Navigating the intricate world of hedge funds is akin to maneuvering through a maze of complexities, as Kevin Fu, CEO of Repool, illustrates in this episode of Behind Company Lines. Fu shares his journey from an unexpected entry into the hedge fund domain to becoming a startup founder, emphasizing the value of early-stage company involvement. He di…

In a world focused on saving the Earth, hydrogen fuel emerges as a vital solution. Join us as we explore its potential with Gary Ong, CEO of Celadyne Technologies. In this episode of Behind Company Lines, host Julian Torres talks to Gary Ong, the CEO driving hydrogen innovation at Celadyne Technologies. They discuss the crucial role of science in g…

Richard White's Distribution-first mindset to company building serves as the backbone of his entrepreneurial journey, a philosophy that Julian Torres explores in a captivating episode with the visionary Founder and CEO of Fathom. From his early days of selling drawings in school to his current venture with Fathom, White's evolution is marked by a r…

In the bustling world of online information, finding the good stuff is like hunting for treasure. Behind Company Lines ventures into the heart of innovative solutions with host Julian Torres. In this episode, Julian interviews Alex Fink, the CEO of Otherweb, Inc. Fink discusses his journey from being an engineer to becoming a founder and CEO. He hi…

In this episode of Behind Company Lines, Julian engages in a comprehensive conversation with his guest, Sean Cann, the co-founder and CEO of Onespot. He shares insights on why mobile apps captivate his attention, their market development, and how they're used to strengthen customer relationship. Discussing his journey from being a software engineer…

In this episode of Behind Company Lines, Julian Torres dives into the realm of Family Tech (Fam Tech) with our guest Zoya Lehrer, the Co-Founder and CEO of Orgo. Zoya shares her journey from the corporate world into the entrepreneurial space, her inspiration for creating Orgo, and the challenges she faces as a female founder. She also discusses the…

Join host Julian Torres as he sits down with Avante Price, the CEO of POSH, for an insightful conversation on entrepreneurship, event management, and the journey from nightlife to niche communities. Avante shares valuable insights into building a startup, overcoming challenges, from navigating NFT failures to envisioning billion-dollar dreams, and …

In this riveting podcast episode of Behind Company Lines, Julian Torres chats with Christopher Gray, Founder & CEO of Scholly. In 2023, Scholly was acquired by leading education and student solutions company, Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM). They deep dive into Christopher's journey from college to a successful acquisition, discussing his experiences alon…

Episode 307: Karthik Ranganathan, CTO & Founder of Yugabyte Join us on this exciting episode of Behind Company Lines as Julian Torres sits down with Karthik Ranganathan, the visionary CTO and Co-Founder of Yugabyte. This remarkable conversation takes you on a journey from Karthik's foundational role in building distributed databases at Facebook to …

Episode 306: Rakesh Yadav, CEO & Founder of Aidaptive Welcome to another captivating episode of Behind Company Lines! Join host Julian Torres as he delves into the world of cutting-edge technology with the remarkable Rakesh Yadav, the CEO and founder of Aidaptive. In this engaging conversation, Rakesh Yadav takes us on a journey through his impress…

Episode 305: Hiram Vazquez, CEO & Founder of LALA In this captivating episode of Behind Company Lines, we sit down with the visionary CEO and Founder of LALA, Hiram Vasquez. LALA has taken the entertainment industry by storm with its digital collectible marketplace, empowering fans to own a piece of their beloved movies and TV shows like never befo…

Episode 304: Jon Keidan, Founder & Managing Partner of Torch Capital Join host Julian Torres in this exciting episode of Behind Company Lines as he sits down with Jon Keidan, the founder and managing partner of Torch Capital. Torch Capital, an early stage venture fund, is at the forefront of understanding how technology is revolutionizing consumer …

