North America Summit

Name: North America Summit
Start: 2021-09-15T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-09-15T14:00:00-07:00

Grand Rapids
Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 8:00 AM (PDT)

Bringing together the most innovative community of startups and scale-ups building and growing their companies in North America.

About this event

Bringing together the most innovative community of startups and scale-ups building and growing their companies in North America.

SG's North America Startup Summit is a half-day event inclusive of educational sessions, workshops, and high-quality networking designed for the top startups in the global ecosystem, with additional benefits for SG Members. Apply for an SG membership to receive all-access.

You can also learn more about the 55 startups, who will pitch & exhibit at the North America Summit here!

Speakers

Jason Williamson

Oracle

VP, Oracle for Startups & Oracle for Research

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Jessica McKellar

Pilot

Co-founder and CTO

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Jimmy Stephens

Brex

Director, Channel and Strategic Partnerships

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Ojus Sharma

Applify

CEO

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Reed McBride

Carta

Head of Business Development

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Nikki Rubin

Twilio

Startup Evangelist

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Ivana Taylor

DIYMarketers.com

Publisher

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Teodora Curelciuc

GetApp

Brand Marketing Manager

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Carrie Shaw

Copper

Chief Marketing Officer

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Jason Williamson

Oracle

Jason Williamson is vice president of the Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem, Oracle’s startup program for entrepreneurs worldwide. In this capacity, he leads the business development initiatives and strategies across the program’s key audiences, including startups, customers, partners and Oracle. Prior to Oracle, Jason was at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he created and led several key initiatives within the investment and startup community. He has a background in both Fortune 500 firms and the startup world. Among his startup efforts, he co-founded the construction industry’s first CRM SaaS offering, an International NGO for Entrepreneurial Development, and is currently launching a company in the pediatric healthcare space. Jason also served as an assistant professor for five years at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and has authored three books. He served his country as a United States Marine and lives in Raleigh with his wife and four children, where he coaches high school girls’ basketball, drinks sweet tea and eats bbq as much as possible.

Jessica McKellar

Pilot

Jessica is a co-founder and the CTO of Pilot. She has worked with the same founding team for 10 years, through three startups and two acquisitions (the first by Oracle, and the second by Dropbox). When she’s not working on Pilot, she’s working on criminal justice reform initiatives and diversity and inclusion initiatives in the Python community.

Jimmy Stephens

Brex

Jimmy was among the first employees at Brex and was deeply involved in the early iterations of the company, from building out the sales motion and strategy, to helping grow the initial Brex Customer Success and Relationship Management team. Jimmy has managed the SMB & Mid-Market sales team, driving top line revenue, and built out the Brex hub in Salt Lake City. Today Jimmy runs the strategic partnerships team including events, content, and partnerships focused on Brex’s core early stage customers. He is the father to a 2.5 year old daughter who was the 1st baby born at Brex and has the nickname "Brexie".

Ojus Sharma

Applify

Ojus is CEO and Co-founder at Applify. Applify, a digital transformation, and Startup Tech enabling company, enables global enterprises & startups to expedite their digital transformation initiatives through a combination of cutting-edge technologies, agile practices, and a customer-driven approach.

Reed McBride

Carta

"Reed is a former startup lawyer (Orrick) and 2x operator (VSCO, Rigetti). He's raised venture funding and advised on billions of dollars in VC and M&A transactions.Reed joined Carta 2 years ago and currently leads BD & Partnerships; he also works on strategy and new product innovation (incl. Carta Launch, SAFEs automated on Carta, dilution modeling, and live market data). Outside of Carta, Reed is an active start-up investor and advisor, as well as a scout for Index Ventures. "

Nikki Rubin

Twilio

Nikki is a former entrepreneur and investor committed to helping startups grow and scale. Previously, she founded travel itinerary planning platform Bon Voyaging (acquired by Passported), advised at New York Venture Partners, and launched Creative Destruction Lab NYC and Endless Frontier Labs at Stern School of Business. She is passionate about helping founders, especially with fundraising, building product roadmaps, and forging strategic partnerships. She has an MA and an MBA with a focus in product management from NYU.

Ivana Taylor

DIYMarketers.com

Ivana Taylor is the publisher of DIYMarketers.com where small business owners get low-cost tools, tips and strategies to do marketing on about $17 a day. Her popular #BizapaloozaChat weekly Twitter chat teaches about 2 million small business owners each week. She’s been a contributor to AMEX OPENForum and has appeared in MSNBC.

Teodora Curelciuc

GetApp

Teodora is the Brand Marketing Manager of GetApp.com, a software discovery platform for entrepreneurs and small biz owners. She regularly consults local businesses on product and growth marketing, and contributed to Techstars Startup Week in Barcelona.

Carrie Shaw

Copper

Carrie is a seasoned marketing executive with deep roots in product management. Most recently she was CMO of Quandl, a fintech startup acquired by Nasdaq in 2018. Prior to that she helped the venture capital arm of Rogers Communications incubate several startups in Canada. She began her career as a product manager at Microsoft, where she built products for the company's Consumer Division. Carrie is a long-time volunteer for Progress Place, a non-profit organization providing support to people with severe and persistent mental illness. She currently serves as board chair. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo, and a Masters from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Carrie lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.