Driving success through data and technology

The Private Funds CFO Network’s re-imagined fall conference on the West Coast, the Data & Technology Forum, taking place in San Jose, CA on October 8-9.

Join Private Funds CFO Network members and industry experts to discuss implementing data and technology-focused strategies that elevate your firm’s capabilities. Key discussion topics include:

  • How CFOs are maintaining normalcy while adjusting to technological advances
  • Enlisting data for fundraising
  • Creating a robust technology infrastructure
  • The role of technology in managing ongoing regulatory updates
  • Using data for developing strategic fund finance approaches in today’s market
  • Scaling your firm in an evolving industry


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2024 Keynote speaker

Usama Fayyad
Executive Director, Institute for Experiential AI; Professor, Northeastern University; former Chief Data Officer of Yahoo

 

Usama was the first person to hold the Chief Data Officer title when Yahoo acquired his second startup in 2004. At Yahoo he built the Strategic Data Solutions group and founded Yahoo Research Labs. Much of his early Yahoo work on Big Data made it to open source and led to Hadoop and other open-source contributions.

He continues as Chairman of Open Insights, a company he founded as a technology and consulting firm in 2008 after leaving Yahoo to enable enterprises to get value out of their data assets and optimize or create new business models based on the evolving economy of interactions.


2024 Keynote speaker

Prakhar Mehrotra
Managing Director of Applied AI, Blackstone

 

Prakhar Mehrotra, Managing Director of Applied AI at Blackstone will join us to share how he’s helping Blackstone’s portfolio companies apply AI and capitalize on this powerful technology. You’ll learn more about how private funds can drive innovation, efficiency, and growth as Prakhar shares some of the success stories and challenges he’s encountered while integrating AI across various sectors.

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What our attendees love about our Forum

Kristine O'Connor

Franklin Park

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Psilos Group

This is the premier event for CFOs and COOs in private equity. I love the ability to see/hear peers and industry leaders in one event

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RLJ Equity Partners LLC

The event is great for networking and discussing and discovering best practices for PE CFOs.

I am a CFO, COO, and/or CCO of a private fund manager

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Current attendees include:

Alpine Investors
Apple Tree Partners
Blackstone
Entrepreneurial Equity Partners
Equilibrium Capital
FFL Partners
General Atlantic
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Industrial Opportunity Partners
Kayne Anderson
Kimmeridge
Knollwood
Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko
North Hudson Resource Partners
Ridgemont Equity Partners
Solum Partners
The Raine Group
Transformation Capital Partners
WestBridge Capital
Windjammer Capital Investors

2024 agenda

Download the 2024 agenda to get a glimpse of what the Forum will look like. If you are interested in a speaking role, please contact Kellie Green at Kellie.g@pei.group.

Day 1 Day 2
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Agenda

Day One - Tuesday 8th

Welcome
08:00 - 09:00

Registration & breakfast

08:45 - 09:00

PEI & chairperson’s welcome

Rebecca Lucia

Rebecca Lucia, Operating Partner, CFO, Innovation Endeavors

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Rebecca Lucia

CFO, Operating Partner, Innovation Endeavours

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Plenary
09:00 - 09:15

PEI data presentation

Chris Tamms

Attendees will learn about insights found in PEI’s industry research.

Chris Tamms, Head of Network, Private Funds CFO Network, PEI Group

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Chris Tamms

Head of Network, Private Funds CFO Network, PEI Group

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09:15 - 09:55

Keynote presentation: AI Implementation: Understanding this buzz-worthy technology within the private markets industry

Usama Fayyad

Hear insights from Usama Fayyad about understanding the power of generative AI in the private markets industry, determining when to adopt this technology, the intersection between human relationships and artificial intelligence and more.