Episode 303: Katie Butler, Co-Founder of Distractive Join Julian Torres in this captivating episode of Behind Company Lines as he delves into the world of Distractive with special guest Katie Butler, the co-founder of this groundbreaking marketing team. Discover the unconventional structure of their company and its fascinating relationship with Moo…

Episode 302: Jonathan Rackoff, VP & Head of Global Policy, The HBAR Foundation Join host Julian Torres in this captivating episode of Behind Company Lines as he sits down with Jonathan Rackoff, VP & Head of Global Policy at The HBAR Foundation. Together, they delve into the world of blockchain technology and its role in creating a sustainable netwo…

Episode 301: Danny Morrow, Co-Founder & CTO of Extend In this episode of Behind Company Lines, host Julian Torres sits down with Danny Morrow, Co-Founder & CTO of Extend, to delve into the fascinating world of transforming the B2B landscape with consumer-focused design principles. Danny shares insights on how Extend brings the best of consumer expe…

Episode 300: Kurt Donnell, President and CEO of Freestar Join Julian Torres in this gripping episode of Behind Company Lines as he sits down with Kurt Donnell, the President and CEO of Freestar. As the CEO of Freestar, an industry leader in maximizing ad revenue for publishers, e-commerce sites, and app developers, Kurt holds a wealth of knowledge …

Episode 299: Jonathan Padilla, CEO & Co-founder of Snickerdoodle Labs Welcome to another exciting episode of Behind Company Lines! In this episode, our host Julian Torres sits down with Jonathan Padilla, CEO and co-founder of Snickerdoodle Labs, a pioneering data company bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3. Get ready to embark on a journey of tr…

Episode 298: Brandy Burch, CEO at benefitbay In this episode of Behind Company Lines, host Julian Torres dives deep into the groundbreaking concept of ICHRA (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements) with special guest Brandy Burch, CEO at benefitbay. Discover how companies are breaking free from the limitations of traditional healthca…

Episode 297: Mark Long, CEO of Shrapnel Join host Julian Torres as he sits down with Mark Long, CEO of Shrapnel, in this exciting episode of Behind Company Lines. Discover the captivating journey of Shrapnel, from its humble beginnings to its position as a trailblazer in the gaming industry. Mark shares insights on gaming's transformation from a lo…

Episode 296: Jack O'Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs In this mind-blowing episode of "Behind Company Lines," host Julian Torres delves into the innovative world of blockchain technology with special guest Jack O'Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs. Prepare to have your understanding of gas fees shattered as they unveil a groundbreaking solution that revolutioni…

Episode 295: Keith O'Briant, CEO of Hydrinity Get ready for an extraordinary episode of Behind Company Lines, hosted by Julian Torres. In this captivating interview, Julian sits down with Keith O'Briant, the visionary CEO of Hydrinity, a revolutionary skincare brand. Brace yourself for a fascinating discussion as Keith shares his remarkable journey…

Episode 294: Tomer Molovinsky, CEO & Co-founder at Per Diem Get ready to dive into the captivating world of Per Diem, the revolutionary white-label mobile app solutions transforming the restaurant industry. In this episode of Behind Company Lines, host Julian Torres interviews Tomer Molovinsky, the CEO and co-founder of Per Diem. Discover how Per D…

Episode 293: Antti Nivala, Founder & CEO of M-Files Get ready for a jaw-dropping episode of Behind Company Lines as Julian Torres sits down with Antti Nivala, the visionary founder and CEO of M-Files, the groundbreaking metadata-driven document management platform. In this captivating interview, Antti reveals his incredible journey from zero to a h…

Episode 292: Sourabh Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO at Skit.ai In this exclusive episode, our host Julian Torres sits down with Sourabh Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO of Skit.Ai, a global conversation voice AI startup. Join us as we uncover the incredible early journey of Skit.Ai, starting from its roots in India and growing into a prominent player in the voice …

