Amit Jardosh, Founder, Ubersense Amit Jardosh is the co-founder of UberSense, a startup that is creating novel mobile solutions for athletes and coaches to video-analyze bio-mechanics and game tactics; these are wildly popular with over 400,000 installs by amateurs and professionals including USA Olympic teams. Before UberSense, Amit managed pricing and yield within Yahoo!'s display ad marketplaces organization; and conducted research at Intel Research, Nokia Reasearch, and Citrix Online. He got his PhD in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara, publishing 13 papers at top conferences and journals that have been heavily cited more than 1200 times. Amit went to college in Mumbai, and was elected chairperson of his college student council responsible for cultural and technical events that attracted over 10,000 attendees. He played competitive table-tennis, and is now trying hard to improve his golf skills. He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Silicon Valley. He has also founded Alphonso & Co., a company that designs and manufactures bags and more using canvas, jute, and post-consumer-waste materials. All products are made-to-order in San Francisco.

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Dr. Vijit Sabnis is the Co-Founder of Solar Junction, a company backed by NEA and DFJ. Vijit has over 15 years of hands-on experience with III-V optoelectronic device design, wafer processing, and characterization. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University for developing III-V photonic switches for optical routers and wavelength conversion applications. Vijit also held a senior research position at a previous startup where he was principal investigator on the DARPA EPIC program investigating applications of rare-earth oxides for CMOS-integrable optical amplifiers and lasers. He has 26 publications and holds 5 patents. Vijit completed his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Berkeley. He was a 2011 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Silicon Valley.

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