Michael Avon

ValidiFI, an analytics and technology company, connects bank account and payment insights to help companies in a variety of industries provide more confident, trustworthy and transparent transactions. Our differentiated data, sourced directly from banks, payment processors, and financial platforms helps companies to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, combat fraud, and confidently validate bank account and ownership. For more information, visit ValidiFI.com.

Proud to be recognized by Forbes as one of Americas Best Startup Employers of 2021! Apptopia is the leader in real-time competitive intelligence. Brands and financial firms use our platform to generate insights across mobile apps and connected devices. Powered by machine learning technology, we collect and analyze billions of complex data points to surface critical business signals. Leading brands including Visa, Target, and Microsoft rely on Apptopia to better understand consumer behavior and intent across app-based devices to gain a competitive advantage. Financial analysts access our data analytics via the Bloomberg Terminal to generate revenue estimates, monitor consumer engagement across devices, and gain insight into competitive positioning.

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions, and services that help organizations make informed decisions and minimize risk. Our experts act as your trusted advisor to understand your business and challenges, helping you through an evaluation of your cybersecurity posture and ecosystem to expose risks, optimize resources and implement best-fit solutions. GuidePoint’s unmatched expertise has enabled 40% of Fortune 500 companies and more than half of U.S. government cabinet-level agencies to improve their security posture.

SquadLocker is the leading custom apparel and gear software and fulfillment company transforming how sports organizations, schools, and businesses develop and distribute custom goods. Through its collaborative software platform, SquadLocker offers a suite of free services that free up time, offer brand control, and alleviate the burdens of managing and distributing custom apparel and gear. SquadLocker is powered by a team focused on helping teachers, coaches, mentors, and youth leaders win back time to help every kid realize and reach their full potential.

Deepwatch® is the pioneer of AI- and human-driven cyber resilience. By combining AI, security data, intelligence, and human expertise, the Deepwatch Platform helps organizations reduce risk through early and precise threat detection and remediation. By operating as an extension of your cybersecurity team, we provide comprehensive security management, 24x7x365 monitoring, and precise threat response. Powered by AI, our platform optimizes your existing security tools, enhances visibility across your attack surface, and minimizes alert volume and false positives. Deepwatch has been named: - CISO Choice Awards: MSSP Winner 2022, 2021, 2020 - Great Place to Work® Certified 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 - InHerSight #1 Cyber Workplace for Women 2023 - LinkedIn Top 50 Startups 2023 - Forbes Top 50 Tech Company - Forbes Top Startup 2025, 2024. 2023, 2022 - Backed by premier investors with >$275 Million in growth capital from Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, Springcoast, Splunk Ventures, and ABS Capital - Splunk Partner: #1 Volume MDR/MSSP What We Do Our solutions combine the best technology with expert stewards. We are experts you can count on to keep a watchful eye on your security operations around the clock and give you the peace of mind that your business and brand are always protected.

As the pioneer and category leader in B2B online leadership development, ExecOnline has delivered meaningful impact for enterprises and career-enhancing programs to more than 120,000 global leaders since 2012. Through partnerships with elite business schools, such as UC Berkeley Executive Education, Columbia, UVA Darden School of Business, Tuck at Dartmouth, Duke CE, IMD, Ivey, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, Wharton and Yale, ExecOnline is creating a diverse pool of future-ready leaders. ExecOnline has been named to the Global Silicon Valley EdTech 150 and was recognized as a “Technology Company to Watch” by Forbes. In 2021, ExecOnline convened nearly 50 forward-thinking organizations to form a Development Equity Council (DEC). Together, the DEC has created an actionable blueprint to help organizations increase diversity at the leadership level by providing equitable access for underrepresented groups to career-enhancing development opportunities. Anchored in our core values: Be Bold, Lead with Purpose, Collaborate Inclusively, and Act with Integrity, our mission-driven team is committed to connecting all leaders to their future potential.

FactorTrust, a TransUnion company, provides alternative credit data, analytics and risk scoring information to help lenders make more informed decisions. Through proven analytics and a unique dataset, FactorTrust provides lenders opportunities to grow revenue and serve more consumers looking to build better lives.

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible in the modern economy. We do this by providing an actionable picture of each person so they can be reliably represented in the marketplace. As a result, businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world. A leading presence in more than 30 countries across five continents, TransUnion provides solutions that help create economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for hundreds of millions of people. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.

