A.T. enjoys spending time playing sports with his wife and three boys.

A.T. Gimbel is a partner with Atlanta Ventures, focused on helping entrepreneurs find community, content, and capital to successfully grow their business.  Previously, A.T. led product and go-to-market functions for the Healthcare division of LexisNexis, as well as leading roles in corporate strategy and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to that, he was in consulting with Bain & Company serving clients across multiple industries with a focus on growth strategy, process improvement, and customer loyalty. He has also worked for several startup companies in sales and operations roles.

Agata is an Atlanta transplant, proud to call Atlanta home. By day, she gets energy from building high performing teams and products, and by nights (and weekends), is mom to two very energetic and awesome boys. Loves hiking, traveling, cooking, and decluttering her house.

Agata Bugaj is a digital product executive with a demonstrated track record of building and leading product, UX, and engineering teams. With over 15 years of experience in technology across SaaS and eCommerce and tenure as a management consultant, Agata is passionate about data and research-backed decision making, aligning teams to scale, and building customer-centric products that create better experiences for end users. Having successfully led teams at Bain & Co and The Home Depot, Agata now serves as SVP of Product at FullStory, where she’s building a world-class PM, Design, Pricing and Packaging, and Analytics team to support more perfect digital experiences.

Alex de Aranzeta, MA JD is a startup advisor, founder coach, and responsible AI podcast host with a deep background in civil rights enforcement and compliance, now guiding early-stage and venture-backed startups in scaling culture and operations while navigating responsible AI.

Alex de Aranzeta, MA, JD is a startup advisor, founder coach, and AI podcast host specializing in storytelling, culture, and strategy for early-stage and venture-backed startups. Prior to tech, Alex held key roles in government, higher ed, and enterprise, guiding over 250 workforces in equity and compliance. With nearly a decade of experience in civil rights compliance and regulatory enforcement, Alex has led over 300 investigations, trained thousands of professionals, contributed to policy and regulation, and built an award-winning Language Access Program. Alex’s work now focuses on operationalizing ethical practices in AI, advising leaders on communication, and strategy. As the former founder of Laurl.ai, a compliance-tech SaaS, and operator within a genAI startup, she combines her expertise in policy and equity with practical insights from the tech industry to help startups scale effectively across teams and products. She’s also a trusted voice on the intersection of AI, society, and culture, hosting “The Culture of Machines” podcast with top technologists and ethicists, and has spoken on equity, policy, and communication at Kapor Center, U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, World Congress of Bioethics, and the Women in Product Conference.

Originally from Jamaica, and after living and working in the Northeast for many years, Allison is excited to now call Atlanta home. When she's not enjoying family time with her husband and two precocious pre-teens she loves reading, spending time in nature (especially at/on the water), traveling and finding great food spots. Allison is passionate about leveraging her experience to work with people and companies that are leveraging innovation to equitably solve the world's problems.

With a career spanning over 20+ years, Allison's journey has centered around leveraging innovation to drive diversification and growth. She has significantly contributed to the growth of multi-million-dollar companies and run a multi-billion dollar business at a Fortune 20 company. Her deep understanding of how global brands drive innovation is a valuable asset she enjoys sharing with founders as they navigate moving to scale. She also acts as board director and advisor for start-ups, private and public companies. Her specialties include guiding founders in developing success strategies to scale, the power of storytelling, leading curious and collaborative teams, and navigating complex change.

Amanda is passionate about creating and building, both in her professional and personal life. When she’s not helping startups, she is always creating and building something new, whether renovating her home, testing her woodworking skills, learning to garden, and exploring new creative arts. She loves to read, travel, and sing “Rocky Top” for her TN Vols!

Amanda is a results-driven digital product leader with a proven track record of building and launching successful products that deliver positive financial results. Combining strategic vision in product management, marketing, and customer experience with strong operational execution, she consistently achieves outstanding results. She is passionate about building products from 0 to 1 and engaging with users to deliver products that truly delight. Amanda has successfully led cross-functional teams in diverse environments, from small fintech startups to large enterprise organizations.

With my 20+ years of experience in software development, serving as a CEO of software development shop and CTO of startups, I specialise on helping non-tech startup founders build their MVPs fast and on low budget.

Benjamin is a volunteer for the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, for which he has managed a Google Grant since 2010. He usually is found drinking iced coffee, even in cold months.

Benjamin is the President & CEO of Relevance Advisors with expertise in Digital Marketing. He helps companies drive traffic to their websites, measure results, and optimize performance.

