• Join Gigaom as a handful of top startups compete for top honors.

    Speakers

    Yuval Mor — CEO, Beyond Verbal
    Justin Nemmers — Evangelist, CloudBolt Software
    Laila Partridge — Co-Founder and Managing Director, Code On Network Coding
    Jodok Batlogg — CEO, CRATE Technology
    Trent Fitz — CMO, NIMBOXX
    Alan Barbieri — Co-Founder, Phluido
    Zane Taylor — CEO and Co-Founder, Sideband Networks

    Judges

    Samuel Angus — Partner, Fenwick & West
    Tod Nielsen — CEO, Heroku
    Michael Redding — Managing Director, Accenture Technology Labs

    Moderated by

    Sally Bament — SVP, Global Marketing, BTI Systems

    About the Speakers

    CEO

    Leading the Beyond Verbal team, Yuval has more than 25 years of experience in managing early stage, hi-tech companies and taking them to successful exits – four in total. More…

    Co-Founder and Managing Director

    Laila is a serial entrepreneur and Fortune 100 trained executive who is passionate about developing early stage ideas and technologies into compelling, executable businesses. More…

    CMO

    As chief marketing officer, Trent Fitz is responsible for all aspects of global marketing and product strategy at NIMBOXX. More…

    Co-Founder

    After obtaining his PhD in Electrical Engineering, Alan Barbieri spent two years in academia, holding associate professor and post-doc positions in world-renowned universities, before moving to the industry where he spent five years doing research and development in the field of wireless communications and networking. More…

    CEO and Co-Founder

    Zane M. Taylor is a Silicon Valley veteran with more than 30-years of industry experience managing Global Operations, Manufacturing and Sales for world-renowned companies including Cisco Systems, Exodus Communications, NetScaler, Citrix and FireEye. More…

    About the Judges

    Fenwick & West
    Partner

    I am a partner in the Corporate and Venture Capital Group at Fenwick & West. More…

    Managing Director

    An accomplished executive with a track record of applying technology innovation to address business challenges, Mike Redding is the Global Managing Director for Accenture Technology Labs, the dedicated technology research and development organization within Accenture. More…

    About the Moderator

    SVP, Global Marketing

    Sally Bament is an accomplished 20-year marketing veteran in the networking, telecommunications and clean-tech industries, with extensive operational and strategic leadership experience ranging from small startups to large cap market leaders. More…