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Executives that joined our Growth Labs

The Global AI steering group is a network of AI, Data Science, Industry 4.0 oriented Executives who learn from and share knowledge with their startup & enterprise peers. Since 2013 digital innovation leaders from Audi, SAP, Kohl’s and 200 industry leaders have met international startups at Fenwick & West in Mountain View (2013, 2015, 2016), Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco (2014, 2017, 2018), The Heart in Warsaw (2017), The Amsterdam Stock Exchange in Amsterdam (2016) & Cresco Law in Antwerp (2020).

 
Abhishek Shukla -Managing Director & Head of Global Venture Capital Investments, HPE

Abhishek Shukla -Managing Director & Head of Global Venture Capital Investments, HPE

Alex De Winter - Director, GE Ventures

Alex De Winter - Director, GE Ventures

Alex Farcet - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Startupbootcamp

Alex Farcet - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Startupbootcamp

Alex Nigg - Venture Partner Canvas Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures (frmr)

Alex Nigg - Venture Partner Canvas Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures (frmr)

Ana Mostarac - Partner, Corporate Development, Andreessen Horowitz

Ana Mostarac - Partner, Corporate Development, Andreessen Horowitz

Andy Castonguay - Analyst Relations Manager, IBM

Andy Castonguay - Analyst Relations Manager, IBM

 
Angela Lee - Sr. Manager, Technology & Operations Analytics, Workday

Angela Lee - Sr. Manager, Technology & Operations Analytics, Workday

Aydin Senkut - Founder & Managing Partner, Felicis Ventures

Aydin Senkut - Founder & Managing Partner, Felicis Ventures

Aymerik Renard - Director, SanDisk Ventures

Aymerik Renard - Director, SanDisk Ventures

Bart Pannecoeck - B2B Industries Business Dev lead, EMEA, Salesforce

Bart Pannecoeck - B2B Industries Business Dev lead, EMEA, Salesforce

Benjamin Maughan - VP Product Management, Business Development & Client Success, TiVo

Benjamin Maughan - VP Product Management, Business Development & Client Success, TiVo

Brian Lamkin - Senior VP Corporate Development, Adobe

Brian Lamkin - Senior VP Corporate Development, Adobe

 
Carl Choi - Director, Corporate Development and Strategy, Riverbed

Carl Choi - Director, Corporate Development and Strategy, Riverbed

Carl Hekkert - Controller, Strategic Investments, SVB Financial

Carl Hekkert - Controller, Strategic Investments, SVB Financial

Dario Vignudelli -Business Strategy Manager, Xbox, Microsoft Xbox

Dario Vignudelli -Business Strategy Manager, Xbox, Microsoft Xbox

David Hindley - Director Corporate Development, Autodesk

David Hindley - Director Corporate Development, Autodesk

David Sonnenschein - VP IoT Startup Accelerator, SAP Labs

David Sonnenschein - VP IoT Startup Accelerator, SAP Labs

Deborah Magid -Director, Software Strategy, IBM Ventures

Deborah Magid -Director, Software Strategy, IBM Ventures

 
Diane Tate - Senior Program Manager, Mozilla

Diane Tate - Senior Program Manager, Mozilla

Eeshan Raiker - VP Global Business Development, Software AG

Eeshan Raiker - VP Global Business Development, Software AG

Eric Keller - Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers

Eric Keller - Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers

Evangelos Simoudis - Senior Managing Director, Trident Capital

Evangelos Simoudis - Senior Managing Director, Trident Capital

Freda Obeng-Ampofo - Chief Mixer at Kaeme Cosmetics

Freda Obeng-Ampofo - Chief Mixer at Kaeme Cosmetics

Frederik Hanika - VP, Head of M&A and Corporate Ventures, Software AG

Frederik Hanika - VP, Head of M&A and Corporate Ventures, Software AG

 
Gareth Keane - Partner, Promus Ventures

Gareth Keane - Partner, Promus Ventures

Harsha Nagaraju - TitlePrincipal, Strategy and Partnerships - AI/ML & IoT, Micron Technology

Harsha Nagaraju - TitlePrincipal, Strategy and Partnerships - AI/ML & IoT, Micron Technology

Izabela Albrycht -Chairperson, The Kosciuszko Institute & CYBERSEC HUB

Izabela Albrycht -Chairperson, The Kosciuszko Institute & CYBERSEC HUB

Jack Leeney - US Head of Investing & Portfolio Manager, Telefonica Ventures

Jack Leeney - US Head of Investing & Portfolio Manager, Telefonica Ventures

Jamie McGurk - Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Jamie McGurk - Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Jay Onda - Startup Investments, Orange

Jay Onda - Startup Investments, Orange

 
Jerry Engel - Founder, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship (UC Berkeley)

Jerry Engel - Founder, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship (UC Berkeley)