Brian is a seasoned Engineering, Product, and Operations Executive with experience scaling small teams into fast-growth startup organizations.

Brian has lived in Atlanta most of his life. After graduating from Georgia Tech he was lucky enough to get on board with two early stage high growth startups (Vitrue and Salesloft). He has two beautiful children (Harrison & Amelia) with his wife April.

Originally from Cameroon, Africa, Brice has settled in Atlanta after living in DE, TX, and MA. He believes in Atlanta becoming the new Silicon Valley :). He is also a big fan of Formula 1

Brice is the founder of Reserved, LLC, and has over 18 years of experience in IT, with 14 years at PwC in IT Consulting. Brice is passionate about Data but has also dabbled with Web Development. He has helped multiple startups go from ideation to live as a part-time CTO. Brice has been certified in the top 3 major Cloud providers: Google Cloud Platform (2 certifications), Amazon Web Services (2), and Microsoft Azure (1)

Chris is an early stage Real Estate & PropTech investor and advisor. His wife and 2 kids relocated to Chastain Park from the SF Bay Area in 2020. Chris loves sports (golf, tennis, cycling), the outdoors, and jamming with founders on startups, Real Estate, Proptech, and Logistics.

Chris is currently an early stage investor & advisor at On Deck. Chris scaled 3 startups to successful exits in proptech, logistics, and consumer spaces. He has deep expertise in Real Estate, PropTech and Logistics. Chris has taken companies from 0 to 1 and has helped founders with initial GTM strategies, hiring, contracts, new business lines, along with channel/distribution partnerships. He’s been fortunate to work closely with Proctor & Gamble, Greystar, Brookfield, Amazon, The Home Depot, UPS and more.

David is a PhD scientist (biophysics) turned IP lawyer, who focuses on helping use IP as a key strategic asset to further business goals. He is a co-founder at Catalyze Advisors, a startup investment and advisory firm he created with 5 former Stripe colleagues. Prior to Catalyze he served as Head of IP at Stripe and as Managing Director, Global Head of IP at BlackRock, roles in which he helped build IP strategies and programs from the ground up. He’s proudly an inventor himself (24+ issued US patents), and a lawyer who still writes code. When not working, he loves spending time with his family, training for his next running race, roasting coffee, or going for a Sunday drive around the North Georgia mountains.

David has deep experience in all facets of IP. He previously served as Managing Director, Global Head of IP at BlackRock, where he led a global team that provided legal support and strategy for BlackRock’s IP development, acquisition and protection, IP disputes and litigation, open source initiatives and compliance, and IP diligence for investments and acquisitions. Before joining BlackRock, David was a relatively early employee at Stripe and was Stripe’s first Head of IP, where he led all aspects of Stripe’s IP development, acquisition and protection. Prior to Stripe, David was Innovation and IP counsel at PayPal and held roles at the IP boutique law firm Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP, and at the University of California. He now uses the knowledge gained from these varied experiences to help startup companies navigate their IP challenges.

David is a 35-year sales veteran with success both as a quota carrying rep and sales leader in companies like BellSouth and CareerBuilder. An engineer by education, David sought after and discovered the secrets to his success by exploring behavioral psychology and understanding the science of human decision making. In 2012, he founded MasterMessaging to help clients increase their revenue by mastering the ability to elevate their value.

Greg is a revenue athlete with 25 years of leading Sales, Success and Support serving at Series A/B, Private and Public companies. He has led domestic and international teams, coached executives, and enjoys helping people grow. An empty nester of 4 children, enjoys great coffee, walking the dog, and started a retail wine business (www.siphappens.wine) with his favorite person (Laurie, his wife) in 2018.

A revenue leader skilled at maximizing the efficiency of net-new acquisition sales motions plus extracting revenue from the customer base (upsell/cross-sell, renewal). Experienced in creating and leading the alignment of Sales, Success, Support and Marketing to Customers and Employees. Focused on actionable plans that excite teams in driving revenue in hyper-growth B2B SaaS companies ranging from early-stage to post-IPO.

Hernando moved to Atlanta in the late Spring 2022 after living in New York for the prior two years and Europe the last 11 years. He enjoys working with founders and gives back as a mentor at several accelerators. He and his wife look forward to exploring more of Atlanta in 2023.

