of the Information Flow email newsletter, and presents at conferences and publishes articles. He serves as a Board Member at Inxight Software. Mr. Rao received a B.S and M.S degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Computer Science and Engineering.
Individual/Angel
Nicholas Sturiale
United States
Mr. Jeffrey Bezos is the Founder and serves as Chairman of the Board of Amazon.com. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Amazon.com. He serves as Board Member at Breakthrough Energy Ventures. He serves as Advisor at Mark43. He served as the Limited Partner at GovTech fund. He founded Amazon.com in 1994. Amazon's mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Amazon offers low prices and fast delivery on millions of items, designs and builds the bestselling Kindle hardware, and empowers companies and governments in over 190 countries around the world with the leading cloud computing infrastructure through its Amazon Web Services offering. He is also the Founder of aerospace company Blue Origin, which is working to lower the cost and increase the safety of spaceflight so that humans can better continue exploring the solar system. He graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University in 1986 and was named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year in 1999. He is also an Angel Investor. He is also the owner of Nash Holdings. He also serves as Advisor at Deep Sentinel. He also serves as Advisor at Basecamp.
Individual/Angel
Nick Caruso
United States
Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at IBX. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at Axiom Space. Previously, he founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies. He is a Co-Founded and serves as Executive Chairman at Intuitive Machines. He is also the Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at X-energy. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science, a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, an M.Sc. in Information Management, and a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems.
Individual/Angel
Nick McKeown
Palo Alto, California, United States
Professor Computer Science, Stanford University. 25 years of academic/industrial experience. Co-Inventor of SDN; founder of three successful...
Individual/Angel
Nick Stanley
United Kingdom
Mr. Rory Bernard serves as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer at SynchTank. He served as Chief Technology Officer at Freemarket. He served as an Advisor at digi.me. He has a background in electronics and computer science from Europe's leading computer science departments at the University of Southampton followed by working for one of their first commercial spin-offs. In 1995, he co-founded and was CEO for Aspect Technologies, a software development company that specialized in developing Internet-based systems for large enterprises. A number of successful acquisitions made the company one of the country's largest independent Internet software companies before a sale in 2005 to LBi, a publically listed European/US company. Now a non-executive or consultant at a number of Internet-based companies helping to develop them from startups into rapidly growing businesses through a mix of technology, management, and finance. He is presently serving as the Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Synchtank.
Individual/Angel
Nima Negahban
United States
Mr. Prabakar Sundarrajan is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Strategist at The Fabric. He has been the Founder & CTO of Ankeena/Juniper (New Media Infrastructure), CTO of Netscaler/Citrix, Founding team & VP Tech of Exodus and Founding advisor of Mimosa. He co-founded Cloudbrink. He serves as Board Member at Opscruise. He has over 30 years of industry experience in companies such as Intel, HP/Tandem, HaL, and Transarc/IBM. He has a strong infrastructure and software background. successful founder for multiple startup. Prabakar joined Citrix via its acquisition of NetScaler Inc., where he served as CTO and EVP of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. Prior to Netscaler, Prabakar was Senior VP of Technology at Exodus Communications. Prabakar has over 25 years of leadership experience in the hi- tech industry where he has held a variety of executive positions spanning engineering, marketing, and business strategy at companies such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. Prabakar has served on the board of directors and/or technical advisory board of several companies and is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). Prabakar holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and B.S. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Individual/Angel
Nitish Singh
United States
Mr. Larry Curran served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at i2B Capital. He is also an angel investor. He also served as Strategic Director, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer at VION Investments. As Chief Development Officer of VION Holdings, Larry oversees marketing, sales, acquisitions, and new asset class development. Larry is instrumental in establishing pre- and post-purchase strategies working with vendors and developing the VION brand. He brings years of diversified experience from the debt buying industry from both the financing and acquisition sides of the business. Prior to joining VION, Larry was Vice President of OSI Portfolio Services and Director of Acquisitions for Vision Management Services. Larry was instrumental in closing the first registered debt portfolio's with a major credit card issuer through the Global Debt Registry. To date has worked with two national banks and registered more than $800M in credit card receivables through the Global Debt Registry. Today registered debt is managed six layers deep by GDR as a result of registered transactions. Prior to joining Vision Management Services, Larry was the owner operator of New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Southern Arizona, a franchise of New Horizons Worldwide, the largest computer training company in the world. During his ownership, the center was designated as the only Microsoft Gold Partner for training in the southwest region. Additionally the company was one of only two training sites in the country for the EC Councils Certified Ethical Hacking training centers. Franchise accolades include Fastest Growing Franchise, Highest revenue per employee, and highest EBITDA/Revenue 2004 out of 250 centers worldwide. The company achieved training partner status with both the BBB of Southern Arizona and the Greater Tucson Chamber of Commerce. In 2004, Larry was ranked as one of Tucson's leading young entrepreneurs by Inside Tucson Business Magazine. In 2005, the center achieved sales of $20M in training services. Prior to purchasing New Horizons, Larry was part of an early debt-buying group that began purchasing charged off receivables in 1991. By 1993, Larry was the Director of Marketing & Sales for Performance Capital Management and NASD Principal of the Broker Dealer responsible for raising $50M in funding from 1,900 retail investors. Mr. Curran was regularly heard on 1600 AM Financial News Network and hosted investor groups weekly at the Performance Capital Management collection facilities. Larry is a graduate of Colorado State University's Global Campus with a B.S. in Business Administration. Larry attended California State University at Long Beach for Finance and Western State University College for Law.
