Before joining plista, Gagnon worked for PwC both in Canada and Germany. In his last role he served as Manager Strategy Consulting in Berlin advising tech companies on their international expansion. He also acted as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Canada China Business Council and brings many years of experience in various strategy and international business development roles at Bombardier Inc.

Stefan is co-founder of Userbrain and Simplease, and he started working with his other three co-founders, Andreas, Markus and Mathias, back in 2009 when they were still studying information design in Graz, Austria. Stefan teaches user experience, usability and design to students and clients and gives talks on these topics.

Ran Geva is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of hands-on experience in software development and leadership positions. After founding Omgili, a search engine for online discussions, and co-founding Buzzilla, one of the top web monitoring and analysis companies in Israel, he went on to co-found Webhose.io - a leading global provider of structured web data, where he serves as CEO and lead technologist.

Raj brought 10 years of enterprise and entrepreneurial experience with him when he co-founded BloomReach. Before launching the company, he was entrepreneur-in-residence at Mohr-Davidow Ventures. Prior to that, Raj served as Cisco's director of product marketing and was on the founding team of telecom company FirstMark/LambdaNet, which grew to $80 million in run-rate revenue. Raj also worked in technology investment banking at Lazard Freres. He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. His thoughts on navigating the challenges of high-growth startups can be found on his blog at DeDatta.com.

Greg Silverman, is CEO of Concentric, a software company that licenses Concentric Market, a simulator that improves your planning processes and forecasting capabilities. Previously, he was Global Managing Director, Analytics and Valuation, for Interbrand. He is author of Turning Complexity into Strategic Advantage and the Interbrand Top 100 Brands Report.

Kreg is committed to creating extraordinary experiences. He is best known for founding SpinGo, a robust event platform powering 5,500 entertainment apps and delivering live event content for more than 7 million events nationwide. SpinGo is dedicated to providing integrated solutions for its 350,000+ registered event makers, enabling them to efficiently list, promote, and optimize their events. SpinGo was named Internet Company of the Year, Tech Startup of the Year, and Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year. In April 2017, he founded Aktify, a customer acquisition engine that qualifies and reactivates prospects through goodwill experience marketing.

William Richards is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in large enterprise systems design and development. A software architect by trade, William has been building web based technology since the late 90s and has held senior technology positions in companies ranging from startups to agencies to global enterprises.