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19 ARMAN ZAND Quona Capital United States ZAFER YOUNIS 500 Startups United States BEDY YANG 500 Startups United States Arman has more than 17 years of experience working in technology and finance. Prior to joining Quona Capital, Arman was Director of Business Development at RocketSpace, Inc. where he helped advise on corporate open innovation and connected startups with Fortune 1000 brands. Arman spent the previous 15 years at Silicon Valley Bank in the US, India, U.K, and the Middle East, helping expand the bank globally including 7 years in China where he helped co-found China's first joint venture technology bank. Arman's experience includes venture finance, technology acceleration, corporate open innovation, and global expansion. Arman is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and is a part-time lecturer at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Zafer Younis is a partner at 500 Startups, a seed and incubator fund in Silicon Valley with investments in over 50 countries. Zafer works with entrepreneurs from all over the world through 500 Startups' acceleration programs in Silicon Valley and its ecosystem development programs around the world. In 2016, Zafer launched 500 Startups' pre-accelerator program in Japan. He also led 500 Startups' Corporate Startup Innovation (CSI) Program in San Francisco which aims to get corporates and startups to innovate together. Bedy Yang is Managing Partner at 500 Startups, a seed and incubator fund in Silicon Valley with investments in over 50 countries. At 500 Startups, she is responsible for Brazil and Spanish- speaking investments and the investor training program (www.500.vc). She is also founder of +INNOVATORS, an organization that became the epicenter and resource for Brazilian tech founders with a network of over 10,000 people. Bedy was featured as an innovator in Forbes Brazil and America's Quarterly, and she is a member of the Kauffman Fellowship Program. SAI YAGNYAMURTHY Ford Motor Company United States Sai is Director of Corporate Strategy at Ford Motor Company where he leads strategy development, execution and investment thesis for future of automotive services ranging telematics, autonomous, urban mobility and digital services. He is passionate about intersection of key technologies like AI, Machine learning, Digital assistants, IoT and wireless that enable this transformation. Previously, Sai was a Director of Corporate Strategy at Verizon. He executed strategies and led acquisitions to the tune of $10B between 2012 and 2016. Sai has a Master's degree from Duke University and a Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.