Michael Carney

NuORDER by Lightspeed is a leading B2B platform powering commerce and discovery for the worlds best brands and retailers. The platform includes virtual showroom technology, visual assortment and merchandising tools, and integrated payments solutions. Today, more than 4,000 brands and 100,000 retailers use NuORDER by Lightspeed to streamline the wholesale buying and selling process. Lightspeed acquired NuORDER in 2021. Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeeds one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale and provide exceptional customer experiences. Lightspeeds cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions and connection to supplier networks. Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

The world’s most innovative lenders rely on ZestFinance to do more profitable lending through machine learning. Our Zest Automated Machine Learning (ZAML™) software is the only solution for explainable AI in credit, and we automate risk management so our customers can focus on lending safely to more people. Our mission is to make fair and transparent credit available to everyone, and we thrive on solving hard problems that have a big impact on people's daily lives. Applying Google-like math to improve credit decisions, we use machine learning and data science to help companies make more accurate credit decisions. The company was founded in 2009 by Douglas Merrill, who was formerly CIO at Google. Currently, ZestFinance is one of the fastest growing U.S. financial technology startups. We built ZAML to accelerate our mission by powering credit and underwriting at global financial firms. ZAML consumes vast amounts of data to more accurately identify good borrowers, enabling higher repayment rates for lenders and lower-cost credit for consumers. ZestFinance is determined to hire crazy smart people who are different from each other to create broad thinking, lots of different ideas, and by extension, build the best team possible. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for exceptional, caring, “Zesty” people to join our team. Our culture is special to us, and we’re proud of it. We thrive on diversity in our workplace, and we offer awesome benefits. If you want to solve hard problems and make people’s lives better, talk to us!

Cloudvirga™, a division of Stewart Title (NYSE: STC), has revolutionized mortgages with its award-winning Digital Mortgage Point of Sale Platform for wholesale and retail lenders & banks. Cloudvirga’s Digital Mortgage Platform goes beyond just taking an application — it automates tasks traditionally performed by back-office operations staff to radically cut costs, improve the customer and loan officer experience and deliver a truly digital experience across the home loan process. Tasks that normally drain resources and delay the process are automated, and complex calculations are performed at the point of sale to create underwriter-ready loans in seconds versus days. Cloudvirga is proud to be a part of the Stewart team, a global real estate services company that helps make property ownership a reality around the world, providing residential and commercial title insurance, closing and settlement services and specialized offerings for the mortgage industry.

DAILYLOOK is a personal styling experience powered by real personal stylists leveraging our technology platform. Founded in 2011, our mission is to inspire confidence through self expression. Our core product, DAILYLOOK ELITE, is a box of hand-picked fashion items, curated by your personal stylist, sent right to your home. Tens of thousands of happy clients subscribe to DAILYLOOK ELITE, shop on our website for quality fashion at accessible prices, and are inspired by how we style the latest fashion trends.

Backed by a team of highly successful consumer entrepreneurs and investors, Starshot Ventures is a venture studio and capital firm that strives to grow brands that anticipate and deliver rapidly on consumers’ wants and needs. We invest in and build subversive and energetic brands in wellness, consumer-packaged-goods, and consumer technology.

NuORDER by Lightspeed is a leading B2B platform powering commerce and discovery for the worlds best brands and retailers. The platform includes virtual showroom technology, visual assortment and merchandising tools, and integrated payments solutions. Today, more than 4,000 brands and 100,000 retailers use NuORDER by Lightspeed to streamline the wholesale buying and selling process. Lightspeed acquired NuORDER in 2021. Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeeds one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale and provide exceptional customer experiences. Lightspeeds cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions and connection to supplier networks. Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

The world’s most innovative lenders rely on ZestFinance to do more profitable lending through machine learning. Our Zest Automated Machine Learning (ZAML™) software is the only solution for explainable AI in credit, and we automate risk management so our customers can focus on lending safely to more people. Our mission is to make fair and transparent credit available to everyone, and we thrive on solving hard problems that have a big impact on people's daily lives. Applying Google-like math to improve credit decisions, we use machine learning and data science to help companies make more accurate credit decisions. The company was founded in 2009 by Douglas Merrill, who was formerly CIO at Google. Currently, ZestFinance is one of the fastest growing U.S. financial technology startups. We built ZAML to accelerate our mission by powering credit and underwriting at global financial firms. ZAML consumes vast amounts of data to more accurately identify good borrowers, enabling higher repayment rates for lenders and lower-cost credit for consumers. ZestFinance is determined to hire crazy smart people who are different from each other to create broad thinking, lots of different ideas, and by extension, build the best team possible. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for exceptional, caring, “Zesty” people to join our team. Our culture is special to us, and we’re proud of it. We thrive on diversity in our workplace, and we offer awesome benefits. If you want to solve hard problems and make people’s lives better, talk to us!

USC Marshall School of Business is ranked among the nations premier schools and internationally recognized for its emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation, social responsibility and path-breaking research. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, Marshall offers undergraduate and graduate students world-class programs and global experiential opportunities focused on the cutting edge of business and technology. With an alumni community spanning 123 countries, USC Marshall students join a global network of thought leaders who are redefining the way business works.

Cloudvirga™, a division of Stewart Title (NYSE: STC), has revolutionized mortgages with its award-winning Digital Mortgage Point of Sale Platform for wholesale and retail lenders & banks. Cloudvirga’s Digital Mortgage Platform goes beyond just taking an application — it automates tasks traditionally performed by back-office operations staff to radically cut costs, improve the customer and loan officer experience and deliver a truly digital experience across the home loan process. Tasks that normally drain resources and delay the process are automated, and complex calculations are performed at the point of sale to create underwriter-ready loans in seconds versus days. Cloudvirga is proud to be a part of the Stewart team, a global real estate services company that helps make property ownership a reality around the world, providing residential and commercial title insurance, closing and settlement services and specialized offerings for the mortgage industry.