Ilario Alicante is an Italian DJ from Livorno, Italy. Ever since he was young, Alicante had a passion for music and he began his career producing music in his bedroom with equipment he made himself. Alicante went on to begin performing at clubs in Europe, which were mainly in Germany and Ibiza, Spain. After gaining experience in performing, Alicante went... read full bio
Dennis Ferrer is a New York-based DJ, producer, and remixer, who is also known by several other names such as Aurasfere, Jax, Lost Tribes Of Ibadan, and Son of Raw. He is the founder of the Objektivity record label and has been working in house music production for years. Artists that Ferrer has worked with include Masters at Work, Little... read full bio
Steve Fredette is the President and co-founder of Toast, which is an all-in-one restaurant technology platform that was built specifically for restaurants in mind. Fredette woks to build restaurant software, hardware, services and support, and changing the restaurant technology landscape. Fredette began his career as an engineering intern at Precision Optics Corporation. From there, he became co-founder of Klick Mobile... read full bio
Aman Narang is the co-founder and President of Toast, Inc., which is an all-in-one restaurant technology platform that was built specifically for restaurants in mind. Toast works in integrated online ordering, gift cards, loyalty programs, labor and sales reporting on a mobile, cloud-based POS system. Narang began his career as a software engineer in Special Operations and then worked as... read full bio
Eliot Buchanan is the co-founder and CEO of Plastiq which is a company that lets small businesses use a credit card to pay for expenses such as rent, contractors, and inventory for 2.5% fee. Plastiq is currently being used by more than 50,000 small business customers and processes nearly 4 billion dollars in transactions a year. During his time with... read full bio
William Hockey is the co-founder, President and CTO of Plaid. Plaid is a company that connects payments apps as well as personal finance apps to users bank accounts to transfer and track funds. Some companies that Plaid has worked with over the years include Robinhood, Coinbase, and Venmo. Hockey has studied at Emory University – Goizueta Business School in systems... read full bio
Zach Perret is the co-founder and CEO of Plaid, a company that connects payment apps and personal finance apps to users bank accounts to transfer and track funds. Plaid has worked with companies such as Venmo, Robinhood, and Coinbase. Perret started his career working as a research fellow on the Duke Board of Trustees and was also a trustee. From... read full bio
Scott Galit is the CEO of Payoneer, which is an Internet-based payment company that establishes viable solutions for payments in prepaid credit cards through the Internet via their own prepaid Payoneer credit card. Payoneer empowers their customers to grow their business by enabling them to pay and get paid easily. Payoneer is currently being used by millions of entrepreneurs, professionals,... read full bio
Yuval Tal is the founder, President, and former CEO of Payoneer, an Internet-based payment company that establishes viable solutions for payments in prepaid credit cards through the Internet via their own prepaid Payoneer credit card. Payoneer allows it’s members to sell products, but pay for their own supplies through an online service. Tal was born in Israel and earned his... read full bio
Jason Gardner is the founder and CEO of Marqueta, Inc. which is a debit card transaction processer that gives companies more control over which transactions are approved for customers or workers through issued cards. Well-known companies that use Marqueta include Square and Instacart. Gardner started his career working as a General Manager at Benattar Marble & Granite Co. From there,... read full bio
Richie Serna is the CEO and co-founder of Finix, a company that gives other companies more control over their payment processing and helps give them a greater share of the processing fee that merchants pay. Finix helps businesses earn 0.4% more on every transaction procession compared to other traditional processors. Finix has over 50 customers one of which includes Lightspeed.... read full bio
Suneera Madhani is the CEO and founder of Fattmerchant, which is a payment technology company who makes it easy and affordable for any business to accept modern forms of payment, track data, and stay competitive. Madhani has studied Business Administration abroad in Italy at Saint John’s University. She has also earned her degree in Finance from the University of Florida... read full bio
Big Wreck is a Canadian-American rock band that consists of members Ian Thornley, Dave McMillan, Chuck Keeping, and Chris Caddell. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts while they were studying at the Berklee College of Music. They first began performing locally before forming the band after a few years and signing to Atlantic Records. This led them to release... read full bio
Jonathan Grimm is the co-founder and CTO of Toast, Inc., which is an all-in-one restaurant technology platform that was built specifically for restaurants in mind. Grimm’s work with Toast includes spearheading the software and technology efforts, focuses on scalable infrastructure as well as technology architecture. Grimm began his career working for Endeca where he was a technical consultant and then... read full bio
Kristo Kaarmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, which is an online currency exchange and international money transfer business that allows people to exchange currency using mid-market rates for a flat fee. Kaarmann began his career as a consultant for PwC. From there, he went on to be a systems and data architect at EGeen before becoming an associate... read full bio
Taavet Hinrikus is the CEO and co-founder of TransferWise, which is a peer-to-peer international money transfer business that doesn’t charge companies, foreign students or expats for foreign-currency transfers. Hinrikus specializes in Internet businesses, early-stage companies and entrepreneurship. He began his career as a Senior Engineer at Halo Interactive DDB. From there, he went on to be a Project Manager at... read full bio
Live Lab Creative is a custom performance solution that is perfect for meetings, P.R. and marketing applications. Live Lab Creative puts on high-energy customized performances in music, dance, and even acrobatics. Working with Live Lab Creative ensures that every performance is original and custom-made so no one show will ever be the same. Live Lab Creative uses performed from Broadway... read full bio
The Age of Electric is a Canadian hard rock and alternative rock band that consists of members Todd Kerns, Ryan Dahle, John Kerns, and Kurt Dahle. The band was started by Kerns and Dahle and the duo were later joined by their younger brothers after graduating from high school. The four were originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the traveled... read full bio
Walking Shapes are a five-member rock band specializing in indie rock and indie pop sounds. The five members of this New York City band include vocalist and guitarist Nathaniel Hoho, vocalist and bass player Dan Krysa, violinist and guitarist Jesse Kotansky, keyboardist Mike Irish, and drummer Mason Ingram. Walking Shapes worked with producer, Gus Oberg, for their debut album. Gus... read full bio
Dorian Missick is an American actor who is best known for playing Detective Ruben Robinson on the television series “Southland”, Damian in the television series “Six Degrees”, and for voicing Victor Vance in the video game “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories”. Missick was born in East Orange, New Jersey and grew up around New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York, and... read full bio
