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People

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645 Team

Name	Order	Affiliation	Current Company	Work Experience	Department	Title	Community Hub	Office	645 Team	Featured Articles	Articles
Aaron Holiday	1	645 Team	645	Goldman SachsDFJ GothamCornell Tech	Investment & ResearchFirm Strategy and Operations	Co-FounderManaging Partner	CISO HubVenture Partners HubFounders Hub		Goldbelly Iterable FiscalNote Squire Resident Genially Skydropx Nanit Slope HeadsUp Condor Upside FairStreet Causely Efficient Capital Labs	How VCs evaluate PLG companies 645’s Long-term Plan to Combat Systemic Racism Venture Capital Blind Spots Circle of Competence and the VC Investment Triangle 3 Things Founders & VCs Should Know About Building Billion-Dollar Startups During Market Uncertainty Power Couple Fred & Joanne Wilson Talk Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Culture Shifting Weekend NYC	How VCs evaluate Product-Led Growth companies 645 Taking Action To Help Combat Racially Motivated Hate Crimes & Misogyny 645 Ventures Speaks to This Moment in Time: Our Long-term Plan to Combat Systemic Racism Avoiding Unnecessary Founder Dilution & Staying Out of Cap Table Trouble 3 Things Founders & VCs Should Know About Building Billion-Dollar Startups During Market Uncertainty Venture Capital Blind Spots Circle of Competence and the Venture Capital Investment Triangle Setting The Right Valuation For A Competitive Series A Round Software And Data Are Disrupting Venture Capital Firms
Nnamdi Okike	2	645 Team	645	Insight Venture Partners	Investment & ResearchFirm Strategy and Operations	Co-FounderManaging Partner	CISO HubVenture Partners HubFounders Hub	San Francisco	Eden Health LeagueApps Lunchbox Iterable Apty Navattic Bespoke Post Andrena ElectroNeek FiscalNote Solidus Labs Squire Shift5 RentSpree Overtime Order AptDeco Kickoff UPTIQ Vividly Ottopay Aryeo Shop Circle Setpoint Pointhound	Embedded Fintech: How software founders can launch financial products Evolution of Software for Non-Technical Users The Rise of Crypto Infrastructure Software	Applications of Personalized Consumer: Market Characteristics Charting A Path From Seed To A Competitive Series A Round Citizen Professionals and the Evolution of Software for Non-Technical Users: 645’s Investments in Apty and Navattic The “Billion-Dollar MBA”: Charting the Paths of MBAs Who Build the Most Successful Technology Startups Building on a Technology Theme Across Multiple Successful Startups Building Enterprise Software Companies that Reach Large Exit 645 Ventures Speaks to This Moment in Time: Our Long-term Plan to Combat Systemic Racism Building Ad-Tech Companies that Reach Massive Scale Identifying Your Target Market Building a B2B Marketing Operation: Key Learning from Asaph Schulman Venture Capital Blind Spots 3 Things Founders & VCs Should Know About Building Billion-Dollar Startups During Market Uncertainty The Evolution of Adobe and Future of Creative Software Building a Successful SaaS Ed-Tech Company Introducing The Behavioral Change Economy Learning from an Early SaaS Pioneer What startups should learn from Robinhood's pre-IPO stumbles Surviving a Coming Storm: Explaining the Unique Factors Driving a Tech Market Correction, and How Technology Founders and Investors