Pete Soderling | General Partner | Data Community Fund
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Bogomil Balkansky | Partner | Sequoia Capital
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Joanne Chen | General Partner | Foundation
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George Mathew | Managing Director | Insight Partners
Pete Soderling is the founder of Data Council and the Data Community Fund. As a former software engineer, repeat founder and investor in more than 40 data-oriented startups, Pete’s lifetime goal is to help 1,000 engineers start successful companies. Most importantly, Pete is a community builder — from his earliest days of working with the data engineering community starting in 2013, he has witnessed the unique power of specialized networks to bring inspiration, knowledge and support to technical professionals.
Previously, Pete founded Hakka Labs (a social network for software engineers), Stratus Security (an early cloud-based API platform) and mechanikal (a software development agency in NYC). He is a graduate of New York University, has spoken at events such as TEDx, O’Reilly Strata and QCon, and has worked actively in supporting technical founders around the globe.
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Bogomil is a partner at Sequoia where he focuses on infrastructure technologies, cloud, and SaaS. Before Sequoia, Bogomil held executive leadership positions at Siebel Systems, VMware, Google Cloud and a couple of startups. Bogomil brings a lot of operational experience leading in product management and product marketing teams, and he works with Sequoia portfolio companies to help them build product and product marketing capabilities. Earlier in his career, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. Bogomil holds a BA in Mathematics from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford University. Outside work, Bogomil is an aspiring cook and an avid diver and wildlife photographer.
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Joanne is a General Partner at Foundation Capital who invests in AI-based B2B companies that build software solutions for marketing, HR, sales, data analysts, and other parts of the enterprise stack. A former engineer, founder, and M&A advisor, Joanne works closely with Tonkean, Mya, Tubi, SafelyYou, Oasis Labs, Brightback, CaptivateIQ, and Foxeye, among others. Joanne’s passion for technology developed early when her mathematician dad and computer scientist mom taught her how to program. She is a proud Canadian who grew up in North Carolina, and is an even prouder Berkeley EECS and Chicago Booth alum.
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George Mathew joins Insight Partners as a Managing Director focused on venture stage investments in AI, ML, Analytics, and Data companies as they are establishing product/market Fit. He brings 20+ years of experience developing high-growth technology startups including most recently being CEO of Kespry. Prior to Kespry, George was President & COO of Alteryx where he scaled the company through it’s IPO (AYX). Previously he held senior leadership positions at SAP and salesforce.com. He has driven company strategy, led product management and development, and built sales and marketing teams.
George holds a Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology from Cornell University and a Masters in Business Administration from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar.