Presenter:
Usama Fayyad, Inaugural Director, Institute for Experiential AI and Professor of the Practice, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, & Chairman, Open Insights

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Usama Fayyad

Inaugural Director, Institute for Experiential AI and Professor of the Practice, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, & Chairman, Open Insights

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09:55 - 10:45

Understanding today’s C-Suite: maintaining normalcy while adjusting to technological advances

Arthy Kumar, Jay Farber, John Teng, Dorothy Walter, James Rathmell
  • Balancing traditional finance activities with additional CFO-related responsibilities
    • How are CFOs, COOs, & CCOs embracing technology to assist with their workload?
    • Continuing to showcase the value of the CFO to other teams and leadership members
  • De facto CTO: Uncovering challenges that CFOs, COOs, & CCOs face due to not having a technology background and how do they overcome that?
    • Keeping up with technological evolution at an attainable pace
  • Data deliberation
    • How are CFOs, COOs, & CCOs playing a role in guiding the firm’s data collection and organization practices?
    • Balancing the role and responsibilities of CFOs, COOs, & CCOs while simultaneously being a data resource

Moderator:
Arthy Kumar, Industry Principal for Investments, Workiva

Panelists:
Jay Farber, Director of Sales, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Juniper Square
John Teng, Director, Corporate Business Applications, H.I.G. Capital
Dorothy Walter, Partner & CFO, Alpine Investors
James Rathmell, General Counsel, Haun Ventures

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Arthy Kumar

Industry Principal, Workiva

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Jay Farber

Director of Sales, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Juniper Square

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John Teng

Director, Corporate Business Applications, H.I.G Capital

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Dorothy Walter

Partner & CFO, Alpine Investors

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James Rathmell

General Counsel, Haun Ventures

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10:45 - 11:15

Networking Break

11:15 - 12:10

Leveraging technology and data for fundraising and LP relations

Sajjad Jaffer, Mark Adelman, Robert Severo, Nick Denton-Clark
  • Organizational obstacles
    • How are you managing internal investment data?
    • What should firms be doing with their general industry related deal or portfolio company data?
  • How are firms adjusting to the current market?
    • Utilizing external and internal resources
  • Demonstrating firm-wide operational excellence to both new and existing investors (i.e., investor onboarding, data repositories, reporting methods, templates, due diligence, etc.)
    • Approaching operational complexities of working with different types of investors (institutional investors, high-net-worth investors, family offices, etc.) and international investors as a whole
    • How can technology help GPs respond to their investor’s requests at a faster pace?

Moderator:
Sajjad Jaffer, Head of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning, GrowthCurve Capital

Panelists:
Mark Adelman, Vice President of Operations, Lovell Minnick Partners
Robert Severo, Partner & Chief Compliance Officer, Sapphire Ventures
Nick Denton-Clark, Chief Operating Officer, Kimmeridge 

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Sajjad Jaffer

Head of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning, GrowthCurve Capital

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Mark Adelman

Vice President of Operations, Lovell Minnick Partners

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Robert Severo

Partner & Chief Compliance Officer, Sapphire Ventures

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Nick Denton-Clark

Chief Operating Officer, Kimmeridge

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Breakout Panel Discussions
12:15 - 13:05

Track A: Moving away from Excel: methods and resources for performing valuations while appeasing to external parties

Adam Devine, Ken Aseme , Lesly Mohr, Christopher Franzek, Sophie Bedoya
  • Steps firms should take in order to eliminate the use Excel
    • What valuable programs and software exist to assist with calculations?
    • Cost/benefit to keeping valuations in house vs. outside the firm?
    • Building trust: how much manual work will continue to be done once a technological process for conducing valuations is in place?
  • How are firms adjusting their valuation policies and methods to meet regulatory and LP concerns?

Moderator:
Adam Devine, Chief Revenue Officer & Co-founder, Foresight Data

Panelists:
Ken Aseme, Cheif Financial Officer, MaC Venture Capital
Lesly Mohr, Vice President Finance, Voyager Capital
Chris Franzek, Managing Director, Portfolio Valuation, Stout
Sophie Bedoya, Head of Valuations, Private Equity and Venture Capital, H.I.G. Capital

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Adam Devine

Chief Revenue Officer & Co-founder, Foresight Data

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Ken Aseme

CFO, MaC Venture Capital

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Lesly Mohr

VP, Finance, Voyager Capital

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Christopher Franzek

Managing Director, Portfolio Valuation Practice Co-Leader, Stout

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Sophie Bedoya

Co-head of Valuations, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Real Estate, H.I.G. Capital

