AlchemistX: Innovators Inside

Neha Is Founder and CEO at Contentstack, a leading content management system and content experience platform adopted by brands including Best Buy, Chase, Holiday Inn, Iceland Air, Morningstar, Miami Heat, Shell and Walmart. Previously, Neha was Founder and CEO of digital experience platform, Built.io, which was acquired by German software powerhouse, Software AG, in September 2018. She's also the host of the podcast, Dreammakers with Neha Sampat, featuring conversations with trailblazing women who pursue profit and purpose.

Who is Ashif Mawji? Ashif is a serial entrepreneur who strives for efficiency in everything he is involved with. He's a venture partner with Rising Tide, a venture capital firm investing primarily in the information technology and healthcare life sciences markets. He sits on the boards of the Telus Friendly Future Foundation, Invest Alberta, the Edmonton Police Service Foundation, Hockey Canada Foundation, and the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, among many others. Ashif has 12 patents and speaks three languages. It's so great to have you on the show. Have a listen to what he has to say!

Who is Noriya Tarutani? Noriya is the executive director of the Japanese External Trade Organization in San Francisco. With 15 years of experience in international business and new market strategy, Noriya has helped more than 500 Japanese companies to expand their business all over the world. Noriya has deep domain expertise across artificial intelligence and deep learning to name a few. Strap in for a great episode!

Who is Corey Quinn? Corey is really smart and professionally funny. He's the chief cloud economist for Duckbill Group, a consulting firm that helps companies fix their horrifying Amazon Web Services bill. This is accompanied by his newsletter, Last Week in AWS and his podcast, Screaming in the Cloud.  Get ready to have a blast!

Who is Adam Odessky? Adam is the founder and CEO of Sensely and a graduate of Alchemist Accelerator. Before Sensely, he spent three years at Orange Silicon Valley, and came from a leading product management role at Microsoft's TellMe Networks and Oracle. He has an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a computer science degree from Urbana-Champaign, home of the Mosaic browser. Get ready to meet Adam!

Who is Diana Joseph? Diana is the CEO of the Corporate Accelerator Forum, a veteran of Citrix Systems and Adobe, and has studied at Stanford and Northwestern. As a former high-tech innovation director with a doctorate in learning sciences, she brings together techniques from motivational psychology, education, design, thinking, and lean startup.  And now, she's on the show!

Who is Brad Henrickson? Brad's a leadership coach and the co-organizer of the San Francisco CTO Club. He's the former CTO of Scoop Technologies and VP of Engineering at Earnest. Brad co-founded two startups of his own, Shotwell Products and Zoosk. He has a computer science degree from the University of Washington and spent six years at Microsoft.  And today, he's on AXII!

Who is Ian Bergman? Ian is a startup advisor, investor and self-described corporate innovation agitator. He's recently a 14 year veteran of Microsoft, where he worked in partner channel strategy, hardware planning and engineering, and Azure Cloud. While there he went on to be the Global Managing Director of Microsoft for startups, overseeing startup acceleration, global innovation, and engagement with Microsoft startup ecosystems around the world. Before joining Microsoft, Ian co-founded the political news site Raw Story. He has an MBA from the University of Washington and a BA in politics and French from Oberlin College.  It's time to get to know Ian!

Who is Veronica Siranosian? Veronica is a vice president in the AECOM Digital and Innovation Group, advancing digital delivery and innovation in infrastructure planning, design and delivery. With a background in public and private sector transportation and land use planning, Veronica works with public agencies and private clients to understand, proactively plan for, and realize the future of infrastructure. Her passion is to leverage technologies to better connect people to opportunities and to create more equitable places.    Welcome to the show Veronica!

Who is Jacob LaPorte? Jacob LaPorte, PhD, is the Co-Founder & Global Head of The Novartis Biome at Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Previously he founded Snapdragon Chemistry with luminaries in the field of flow chemistry. And he is a former Harvard chemist and McKinsey & Company consultant who is passionate about leading digital transformations to improve. So wonderful to have him on the show!