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FC BUILD_Enterprise 2021

When

Wednesday, December 8th –
Thursday, December 9th

Where

Foundation Capital, 550 High Street,
3rd Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301

FC BUILD_Enterprise 2021

December 8 – 9, 2021

FC BUILD 2021 was a virtual conference for B2B-technology entrepreneurs and executives who are building the next generation of SaaS, security, and AI companies powering the enterprise. It featured two days of in-depth conversations with some of the best business and technical leaders in the industry.

Agenda

Wednesday, December 8th

Talk	Speakers
From Open Source to Public Company	Ali Ghodsi (CEO, Databricks)
Digital Transformation at Scale	Alan Boehme (CTO, H&M) Martin Brodbeck (CTO, Priceline)
Winning in a Crowded Security Market	Guy Podjarny (Founder, Snyk) Dmitri Alperovitch (Former CTO, CrowdStrike
Architecting the Innovation Cloud	Artur Bergman (Chief Architect and Executive Chairperson, Fastly) Peter Shafton (VP of Architecture, Twilio)
From PMF to Hyperscale	Todd Olson (CEO, Pendo) Jay Parikh (Co-CEO, Lacework)
Taking a Brand Public	Stacey Epstein (CMO, Freshworks) Julie Liegl (Former CMO, Slack)
How to Market Software	Robin Matlock (Former CMO, VMware) Peder Ulander (CMO, MongoDB)
Building Community	Gina Bianchini (CEO, Mighty Networks) Zoe Scaman (Founder, Bodacious)
Scaling Software Sales	Bill Schuh (CRO, Anaplan) Paula Hansen (CRO, Alteryx)
Digitizing Healthcare	Sameer Badlani (CDO, EVP for Tech Services, Fairview Health Services) Lisa Maki (VP, Strategy, Health & Life Sciences, Microsoft)
Build or Buy	Vishy Gopalakrishnan (VP Transformation, AT&T) Terry Luciani (VP of Innovation, MetLife)
How to B2B a CTO	Abby Kearns (CTO, Puppet) Roy Duvall (CTO, Calendly)
Going Public in 2021	Fran Rosch (CEO, ForgeRock) Max Simkoff (CEO, Doma)
Product-Led Growth	Merci Grace (CEO, Stealth Project) Ellie Fields (CPO & Eng, Salesloft)
Gusto at 10	Josh Reeves (CEO, Gusto)

Thursday, December 9th, 2021

Talk	Speakers
0 to 1 in Open Source	Neha Narkhede (Co-Founder, Confluent)
From Idea to IPO	Henry Ward (CEO, Carta)
Building A New Category	Johnny Boufarhat (CEO, Hopin) Chris Lochhead (Co-Founder, PlayBigger)
Scaling Engineering in Hypergrowth Organizations	Cathy Polinsky (VP of Eng, Shopify) Ric Smith (CTO, SentinelOne)
Cyber Defense at Scale	Amit Yoran (CEO, Tenable) Kevin Mandia (CEO, Mandiant Corp)
Reinventing F500 IT	Dilip Venkatachari (CIO, US Bank) Vijay Luthra (CIO, Northern Trust) Manish Sinha (Corporate CTO, L’Oréal)
The One-Man C-Suite	Nikesh Arora (CEO, Palo Alto Networks)
Succeeding at Customer Success	Manjula Talreja (CCO, PagerDuty) Erin Siemens (CCO, Anaplan)
Building the Modern Data Stack	Martin Traverso (CTO, Starburst) Naveen Punjabi (Head of Analytics Partnerships, Google Cloud) Dan Robinson (CTO, Heap)
The Next Generation Infrastructure Stack	Raghu Hiremagalur (CTO, LinkedIn) Anshul Sadana (COO, Arista)
How to B2B a CISO	Caleb Sima (CSO, Robinhood) Shaun Khalfan (CSO, Discover, Financial Services)
The Fastest Blockchain in the World	Anatoly Yakovenko (CEO, Solana)

From Open Source to Public Company

The founder/CEO of Databricks returns to FC BUILD to share his advice for founders building open-source projects.

Ali Ghodsi(CEO, Databricks)

Taking a Brand Public

A conversation about preparing a company and its team for IPO.

Stacey Epstein (CMO, Freshworks)Julie Lieg(Former CMO, Slack)

Digital Transformation at Scale

Top enterprise buyers discuss cloud adoption and their priorities when making the decision to buy.

Alan Boehme(CTO, H&M)Martin Brodbeck(CTO, Priceline)

Winning in a Crowded Security Market

Defining a go-to-market and sales strategy for cybersecurity startups.