Chai Nadig has a bias for action and is skilled at building tangible tech for good products. His expertise in software and logistics, and keenness for social impact make him the perfect candidate to found a company such as LiquiDonate. LiquiDonate is a sustainable social impact solution for retailers and businesses to donate unsellable goods to non…

Lee Blaylock is the co-founder of ConstructionBevy, GolfBevy, and Annandale Capital. Starting his career at Dell (badge #244) for 7 years mostly in R&D, Lee was their 2nd ex-pat and worked two years in London and Frankfurt. He then went to Oracle, where he left as a consulting group Practice Director. The first company he started, ServiceLane, was …

After starting out as a CPA at Deloitte, Brett Turner worked in a financial reporting & GAAP specialist in Controller roles prior to his time at Amazon managing SEC reporting. After leaving Amazon, Brett developed a strong track record for building, financing, and growing tech startups as a CFO. Prior to starting Trovata in 2016, he raised over $10…

A serial entrepreneur, Mike Jacobs excels at inventing new technologies for the restaurant sector. Through founding Tap.in2, Ordermark, Nextbite, and Team Kitchens he honed his expertise in combining high-tech with experiential marketing for food, sports, and entertainment brands to create new business modalities. He brings to KDS a commitment to i…

Meade Lewis is an Eagle Scout with a passion for the environment and a hardware and sensor expert. As the CEO of mIQroTech, he leads the team in predicting oil and gas pipeline leaks before they occur. With a background as the Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) of multiple successful oil and gas firms, as well as experience in "Big Data" a…

Ravi Parikh is a 2x founder with over a decade of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS startups from the ground up. Ravi is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Airplane, the developer platform for building internal tools. Prior to co-founding Airplane, Ravi co-founded Heap, a digital insights platform, in 2013 with a former classmate from Stanf…

Mike Molinet is the co-founder of Branch, the mobile linking and measurement platform powering 100,000 of the world's top apps, including Spotify, Uber, Robinhood, Strava, Adobe, and more. Last valued at $4 Billion, Mike helped grow the business from an idea in early 2014 to over $100M in annual recurring revenue as COO and President. Success came …

Chat Joglekar is an experienced executive and the CEO and co-founder of Baton, a data-enabled marketplace that empowers small business acquisitions. Baton's innovative platform allows owners to unlock liquidity in their most valuable asset, while also providing serious buyers access to a vast but fragmented asset class. Baton's goal is to become th…

Nicolas Mendiharat is a repeat founder and CEO with 25 years of experience building tech-enabled startups. He specializes in early-stage consumer markets and marketplaces. After launching the online travel venture Skihorizon.com, which achieved $100m in revenues and 300k customers, he decided to focus on one of his passions: wine. He has been since…

Tushar Makhija has over 10 years of experience spanning revenue & growth leadership, product, and customer success. He was the founding Sales leader at two SaaS companies, Helpshift and Airbase, and helped them grow ARR to eight figures, respectively. In 2021, he co-founded TeamOhana with a vision to empower growing companies to unify around their …

Troy Bannister is the Founder of Particle Health, shaping the new standard for healthcare data exchange with a user-friendly API platform. After spending 15 years in healthcare in multiple capacities — as an EMT, medical student, clinical researcher, and early-stage investor — Troy found a disturbing gap in patient rights & paper processes the digi…

Vasily Nikonov is the Founder of Velvet.Capital - a DeFi Asset Management protocol that helps people & institutions create diversified financial products on-chain: tokenized funds, yield farming strategies, and other structure products. Prior to Velvet.Capital he was a venture builder incubating Blockchain & Crypto startups at LongHash Ventures (e.…

Don Burton has an extensive career at the cutting edge of education innovation and technology, launching, scaling, and exiting companies as well as being a thought leader on the topic of the Future of Education. He is a strategic advisor, Don worked with McKinsey & Co. consulting on strategies to launch interactive media business units and how to c…

