Savitra Sharma, Founder and Managing Director of Third Wave Analytics, has over 20 years of leadership experience in life science, consulting, and digital marketing organizations. Sharma founded Third Wave Analytics, a San Francisco-based lab information management system (LIMS) that operates on the Salesforce platform, in response to a growing need…
Tex Dworkin is the Co-founder and Chief Community Officer of Raddle, a virtual space for 20-minute conversations between solopreneurs and community members who are there to help them succeed in business. Before Raddle–she was a socially responsible business leader and spokesperson, supporting thousands of entrepreneurs around the world, serving on…
Elizabeth Brunner is a San Francisco-based designer and the founder of StereoType, a fashion-forward kids clothing brand that’s designed to celebrate individuality and freedom of expression by blending traditional ideas of boys’ and girls’ wear. StereoType’s blended fashion collection combines elements of style, design and comfort to inspire creativity, individuality…
Suraj Rajwani is the managing partner and co-founder of DoubleRock. Located in San Francisco, the company is a venture capital firm established in 2012. Investments promoted by the company include IoT, mobile, SaaS, and big data solutions. Companies whose growth was fostered by DoubleRock investments have experienced a high level…
David Ojcius is a professor and researcher at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California. He earned a B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979 and then continued at Berkeley to get his Ph.D. in Biophysics. After two postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Rockefeller University, David…
Lisa Fei is CEO/Founder of Clarity, the one and only relationship app that’s making the fundamental tools and resources to building happier, meaningful, and lasting relationships accessible to all. There are hundreds of dating apps that match people, but not one actually helps you successfully navigate the complex trajectory of…
Justin registered bud.com in 1994, the year he launched his personal site “Justin’s Links from the Underground” and helped launch the first commercial web magazine HotWired. The NY Times later called him “perhaps the founding father of personal weblogging.” Hall has worked as a journalist, a TV host, a CEO,…
Payam Banazadeh is CEO & Founder of Capella Space, a Silicon Valley company building the largest constellation of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites in order to provide hourly monitoring services of anywhere in the globe. Payam holds a business/management degree from Stanford University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with…
Criminal defense lawyer, Haitham Amin started his career at the Solano Public Defenders Office before continuing as a Deputy Public Defender at the Marin County Office. After gaining invaluable experience in his work with the public, Haitham decided to open his private practice, the Amin Law firm in San Francisco…
With over a decade of experience and specialization in Community Management, International Communications, Brand Management and Digital Media. Inclusivity is paramount for her and that is evident in her work. She is the founder of organisations like “Jammu and Kashmir Future Talks”, Indian Students in The Netherlands and also supports…
Stephanie Thoma is a networking strategy coach, event host, and founder of Confident Introvert. She has facilitated over 1,000 events and established a fulfilling career helping people generate meaningful connections at online and in-person events. Her mission is to help introverts feel confident and establish relationships that catapult them forward…