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12:15 - 13:05

Track B: Balancing fund and management company workloads

Randy Randleman, Alison Connors, Jackie Dao, David Mackey, Davis Thacker
  • How does technology help firms circulate capital from the management company to the fund?
    • Utilizing expense allocation software across the firm and between funds
  • Data collection and analysis
    • Using and synthesizing data to make informed decisions, set goals and track performance across the firm, funds and portfolio companies?
    • Challenges with gathering portfolio company financial metrics and data
  • Understanding technological capabilities and limitations when involving fund administration software or third parties to the mix
  • Developing fund mechanics that align with the regulatory, tax and economic environments
    • Calculating costs

 

Moderator:
Randy Randleman, COO & Managing Director, Sumeru Equity Partners

Panelists:
Alison Connors, Chief Financial Officer, Third Rock Ventures
Jackie Dao, Chief Financial Officer, Reach Capital
David Mackey, CFO, Catalyst Health Ventures
Davis Thacker, Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Development, Carta

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Randy Randleman

COO & Managing Director, Sumeru Equity Partners

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Alison Connors

Chief Financial Officer, Third Rock Ventures

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Jackie Dao

CFO, Reach Capital

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David Mackey

Chief Financial Officer, Catalyst Health Ventures

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Davis Thacker

Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Development, Carta

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Networking Luncheon
13:05 - 14:05

Networking Luncheon

Breakout Panel Discussions
14:10 - 15:00

Track A: Compliance <$4B AUM: Utilizing technology to assist with ongoing regulatory updates

Rebecca Lucia, Sarah Christensen, Chris Fadeff, Minshu Liu
  • Must have resources for managing compliance for firms <$4B
    • How do firms enhance their programs?
  • Building risk awareness around technology utilization (i.e., confidentiality, conflicts of interest, etc.)
    • Making sure technology policies are up to date
  • Getting ahold of and protecting any external firm property, knowledge and information
    • Managing third parties and external software
    • Vendor compliance policies
    • Preparing for the inevitable: getting a grasp of the SEC’s stance on technology implementation and use of third-party providers
  • What role does your firm play in overseeing portfolio company technology implementation?
  • What’s next on the SEC’s agenda and how to stay ahead?

Moderator:
Rebecca Lucia, Operating Partner, CFO, Innovation Endeavors 

Speakers:
Sarah Christensen, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer,
Bow River Capital
Chris Fadeff, Chief Compliance Officer & Vice President, Operations, Galvanize Climate Solutions
Minshu Liu, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Hanwha Asset Management (USA)

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Rebecca Lucia

CFO, Operating Partner, Innovation Endeavours

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Sarah Christensen

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Bow River Capital

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Chris Fadeff

Chief Compliance Officer & Vice President, Operations, Galvanize Climate Solutions

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Minshu Liu

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Hanwha Asset Management

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14:10 - 15:00

Track B: Compliance >$4B AUM: Utilizing technology to assist with ongoing regulatory updates

Lawrence Aragon, Drew Weilbacher, Jason Scoffield, Chase Paxton
  • Must have resources for managing compliance for firms >$4B
    • How do firms enhance their programs?
  • Building risk awareness around technology utilization (i.e., confidentiality, conflicts of interest, etc.)
    • Making sure technology policies are up to date
  • Getting ahold of and protecting any external firm property, knowledge and information
    • Managing third parties and external software
    • Vendor compliance policies
    • Preparing for the inevitable: getting a grasp of the SEC’s stance on technology implementation and use of third-party providers
  • What role does your firm play in overseeing portfolio company technology implementation?
  • What’s next on the SEC’s agenda and how to stay ahead?

