AlchemistX: Innovators Inside

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!

Who is Tiffani Alvidrez? Tiffiny joined Instacart as its Public Policy Manager after a dazzling career in government that began in the California state legislature as Chief of Staff to the California State Senate to Holly J. Mitchell. She also served as policy analyst to the California Department of Transportation and Drug and Alcohol Programs and special assisted in the California governor's office.  Today, AXII!

Who is Andi Mann? Andi was an analyst at Enterprise Management Associates and went on to be a VP in the office of the CTO at CA Technologies, where he was responsible for product strategy and marketing. From there, he went to a spectacular term at Splunk as CTO of DevOps which led to now where he is Chief Technology Officer at Qumu. Today, Innovators Inside!

Who is Mark Pesce? Mark is the host of the award-winning podcast The Next Billion Seconds, a columnist for The Register & the co-inventor of VRML. He's also the author of six books and was an entrepreneur in residence at Incubate Sydney University. He founded postgraduate programs in Digital and Emerging Media at the University of Southern California and the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School. And now, AXII!

Who is Mayra Ceja? Mayra is currently head of Business Development and Partnerships for HubSpot and the podcast host of www.VentureUnpluggged.com. She received her MBA from Wharton and her BA from Princeton, where she spent nine years as president of the Princeton Entrepreneurs Network and led 21 Investments for Princeton University's first seed fund.  With a knack for leadership, she is energized and inspired when advising VCs and startups in a way to facilitate their highest growth.  It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to Mayra Ceja!