Ester Julia Neznanova (She/Her/Hers) is a Head of Platform, Future Founders at s16vc - Founders for Founders Fund. Colleagues describe them as "Ester is a rare combination of innovative, analytical and creative. She has a remarkable ability help clients hone in on their most significant challenges and envision unique solutions. Her thinking is anything but off-the-shelf. I reported to Ester in her role as DE&I Practice Lead for the NeuroLeadership Institute where she grew the DE&I practice area – increasing the number of clients, scope of engagements, and suite of offerings. She was quick to fashion a scalable business that is also able to flex to meet each client’s needs. Ester is a DE&I subject matter expert who has built large, multi-year DE&I strategies and implementation plans. She is committed to her own continuous learning and the development of those around her. I can almost guarantee you will never meet anyone like Ester, and if you have the good fortune to work with her, it will be incredibly enriching time well spent.", "I worked with Julia during her tenure as head of the Friends of eBay program. Julia is extremely knowledgable, resourceful, pragmatic, and results-driven -- an invaluable resource for a startup. She is also adept at navigating corporate structures at large companies. During her tenure at eBay, she was a bridge between the startups in her incubator and eBay at large, finding mutually beneficial partnership opportunities. She did a wonderful job growing the Friends of eBay program. Her adaptability lends itself well to both seeing high level opportunities and breaking them down into digestible pieces to execute on. She would be an invaluable resource on any size team, particularly in a leadership role.", and "I hired Julia to run eBay's start-up accelerator and our developer evangelism program in NYC. Julia completely revolutionized the program attracting some of the top start-ups in the country. Not only were they great teams, their products were highly synergistic with the efforts of eBay internally. This created a community of innovation throughout the office helping with hiring, retention and building great products. The results for the companies in speak for themselves. 10s of millions of dollars of funding raised and several notable acquisitions. Beyond this, Julia was a champion of diversity and inclusion for our site and contributed quite a bit to the culture. I would hire her again in a heartbeat!"