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Investment Team

Glenn Argenbright

Founder & General Partner

Seattle, WA

Priscilla Pesci

Global Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Quake Europe

Europe

Olivia Musmanno

Program Director

New York, NY

Amy Coveny

Managing Partner

New York, NY

Sumay Parikh

Junior Partner

New York, NY

Parul Madan

Program Director

Europe

Jason Fernandez

Managing Partner

Austin, TX

Dr. Kai Buehler

Managing Partner

Europe

Tara Jordan

Marketing and Investor Relations Manager

Seattle, WA

HQ Team

Haonan Guan is passionate about everything he does, especially Finance. As a Financial Analyst at Quake Capital, he’s in charge of deal due diligence and analysis. Prior experience includes working at CHINA CITIC BANK, CHINA GUANGFA BANK and HUATAI SECURITIES. Before working at Quake, he co-organized The Inaugural China-US Forum, which is a forum to discuss the investment opportunity between the US and China. Haonan holds a M.S. in Finance from George Washington University and a B.S. in Finance from Jilin University, a top ten Chinese university.

Haonan Guan

Principal

New York, NY

Mark Engle

CFO

New York, NY

Executives In Residence

Jim Brisimitzis has over 15 years of enterprise, channel, and startup community experience through companies such as Bell Canada, Nortel Networks, PeopleSoft, Oracle and over 13 years with Microsoft. Jim has held the position of General Manager of the Microsoft for Startups program in the United States, which he launched with his team in 2015. They engaged startups across the US & Canada and lead partnerships for Microsoft with leading startup accelerators/incubators. In over 3 years, Jim and his team have worked with 2,800 startups running active workloads on Azure, generating $50 million of net new revenue, and a combined portfolio valuation of $12B. Prior to launching the program, Jim led operations for Microsoft Ventures globally in addition to creating and launching their “HiPo” program, an exclusive engagement for startups with significant market potential.

Jim has led many internal innovation efforts ranging from SMB mini-servers to complex, highly scalable, private cloud computing solutions. As an “intrapreneur,” Jim appeals to opportunities that help large organizations rapidly innovate new and emerging opportunities from concept to customer adoption. His early innovation work with artificial intelligence and machine learning led to the development of a predictive algorithm to identify high potential early stage startups. This technology was recently awarded a US patent.

He holds a degree in Business Management from Trent University in Canada. Jim and his family reside in Seattle, WA.

Jim Brisimitzis

EIR

Seattle, WA

Anthony Kelani is a technologist and businessman with over 13 year of experience in the tech industry as a software engineer, data scientist, startup CEO and CTO. His background includes expertise in executing projects in software development and architecture, distributed computing, SaaS, real-time video streaming, data science, and web and mobile applications.

Anthony launched his career with the premier defense contractor, Northrop Grumman, where we was honored for his work in designing and developing life-saving situational awareness software for the United States military. He then became Head of Engineering at one of the first venture studios in Los Angeles, Curious Minds, which created and exited several companies, with the most notable being Telesign. In 2013, he founded ShowKit, which was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist in 2014 and exited a year later.

After ShowKit, Anthony served as Head of Microsoft for Startups Los Angeles, where he worked closely with startup founders and the leading accelerators and VCs in the L.A. ecosystem. He is on the advisory board of several L.A.-based startups and continues to mentor founders at the preeminent accelerator programs in the nation. He also led software and data science projects for some of Microsoft’s largest retail customers.

Anthony has a unique synthesis of engineering, product and business experience, which enables him to effectively evaluate and mentor entire early stage startup teams. His skills and ability to identify great teams catalyze his acumen for advising and providing quality deal flow to investors.

As Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office, Anthony will focus his efforts on working closely with Quake’s accelerator founders in the areas of engineering and operations, expanding Quake’s investor and partner network, and assisting with fundraising and strategy. Due to his astute technical background, he will also serve as the CIO of the fund by architecting Quake’s data platform.

Anthony holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Southern California and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a strong advocate for the inclusion of minorities and women in tech, and has met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to spur support for diversity and entrepreneurial success.

Anthony Kelani

EIR

Los Angeles, CA

Shaquille Gould is an immigrant turned Entrepreneur. Born in St. John Antigua, his family moved to the US when he was 4 years old. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management from Mays Business School. He was the 4th African American elected to serve as a Yell Leader, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, a First Sergeant in the Corps of Cadets and a member of the Ross Volunteer Company, the official Honor Guard for the Governor of Texas.

Post-graduation, Shaquille worked for PepsiCo where he held various roles in supply chain operations, sales, and people management. He became the youngest Field Sales Rep in the company at 23. He was an early employee at a startup called FanReact, started a company called TAGD, and then worked at Google on the Enterprise Cloud Sales Team.

Shaquille is passionate about using his experience in operations, sales, cloud, and emerging technology, to help startups reach their full potential. As a Principal at Quake, Shaquille will help manage cohort operations, assist in sourcing potential portfolio investments and expanding Quake’s presence in Texas.

In his free time, Shaquille enjoys volunteering, reading, traveling and staying active.

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Shaquille Gould

EIR

Austin, TX

Trevor Wilkins has experience in developing strong go-to-market strategies and scaling mobile platforms. In his last role as Co-Founder of KÜDZOO – a students rewards app – Trevor helped manage day-to-day operations and grow the app’s user base to over half a million students world-wide. In 2016 Trevor and his partner were recognized by Forbes Magazine and named to the 30 Under 30 list in Education for their work with KÜDZOO.

As a Principal at Quake, Trevor will help manage cohort operations, assist in sourcing potential portfolio investments and expanding Quake’s presence on the West Coast.

Trevor Wilkins

EIR

Los Angeles, CA