Ms. Munce is a recognized leader in the innovation ecosystems across the globe. As the head of IBM’s Venture Capital Group, she served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association, the Advisory Board of American for Advancement of Science, the Latin American Venture Capital Association, the Women in Leadership in Private Equity in China, and many others global investment organizations, including serving as the founding chairwoman of the Global Corporate Venturing that represents over 1600 global corporations that invest in venture portfolios. Claudia is frequently cited as a pioneer and a leader in the corporate venture community and contributed to many articles and books and has two business cases written based on her as an investor. In her career in venture, Claudia has received numerous recognitions such as The Worth Magazine top 20 most powerful players in Silicon Valley, the INC Magazine’s one of the most important venture investors to know, and on the cover of the book Smart Investor of Silicon Valley.

After her retirement from IBM in 2016, she joined New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the largest and most active venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road with over $34B under management, as a venture advisor across its technology portfolio companies. She is an independent board member of the BMO Financial Corporation, the Best Buy Corporation, and the Arteris Semiconductor Company. Ms. Munce is also a Certified Cybersecurity Oversight Director and a lecturer at Stanford University Graduate School of Business where she teaches Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital, and Corporate Governance.

Ms. Munce is Chinese and grew up in Brazil. She holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering from Santa Clara University, and a M.S. degree in Management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Tien Tzuo is the Founder and CEO of Zuora. Beginning in 2007, Tien evangelized the shift to subscription and service-based business models, coining the phrase “Subscription Economy.” In an effort to empower this new economy, Tien created what became an award-winning monetization suite purpose-built for modern business, capable of powering any recurring revenue model, and to solve the complex billing structures they inherit. Before Zuora, Tzuo was one of the “original forces” at Salesforce, joining as employee number 11. In his 9 years at Salesforce, he built its original billing system, later serving as chief marketing officer and chief strategy officer. Tzuo is the author of the USA Today, LA Times and Amazon best selling book, “SUBSCRIBED: Why the Subscription Model Will be Your Company's Future - and What to Do About It,” and a sought after speaker by the world’s largest companies to present his definitive playbook for thriving in this new business era. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from Cornell and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where he is a regular presenter in the classroom. Tzuo is also currently on the Board of Directors for Network for Good.

Brenda Yang is the SVP and GM of Calm, the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation. Calm is a global leading mental health company with more than 150 million downloads. Brenda leads Calm’s consumer business and operations across the company. Prior to Calm, Brenda served as the COO of Rally Health, a part of UnitedHealth Group, helping scale Rally’s digital health solutions to nearly 55 million people through health plans, care providers and more than 200,000 employers. Before Rally, Brenda spent over a decade in leadership roles at various consumer technology companies including Zynga and Yahoo! driving marketing and business operations. She was part of the senior team at Zynga when the company went public in 2011. Throughout her career, she has also served as an advisor to a variety of tech start ups. Brenda holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She lives in Silicon Valley with her husband and two sons

Veteran journalist Richard Lui has more than 30 years in television, film, technology and business. Currently at MSNBC and previously with CNN Worldwide, he is the first Asian American man to anchor a daily national cable news program, and a team Emmy and Peabody winner. In addition to journalism, Richard’s 15-year business career involves a fintech patent and launching six tech brands over three business cycles. He has lived, worked, and volunteered on every continent. Richard is a Celebrity Champion for the Alzheimer’s Association, Caregiving Champion for AARP and Caregiving Ambassador for BrightFocus Foundation.

Ida Liu is the Global Head of Citi Private Bank and a member of the Citi Global Wealth Leadership team. Ida leads the Private Banking activities in 52 offices across 20 countries and delivers wealth management solutions to ultra-high net worth families and their businesses globally. Before becoming the Global Head, she was the Head of Citi Private Bank North America and held numerous other leadership roles.

Ida created Citi Private Bank’s North America Asian Clients Group, and she started her career at Citi by launching and heading the Fashion, Retail and Entertainment Group. Before joining Citi, Ida was at Vivienne Tam, a women’s wear design house, where she was Global Head of Sales, Marketing, Public Relations and Business Development. Prior to this, Ida spent seven years in investment banking with Merrill Lynch’s mergers and acquisitions and technology, media and telecommunications investment banking groups in New York and Hong Kong. She started her career in mergers and acquisitions at BT Wolfensohn (now Deutsche Bank).

