Endeavor

16 CHRISTOPHER ROGERS Lumia Capital United States Christopher Rogers is a partner at Lumia Capital, an expansion-stage VC partnering with leading tech companies in under-invested emerging markets and forward-thinking US companies targeting these markets to accelerate growth. Previously, he was the co-founder of Nextel Communications (acquired by Sprint for $35B) and its two predecessor companies. Chris brings 30 years of mobile industry experience as a founder, advisor, and operator. Most recently, Chris served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Spectrum, at Sprint where he evaluated and executed strategic initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments and joint ventures within the mobile communication and e-commerce sectors. SCOTT RANSENBERG Riverwood Capital United States JAN PIOTROWSKI American Express Ventures United States ARIEL PFEFFER Prospekta Global Marketing Uruguay Scott Ransenberg joined Riverwood in 2008 and is currently a Principal with the firm. Scott is currently on the Board of MotionPoint and is involved with both Navent and GOintegro. Scott was historically involved with Riverwood investments in ALOG, Ambarella, GoPro, Globant and Lighting Science. Prior to joining Riverwood, Scott worked with the Credit Suisse Technology Group based in San Francisco, where he advised on and executed a number of strategic financing initiatives for leading public and private companies in the technology sector. Scott graduated from Stanford University where he earned his B.S. in mathematical and computational sciences and was a captain of the men's varsity swim team. Jan joined Amex Ventures in 2016. Previously, he oversaw venture coverage for the technology group at Credit Suisse, advising emerging private technology companies on fundraising, strategy, business development, M&A and finance. Jan has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA with honors in entrepreneurship, finance, and accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Ariel Pfeffer, founder and CEO of Trillonario.com, has been actively involved in the direct marketing business in Latin America for the past thirty years. From 1984 to 1989, as the CEO of Office Generale Publicitaire for Latin America, he created catalog companies in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay and Brazil. From 1990 to 2004, Ariel was based in Brazil and was the chairman and CEO of his Direct Response TV company, which included catalogs, credit card syndication programs, print advertising and e-marketing. Since 2005, he has founded several companies like FonoFarma.com, Gladiadores.com, and OsoGloton.com, among many others. In 2015 he was elected by Ernst & Young as a Global Growth Coach.

• Cover