Can Persevere Through It Embedded Fintech: A How-To Guide for Software Founders Seeking to Launch Financial Products Successfully Pivoting a SaaS Business Nnamdi Okike joins Yahoo Finance to discuss tech investing, SPACs, Web3, and the metaverse.645 Taking Action To Help Combat Racially Motivated Hate Crimes & Misogyny Creating Your Company’s Unique Sales Acceleration Formula Circle of Competence and the Venture Capital Investment Triangle The Top Five Myths About Building Billion-Dollar Startups Launching and Successfully Scaling a Vertical SaaS Company The Rise of Crypto Infrastructure Software: 645 Ventures’ Investment in Solidus Labs
Vardan Gattani	3	645 Team	645	RiotFoursquare	Investment & Research	Principal	CISO HubVenture Partners HubFounders Hub		Navattic Shift5 Skydropx Vividly Shop Circle Causely Alma Securities	What’s next for PLG? Customer Led Growth Evolution of Software for Non-Technical Users	Citizen Professionals and the Evolution of Software for Non-Technical Users: 645’s Investments in Apty and Navattic What’s Next for Product-Led Growth? Customer-Led Growth Unlocking Community-Led Growth for the Enterprise
Jon Smith	4	645 Team	645	Goldman SachsNickson Living	Investment & Research	Principal	Venture Partners HubFounders Hub	San Francisco	Condor Upside Aryeo Setpoint Efficient Capital Labs InpharmD	The “Billion-Dollar MBA” Introducing The Behavioral Change Economy	The “Billion-Dollar MBA”: Charting the Paths of MBAs Who Build the Most Successful Technology Startups Introducing The Behavioral Change Economy
Mendy Yang	6	645 Team	645	Vista Equity PartnersLerer Hippeau	Investment & Research	Senior Associate	Venture Partners HubFounders Hub	New York
William (Willy) Hess	7	645 Team	645	Thrive CapitalFanDuel	Investment & Research	Senior Associate	Venture Partners HubFounders Hub	New York	Jackpot
Yasmeena Faycurry	8	645 Team	645	Chicago VenturesUnfoundListen Ventures	Investment & Research	Associate	Venture Partners HubFounders Hub	New York
Matt Hawes	9	645 Team	645	Insight PartnersSEO	Investment & Research	Associate	Venture Partners HubFounders Hub	New York
Pete Keenan	10	645 Team	645	Volition CapitalKPMG	Finance and Operations	VP of Finance	Founders Hub	Boston
Lexi Quirk	11	645 Team	645	Accenture	Founder Success	Head of Product and Platform	CISO HubVenture Partners HubFounders Hub		Genially HeadsUp Navattic FairStreet	645 Mic’d with David Fraga, CTO Foundry: Learning #1	645 Mic’d with David Fraga CTO Foundry: Learning Corner #1 CTO Foundry: Learning Corner #2
Randi Jakubowitz	12	645 Team	645	SeamlessGrubhubToptalParoHavas	Founder Success	Vice PresidentHead of Talent	Venture Partners HubFounders Hub	New York
Kelly Hardeman	13	645 Team	645	JVPInsight Venture PartnersMorgan Stanley	Investor Relations	Head of Investor Relations	Founders Hub	New York
Meredith Tibbals	14	645 Team	645	First Round CapitalColumbia Business SchoolFacebook	Founder Success	Associate	CISO HubVenture Partners HubFounders Hub	New York
Stephen Lang	15	645 Team	645	UniCornell TechArccos	Founder Success	Designer	Founders Hub
Cristal Gonzalez	16	645 Team	645	Cohen Brothers	Finance and Operations	Office ManagerExecutive Assistant	Founders Hub	New York
Blake Jennelle	17	645 Team	645	DuckDuckGo	Engineering	CTO	Founders Hub	San Francisco	Kickoff