Moderator:
Lawrence Aragon, West Coast Bureau Chief, PEI – Alternative Insight

Speakers:
Drew Weilbacher, Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, TSG Consumer
Jason Scoffield, Senior Compliance Counsel and Fund Counsel, Audax Group
Chase Paxton, Director of Finance and Valuations, NGP Energy Capital Management

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Lawrence Aragon

West Coast Bureau Chief & Editor of Venture Capital Journal, PEI Group

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Drew Weilbacher

Chief Compliance Officer, Managing Director, TSG Consumer Partners

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Jason Scoffield

Chief Compliance Officer, Audax Management Company

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Chase Paxton

Director of Finance & Valuations, NGP

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GP-only Peer-lead presentations
15:05 - 15:35

Portfolio company monitoring

Adrienne Mangual, Ken Aseme , Michaele Gobel

Tools of the trade: unearthing the biggest operational challenges and resources to assist (GP-only)

GP attendees will have the opportunity to gather for peer-led presentations addressing some of the industry’s greatest challenges while utilizing various tools and approaches to achieve operational efficiency.  

Presenters:
Adrienne Mangual, VP Finance & Operations, The Artemis Fund
Ken Aseme, Chief Financial
Officer, MaC Venture Capital
Michaele Gobel, CFO, Equilibrium

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Adrienne Mangual

VP Finance & Operations, The Artemis Fund

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Ken Aseme

CFO, MaC Venture Capital

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Michaele Gobel

CFO, Equilibrium Capital

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15:35 - 16:05

Networking break

Breakout Panels with Peer-to-Peer Workshops
16:15 - 16:35

Panel A: Assembling a robust technology infrastructure for private equity firms

These sessions will be more interactive than a traditional breakout panel discussion. The sessions start with a 20-minute panel discussion and will be followed by a 30-minute interactive peer-to-peer workshop. At the end of the workshop, group leaders will come back to the panel table to present key takeaways from each small group.

During this portion, our expert speakers will share their backgrounds and tips and tricks they learned while scaling their own firms

16:35 - 17:15

Workshop A

Steve Bullock, Jessica Duran, Ivor van Esch, LeAnn Kilarski

During the workshop portion, the audience will be broken into small groups for peer-to-peer discussions led by the panelists. Topics for discussion in small groups include:

  • What are the key drivers for technology adoption at your firm?
    • Investor expectations, response to new regulatory requirements, market volatility, the need for more data, etc.
  • Implementing AI
    • How are firms utilizing or thinking about applying artificial intelligence amongst finance and operations teams?
    • Where is human intervention needed in PE?
  • What is the process for getting new technologies approved at firms?
  • What types of technologies offer the most ROI for PE?
  • Vendor verification: how are you sourcing and reference checking your vendors?
  • What are typical budgets for new technologies at firms at various stages and with various AUMs?
    • What types of technologies do you prioritize when you have a limited budget?

Moderator:
Steve Bullock, Vice President of Sales, Kyriba

Panelists:
Jessica Duran, Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer, TSG Consumer Partners
Ivor van Esch, Chief Financial and Compliance Officer, Knox Lane
LeAnn Kilarski, Chief Operating Officer, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners

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Steve Bullock

VP of Financial Services, Kyriba

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Jessica Duran

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, TSG Consumer Partners

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Ivor van Esch

CFO and CCO, Knox Lane

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LeAnn Kilarski

Chief Operating Officer, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners

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16:15 - 16:35

Panel B: Assembling a robust technology infrastructure for venture capital firms

These sessions will be more interactive than a traditional breakout panel discussion. The sessions start with a 20-minute panel discussion and will be followed by a 30-minute interactive peer-to-peer workshop. At the end of the workshop, group leaders will come back to the panel table to present key takeaways from each small group.

During this portion, our expert speakers will share their backgrounds and tips and tricks they learned while scaling their own firms

16:35 - 17:15

Workshop B

Jason Miller, Peter Keenan, Tom Pierce, Mary Kelley

During the workshop portion, the audience will be broken into small groups for peer-to-peer discussions led by the panelists. Topics for discussion in small groups include:

  • What are the key drivers for technology adoption at your firm?
    • Investor expectations, response to new regulatory requirements, market volatility, the need for more data, etc.
  • Implementing AI
    • How are firms utilizing or thinking about applying artificial intelligence amongst finance and operations teams?
    • Where is human intervention needed in VC?
  • What is the process for getting new technologies approved at firms?
  • What types of technologies offer the most ROI for VC?
  • Vendor verification: how are you sourcing and reference checking your vendors?
  • What are typical budgets for new technologies at firms at various stages and with various AUMs?
    • What types of technologies do you prioritize when you have a limited budget?

