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Alex Kelleher
Alex Kelleher is the founder and CEO of Quantum Rise, a Chicago AI consulting startup that raised a $15M seed in 2024 to pursue what he calls 'Consulting 2.0' - replacing billable-hours advice with heavy engineering and automation for mid-market companies. An Oxford-trained experimental psychologist, he has founded four data and decisioning software companies, with exits including Touch Clarity (to Omniture/Adobe), Cognitive Match (to Magnetic), and Vivid Edge. He went on to serve as Global CMO at Deloitte Digital and Chief Data Officer / President of Intelligence at Advantage Solutions. He is also a TED Global speaker and an exhibited artist.
Steve Kelley
Steve Kelley is a serial clean-energy entrepreneur and CEO of L-Charge, the Sunnyvale-based pioneer of off-grid ultra-fast EV charging for commercial fleets. With six successful startup exits and over two decades building energy and mobility ventures, Kelley co-founded Green Charge Networks (acquired by Engie), scaled InCharge Energy's revenues nearly tenfold, and in October 2025 took the helm at L-Charge to push its grid-free Charging-as-a-Service model nationwide. Under his leadership, L-Charge closed a $10 million funding round in January 2026, enabling fleet operators to electrify in weeks rather than months by bypassing grid bottlenecks entirely.
Kenan Saleh
Kenan Saleh is an Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) focused on early-stage consumer AI and emerging interfaces through the a16z Speedrun program. Before joining a16z, he built and sold two companies - Halo Cars (acquired by Lyft in 2019 within 9 months) and Stable Finance (acquired by Aave Labs) - grew Lyft Media from zero to $10M+ in revenue as General Manager, and angel-invested in 50+ startups. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and Wharton alum, Saleh brings rare founder-operator credibility to institutional venture capital.