The Walls Are Down: Crosschq Co-Founder and CEO Mike Fitzsimmons
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) finish up the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers2022 podcast series with a conversation with Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO and co-founder of Crosschq, the company who has pioneered Human Intelligence Hiring™, the next essential software category for building great companies and optimizing quality of hire. Crosschq is backed by GGV, Bessemer, Tiger Global, Rocketship, SAP, Okta and Salesforce...
16 Feb 202329min
Building a Purpose-Driven Technology Company: Ammad Khan, Co-Founder and CEO of IrisVison
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) continue the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers podcast series with a conversation with IrisVision CEO and co-founder, Ammad Khan. Videos illustrating the transformational power of IrisVision for people with low vision on their YouTube channel that includes a powerful user reaction video you don 't want to miss. In October of 2022, Ammad Khan also become the ...
11 Jan 202348min
Putting Women's Health First, Part 2: Avestria VC Co-Founders, Managing Partner, Linda Greub, and Partner, Tracey Dooley, MD
Startup Tri-Valley is thrilled to present the co-founders of Avestria VC, a Raydiant Oximetry early stage investor, and Tri-Valley-adjacent residents. Their thesis is to focus on the unseen opportunity presented by female founders in healthcare and by entrepreneurs focused on developing solutions for women's health. Our conversation was so rich with information for Tri-Valley founders, we kept rolling for over an hour. As a result, we bring you not one, but two parts so you can e...
18 Okt 202233min
Putting Women's Health First, Part 1: Avestria VC Co-Founders, Managing Partner, Linda Greub, and Partner, Tracey Dooley, MD
Startup Tri-Valley is thrilled to present the co-founders of Avestria VC, a Raydiant Oximetry early stage investor, and Tri-Valley-adjacent residents. Their thesis is to focus on the unseen opportunity presented by female founders in healthcare and by entrepreneurs focused on developing solutions for women's health. Our conversation was so rich with information for Tri-Valley founders, we kept rolling for over an hour. As a result, we bring you not one, but two parts so you can ex...
27 Sep 202232min
Making Micro-Mobility BIG in Transportation: ACTON's Co-Founder and CEO, Janelle Wang
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) open the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers podcast series with a conversation with one of the #GameChangers 2022 award winners, Janelle Wang, CEO and Co-Founder of ACTON. ACTON is a Tri-Valley-based, Micro Mobility As A Service (MaaS) solution provider and industry leader driving clean energy solutions to bridge the "last mile." Janelle is an Industrial Designer turned Entre...
28 Jul 202236min
Tri-Valley 2040: What’s NOW got to do with it? Lynn Wallace Naylor, CEO Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group
Co-hosts Brandon Cardwell (i-Gate Innovation Hub and Startup Tri-Valley) and Yolanda Fintschenko (Co-founder of FounderTraction, LLC and the East Bay Bio Network), talk to Lynn Wallace Naylor, CEO of the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group (ITV). With her passion for brand building and placemaking, Lynn has positioned the Tri-Valley as The Heart of California Innovation. Her experience across the corporate, start-up, public-private and philanthropic sectors has enabled he...
21 Jun 202245min
LIDAR Spells Autonomy: Luis Dussan, Founder and CTO at AEye, Inc
Host Brandon Cardwell speaks with Luis Dussan, the founder, CTO, and board member of AEye, Inc., LIDAR technology company that develops autonomous sensor platforms for the advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicle markets. Startup Tri-Valley is particularly proud to note that AEye was the first company to be incubated by i-GATE Innovation Hub in Livermore and in the Tri-Valley. Since it began in 2013, AEye has grown to a company of more than 150 people. When ...
23 Mai 202253min