Individual/Angel
Noam Chomsky
United States
Dr. Timothy Howes is an Angel Investor. Dr. Timothy Howes served as the Chief Technology Officer at ClearStory Data. Prior to co-founding Opsware Inc., he was Vice President of Technology for America Online, Inc., where he worked on technology strategy, acquisitions and investments. Before that, he was Chief Technology Officer of Netscape's Server Products division and was Chief Architect of several Netscape server products. Before joining Netscape, Howes was a researcher and National Science Foundation Project Director at the University of Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering and an M.S.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Individual/Angel
Noel Dillane
United States
Mr. Srikanth Desikan co-founded & served as Chief Executive Officer at Sparkline Data. He served as the Vice President of Products & Marketing at Glassbeam. Sri has over 20 years of experience in software product development, product management and marketing. Prior to joining Glassbeam, Sri was head of analytics product management at Disney Interactive Media group, building tools and products to analyze log data from facebook games( Playdom) and Disney Mobile for user behavior analytics. Sri was also previously part of the management team at Glassbeam as VP Marketing during first launch and successfully helped the company position itself as a leader in product analytics based on machine log data. Prior to Glassbeam, Sri was founder and CEO of Gameseekr a video game aggregation and social networking site aimed at casual gamers. Sri has developed and marketed various analytics and business intelligence/integration products and solutions in his two decade career in companies like Siebel, Agile and SGI. Sri holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley and a Masters in Computer applications from Anna University, Chennai, India.
Individual/Angel
Nordic Venture Partners (Denmark)
United States
Mr. Rene Seeber is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Dedrone. He is also an Angel Investor. Rene Seeber was a Co-Founder and also served as chief technology officer at Cobion. He co-founded JouleX in 2009 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Seeber manages the engineering team and oversees design and architecture of the Joulex Energy Manager. Mr. Seeber is a successful entrepreneur and engineering leader. Prior to JouleX, he founded and sold two other companies: Cobion and ONLY Solutions. When Internet Security Systems (ISS) purchased Cobion in 2004, he became ISS' chief scientist for content security products. His first venture was ONLY Solutions, a leading Image Search Engine, which he sold in 2000. He holds a master's in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Kassel.
Individual/Angel
Now Capital Group
United States
Dr. Michael Foley serves as Chief Operating Officer at Re:Build Manufacturing. He previously served as Board Member at StanChem. He served as Operating Partner at Artemis Capital Partners. Dr. Foley has spent his career in industrial technology companies that produce automated systems, medical devices, electro-mechanical and electrical-optical equipment, plastic components and films, with special technical expertise in polymers, optics, metrology and instrumentation. Before joining Artemis, he was the CEO of Reflexite Corporation, a specialty manufacturer of polymeric-coated films. He spent 16 years at Reflexite, during which time the businesses he managed grew at an 18% CAGR with EBITDA margins over 20%. Prior to Reflexite, he was VP/General Manager at Life Sciences International, a company that made analytical instrumentation and related polymeric consumables for life sciences markets. He played a key role in successful exits from Reflexite and LSI, generating over half a billion dollars in shareholder liquidity at strategic valuations. He started his management career in 1992 at Bausch and Lomb, where he was responsible for developing B&L's low-cost contact lens manufacturing process for their entry into the daily disposable lens market. Before that he worked as an engineer in robotics and computer vision. He has 3 engineering degrees (SB, SM and Ph.D.), all from MIT.