Jihong Kim - Investment Manager, Samsung Ventures

Jihong Kim - Investment Manager, Samsung Ventures

Jim Brisimitzis - Senior Director, Microsoft Ventures

Jim Brisimitzis - Senior Director, Microsoft Ventures

Joost Krikhaar - Partner, Deloitte M&A Practice

Joost Krikhaar - Partner, Deloitte M&A Practice

Justin Hwa - Lead Product Manager, eBay

Justin Hwa - Lead Product Manager, eBay

Kane Nakamura - Director, Softbank

Kane Nakamura - Director, Softbank

 
Lance Matthews - Associate, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners

Lance Matthews - Associate, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners

Larry Roseman - Senior Director, eBay

Larry Roseman - Senior Director, eBay

Ludovic Copere - Sony

Ludovic Copere - Sony

Magnus Arildsson - Global Director IoT Ecosystem and IoT Marketplace, Ericsson

Magnus Arildsson - Global Director IoT Ecosystem and IoT Marketplace, Ericsson

Megan Minich - Head of Cash Management and Digital Products, Silicon Valley Bank

Megan Minich - Head of Cash Management and Digital Products, Silicon Valley Bank

Michael Holdmann - COO, EVP, Coverrsant

Michael Holdmann - COO, EVP, Coverrsant

 
Sune Alstrup (Johansen) - Ex-CEO Eye Tribe. Tech Investor & Entrepreneur

Sune Alstrup (Johansen) - Ex-CEO Eye Tribe. Tech Investor & Entrepreneur

Mohammed Gaber -Sr. Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation, Air Canada

Mohammed Gaber -

Sr. Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation, Air Canada

Patrick Polak - Managing Partner, Newion Investments

Patrick Polak - Managing Partner, Newion Investments

Patrick Rumpel - Head of Audi TechHub@CODE, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America

Patrick Rumpel - Head of Audi TechHub@CODE, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America

Philip Inghelbrecht -Co-Founder, Shazam

Philip Inghelbrecht -

Co-Founder, Shazam

Priti Youssef Choksi - Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Priti Youssef Choksi - Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

 
Rainer Sternfeld - GM of Data Platforms & VP of Strategic Projects, Intertrust

Rainer Sternfeld - GM of Data Platforms & VP of Strategic Projects, Intertrust

Ramneek Gupta - Managing Director, Palo Alto, Citi Ventures

Ramneek Gupta - Managing Director, Palo Alto, Citi Ventures

Raymond Liao - Managing Director, Samsung NEXT Ventures

Raymond Liao - Managing Director, Samsung NEXT Ventures

Reto Gericke - Global Venture Development Manager, Rocket Internet

Reto Gericke - Global Venture Development Manager, Rocket Internet

Rodrigo Prudencio - The Alexa Fund, Amazon Corporate Development, Amazon

Rodrigo Prudencio - The Alexa Fund, Amazon Corporate Development, Amazon

Sean Bohan - Strategic Direction Principal, Mozilla Content Services

Sean Bohan - Strategic Direction Principal, Mozilla Content Services

 
Shardul Shah - Index Ventures San Francisco

Shardul Shah - Index Ventures San Francisco

Koen De Waele - Venture Partner, Volta

Koen De Waele - Venture Partner, Volta

Shubha Kumbadakone - Sr. Product Manager, VMWare

Shubha Kumbadakone - Sr. Product Manager, VMWare

Florent Bernard - International Relations Officer  for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Florent Bernard - International Relations Officer for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Siddharth Gupta - Platform Architect, Apple

Siddharth Gupta - Platform Architect, Apple

Djeevan Schiferli - Digital Transformation, Royal Haskoning

Djeevan Schiferli - Digital Transformation, Royal Haskoning

Soren Juul Jorgensen - Executive Director, Innovation Center Denmark

Soren Juul Jorgensen - Executive Director, Innovation Center Denmark

Mark Bakker - Regional Lead Benelux at H2O.ai |

Mark Bakker - Regional Lead Benelux at H2O.ai |

Steven Levine - Partner, Corporate, Fenwick & West LLP

Steven Levine - Partner, Corporate, Fenwick & West LLP

Arash Nourian - VP and Chief Product AI Head @ FICO | Professor of Data Science @ UC Berkeley

Arash Nourian - VP and Chief Product AI Head @ FICO | Professor of Data Science @ UC Berkeley

Thanasis A.K. Kalekos - Managing Partner, Odyssey Ventures

Thanasis A.K. Kalekos - Managing Partner, Odyssey Ventures

Kim Dix-Huijts - Head of Transformation, TPV

Kim Dix-Huijts - Head of Transformation, TPV

Sofia Pessanha, Cofounder CareRev

Sofia Pessanha, Cofounder CareRev

Tom Henriksson - Partner, Open Ocean Capital

Tom Henriksson - Partner, Open Ocean Capital

William Stevens - Managing Director, International Venture Club

William Stevens - Managing Director, International Venture Club

Steve Ebin - Head of Marketing, Optimizely

Steve Ebin - Head of Marketing, Optimizely

Yehuda Hofri - Chief Digital Officer Transdev

Yehuda Hofri - Chief Digital Officer Transdev

Mikaël Wornoo - Founder & CPO @ TechWolf

Mikaël Wornoo - Founder & CPO @ TechWolf