People — Capture Your Flag

Entrepreneur

Maurizio de Franciscis

Maurizio de Franciscis is former General Electric (GE) executive and Internet entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in general management, corporate finance and business development in the US, the UK, and Brazil. He currently managing director at Braven Partners, a boutique corporate advisory firm based in São Paulo, Brazil.  

Sarah Simmons

Named one of "America's Great New Cooks" by FOOD & WINE Magazine, Sarah Simmons is the founder and chef of Birds & Bubbles restaurant in the Lower East Side of New York City. Simmons is also founder and chef of City Grit, a New York City "culinary salon" that has grown from supper club roots to become a concert hall for indie rock star chefs visiting from around the world.  

Ramsey Pryor

Ramsey Pryor is an international marketing executive with over 18 years of global product management and marketing experience. While at IBM, Pryor introduced IBM’s first web-based email offering into market and led IBM’s market-facing activities to build market awareness for IBM Connections social business platform, ranked first in market share by IDC for the past 5 years. Pryor earned a BA from Northwestern University, with concentrations in economics and Spanish, and an MBA from IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain.

Jullien Gordon

Jullien Gordon is a Business Coach based in New York City.  He helps Americans D.R.E.A.M. awake in the midst of an economy where the American dream is fading. D.R.E.A.M. means having one's Desired Relationships Employment And Money.

Nina Godiwalla

Nina Godiwalla is an expert on diversity, leadership and women in the business world. She is CEO of Mindworks, which provides leadership, stress management, and diversity training to companies all over the world. She is also a bestselling author and public speaker.

Dan Street

Dan Street was the founder and CEO of Loku, a local search engine powered by social data that was acquired by Groupon in 2013. Previously, Street worked in private equity at Kohlberg, Kravis, and Roberts (KKR) and management consulting at Bain & Co.  He earned a BA in music and business from Rice University where he played baseball and basketball and sang opera.