Crusoe is on a mission to align the future of computing with the future of the climate. Crusoe repurposes otherwise wasted energy to fuel the growing demand for computational power (crypto mining and cloud computing) in the expanding digital economy. Crusoe’s technology, focussed on repurposing wasted energy from natural gas flaring, wind, solar, hydro and nuclear assets, simultaneously reduces methane and CO2 emissions and the cost of energy-intensive computing. We are inspired by our goals to help the energy industry operate more efficiently, achieve harmonious relationships with communities and regulators and contribute to climate health and safety. Please join us at www.crusoeenergy.com to learn more:).

Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.

Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly and broadly such that transportation may be safer,increasingly accessible and more efficient than ever before.

Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and its renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures. Learn more at www.node.io.

Founded in 2007, Originate is a digital innovation design and development studio focused on accelerating innovation opportunities for companies globally. We specialize in ideating, researching, designing and developing first generation digital products and services for our clients, all of whom we refer to as “our partners”. We transition our innovation to teams of sponsoring entities in a variety of ways supporting their scaling independence. We bring flexibility, ingenuity and efficiency to ease and expedite opportunities that transform experiences and markets. Currently helping Originators invent their futures and the company future in pursuit of accelerating endless amazing possibilities with partners.

Wickr is a pioneer in secure, private communication applications for individuals and businesses globally. The company was founded by a passionate, committed team of security experts and privacy advocates who believe communication privacy is a universal human right, fueling innovation, economic growth and democracy. In late 2016, Wickr introduced its patent-pending, best-in-class communication technology to business giving rise to deep conversations and the rethinking of communications policy and operating conventions in places of work. Wickr has been recognized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for its capabilities related to user rights, privacy and transparency: https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017#wickr-report. In 2018, Wickr was named a leader in Forrester’s NEW WAVETM Secure Communications study: "Wickr Named a Leader in Secure Communications".I joined Wickr to create lasting, positive change in the company’s ability to succeed in new markets through impact on critical aspects of the employee lifecycle, stakeholder engagement and people and business strategy. My days were filled with leading, coaching and delivering at both highly strategic and tactical levels yet always with a focus on helping Wickerites achieve personal excellence and a collective capability to achieve success.

My desire to experience all the joys of motherhood combined with a passion for fitness led me to build a small business dedicated to inspiring young children to "move" and "love doing so".For 4 years, I had the privilege of developing and leading a passionate team committed to delivering unique, effective and fun sports and fitness programs to children ages 2-12 years at over 70 schools throughout Silicon Valley. Together, we scaled our business to enrich the lives of thousands of children by cultivating their creativity, capability and confidence. Coincidentally, we ranked as a top revenue producing franchise. Along my journey, I orchestrated and managed all facets of strategy and day to day operations of a small business including finance, legal, marketing, sales, programming, parent and school relations and human resources.

Empowered, evolved and grew distributed, global team responsible for policy guiding the use and content of Google’s advertising and consumer products by hundreds of millions of users. Products included: Adwords, Adsense, Search, G+, Chrome, Orkut, Wallet, Maps, Play, Photos and many more. Championed solutions to better inform policy development and scale support impacting 7000+ Sales Googlers globally. Expanded and operated within comprehensive stakeholder engagement ecosystem to deliver policy integrity and advocacy across a complex and heterogeneous global landscape. Led teams through service expansion increasing the impact and visibility of key talent.

Built and led organization to support Enterprise sales division scaling from early days of Search sales to nearly $1B Saas-based revenue. Accelerated growth by empowering teams to deliver solutions addressing sales people satisfaction and effectiveness in key areas of: sales strategy & analytics, recognition, rewards & compensation, training and development, sales infrastructure and process and, customer engagement. Led strategic people initiatives to address revenue acceleration, leadership development and diversity opportunities including the revitalization and repositioning of America’s Lead Generation team and the transformation of Direct and Inside Sales SaaS models and organizations. Coached multi-disciplinary managers leading teams through change resulting in greater acceptance and enhanced leadership capabilities. Engaged and led specialized teams to design and implement variable compensation plans, recognition programs and global policies inspiring the motivations, energy and behavior of 850+ sales people. Created environment for negotiation of sales people disputes; arbitrated sensitive cases. Maintained direct accountability for significant % of division’s renewal revenue; coached manager to motivate team to consistently over-achieve key results. Participated as lead member of global Enterprise Hiring Committee calibrating hiring recommendations with executive management group and securing hiring independence.

