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Meet Our Venture Growth Architects
Shaping the Future at Mach49
Ten years ago, we assembled an extraordinary team of successful entrepreneurs, top-tier VCs, and seasoned C-Suite executives who’ve collectively created over $80 billion in market cap value. Today, we’re putting this unparalleled talent to work for many of the world’s largest companies.
Global Expertise, Local Insight
Spanning from San Francisco to Singapore, our global team is as diverse as the challenges they tackle. Over the years, we’ve built, advised, and invested in ventures across multiple industries, from technology and healthcare to finance and manufacturing.
Dive In and Discover
Meet the people who've gone through the looking glass and spent decades in the C-Suite, bootstrapped their own startups as founders, and made 1000 key funding decisions in Venture Capital.
Our team members have served in leadership roles at companies that include 292 of the Fortune 500, and their experience shapes the innovative strategies we create for our clients every day.
Linda Yates
Chief Executive Officer
David Charpie
Co-CEO
Dave Blakely
EVP of Mach49 Growth Institute
Chris Cusack
Managing Partner, Venture Investing
Shane Ginsberg
Chief Brand Officer
Paul Holland
Chairman, Venture Investing and Shift AI Board Member
Bill Kingsley
EVP of Growth and Scale
Russ Lampert
EVP of Mach49 Development
Chris Lindener
Managing Partner, EMEA Delivery and BMIR
Clare McKitrick
SVP, People
Monifa Porter
Managing Partner, Venture Building, SVP of Shift AI
Ed Ross
Chief Operating Officer
Adam Shulman
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Simoncelli
Chief Revenue Officer
Chris Tacy
Chief Strategy Officer
Clement Wang
EVP and Co-Head of Venture Building, Chief Product Officer, Head of Mach49 Labs, Mach49 Board Member
Kevin Ye
Managing Partner, Venture Investing
Alexander Tawil
Research Analyst, Venture Investing
Alex Ross
Associate
Allison Ember
Venture Builder
Amara Donovan
Executive Assistant
Amos Manasseh
Partner, Growth Institute
Angela Jacobs
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
Axel Unger
VP, Client Growth
Balint Kelen
VP of Client Growth and Executive-in-Residence
Beth Rostan
Head of Strategic Operations
Bobby Lalwani
IT Director
Christian Hang-Hicks
Principal AI Architect and CTO-in-Residence
Dave Lewis
Lead Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Dennis List
Lead Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Dudley
Dog-In-Residence
Elke Boogert
Managing Editor
Ellen Bossert
Venture Builder
Elsa Lindeberg
Office Manager / Team Assistant
Emily Golding
People Operations Coordinator
Erick Flores
Senior Accountant
Grace Diida
Research Associate, Venture Investing
Griff Resch
Managing Partner, Venture Building
Henrik Rydberg
Principal Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Americas
Hudson Leung
Principal, Venture Strategy
James Beriker
EVP of Global Venture Success, CEO-in-Residence
James Macon
Partner, Venture Investing
James Meinerth
Product and Visual Designer
Jenny Wu
Growth & Scale Venture Principal
Jessica Mulvihill
Principal, Venture Investing
Joe Morrow
Growth Engine Design Lead
Jonathan Fraser
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Joseph Aquilina
Sr. Director, MENA & Strategic Partnerships
Julia Byrd
Ideate Program Lead
Kai Yen
Principal Entrepreneur-in-Residence and CTO-in-Residence
Kamal Hassan
Board Member-in-Residence
Karen Nassif
Principal Entrepreneur-in-Residence, EMEA
Kyle Davidoff
Analyst, Venture Investing
Laura Moon
Lead Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Lena Mom
Executive Operations Administrator
Linda "Loo" Liguori
Chief of Staff for Linda Yates
Lori Joseph
Financial Controller
Lulu Perpetua
Talent Acquisition Manager
Marcel Lamers
Lead Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Marigrace Ragsdale
Associate, Venture Investing
Mark Adams
Managing Partner, Innovation
Mark Hannan
Climate and Sustainability Lead
Mark Melvin
VP of Client Growth
Mark Mitchell
SVP, GCC Region
Michele Chambliss
Head of Operations, Shift AI
Naomi Smith
Administrative Assistant
Nick Sohriakoff
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Nicole Held
Project Coordinator
Patrick FitzGerald
Partner, Venture Investing
Reena Kainth
Senior Accountant
Rob Majteles
Board Member-in-Residence
Ry Luikens
Principal, Creative Strategy
Savann Kim
Accounts Payable Specialist
Shaima Alshaibani
Business Development Manager
Sharon Yates
Facilities and Operations Manager
Shelby Hertzog
Chief of Staff for David Charpie and Director of Venture Building Operations
Steve McCarthy
Principal Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Suzanne Mueller
Contracts Specialist
Taylor Crossland
VP, Marketing
Thor Muller
Lead Entrepreneur-in-Residence and AI Strategist
Tom Petro
Board Member-in-Residence
Tom Rapacioli
Senior Product and Visual Designer
Tyler Lerch
AI Prompt Engineer
Valerie Hoecke
Board Member-in-Residence
Victoria Nguyen
People Business Partner
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Faculty Partners
Dr. Rickard Kolsky
Faculty Partner
Dr. Vijay Govindarajan
Faculty Partner
Huggy Rao
Faculty Partner
John Danner
Faculty Partner
Rita Gunther McGrath
Faculty Partner
Experts in Residence
Dani Abu Ghaida
Middle East Expansion
Greg Galle
Design Thinking Blitz
Jon Gettinger
Go-to-Market
Stephen Hampson
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