ADVISORY BOARD

Rodrigo is a board member, mentor (North Forge, Alchemist, EIA, AIA, Copernicus, Startup Chile), jury at MIT Innovators under 35 Award EU&LATAM. He was awarded the 10th Edition of the Aster Prize, founded HAG Ventures, invested in +25 startups (USA, EU, LATAM & MENA), besides accelerating & helping hundreds of entrepreneurs worldwide. He is an expert in CVB & CVC, ranked by Thinkers 360 as Top 50 Thought Leaders in Startups.

Having led the Community Experience teams at the global fashion marketplace depop from Series B to Etsy acquisition, Polly moved to advisory work in similar spaces. She has great experience in how online communities grow through providing a safe and transparent platform for their users particularly in the marketplace, live shopping & e-commerce space. Working as an advisor she supports founders and early stage teams across a number of scaling challenges, and is always thinking about how to shape decisions with a people-first approach to get team buy-in by creating a culture where teams feel a sense of belonging and inclusion.

Matthew has been with Crum & Forster for seven years and currently leads their Occupational Accident Division located in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Matthew manages a high-energy, resolution oriented, team of underwriters, operational staff, and accountants solely dedicated to the insurance products offered within the division.

Alex is an Attorney at Larson King, a boutique firm with deep trial experience. After 10 years in communications and product marketing, Alex changed careers to become an attorney. She has planned a sprint, launched a product, and represented people in court. Alex enjoys working with marketplace companies because of their unique set of problems and growing pains. In her free time she runs a travel website with her husband and attempts to learn French.

Jessica is the VP of Risk & Claims at Outdoorsy, a peer-to-peer RV Marketplace. With a career primarily in insurance, she has spent the past 9 years focused on marketplace and insuretech environments. Jessica finds working in the marketplace rewarding, as it offers people alternative income opportunities and fosters entrepreneurship. Outside of work, she cherishes family travel experiences and creating lasting memories.

Matt is the Co-Founder and Head of Operations at Peerspace, a fast-growing, short-term space and events marketplace. He has spent his career launching and building consumer-facing businesses, spending time in leadership as an operator, marketer, and product manager. He is passionate about delighting customers, building creative solutions to complex problems, and providing answers for those in search of inspiration. Matt holds a BA in Political Economies from the University of California - Berkeley.

Co-Founder of Apollo, open-source Anti-Abuse AI tools. Former Co-Founder at Authillo and Lead Engineer on the T&S/growth team at YikYak he was able to help scale to 1M DAU’s, build internal tooling and close a seed round of $6M dollars. With his background he has had the pleasure of working alongside the brightest minds in the industry and have found his passion for building a better internet.

Saray started out in online retail advertising and financial technology, starting before the ability to purchase products online was available. Her current focus is on merchant developments of fraud and risk. With the many tools available that can help keep merchants and marketplaces safe and their brand reputations clean, narrowing down the specific needs can be difficult; her goal is to provide insights to keep illegal activities out of marketplaces and all online merchants. Saray says, “The saying goes, ‘Where there’s a will there’s a way’ and criminals have the will, so we need to stay ahead of their ways to keep our industry clean and safe from possible illegal activities”.

Steve Craig is Founder & Chief Enablement Officer at PEAK IDV. An expert in digital identity, Steve has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years. In the past decade, Steve held leadership positions at three top companies in identity verification across roles in product, strategy, and sales. With PEAK IDV, he’s on a mission to enable 10,000 people to become experts in digital identity through curated industry education and market insights.

Brian builds fraud and T&S teams from scratch. He likes to call it organizing the chaos. Now ge gets to be an extension of T&S teams and help them build out their strategy to scale T&S to align with their companies lofty goals. His internal goal is to help the community to find their voices and be seen as the true experts they are. Fraudsters work together, so it only makes sense we do too!