Our Board
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Jenny Cai, President and Director
Extensive experience in machine learning, predictive analytics, and software development. Proficient across the entire pipeline from data wrangling, feature selection, model evaluation, API creation, up to data product. MS in Computer Engineering from UMass-Dartmouth and MBA from Santa Clara University. Lead Data Scientist at Moxie, Nov 2015 – Feb 2017, Solutions Architect and Software Engineer at Cisco Systems, Apr 2000 - Aug 2011.
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Lauren Saine, Treasurer and Director
Internet law and policy advisor. More than ten years of experience advising public policymakers, with a focus on internet access. State budget analyst for the Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, telecommunications advisor to Commissioner Timothy Simon at the California Public Utilities Commission, internet and crypto policy advisor for tech startups Webpass and Clashbit. Currently a Legal Fellow with Open Door Legal, Inc. JD with honors from the University of Denver College of Law and Certificate in Strategic Management from Harvard Kennedy School.
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Jesse Jones, Director
Currently working at Resolve at the intersection of growth engineering and marketing. Resolve helps change the way b2b businesses get paid. Previously I've worked with teams at Fortune 500s to small startups on product development and design.Outside of work I enjoy: traveling and exploring new places, hiking, cooking, going to jazz concerts, and reading books both modern and classics. So far I've travelled to over 15 different countries, including: England, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, and South Korea.
Technical Skills: HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, XHTML, Javascript, Ruby, Python, Front End Development, PhoneGap, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Mobile UI, Usability Testing, Personas, Wireframing, Product Management, Market Research and Data Visualization. Software & Technologies: Balsamiq, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, InDesign, Terminal (Mac & Linux), Git, Marketo, Microsoft Office Suite and Apple iWork. CMS, Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, Ghost, Jekyll
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Elliotte Mao, Director
Founder & CEO of Creative Communications, Carnegie Mellon University, Passionate about creative communications, including writing, coaching and designing.
MsPowerPoint expertise, including multimedia and animation incorporated into presentations. Distinguished ToastMaster--skilled at coaching presenters and writing professional presentations for a wide variety of audiences. Specialties: Professional Speaker & Coach. Powerpoint Designer and Producer. Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite design and PhotoShop expert. As a speech coach, I can help with accent reduction, improve speaker/presenter quality and also write/edit content for maximum effectiveness. I am experienced in working with non-English speaking presenters for diverse audiences, specifically Cantonese and Mandarin._______________________________________
Jeff Risberg, Director
Principal Architect at Hot AI Silicon Valley Startup, Stealth Mode Startup Company, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Experienced entrepreneur, co-founder and developer with 13 years at TIBCO Software, 3 years at Advanced Decision Systems, 6 years at Serus Corporation. Graduated Stanford Graduate School of Business Sloan Fellow program in 2002.
Since 2010, angel investor and technology advisor to multiple startups applying business analytics. Provide product and engineering execution skills, actively engaged in development efforts across web and mobile platforms. Working on all levels from strategy and leadership to hands-on coding in multiple development languages.
Currently Principal Architect at Aisera, technology advisor and senior developer at QuanticMind, advisor at Edhitch, former board member and technology advisor/developer at JustGiving, former investor and technology advisor at Levanto Financial, former CEO and CTO/developer of Squirrel Legend Games, former hands-on technology advisor at RallyOn, former VP Engineering at RallyOn, and former CTO at Sustainable Silicon Valley. QuanticMind has created a new class of search-based marketing optimization application, JustGiving is the destination for on-line giving, and RallyOn developed a social gaming app addressing health and behavior.
At TIBCO Software, developed the financial industry's leading real-time portal, MarketSheet, used by traders at leading financial organizations such as Solomon Brothers and CSFB. Later developed new applications for company's entry into manufacturing and energy domains.
Several successful exits, including one over $1B.
Specialties: software development, enterprise software, business analytics, ai, machine learning, software product management, engineering management, big data, enterprise applications, statistics. Technologies: Java, Scala, Apache Spark, Node.js, Ajax, ReactJS, UI/UX, Apache Kafka, VueJS, AngularJS, AWS, Heroku, Twitter Bootstrap, PHP, Spring, Python, JPA/Hibernate, TensorFlow, MongoDB, Grails, HTML5, web services.