63 Tuesday, July 21
Karaivanova heads Business Development at CloudFlare, the
web performance and security company. She is responsible for
building CloudFlare's distribution and reseller channels, oversees
international expansion and leads various growth initiatives. Prior
to CloudFlare, she was a venture capitalist at Intel Capital special-
izing in consumer internet and enterprise software. Karaivanova
also worked in business development, strategy and intellectual
property at Boeing and Expedia. Karaivanova's experience spans
six countries—she is a passionate explorer of new cultures, active
startup advisor and a frequent speaker at technology conferences.
Karaivanova earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a
BSBA in Finance with high distinction from Saint Louis University.
Allen is a digital entertainment business development executive
specializing in emerging platforms in music, television, and film.
She helps entertainment tech startups understand what they've
built and where it fits in the market, devises strategies for B2B
adoption of their product, and sources opportunities that exe-
cute on the strategy. Allen was VP Client Services at TAG Stra-
tegic where she led business development and ran operations
for the consultancy. Previously she was the General Manager,
Americas for the Mobile Entertainment Forum, where she led
the association's industry initiatives, oversaw operations and
produced MEF Americas' inaugural trade conference, MEFCON.
Prior to MEF, Allen was the Internet Evangelist for the RIAA.
Alec
Andronikov
Just Sing It,
CEO
Maria
Karaivanova
CloudFlare,
Head of Business
Development
Karen
Allen
Karen Allen
Consulting,
President
Andronikov is a serial entrepreneur helping realize the future
of scalable digital technologies. After seeing an opportunity to
monetize voice as a largely-overlooked micro-content sharing
medium, Andronikov founded Just Sing It, the first mobile plat-
form to gamify singing discovery. Previously, Andronikov was the
CEO and founder of MoVoxx, a leading mobile advertising com-
pany. Prior to MoVoxx, Andronikov founded inFreeDA, a free 411
advertiser-sponsored directory assistance service. Prior to inFree-
DA, Andronikov worked as an investment banker at JPMorgan's
media and telecommunications leveraged finance group. Alec is a
limited partner and advisor at Eniac Ventures, Naya Ventures and
an advisor to Hearst Corporation on mobile investments.
4:30pm
Donatello 3: Mentor Sessions
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