DEFY is built on the idea that media should be as meaningful and dynamic as the audiences it’s made for, creating expansive and authentic content brands—SMOSH, ScreenJunkies, Clevver, AWEme, BREAK and Made Man—that young people obsess over. Powered by in-house studios and the most adept talents and producers, DEFY has uniquely scaled its digital sensibility, expanding 75 regularly scheduled programs across more than 25 video platforms, including SVOD, television and film. In a world where viewers hold the power, DEFY’s brands have earned more than 110 million followers on YouTube and the world’s largest social platforms combined, driving more than 800MM total video views each month through content that matters to young audiences. Learn more about DEFY and our obsession-worthy brands at www.defymedia.com.

Millennial Media is the leading mobile ad marketplace, making mobile simple for the world’s top brands, app developers, and mobile web publishers. The company's data and technology assets enable advertisers to connect with target audiences at scale, while driving monetization for publisher and developer partners. AOL acquired Millennial Media on October 23, 2015. Millennial Media boosts AOL's global, mobile capabilities and scale across ONE by AOL for advertisers and agencies, and offers the most attractive monetization platform for app developers.

Millennial Media is the leading mobile ad marketplace, making mobile simple for the world’s top brands, app developers, and mobile web publishers. The company's data and technology assets enable advertisers to connect with target audiences at scale, while driving monetization for publisher and developer partners. AOL acquired Millennial Media on October 23, 2015. Millennial Media boosts AOL's global, mobile capabilities and scale across ONE by AOL for advertisers and agencies, and offers the most attractive monetization platform for app developers.

Millennial Media is the leading mobile ad marketplace, making mobile simple for the world’s top brands, app developers, and mobile web publishers. The company's data and technology assets enable advertisers to connect with target audiences at scale, while driving monetization for publisher and developer partners. AOL acquired Millennial Media on October 23, 2015. Millennial Media boosts AOL's global, mobile capabilities and scale across ONE by AOL for advertisers and agencies, and offers the most attractive monetization platform for app developers.

Millennial Media is the leading mobile ad marketplace, making mobile simple for the world’s top brands, app developers, and mobile web publishers. The company's data and technology assets enable advertisers to connect with target audiences at scale, while driving monetization for publisher and developer partners. AOL acquired Millennial Media on October 23, 2015. Millennial Media boosts AOL's global, mobile capabilities and scale across ONE by AOL for advertisers and agencies, and offers the most attractive monetization platform for app developers.

Iris OnWatch is a B2B2C global identity and cyber protection company that is passionate about not just developing effective identity protection solutions but also integrating them into people’s lives in a meaningful and impactful way. Today, we partner with some of the world’s most well-known brands, protecting their people how they want to be protected, no matter where they are. With more than 20 years of experience in identity protection, Iris serves millions of individuals through enterprise clients, employers, financial institutions, and insurance providers. Iris combines monitoring, alerting, resolution services, and insurance-backed protection into a unified platform.

ValidiFI, an analytics and technology company, connects bank account and payment insights to help companies in a variety of industries provide more confident, trustworthy and transparent transactions. Our differentiated data, sourced directly from banks, payment processors, and financial platforms helps companies to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, combat fraud, and confidently validate bank account and ownership. For more information, visit ValidiFI.com.

Proud to be recognized by Forbes as one of Americas Best Startup Employers of 2021! Apptopia is the leader in real-time competitive intelligence. Brands and financial firms use our platform to generate insights across mobile apps and connected devices. Powered by machine learning technology, we collect and analyze billions of complex data points to surface critical business signals. Leading brands including Visa, Target, and Microsoft rely on Apptopia to better understand consumer behavior and intent across app-based devices to gain a competitive advantage. Financial analysts access our data analytics via the Bloomberg Terminal to generate revenue estimates, monitor consumer engagement across devices, and gain insight into competitive positioning.

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions, and services that help organizations make informed decisions and minimize risk. Our experts act as your trusted advisor to understand your business and challenges, helping you through an evaluation of your cybersecurity posture and ecosystem to expose risks, optimize resources and implement best-fit solutions. GuidePoint’s unmatched expertise has enabled 40% of Fortune 500 companies and more than half of U.S. government cabinet-level agencies to improve their security posture.