Eric Basu

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Haiku Inc

As the CEO of Haiku Inc, I am passionate about creating innovative and engaging games that teach real-world cybersecurity skills and connect players to career opportunities. With over 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and investor in the cybersecurity and technology sectors, I have founded and led multiple successful startups, such as Sentek Global, a leading provider of government and commercial cybersecurity solutions, and the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence, a nonprofit organization that fosters the growth and development of the cybersecurity ecosystem in the region.

I leverage my diverse background and expertise in gaming, cybersecurity, business development, public speaking, government contracting, and military special operations to build and scale high-performance teams, create value from ideas, and solve complex problems. As a former SEAL officer in the U.S. Navy, I have a strong sense of mission, leadership, and resilience, and I aim to inspire and empower others to achieve their full potential. I am also an active member of the board of directors and advisor to several organizations that support law enforcement, military veterans, and education, such as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation, the Veteran Fund, and Saved In America.

Founder and Member Board of Directors

Founder and member of the Board of Directors, responsible for the standup, oversight, and management of the non-profit. The San Diego CCOE is dedicated to making the greater San Diego region into a Cyber Security Center of Excellence, resulting in an increase in jobs, talent, and capital in the cyber security vertical to the region.

I received my early order of GTG energy pouches, a company started by my buddy Joshua Gunderson.  When Josh first described the product to me as a natural substitute for folks who used to use dip (chewing tobacco), I thought that it wasn’t really a product for me since I never dipped (one of the minority in the SEAL Teams who didn’t).  However, with my passion for flying GA planes long distances and the limitations on my bladder, I found these work great for giving me extra energy without requiring more frequent bathroom breaks.  They also aren’t as harsh as coffee on my stomach as I get older.  I’ve been impressed with Josh as I’ve watched his entrepreneurial journey and I’m even more impressed with his product.  

Def worth a try if you need more energy in your day, for work, school or just getting through the day.

https://www.gtg.energy

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Boardroom Dominatrix, an Online Community

Launched and scaled a global community at the intersection of leadership, consent-based power dynamics, and growth; driving inclusive sales strategies, ESG-aligned leadership, and rapid expansion through content, workshops, and strategic collaboration.

Founder & Chief Community Architect

StartOut

Leading startup founders on go-to-market strategy, aligning sales with buyer behavior, and turning big-picture targets into actionable daily execution; driving business development through hands-on leadership and mentorship.

Expert-Hours Advisor | StartUp Accelerator

Women Defining AI

As a Community Lead with Women Defining AI (WDAI), I help spark local innovation and inclusion, empowering women and non-binary individuals to shape the future of AI. I lead hands-on learning, collaboration, and real-world AI integration, flipping the script on who builds, leads, and defines this technology. Through events, mentorship, and community building, I’m creating space for lasting, systemic change.

Community Lead: San Francisco Bay Area

Bishop Ranch Intelligence Innovation Accelerator

Designed integrated innovation programs to accelerate growth for ML, AI, and NLP-driven companies, delivering GTM strategies with a focus on revenue generation, ESG, and DEI impact.

CRO / Startup Advisor 

Irdeto

Drove net-new revenue with Meta, Apple, AWS, Microsoft, and Google, boosting AWS ISV/Marketplace co-sell outcomes with a focus on cybersecurity, AI/ML/NLP, and strategic growth across big tech, GSIs, and hyperscalers.

Business Development Director, Partnerships: Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google

Stonebanks Sales Management Teams

- C-Suite specialist at increasing revenues with a measurable ROI
- Resulting in 275% increase in market share, streamlined processes, and increased profit margins
- With a focus on: Digital, Cloud, Omni, Inbound, and IoT technologies
- Distribution Strategies and Resource Allocation
- International team leadership
- Building global partner programs from the ground up
- Fortune 500 expertise
- Leads by example

Fractional Chief Revenue Officer / AI Tech Strategist

Reed Elsevier

- High level coldcall-to-close B2B contract negotiation for integrated technology based sales and marketing solutions: IaaS, SaaS, PaaS 
- Increased year-over-year IMS-reported revenue growth, despite declining market share in the sector, by continuously upselling existing client base; as well as, prospecting, educating and closing new clients
- Resulting in 127% increase in online revenues

