It’s speaker announcement time again for TechCrunch Disrupt NY! Each week we’re sharing more of our all star cast of speakers — here’s the latest peek into our program. Even more of New York’s own will represent at the Pier in May including John Borthwick, the founder and CEO of Betaworks. John Frankel will bring his wisdom from years spent in the heart of the finance world to his broad portfolio of investments ff Venture Capital. New York’s fashion powerhouse entrepreneurs will be in the room with the likes of Alexis Maybank, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Gilt Groupe, Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and CEO of Warby Parker, Katia Beauchamp, CEO of Birchbox and Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway. We’ll round out this week’s announcement with Cyrus Massoumi, the co-founder and CEO of one of New York’s hottest companies, doctor-finding service?ZocDoc. Early bird tickets are still available. Disrupt NYC kicks off on May 19th with our 24-hour Hackathon, with the main event starting May 21st and going through the 23rd. Stay tuned as we?ll reveal more of what?s in store for Manhattan next month. Get your tickets now. If you?d like to become a part of the Disrupt experience and learn about sponsorship opportunities, please contact sponsors@techcrunch.com for more information. John Borthwick CEO, betaworks John Borthwick is CEO of betaworks, a new form of Internet media company. Prior to betaworks John was Senior Vice President of Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc. John?s company, WP-Studio, founded in 1994, was one of the first content studios in New York?s Silicon Alley. John holds an MBA from Wharton (1994) and an undergraduate degree BA in Economics from Wesleyan University (1987). John Frankel Partner, ff Venture Capital John Frankel has been an early-stage venture investor since 1999. Mr. Frankel was one of the earliest investors in Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007, and in Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD on NASDAQ) which had a successful IPO in March 2011. He has also served and/or now serves on the boards of 500px, Apparel Media Group, Alerts.com, ClearPath Immigration, Infochimps, Klout, Patents.com, Phone.com, Quigo Technologies, StrongTech, The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, Track.com, and Voxy. He is also a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program. He worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 21 years in a variety of roles that involved technology development, re-engineering, and capital
Friday 13 April 2012
Announcing John Borthwick, John Frankel, Katia Beauchamp, Neil Blumenthal, Jennifer Hyman, Alexis Maybank And Cyrus Massoumi For Disrupt NY
It’s speaker announcement time again for TechCrunch Disrupt NY! Each week we’re sharing more of our all star cast of speakers — here’s the latest peek into our program. Even more of New York’s own will represent at the Pier in May including John Borthwick, the founder and CEO of Betaworks. John Frankel will bring his wisdom from years spent in the heart of the finance world to his broad portfolio of investments ff Venture Capital. New York’s fashion powerhouse entrepreneurs will be in the room with the likes of Alexis Maybank, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Gilt Groupe, Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and CEO of Warby Parker, Katia Beauchamp, CEO of Birchbox and Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway. We’ll round out this week’s announcement with Cyrus Massoumi, the co-founder and CEO of one of New York’s hottest companies, doctor-finding service?ZocDoc. Early bird tickets are still available. Disrupt NYC kicks off on May 19th with our 24-hour Hackathon, with the main event starting May 21st and going through the 23rd. Stay tuned as we?ll reveal more of what?s in store for Manhattan next month. Get your tickets now. If you?d like to become a part of the Disrupt experience and learn about sponsorship opportunities, please contact sponsors@techcrunch.com for more information. John Borthwick CEO, betaworks John Borthwick is CEO of betaworks, a new form of Internet media company. Prior to betaworks John was Senior Vice President of Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc. John?s company, WP-Studio, founded in 1994, was one of the first content studios in New York?s Silicon Alley. John holds an MBA from Wharton (1994) and an undergraduate degree BA in Economics from Wesleyan University (1987). John Frankel Partner, ff Venture Capital John Frankel has been an early-stage venture investor since 1999. Mr. Frankel was one of the earliest investors in Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007, and in Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD on NASDAQ) which had a successful IPO in March 2011. He has also served and/or now serves on the boards of 500px, Apparel Media Group, Alerts.com, ClearPath Immigration, Infochimps, Klout, Patents.com, Phone.com, Quigo Technologies, StrongTech, The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, Track.com, and Voxy. He is also a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program. He worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 21 years in a variety of roles that involved technology development, re-engineering, and capital
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