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Mike de la Cruz is a Chief Executive Officer at Directly and is based in Menlo Park, California. He has worked as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Public Sector Solutions at SAP; Product Manager, Siebel Public Sector at ORACLE CORP; and Senior Director, Siebel Financial Services Products at ORACLE CORP. Mike attended Yale University between 1990 and 1994 and Harvard University between 1997 and 1999.

Christine Heckart is a transformational executive with experience on both sides of the board table. She brings over twenty-five years of experience in the technology industry having held a variety of leadership roles including COO, GM, president, and CMO in industries that include network, storage, digital infrastructure, music and video, and consulting. She has experience with software, SaaS, hardware, and service business models at companies ranging in size from one person to over one hundred thousand. Heckart has worked at iconic brands such as Microsoft, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems and NetApp, and companies going through rapid scale and transformation challenges such as Brocade Communications, Wiltel, and TeleChoice. Having begun in product development, Heckart's passion is in forging wholly new markets, and she has launched three that have reached several billion in revenues annually. She has also created disruptive business models and worked through big market downturns and inflections. Heckart is known for her strategic vision and understanding of market transitions. She has experience in high growth environments where scale challenges predominate, and is also familiar with the challenges of leading major transformational change. Recently named one of the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council and a 2016 Woman of Influence by Silicon Valley Business Journal, her passion is helping people and companies achieve more than they ever thought possible.Heckart serves on the board of directors for Lam Research, a Fortune 500 semiconductor equipment and nanotech company and 6Sense, a venture-backed AI company.Married for 30 years with three grown children, Christine writes, paints and follows leading science research in her spare time. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Michael Albanese is the CEO of Tradewind Markets. With over 20 years in the industry, Michael previously held multiple leadership positions at J.P. Morgan, including Global Head of Agency Collateral Management, Global Head of Securities Clearance, Head of Japan Trustee business, and was a board member of J.P. Morgan Trust Bank Japan, Ltd. While at J.P Morgan, Michael focused on enabling banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, corporations, and insurers to effectively manage collateral cross repurchase agreements, securities loans, and derivatives trades. Michael is experienced in market infrastructure across securities markets, online brokerage, and leadership of complex businesses. Michael earned his Master’s of Business Administration from NY University, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Language and Linguistics from Georgetown University.

Joseph Alapat is a CEO, Founder at Liongard and is based in Houston, Texas. He has worked as Chief Information Officer at Empact IT; President at Alapat Consulting, Inc.; and Senior Consultant at Aurora Solutions Inc.. Joseph studied at Trinity University between 1993 and 1997.