Ryan King
Ryan King currently server as Global Program Manager of Red Hat Innovate. Red Hat Innovate is a startup outreach and incubator program focused on startups in the IT & ISV markets. Currently, Red Hat Innovate is piloting in Israel. Ryan previously worked at two startups, one as a founder that was successfully acquired in 2009. […]
Erik Moore
After a rewarding fifteen-year career in investment banking, Erik secured an early retirement from Merrill Lynch in 2011 and at that point began pursuing his passion for entrepreneurship. He co-founded FlickLaunch.com, a new digital streaming platform on Facebook for feature-length movies. Erik is now the founder and Managing Partner of Base Ventures, a seed and […]
Supervisor Malia Cohen
Supervisor Malia Cohen was elected in November 2010 to represent the residents of San Francisco’s 10th District. The 10th District includes Bayview Hunters Point, Potrero Hill and Visitacion Valley. Supervisor Cohen serves as Vice-Chair of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee, member of the Budget and Finance Subcommittee and member of the Transportation Authority. […]
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin is The Frontier Project’s Lead Consultant for projects at the intersection of corporate innovation, government policy and sustainable business models. He is the author of “Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet” and contributor to “All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim.” He is a former sustainability policy advisor to New […]
Kimberly Bryant
Kimberly Bryant is a Biotechnology/Engineering professional who has spent the last decade in the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Manufacturing industry in a series of technical leadership roles for various Fortune 100 companies such as Merck, Pfizer, and Dupont. Most recently Ms. Bryant spent 5+ years as a Senior Manager with Bay Area biotechnology company Genentech. Ms. […]
Michael Seibel
Michael Seibel is the CEO of Socialcam which he recently sold to Autodesk for $60 million. Socialcam is the easiest way to create and share videos from your smartphone. Before Socialcam, Michael Seibel was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv. Justin.tv has grown to be the largest live video site on the Web, and now […]
Charles Hudson
Charles Hudson is a Venture Partner at SoftTech VC and the CEO and Co-Founder of Bionic Panda Games, a mobile games company based in San Francisco, CA. Hudson is a frequent speaker on the intersection of gaming and social media.
Steve Blank
Over the last 35 years, Steve has been part of, or co-founded eight Silicon Valley startups. These have run the gamut from semiconductors, video games, personal computers, and supercomputers. (MIPS, Zilog, Rocket Science, SuperMac, Convergent Technologies, Ardent, ESL) Steve’s last company was E.piphany, an enterprise software company. Steve currently teaches entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley Haas […]
Mitch Kapor
Mitch Kapor is a pioneer of modern computing. He is the founder and former CEO of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the “killer application” which made the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. Currently he also serves on several non-profit boards, including the Mitchell Kapor Foundation and […]
Angela Benton
At 30 Angela Benton has already landed on Ebony magazine’s “Power 150” list. Since working in marketing and digital strategy, Benton has become an expert in new media. Paving the way for other tech-savvy African Americans, Benton is the CEO of Black Web Media LLC — which publishes several websites, including Black Web 2.0 and […]