Eric Parshall	18	645 Team	645	UpstartGreenwave Finance	Engineering	Senior Software Engineer	Founders Hub	Utah
Britt Binler	19	645 Team	645	IBMThe New York TimesMediumCamus Energy	Engineering	Senior Software Engineer	Founders Hub	Washington DC
Justin Fargione	20	645 Team	645	Dexter	Engineering	Senior Software Engineer	Founders Hub	New York

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Connected Network

Name	Affiliation	Work Experience	Title	Area of Expertise	645 Team
Al Zollar	Connected Network	Red Hat	Former Board Member	FinancierB2B
Albert Wenger	Connected Network	USV	General Partner	FinancierB2BB2C
Aniq Rahman	Connected Network	Moat	Former President	OperatorB2B
Bayo Ogunlesi	Connected Network	Global Infrastructure Partners	Founder	Financier
Ben Levin	Connected Network	Level Equity		B2B
Bill Lee	Connected Network	New York Presbyterian	CIO	Financier
Bill Lewis	Connected Network	Lazard		Financier
Carla Harris	Connected Network	Morgan Stanley		Financier
Carlton Charles	Connected Network	Hearst	Treasurer	OperatorB2BB2C
Caryn Effron	Connected Network	Ackman-Ziff		Financier
Cathie Black	Connected Network	Hearst	Former Chairman	OperatorB2C
Chad Dickerson	Connected Network	Etsy	Former CEO	OperatorB2BB2C
Charles Phillips	Connected Network	Oracle	Former President	OperatorB2B
Chris Dixon	Connected Network	a16z		FinancierB2C
Chris Pingpank	Connected Network	Shea & Company		Financier
Clarence Otis	Connected Network	Darden Group		Operator
Dan Teran	Connected Network	Managed by Q		OperatorB2B
David Wanek	Connected Network	WTI		FinancierB2BB2C
Ed Zimmerman	Connected Network	Lowenstein Sandler		Financier
George McCulloch	Connected Network	Level Equity		FinancierB2BB2C
Greg Avis	Connected Network	Summit Partners		FinancierB2BB2C
Greg Pass	Connected Network	Twitter		OperatorB2C
Howard Morgan	Connected Network	First Round Capital		FinancierB2BB2C
James Francis	Connected Network	Paradigm		FinancierB2BB2C
James Haddon	Connected Network	Ramirez & Co		FinancierB2B
Janet Reid	Connected Network	Bon Secours Health System		OperatorB2B
Jewel Burks Solomon	Connected Network	Google		OperatorB2B
John Alexander	Connected Network	CBORD		OperatorB2B
John Evans	Connected Network	DecisionCFO	CEO
John Thompson	Connected Network	Microsoft		OperatorB2B
John Traugott	Connected Network	Credit Suisse		Financier
Katie Koch	Connected Network	Goldman Sachs		Financier
Ken Goldman	Connected Network	Yahoo		OperatorB2C
Kimberly Marshall	Connected Network	Uber		OperatorB2C
Lawrence Satterfield	Connected Network	Cisco		OperatorB2B
Loida Lewis	Connected Network	TLC Beatrice		FinancierB2C
Malcolm Robinson	Connected Network	Avenue Cap Management		Financier
Marc Andreessen	Connected Network	a16z		FinancierB2BB2C
Marcus Mitchell	Connected Network	Google		OperatorB2C
Mark Patterson	Connected Network	MatlinPatterson		Financier
Martin Babinec	Connected Network	TriNet		FinancierB2B
Mauricio Frizzarin	Connected Network	Folhamatic		OperatorB2B
Mauricio Barbosa	Connected Network	Bionexo		OperatorB2B
Michael Rubenstein	Connected Network	AppNexus		OperatorB2B
Michael Rubin	Connected Network	Fanatics		OperatorB2C
Michael Seibel	Connected Network	YCombinator		FinancierB2BB2C
Michael Triplett	Connected Network	Insight Venture Partners		FinancierB2B
Neil Malik	Connected Network	K1 Capital		FinancierB2BB2C
Neil Mehta	Connected Network	Greenoaks		FinancierB2B