Guy Podjarny(Founder, Snyk)Dmitri Alperovitch(Former CTO, CrowdStrike)

Architecting the Innovation Cloud

A conversation about the next big architectural shift for founders focused on infrastructure and the cloud.

Artur Bergman(Chief Architect and Executive Chairperson, Fastly)Peter Shafton(VP of Architecture, Twilio)

From PMF to Hyperscale

A startup’s evolution and how to grow with your product.

Todd Olson(CEO, Pendo)Jay Parikh(Co-CEO, Lacework)

How to Market Software

Marketing leaders share their advice on positioning a software product for market.

Robin Matlock(Former CMO, VMware)Peder Ulander(CMO, MongoDB)

Building Community

How to build community among users.

Gina Bianchini(CEO, Mighty Networks)Zoe Scaman(Founder, Bodacious)

Scaling Software Sales

Two sales leaders advise how to structure a sales organization and hire for early-stage founders.

Bill Schuh(CRO, Anaplan)Paula Hansen(CRO, Alteryx)

Digitizing Healthcare

Organizational priorities and opportunities for technology innovation in the healthcare sector.

Sameer Badlani(CDO, EVP for Tech Services, Fairview Health Services)Lisa Maki(VP, Strategy, Health, & Life Science at Microsoft)

Build or Buy

Two Fortune 50 executives share their largest initiatives and advice for selling to large enterprises.

Vishy Gopalakrishnan(VP Transformation, AT&T)Terry Luciani(VP of Innovation, MetLife)

How to B2B a CTO

Building and managing high-performing engineering teams in a remote-first world.

Abby Kearns (CTO, Puppet)Roy Duvall(CTO, Calendly)

Going Public in 2021

Two FC portfolio CEOs recount their experience taking their companies public in this crazy year.

Fran Rosch(CEO, ForgeRock)Max Simkoff(CEO, Doma)

Product-Led Growth

Hot takes on product-led growth.

Merci Grace(CEO, Stealth Project)Ellie Fields(CPO & Eng, Salesloft)

Gusto at 10

Founder and CEO Josh Reeves shares the story of Gusto and reflects on lessons learned on their 10th anniversary.

Josh Reeves(CEO, Gusto)

0 to 1 in Open Source

Neha Narkhede shares the founding story of Confluent and what it took to make a public company out of an open-source project.

Neha Narkhede(Co-Founder, Confluent)

From Idea to IPO

Henry Ward walks us through the Carta origin story and his wild idea of a “NASDAQ for startups.”

Henry Ward(CEO, Carta)

Building A New Category

A discussion on category creation.

Johnny Boufarhat(CEO, Hopin)Chris Lochhead(Co-Founder, PlayBigger)

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Scaling Engineering in Hypergrowth Organizations

How to hire at a company experiencing rapid growth.

Cathy Polinsky(VP of Eng, Shopify)Ric Smith(CTO, SentinelOne)

Cyber Defense at Scale

Identifying the key characteristics for a successful cybersecurity CEO at each stage of growth.

Amit Yoran(CEO, Tenable)Kevin Mandia(CEO, Mandiant Corp)

Reinventing F500 IT

Three Fortune 500 executives discuss what’s on the horizon for their IT needs.

Dilip Venkatachari(CIO, US Bank)Vijay Luthra(CIO, Northern Trust)Manish Sinha(Corporate CTO, L’Oréal)

The One-Man C-Suite

Nikesh Arora, CEO of PANW, offers his perspective on building company culture and its role in company growth.

Nikesh Arora(CEO, Palo Alto Networks)

Succeeding at Customer Success

Exploring the role customer success plays in the growth of enterprise startups.

Manjula Talreja(CCO, PagerDuty)Erin Siemens(CCO, Anaplan)

Building the Modern Data Stack

Identifying emerging opportunities in the modern data stack.

Martin Traverso(CTO at Starburst)Naveen Punjabi(Head of Analytics Partnerships at Google Cloud)Dan Robinson(CTO at Heap)

The Next Generation Infrastructure Stack

Looking ahead to the next decade of the infrastructure stack.

Raghu Hiremagalur(CTO, LinkedIn)Anshul Sadana(COO, Arista)

How to B2B a CISO

Personal accounts of two accomplished CISOs working in the financial-services sector.

Caleb Sima(CSO, Robinhood)Shaun Khalfan(CSO, Discover, Financial Services)

The Fastest Blockchain in the World

The founder/CEO of Solana opens up about what comes next for the company and the broader crypto ecosystem.

Anatoly Yakovenko(CEO, Solana)

Hosts

Joanne Chen

General Partner
Ashu Garg

General Partner
Rodolfo Gonzalez

General Partner

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