Moderator:
Jason Miller, Founder and CEO, Foresight Data

Speakers:
Pete Keenan, VP of Finance, 645 Ventures
Tom Pierce, Partner / CFO / CCO, Sorenson Capital
Mary Kelley, Chief Operating Officer, MPowered Capital

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Jason Miller

Founder and CEO, Foresight Data

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Peter Keenan

VP of Finance, 645 Ventures

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Tom Pierce

Partner, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Sorenson Capital

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Mary Kelley

Chief Operating Officer, MPowered Capital

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End of day one
17:15 - 19:00

Cocktail reception

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Day Two - Wednesday 9th

08:00 - 09:15

Registration & Breakfast

Private Funds CFO Network Membership Breakfast Circles
08:00 - 08:40

Emerging Manager

James Beck

Delegates will enjoy exclusive pre-conference breakfast meetings based on membership circle involvement.

James Beck, CFO, COO &
Partner, At One Ventures

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James Beck

CFO, COO & Partner, One Ventures

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08:00 - 08:40

Women

Michaele Gobel

Delegates will enjoy exclusive pre-conference breakfast meetings based on membership circle involvement.

Michaele Gobel, CFO, Equilibrium

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Michaele Gobel

CFO, Equilibrium Capital

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08:00 - 08:40

Venture Capital

Chase Paxton

Delegates will enjoy exclusive pre-conference breakfast meetings based on membership circle involvement.

Chase Paxton, Director of
Finance and Valuations, NGP
Energy Capital Management

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Chase Paxton

Director of Finance & Valuations, NGP

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GP-Only Think Tanks
08:45 - 09:25

CFOs & COOs GP Only

Greg Lyon, Kathryn Cicoletti

Designed to facilitate candid discussion, this closed-door session for CFOs and COOs only targets the issues and challenges impacting your firm. Attendees can benchmark ideas and share best practices to help you gain solutions for common concerns facing your office. Entry to these sessions will be verified upon scanning badges at the session room.

Facilitators:
Greg Lyon, Partner & CFO, Eclipse Ventures
Kathryn Cicoletti, COO, GroundForce Capital

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Greg Lyon

Partner and CFO, Eclipse Ventures

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Kathryn Cicoletti

Chief Operating Officer, GroundForce Capital

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08:45 - 09:25

Senior Finance & Operations Executives GP Only

Anushree Bera, Maryna Higgins

Designed to facilitate candid discussion, this closed-door session for all other senior professionals targets the issues and challenges impacting your firm. Attendees can benchmark ideas and share best practices to help you gain solutions for common concerns facing your office. Entry to these sessions will be verified upon scanning badges at the session room.

Facilitators:
Anushree Bera, Director, Finance & Platform, World Innovation Lab (WiL)
Maryna Higgins, Director of Finance, Quona Capital

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Anushree Bera

Director, Finance & Platform, World Innovation Lab

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Maryna Higgins

Director of Finance, Quona

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Plenary
09:30 - 09:35

Chairperson’s opening remarks

Rebecca Lucia

Rebecca Lucia, Operating Partner, CFO, Innovation Endeavors

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Rebecca Lucia

CFO, Operating Partner, Innovation Endeavours

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09:35 - 10:15

Keynote: Prakhar Mehrotra, Managing Director of Applied AI, Blackstone

Prakhar Mehrotra

Prakhar Mehrotra, Managing Director of Applied AI at Blackstone will join us to share how he’s helping Blackstone’s portfolio companies apply AI and capitalize on this powerful technology. You’ll learn more about how private funds can drive innovation, efficiency, and growth as Prakhar shares some of the success stories and challenges he’s encountered while integrating AI across various sectors.  

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Prakhar Mehrotra

Managing Director of Applied AI, Blackstone

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10:15 - 11:05

Strengthening cybersecurity resilience at private funds

Matthew Penney, Michael DeCaro, Uy Ut
  • How to reduce cyber risk, prevent cyber-attacks and drive secure digital transformation at the firm in an environment of increased risk
  • Leveraging technology for enhanced security
  • Staying compliance with cybersecurity regulations
  • Building incident response policies and procedures
  • How do you extend your cyber policies and procedures throughout your portfolio?