Ida has received many industry accolades including the distinguished Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Barron’s 10 Most Influential Women in Wealth Management and Crain’s Notable Women on Wall Street.* Beginning in 2019 and every year since, Ida was named Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance as well as American Banker’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance.

Additionally, Ida is a Young Global Leader (YGL) of the World Economic Forum, a member of The Committee of 100 (C100) and Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). Ida serves on the UCLA Health Advisory Board as well as the Asia Society Board of Trustees.

Ida holds a BA with honors from Wellesley College and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and conversant in Russian.

Howie Xu is a serial entrepreneur, seasoned AI executive, and Stanford guest lecturer. He oversaw the AI/ML technology at Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks over the past 6 years. Howie founded the AI security startup TrustPath before it was acquired by Zscaler in 2018. He was a Greylock Partners EIR, head of Cisco's CNSG R&D, and founding VP of Engineering at Big Switch Networks. Previously, during his decade-long tenure at VMware, Howie founded and led VMware’s networking team and helped to lead the company from a start-up to a $40 billion public company. Howie is also the "Byte Into Future" host, an independent board member, and an investor in various AI companies

Former General Manager, AI Products and Chief AI Technology Officer at Microsoft. Google, Apple, World Economic Forum alum.

Ms. Sophia Velastegui, AI business leader, has over 20 years of leadership experience in high tech and technology industries with expertise ranging from corporate strategy, product development, and advanced technology like artificial intelligence (AI) for Fortune 200 companies, startup, government, and academics. She is a regular contributor for Forbes and keynote at numerous events.

Previously, Sophia was the Chief Product Officer of Aptiv, a Fortune 200, managing a multi-billion dollar self driving car portfolio. Prior to Aptiv, she was the Chief AI Technology Officer and General Manager, AI Products & Search at Microsoft where she worked on medtech, insurance, search, and productivity products. Her team worked extensively in traditional and generative AI including the Microsoft Open/AI and ChatGPT products. Her leadership journey also includes significant roles at tech giants such as Google/Alphabet and Apple.

Sophia distinguishes herself as one of a select few public board directors with a track record of successfully launching multiple AI products for industry giants like Microsoft, Google and Apple. Currently, Sophia serves as a board director at Blackline (NASDAQ: BL). She is on Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering Board. Sophia is an AI advisor for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and members of Congress. She is a member and a speaker at the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) on AI, technology, and corporate governance including industry specific areas – healthcare and finance.

Sophia's work in AI and emerging technologies has garnered consistent acclaim. Sophia’s impact extends to the World Economic Forum, where she chaired the Global Future Council, and she was featured for her work on AI and healthcare. Her insights have been featured in the World Economic Forum, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), National Science Foundation (NSF), Forbes, and Scientific American magazine. She was recognized multiple times in the “The Most Powerful Female Engineer” by Business Insider for AI and emerging technology.

Sophia’s educational foundation includes a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She is committed to her ongoing professional growth, and she has further enriched her expertise in corporate governance through studies at Stanford Law and Harvard Business School.

Asha Saxena is a strategic and innovative leader with a track record of building successful technology companies over the past 30 years. She is the author of the bestselling book “The AI Factor – How to Apply Artificial Intelligence and Use Big Data to Grow Your Business Exponentially” and the Founder and CEO of Women Leaders in Data and AI, a global leadership organization brining world leaders together to create a fair digital world with parity and equity.

Asha is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate classes on Entrepreneurship and served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Columbia Business School. She also served as a partner at CEO Coaching International, a management services company focused on building, turning around, and selling successful businesses.

In the past, Asha served as the CEO of a healthcare data analytics company, built an e-commerce platform, and was the President and CEO of Future Technologies. This company provided data analytics solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and was recognized at the World Economic Forum as a “Global Growth Company for 2007”.

Asha earned her BS in Computer Science from Bangalore University in India, an MS in Data Science from Southern Methodist University, and underwent management training at MIT and the London Business School

Travis LeBlanc is global co-chair of the cyber/data/privacy practice at Cooley LLP in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. He is also a Presidentially-nominated and Senate-confirmed Member of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. LeBlanc was previously the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau Chief and earlier served as senior advisor to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, where he oversaw California’s complex litigation and policy in areas such as high-tech crime, cybersecurity, and privacy. He also worked in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel and was appointed in 2017 as an arbitrator of disputes under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. He currently serves on the boards of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the advisory boards of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), and Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). A.B., Princeton University; M.P.A., Harvard University; J.D., Yale Law School; LL.M., University of Cambridge.