Discord CEO and leadership

Jason Citron is the co-founder and CEO of Discord, one of the largest chat platforms for gamers with over 150 million users. Jason pivoted from game development in 2015 and launched Discord with the goal of bringing players together around the games they love. It has evolved into a top communications tool used by gamers for everything from small groups of friends to large game, developer and stream communities. Before Discord, Jason was the founder and CEO of OpenFeint, the biggest social mobile gaming platform, which sold to GREE in 2011 for $104 million.

Stanislav Vishnevskiy is a CTO & Co-Founder at Discord and is based in San Mateo, California. He has worked as Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, Inc; Craftsman at Discord; and Founder at Guildwork. Stanislav works or has worked at @discordapp. He studied at California State University, Northridge between 2006 and 2010.

Heather Sullivan is Chief People Officer at Udacity. Prior to joining Udacity, she served as Chief People Officer at ChargePoint, and VP/Head of HR at SamsungNEXT, a software and services startup at Samsung. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Heather worked up and down the east coast for a variety of companies and industries, including AOL, Comcast, and Discovery Communications. A lifelong learner, Heather is currently pursuing an online MBA.

I'm an entrepreneurial business leader that has run large teams at multinational publicly traded companies as well as scaled teams and processes at startups with successful exits. I'm a believer in building amazing customer experience, focused execution, and great cultures . And, let's have a little fun along the way...

My key strengths are in:

• Strategy & Business Development

• Operations Planning & Execution

• Financial Planning & support

• Customer experience development & management

• P & L Management and Control

• Leadership, Team Building and Talent Development

Specialties: General Management, Corporate & Business Development, Finance Operations, Business Strategy, Finance, Product Management, E-commerce

Award winning digital innovator and brand marketing specialist for top consumer brands. Inventor on 12 Patents filed by Nike. Named in Ad Age’s Top 40 Marketers Under 40. 25 years of experience in: brand marketing, brand strategy and positioning, brand innovation, marketing campaigns, creative concepts and production, digital marketing, UX, social, e-commerce, product customization and personalization. Experience leading digital products and services including mobile applications, wearables and video games. Strong track record of leading cross functional and cross cultural teams. Managed marketing budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars for domestic and international brands. In my career, I have been fortunate to have worked for some of the most iconic brands and on some incredible projects. The work that I am most proud of always solves a consumer need, moves the world forward and inspires with a great story. Member of the Advisory Council for the Cranbrook Academy of Art since 2011. Advisor, Adjunct Instructor and Speaker at College for Creative Studies (CCS) since 2012. Judge for Cannes Future Lions 2019 Brands: Nike, Nike+, NikeiD, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Credit, VSCO, Skoda, Kia Motors, Bacardi, Cazadores, Cadillac, Pontiac, GM Credit Card, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resorts, Mattel, Travel Channel, Cranium, Applebee's, Mark Ecko - Ecko Unlimited, Anchor Blue, MGM: New York New York Hotel and Casino, Grossman's, Etonic. Sites: tesaaragones.com, vsco.co/tesa Photo by Jenny Risher

Operating executive for venture-backed technology companies.

Active advisor/investor for open source and security companies including:

*Preset: Apache Superset data visualization

*Bitwarden: open source password management

*Robocorp: open source Robotic Process Automation

*HackerOne: leading bug bounty platform

Responsible for a mix of G&A functions (Legal, HR and/or Finance) at:

*MySQL, open source relational database (acquired by Sun/Oracle)

*TrialPay, consumer payments platform (acquired by Visa)

*DataStax, open source distributed database (Series E, private company)

Earlier roles leading and scaling the Legal teams at UUNET (largest global IP Backbone, now part of Verizon) and Macromedia (NASDAQ-listed developer of multimedia software, now part of Adobe).