Moderator:
Matt Penney, Partner, IT, Battery Ventures

Speaker:
Michael DeCaro, CISO, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Uy Ut, CIO, Accel

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Matthew Penney

Partner, Information Technology

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Michael DeCaro

CISO, Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Uy Ut

Chief Information Officer, Accel

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11:05 - 11:35

Networking break

Breakout Panel Discussions
11:45 - 12:35

Track A: Engaging with third parties & maintaining strong relationships

Peter Eichelberger, Adrienne Mangual, Hadas Sparfeld, Nina Sen
  • How are GPs identifying providers that meet their needs and requirements?
  • Managing third-party due diligence
  • Justifying the spend on outsourcing various tasks (fund administration, compliance, data management, IT, cybersecurity, tax, etc.)
  • Grappling potential growing pains when onboarding providers
  • Upholding successful long-term partnerships and ensuring that outsourcing team member(s) are an extension of the firm

Moderator:
Peter Eichelberger, Director, Information Technology, Altamont Capital Partners

Speakers:
Adrienne Mangual, VP Finance & Operations, The Artemis Fund
Hadas Sparfeld, CFO and COO, Group 11
Nina Sen, Chief Financial Officer, Upfront Ventures

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Peter Eichelberger

Director, Information Technology, Altamont Capital Partners

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Adrienne Mangual

VP Finance & Operations, The Artemis Fund

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Hadas Sparfeld

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Group 11

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Nina Sen

Chief Financial Officer, Upfront Ventures

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11:45 - 12:35

Track B: Carried interest complexities: employing technology to maintain and produce fair and equitable programs

Aileen Keaney, Trey Block, Brandy Morris, Danielle Iovino
  • Tools of the trade
    • What is available to assist with establishing appropriate carried interest percentages and calculations?
    • Showcasing individual and firm-wide carry results/breakdowns
  • Managing tax, regulatory, economic and LP concerns
    • Steps GPs are taking to mitigate clawback risks
    • When to use U.S. or European waterfall calculations?
  • Other benefits and incentives that can be offered outside of carry

Moderator:
Aileen Keaney, Chief Financial Officer, Ethos Capital

Panelist:
Trey Block, Chief Financial Officer, OrbiMed Advisors
Brandy Morris, Principal, Chief Financial Officer, AB CarVal
Danielle Iovino, CFO, San Francisco Equity Partners

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Aileen Keaney

Chief Financial Officer, Ethos Capital

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Trey Block

Chief Financial Officer, OrbiMed Advisors

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Brandy Morris

Principal, Chief Financial Officer, AB CarVal

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Danielle Iovino

Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco Equity Partners

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Plenary
12:45 - 13:35

Strategically scaling while keeping up with industry innovation

Vineet Singh, Kevin Gasque, Anthony Mirabile, Nuno Gonçalves Pedro
  • Aligning the firm’s growth plan with technological advancement
    • What does growth look like for various strategies and AUMs?
    • How can technology help leaders shift their focus to spend time on more strategic initiatives?
  • Getting a hold of the trials and tribulations of talent management as functions are evolving in today’s market (recruitment, retention, cultural shifts amidst a newer working generation, succession planning, etc.)
    • The intersection between talent, technology and resourcing
    • When to grow internally, scale back or enlist outside assistance?
  • Deciding when it’s time to improve upon a process/system or implement new ones to increase productivity
  • Demonstrating growth plans effectively to both new and existing LPs
  • Having the proper resources to manage and track liquidity

Moderator:
Vineet Singh, Business Development, Apex Group

Speakers:
Kevin Gasque, Partner, COO, CFO & CCO, Greycroft
Anthony Mirabile, Managing Director, External Investing Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Founder, Managing Partner, Chamaeleon

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Vineet Singh

Director, Business Development, Apex Group

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Kevin Gasque

Partner, COO, CFO & CCO, Greycroft

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Anthony Mirabile

Managing Director, External Investing Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

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Nuno Gonçalves Pedro

Founder, Managing Partner, Chamaeleon

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13:35 - 13:40

Closing Remarks

Rebecca Lucia

Rebecca Lucia, Operating Partner, CFO, Innovation Endeavors

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Rebecca Lucia

CFO, Operating Partner, Innovation Endeavours

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End of conference
13:35 - 15:00

Lunch

2024 Speakers

Contact Kellie Green at Kellie.g@pei.group for speaking opportunities in 2024.