Oni Chukwu	Connected Network	Aventri	Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
Rajat Gupta	Connected Network	Bunge Limited		Operator	Gupta
Ray McGuire	Connected Network	CitiGroup		Financier
Regina Benjamin	Connected Network	US Surgeon General		Operator
Robert Smith	Connected Network	Vista Equity		FinancierB2B
Rod Adkins	Connected Network	IBM		Operator
Roger Ferguson	Connected Network	TIAAFederal Reserve
Ron McCray	Connected Network	Nike		OperatorB2C
Scott Maxwell	Connected Network	OpenView		FinancierB2B
Troy Taylor	Connected Network	Coca-Cola	Chairman & CEO
Wade Rakes	Connected Network	Centene	President & CEO
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Founder

Name	Affiliation	Title	Founding Team	Articles
Akshay Khanna	Founder		Jackpot
Alex Astafyev	Founder	CBDO	ElectroNeek
Alex Chircop	Founder	CEO	Ondat
Alex Shashou	Founder	President	Alice
Alexander Whatley	Founder		Vividly
Andrea Vattani	Founder	Chief Scientist	Spiketrap
Andrew Berman	Founder	Fmr COO	Nanit
Andrew Boni	Founder	CEO	Iterable
Andrew Boryk	Founder	Head of Innovation	Lunchbox
Andrew Trickett	Founder	CEO	Merge VR
Armando Solbes	Founder	CFO	Skydropx
Arpit Agrawal	Founder		UPTIQ
Artyom Keydunov	Founder	CEO	Cube
Asaf Meir	Founder	CEO	Solidus Labs
Ashish Advani	Founder		InpharmD
Assaf Glazer	Founder	Fmr CEO	Nanit
Bar Dvir	Founder		Alma Securities
Ben Grossmann	Founder		Alma Securities
Ben Rubenstein	Founder	President	Setpoint
Branick Weix	Founder		Aryeo
Brendan Quinlan	Founder		Aryeo
Brian Litvack	Founder	CEO	LeagueApps
Cashmere Nicole	Founder	CEO	Beauty Bakerie
Chaz Englander	Founder	CEO	Fat Llama
Chen Arad	Founder	COO	Solidus Labs
Chris Hoyle	Founder	Co-Founder	Navattic
Connor Stauffer	Founder		Kickoff
Dan Porter	Founder	CEO	Overtime
Daniel Whatley	Founder		Vividly
Dave Salvant	Founder	President	Squire
David Lyman	Founder	CEO	Betterview
David Tobias	Founder		Betterview
DJ Wei	Founder	CEO	Lyte
Dmitry Karpov	Founder	CIO	ElectroNeek
Dmitry Koltunov	Founder	CTO	Alice
Dominic Giglio	Founder	CIO	Rad
Doreen Bloch	Founder	CEO	Poshly
Earl Lee	Founder	Co-Founder	HeadsUp
Egon Rinderer	Founder	CTO	Shift5
Egor Gryaznov	Founder	CTO	Bigeye
Ellen Rubin	Founder		Causely
Eric Hutchinson	Founder	Founder	Resident
Franklin Lyons	Founder		Merge VR
Fred Brothers	Founder		UPTIQ
Gerald Yao	Founder	CSO	FiscalNote
Gian Maria Gramondi	Founder		Shop Circle
Greg Ugwi	Founder	CEO	Thinknum
Harpreet Singh	Founder	CEO	Launchable
Irina Mladenova	Founder	President	Rifiniti
Jack Naglieri	Founder	CEO	Panther Labs
Jai Pradeesh	Founder	Founder	DeepSource
Jake Malone	Founder		Pointhound
Jake Rothstein	Founder		Upside
James Smits	Founder	COO	Andrena
Jason Wilde	Founder	COO	Lyte
Jay Reno	Founder		Pointhound
Jeremy Goldberg	Founder	President	LeagueApps
Joe Ariel	Founder	CEO	Goldbelly
Joe Lea	Founder	President	Shift5
Joel Gillman	Founder	VP of Engineering	Goldbelly
John Gardner	Founder		Kickoff
Jon Ambrose	Founder	Fmr COO	Rosie
Jonathan Chen	Founder	Fmr CTO	FiscalNote
Josh Lospinoso	Founder	CEO	Shift5
Joshua Halickman	Founder	CTO	Abacus
Juan Rubio López	Founder	CEO	Genially
Julia Shapiro	Founder	CEO	Hire an Esquire
Julie Ulrich	Founder	Co-Founder	Alice
Justin Effron	Founder	CEO	Alice
Justin Zhen	Founder	Co-Founder	Thinknum
Justin Zhu	Founder	Co-Founder	Iterable
Kalam Dennis	Founder	Co-Founder	AptDeco
Kaustav Das	Founder		Efficient Capital Labs
