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LinkedIn: /markjanes ● Twitter: @getexitvelocity
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Mark is a company builders, CEO/COO and highly successful entrepreneur. Throughout his career, Mark has had a unique ability to identify and disrupt markets having built and sold three previous companies to Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent, Hayward International and EMI/Chrysalis Music.
Born in Germany and raised in Southeast Asia, with a professional career that spans the U.S. and European markets, Mark brings a global perspective to everything he does. He is recognized for his work building and shaping a wide range of companies from startups to large scale organizations across media, telecommunications and consumer electronics.
In 2014, Mark co founded ConnectedYard (an industry leading smart water sensing company). As COO, Mark oversaw the product design, company operations, branding, marketing, sales/business development, strategic partnerships and the manufacturing of tens of thousands of smart sensors through its factories in China. Raising over $13m in funding and valued at 20x the initial investment, Mark led the sale of the company to Hayward International in April 2018.
In 2019, Mark co-founded Exit Velocity to help even more startups to experience the success he has.
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LinkedIn: /stuartwaite ● Twitter: @getexitvelocity
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Stuart is a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, investor and product technology specialist. Three times he's built and managed teams in excess of 200 staff. He's sold previous companies to Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent and Grey Advertising.
He has founded businesses in Australia, the UK and the US and also works with, and invests in, a number of startups and small businesses, helping develop their products, go-to-market strategies, build their development teams and raise finance.
He's particularly interested in helping great Aussie founders transition their business to the US, helping them raise capital and launch their products. His investment portfolio includes a video AI platform, a kid's sports network, an enterprise messaging app, an IoT platform and a sewer inspection and image analytics platform.
With 25 plus years working in digital media and consumer technology, he has developed a finely tuned sense of how best to build teams and deliver transformative products in businesses that are challenged by the disruption around them.
In 2019, Stuart co-founded Exit Velocity to help even more startups to experience the success he has.
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Kevin Ye is a Partner at Mach49, where he helps global enterprises develop world-class capabilities within startup venturing (partnering, accelerating, investing, and M&A). His specialty spans the entire corporate venture capital lifecycle, from the design and standup of new venture processes and structures to deal sourcing, negotiation, and closing. Throughout his career, he has been a trusted advisor and extended team member for dozens of the world's largest industry leaders, including TDK Ventures, Goodyear Ventures, Halliburton Labs, UPS Ventures, and many more. Kevin holds a degree in Bioengineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, and a degree in Corporate Finance from The Wharton School. Originally hailing from Tennessee, Kevin has an ingrained love for Southern food, whisky, and country music. Aside from being an angel investor looking to help and advise the next generation of great founders, he is also personally passionate about fostering economic development through startups and venture capital, which has led him to advise Kiwi startups as a part-time Venture Ambassador for New Zealand.
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LinkedIn: /tamimcqueen ● Twitter: @panoramicvc
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Tami is the Vice President of Marketing for Panoramic Ventures. With 15+ years of experience in driving results for hyper-growth organizations through process-driven, scalable and repeatable marketing models, Tami's expertise centers on go-to-market strategies, brand development, engagement and immediate growth. Previously, Tami co-founded 31south and Summit House, a transformative creative marketing agency. Prior to her leap into entrepreneurship, Tami joined one of the fastest growing B2B SaaS startups in the U.S. as the first marketing hire at SalesLoft. She has also led Global Social Strategy for Women Who Code, the largest and most active community of engineers dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. Over the course of a decade, she has a worked with some of the world's most innovative brands, including ActionIQ, Agility Recovery, Boeing, Cognism, Digital Hands, ilos, Keyfactor, Major League Rugby, SaaStr, Sendoso, Tricentis, and Women Who Code. Tami has a B.S. and an M.S. from Murray State University where she was a four-year NCAA D1tennis athlete and scholarship recipient. Tami is an advisor for the Atlanta Tech Village, the co-host of two podcasts, and a speaker at Techstars, SXSW, and moderator for SaaStr digital events.
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