On Monday, January 6, 2025, Galaxy organized a fireside chat with Joe Kim, who shared his career story of holding senior executive roles at global brands including GE, HP, Solar Winds, and Citrix, before taking his CEO role at Series G SaaS company, Sumo Logic, as well as serving as a board member for major companies such as SmartBear and Andela. Afterward, guests engaged Joe in a Q&A session, followed by a buffet networking dinner.

The invited guests ranged from SaaS and Tech investors to executives:

• Josh Reed — Chairperson at Upstay
• Gunnar Teltow — Founding Partner at UpShift Capital
• Keith Zoellner — CTO at Hotel Engine
• Satya Ganni — CEO at Userflow
• Cindy Brummer — CEO at Standard Beagle Studio
• Guillermo Mesa — Founder at Scalater
• Courtney Kehl — Founder at Expert Marketing Advisors
• Jeff Winesett — Partner at SeeSaw Labs
• Mehlam Bhiwandiwala — Global CFO at GCG Companies
• Nick Candito — Managing Partner at ACOF
• Will Ballard — CEO at Civitas Learning
• Pradeep Nalluri — Managing Partner at Configure
• Jesse Brede — Owner at Lion’s Share Digital
• Addie Rasche — Venture Capital Investor at Silverton Partners
• Dane Cook — Co-Founder at Tank Payments
• Edward Hu — General Partner at Duro Ventures
• Alex Bondarevskyi — Engineering Leadership at Blueacorn Tech
• Alejandro Rioja — Angel Investor
• Allison Ball — General Partner at HNVR
• Aseem Tiwari — Partner at Jina Ventures
• Benjamin Woosley — Private Investor
• Aneil Mallavarapu — Managing Partner at Humain Ventures
• Linda Avey — Managing Partner at Humain Ventures
• Xiaofei Deng — Senior Manager at Accenture
• Ken Womack — Senior Wealth Strategist at Northern Trust
• Ryan Carlson — President at Chainguard
• Sahin Boydas — Founder at Claros Farm
• Tom Scopazzi — Limited Partner at Stage 2 Capital
• Sean Milmoe — Seed Investor at BT Growth Capital
• Sheri Cavazos — Market Development Lead at Acuity Tech Partners

Join Galaxy to attend unlimited weekly fireside dinners, as well as access vetted investment deal flow, private chef deal flow discussion dinners, join our online community, and receive concierge introductions to high-caliber peers.