National Integrated Sales Manager

Sunshine Media Group

- 500% increase in revenues during first year
- Online, custom and print business development
- Leadership and execution of editorial and creative teams
- Award winning, niche, targeted, local, B2B networking publication: both residential and commercial editions

VP of Business Development 

SourceMedia

- Integrated media manager selling print, online and custom deliverables to international clients: IndyMac, Microsoft, Oracle, Infosys
- Special focus on FinTec 100, Best in Banking, and custom supplements for the financial sector
- Resulting in record breaking webinar sales with Microsoft; and new client acquisitions

American Banker Flagship Newspaper - Integrated Sales Manager

Penton Media

- Resulting in 210% over annual online goal
- B2B Enterprise, integrated and custom media contract negotiator for clients from small to global like Microsoft, Oracle, Veritas, and EMC
- Key Accounts expert, high-tech focus, solution selling specialist
- Business Intelligence (BI) sales professional

 Key Accounts Manager / Online Media Manager

Transformational Leadership for the AI Era | 5x Founder | C-Level Revenue Strategist | ESG & Ethical Power Broker

I empower high-growth companies, startups to global enterprises, to scale revenues, elevate leadership, and thrive in the age of AI. My superpower? Uniting diverse teams around bold, measurable goals through data-driven innovation, compassionate leadership, and strategic risk-taking.

With deep experience across technology, finance, and media, I design forward-thinking business models, GTM strategies, and AI implementations that unlock sustainable profit and global influence. My approach fuses P&L accountability with a fierce commitment to ethical growth.

In late 2024, I launched Boardroom Dominatrix, a bold online community redefining corporate power dynamics through consensual leadership, inclusive influence, and ESG-aligned strategy. We’re creating boardrooms and meeting rooms where empowered decision-making is standard, and revenue growth follows.

What I Bring:

AI-Driven Business Development
ESG Integration for Scalable Growth
Cross-Sector Sales Mastery (Fortune 500 to Founder-Led)
Transparent Forecasting & Executive Reporting
High-Performance Culture Design
Conflict Resolution Rooted in Consent and Ethics
Omni-Channel Marketing & Automation Strategy

If you're building something big, and you’re ready to lead with both power and purpose, let’s connect.

Beatrice Stonebanks

I told myself this month would be business as usual. Laptop open. Calls taken. Deadlines met. Revenue moving forward while I move through Vietnam.

In theory, geography should not matter anymore. We can run companies from anywhere. We can close deals across time zones. We can keep the machine humming. But that has not been my reality.

Vietnam is not a backdrop. It is an onslaught of sensation. Motorbikes moving like schools of fish in every direction. Incense and diesel in the same breath. Insanely delicious coffee that could wake the dead. Conversations layered with history I only partially understand. The weight of a different political system. The elegance. The poverty. The speed. The stillness. The never ending beauty! It deserves my full presence.

When I stopped trying to force business as usual, my thinking actually cleared, and the noise in my head stopped.

We sometimes talk about productivity as hours logged; despite that we know clarity does not come from grinding harder. It comes from being awake to where you are.

Revenue is still moving here. The right calls are still happening. But half way through this trip, I'm reminded that leadership is not just about managing output. It is about protecting cognition. I sound like an AI, ha. 🤣 

Sometimes the most strategic move is to fully inhabit the moment you are in.
The work will wait. The insights will not.

(Photo: An Bàng Beach, Hội An, Việt Nam, South China Sea)

CRO helping organizations apply AI where it actually creates value | Women Defining AI SF Bay Area Lead | Author, Speaker, and Founder of Boardroom Dominatrix, an Online Community

World’s 1st Chief AI Officer | 9 Patents | Best-Selling Author | Sr. Fellow @ Harvard I FORBES ‘AI Maverick of 21st Century’, ‘Top 5 Leaders Taking AI to Market’ I AWS & F100 Exec I Human & Agent Systems Design |TEDx 2M+

Literally the most perfect example (in my humble opinion) of Human Amplification through the use of AI.

- You get real marketers with creative flare.
- You get real people with ideas and humor.
- You give them AI & enable their talents.  

They knocked it out of the park with this! I couldn’t stop laughing.

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