Darren Hakeman is the CEO of Genesis Digital LLC, the company behind Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar - software tools powering the creator economy for 25,000+ entrepreneurs worldwide. A Stanford-trained electrical engineer, Hakeman spent decades in enterprise tech - from RFID logistics at Savi Technology to scaling 8x8's ARR 5x to over $500 million through eight acquisitions - before stepping into the CEO role at Genesis Digital in April 2024, where the company has processed over $1 billion in transactions for small business owners seeking financial freedom.
Elaine Cheung is Chief Business Officer at Moonwalk Biosciences, a South San Francisco biotech backed by $57 million in funding and co-founded by CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang and former Illumina CTO Alex Aravanis. With 20+ years navigating the inflection points of genomic medicine - from spinning GRAIL out of Illumina, helping architect its $900M+ Series B, and steering Lyell Immunopharma through its IPO - Cheung brings a rare combination of scientific literacy and deal-making precision. At Moonwalk, she is helping build the business infrastructure for a company that has pivoted from epigenetic editing to siRNA-based therapeutics targeting adipose biology and obesity.
Diana Peng Bockus is the Chief Executive Officer of NGM Biopharmaceuticals, a South San Francisco biotech developing first-in-class medicines for liver disease, oncology, and ophthalmology. Appointed CEO in April 2025, she joined the company in 2020 to lead business development and restructured a pivotal Merck partnership that freed NGM to build a wholly owned pipeline. A Stanford and Wharton graduate with roots in management consulting at Bain & Company, she now steers a privately held biotech backed by $515M in total funding, focused on rare diseases like primary sclerosing cholangitis and hyperemesis gravidarum.