ALTER GLOBAL - Key Persons
Alejandro Celis is the product lead at Melonn as its CPO. He brings 12 years of experience in tech and retail/e-commerce as co-founder and CTO of multiple startups. Alejandro holds a Master's in Business Analytics from NYU Stern.
Job Titles:
- Founding Board Member and Partner
Allen Taylor Founding Board Member and Partner Jesse Sullivan Founder and Partner Yash Kanoi Head of Investments Yana Yasevich Head of Platform Benie Bolohan Funds and Operations Lead Ana Caballero Marketing and Programs Lead Siddharth Dhankhar South and Southeast Asia Investments Lead Fernando Caputo LATAM Investments Lead Heba Abu Ahmed Middle East and Africa Investments Lead
Co-founders Andrés Gomez, Alejandro Celis, Andrés Archila, Felipe Jaramillo, along with director of data science Sebastián Román and Daniel Castrillón, director of software engineering & DevOps - have known each other since they were children or in high school and then took separate paths to work in different fields. They were brought back together by the pandemic to start Melonn, an e-commerce enablement company.
Job Titles:
- Ripple / Co - Founder & Executive Chairman
Chris co-founded Ripple in 2012 to use blockchain technology and digital assets to enable financial institutions to send money across borders, instantly, reliably and for fractions of a penny. Prior to Ripple, Chris co-founded and served as CEO of Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, and E-Loan, one of America's first online mortgage lending service providers and now publicly traded online lender. During his tenure at E-Loan, he pioneered the open access to credit scores movement by making E-Loan the first company to show consumers their FICO scores. As a first-generation college student, Chris graduated from San Francisco State University in 1984.
Felipe Jaramillo is the tech lead at Melonn as its CTO. Felipe is an expert in designing and developing information systems based on cloud technologies. He's a mechatronic engineer by training with a master's degree in Advanced Computer Science from The University of Manchester.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Crown Castle International Corp
Jay A. Brown was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) in June 2016. Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service - bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. As an NYSE S&P 500 company with an enterprise value of approximately $90b, Crown Castle is building the solutions that deliver long-term value for our customers, communities, and investors.
Mr. Brown was Crown Castle's Chief Financial Officer from July 2008 to May 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Brown served as Treasurer of Crown Castle from May 2004. Since joining Crown Castle in August 1999, he has served in a number of positions in corporate development and corporate finance. Mr. Brown holds a BBA from Baylor University.
Mr. Brown serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Wireless Industry Association and the Advisory Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Brown also serves on the Advisory Board of Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Co - CEO of Apex Technology
- Operating Partner in the Silicon Valley
Jeff Epstein is an operating partner in the Silicon Valley office where he leads Bessemer's CFO Advisory Board and helps portfolio company CEOs and CFOs share best practices.
He is the former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Oracle, one of the world's largest and most profitable technology companies, with a market value of over $150 billion. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as CFO of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS) and Nielsen's Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He specializes in B2B software, marketplaces and artificial intelligence software.
Jeff is co-CEO of Apex Technology, a SPAC which has announced a merger with AvePoint.
Each winter, Jeff co-teaches the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford University's Graduate School of Engineering. He serves on the boards of directors of Kaiser Permanente, Twilio, Poshmark, Shutterstock and several private companies. Jeff served on the Board of Directors of Booking Holdings/Priceline for 16 years as its market value grew from $1 billion to $80 billion.
He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Joy Basu is a senior advisor to innovative food businesses and financial vehicles seeking authentic and impact-integrated growth. She was the first Chief of Staff at TPG Growth, where she served as an architect and engine of The Rise Fund. She was The Rise Fund's inaugural impact sector lead for food and agriculture. Prior to joining TPG, Joy was a consultant at McKinsey & Company; she focused on agricultural development, working with businesses and donors to improve agricultural productivity and investment in emerging markets. Joy served as project manager to the World Economic Forum's New Vision for Agriculture, and has closely supported strategic projects for the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and Starbucks Coffee Company.
