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Chris joined NFX as COO in 2024. He previously served as General Counsel and Chief Business Officer at Bonobos (his initial compensation was two pairs of pants per week!), where he contributed to the company’s growth leading up to its acquisition by Walmart. At Walmart eCommerce, he held the position of VP and COO of Digital Consumer Brands. Chris also co-founded Red Swan ventures, which has raised four funds and has invested in some of the most successful consumer companies of the past decades. Earlier in his career, he spent over a decade as a securities lawyer in NYC.

Tony joined Zocdoc as Chief Revenue Officer in 2025. He previously spent more than eight years at Indeed, most recently serving as Group Vice President of Enterprise Sales, where he led large-scale sales organizations and drove sustained revenue growth across enterprise segments. Prior to Indeed, Tony held senior sales leadership roles at Twitter and Google, including leading the Google Affiliate Network across EMEA and the U.S., where he built and scaled international teams and launched new revenue initiatives in fast-moving, high-growth environments.

Peter joined Alethea as Chief Technology Officer in 2025. He previously served as Chief Product & Technology Officer at CourseKey, where he led the full M&A lifecycle. Prior to CourseKey, he was CTO at Square Panda Inc., overseeing the end-to-end product lifecycle of award-winning multisensory learning systems across U.S., China, and India operations. Earlier in his career, Peter served as VP of Engineering at Age of Learning (ABCmouse), where he drove engineering initiatives and scaled infrastructure to support hundreds of thousands of daily active users.

Brian joined Zocdoc as Chief Marketing Officer, where he leads the company's brand and marketing strategy. He brings deep experience scaling consumer platforms through growth and IPO, having previously served as CMO at Lyft, CMO/VP of Marketing at Meta Reality Labs, Chief Marketing Officer at Eventbrite, and Global Marketing Director at Airbnb. Earlier in his career, Brian held senior marketing leadership roles at Google, Apple, and Levi Strauss & Co. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from Michigan State University.

Laurent joined Zocdoc as Vice President of Government Affairs in January 2026. He brings over two decades of experience at the intersection of technology policy, public affairs, and regulatory strategy. Prior to Zocdoc, Laurent served as Global Head of Policy and External Affairs at Patreon, where he led content, payments, and community policy across the platform. Before that, he was Senior Director of Policy at Eaze, where he shaped cannabis regulation at the state and federal level, and Director of Public Policy at Yelp, where he successfully led the lobbying effort for the federal Consumer Review Fairness Act. Earlier in his career, Laurent spent over six years as Legislative Director and Senior Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congressman Darrell Issa. He holds a B.A. in International Relations and a J.D. from Stanford University.

Carla joined Moxie as Chief Operations Officer in March 2026, where she oversees Operations, Onboarding, Practice Success, and Partner Marketing Services. She brings over 20 years of experience scaling customer-facing operations at SaaS companies, having led teams from $10M to $100M ARR. Prior to Moxie, Carla served as Chief Customer Officer at Clerri, and before that as Chief Customer Officer at Luxury Presence, where she drove significant improvements in net revenue retention. Earlier in her career, she held executive roles at Keap, PatientPop, Smarsh, and Pacific Biosciences, and began her career as a senior manager at Accenture.

Kevin joined Informed.IQ as Senior Vice President of Sales in 2025. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at DataVisor, where he led global go-to-market strategy and revenue growth for AI-driven financial crimes solutions. Prior to DataVisor, Kevin held senior sales leadership roles at Socure, Fiserv, IBM Watson Financial Services, FIS, and OneSpan, partnering with banks, credit unions, and fintechs to deploy fraud prevention, identity verification, and compliance technologies at scale.

Scott joined Tecton as Chief Product Officer in 2024. Prior to Tecton, he served as Chief Strategy Officer at Sisense, where he led product strategy and business development initiatives. Before that. Castle was VP Product at Periscope Data, which was eventually acquired by Sisense. Earlier in his career, he held technology leadership positions at Adobe, Electric Cloud, and FileNet.

Walker joined Alethea as Chief Revenue Officer in 2026. He previously served as Head of Revenue and Business Development at Currence, where he built and led the company's go-to-market function. Prior to Currence, Walker was Vice President of Business Development at Axios, and spent five years at Morning Consult, where he rose from Director of Sales and Business Development to Managing Director of Sales and ultimately Vice President of Sales, scaling enterprise revenue across the research and media intelligence business. Earlier in his career, he held the role of Strategic Account Director at Bloomberg LP, Director of Business Development at Hanover Research, and began his career as an Account Executive at Gartner. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Rollins College and a Graduate Certificate in Survey Design and Data Analysis from The George Washington University.

Vlad joined Tecton as VP of Engineering in 2025. Prior to Tecton, Vlad served as VP of Engineering at Sentry. Earlier in his career, he was Head of Engineering for HipChat Server and Data Center at Atlassian. Prior to that, he held engineering roles at Microsoft, McAfee, and DocuSign.

