This document outlines an agenda for a panel discussion on disruptive SaaS technologies. The panel will include introductions from five speakers: Elias Dayeh of Bopsy and PagerDuty; Hatim Shafique of DataBricks; Amy Poinsett of MJ Freeway; Ken McDonald of TeamSnap; and a panel discussion on topics like how the next wave of SaaS is disrupting everything, leading to innovation through structure and enabling change, and remaining disruptive in the future. A Q&A session will follow the panel discussion.
5. Elias Dayeh
CEO, Bopsy & Senior Consultant, PagerDuty
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Elias Dayeh has been working alongside Zuora at numerous companies for
the past 6 years, starting with time at Motorola Mobility. Elias has almost 20
years of leadership experience throughout the software, mobile, storage,
SaaS, and telecommunications industries and is currently the CEO and Co-
Founder of Bopsy, Inc, a software design, architecture and software
company. Most recently Elias has consulted with Start ups like PagerDuty
and Clearslide. Prior to taking over the daily activities at Bopsy, he was the
the Sr. Director of Software Operations at Motorola Mobility, Director of
Business Operations at Axcient and was also an active member of the
Platform Customer Advisory Panel at Salesforce.com. In those roles, his
responsibilities include leading the business strategy, architecture,
development and implementation for systems.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasdayeh/
@elias_dayeh
6. Hatim Shafique
Chief Customer Officer, DataBricks
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Hatim brings more than 14 years of experience building enterprise software
products to Databricks. Most recently, he served as CCO & SVP of Tech Ops
for AppDynamics where he ran all the customer facing and technology
functions for the company. Hatim joined AppDynamics as one of the first 10
employees and was instrumental in helping the company grow from a
handful of customers to a market leader worth $3.7B. Prior to AppDynamics,
Hatim held several development and QA leadership positions with CA Wily
and other companies working on Java / J2EE products. Hatim holds a
Masters in Computer Science from University of Southern California.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hatimshafique/
@databricks
7. Empower enterprises to innovate faster with big
data.
Founded by the creators of Apache Spark.
Contributes 75% of the open source code,
10x more than any other company.
Trained 40k+ Spark users on the Databricks
platform
VISION
WHO WE
ARE
A fully-managed data processing platform
for the enterprise, powered by Apache Spark.
PRODUCT
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8. Amy Poinsett
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, MJ Freeway
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Amy co-founded MJ Freeway Business Solutions 7 years ago with a desire to
see burgeoning marijuana business expand and thrive with smart business
solutions in place. Amy’s focus on strategy planning and customer satisfaction
consistently has earned MJ Freeway an above-industry average customer
retention rate and large profit margins. Prior to MJ Freeway, Amy directed
development teams within Financial services, luxury tourism and medical
technology. Amy is recognized nationally as an industry expert, she has been
quoted and featured in media outlets including CNN Money, Fortune, Wall
Street Journal and USA Today. Amy holds a degree from the University of
Denver.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoinsett/
@mjfreeway
9. MJ Freeway
• ERP for the cannabis industry
• Patent-pending on seed to sale
tracking
• $5B in sales processed
300K
Jobs
by 2020
$24
Billion
in sales by
29 States
w/ MMJ or Adult-Use
Laws
Disruptor: The cannabis
industry
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10. Ken McDonald
Chief Growth Officer, TeamSnap
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As Chief Growth Officer at TeamSnap, Ken oversees the growth, marketing,
sales and analytics team and is responsible for driving TeamSnap’s
customer and revenue growth. Ken is also a co-author of How to Acquire
Your First Million Customers, a book focused on growth marketing. Ken has
been working in the technology industry for 25 years. He was most recently
VP of Marketing and Customers Success at LifePics. Prior to LifePics, Ken
worked at Oracle, Intel, Dun and Bradstreet and even spent 3 years working
in Venture Capital. Ken holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA in Math and
Economics from Dartmouth.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenpmcdonald/
@KenPMcDonald
11. 15 Million Coaches, Administrators, Players and Parents Use
TeamSnap
• Used in 196 countries
• Allows users to sign up,
schedule, communicate
and coordinate
• Supports teams, clubs and
leagues across virtually
every sport
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