Apexe Global
Management Team
Based in Silicon Valley, Apexe Global is the premier hypergrowth mentorship and global commercialization program for late-stage startups. We build the skills and global business network of local executives so they can achieve hypergrowth towards our shared goal of multi-billion-dollar IPOs and exits. Apexe Global leverages the experience, success and network of four globally-trusted organizations to support a government’s effort to drive economic impact, exports, and job creation.
The Team that Makes our Programs Possible
Founder & CEO
- Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur with 2 successful exits
- World-leading advisor on innovation policy and programs
- Worked with over 100 government agencies across 40 countries during the last 3 years alone
- Previous work in corporate innovation, advising IBM, Cisco, Agilent/HP, JSJ and others
VP of Education at GEN and CEO of Venture Hive
- Founder & CEO of Venture Hive, developer of executive mentorship programs for large corporations (eg. Microsoft, Visa, Walmart)
- VP of Education at GEN, the 200-country network aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business.
Head of Strategy – Startup Genome
- Renowned specialist in ecosystem program building
- Worked with Tech Nation, the UK’s leading ecosystem agency that designed one of the first and most effective scaling programs globally.
- Former CEO of digitalswitzerland, the nation’s leading private agency, building one of the largest and most successful corporate-startup innovation program in Europe
- Executive Director at Ernst & Young
President – APEXE China
- Credited with the tech ecosystem success of the Yangou district and pioneered the incubation + invest model in China
- Incubated more than 650 startups: with a 6 year survival rate of 68%
- Launched an accelaration program and propelled 13 ventures worth >US$15M within 12 months
- Global advisor on China’s innovation space
President – APEXE China
- Credited with the tech ecosystem success of the Yangpu district and pioneered the incubation + invest model in China
- Incubated more than 650 startups, with a 6 year survival rate of 68%
- Launched an accelaration program and propelled 13 ventures worth >US$15M within 12 months
- Global advisor on China’s innovation space
Program Executive, APEXE Global
- Dealmaker Global Entrepreneurs Programme at Department for International Trade (DIT)
- Formerly Entrepreneur Success Director – Tech Nation: Led and grew Tech Nation’s Future Fifty and UpScale programs, which produced 9 IPOs and 18 unicorns
- Tech Nation is the most renowned scaleup program with a 50X ROI
Mentor Program Director, APEXE Global
- Decade + experience executing programs to support entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems
- VP for Policy & Research at the Global Entrepreneurship Network HQ, serving as Global Advisor
- Program Director for annual Global Entrepreneurship Congress
- Master’s in International Trade & Investment Policy from George Washington University School of International Affairs
- Fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and working knowledge of French & German
Mentor Program Director, APEXE Global
- Decade + experience executing programs to support entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems
- VP for Policy & Research at the Global Entrepreneurship Network HQ, serving as Global Advisor
- Program Director for annual Global Entrepreneurship Congress
- Master’s in International Trade & Investment Policy from George Washington University School of International Affairs
- Fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and working knowledge of French & German
Senior Adviser, APEXE Global
- Pioneer in the Venture Capital/ Startup Accelerator space
- Built, Ran and exited 2 startups
- Indian startup ecosystem influencer as Global Director of Microsoft for Startups, CEO of T-Hub, CIO for Telangana state
- Founding chair of PAN-IIP (Washington DC), TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (Bangalore), NASSCOM’s Product Enclave (Bangalore)
