operator Council

Mark is the former Chief Operating Officer at MasterClass and still sits on the Board of Directors. He is a 2x founder, most recently as CEO & Co-founder at RestoreHealth (acquired by Zillion) and Zoodles (acquired by HTC). Mark has been an EIR at Trinity Ventures. Mark helps companies at the earliest stages maintain discipline in finding product market fit, and helps companies at growth stages thinking through how to scale. He has personally experience rapid growth, taking lessons learned from how to structure an organization for the right strategy without bloating the organization.

Jared is the former Chief Operating Officer at Scribd, having led the company's product, design, growth, marketing, international, business development, human resources, recruiting, and general operations teams. Jared successfully navigated employee growth 3x while expanding to 5 offices across 3 countries. Prior to Scribd, Jared was a General Partner at Matrix Partners and VP of Growth at Square, where he led all user and merchant acquisition and business operations. Today, Jared is an active early stage investor, board member, and product and growth-oriented executive.

Brian is currently a GM at Airtable, responsible for product-led growth initiatives. Prior to Airtable, Brian was the Vice President of Sales at Dosh which was acquired by Cardlytics in March 2021. Previously, Brian was Head of Sales at Nextdoor having led the national Enterprise, Mid Market, and SMB sales teams.

Chris is currently the Head of Business Development at Airbyte. Prior to Airbyte, Chris was the VP of Partnership at Demandbase and Head of Key Accounts at LiveRamp. Previously, Chris received his J.D., from Georgetown University.

Matt is the Founder and Executive Chairman at Notable Labs, after having been the CEO from 2014-2020. Matt is also a Venture Partner at Builders VC and Syndicate Lead and Angel Investor in companies at the intersection of biology and technology. Previously, Matt was a Portfolio Manager at Clarium Capital Management.

Ramsey has over 20 years of experience building and leading corporate development, operations, engineering, and business teams. Today, Ramsey is the Chief of Staff for Google Pixel Phones and Wearables where he supports the GMs across product and engineering in running the pixel business unit. Prior to Pixel, Ramsey led the team that scaled product market fit for Google Domains from a few million to a few hundred million in revenue and profitability. Ramsey is also an Advisor to CapitalG, advising companies like Airbnb, FanDuel, Gusto, LendingClub, Robinhood, and Stripe on acquisition diligence, planing and M&A integration, and operations. Previously, Ramsey built the Google M&A integration team and led product operations for Google AdWords, AdSense, Search, Books, and News.

Ben is a strategic finance executive with experience in high growth, enterprise SaaS, and innovative R&D corporate environments. Today, Ben is the SVP of Finance at ASAPP. Prior to ASAPP, Ben was the Chief Financial Officer for Chronicle where he led the company from incubation at Google X to acquisition by Google Cloud.

Tim is currently a Principal Software Engineer at Google focused on generative AI. Previously, Tim was Head of Engineering for Payins Experience at Stripe where he led engineering teams for Stripe's core online payments processing business with organization sizes of 100+ engineers. Prior to Stripe, Tim was an Engineering Manager leading application of machine learning into Gmail and Chat, including Chat Summarization and Smart Compose.

Joel is a former Y Combinator-backed founder and CTO. Today, Joel is a Distinguished Engineer at Dell inside the Office of the CTO. Prior to Dell, Joel was the VP at CloudGenix (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Chief Payment Architect at CAKE (acquired by Sysco Foods), Founder and CTO at SlidePay (acquired by Rocket Lawyer), Chief Scientist and Employee #1 at StorSimple (acquired by Microsoft), and Director of Product Management at Reconnex (acquired by McAfee).

Nithum is a Research Engineer at Google focused on AI, ML, and LLMs. Prior to Google, Nithum was a Technical Research Manager for Alphabet's Jigsaw, a Lecturer at UC Berkeley focused on Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning, and a Rhodes Scholar.

Namrata is currently the VP of Engineering at Autograph and a Board Advisor at Thrasio. Previously, Namrata was the Founder and CEO of Storepath which was acquired by Thrasio where she became the VP of Engineering. Prior to Storepath, Namrata was the Chief Technology Officer at BloomTech (fka Lambda School), Senior Director of Engineering at Coinbase, Chief Technology Officer at Stockpile, Head of Engineering for Payments at Facebook, Senior Engineering Manager at PayPal, and Principal Software Engineer at Zong which was acquired by PayPal in 2011.

Yoshimi founded and grew US subsidiary of Persol Holdings ([www.persol-holdings.co.jp](http://www.persol-holdings.co.jp)), world's #6 staffing firm with $10+B revenue traded on Tokyo Stock Exchange (2181.T). Yoshimi grew the US subsidiary through organic channels and M&A channels, acquiring RockIT Recruiting, NeoHire Recruiting, and TS Consulting International. The US subsidiary offered recruiting services to tech startups backed by VC/PE's. Clients: Airbnb, Gitlab, TripActions, Cruise, Box, etc. Currently Yoshimi invests and advises startups in the Future of Work/Business.