James Novello started his career as a firefighter for a small town department while going to college and became an SFFD paramedic firefighter after he graduated. James served for many years, responded to more than 25,000 emergency incidents, and acquired a plethora of specialized certifications and advanced training. It was…
Vitaly Alexandrov, founder & CEO of Food Rocket, is a two-time winner of the Oxford Russia Fund scholarship. Previously, he was the CEO and founder of the international CRM marketing agency Out of Cloud that provides consumer data analysis and helps companies build personalized marketing. The agency’s clients include Puma,…
Richard DeVaul is an innovation thought leader, consulting CTO, and founder of HyperSolve. Previously he oversaw early-stage innovation activities at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google [X]), starting and leading projects that created billions of dollars of enterprise value, including Project Loon. He was also an early leader of the…
Christine Emilie Lim is the CEO/Founder of The Short Spine. She has used The Short Spine brand as a pilates instructor and is utilizing her technical pilates know-how in making people feel better about their bodies to what they actually wear. She has more than a decade of technology marketing…
Min-Liang Tan is the co-founder and CEO of Razer, a technological company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware. Tan was born and raised in Singapore, where his father worked as a real estate consultant and his mother stayed home to raise Tan and his…
Andrew Butt is the Co-founder & CEO of Enable, a modern, cloud-based B2B software solution for rebate management. Distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers across over 50 industries now have an easy, seamless solution to execute and track their full range of trading programs. The company is backed by $16M in funding…
Larry Baer is one of professional sports’ leading visionaries. After graduating from UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School, he worked in the media industry for Westinghouse Broadcasting and CBS Inc. before working in Major League Baseball. A San Francisco native, he started working with the Giants in the early 1990s…
Recognized for her immense philanthropic work, Pam Baer is a community leader in the San Francisco region. Hailing from Texas, her education started with a marketing and finance degree at the University of Texas in Austin. Soon after that, she moved to New York City and began her illustrious career…
Jordan Kurland is a co-founder and partner at Brilliant Corners Artist Management, which has offices in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle. The company represents a diverse array of musical artists including Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Toro Y Moi, Best Coast, Soccer Mommy, Real Estate, New Pornographers,…
Prior to founding RealKey in 2015, Christopher was the number one Mortgage Originator in the United States from 2010 to 2011 and personally funded over $2 billion in residential loans in all 50 states. A born entrepreneur, in 2013 Christopher also co-founded Sindeo, a San Francisco-based startup that raised $50…