Top Founders

Rob is the Chief Executive Officer of Coupa, and drives the company's strategy and execution. Rob has over two decades experience in the business software industry. He came to Coupa from SuccessFactors, where he ran Global Product Marketing & Management, as a member of the executive management team, as the company scaled from an early start up to a successful public company. Prior to that, Rob dir...

Adam Toll was set on solving a big problem for video gamers: internet lag. Adam invented Haste with cofounder Taric Mirza, which uses next-generation network software that reduces lag and improves overall network stability. Adam was the first Haste investor and previously Co-Founder and COO of BigChampagne.

Shawn Riegsecker founded Centro in 2001 intent on building software to eliminate operational inefficiencies, solve growing complexity and fragmentation challenges, and help marketers make smarter decisions. He has built Centro into one of the largest providers of media operations software and managed services in the industry.

Rob is a former medical doctor turned Internet entrepreneur who is now running Timedoctor.com and Staff.com. He is from Sydney Australia and has grown to love all things SaaS.

Tyson Quick is a digital marketing wiz who’s focused on perfecting the landing page optimization process. Tyson founded Instapage in 2012 after seeing how marketers were losing money in wasted ad spend. His vision since then has been to create a landing page platform that maximizes returns through advertising personalization.

Eric Esfahanian is CRO of Gryphon Networks, a Boston-based Saas company that specializes in driving phone-based sales effectiveness for large distributed sales teams. With over 30 design and process patents covering every aspect of advanced telephony, Gryphon counts ADT, Sprint, Santander, and New York Life among over 700 enterprise clients.

Vitaly is a co-founder of StackAdapt, a venture-backed advertising technology company that helps brands accelerate customer acquisition. StackAdapt was named Top 20 Most Innovative Emerging companies in Canada in 2017 by CIX. StackAdapt was a part of STARTUP 50 of Canada’s Top New Growth Companies in 2017 by CanadianBusiness.

With over 20 years of executive-level experience, Rick has a unique vantage point on the business shift to ecommerce, asserting that business society is still very early in the transition to ecommerce, with less than 10% of retail and even less of B2B transactions currently conducted in online commerce.

Toby Olshanetsky is the CEO and cofounder of prooV, the first Pilot-as-a-Service platform, which helps companies find, test-drive and implement new technologies. In the past 20 years, he has led several successful businesses, and is an active board member and mentor to numerous startups.

Disappointed with digital video's inability to rise to its potential, Erika started Rapt Media. Erika has worked to build a business positioned at the top of emerging video technologies, providing interactive solutions to enterprise companies. Erika has solidified an A-list customer portfolio including companies like PwC, Samsung, Accenture, and Vodafone.

Peter Friedman is a social media visionary and veteran with over 30 years of experience in the space. He's the founder, Chairman, and CEO of LiveWorld. He's also the author of 'The CMO's Social Media Handbook, A Step By Step Guide For Leading Marketing Teams in the Social Media World'.

Andrew Gazdecki is the founder and CEO of Bizness Apps, a do-it-yourself mobile app builder and mobile website creator for small businesses with over 500,000 customers worldwide.

Tango Card Founder and CEO. Cofounder and SVP Sales and Strategy FiberTower. On Board of Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation and prior Board member at Summer Search. Father of 2 and SoundersFC fan/atic.

Seth is the founder and CEO of SnapApp. As a repeat entrepreneur, Seth was previously the founder & CEO of Pangea Media (acquired by AdKnowledge) and co-founder & CEO of Focalex, (acquired by Intermix / MySpace). He started out as a banker at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Brian Co-Founded InMotion Software in 2008 with the vision of a studio focusing on mobile development. He has lead the studio to create over ~30 mobile titles, with 6 reaching the top 100, including a #1 hit in the AppStore. Today Brian leads a team of 60+ developers and designers

CEO & Co-founder of Fuse, a cutting-edge UX tool suite for mobile app designers and developers. Currently in beta, for Mac and PC.

Erik Matlick guides vision and corporate strategy at Bombora, bringing over 15 years in founding, board and executive management experience. An online performance marketing pioneer, Erik's insights about the confluence of data analytics, media operations, ad serving technology, sales and marketing processes are the driving force behind Bombora's value proposition.

Josh Melick is CEO and Co-Founder of Broadly.com, a review generation platform focused on local business online reputation. Prior to founding Broadly, Josh was Director of Product at DemandForce, which was acquired by Intuit in 2012. Josh also held leadership roles with Ingenio, which was purchased by AT&T in 2007.