Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba

Healthcare MarTech Trailblazer: Doceree’s Harshit Jain

In this episode, we speak with Harshit Jain, the Founder and Global CEO of Doceree, the first global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing.
In 2019, Harshit designed Doceree by trying to address the problem of rising costs of healthcare by bringing in efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare marketing, using data and creativity.
Doctor HJ is a physician with a vast history in the healthcare field. Before founding Doceree, Harshit held a series of positions including Country Head, Marketing Director, and Innovation Lead for McCann Health. He was also Vice President of both Via Media Health and Altruista Health.
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B2B Payments Maestro: Tipalti’s Chen Amit

In this episode, we speak with Chen Amit, the Co-founder and CEO of Tipalti, the only global payables automation solution to streamline all phases of the accounts payable and payment management workflow in one holistic cloud platform.
In 2010, Chen Amit and Orez Zeev created Tipalti to transform global payables with true, end-to-end automation that removes the pains and risks of paying suppliers around the world.  Tipalti has raised over $700 million from notable investors including Durable Capital Partners, G Squared and others.
Prior to Tipalti, Chen was CEO of Atrica, a Carrier Ethernet company that Nokia-Siemens acquired. Before Atrica, Chen was co-founder and CEO of Verix, a provider of business intelligence software.
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Education Innovator: Outschool’s Amir Nathoo

In this episode, we speak with Amir Nathoo, the Co-founder and Head of Outschool, a community marketplace of live online classes for kids.
In 2015, Amir founded Outschool with Nick Grandy and Mikhail Seregine. The company’s mission is to inspire kids to love learning by providing them with innovative learning opportunities outside of the regular classroom. The classes are offered by independent teachers and take place in small-groups over live video chat with assignments and feedback between the live sessions.
Outschool has raised over $240 million from notable investors including Tiger Global, Coatue, Lightspeed and others.
Prior to Outschool, Amir was a product lead for Square Payroll and a software developer for IBM. His passion for writing software started at a young age and he strives to find technological and social levers that can drive positive change in the world.
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Intelligent Integration Leader: Workato’s Vijay Tella

In this episode, we speak with Vijay Tella, the Co-founder and CEO of Workato, a platform for intelligent integration and workflow automation.
In 2013, Workato was founded by Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, and Harish Shetty. Their intention was  automating workflows through a no-code platform. Prior to Workato, Vijay was CEO of Qik, a consumer video communications company acquired by Skype.
Workato has raised over $400 million and is backed by Battery Ventures, Altimeter, Insight Partners, Norwest, and other notable investors.
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Supercharging Behavioral Data: FullStory’s Scott Voigt

In this episode, we speak with Scott Voigt, the Founder and CEO of FullStory, a behavioral data platform that helps technology leaders make better, more informed decisions.
In 2014, Scott teamed up with two former Innuvo colleagues to develop the earliest iterations of Fullstory. Scott’s mission is for organizations to understand their customers like never before. FullStory’s platform allows businesses to create world-class experiences that increase funnel conversion, easily detect malicious behaviors and fraud, and identify their highest-value customers effortlessly.
Prior to co-founding Fullstory, Voigt led marketing at Silverpop before the company was acquired by IBM. Previously, he worked at Noro-Moseley Partners, the Southeast's largest Venture firm, and also served as COO at Innuvo, which was acquired by Google.
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Cloud Communications Maestro: Alianza’s Brian Beutler

In this episode, we speak with Brian Beutler, the Founder and CEO of Alianza, which delivers the only true cloud-native, carrier-grade communications platform built for service providers.
In 2009, after previous years of helping businesses embrace cloud communications, Brian decided to take that same model and help service providers with their next-generation infrastructure. Service Providers that are powered by Alianza are growing faster, drastically simplifying their operations, and delivering better customer experiences.
Before Alianza, Brian founded GetFon, which was sold to AT&T/Alestra in 2008.
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Climate Tech Innovator: CH4 Global’s Steve Meller

In this episode, we speak with Steve Meller, the CEO and Co-founder of CH4 Global, a company whose mission is to meaningfully impact climate change at scale, by developing gigatonne-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation solutions for global industries and governments.
In 2020, Steve Meller and his team’s initial focus was methane. They had an urgent initiative to research cutting methane emissions from livestock by making a sustainable, globally-scaled supply of a unique seaweed product available to the world.
Steve leads a team of global business veterans with expertise in turning ambitious ideas into successful, fit-for-purpose products. Since an early retirement in late 2012 from a successful corporate executive career at P&G as Chief Innovation Catalyst, Steve has founded or co-founded four companies in the healthcare, tech, sustainability, and innovation sectors.
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Data Pioneer: Hammerspace’s David Flynn

In this episode, we speak with David Flynn, the CEO and Co-Founder of Hammerspace, which delivers a global data environment which spans across data centers, AWS, Azure, and Google cloud infrastructure.
David is a recognized leader in IT innovation and  has been architecting disruptive computing platforms since his early work in supercomputing and Linux systems. Early on, David had a fascination with understanding how things work, a passion for technology, and the potential to make significant contributions to society through innovation.
Before Hammerspace, David pioneered the use of flash for enterprise application acceleration as founder and former CEO of Fusion-io, which was acquired by SanDisk in 2014.  He also served as Chief-Architect at Linux Networx where he was instrumental in the creation of the OpenFabrics stack and designed several of the world’s largest supercomputers leveraging Linux clustering, InfiniBand, and RDMA-based technologies.
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Asset Management Entrepreneur: Peachtree Group’s Greg Friedman

In this episode, we speak with the CEO and Co-Founder of Peachtree Group, Greg Friedman. Peachtree Group is a vertically integrated investment management firm specializing in identifying and capitalizing on opportunities in dislocated markets, anchored by commercial real estate.
Greg has successfully led Peachtree in more than $8 Billion in hotel acquisitions, investments and development since co-founding the company.
Greg was formerly Senior Vice President of Business Development for Specialty Finance Group, a direct lender providing hotel first mortgage and FF&E financing, where he originated more than $2 billion of hotel debt.  He was also previously Vice President of Business Development for GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset-Backed Lending Division.
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Building Strong Tech Companies: Horizon3.ai’s Snehal Antani

In this episode, we speak with Snehal Antani, the CEO and Co-Founder of Horizon3.ai, a cyber security company that pioneered the use of AI to autonomously conduct penetration testing.
In 2019, Snehal and his team began with a mission to help companies find and fix attack vectors before criminals can exploit them. By using the attacker’s perspective, Horizon3.ai helps enterprises prioritize defensive efforts.
Before founding the company, Snehal served as the first Chief Technology Officer for Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Before that, he was the CTO and SVP at Splunk, held multiple CIO roles at GE Capital, and was a Software Engineer at IBM.
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