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Andrew is the CEO and Founder of Illumio, a security company based in Sunnyvale, CA. As chief executive officer and founder, Andrew is responsible for the overall strategy, vision, and funding of Illumio. With expertise in the areas of network security and compliance management, Andrew is a frequent participant in panels, articles, and podcasts for leading industry events and publications. Andrew graduated from Washington University and was the first undergraduate student to win the Olin Cup, a business plan competition through the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Specialties: Broad and deep start-up experience, including funding strategy, business plan development, product management, product marketing, operations and sales. Specific strength in structure and process of start-up fundraising from both angel and institutional funding sources.

30 years as an entrepreneurial CEO, investor, and board director spanning cybersecurity, Industrial IoT, venture capital and corporate venture strategy, and robotics. Currently serving as CEO for autonomous robotic navigation company Inertial Sense. Also serving as a Strategic Advisor to private equity fund Diversis Capital on cybersecurity investments and acquisitions. Getting the best of both worlds, I work as an Alpine Ski Patroller during the winter. I also enjoy giving back to the tech community through board service and CEO mentorship. I currently serve as a Board Director for:- Perch Security (Managed Threat Detection and Response) recently acquired by ConnectWise- ThreatSTOP (Automated Threat Intelligence)I also served as a board director for these amazing companies:- Cylance (acquired by Blackberry $1.4B)- CyberSponse (Acquired by Fortinet)- Dragos (Leader in In Industrial Cybersecurity)- Veracity (Software Defined Networks for IoT)- Konexus (Crisis Collaboration)- DMOS Collective (Adventure Shovels)A reformed architect, I used to design high-rise office buildings. Most are still standing. Also a lifelong surfer and rider of anything that involves board or has wheels. Moved from the beach to the mountains, now I live with my family at altitude, where we take advantage of everything the area has to offer on a daily basis.

Manish Gupta is a Board Member at Foundation For Excellence; Investor, Advisor, Mentor at Several Startups; and Senior VP:Products at FIREEYE, INC. and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as VP:Product Mgmt & Marketing at Cisco, VP/GM at McAfee, and VP Marketing at iPolicy Networks. Manish works or has worked as VP:Product Mgmt & Marketing at Intel and VP:Product Mgmt & Marketing at Redback Networks. He studied at University of Maryland between 1991 and 1993, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and Delhi Technological University between 1987 and 1991.

C-level executive experienced in building, growing and leading companies at multiple stages of growth. This includes companies from Seed investment through to public companies. Experience includes:-PMO work within Private Equity backed companies-Venture-backed startups, skilled in raising money and aligning team and investors-Corporate development with M&A advise and strategic insight. Sourced and completed multiple transactions-Scaled companies from $0 to tens of millions, no product to scaling product-market fit-Experience in Mobile, Social, Electronic Commerce, Online marketing, Consumer Internet, B2B, B2B2C and Online Data markets-Team builder and Team Leader-Advisor and Entrepreneur-in-Residence-Senior Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Executive track-record of success-Co-founded Heavey Advisors, a strategic advisory firm#leadership, #coaching, #scaling

Jamie McAvity is a Founding Principal, Board member at Knock; CEO, Founder at We.b Investing LLC; and Chairman, Chief Investment Officer at Cormint Data Systems and is based in Wabash, Indiana. She studied at BRUNSWICK SCHOOL between 1990 and 2003 and St Lawrence University between 2003 and 2007.

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Shekar is the chief executive officer of AdMY Technology Group, Inc. and a venture partner at NTTVC. He has a wealth of consulting, strategy, and technical expertise in electronics, telecommunications, and software markets and has an outstanding track record of efficiently scaling technology businesses including both organic and inorganic growth. Shekar was most recently an executive vice president and general manager for VMware’s telco and edge cloud business unit and previously held other leadership positions at VMWare including as the company’s executive vice president of strategy and corporate development. Prior to joining VMware, Shekar held executive positions at BindView and Instantis, and advised executive management through roles at Lucent Technologies and McKinsey & Company. He also was an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Lafayette College and conducted research at Bell Laboratories. Shekar earned a master of business administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; a PhD and master of science degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University; and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has advised on the Boards of MobiledgeX, Cohere, U.S. India Business Council, Puppet, and the VMware Foundation. He is currently on the California board for Room to Read.