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Matt Pavelle and the Art of Getting It Built
From designer clothing to rental rewards, Matt Pavelle has spent his career turning consumer ideas into working software. The Doctronic co-founder now has a pointed question about AI and teams: who owns the outcome?
Ian Ferguson
Ian Ferguson is the CEO of PINATA, a New York SaaS company that builds an operating system for front-line and distributed workforces - the people setting up trade-show booths, stocking retail shelves and running brand activations far from headquarters. A Yale and Stanford GSB graduate and former Bain consultant, he co-founded the at-home private-chef marketplace Kitchit, helped start the progressive volunteer group Tech for Campaigns, and joined PINATA as COO in 2018 before taking the top job in 2022, the same year the company closed a $10M Series A led by M13 and Bullpen Capital.