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His career spans business management and technology leadership roles in various industries and geographies. Dr. Venkatesh is the recipient of the prestigious American Hero award for an innovative technology implemented across the USA. He earned a B.E. (Hons.) in chemical engineering from BITS, Pilani (India) followed by M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from University of Pittsburgh (USA), where he won the Outstanding Graduate Student award. He also earned an Executive MBA degree from the Katz School of Business at University of Pittsburgh, where he was honored with Dean’s special recognition for his achievements. He has advanced management diplomas on M&A and Strategic Alliances from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). Dr. Venkatesh has been named in over 10 patents and has authored more than 30 articles and citations in peer-reviewed journals, international conferences and reputed magazines. He is listed in the ‘Who’s Who in Science & Engineering’ and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Sigma Xi international honor societies. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Pittsburgh and has given several invited lectures and presentations around the world.

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She enjoys helping organizations lock down funding, reach product-market fit, and engage partners from various sectors to develop programs that scale. When not at work, you can find Nickelle volunteering at the Marine Mammal Care Center and the Aquarium of the Pacific, as well as exploring the beautiful California kelp forests. Her goal is to restore our ocean’s health and help people develop respect and stewardship for our ocean and its inhabitants.

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Jeff is a customer-centric team player with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ approach to top line sales, and bottom-line profitability with a proven record of driving significant revenue growth results. Has founded numerous companies, been an effective single contributor through C level executive, is highly successful at fundraising, recruiting and building initial teams (or rebuilding teams), which has led to achieving successful company exits.

Deep experience in SaaS sales and operations; enterprise software sales and services; mobility solutions; telecom carrier hardware, software, and networks; systems integration, B2G(construction contractors filing permits), security solutions; data networking; performance management and cloud monitoring; customer experience professional services; retail operations; recruiting & fulfillment solutions; cloud digital migration & managed services; climate change & blue economy solutions; AI/ChatGBT for startups.

Is currently advising, and mentoring for selective startup companies, accelerators in the Blue Economy ecosystem. Lived in Hong Kong for 5 years (customers and teams in China, Japan, and throughout North Asia), excels at initial Go To Market business development, building and managing distributed global sales and support organizations, and channel partnerships (deep experience in US, APAC, EMEA, and India).

Jeff has served on the Board of Directors of numerous companies, including his family founded retail business –Flip Flop Workshop. Through strong partnerships and alliances Jeff and the company have supported the homeless community with civic organizations such as United Way, and Make A Wish Foundation. For special companies he offers services, and expertise for startup traction, execution, and scaling.

On a personal note-completed a dozen marathons, and the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon. Now prefer family activities, surfing, sailing, golfing, and tending a Bonsai garden.

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Kartik is a ten-time recipient of MBA or Undergraduate teaching excellence awards at the Wharton School. His research has received several best paper awards. Kartik cofounded and developed the core IP for Yodle Inc, a venture-backed firm that wasacquiredbyWeb.com. Yodle was listed by Inc. Magazine among America’s fastest growing private companies. He is a founder of Jumpcut Media, a startup using data science to democratize opportunities in Film and TV. Kartik has served as a department editor at the journal Management Science and has previously served as a Senior Editor at the journals Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly.

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As a leader and mentor, Dawn draws on her deep and diverse background, including more than 35years of international leadership experience, having spearheaded strategic planning, innovation, business development, asset growth, operations, customer experience, and more for a range of companies of varying sizes and stages of growth.

Beyond her vast experience and leadership prowess, what Dawn brings to StarterStudio is a commitment to helping entrepreneurs turn their ideas into feasible, sustainable businesses. Her background enables her to help them identify the gaps between where they are and where they want to be, and to pinpoint what they need and need to do to bridge that gap.

Dawn earned an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. In addition to her experience in the private sector, having served in leadership positions with such global organizations as British Airways, Weight Watchers and the Walt Disney Company, she has also served in executive roles for several regional nonprofits and also as an adjunct professor teaching Strategic Management at the University of Central Florida-College of Business Administration.

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He possesses extensive global experience and exposure to diverse cultures, which is reflected in his diplomatic professionalism, elaborating pragmatic strategies, promoting sustainable practices and effective change management. Celebrated for new ways of thinking, challenging old ideas, and building mutually benefitting partnerships, he leverages a range of influencing styles in ambiguous and distributed environments but primarily utilizes servant leadership style to maximize business value that has a long lasting impact.

Most recently, he spearheaded the Global Fleet Optimization & Decarbonization strategy as Associate Vice President with Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE:RCL), one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a fleet of 67 ships traveling to approximately 1,000 destinations around the world. He led the Energy, Asset, and Program Management, for all 5 cruise brands under the Group’s Umbrella. He was instrumental in transforming key aspects of the Marine Data, Digitalization & Decarbonization strategy, that will not only continue to save millions of dollars, reduce GHG emissions for the Royal fleet but also propel the group towards its destination “Net-Zero”.

Anshul has a Marine Engineering background (BSc. degree from Tolani Maritime Institute conferred on behalf of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India). He sailed the world oceans as an engineer officer for over 5 years before he moved to New York to earn a Master’s degree in business administration from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, City University of New York.

He then joined Maersk, the world’s leading ocean liner company and did global stints in Singapore, Mumbai, and Copenhagen, where he was responsible for strategizing energy efficiency improvements and emissions reduction of the Maersk Liner fleet.

He has a strong interest in sustainable business operations and fast-track innovation that addresses climate risks. Other than that, his passion lies in cutting-edge technologies, outer space, reading, hiking, and globe-trotting. He lives with his wife in sunny Miami.

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Jennifer received her BS and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida. Her graduate research focused on the development of photocatalytic systems for removal of contaminants from air and water.

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