Allan Adler is a world-class Ecosystems advisor, consultant and change agent supporting individuals, managers and executives to understand and incorporate partnership best practices in service to our businesses, our partnerships, and our planet.   He is the creator of the GoToEco framework that guide XaaS CEOs and C-Suite to unlock the potential of Ecosystem and transform businesses for good by leveraging ecosystem orchestration best practices. 

As Managing Partner at Digital Bridge Partners, Allan is our Chief Ecosystem Officer and drives thought leadership to help clients drive ecosystem differentiation and accelerate their ecosystem flywheel. Allan is proud to be an Executive Member of Partnership Leaders. 

Previously, Allan founded and ran (as CEO) MSI Consulting Group; a 100-person sales and marketing strategy firm focused on the high-tech where he became a leading sales and marketing strategist and visionary. Allan also worked as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and received his MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business where he was honored as a Baker Scholar. Allan is also a CPA and serves on several for-profit and not-for-profit boards.

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Gamiel Gran

Gamiel has a unique passion for helping drive corporate innovation and grow Mayfield’s early-stage portfolio. He runs the business development function for Mayfield and focuses specifically on accelerating product-market fit and early customer adoption for Mayfield’s investments.

He and his team have built a global network of CXOs, called the Mayfield Innovation Network, made up of CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and business leaders from across all industries, who need access to new ideas to compete in their own markets. This is a highly engaged global network whose members join CXO Insight forums, CXO of the Future Podcasts, and provide CXO Priorities in formal reports.

Gamiel brings more than 25 years of operational and venture capital experience to the Mayfield team. He previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for SOASTA (acquired by Akamai) and was responsible for ongoing operational improvements in sales, marketing, channels, plus strategic partnerships, corporate development, and investment support. Gamiel was also a partner at Sierra Ventures, responsible for leading the Sierra CIO Summit attended by over 150 Global CIOs for eight years. He has also held executive leadership roles at IBM, Oracle, BEA (acquired by Oracle), Appcelerator (acquired by Axway), and Cassatt (acquired by CA).

Gamiel is a California native, father of 3, and husband of more than 30 years. He loves to give back as a volunteer, with a focus on education. He is currently leading an effort as chair of the Career Services Advisory Council at Cal Poly.

Chief Commercial Officer in support of the full portfolio of Mayfield companies and entrepreneurs

Bridging CXOs with the most innovative entrepreneurs is where magic occurs in driving high-scale innovation. Our global CXO Innovation network, brings input on the market needs, real use cases and the exchange of ideas. 

As a seasoned operator, I have a passion for rolling up my sleeves to help early stage entrepreneurs to build a successful business. Realizing Product Market Fit is crucial for every startup, and diving into to get the first use case (MVP), and ideal customer profile (ICP) and full impact customer journey realized early is a formal, rubric-driven process we excel here at Mayfield. Enable the GTM strategy from PLG-led, middle-out or other best practices is how I consult to help our companies. 

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