Impact Strategy Manager
Smart Data Foundry
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Impact Strategy Manager
Smart Data Foundry
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Global Lead, Market Development and Product Introduction
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Assistant Professor
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Retired Professor
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Chief Scientific Officer
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Policy Analyst
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Self-employed
Data Scientist
AIG
Professor
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General Partner
Carroll Project LLC
Executive Director
AMENA Center, UC Berkeley
Program Director, Bay Area NSF I-Corps
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Partner
DAF Capital
Executive Director
CSUDH Innovation Incubator
CEO
CitizenGrown
Product Manager
ADOBE
VP WesternU Oregon
Western University of Health Sciences
CEO
Sweetgum
CEO
Hostalite
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Senior Software Engineer
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President & CFO/COO
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Founder, President
Emerald Venture Partners
CFO
Dua.com
Senior Internal Tooling & Support Engineer
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Mentor
SCORE
Lecturer
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Software Engineering Lead
Meta Platforms
Technical Director
Pure Storage, Inc.
Head of International Relations & Sustainable Development
Université PSL
Founder
Nossa Labs
Head of Product
Distributed Media Lab
Director Biotech Industry Immersion and Lecturer
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Director, Private Sector Partnerships
World Food Program USA
Senior Fellows & Entrepreneur in Residence
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Associate Director
Scribe Therapeutics
Staff Product Manager
Shopify
Head of Business Development
Yango Delivery
Senior Researcher
Google Deepmind
Assistant Director
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Founder & CEO
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CEO & Chairman
Institute for Global Futures
Consultant
Self Employed
Founder
Wish for Wash
Senior Associate
Resonance
Innovation
Stämm Bio
Professor
Stanford University
Co-Founder and CEO
Okee Labs
Senior Consultant - Digital Health
Landsat ICT solutions
Director Outreach, Global Investors
ISSB / IFRS Foundation
Head of Strategic Partnerships - Americas
CAB International (CABI)
Artist and Writer
Retired
Latam Community Leader
Amani Institute
Strategic Advisor
The ClimateMusic Project
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Zestbio Inc
Co-founder
AllGrow
VP, Communications and Development
Hively
Principal
Mortati Experience Design
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Workshop Presentations and Coaching
Principal
Ely Ventures
Principal
A Tierra Realty
Project Leader
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Director, Product Management
Visa
Partnerships
Tata Trusts
Executive Analyst
Department of Water Resources
Senior Engineering Manager
Walmart Global Tech
Lead User Researcher
Indigo
Co-Founder
Surfaice
Consultant
THAV LLC
Managing Partner
PTI Advisors
Senior Product Manager
Amazon
Staff System Engineer
AirBnB
Faculty
Singularity University
Provincial Civil Servant
Provincial Government of Sindh, Pakistan
Emergency Medicine Resident Doctor
Stanford Health Care
Director of Product Management
Chegg
Founder & CEO
Multiple Ventures
Professor Emeritus
Retired
Lecturer/Head of Biomedical Engineering
Makerere University
Communication Strategist
Freelance Consultant
Chairperson
Jeeon Foundation
CTO
Healthkey Technology
Solution Leader
McKinsey & Company
Chief Growth Officer
Loop Solutions
Senior Engineering Manager
Google
Assistant Professor
California College of the Arts
Director
Blue Pencil Strategies P Ltd
Discovery Hub
UC Berkeley
Google Maps Data Ops, Board Advisor, Startup Advisor
Google
Founder
Metaverse University
Senior Software Engineer
Amazon
Senior Vice President - AI
Smarsh
Vice President
Charles River Associates
Program Manager
Plug and Play
Director of Strategy and Operations
Twilio
Director & Producer
Conde Nast (Architectural Digest)
Associate
California Innovation Fund
President
Frontier Allies
Principal
Ovidian Group
District Director
Norcal Coastal SCORE
Book Collaborator, Editorial Coach
Thomas C Hayes Associates LLC
Managing Director
EnChroma
Investor
HawkTower
Senior Manager
EY
Program Manager
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Associate Director Innovative Finance
Milken Institute
Engineering Manager
Apple