Specialties/Interests:

Leadership and Employee Development

Corporate Development/M&A

Financial Services/FinTech

Information Security/Privacy

Open Source Software

Public Policy

Jason Citron is the co-founder and CEO of Discord, one of the largest chat platforms for gamers with over 150 million users. Jason pivoted from game development in 2015 and launched Discord with the goal of bringing players together around the games they love. It has evolved into a top communications tool used by gamers for everything from small groups of friends to large game, developer and stream communities. Before Discord, Jason was the founder and CEO of OpenFeint, the biggest social mobile gaming platform, which sold to GREE in 2011 for $104 million.

Stanislav Vishnevskiy is a CTO & Co-Founder at Discord and is based in San Mateo, California. He has worked as Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, Inc; Craftsman at Discord; and Founder at Guildwork. Stanislav works or has worked at @discordapp. He studied at California State University, Northridge between 2006 and 2010.

Heather Sullivan is Chief People Officer at Udacity. Prior to joining Udacity, she served as Chief People Officer at ChargePoint, and VP/Head of HR at SamsungNEXT, a software and services startup at Samsung. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Heather worked up and down the east coast for a variety of companies and industries, including AOL, Comcast, and Discovery Communications. A lifelong learner, Heather is currently pursuing an online MBA.

I'm an entrepreneurial business leader that has run large teams at multinational publicly traded companies as well as scaled teams and processes at startups with successful exits. I'm a believer in building amazing customer experience, focused execution, and great cultures . And, let's have a little fun along the way...

My key strengths are in:

• Strategy & Business Development

• Operations Planning & Execution

• Financial Planning & support

• Customer experience development & management

• P & L Management and Control

• Leadership, Team Building and Talent Development

Specialties: General Management, Corporate & Business Development, Finance Operations, Business Strategy, Finance, Product Management, E-commerce

Award winning digital innovator and brand marketing specialist for top consumer brands. Inventor on 12 Patents filed by Nike. Named in Ad Age’s Top 40 Marketers Under 40. 25 years of experience in: brand marketing, brand strategy and positioning, brand innovation, marketing campaigns, creative concepts and production, digital marketing, UX, social, e-commerce, product customization and personalization. Experience leading digital products and services including mobile applications, wearables and video games. Strong track record of leading cross functional and cross cultural teams. Managed marketing budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars for domestic and international brands. In my career, I have been fortunate to have worked for some of the most iconic brands and on some incredible projects. The work that I am most proud of always solves a consumer need, moves the world forward and inspires with a great story. Member of the Advisory Council for the Cranbrook Academy of Art since 2011. Advisor, Adjunct Instructor and Speaker at College for Creative Studies (CCS) since 2012. Judge for Cannes Future Lions 2019 Brands: Nike, Nike+, NikeiD, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Credit, VSCO, Skoda, Kia Motors, Bacardi, Cazadores, Cadillac, Pontiac, GM Credit Card, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resorts, Mattel, Travel Channel, Cranium, Applebee's, Mark Ecko - Ecko Unlimited, Anchor Blue, MGM: New York New York Hotel and Casino, Grossman's, Etonic. Sites: tesaaragones.com, vsco.co/tesa Photo by Jenny Risher

Operating executive for venture-backed technology companies.

Active advisor/investor for open source and security companies including:

*Preset: Apache Superset data visualization

*Bitwarden: open source password management

*Robocorp: open source Robotic Process Automation

*HackerOne: leading bug bounty platform

Responsible for a mix of G&A functions (Legal, HR and/or Finance) at:

*MySQL, open source relational database (acquired by Sun/Oracle)

*TrialPay, consumer payments platform (acquired by Visa)

*DataStax, open source distributed database (Series E, private company)

Earlier roles leading and scaling the Legal teams at UUNET (largest global IP Backbone, now part of Verizon) and Macromedia (NASDAQ-listed developer of multimedia software, now part of Adobe).

Specialties/Interests:

Leadership and Employee Development

Corporate Development/M&A

Financial Services/FinTech

Information Security/Privacy

Open Source Software

Public Policy