Village Founders
Alexis & David built this company from humble beginnings during the pandemic bootstrapped from unemployment checks and covid relief checks to reset and reimagine a better way to connect, collab and grow in life together. Both bring their midwest work ethic with their progressive and forward thinking creativity to everything they build and support. Barry has become apart of our family after backing the project and believer in life long learning & the power of "jazz" in all forms of life.
Co-Founder | CEO
Alexis Snelling
She is revolutionizing the “winner takes all” investor first approach of the last decade with a more sustainable founders first cooperative approach. Passionate about bringing ESG, DEI and SDGs into the seeds of startups to foster a more diverse and prosperous ecosystem for ALL.
2023 10 Most Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs by Forbes group
2021 Google Women Techmaker Ambassador
2021 Women in Tech Nominee
2019 Top 28 female CEOs nationally by AllRaise @ TechCrunch Disrupt
2018 Female Founders Alliance Champion Award Nominee
2018 Presenter at Deloitte Innovation Summit in Tokyo, Japan
She has spoken to VCs on the subjects of the future of work, democratizing access and allocation of capital and remote education.
Fun fact: 3rd generation female entrepreneur and Russian trained as an Olympic level ice dancer.
BA in French and Economics- Lake Forest College
Co-Founder | CTO
David Snelling
A lifetime of building scalable, ecosystems and revolutionizing multiple industries that today are the global norms including: Voice technologies, New User Interfaces, AI predictive analytics and security applied globally for Microsoft, Disney and Deloitte. Startup and technology expert for the due diligence determinations for the largest VC funds and corporations.
Over 20 technology patents
$450M+ Exit to Deloitte
Passionate about using the dark arts of technology for light causes.
Created the HER core principles of WeTransacts: humanity, empathy and responsibility
Passionate about life long education and learning.
Advisor to Donorschoose.org
Fun Fact: Art Major drop out, hired his professors for his Digital Marketing agency serving notable clients such as Pizza Hut, Les Brown, and American Express. Bass player toured with No Doubt and George Clinton and the Funkadelics.
Co-Founder | Director
Barry X Lynn
Barry X Lynn is a highly sought-after tech industry advisor, renowned for serial innovation and a track record as a technology entrepreneur, executive, and investor. He is the Founder of Be eXceL, an accelerator dedicated to nurturing and propelling early-stage tech companies to success. Barry created the world's first internet banking system and the establishment of one of the largest intranets in existence. His expertise extends to orchestrating successful IPOs and overseeing the strategic acquisition of numerous companies.
Founder Be eXceL (BXL.com)
Director Alacritech
Advisor Zafin
formerly:
Chairman Blab (predictive social intelligence)
Director Metafor Software (acquired by Splunk)
Director Shoreline Venture Management
Director Layer 7 Technologies (acquired by Broadcom)
Chairman, CEO 3tera (cloud pioneer acquired by Broadcom)
Chairman CalliXa (first relational database virtualizer acquired by SAP)
Chairman Attune (first storage virtualizer acquired by F5)
Director MERANT (publicly traded software co. acquired by Serena)
Advisor Storage Networks (first SSP and biggest IPO OF 2000)
President Wells Fargo Technology Services
CIO, EXecutive VP Wells Fargo and Co.
EXecutive VP Wells Fargo Investment Operations
Founder, President Wells Fargo Securities
President Wells Fargo Securities Clearance Corp.
Village Advisors
There are many passionate humans supporting SkillVill and bringing their superpowers to the table for our shared mission to make skills & networks accessible to everyone.
University Special Programs & Non Profit
Cesar Bocanegra
Passion for education & Top COOs in the US specializing in educational operations. He has multiple superpowers in technology and bringing people together.
COO of KIPP SoCal
Former COO of DonorsChoose (12 yrs)
20+ years of Operations and Finance
Specialties: Operations and Scalability
11 Years with AT&T Sales and Finance
Former National President of HISPA
BS Engineering from Caltech
MS Engineering from MIT
MBA in Strategic Management from Wharton
AdTech & Sponsorships
Zach Rosenberg
Successfully leverages 40 years of intelligence working on the agency side, and has built long term client relationships.
