John Petote

John Petote is an Angel Investor who has invested in over 100 start-up and early stage companies as well as various VC funds...

Greg Goodman

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George Tharakan

After designing microprocessors at Intel, George Tharakan became a professional investor...

Jay McGonigle

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Jay is the ex-Chairman and CEO of the Corporate Executive Board Company...

Kasey Lundquist

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Kasey Lundquist is a General Partner at Rise Together Ventures...

Robert Johnson

Bob is the Managing Partner of Founders Capital Partners, a venture capital angel group focusing on early-stage technology...

Mike Mansbach

Strategy, culture and leadership driven SaaS executive. Expertise in creating global scale, building connected...

Christian Felipe

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David Higdon

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David Higdon is a Managing Partner at Kern Venture Group. David’s focus is investment strategy, deal flow...

Zohar Ziv

Zohar has over 25 years of executive management experience and an excellent track record across a diverse set of business...

Craig Cummings

Mr. Craig Cummings has founded and co-founded several technology-driven start-up companies, including two that...

Loren McFarland

Strong background in Strategic and Financial decision support; primarily focused on Medical Device industry. SEC reporting...

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor has over 30 years of experience in the tech space – both as an entrepreneur and investor. Most recently...

John Gerngross

John founded Santa Barbara based Condor Engineering and served as Chief Executive Officer...

Carolyn Mellor

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Carolyn Mellor has over 25 years’ of experience leading product, technology, go to market...

Kenneth Pigaga

-Public board member
-One of two executive directors of international, UK-based firm(NEX plc)...

Michael Smith

Michael is a General Partner at Regeneration.VC, a venture fund that invests capital in the founders and teams forging...

John Paul "JP" Lake

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John Paul "JP" Lake is a Managing Partner at Kern Venture Group. JP concentrates on investment strategy...

Pamala Temple

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Elizabeth Cholawsky

Elizabeth Cholawsky, PhD joined HG Insights as CEO in 2018. Elizabeth is a seasoned/established executive leader in...

David Spaulding

Executive Recruiter specializing in senior Scientists, Managers, and Executives in biotech/pharma...

Craig Ensley

Craig is a transformative CEO & Board Member who has led technology firms at every scale and phase of growth...

Brad Webb

Brad is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in the medical devices and biotechnology industries. Over a 20...

Dave Dwelley

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Dave spent 32 years in Silicon Valley as a field engineer, analog IC designer, and design center manager at...

Frank Foster

Santa Barbara resident Frank Foster has an extensive history of entrepreneurship, venture capital investment and...

Craig Harris

Joost Thesseling

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Joost Thesseling has thirty years of experience in consulting, finance and private equity investing. From 2000 to 2022, Joost was managing director & partner at...