Ken Kopilevich is the Co-Founder and CEO of NEKLO LLC, a bootstrapped custom software development firm he built from a small startup in 2008-2009 into a 200-person global operation with $15.9M in annual revenue and a 5.0 Clutch rating. Working from Novato, California, he oversees a company that spans FinTech, eCommerce, and Healthcare software, with development centers in Eastern Europe. A dual-degree engineer with an MS from UC Berkeley and an MS from Riga Polytechnic University, Ken spent years at companies like AiBUY and Connected Life before channeling that experience into NEKLO, which has completed 450+ projects and retains 85% of its clients year over year.
Rosalba Reynoso is the co-founder and CEO of Blue Trail Software, a San Francisco-based benefit corporation delivering custom software, AI/ML, IoT, and QA solutions for enterprises and scale-ups across the Americas and Europe. Coming from a human resources background rather than a technical one, she built a nearshore Pan-American IT company with teams across Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, and Spain, serving Fortune 100 clients including Samsung, Cartier, Hewlett Packard, and Logitech. A proud Latina leading a women-founded and women-led firm, Reynoso champions diversity and inclusion, stakeholder empowerment, and social impact - from funding coding bootcamps for women in Mexico to creating the My Luna menopause-tracking app.