Jason Navallo's Blog, page 24
March 16, 2018
Robin Smith – Co-Founder & CEO, WeGoLook.com
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Hailing from a rural Oklahoma town of just 300 people, Robin Smith is an unlikely startup founder and tech entrepreneur. But her business savviness, unique voice, and expertise as CEO and co-founder of WeGoLook — the world’s leading provider of on-demand workforce solutions for the enterprise — have skyrocketed her to success.
Robin founded WeGoLook in 2009 as a way to increase confidence in consumers purchasing online. It quickly became apparent that WeGoLook’s inspection and verification s...
March 13, 2018
Alex White – Co-Founder, Next Big Sound
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Alex White co-founded Next Big Sound with David Hoffman and Samir Rayani in 2008, while in his last semester at Northwestern University. Next Big Sound raised $7.4 million dollars across two venture financing rounds (2009 and 2012) from Foundry Group, IA Ventures, SoftTech VC and other notable angel investors.
On July 1, 2015, Pandora Media (NYSE: P) acquired Next Big Sound, Inc and White is now the Head of Music Recommendations and Curation Programming at Pandora.
White and his co-founders...
March 12, 2018
Sabina Keil – Founder & COO, Xcaliber Solutions Inc.
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Sabina Keil is Chief Operating Officer at Xcaliber Solutions Inc. which was created in 2009 to help merchants mitigate fraud and navigate the merchant processing waters. Sabina is a nineteen-year merchant processing veteran and has worked in all areas of payment processing and risk management. Xcaliber Solutions has taken that expertise and created a technology platform to help manage and maintain long-term profitability in the continuity space.
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March 4, 2018
Mel Torrie – Founder & CEO, Autonomous Solutions Inc.
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Mel Torrie has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University and is founder and CEO of Autonomous Solutions Inc. (ASI) in Logan, Utah. ASI develops and sells systems for driverless ground vehicle control in mining, military, agriculture, material handling, automotive proving grounds, and industrial cleaning and security. Prior to founding ASI seventeen years ago, Mel worked at Utah State University on multiple NASA Space Shuttle payloads. Mel speaks around the world...
February 24, 2018
Nick Bock – Co-Founder & CEO, Five Nines Technology Group
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Nick Bock is the co-founder and CEO of Five Nines Technology Group. Together with business partner James Bowen, Five Nines has been able to grow from the original three employees in 2006 to their current 80+ employees. Nick has a strong passion for learning, and is always seeking new ways to build on the foundation that Five Nines was established on.
Nick graduated from Union College in 1998 with a degree in history education. He is married to his lovely wife Erin, and is the proud father of...
Carlos Paya, M.D., Ph.D. – President & CEO, Immune Design
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Carlos Paya joined Immune Design in May 2011 as president, chief executive officer and director. Beginning March 2017, he also serves on the board of Fluidigm Corporation, a public life sciences technology and tools company. Dr. Paya was previously the president of Elan Corporation, a pharmaceutical corporation, which was acquired by Perrigo Company, from November 2008 to April 2011. Before joining Elan Corporation, Dr. Paya was at Eli Lilly & Company, a pharmaceutical corporation, from Sept...
Ross Andrew Paquette – Founder & CEO, Maropost
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Maropost is a B2C, cloud-based revenue optimization suite that gives companies the ability to increase cross-channel customer engagement to maximize revenue. Through integrated marketing and sales automation, Maropost provides essential tools, strategic guidance, and support needed to create more personalized customer experiences through a 360-degree business view—from marketing automation, to CRM, commerce, and customer support. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with development offices in C...
February 7, 2018
Jim Tananbaum – CEO & Managing Director, Foresite Capital
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Jim Tananbaum leveraged his unique experiences as a biopharmaceutical entrepreneur and healthcare investment firm co-founder to found Foresite Capital with a different approach. He believes that healthcare transformation requires learning systems driven by radically collaborative data science approaches. Foresite Capital has itself been built as a data-driven learning system where every investment gets the benefits of the Foresite Capital platform. The firm is designed from the ground up as...
December 28, 2017
Tom Click – Co-Founder, President & CEO, Patriot Aluminum
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Tom Click and his wife, Sarah, founded Patriot Aluminum in 2010. The company’s focus on the traditional American values of hard work and innovation have allowed the company to make the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for three years in a row. Prior to forming Patriot Aluminum Products, Mr. Click spent ten years in the metals industry, most recently as Vice President of Market Development for Norsk Hydro Aluminum and previously as Vice President of Marketing & Product Deve...
December 27, 2017
Rich Lyons – Founder, President & CEO, Lyons Consulting Group
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Rich is founder, president and CEO of Lyons Consulting Group, the industry’s premier eCommerce digital agency, serving brands, retailers, and B2B organizations with tailored solutions that maximize their online potential. Rich is responsible for leading the company’s strategy and vision, as well as working closely with customers, including Tourneau, Allen Edmonds, GoPro, Patagonia, and many more. He brings more than ten years of experience in IT consulting, and over seventeen years of experi...
