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Our People
Our Management Team
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Ursula Burns
Chairperson & CEO of Xerox [XRX]
CEO of VEON [VEON]
Director @ Uber, Nestle, Exxon Mobil, Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic, MIT
![<b>Kanishka Roy</b>](https://i0.wp.com/plumpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kanishka.jpg?fit=344%2C341&ssl=1)
Kanishka Roy
Global CFO, SmartNews
Global Head of Tech M&A Origination, Morgan Stanley [MS]
Multiple Startup Exits, Public Co. Exec
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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
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Lane Bess
- Former CEO, Palo Alto Networks [PANW]
- Former COO, Zscaler [ZS]
- Former EVP & GM Trend Micro [TSE: 4704]
- Founder, Bess Ventures & Advisory
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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
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Jennifer Ceran
- Former CFO, Smartsheet [SMAR], Quotient / Coupons.com [QUOT]
- Director at AuthO, NerdWallet, Wyze
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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
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Alan Black
- CFO, Zendesk
- CEO, Intelliden
- Director, Looker
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Brian Gentile
- CEO, Jaspersoft
- MD, 10XCEO
- Advisor, KKR
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Danielle Brown
- Chief People Officer, Gusto
- Chief Diversity Officer, Google, Intel
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David Sable
- CEO Y&R
- Chairman WMLY&R
- Sr. Advisor, WPP
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David Faugno
- EVP, Qualtrics
- CFO, Barracuda [CUDA]
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Glenda McNeal
- President, American Express
- Director, Nordstrom
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Gokul Rajaram
- GM, Doordash
- Director, Coinbase, Pinterest, Trade Desk
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Jan Frykhammar
- CEO Ericsson [ERIC]
- Director, multiple
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Patti Hart
- CEO, Gaming tech co. IGT, Pinnacle, Excite@Home
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Patricia Nakache
- GP, Trinity Ventures
- Director, ThreadUp
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Raj Gupta
- CEO & Board Advisor at Allstate, Walgreens, McDonalds
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Ralph Clark
- CEO, Shotspotter [SSTI], GuardianEdge, Blue Makoi
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Sandy Climan
- CEO Entertainment Media Ventures
- EVP Universal Studios, Sr. Management Team at CAA
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Valerie Jarrett
- President, Obama Foundation
- Director, Ariel, Lyft
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Van Jones
- Host, CNN
- CEO, REFORM Alliance
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Vivian Chow
- CAO, Docusign
- Director, LiveRamp
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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.