Chiat’s prestigious “Agency of the Future” task force
Western Media (now Initiative) in 1995 as SVP
Group Account Director to manage Walt Disney
MBMG in 2015 as president
2009 thinkLA’s prestigious “Leader of the Year” award
Published Contributor: Ad Age, Adweek, MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable, Sports Business Journal
Moderates panels: Mirren, Promax, Portada and thinkLA
Frequent judge for the final round of the Effie’s, New York.
BA Pepperdine University
Village Allies
Contributed Skills to the Ongoing Explorative Development and Innovation Research
Accessibility & DEI Consultant, Comms Professional, Producer
Tarja Porkka-Kontturi
Believes in a collaborative work style, always interested in being hands-on with design, production, and development. Project organizer and facilitated effective communication within different communities and teams.
DeepWell Community Manager
Global Game Jam Director Community Engagement
PlayStation Studios [TBA] Accessibility & representation Consultant
Board Member IGDA Special Interest Group
Board Member Game Makers of Findland
Vice President We In Games FIndland
Producer of International Games Summit on Mental Health Awareness
Member Women In Games International
Member Female In Gaming Findland
Twitch & YouTube Moderator and Production Assistant
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Business Development & Media Producer
Ruchi Kansal Gupta
Driving Tech Innovation in Consumer Experiences through Design & Creative Media Content.
Sr. Customer Success Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry focused on both leading teams in solving problems and selling solutions that align with customer business initiatives. She has worked with IBM, CTW, Sony, HSBC, Human Interface AG, Apple, and founded Monamedia Inc. where she currently consults with fortune 500 companies including Google. She believes in engaging through both virtual and in-person events and helps grow communities who have limited resources. She currently supports the NYJL, AnitaB, Ekal and runs the Google NYC Women Techmakers. For fun, Ruchi is passionate about promoting women in tech, enjoys fusion music and the arts at the Public Theatre, reading historical non/fiction, and running in Central Park.
Google Student Developer Group Lead & Women TechMaker Ambassador
Adeola (Vicky) Omojola
Passionate about building Inclusive Tech Communities and has interests in Web Dev, AI/ML, Software Engineering.
Responsible for upholding safety & security standards in the residence building with other students
Community & Skills Based Educational Events Organizer.
Implemented health and safety protocols for both digital and physical spaces on campus.
Computer Science BSc Honours undergrad York University
Innovation & Ecosystem Builder
Jeremy Petterson
Provides research analysis and reporting directly from top university innovation programs. Passionate about experiential learning and applied skills to maximize ecosystem impact.
Executive Director of Innovation & New Ventures WSU
Director of the Human Performance Library
Dean of Innovation & Design College
PhD Physiology from Victoria University
MS Physiology from Victoria University
Google Women TechMaker Ambassador North American Mentor
Erika Silva
A big fan of knowledge sharing, passionate about technology, and loves volunteering and helping her community.
WTM North America Mentors and the organizer of Women Techmakers (WTM) and Google Developer Group (GDG) chapters from Ottawa and Winnipeg
20+ years in Tech as Project Manager, System Analyst and Software Developer.
Currently at SalesForce as a project manager.
NeuroStrategist & Brain Hacker
Steven Feinberg
Author and award winning executive coach for over 35 years helping world class leaders be heroes in their companies like Apple, Google, Nvidia. Contributed over $250 million in economic gains and improving the methods humans can level up together in life.
Published two books:
The Advantage-Makers
Do What Others Say Can't Be Done: play the Meta-Game.
Taught at the University of San Francisco School of Management and School of Education
Guest lecturing at UC Berkley, Stanford and Cal Poly.
We're passionate about building new innovative ways that will advance cooperative approaches to skill sharing.
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