Adam Cahan is a senior technology executive with over 25 years in the media technology and telecommunications industries. He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer for PAX, a technology-based consumer packed goods company in the health and wellbeing industry. He also served as a director on the supervisory board for ProSiebenSat.1 Media, one of Europe’s largest media companies. Previously, Mr. Cahan served as a Senior Vice President, Mobile, Video & Emerging Products at Yahoo. Mr. Cahan joined Yahoo with the acquisition of IntoNow, where he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to creating IntoNow, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Auditude, which was later acquired by Adobe. Previously, Mr. Cahan served as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Operations at MTV Networks and held leadership roles at Google, McKinsey & Company and NBC Universal. Mr. Cahan started his career as an associate producer and wildlife filmmaker for National Geographic Television, based in Zaire, Africa. He holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Lydia Jett was a Founding Partner and Managing Partner, Head of Consumer Internet and eCommerce sectors of Softbank Investment Advisors. Over two decades, Ms. Jett has invested in and served on the boards of market leading technology businesses, working with several of the most significant consumer platforms across the globe. Ms. Jett led investments into and represented Softbank on the board of directors of the firm's global eCommerce investments including: Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Fanatics, Flipkart, GoTo (IDX: GoTo). Additionally, Ms. Jett has led investments and served on the Board of Directors of Andela, Embark, Klook, LTK and Weee! Prior to launching SBIA, Ms. Jett was a senior member of the investment team at Softbank Group, where she led investments into Guardant Health (Nasdaq: GH), 10X Genomics (Nasdaq: TXG) and Fetch Robotics. Ms. Jett served as member of the boards of directors of Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Fanatics and Ozon (Nasdaq: Ozon). Ms. Jett is a visiting lecturer at Stanford, teaching Entrepreneurial Finance and is a member of YPO LA. She is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Smith College and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Kirsten Kliphouse served as President of Google Cloud Americas, where she was responsible for leading and growing the sales, go-to-market, customer engagement, channel, and services organizations, from March 2022 until her retirement in July 2023. At Google Cloud, she also served as the Global Chair of the Aspiring Leadership Academy and Women@GoogleCloud. From July 2019 until March 2022, Ms. Kliphouse served as President of the North American division of Google Cloud. Ms. Kliphouse has also served as a member of the audit committees and boards of directors of Labcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LH) since October 2022 and Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNB) since July 2023, and has served on the technology committee and board of directors of Global Payments, Inc. (NYSE: GPN) since October 2023. Prior to Google Cloud, Ms. Kliphouse was Senior Vice President at Red Hat, Inc., a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation, from January 2018 to June 2019; Chief Executive Officer of Yardarm Technologies, a hardware and software solutions company, from February 2017 to December 2017; and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Scaling Ventures, a technology investment and advisory firm. Prior to her position at Yardarm, Ms. Kliphouse spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, Inc., where she was part of the executive leadership team and held numerous executive positions in Enterprise Sales, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Partner and Channels, and as Corporate Vice President of Customer Support, Success and Professional Services, during which she led more than 10,000 employees globally. Ms. Kliphouse is a recipient of the Microsoft Founders Award for her superior leadership and contributions to the business. Ms. Kliphouse holds a degree in Computer Information Sciences and Business from Muhlenberg College.
Glenn H. Schiffman has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2021. Mr. Schiffman has served as Chief Financial Officer of Fanatics, Inc., an online retailer of licensed sportswear, sports equipment, and merchandise, since August 2021. Mr. Schiffman served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IAC from April 2016 to August 2021. Mr. Schiffman has also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of Angi Inc. (formerly known as ANGI Homeservices Inc.) since January 2021, a role he previously held from September 2017 to March 2019. Prior to joining IAC, Mr. Schiffman served as Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, from March 2013. Prior to his tenure at Guggenheim Securities, Mr. Schiffman was a partner at The Raine Group, a merchant bank focused on advising and investing in the technology, media and telecommunications industries, from September 2011 to March 2013. Prior to joining The Raine Group, Mr. Schiffman served as Co-Head of the Global Media group at Lehman Brothers from 2005 to 2007 and Head of Investment Banking Asia- Pacific at Lehman Brothers (and subsequently Nomura) from April 2007 to January 2010, as well as Head of Investment Banking, Americas from January 2010 to April 2011 for Nomura. Mr. Schiffman’s roles at Nomura followed Nomura’s acquisition of Lehman’s Asia business in 2008. In his not-for-profit affiliations, Mr. Schiffman is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and serves as a member of the Duke Children’s National Leadership Council. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Valerie Fund Endowment and a member of the Valerie Fund’s Board of Advisors, the mission of both of which is to provide individualized care to children at medical centers close to home. He previously served on the Duke Health Board of Visitors from May 2008 until June 2019 and the Duke School of Medicine Board of Visitors from July 2019 until June 2020. Mr. Schiffman has served on the boards of directors of Match Group, Inc. and Angi Inc. since September 2016 and June 2017, respectively.