Participating Company Profiles - Day Two
Ripple provides global financial settlement solutions to enable the world to exchange value like it already exchanges information – giving rise to an Internet of Value (IoV). Ripple solu- tions lower the total cost of settlement by enabling banks to transact directly, instantly and with certainty of settlement. Banks around the world are partnering with Ripple to improve their cross-border payment offerings, and to join the growing, global network of financial insti- tutions and market makers laying the foundation for the Internet of Value.
300 Montgomery St Ste 1200 San Francisco , CA 94104
Company Representative: Chris Larsen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Chris Larsen is CEO and co-founder of Ripple and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to Ripple, Chris cofounded and served as CEO of Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, and E-LOAN, a publicly traded online lender. During his tenure at E-LOAN, he pioneered the open access to credit scores movement by making E-LOAN the first company to show consumers their FICO scores. Chris serves at the Board and Advisory levels at numerous companies and organizations including: Betable, CreditKarma, and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
RiskIQ is a cybersecurity company that helps organizations discover and protect their exter- nal facing known, unknown and third-party web, mobile and social digital assets. The compa- ny’s External Threat Management platform combines a worldwide proxy network with syn- thetic clients that emulate users to monitor, detect and take down malicious and copycat apps, drive by malware and malvertisements. RiskIQ is being used by leading financial insti- tutions and other companies to protect their web assets and users from external security threats and fraud. We are headquartered in San Francisco, backed by growth equity firms Summit Partners and Battery Ventures.
22 Battery Street, 10th Floor San Francisco , CA 94111
Company Representative:
Elias is a recognized expert in Internet security and fraud prevention. He has been developing and delivering enterprise protection technologies for more than 15 years. As CEO of RiskIQ, he has spearheaded a new approach that helps Internet, financial services, healthcare, media and consumer packaged goods companies protect their brands from online fraud. Elias is also co-chair of the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) Anti-Malvertising Working Group and is responsible for Malvertisements.com, the first and only public database documenting malvertising incidents on a continuous basis. Prior to RiskIQ, Elias was VP of R&D at Securant Technologies (acquired by RSA), which pioneered identity and access management for web applications. At Securant, he was instrumental in cre- ating now-commonplace technologies for single sign-on (SSO) security.
River Logic (RL) is a global innovator in prescriptive analytics. Rather than relying on sub- optimal rules-based approaches or resource-intensive optimization programming languages, RL has developed a single platform that brings optimization to the business user. It leverag- es embedded expert knowledge to enable cross-industry, enterprise-wide deployment of prescriptive analytics models and associated collaborative planning processes without the need for coding. RL’s platform leverages Microsoft Azure, embeds Power BI and SQL Server to provide a first class, cloud-based user experience. RL goes to market primarily through partner organizations such as PwC, Grant Thornton and CGI. Recent clients include Unile- ver, BHP Billiton, the FAA, Jewish General Hospital and the Russian Post. Typical client value-add ranges from 10% cost reduction to 2-5% of sales in additional profit.
8150 N Central Expwy, Ste. 1625 Dallas , TX 75206
Company Representative: Kevin Howe, Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Howe - Chairman/CEO of River Logic has been active in the technology industry since 1983 as a founder of two firms, and an investor and board member of dozens more. Kevin served on the Board of Directors of the Sage Group (SGE) for 15 years (1991- 2005) and of Digital Generation (DGIT) for 10 years (2000-2011). Kevin also served on the Cox Executive Board at Southern Method- ist University and is a 25-year member of YPO & WPO. He received his MBA from Southern Methodist University
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