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Driven by a decade-long mission to build tech for good, Diana is dedicated to leveraging the power of AI for the people. Past impact includes cofounding Veterati.com (created $160 million in jobs for Veterans), exec team at spiral.us (sustainability, $42m raised)and DoubleDutch (exited). Diana continues to push the boundaries of what tech startups can achieve in social and environmental impact, notably through her research into 'Good Unicorns: Billion Dollar Ventures For Good', as featured on Forbes, and has been recognized for her impact as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Founder.

Greg oversaw Workforce Strategy and Operations at Amazon where he led teams to streamline hiring and onboarding processes, resulting in over 1 million hourly workers hired. At LinkedIn, he built a community of over 2.2 million veterans as the Head of Veterans on their social impact team. He also played a pivotal role in other veteran-focused startups, cofounding GuideOn and PatriotMove. Once a Marine, always a Marine - Greg served as a Ground Intelligence Officer deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

With over 20 years of web development and software engineering experience, Nate has built sites from inception to launch (myVacation.com) and held various leadership positions at companies such as Castingmanger.com, Solofire (acquired), and Verb. Nate's expertise in modern technologies, big data, AI, and software architecture has consistently driven innovation and growth throughout his career.

Elliot is an expert in marketing and growth with over 14 years of experience, consulting over 40 startups and managing more than $20 million in budgets. He's also founded two agencies (Mpath, Manson Media) and two startups (Gamifier, lovespace) - rounding out a myriad of experience across multiple industries. A data fanatic and guru, Elliot leverages data to capture amazing customer stories.

Sameer is an AI and Data Engineering leader who excels in delivering scalable, cloud-based data analytics architecture and machine learning solutions for mission-driven organizations. With over 15 years of experience, he has driven innovation through the development of data platforms and products, making significant contributions at Edmentum and Digineer in data science and engineering prior to joining Upwage.

An Army reservist with over 24 years of service, Santiago has dedicated his life to helping underserved and underrepresented communities. He's been a facilator and project manager for numerous veteran and employment organizations including the San Diego Center for Employment Training, Wounded Warrior Project and Four Block. Bringing his extensive leadership experience to Upwage, he's overseen the launch of multiple flagship products to include the Wagemap, SuperScreener and SuperSorter.

A former Head of Product at Accompany (acquired by Cisco-Webex) and Senior Director of Product & Engineering, AI/ML at Cisco-Webex, Evonne has led teams of over 80 people in creating AI-powered work solutions. She continues to push the envelope of the realm of possible with conversational AI and its assessment capabilities - driving the engine that's unlocking hidden gem talent for the hourly worker population.

A Navy veteran with 11 years of service, Phil brings a wealth of world experience to the table. He's ran Marketing and Recruiting programs at LinkedIn, spent time in DC as a liasion supporting the Navy's most senior officers and officials in their engagements with Congress, and led teams of sailors forward deployed to the Western Pacific, Middle East and South America.

Julia brings a wealth of experience advising startups from her time at Venture for America and Company Ventures, supporting over 200 companies with $2 billion in raised capital. She's run the gambit of company departments overseeing everything from Marketing to Learning and Development, to Finance.

A senior engineer with over 8 years of experience, Justen is also an expert in Prompt Engineering. Operating at the forefront of AI innovation, he's led efforts in developing multilingual conversational AI interviewers in additon to multiple other breakthroughs in the prompt engineering space. His career spans a vast array of industries to include companies such as Wheels, Retool and TruLiv.

Ryan started his web development career as an instructor for DevMountain. With over 8 years in software engineering, he has become a wizard with map technology - bringing alive the flagship Wagemap and revolutionizing the job search experience for the hourly worker. His previous experience includes front end engineering at O.C. Tanner and DroneDeploy.

Tamas has a deep history of coding, going back to to the Commodore 64 which he still possesses to this day. He has been a software engineer for over 25 years, his expertise covering both front end and back end development. He's cofounded multiple ventures to include General Entertainment, Triton Technics, and Tryp, has been a part of multple startups to include Zimride (now Lyft) and is the former CTO of Westline Holding.

Mike brings over a decade of engineering leadership experience, cofounding Grazer Inc and Pilotworks and most recently was a Product Engineer and Engineering Manager at Angelist (now Wellfound) - building one of the most successful marketplaces to find Engineering talent. He now operates at the forefront of SEO innovation, driving organic traffic that is essential to connecting hourly workers to better economic opportunities

Aidan Daley is a United States Marine Corps Veteran and San Diego State University alum with a background in Business Marketing. He has experience in business development, customer service, and leadership, particularly in veteran integration.

Sam is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Seattle. Previously, he designed research software at the University of Washington and served as the first design hire at Wisr (acquired by EAB). Sam holds a BA in architecture and design from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS in human centered design and engineering from the University of Washington.

With over a decade of experience in talent acquisition, Tim has dedicated his career to developing innovative recruitment solutions. Most recently, he led teams at Amazon and AWS, working across high volume, technical, and executive hiring, while driving change management and spearheading strategic recruitment initiatives. Now at Upwage, he leverages his passion for cohesive problem solving across the organization to help navigate the most complex talent challenges for our customers.

Jessica is a social impact driven leader with over 10 years of startup experience, including 15Five and Flowspace, developing MVPs and nurturing them into full-fledged solutions. Having held several customer support leadership positions, she comes to Upwage with a proven track record of successfully building teams from the ground up and an unparalled passion for providing the ultimate customer experience.

Tyler has pursued programming and engineering for two decades, driven by a passion for entrepreneurship and meaningful projects with global impact. He excels in leadership and customer engagement, going beyond traditional engineering to connect directly with users, ensuring their feedback informs his work.