Anupam Govil
President / Partner at Avasense Inc /Avasant LLC; Board, Avasant Foundation
Austin, USA
At Avasant, Anupam manages Global Sales and New initiatives such as Digital and Intelligent Automation. He leads the Globalization practice for Latin America and Caribbean, providing ICT/BPO sector development and investment promotion advice to emerging regions. He is President of Avasense (an Avasant subsidiary), which offers a SaaS based Sourcing Governance system for enterprise buyers. He has over 25 years of experience with global corporations, service providers and PE firms, advising on strategic sourcing, global expansion and cross-border M&A. He has provided globalization and investment strategy to government and private sector firms in over 40 countries such as Colombia, Trinidad, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Cyprus, Ghana, Dubai, Jamaica, Egypt, Republic of Georgia, Honduras, Brazil, Barbados, Haiti, Costa Rica and others. Anupam has been consistently ranked amongst Top 30 Industry Executives by Nearshore Americas. Anupam joined Avasant after the acquisition of his co Global Equations, a leading Globalization Advisory firm. Prior to this, Anupam was a Co-founder of Inventes Inc, an enterprise software firm, heading product strategy and business development. Earlier, Anupam was a Partner with a cross-border venture capital fund 2i Capital which invested in Tech, Services and Life Sciences firms in India and US. Anupam started his venture capital career as a Senior Associate at Igate Ventures, a $75M investment arm of Igate Corp. Anupam has held Leadership positions at Igate Corp, Iris Software and Tata Unisys. Anupam has been a part of the founding team of several ventures like Thinknotes and Ipsofacto Consulting. He also serves on the Advisory Board of several tech firms such as InXero, Sozotek, RNIndia, Indepay. Specialties: Strategy, Consulting and Avisory services - Digital Transformation, Automation, Globalization, Global Sourcing, BPO, Cross-border M&A, Call centers, IT services, Private equity, Technology, Investment and Business strategy
Tejas Vakil
CEO at IntelliEngines, Inc
Austin, USA
• Technology Executive with General Management, Business Development, Sales, & Marketing experience at global companies such as Dell Inc., Compaq (now HP), Tandem Computers (now HP), and Bertelsmann (arvato). • Entrepreneurial experience with 5 technology start-ups / early-stage companies, as Founder/CEO or Sales/Marketing executive. • Global experience: 3 years, EMEA Vice President, Dell; also managed teams in Europe, Asia, and Latin America at Compaq, Tandem, and Sequent. • Over 30 years of experience in selling and marketing Software and Data Center Infrastructure solutions. • Played a significant role in Dell’s emergence as worldwide leader in servers & storage in late 90’s/early 2000’s; built first Dell Services capability in EMEA in 2000. • Developed expertise in RFID and Supply Chain/Logistics in one self-funded start-up. • Three times recruited by Venture Capital firms or investors to help restructure technology start-ups. • Public policy interest: ran for US Congress as a fiscally conservative Democrat in 2016.
Mark Thorsen
Austin, USA
Mark began his career on Wall St collateralizing mortgage backed securities in 2007, and witnessed the resulting financial crisis in 2008. This experience led him to becoming a libertarian and proponent of sound money, investing first in gold and then Bitcoin in 2013. Mark spent the next four years leading due diligence for the most active angel investment group in the US. Today he manages operations for the first family office that deploys 100% of its capital into early stage blockchain projects.
Kyle Samani
Managing Partner, Multicoin Capital - I do not check LinkedIn Messages
Austin, USA
I started programming when I was about 10. I'm a serial technology entrepreneur turned technology investor. I cofounded Multicoin Capital, a fund that invests exclusively in crypto. I'm a recognized figure in the crypto ecosystem for my writing and counter-consensus views. Follow me on Twitter @KyleSamani and subscribe to Multicoin's blog to receive some of the best research and insights in crypto. Prior to founding Multicoin, I founded and led Pristine (Google Glass apps for surgeons) for about 3 years before the company ultimately sold. As CEO, I raised over $5M in venture capital, grew the company to a few million in revenue, and built a team to about 30 employees. I hold degrees in Finance and Management from NYU. If you'd like to contact me, please do NOT message me on LinkedIn. Please figure out my email address and email me directly, or DM me on Twitter. Show less Show less of Kyle’s summary