Hernando Bunuan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Z2Sixty Ventures, a US venture capital firm focused on pre-seed to Series A investments in four markets: Climate Tech/Smart Cities, Fintech, Digital Health, and Edtech. He has over 20 years experience advising and investing across the technology landscape in the US and Europe. As a former senior technology banker with experience in major M&A and IPO exits, he originated, executed and advised on over 35 landmark deals worth over $45 billion. Hernando has an MBA from Chicago Booth and Bachelor’s from Washington University.

Jacey is a community builder with a desire to cultivate empowered groups of people. She uses her positive energy and supportive attitude to build up and train those around her.

She’s currently doing this as the VP of Marketing & Community at Atlanta Ventures. They empower entrepreneurs to start, grow, and learn and co-found companies with driven founders in a collaborative environment, fund founders, and equip entrepreneurs. With 10+ years of industry experience, she’s started or launched marketing initiatives for over 18 companies. She also runs Pitch Practice, a meetup for Atlanta entrepreneurs to practice their 30-second, 3-minute or 5+ min. investor pitch. They meet Fridays at 1pm at Atlanta Tech Village.

Jim counsels clients on the protection, licensing, and enforcement of intellectual property rights and has extensive experience in patent litigation and prosecution. Jim also regularly counsels clients on technology development and licensing agreements, with an emphasis on software products, and counsels clients on corporate deals requiring the analysis of intellectual property assets and technology. Jim represents clients in a variety of industries, including computer software and hardware, computer networks, wireless communication systems, telecommunications devices, semiconductor chips, medical devices, and industrial manufacturing machinery. Jim is actively involved in the Atlanta Startup Community. He represents numerous startup companies, and has given lectures on various intellectual property topics to numerous organizations including NASA's Langley Research Center, ATDC, Flashpoint, AUTM, IEEE, Morehouse School of Medicine's Tech Talks, Startup Weekend, Startup Chicks, and numerous student groups at Georgia Tech. Jim holds both a bachelors and masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and is experienced in hardware and software design. Jim is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property topics and is an adjunct instructor at Georgia Tech. Jim was recognized by Best Lawyers since 2014 and has also been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" and as a "Rising Star" in the field of intellectual property law by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine.

Joe is an Atlanta native, Georgia Tech grad, and lives just minutes from the Village with his wife and 3 kids (8 and under) who constantly test his sanity. When he's not working or playing with his kids, he loves socializing, running, and traveling.

Joe has spent his entire 20-year career in Atlanta-based tech startups, holding or leading almost every department from Product, Sales, Engineering, Marketing, Customer Support / Success, and Operations. He has had 3 successful exits (so far!) and worked in 6 startups including SPI Dynamics (sold to HP), Lancope (sold to Cisco), Pindrop, Rigor (sold to Splunk), Kobiton, and Grayscale. His primary expertise is in B2B SaaS and his core strength is in product strategy, as he is passionate about making a product customers love to use every day.

Josh is a brand builder and growth marketing leader with a mission to bring light into the world by helping early-stage companies build brand equity, grow sales, and spread their ideas to the communities they serve.

Josh has deep roots in the Atlanta startup scene and has helped launch, accelerate, and grow multiple early-stage companies including Patientco, Juvare, Relatient, Savista, Spring Health, NanoLumens, and more. He currently serves as a Fractional CMO to companies such as ATV member, Copient Health.

Founder & CEO of Build In Public Fellowship, GTM expert, no-code and Product Hunt specialist.

"I'm Karthik Puvvada, often called 'KP' by friends and my audience on the Internet. I’m the founder & CEO of Build In Public Fellowship, an online program and community to help founders and creators put themselves out there and build in public fearlessly. I also run a SaaS startup “LeaderBird” which helps people be more consistent on Twitter by gamifying the journey. I’m one of the strongest evangelists of the “building in public” movement that is helping founders attract early customers & investors by sharing their journey online as it unfolds. Previously, I helped over 500 founders globally take a shot on their dreams and kickstart businesses through education programs and communities resulting in $1.25m in revenue. Led high-profile positions as a director at startups like On Deck (funded by Founders Fund) and Day One (funded by Gary Vee). Since 2018, I have also launched 15+ businesses and side-projects using no-code tools and had multiple small exits. I’ve cultivated an audience of over 43,000 on Twitter and 7,000 on email by building my career in public. On the side, I’ve been an angel investor and advisor/coach to world-class startup founders. "

Kim is an investor in early-stage technology, health care, consumer product, and media companies. She is one of the General Partners of The JumpFund. They have invested in more than 30 Southeast based companies since 2013, across their two venture capital funds.