Individual/Angel
NuVX Venture Capital
United Arab Emirates
NuVX Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the healthcare, social media, agriculture, technology, education technology, construction tech, fintech, energy storage and efficiency, oil and gas, renewable energies, smart grid, green energy, 3D printings and materials, digital twins, computer vision and sensors, artificial intelligence applications, augmented reality and virtual reality technology, smart, green and efficient buildings and cities, drone appliances, logistics, transportation and artificial intelligence services sectors.
Growth Capital
Olivier Brion
United States
Mr. Stephen Sparkes is an Angel Investor. He served as the Chief Technology Officer at Incapture. In his role as product manager, Steve defines the roadmap for Rapture in the Financial Services industry. In his CTO role, Steve is responsible for the technologies that drive Incapture's investment process. Before joining Incapture, Steve spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley in senior technology roles, most recently running the Technology and Operational Risk group with responsibility for firm-wide cybersecurity, regulatory relations, and control programs. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Steve was Chief Information Officer for Barclays Capital (Americas) through the EMU and Y2K periods. Previously he ran Fixed Income Technology for CSFB. Through these efforts, he gained significant market knowledge of large-scale financial systems. Steve has a degree in Computer Science with Accountancy from the University of Stirling, Scotland and is co-inventor of one patent, with another pending in the field of information management.
Individual/Angel
Palaniswamy Rajan
United States
Mr. Samir Bodas is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Icertis. He serves as a Chairman at CloudMoyo. He also serves as Steering Committee Member at TiE Angels Group Seattle. He began his career at McKinsey & Co., followed by several years in management at Microsoft Corporation. He was appointed CEO of Disha Technologies in 2003, where he grew the business five-fold and managed its acquisition by Aztecsoft in 2005. In early 2007, he was appointed CEO of Aztecsoft and successfully guided the company to become the fastest growing publicly traded mid-cap IT services company. In 2009, he helped finalize Aztecsoft's acquisition by MindTree. He holds MBA in Marketing and Finance from University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and BA in Computer Science from University of Texas.
Individual/Angel
Paolo Iacovelli
United States
Mr. Robert Rodriguez serves as Angel Investor at Robert Rodriguez. Previous to this he spent over twenty-two years as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. During this tenure he held a number of leadership roles within Executive Protection, Protective Intelligence and Criminal Investigations. He served as a supervisor on the Presidential Protective Detail, Counter Assault Team, Protective Intelligence and Criminal Investigation operations. His executive protection experience spanned 11 years at the White House serving Presidents Ronald W. Reagan, George H. Bush, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle and numerous Heads of State. For the last two and a half years of his career Mr. Rodriguez managed Secret Service operations for the Northern District of California and spearheaded the development of the Secret Service's first public-private partnership cyber initiative in the Bay Area. He was at the forefront of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) effort to establish partnerships with key government; public, private and international stakeholders relative to the IT security of their critical infrastructures. In 2003 Mr. Rodriguez chaired a DHS and Secret Service sponsored National IT security symposium at Stanford University and he continues to influence executives of Fortune 500 companies to engage in public-private partnerships. Since 2005 he has been coordinating the public private partnership outreach for the DHS SRI International Cyber Security R & D Center. As an advisor to these programs Mr. Rodriguez brings together representatives from disparate groups (academia, science, private industry, investment banking, government, system integrators, intelligence communities, entrepreneurs, policy makers, innovators, DoD, law enforcement and venture capital) to collaborate on IT security challenges and needs. He was the catalyst behind private industries input towards the design of a Computer Security academic module/curriculum for Stanford University and assisted in the coordination of a National Science Foundation supported academic internship program with industry partners. Mr. Rodriguez is the Chairman of fourth annual IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF IV) held every year at Stanford University. A critical focus is "bridging gaps" between innovative early stage and emerging IT security solution providers from across the nation and the system integration, industry and Federal Government markets. In addition, ITSEF V will take place in Washington DC in October 2010. The primary focus of ITSEF V will be to match the Federal Government's most critical needs and requirements with the "best of class" cyber security solutions. Representatives from the System Integration, Academic, Science, Federal Government, Private Industry, DoD, Venture Capital and Investment Banking communities will be in attendance. He presently serves on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Emerald Bowl and is on the Gartner Information Security Summit Advisory Board. Mr. Rodriguez is a certified graduate of the Federal Government's Senior Executive Service Program and was a recipient of the 2009 CSO Magazine CSO Compass Award in recognition of outstanding leadership in the security field.
Individual/Angel
Pat Hanrahan
San Francisco, California, United States
Pat Hanrahan is Tableau Software's Chief Scientist. He is also the CANON Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Sta...
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