Brandon Schulz has been building in the e-commerce space for over a decade, first as a founder, then creating new concepts for Starbucks, Softbank Robotics, John Deere, and others. In 2017 Brandon co-founded Violet, an e-commerce infrastructure company that powers universal native checkout for emerging e-commerce channels. Brandon's passion for mak…

Archie Ravishankar is the Founder and CEO of Cogni. Prior to Cogni, Archie was an Investment Director at Manor Estate Family Office, a Board Member at GP Pacific Engineering and Construction PNG, and a Director of Partnerships and Strategy at Hudooku Solutions. Archie is currently a Forbes Finance Council Member, an Investor of ni2o, a Board Member…

Jon Ferrara is a serial entrepreneur and noted speaker about social, sales, and marketing. He has re-imagined CRM by building Nimble - The Simple CRM for Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace. Ferrara is best known as the co-founder of GoldMine Software Corp, one of the early pioneers in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for Small to Medium-sized B…

Jim Dries is the founder and CEO of PILYTIX.ai, a provider of AI technologies for revenue professionals primarily in sports, entertainment, and university fundraising. PILYTIX.ai empowers its users to effectively leverage the mountains of customer data their organizations generate to drive efficiencies that improve revenues without increasing costs…

Kunal Agarwal is the founder of dope.security, the fly-direct Secure Web Gateway (SWG). Prior to dope, he led product & engineering teams at major legacy SWG players, first Symantec then Forcepoint. In a fifteen-year career, Kunal has dabbled in everything from credit card security to ethical hacking. He is also a producer and spends much of his fr…

Adam Baker is the founder of 3 SaaS companies with 2 exits and $20M ARR, bootstrapped. He has also held sales leadership roles at Salesforce and Intuit. Adam is the CEO of dealpad.io, software giving sales teams a process to align with their buying teams and win more of the deals they work on. Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website…

Eric Olden is a maverick that has pioneered 3 major paradigm shifts in Identity and Access management. He founded, scaled, and successfully exited both Securant/ClearTrust (Web Access Management) and Symplified, (the first IDaaS company). He recently served as SVP and GM at Oracle, where he ran the identity and security business worldwide. As a tec…

Ted Gutierrez is the CEO and Co-Founder of SecurityGate, the leading OT cyber assessment & improvement SaaS platform provider. He guides the strategy of the company to innovate for top cyber security challenges facing critical infrastructure companies today. He is a United States Military Academy graduate at West Point and served in the US Army for…

Evan Varsamis is a New York-based Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO at Gadget Flow, and Mintify Co-founder of HustleClick, and CreatorClub, contributor at Forbes, Inc, HuffPost, and American Express Essentials. He is also an advisor at Sprint Fund, Qrator, and Crowdreach. Evan is passionate about emerging technologies like NFTs, Crypto, DAOs, Gaming, the…

Amy Spurling is the Founder and CEO of Compt, HR software that enables companies to offer truly personalized employee perks while being fully tax-compliant and inclusive for global teams. Amy's experience as a former three-time CFO and two-time COO managing Finance and HR drives her belief that companies and employees can achieve much more together…

​​Aaron Ginn is the co-founder of Hydra Host, The Foundation for American Innovation, and Fabius Labs. Hydra Host specializes in providing data centers with unparalleled provision, management, and security solutions, allowing them to focus on their core competency- hardware and infrastructure. The Foundation for American Innovation is a company of …

Mark Fershteyn is the CEO of Recapped.io, a new category of product that helps B2B sellers collaborate with their buyers. Before founding Recapped, Mark spent a decade selling technology and building sales teams from scratch. Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn: Behind Company Lines HireOtter Instagram …

TradeZing is a platform that aggregates real-time information from financial professionals, data sources, social media, and the creator community to help Americans learn about the current economic landscape. Jordan Edelson is a Forbes 30 under 30 seasoned entrepreneur and CEO/Co-Founder of TradeZing and the groundbreaking mobile digital agency, App…