"Kim has more than twenty-five years of global expertise in human resource consulting, corporate and leadership roles. Kim’s experience includes leading M&A transactions, service delivery transformation, talent, compensation, benefits and recruiting program design, as well as technology development, selection and implementations. Kim is currently a Senior Partner at West Monroe Partners, a digital services and consulting firm. Kim received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Louisiana State University. "

Landon helps early-stage startups establish foundational growth, marketing, and operations. It’s all fun and games until a Series B.

Landon has led growth, marketing, and ops at Plastiq (Forbes FinTech 50), Fancred (Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies), and is an advisor to MaxRewards (Techstars ’19) and Poppy (Techstars ’20). He’s the Head of Marketing at Rocketplace, a digital assets management platform.

Li-Ming is an executive coach and HR consultant who helps founders, leaders, and organizations drive change. She's got 20+ years of experience in the trenches, including time as an Analyst on Wall Street, so she knows first hand that a focus on people is critical for success. Today, Li-Ming works at Google as a Director of People Operations but she’s an entrepreneur at heart. She started selling origami earrings at age 10 and saved enough in high school to put herself through her first year of college. When she's not working, she loves spending time with her family, doing pilates, walking, and drinking coffee.

Li-Ming’s passion is helping leaders and managers. She has created work from ideas to execution in Fortune 500 companies, across sectors, and is a recognized HR thought leader. She currently holds a leadership position at Google as a Director of People Operations, advising and driving talent and HR strategy for c-suite members. She also has her own coaching and consulting practice and is a founding member of the Asian Women’s Coaching Collective. Li-Ming has worked with people and organizations as an executive coach, HR generalist, people development leader, diversity and inclusion advocate, and as an organizational development consultant. Li-Ming is focused on helping individuals, teams, and organizations drive meaningful change. Li-Ming received her Master of Science in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco and holds her BA from Brown University. She was raised in Vermont between farms, but has spent her working years across Melbourne, Beijing, Washington, DC, New York, and San Francisco Bay Area.

Margaret works with individuals and organizations to build solid foundations that serve as a springboard and accelerant to achieving their definition of great success. She coaches founders on how to focus on three key areas: People, Process, and Performance.

Margaret is a seasoned GTM leader who spent 12 years building, scaling, and leading high growth sales organizations from teams of 2 to 115. She grew the sales development team 3X at Salesloft in 2015 and led the North American sales organization of 100+ account executives and account managers for Mindbody. Today she helps startups build scalable foundations that enable teams and future sales hires to consistently deliver high caliber customer interactions and performance. She also empowers founders to confidently transition away from the tactical day to day, freeing them up to focus on the strategic direction of their company.

Simply put, I’ve been a techie in cybersecurity for over two decades and would like to help others by making cybersecurity simple.

Michael was forged in tech as a software engineer. Then, he set out to make a difference and joined the FBI as a Special Agent. Michael was with the FBI for 14 years, mainly investigating cyber nation-state and criminal bad actors. He later decided to venture back into the private sector. He held leadership positions with several cybersecurity startups and is now a director with one of the premier cybersecurity companies in the world, Palo Alto Networks. He runs their global attribution program. He’s also a board member and advisor to several influential organizations. Plus, he is the founder of the cybersecurity awareness organization decodingCyber. He is partial to cheesecake and bourbon, but not together… well, come to think of it, it might be a killer combo.

Michael is an Atlanta native, a Georgia Tech grad, and is constantly looking for the best Asian restaurant on Buford Highway.

Michael started his professional career over 10 years ago working in engineering & data analytics at Walt Disney World. Since then, he has held several technical and managerial roles across a wide range of companies, from big 4 consulting to technology startups (including several based out of the ATV!). He has always had a passion for sports – though his playing career never advanced past little league – and has performed research with medical professionals on predicting injuries in professional athletes. Outside of work, he enjoys running, playing tennis and spending time with his five little nieces and nephew.

Mike is passionate about cooking, fitness, college football (Go Auburn), and March Madness. He’s the only person we’ve ever met who once sold billion-dollar jet fighter aircraft for a living!

Mike is founder of Allegro Consulting , a business growth specialty advisory firm. He’s been helping metro-Atlanta private business owners and start-up founders build and execute growth strategies for 18 years. His focus is on strategy creation and sales process.  Prior to Allegro he was an international sales campaign leader and program manager for aerospace giants Boeing and Lockheed. Disciplined adherence to sound business practices and utilizing a replicable sales process are his passions.

