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At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Knowledge Management space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Robert Gunn
COO of Pryon
Robert Gunn has more than 22 years of senior management experience in high technology companies and a proven track record in technology startups. Prior to joining Serus in 2004, Robert was president and CEO of PhysicianAccess.com, an e-health company that developed the first Internet-based application to address the clinical, business and patient needs of private practice physicians. Prior to PhysicianAccess, Robert was an original member of the board of directors at Cobalt Networks, Inc., a leading Internet and intranet server company. As an advisor to the CEO during the company’s formation and as Vice President of Sales, he was responsible for the creation of worldwide marketing and sales strategies. Cobalt was purchased by Sun Microsystems in November 2000 for $2 billion. In addition, Robert has held executive-level sales and marketing positions at Micronics Computers, a leading supplier of advanced system boards and multimedia peripherals, and TriQuint Semiconductor, a leading manufacturer of integrated circuits for cellular phones and wireless networks.
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About Pryon: Pryon is an AI company focused on enterprise knowledge management.
Darren Chait
Co-Founder & COO of Hugo
Darren Chait is the Co-Founder & COO at Hugo.
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About Hugo: Hugo is a collaborative note-taking app focused on sharing meeting notes across teams within companies.
Kader Garnier Aw
COO of Speach
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About Speach: SPEACH is an enterprise video platform that enable organizations to easily capture, manage and distribute on-demand video tutorial.
Joe Wagner
COO of Axonify
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About Axonify: Axonify provides e-learning software, interval reinforcement solutions, and gamified learning.
Sankar Lagudu
Co-Founder & COO of RFPIO Inc.
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About RFPIO Inc.: Revolutionary RFP software that enhances collaboration and fosters a truly efficient response process. Allow your team to thrive with RFPIO.
N. Taylor Thompson
Co-Founder and COO of Almanac
N. Taylor Thompson is the Co-founder and COO at Almanac.
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About Almanac: Almanac is the most powerful platform for async collaboration.
Anthony Blanco
Chief Operating Officer of XOi Technologies
Anthony Blanco is the Chief Operating Officer at XOi Technologies. He is a former Director of Sales at Allied Modular Building Systems and Credit Manager at Wells Fargo Financial. Mr. Blanco graduated from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona with a BS in Finance and received an MBA in Finance and Organizational Management at Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration. Anthony loves to stay active on basketball courts and golf courses. As a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, he qualifies as both an eternal optimist and hopeless romantic. He is married to his college sweetheart, Kat, and they have a son, Jalen, who enjoys eating guacamole and watching baseball with his daddy.
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About XOi Technologies: XOi delivers software to contractors across the globe that empowers them to do more jobs, with less technicians, at higher quality.
Brett Costello
COO of XanEdu
Brett Costello places partnership at the center of all aspects of his work. Over the past 20 years, Brett has developed a unique ability to cultivate enduring relationships and solutions through close collaboration with customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders. By keeping partnership at the core of his philosophy, Brett has successfully built and led dynamic teams of sales, marketing, product development and operations professionals to drive sustainable growth, profit, but most importantly – customer satisfaction. Brett earned a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
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About XanEdu, XanEdu: XanEdu provides educational institutions with solutions for creating, delivering, and managing course materials.
Ann Stewart Zachwieja
Co-Founder and COO of Globig
Ann Stewart Zachwieja has a background in technical product management and marketing, and has worked in US companies with an international presence. Ann loves to travel and has been to Asia, Europe, and throughout North America for work and for fun. Always up for learning new things, she has an MBA, a degree in International Studies, and has studied German, Russian, and Mandarin.
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About Globig: Globig makes it easy for SMEs to manage global data compliance (GDPR), int’l employees, customers, services, and back office all in one
Sourabh Mishra
Founder, COO of Edbrix Inc.
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About Edbrix Inc.: Edbrix is focused on 3 C’s of Education – Collaboration, Communication, Content!
Jen Anderson
COO & Co-Founder of The Reset Foundation
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About The Reset Foundation: The Reset Foundation empower individuals, families, and communities across the country.
