Operators

Micah Lanier, Principal Product Manager @ Jump

Micah Lanier, the childhood Founder of “Micahsoft”, is an analytical Product leader who took the long way around to build his career in Product. Today he serves as a Principal Product Manager at Jump, a fan experience platform for live sporting events, where he works to unlock the value of the startup’s data for colleagues and customers alike.

Joe Kiernan, VP Product @ Perch

Joe Kiernan is a mindfully trained consultant turned strategic product thinker. He’s building a career around re-envisioning how great consumer products operate, serving as the first VP of Product at growth stage e-commerce startup Perch.

Lauren Viscariello, Associate General Counsel @ Candex

Lauren Viscariello is a legal leader who has leveraged her expertise to balance legal risks with the business objectives to help her startups succeed. As the Associate General Counsel at Candex, she is helping to build the legal & operations infrastructure for a software platform that takes the complexity out of tail spend purchasing & procurement.

Aaron Whittemore, GM, Mobility @ Humatics

Aaron Whittemore is a business & product leader whose career spans the public & private sector, delivering hardtech solutions that matter for customers, technologists, taxpayers, and busy consumers on the move. He currently serves as the General Manager of Mobility at Humatics, a software startup that leverages precise positioning to enable operational efficiencies for corporate & government clients.

Parker Lawrence, Software Engineer @ Herald

Parker Lawrence is a full-stack early stage engineer who went North, then West, South, and now Northeast to build his toolkit as a founding engineer in insurtech. Today, he’s helping to scale the infrastructure of the easiest API for commercial insurance at Boston based Herald as a Software Engineer.

Angela Gatta, Head of People @ Enspira

Angela Gatta has been an aspiring HR professional since her undergraduate studies, leading with empathy and championing a human-centric work environment. She has taken calculated risks and pushed herself to grow through each new chapter of her career. Angela is the Head of People at Enspira, a 2023 Inc. 5000 fastest growing honoree and HR consultancy firm helping businesses across all industries and sizes identify talent, people and culture solutions that meet their unique needs.

Alan McKinnon, Revenue Program Manager @ Jellyfish

Alan McKinnon has sailed from state politics to enterprise software, navigating the nuance required to excel in both arenas. Today he serves as the Revenue Program Manager at Boston based startup Jellyfish, a rapidly growing enterprise software company helping engineering teams work smarter.

Gina Guarracino, Director, People @ Mirakl

Gina Guarracino is a capable, empathetic People leader who’s traveled from staffing to unions to media and now excels in high growth technology scale ups. She is a Director of People at late stage commerce startup Mirakl, helping the team expand their U.S. operations including a recent office move from Somerville to Boston’s Financial District.

Lucy Driscoll, Principal Mechanical Engineer @ 10Beauty

Lucy Driscoll is a hardware technology leader who has built & designed patented consumer products for your home and is now hard at work developing a new beauty device to save busy professionals some time too. She is a Principal Mechanical Engineer at 10Beauty, building an innovative manicure machine set to be released in 2024.

Andrew Dickson, Senior Director of FP&A @ SevenRooms

Andrew Dickson is a long term thinker, Finance leader, and occasional world traveler on a journey from Ohio to Houston and now Boston across the Energy & startup world. At SevenRooms, he serves as the Senior Director of FP&A leading a small but mighty team working to bring better strategic planning practices to a growing hospitality software business.