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Ken Fine
Ken Fine is the CEO of Affinity, the AI-powered relationship intelligence platform trusted by more than half of the top venture capital firms for deal sourcing, portfolio management, and relationship-driven dealmaking. A Stanford MBA and Arjay Miller Scholar with engineering degrees from RPI and Virginia Tech, Ken brings a rare arc - US Navy officer to Goldman Sachs to serial SaaS operator - having guided Financial Engines, Medallia, and Heap through IPOs and acquisitions before taking the helm at Affinity in May 2024.
Mark Godley
Mark Godley is the CEO of LeadGenius, a Berkeley-based B2B data intelligence platform that combines AI with human computation to deliver precision contact data for enterprise go-to-market teams. A self-described C-suite startup junkie with 30 years of SaaS expertise, Godley joined LeadGenius in 2017 — first as President, then stepping into the CEO role — and has driven the company's pivot from a service-heavy model to a scalable SaaS platform serving 400+ enterprise customers across 42 countries including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Autodesk. Under his leadership, LeadGenius has distinguished itself as the first crowdsourcing company to set a minimum wage tied to the cost of living in each country of operation, building a global decentralized workforce of data researchers while remaining GDPR and CCPA compliant.
Sunil Kaul
Sunil Kaul is the CEO of Airlinq, a Silicon Valley-based enterprise IoT platform company serving automakers, mobile network operators, and enterprises with a secure, scalable, AI-powered platform for connected vehicle and IoT ecosystem management. With over 20 years in telecommunications, Kaul has grown Airlinq into a globally recognized leader in IoT connectivity management, earning top rankings from Kaleido Intelligence, Counterpoint Research, and Frost & Sullivan, while forging partnerships with major names like Volvo, Verizon, NTT DOCOMO, Jio, and Tata.
Meena Ramachandran
Meena Ramachandran is the Chief Product Officer and Executive VP of People at Seen Health, a Los Angeles-based startup building culturally-focused PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) services for underserved Asian and Pacific Islander elders. With an electrical engineering foundation from Stanford and a dual MBA/MPH from UC Berkeley, she has spent two decades at the intersection of technology and healthcare - scaling product teams at Castlight Health, Myriad Genetics, and Brightline before joining Seen Health after its $22 million Series A in late 2024.
Sam Wong
Sam Wong is Chief Business Officer at ChatLabs - the LVMH Innovation Award-winning AI social commerce platform serving luxury and consumer brands - and CEO of FundableStartups.com, a startup training academy. A five-time startup executive with 30+ years in the trenches and three successful exits under his belt, Wong has turned serial entrepreneurship into a second act: coaching founders and investing through Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest angel group. He's also the author of '21 Secrets of Successful Startups' and a regular fixture at TechCrunch Disrupt, Fortune, and the startup conference circuit.
Marc Friend
Marc Friend is the CEO of Sift, the leading digital trust and fraud prevention platform serving 700+ global enterprises. A Silicon Valley veteran with 30+ years spanning venture capital (US Venture Partners, Summit Partners, Partech) and operational CFO/CEO roles at high-growth tech companies including PubNub, Sun Basket, and Rapid (sold to Nokia in 2024), Friend brings an unusually broad toolkit to the fraud-detection space. He also competes in Ironman triathlons and funded an annual full-tuition merit scholarship at MIT, his alma mater.