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Model N
Model N is a Redwood City-based enterprise software company that builds cloud revenue-management systems for pharmaceutical, medtech, semiconductor, and high-tech manufacturers. Its Revenue Cloud automates pricing, quoting, contracting, rebates, incentives, and regulatory compliance - the commercial machinery that governs how life sciences and high-tech companies book and protect their top line. Founded in 1999 and taken public in 2013, Model N was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2024 for $1.25 billion and now serves 150+ leading brands across more than 120 countries.
Arthur Chang
Arthur 'Artie' Chang is the CEO and founder of PanTerra Networks, a cloud-based unified communications company he has helmed since 2001. A serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur who started his career at Bell Laboratories and took SoloPoint Communications through an IPO, Chang brings together an engineering pedigree from Northwestern and UC Berkeley with a Stanford Executive MBA. At PanTerra, he has spent over two decades building a bootstrapped challenger to the telecom giants, competing on agility and innovation rather than scale, and now driving the company's AI-powered communications platform, Streams.AI.