Arif Janmohamed attended the University of Waterloo, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. He later went on to receive his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His family is originally from Africa and his ancestors are from India. Arif grew up in…
Ravi Mhatre a son of an Indian immigrant and Brooklyn born mother. Before turning 18, Ravi lived in four different states on three different continents. Ravi studied Electrical Engineering and Economics at Stanford University, where he also earned his MBA. As a founding partner and investor at Lightspeed, Ravi has…
Nicole Quinn is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and has been specializing in consumer behavior, retail, and taking brands public since the early 2000s. Regardless of the goal, Nicole is hyper focused on being true to the Founder’s insight and the brand’s core. Nicole previously worked at Nutmeg, a…
Dmitry Malin is a co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Novakid, an online English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learning platform that is reinventing the way children all over the world aged between 4 to 12 years old learn English. He is in charge of building and managing a result-driven remote team based on…
Bhawna Patkar is the founder, president, and CEO of Ziphawk Inc., a rising technology service provider for the rideshare industry. Bhawna created Ziphawk Inc. to solve the problems relating to transportation that many Americans face on a daily basis. Ziphawk is an equitable platform that recognizes the inherent value in…
Morgan Howell has founded and bootstrapped an eclectic landscape of five businesses after leaving Facebook as a Senior Software Engineer almost two years ago. From being the Co-Founder of Stock Alarm, an automated alerting tool for stock and crypto traders, the Director of Engineering at Learn to Win (L2W), an…
An entrepreneur with 15 years who founded and bootstrapped five startups. He is a mentor at Founder Institute, an investment scout for several venture funds and an advisor to two startups. Was named one of the top entrepreneurs to watch in 2018. Pavel started his business with $100 and reached…
Macrina Kgil became Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Blockchain.com in November 2018. Since then, she has seen the company through several phases of growth and innovation, including series-C funding and reaching a $1 trillion milestone. Kgil has a valuable background in public company finance functions and creating profitable, IPO-ready companies….