AI Startup Searchlight:
Unlocking New Possibilities in Customer Engagement

• Driving revenue and business growth through smarter AI applications
• Removing barriers to enhance authentic, human interactions
• Improving experiences as the key to business success

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  Jason Kerr

  Founder, Spoke Phone

Jason Kerr
Founder, Spoke Phone
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  Paul Dornier

  Co-Founder, Alpharun

Paul Dornier
Co-Founder, Alpharun
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  Adam Godson

  CEO, Paradox


Adam Godson
CEO, Paradox
Adam Godson is an industry leader in solving talent acquisition challenges with innovative technology. Early in his career, his passion for technology found the right problem, witnessing substandard talent acquisition processes, frustrating results and terrible experiences in hiring processes that served no one well.

Adam's relentless energy found its rocket fuel at Cielo, where he lovingly "got to have 100 jobs at the same time" and had hypergrowth of solving complex hiring challenges for some of the largest companies in the world.

At Paradox, Adam knew that conversational AI was the key to solving so many challenges for candidates, clients and recruiting teams to reduce friction and make winners of companies and candidates. His happiest days are spent with a whiteboard, a room of smart people and end with a hazy IPA.
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  James Drayson

  CEO & Co-Founder, Appella AI

James Drayson
CEO & Co-Founder, Appella AI
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  Arnaldo Carrillo

  Founding Team, GAIL

Arnaldo Carrillo
Founding Team, GAIL
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  Alex Goldman

  Developer Evangelist, Startups at Twilio

Alex Goldman
Developer Evangelist, Startups at Twilio
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  Bianca St. Louis

  Developer Evangelist, Ecosystem at Twilio

Bianca St. Louis
Developer Evangelist, Ecosystem at Twilio
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  Thomas Wyatt

  Chief Revenue Officer, Twilio

Thomas Wyatt
Chief Revenue Officer, Twilio
As Chief Revenue Officer, Thomas oversees all of Twilio go-to-market and its functions, including sales, services, and global operations. Prior to becoming chief revenue officer, Thomas was the President of Twilio Segment, the customer data platform that thousands of companies use to deliver world-class customer experiences, where he was responsible for driving product innovation and go-to-market execution. Before joining Twilio, Thomas served as the Chief Product & Strategy Officer of People.ai, a pioneer in bringing AI-powered data capabilities to go-to-market teams. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of AppDynamics, a leader in application monitoring and intelligence. Prior to that, he spent over a decade as a VP/GM for a range of businesses spanning data & analytics, cloud infrastructure, communications, and video at Cisco. He holds his bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University.