Rachelle Kulak joined Tecton in 2025. Prior to that, she spent four years at Confluent, where she progressed from Director to Senior Director of Customer Success and Customer Success Engineering, leading teams across the Americas. Her background also includes leadership roles at Elastic, Plum Organics, and Bloom Energy, and she holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Michele joined Lakera in 2024 as the company’s first Head of People. Prior to joining Lakera, Michele held People and Talent leadership roles at Aalto and Faire, as well as the Head of Talent role at Weebly through the acquisition of the company to Square. Earlier in her career, she co-founded an Executive Recruiting firm, the Coit Group, which she ran for over 5 years.

Lee joined GitLab as VP of Sales in 2024. She previously served as VP of Revenue Strategy & Operations, where she led the company’s global go-to-market lifecycle, including forecasting, analytics, ecosystem partnerships, and pricing. At GitLab, she also held the position of Senior Director of Revenue Strategy & Analytics, driving operational rigor and data-informed decision-making across the sales organization. Lee also served as Senior Director of Pricing & Packaging at DataRobot, where she established the company’s monetization strategy and global pricing framework. Earlier in her career, she held senior strategy roles at AppDynamics and Autodesk, and began her career in consulting and finance at Monitor Group and the Asian Development Bank.

Ryan joined Zordi as Chief Technology Officer in 2023. He previously served as Co-Founder and CTO at Root AI, where he led the company from prototype to global deployment of autonomous agricultural robotics, culminating in its $60M acquisition by AppHarvest. At AppHarvest, he held the position of VP of Technology, continuing to lead development of intelligent robotic systems for large-scale indoor farms. Ryan also served as Director of Hardware Development at Soft Robotics, where he guided the design and commercialization of electro-pneumatic grippers deployed across five continents. Earlier in his career, he was a robotics engineer at Bosch and Bossa Nova Robotics.

Rachel joined Knit as Head of Engineering in 2025. She previously served as Senior Engineering Manager at Scale AI, where she led money movement for Billing, Pay & Incentives. At Aer Compliance, she held the position of Head of Engineering, leading the engineering and data/ops organizations through the company’s successful acquisition by Star Compliance. Rachel also served as Senior Engineering Manager at Catch, after first joining as a Software Engineer. Earlier in her career, she was a Senior Software Engineer at Khan Academy and spent four years at DoorDash.

Marina joined Moxie as Chief Sales Officer in 2026. She most recently served as Chief Sales Officer at Linnworks, and previously spent seven years at ShipBob, where she rose to Senior Vice President of North American Sales after leading mid-market sales, client success, and client acquisition through a period of rapid growth. Prior to ShipBob, Marina was Director of Sales at Allume and spent nearly five years at Trunk Club, advancing from Sales Executive to Director of Sales. Earlier in her career, she held business development and recruiting roles at CS Recruiting, Open Mile, and Echo Global Logistics, and she advises e-commerce and logistics startups including ShipDudes and Garmentier. She holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Phil joined Zocdoc as President of Health Systems in 2026. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Life Sciences, Commercial at Tempus AI, and as Chief Commercial Officer of SignalPath at Verily Life Sciences, following Verily's acquisition of SignalPath — where he had served as Chief Commercial Officer and, before that, Senior Vice President of Commercial. Earlier, Phil was Chief Commercial Officer at Inivata, a cancer-genomics liquid biopsy company spun out of Cancer Research UK and later acquired by NeoGenomics for $390M, and held senior commercial roles at Caris Life Sciences, Agendia, and Johnson & Johnson. He holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a B.A. in English Literature and Piano Performance from the University of Michigan.

Adam joined Vizit as Chief Executive Officer in 2025, leading the AI product-conversion platform that helps brands turn product imagery into revenue. He previously spent nearly a decade as Co-Founder and CEO of UPshow, the on-premise entertainment and performance-marketing platform, which he scaled to more than 100 employees across multiple rounds of capital before its acquisition by EverPass Media — a joint venture between the NFL and RedBird Capital — where he then served as Chief Product Officer. Earlier in his career, Adam co-founded and led SparkReel, held investing and operating roles at the private equity firm Sterling Partners, and began his career in M&A and forensic consulting at PwC. He studied Accounting and Business Legal Studies at Miami University.

Jared joined Cognition as Vice President of Engineering in 2026. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft, and before that spent nearly four years at Vercel as VP of AI, where he created v0.app and the widely used Vercel AI SDK. He also founded Turborepo, later acquired by Vercel. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.

Seth joined Modal as General Counsel in 2026. He previously served as General Counsel at dbt Labs, where he led global legal and governance functions through the company's merger with Fivetran. Before dbt Labs, he spent eight years at DigitalOcean, most recently as SVP, General Counsel, where he helped lead the NYSE-listed company's $775M+ IPO and major acquisitions. He holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.S. from Cornell University.