We know what success looks like from the inside
Our People
Our Management Team
Ursula Burns
Chairperson & CEO of Xerox [XRX]
CEO of VEON [VEON]
Director @ Uber, Nestle, Exxon Mobil, Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic, MIT
Kanishka Roy
Global CFO, SmartNews
Global Head of Tech M&A Origination, Morgan Stanley [MS]
Multiple Startup Exits, Public Co. Exec
Mike Dinsdale
CFO, Gusto, DoorDash [DASH], Docusign [DOCU]
MD at Akkadian Ventures
Director at Jirav, Clause, WildAid
Our Board of Directors
Independent board with 25% sponsorship is all-in to generate exceptional returns
Lane Bess
- Former CEO, Palo Alto Networks [PANW]
- Former COO, Zscaler [ZS]
- Former EVP & GM Trend Micro [TSE: 4704]
- Founder, Bess Ventures & Advisory
Kelly Wright
- President and COO at Gong
- Former EVP Sales at Tableau Software
- Director, Fastly [FSLY], Gong, Lucid, Even
- Adjunct Professor, UW Foster School of Business
Jennifer Ceran
- Former CFO, Smartsheet [SMAR], Quotient / Coupons.com [QUOT]
- Director at AuthO, NerdWallet, Wyze
Alok Sama
- Former President, Softbank Group International
- Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus, Raine Group
- Director, ARM, Fortress Group, Airtel Africa
Our Leadership Council
17% sponsorship of the at-risk capital and individuals with a track record of success to add value to our partner companies
Alan Black
- CFO, Zendesk
- CEO, Intelliden
- Director, Looker
Brian Gentile
- CEO, Jaspersoft
- MD, 10XCEO
- Advisor, KKR
Danielle Brown
- Chief People Officer, Gusto
- Chief Diversity Officer, Google, Intel
David Sable
- CEO Y&R
- Chairman WMLY&R
- Sr. Advisor, WPP
David Faugno
- EVP, Qualtrics
- CFO, Barracuda [CUDA]
Glenda McNeal
- President, American Express
- Director, Nordstrom
Gokul Rajaram
- GM, Doordash
- Director, Coinbase, Pinterest, Trade Desk
Jan Frykhammar
- CEO Ericsson [ERIC]
- Director, multiple
Patti Hart
- CEO, Gaming tech co. IGT, Pinnacle, Excite@Home
Patricia Nakache
- GP, Trinity Ventures
- Director, ThreadUp
Raj Gupta
- CEO & Board Advisor at Allstate, Walgreens, McDonalds
Ralph Clark
- CEO, Shotspotter [SSTI], GuardianEdge, Blue Makoi
Sandy Climan
- CEO Entertainment Media Ventures
- EVP Universal Studios, Sr. Management Team at CAA
Valerie Jarrett
- President, Obama Foundation
- Director, Ariel, Lyft
Van Jones
- Host, CNN
- CEO, REFORM Alliance
Vivian Chow
- CAO, Docusign
- Director, LiveRamp
Vin Murria, OBE DWA
- Founder & CEO, Advanced Computer Software
- Senior Advisor, Rothschild, Hg Capital
- Director, SVB, Bunzl, Softcat
Our Senior Advisors
Our Senior Advisory Team is comprised of individuals with an array of diverse and relevant experience, including unicorn founders, public company CEOs, and industry leaders in technology. These individuals are not investors in our SPAC, but they are eligible for our 500,000 share performance bonus. These individuals serve in ad-hoc roles and add value to Plum through the strength of their connectivity with relevant company executives and boards.
Overall, members of our extended team are current CEOs, Board Members, Advisors, or Investors at companies such as Datto, Gusto, Grammarly, ThoughtSpot, Teneo, Databricks, Fastly, Rubrik, Even, Waystar, Builder.ai, Wyze, MapBox, Side, GitLab, HashiCorp, Folloze, ShotSpotter, ThredUp, Core Scientific, Lucid, Pendo, Outreach, Digital Ocean, Illumio, Notion, Punchh, LiveRamp, SmartNews, True, DeepInstinct, Crunchbase, Nutanix, SQream, Auth0, Calm, Zayo, Smartsheet, Cybereason, NerdWallet, Uber, Softcat, ZeroFox, HIS, Advanced Computer Software, etc.
Our team members are also current Partners, Advisors, or LPs at firms such as Bessemer, Durable, IVP, DST, Wing Ventures, TPG, Akkadian, Warburg Pincus, Trinity Ventures, Cross Creek, Cadian, HWVP, Twenty Acer, Gagarin, Raine, Hutt Capital, Rothschild, Elderstreet, NEA, Highland, Generation, Soma Capital, Hg Capital, General Catalyst, EQT, Menlo Ventures, Accel, Dockyard, Lightspeed, etc.