Speakers
Frank Long, Vice president, Office of Applied Innovation, Goldman Sachs, New York.
Frank Long works on the Office of Applied Innovation team where his focus is advising clients on the intersection of emerging technology and geopolitics. Previously he worked at Schmidt Futures where he worked on similar topics both in operational roles and as a technical advisor to Eric Schmidt. Before that he worked at Google as a product manager on the Maps Augmented Reality team, and the Knowledge Engine team within Search. He studied Computer Science and Finance at the University of Texas at Austin.
Armando Pauker, Co-founder and Managing Director, Tensility Venture Partners
Armando Pauker is a co-founder and Managing Director of Tensility Venture Partners, a Chicago-based seed-stage fund focused on enterprise software applications of Artificial Intelligence. He has been a venture investor for more than 20 years and is now raising Tensility Fund III. Prior to venture, Armando served in senior management positions at several global technology companies and as a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in technology industries.
Bob Stefanski, Managing Partner, eLab Ventures
Bob is a technology entrepreneur with deep operational, board and investing experience. Since co-founding eLab Ventures in 2013, his primary focus has been on startups developing and using artificial intelligence to create market disruption. He currently serves on, or has served on, the boards of eLab portfolio companies Cobalt, Aperia, MobileForce, ObservIQ, XOSphere, MemryX, pulsESG, Refraction AI and Verge Aero
Kelli Olson, Tax Partner, BDO (EMCEE)
Kelli is a Tax Partner in the firm’s Grand Rapids office with more than 15 years of public accounting experience in the area of taxation. Her focus is servi
ng closely-held businesses and their owners, ultra-high net worth individuals, complex multi-generational families, and family offices. She has vast experience in federal, state, and international income tax planning and compliance as well as complex trust and estate tax planning and compliance. She works closely with her clients and client’s team of advisors to provide strategic tax vision based on developing a deep understanding of her clients’ ultimate goals.
Kelli has experience serving clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturing and distribution, government contracting, technology, nonprofit, and private equity. In addition to her private client focus, she has significant experience with international tax planning and complex partnership taxation including both private equity and fund side consulting.