Envisioned, negotiated, built and led service organization to accelerate growth of region from early incorporation to >1.5B revenue and 1,200+ people. As Google’s first, channel-agnostic support organization, we scaled to 92 people operating out of 12 locations on 4 continents. Core services included: strategic people programs, new hire onboarding, learning and development, sales infrastructure solutions, product launch support, customer technical support and third party engagement management. Collectively, my teams onboarded 500+ new Googlers (Nooglers), supported the launch of 150+ products and increased satisfaction of 700+ Sales Googlers in region. Additionally, led design and implementation of strategic people programs addressing opportunities in authentic leadership, decision making and, executive talent acquisition and retention. Championed innovative development program expediting people effectiveness in Google-unique roles in region while simultaneously providing global talent development and succession opportunity. Chaired committee delivering annual sales conference for 600+ people. Key member of company leadership teams: Global Online Sales Rewards Committee, North American Sales and Global Marketing Hiring Committees and, Asia Pacific/Latin America Leadership team. Promoted on accelerated timeline from Senior Manager/Head to Director.

Negotiated, built and led teams responsible for improving the efficiency, service excellence and employee satisfaction of eBay's global Technology Operations organization. Core services included: business and people strategy, planning and analytics, process transformation, training, learning and development and, knowledge and communication solutions. Coached teams to create a compelling work environment for technical staff while yielding efficiencies: transformed, trained and guided adoption of 18+ processes yielding $7.3M year 1 cost savings; developed and implemented 1st knowledge sharing system yielding 300%+ yoy increases in core usage metrics; accelerated onboarding of 300+ new hires through comprehensive jumpstart program. Directly led 2,000+ employees through training and adoption of new service management system with no impact on site availability or code release timelines. Architected and implemented comprehensive solutions to address decision making, performance management and work/life balance deficiencies resulting in 20%+ increases in key semi-annual employee satisfaction metrics. Planned and led organization's business and people processes including strategic planning, budgeting, performance planning, evaluation and recognition and, succession planning. Designed and program managed three, comprehensive organization transformations involving organization redesign, talent planning and placement, talent development, process and systems iteration, communications and training; coached Leaders through change readiness and management. Demonstrated service organization as “self-funding”. Consistently achieved top tier annual Management Practices result.

Member of founding team of "Next Generation Integrated Services Over Fiber" startup for greenfield and Master Planned Communities. Cooperatively authored and delivered comprehensive business plan and pitch to investors and property developers in CA, Utah and East coast. Secured initial funding and hired starter team of engineers. Did not move forward given reticent future funding environment.

Branded and led $5M BOD sponsored program involving 125+ people revamping three processes critical to startup’s ongoing efficacy. As Acting Director, Excite Portal Operations, managed $45M capital budget and global team of 88 responsible for the infrastructure deployment and service availability of Excite.com. Branded and led cross-company effort to decrease cost and increase portal availability and page download times making property attractive for sale. Appointed Chief of Staff and led integration of Excite portal and @Home broadband operations organizations before ultimately overseeing the reduction in force and service shutdown processes impacting 400 people across 10 global centers.

Boutique high tech Fortune 1000 client consulting firm (renamed Adventis Corporation and acquired in 2006 by Cartesian https://www.cartesian.com/about-us/our-history/). As a team member, completed six diverse engagements in areas of revenue & value acceleration, business performance and operations excellence, go-to-market and deregulation strategy including: global “Balanced Scorecard” benchmarking for a leading Asian telecom, business transformation design for domestic hydro company facing deregulation, developer service re-branding strategy for global software provider.

Joined Canadian startup leading in provision of geodemographic data, systems and solutions to businesses throughout North America looking to make more informed decisions in areas including location strategy, branding & target marketing, talent selection. Responsible for building client base through sales as well as customer service responsibilities. Started new sales segment and sold company's first most significant database project. Hired as Client Service Representative and promoted annually.