Kieran Seán Fitzpatrick	Founder	CEO	Spiketrap
Kohsuke Kawaguchi	Founder	CTO	Launchable
Krishna Dunthoori	Founder	CEO	Apty
Kyle Kirwan	Founder	CEO	Bigeye
Luca Cartechini	Founder		Shop Circle
Mary Kay Huse	Founder	CEO	Mandolin
Matt Caulfield	Founder	CEO	Oort
Matt McCambridge	Founder	CEO	Eden Health
Matt Michalski Jr	Founder		Aryeo
Matthew Collado	Founder	CCO	Rad
Max Klein	Founder		Ottopay
Michael Felix	Founder	CTO	Slope
Michael Gresty	Founder	CEO	Rifiniti
Michael Lam	Founder	CIO	Setpoint
Michael Lucarelli	Founder	CEO	RentSpree
Michael Ryzewic	Founder	CIO	Rosie
Mikhail Rozhin	Founder	CTO	ElectroNeek
Momo Ong	Founder	Co-Founder	HeadsUp
Nabeel Alamgir	Founder	CEO	Lunchbox
Narie Foster	Founder	Former COO	MM Lafleur
Neil Chatterjee	Founder	CEO	Andrena
Neil McLean	Founder	Co-Founder	Navattic	Customer Led is the Future
Nick Nickitas	Founder	CEO	Rosie
Nikki McNeil	Founder		Vividly
Omar Qari	Founder	CEO	Abacus
Owen Turner-Major	Founder	Fmr CTO	Fat Llama
Patrick Sullivan	Founder	CEO	Source3

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Community Member

Name	Affiliation	Current Company	Title	Community Hub	Office	Email
Akash Shah	Community Member	Care/of	Co-Founder & Chief Product & Technology Officer	Venture Partners Hub		[email protected]
Alex Shashou	Community Member	10Beauty	Co-CEO	Venture Partners Hub		[email protected]
Ashish Garg	Community Member	Solidigm	Deputy CISO	CISO Hub	San Francisco	[email protected]
Christopher Leach	Community Member	CISO Tool Box	Founder and Board Advisor	CISO Hub	Utah	[email protected]
Craig Sayler	Community Member	Ontra	Head of Product Security	CISO Hub	Washington DC	[email protected]
Dongting Yu	Community Member	Datavant	Head of Security Engineering	CISO Hub	California	[email protected]
Eli Erlikhman	Community Member	Sprinklr	VP Product Security	CISO Hub	Ontario	[email protected]
Eric Richard	Community Member	Hubspot	CISO	CISO Hub	Massachusetts	[email protected]
Ethan Rahn	Community Member	Arista Networks	Head of Product Security	CISO Hub	California	[email protected]
Felix Matenaar	Community Member	Asana	Head of Product Security	CISO Hub	California	[email protected]
Ian Amit	Community Member	Cimpress	Fmr. CISO	CISO Hub	New York	[email protected]
J Wolfgang Goerlich	Community Member	Cisco	Advisory CISO Duo SecurityCOO	CISO Hub	Michigan	[email protected]
Jim Rutt	Community Member	The Dana Foundation	CISO	CISO Hub	New York	[email protected]
Julian Cohen	Community Member	Ocrolus	CISO	CISO Hub	New York	[email protected]
Justin Effron	Community Member	10Beauty	Co-CEO	Venture Partners Hub		[email protected]
Kendra Cooley	Community Member	Flock Safety	Fmr. CISO	CISO Hub	Quebec	[email protected]
Lisa Hall	Community Member	Color	Fmr. CISO	CISO Hub	California	[email protected]
Matthew Yu	Community Member	Affirm	Head of Application Security	CISO Hub	California	[email protected]
Myke Lyons	Community Member	Snyk	CISO	CISO Hub	Connecticut	[email protected]
Robert Sherman	Community Member	American Tower	CISO	CISO Hub	Massachusetts	[email protected]
Steve Gentry	Community Member	Clari	Fmr. Chief Security Officer	CISO Hub	Utah	[email protected]
Tanner Randolph	Community Member	Applied Systems	CISO	CISO Hub	North Carolina	[email protected]
Zeeshan Khadim	Community Member	Zapier	Head of Security Engineering	CISO Hub	California	[email protected]