Alex Ott

Alex is a veteran in the enterprise software industry with operational and board level experience on four continents. He has been partnering with many entrepreneurs in the US, Europe and Israel in building thought leading technology enterprises that seek to make a difference. As an example, Alex was an early investor in and is a current board member of QlikTech (Nasdaq: QLIK), widely considered one of the most successful technology IPO's in 2010. Before founding CrossContinentalVentures, Alex was a member of the Executive Committee of Siebel Systems, where he was responsible for building a major presence in EMEA as VP and General Manager, growing revenues, customer and employee base tenfold in just two years. He then ran the Americas geography, Siebel’s largest market with revenue responsibilities of over $1B. Siebel Systems was awarded the title of fastest growing company several times. Prior to Siebel Systems, Alex played key executive roles within SAP AG (member of the extended global board) and SAP America (Executive Committee member) for almost a decade. In a number of executive positions he was instrumental in founding the SAP Global Partner Program, developing the concept behind and managing the complementary software program and the surrounding ecosystems (believed to be a >$30B market today), and running global marketing and business development programs. Latterly, he held the position of CEO SAP International and Senior VP of Latin America, dramatically growing revenue and profitability through a sustained increase in SAP's Latin American infrastructure and the establishment of new subsidiaries. Alex holds a degree in Economics and Business Management from University BA of Mannheim, Germany. He is an accomplished speaker and has presented at numerous events. In addition, he has lectured at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on topics such as 'Building high growth ecosystems around hi-tech companies'.

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Maria Walker

Our Founder Maria C. Walker has over 30 years of operational and investment experience. She will serve as the Chief Financial Officer of our Company. Most recently, Ms. Walker co-founded, and served as Chief Executive Officer of, Recuerdo Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup that focused on the postponement of Alzheimer's disease. Prior to her time with Recuerdo, Ms. Walker spent the majority of her career with KPMG where, over two separate periods between 1993 to 2000 and 2008 to 2018, she advanced to the role of senior partner and served as global lead partner of private equity leading a global, cross-functional team of 70+ partners advising a bulge bracket private equity firm. During the time period between 2000 and 2005, Ms. Walker served as the Administrative Partner, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Forward Ventures, and between 2005 and 2008, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Lightspeed Venture Partners. At KPMG and as an investment executive, Ms. Walker advised over a dozen public companies on operations, financial reporting, debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, take public and take private transactions. Ms. Walker currently serves on the Board of Directors of ForgeRock, Inc., a private cyber security company where she also serves as the audit committee Chairman. Ms. Walker has previously served on the Board of Directors of the KPMG Foundation and MedicineNet (acquired by WebMD).

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