Richard's passion for early-stage technology has seen him launch successful ventures since his days at university in South Africa. He holds numerous patents and has several companies under his belt. Prior to launching Pypestream he served as Co-Founder and CRO of Genesis Media LLC, a multimedia, real-time video advertising platform.

Richard is a member of the Metro Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the founder of New York-based global equity and VC fund, SouthWinston, developing businesses in media, technology and entertainment.

An avid golfer and nature conservationist, when Richard is not on the clock, he is playing ‘World’s Best Uncle’ to his six adorable nieces and nephews.

Donna is an accomplished entrepreneur and senior corporate executive. She served as Chief Customer Officer for AIG and has successfully led customer-focused change initiatives, producing revenue-growing results in a series of complex industries.

She is also a distinguished board member of the Georgia Diversity Council, Chief Customer Officer Council, Customer Experience Professionals Association, and University of Georgia Executive Council for the Grady College of Public Relations and Communications.

Evan drove Pypestream’s growth from stealth concept in 2015 to the market leader in conversational AI today. He is the creator of PypePro℠, an industry standard service methodology used by organizations like Ernst & Young to shepherd global businesses into the AI-backed conversational paradigm via Design Thinking, UX strategy, API integrations, and advanced analytics.

Evan’s background includes leadership roles for venture-backed Silicon Valley startups and strategy consulting firms. He holds a bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College and master's degrees from the London School of Economics and Columbia University.

Julie is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in global operations, customer service, product/technology management, sales, and marketing. She has worked at start-ups, mid-size companies and large multinational companies. Through her years of experience, Julie has played integral leadership roles in companies including Avaya, Lucent Technologies, AT&T, Freestyle Solutions and ShoreTel (now Mitel).

Rahul has extensive experience in delivering high-quality software, solutions, and tools to the enterprise market. Before Pypestream, he was a senior member of the Strategy and Product Management team for IBM Watson.

He holds a Master’s in Business Management from Harvard University and a BS in Computer Engineering and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Will is a senior financial executive with leadership experience and a proven record of developing and implementing strategies to drive revenue growth, increase profitability and obtain corporate objectives. He has global experience with publicly traded and privately held companies ranging from early stage start-ups to Fortune 100 enterprises. During his career as a C-level executive, Will has successfully completed over $850M in financing and M&A transactions.

A digital transformation expert for the world's largest enterprises, Robin joined Pypestream following his tenure as a professional services leader for IBM Watson. Robin is trusted by senior executives to both conceptualize and execute on business strategies including deployments of the most advanced artificial intelligence and digital technologies. He holds BS degrees in Engineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Throughout his years in the technology space, Yoni has launched several startups and served an integral role of raising $150M in capital for both private and publicly traded companies. He has led the business operations efforts for organizations in the e-commerce and mobile technology industries and has nurtured a passion for business strategy, efficiency and rapid growth.

Richard's passion for early-stage technology has seen him launch successful ventures since his days at university in South Africa. He holds numerous patents and has several companies under his belt. Prior to launching Pypestream he served as Co-Founder and CRO of Genesis Media LLC, a multimedia, real-time video advertising platform.

Richard is a member of the Metro Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the founder of New York-based global equity and VC fund, SouthWinston, developing businesses in media, technology and entertainment.

An avid golfer and nature conservationist, when Richard is not on the clock, he is playing ‘World’s Best Uncle’ to his six adorable nieces and nephews.

Richard served as chairman and CEO of Priceline from August of 1998 to April 2004, taking Priceline public in 1999. He served as chairman and CEO of FreshDirect from March 2008, until his departure from the company in early 2011. During these years, he worked with several other companies and also alongside several venture capital and private equity firms including Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, General Atlantic, and MidOcean Partners (chairman from April 2003 until December 2007).

In late 2013, Mr. Braddock became executive chairman of Joinem LLC. He is also chairman and CEO of Zaycon Fresh, and chairman of Gravy and Yingo Yango (all private companies). He is a major investor in all four, along with several other early-stage companies.

Trevor S. Harris is an economist and currently the Arthur J. Samberg Professor at Columbia Business School. Trevor has provided advice on international accounting, controllership, valuation and investor relations issues to many large, international corporations. He is the former Managing Director and Vice Chairman at Morgan Stanley.

Mike Nannizzi is a Director at WR Berkley Corporation, primarily focused on investments in emerging technology companies within the insurance space. Prior to joining Berkley, Mike was an equity analyst across the financial sector and spent the prior seven years as the lead insurance analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mike held past positions in strategic, operating and financial roles within digital companies including Walmart.com. Mike is a graduate of the NYU Stern School of Business and a licensed CPA.

Mike Singer is a seasoned corporate executive and active angel investor with over 20 years experiences. In addition to his advisory role at Pypestream, he is the CEO and founder of Strategic Partners, Inc.

Martin has started businesses and served roles including Director at Genesis Media LLC, as well as Founder, Chairman & CEO at Buildmax Ltd and CEO at Mazista Ltd, both Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed companies. He graduated as a nuclear physicist, lawyer & MBA graduate. His academic, professional and business career spans over 45 years.

Lucas Watson is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Cruise Automation, a GM company that creates autonomous driving technology. Prior to Cruise, Lucas served as EVP and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Intuit as well as Vice President, Global Brand Solutions and Innovations at Google. Lucas also held several leadership positions at Procter & Gamble. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Grainger.

Bill Schild is currently the VP Business Development, Enterprise Tech at WeWork, a collaborative workspace catering to technology startup subculture communities, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups, small businesses, and large enterprises alike.

Over the past 24 years, Bill has worked at media properties, technology companies and organizations of all sizes. He has been involved with companies including PWC, The Walt Disney Companies, Go.com, Infoseek, Lycos, Monster.com and Salesforce.com. Bill has established himself as a thought leader in the media and technology space and speaks regularly at industry events and on panels around the world. If that wasn't enough, Bill is also a contributing writer for various business and media publications.

Bud is an IIT, Kharagpur Distinguished Alumnus, NYSTAR Distinguished Professor, AAAS Fellow (engineering: robotics, hardware verification, and computational biology), IEEE fellow (robotics and automation) and a fellow of the ACM (computational biology and symbolic computation).

His other research activities, outside of computational and systems biology, take place in the newly created Laboratory for Entrepreneurship in Data Sciences (LEDS) focusing on challenges from Finance, Advertising and Ad Technology, Philanthropy, Biomedicine, and Engineering.

Saied Seghatoleslami advises Pypestream with 30 years of experience as an executive at Bell Labs, Lucent and then Avaya Technologies. Saied was focused on all aspects of technology development, delivery, and support. This included overseeing global engineering, QA and scale teams.

Saied provides strategic planning and due diligence services to private equity and management services to help redesign and improve business processes and systems.

Mike LaJoie is the founding partner of Jinsei 2.0, a strategic advisory firm dedicated to the advancement of its clients in technology, telecommunication, and leading development techniques. He brings decades of experience in the cable television industry, playing a significant role in the development of digital television, digital video recorders on-demand video services, IP telephony, and broadband access to the Internet.

Mike has served as Time Warner Cable’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer from January 2004 to January 2015. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of Advanced Technology from March 2003, and in the same capacity for Time Warner Cable’s Time Warner Entertainment (TWE) division from August 2002. As a significant leader in Cable and Telecommunications he has won numerous awards and in 2011 was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.

Dave Dias is Founder and Chairman of Insurance Thought Leadership, where more than 350 companies and nearly 800 world-class thought leaders are publishing their best ideas and shaping the future of the industry.