Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship; Director, Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts Elaine is the Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship and Director of the Derby Entrepreneurship Center. Prior to joining Tufts, Elaine served as Senior Lecturer and Entrepreneur-in-Residence for nearly a decade ...

Product, SaaS Economics, Go-to-Market, Fundraising Max Faingezicht is the Chief Technology Officer of ThriveHive, where they empower local business owners to take charge of their business growth, combining human guidance with easy-to-use technology to make marketing easy, effective, and affordable for small and mid-sized businesses. Max joined ...

Gaming, Innovation, Mentorship Guha Bala is President of Velan Ventures, Inc., an innovation investment company with a focus on video games and game-related technology companies, and Velan Studios, Inc., a game studio that focuses on the discovery of new play patterns. Previously, Guha co-founded Vicarious Visions with ...

Human Resources, Corporate Culture, Recruiting Christina Luconi leads Rapid7’s strategic people initiatives as its Chief People Officer. She is responsible for the entire employee lifecycle, with critical focus on recruiting stellar talent, building and inspiring corporate culture, acquisition integration, and “scaling with soul.” Prior to joining Rapid7, ...

Multimedia Marketing, Market Research, Presentation Coaching Claudia Krimsky is a marketing executive who got her start working with big data to market intangibles – services and not-for-profit organizations. As co-founder of Haggman Krimsky Advertising, she orchestrated multi-media, cross-industry marketing campaigns to increase awareness and revenue for those ...

Scaling Companies Kirk Arnold is an experienced CEO, with a demonstrated history of leadership in the technology industry. Skilled in strategy, sales, customer relationship management, and operations, Kirk has a passion for delivering the value of transformative technologies to enterprises and consumers. Currently, Kirk is actively engaged ...

Leadership, Scaling Companies, Building Teams, Marketing Caroline Brown is an experienced CEO, investor, board member and advisor with extensive knowledge in fashion, beauty, brand building, sustainability, and leadership. She has led global teams and companies operating across the U.S., Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and EU ...

Product Development, Product Launch Kamala Grasso has over 25 years of experience in new product development, from upfront ideation and concept development all the way through to product launch. In 19 years at Bose, she led cross-functional teams to design and market many innovative new consumer electronics ...

Venture Capital, Digital Health, Edtech Pete Moran is a General Partner with DCM Ventures based in Silicon Valley. DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management that has invested in more than 300 technology companies across the U.S. and Asia since 1996. ...

Marketing, Leadership, Data Analysis, Education Rob Mancabelli is an award-winning speaker, author and entrepreneur. Most recently, he served as the co-founder and CEO of BrightBytes, the leading provider of data analytics for K-12 education. Rob co-designed BrightBytes' flagship product, Clarity, a two-sided SAAS platform, which has received ...