Joy earned her JD and MBA from Stanford University with a certificate in public management and social innovation; while at Stanford, she served as an Arbuckle Fellow, President of the Women of Stanford Law, and on the Afghanistan Legal Education Project. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy and Economics from Duke University. She serves as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and a Board Member at the Middle East Children's Institute, Kupanda Holdings, and Food Systems for the Future. Born and raised in Illinois, Joy strives daily to be a mindful global citizen with strong Midwestern roots.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Co - Founder
- Founder
- Co - Founder and CEO of NEW Asurion Corporation
Kevin is co-founder and CEO of NEW Asurion Corporation, the world's largest provider of device insurance, warranty and support services for cell phones, consumer electronics and home appliances. Since NEW Asurion's inception, the company has grown to 17,000 employees, serving over 275 million customers. Kevin is a faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he teaches entrepreneurship courses in the MBA program, from which he graduated in 1992. He is also a member of the school's advisory council and has served on its management board. Prior to his MBA, Kevin received a bachelor`s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Co - Founder
- Chairman of ClearStreet
Kim is the Chairman of ClearStreet, a financial wellness company that helps people achieve long-term financial health. Kim began her career at IntelliCorp Inc., helping Fortune 500 companies in the development of expert systems. She subsequently joined Sun Microsystems, and as its founding product manager, led the launch of Java in 1995. (She also influenced the change of its internal name from "Oak" to "Java!") In 1997, she was named in Time Magazine's "The 25 Most Influential Americans." She later co-founded Marimba, which helped to usher in a new era of systems management software for the Internet age; she led the company to profitability and a successful public offering prior to its acquisition by BMC Corporation in 2004.
Kim also served as CEO of software company SpikeSource, which pioneered automated software component management, to simplify and accelerate the use of open source software for business applications. In 2011, she was named to President Obama's Innovation Advisory Board.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Co - Founder
- Co - Founder and Managing Director of Ulu Ventures
Miriam Rivera is co- founder and managing director of Ulu Ventures, a top seed stage venture fund in Silicon Valley focused on IT startups. Ulu drives better VC returns using decision analysis which helps reduce cognitive bias. Previously, Miriam was vice-president/general counsel at Google, joining as the second attorney. Her work to simplify contracts helped Google scale from $85m to $10b in 5 years.
Miriam earned AB, AM and JD/MBA degrees from Stanford; was a trustee at the university and currently serves on Stanford's Lead Council and the Stanford Law School Venture Fund. She has been honored with the Stanford Medal, awarded to fewer than 1 percent of alumni.
Miriam is on the investment committee of Acumen Fund America, is a Kauffman Foundation Board member and an advisor to the Launch with GS Advisory Council, a Goldman Sachs initiative to reduce the investing gap for Black and LatinX founders.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner at SoftBank 's Latin America Fund
Murtaza Ahmed is a Managing Partner at SoftBank's Latin America Fund, before which he was at SoftBank's Vision Fund. He started his career at Deutsche Bank and then joined Goldman Sachs where he was promoted to Managing Director at the age of 30, and Head of the Emerging Markets Structuring team. Murtaza is on the board of EMPower, a global philanthropy focused on at-risk youth in emerging market countries, that strategically invests in vital, local organizations who work to empower youth. Murtaza has completed 4 marathons (Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Stockholm), and his passions and hobbies include hiking, skiing, and football. Murtaza studied Mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, before which he attended Eton College.
Ozair Ali - Chairman, Founder
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Executive Chairman
Job Titles:
- Guild Education / Co - Founder & CEO
Rafaela Khouri has a background in private equity and a wealth of experience in developing startups. From December 2018 to September 2020, she was the Head of B2B at a startup called QuintoAndar, a tech platform that provides solutions in the real estate market. QuintoAndar is currently the most valuable proptech startup in Latin America and is backed by noteworthy investors like Silicon Valley-based Ribbit Capital, SoftBank's LATAM-focused Innovation Fund, Kaszek Ventures and Dragoneer. Rafaela felt ready to start her own company after that experience, so she joined a founder program run by Canary, called Takeoff, which helps potential entrepreneurs find a business concept and develop it. She founded Sooper in November 2021 and launched the product just months later. Rafaela holds a Bachelor's in Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas.
Scott Brady - CEO, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Lecturer
- Managing Director
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Scott is a Managing Partner at Innovation Endeavors and a serial entrepreneur. He co-founded three publicly-traded tech companies and is a board member at some of the most ambitious startups in tech.
Scott is a lecturer in management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches management and new venture formation. He serves on the school's Advisory Council and is Chairman of the advisory board for its MSx Program.