Mark Adelman

Vice President of Operations, Lovell Minnick Partners

Lawrence Aragon

West Coast Bureau Chief & Editor of Venture Capital Journal, PEI Group

Ken Aseme

CFO, MaC Venture Capital

James Beck

CFO, COO & Partner, One Ventures

Sophie Bedoya

Co-head of Valuations, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Real Estate, H.I.G. Capital

Anushree Bera

Director, Finance & Platform, World Innovation Lab

Trey Block

Chief Financial Officer, OrbiMed Advisors

Steve Bullock

VP of Financial Services, Kyriba

Sarah Christensen

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Bow River Capital

Kathryn Cicoletti

Chief Operating Officer, GroundForce Capital

Alison Connors

Chief Financial Officer, Third Rock Ventures

Jackie Dao

CFO, Reach Capital

Michael DeCaro

CISO, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Nick Denton-Clark

Chief Operating Officer, Kimmeridge

Adam Devine

Chief Revenue Officer & Co-founder, Foresight Data

Jessica Duran

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, TSG Consumer Partners

Peter Eichelberger

Director, Information Technology, Altamont Capital Partners

Chris Fadeff

Chief Compliance Officer & Vice President, Operations, Galvanize Climate Solutions

Jay Farber

Director of Sales, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Juniper Square

Usama Fayyad

Inaugural Director, Institute for Experiential AI and Professor of the Practice, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, & Chairman, Open Insights

Chris Franzek

Managing Director and Portfolio Valuation Practice Co-Leader, Stout

Kevin Gasque

Partner, COO, CFO & CCO, Greycroft

Michaele Gobel

CFO, Equilibrium Capital

Nuno Gonçalves Pedro

Founder, Managing Partner, Chamaeleon

Maryna Higgins

Director of Finance, Quona

Danielle Iovino

Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco Equity Partners

Sajjad Jaffer

Head of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning, GrowthCurve Capital

Aileen Keaney

Chief Financial Officer, Ethos Capital

Peter Keenan

VP of Finance, 645 Ventures

Mary Kelley

Chief Operating Officer, MPowered Capital

LeAnn Kilarski

Chief Operating Officer, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners

Arthy Kumar

Industry Principal, Workiva

Minshu Liu

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Hanwha Asset Management

Rebecca Lucia

CFO, Operating Partner, Innovation Endeavours

Greg Lyon

Partner and CFO, Eclipse Ventures

David Mackey

Chief Financial Officer, Catalyst Health Ventures

Adrienne Mangual

VP Finance & Operations, The Artemis Fund

Prakhar Mehrotra

Managing Director of Applied AI, Blackstone

Jason Miller

Founder and CEO, Foresight Data

Anthony Mirabile

Managing Director, External Investing Group, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Lesly Mohr

VP, Finance, Voyager Capital

Brandy Morris

Principal, Chief Financial Officer, AB CarVal

Chase Paxton

Director of Finance & Valuations, NGP

Matthew Penney

Partner, Information Technology

Tom Pierce

Partner, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Sorenson Capital

Randy Randleman

COO & Managing Director, Sumeru Equity Partners

James Rathmell

General Counsel, Haun Ventures

Jason Scoffield

Chief Compliance Officer, Audax Management Company

Nina Sen

Chief Financial Officer, Upfront Ventures

Robert Severo

Partner & Chief Compliance Officer, Sapphire Ventures

Vineet Singh

Director, Business Development, Apex Group

Hadas Sparfeld

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Group 11

John Teng

Director, Corporate Business Applications, H.I.G Capital

Davis Thacker

Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Development, Carta

Uy Ut

Chief Information Officer, Accel

Ivor van Esch

CFO and CCO, Knox Lane

Dorothy Walter

Partner & CFO, Alpine Investors

Drew Weilbacher

Chief Compliance Officer, Managing Director, TSG Consumer Partners

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