Valence Surface Technologies CEO and leadership

Emily Slade is a Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer at Valence.

Michele Starrs is the President & Chief Operating Officer at Valence. She has 9 years of aerospace manufacturing experience including forging, machining, and processing. Michele is was the former Vice President of PCC Fluid Fittings. Her expertise are operations and supply chain management, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement.

Alastair Kennedy is a CFO at Valence, Financial consultant at Supermassive Games, and Senior Associate at Secantor Ltd and is based in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. He has worked as Finance Director at LIVEWAVE MEDIA PLC, Finance Director at Intandem Films, and Finance Director UK Studio at Electronic Arts Inc.. Alastair works or has worked as Group Accountant at Pioneer International. He studied at University of Nottingham between 1982 and 1986 and Top Ca in Jaipur.

As Chief Revenue Officer for IdentityMine, Bruce oversees all aspects of the company's sales, marketing and project management functions. Bruce draws upon his extensive knowledge and experience in advanced interactive and mobile application technology, and has worked with Fortune 500 companies including Samsung, AT&T, Best Buy, Wal*Mart and ESPN (to name a few). Bruce's career highlights include serving in senior sales management roles at Knowledge Adventure, Vivendi Universal, and Broderbund Software, Inc., a division of Mattel, Inc. At Vivendi Universal, Bruce led the retail sales efforts for Blizzard Entertainment and Sierra Online while overseeing $240MM in annual revenue. Bruce's passion for software began when he was first presented with a Mac 128K back in 1984, and now he's at home working with software developers and CMOs alike on everything from multi-touch user experiences to experiential retail marketing and mobile applications.

Results oriented executive with 25 years of experience in business development, operations, product development & enterprise services for global organizations

Senior finance professional with over 20 years of progressive experience working with public companies focused on manufacturing.

Emily Slade is a Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer at Valence.