Federico Viticci is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, the Italy-based Apple publication he started in 2009 at age 21. He is best known for his book-length annual iOS and iPadOS reviews, his pioneering, almost evangelical insistence on using the iPad as his primary computer, and his deep work on Apple's Shortcuts automation. He co-hosts the AppStories podcast and several Relay FM shows including Connected, and runs the membership community Club MacStories.
Imma Calvo is VP of Sales, US Commerce at Google Customer Solutions, leading commerce innovation for brands across the Americas. Originally from Barcelona, she spent a decade in California before relocating to New York and has worked at Google since 2007 across EMEA and US markets in roles spanning retail, apps, and agency. A passionate mentor to startups and women in tech, she speaks at major industry conferences and brings fluency in Spanish, Catalan, and the language of disruption.
Alastair 'Alex' Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he leads the firm's $1 billion Apps practice with a focus on fintech, payments, and B2B/B2C software. A serial entrepreneur who started selling shareware at age 10, Alex co-founded seven startups before joining a16z in 2015, including TrialPay (acquired by Visa for $116M), FraudEliminator (acquired by McAfee for $75M), Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM co-founded with Max Levchin), and TXN (acquired by Envestnet). His rare combination of operator experience, deep financial services expertise, and fluency in Russian and Japanese makes him one of the most distinctive investors in Silicon Valley.
Alex Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he leads the firm's $1 billion Apps practice investing in fintech, payments, e-commerce, and enterprise software. A serial entrepreneur who started selling shareware at age 10 (and got banned by AOL), he co-founded TrialPay (acquired by Visa in 2015), co-founded Affirm with Max Levchin (now NASDAQ: AFRM), coined the term 'O2O' (Online-to-Offline), and has backed companies including Mercury, Earnin, Descript, and Rocket Companies. He is perhaps best known for the investment framework: 'The battle between every startup and incumbent comes down to whether the startup gets distribution before the incumbent gets innovation.'
Francesco D'Alessio is a UK-based productivity media entrepreneur and co-founder of Tool Finder, a platform and YouTube channel (400,000+ subscribers) dedicated to helping people discover, compare, and master productivity software. Starting at age 15 with app reviews, he built Keep Productive into one of the most trusted independent productivity media brands before rebranding it as Tool Finder in 2024. He has reviewed over 1,000 tools, co-created the Bento Focus iOS app, and reached 120,000+ monthly readers through his writing and newsletter.