Nick is a product developer with a strong technical background focused on machine learning and artificial intelligence who specializes in finding product market fit and growth.

Nick Hasty is a technologist and entrepreneur who has helped create products used by billions. He was the founding engineer for GIPHY, where he now leads ML/AI initiatives. Before that, he worked with arts+cultural organizations such as Rhizome.org and the Alan Lomax archives. He has been a tech and product lead for nearly 15 years and has consulted for dozens of early stage startups.

Former It Takes a Village startup founder and current product management professional who enjoys all things health and fitness, playing the piano, and traveling.

Rich is a Senior Technical Product Manager for Amazon working on the Alexa on Fire TV team. He’s also a Board Member for the Startup Runway Foundation, which is a non-profit that connects early-stage investors to underrepresented startup founders. Rich’s previous experiences include the founding of a health and fitness technology startup, product management in the cybersecurity and audio entertainment industries, business operations and corporate finance at Intel, and software engineering and technology research at Vanguard. While his hometown is New York City, Rich is currently based in Atlanta, GA. He holds a B.S. in computer engineering technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and he received his M.B.A. from the University of Rochester, Simon Business School.

Robbie is an experienced lawyer, community leader, investor, runner, father, and coffee enthusiast.

Robbie is the General Counsel for Hermeus, a venture-backed startup with the long-term vision of transforming the global human transportation network with Mach 5 aircraft. He previously brought Rocket Lab public and worked at SpaceX and Sheppard Mullin. The Legal 500 recognized Robbie as an inaugural member of the Atlanta GC Powerlist. He also serves as the VP of Community Engagement for the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Scott is a father of two boys under two, so you may see him snagging a nap in the lobby at any time. He loves coffee, cocktails, and anything with a good story behind it.

Scott is the Principal at Tech Square Ventures, an early stage venture firm in Atlanta. He sources, conducts diligence, and invests in leading high growth tech companies in the Southeast. He knows how to clarify business milestones and line up funding accordingly. He is focused on helping founders find a repeatable and scalable go-to-market strategy.

3-time SaaS startup scaler experienced in setting technology vision and leading engineering teams to ensure successful product growth.

30+ years of experience in the IT ecosystem in roles ranging from consulting, IT, and SaaS software development across multiple startup (Tactics, Servidyne, Silverpop, and Salesloft) and enterprise organizations (Southern Company, IBM).

Susanne loves exploring, learning, and sharing ideas. Some of her favorite adventures are visiting local restaurants and farmer’s markets, paddle boarding, home cooking, boating, and playing pickleball with their husband and two teens. She believes authentic conversations are where the magic happens, so ask her about Ikigai, creativity coaching, learning a new language, or her Velvet Elvis story to get started.

With a career spanning over 20+ years, Susanne has honed her expertise as a customer partnership expert, amassing a wealth of experience that she brings to every client. She has significantly contributed to the growth of multi-million-dollar companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Herrmann International. Her deep understanding of how global brands lead customer innovation is a valuable asset she enjoys sharing with early-stage companies. Her specialties include guiding founders in creating impactful customer success strategies, leading collaborative teams, and navigating complex enterprise partnerships.

Tim is a technical founder of numerous startups, including SalesLoft, Showcase IDX, and Spaceship. He also apparently likes the letter "S" a lot.

Tim is a co-founder of SalesLoft, former Entrepreneur in Residence at Georgia Tech's ATDC, CTO and CEO of several startups, a participant in the Flashpoint accelerator at Georgia Tech, and founded and sold his first company in his 20s. He is currently working on a new startup, Spaceship, in the DevOps/DevTools space.

Wayt is a life-long ATLien, is the father of 5 kids, and spends time on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.

Wayt is a startup lawyer who loves helping early-stage SaaS and software entrepreneurs. He’s been a software entrepreneur and an angel investor, and is known for keeping the legal stuff as simple as possible.

Yusuf is an experienced leader, in-house attorney, angel investor, non-profit board member, amateur race car driver, and basement guitarist. Yusuf, his wife, and two children live in Alpharetta.

Yusuf was most recently Deputy General Counsel at Tesla, Inc., where he spent seven years building one of its legal teams from one person to 29. Prior to that, he handled virtually every type of legal issue facing his employer while working for a poultry company in North Georgia. He began his career with the federal government where he trained as a trial lawyer. Yusuf invests in purpose driven technology companies that use modern tools to solve old problems. In 2022, he was named to The 100 Influential Georgia Muslims by the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta.