M Conference 2020

Neha Parikh - Board of Directors Member, Carvana

Since the end of 2019, Neha has been focused on her most important role to date: living life! Prior to that, Neha spent 11 years at Expedia Group, most recently in San Francisco as President of Hotwire and before that in leadership roles across Hotels.com in London and Dallas. Before joining Expedia Group, Neha worked as a marketing/strategy consultant with The Cambridge Group in Chicago and also held roles with Siemens Healthcare and Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). Neha serves on the Board of Directors for Carvana (NYSE: CVNA), a leading e-commerce platform with the mission to change the way people buy cars through technology and exceptional service. Neha holds a Bachelors of Business degree from The University of Texas at Austin (hook 'em!) and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Dan West - Senior Engineering Director - Silicon Valley Tech Industry

Dan is a senior director at a Silicon Valley company. In his role, he leads an engineering organization of 500+ engineers; with people located world-wide. Throughout his career Dan has developed a reputation for building leaders and bringing innovation to organizations focused on product quality. Dan was born and raised in the Bay Area. He’s lived within 30 miles of Silicon Valley his entire life. When he’s not working Dan enjoys spending time travelling with his family and rooting for the San Jose Sharks.

Yanek Korff - Co-Founder and COO, Expel

Yanek has served in information technology or security roles for over 20 years. Today he is a Co-Founder and the COO of Expel, a DC-area cybersecurity company. Yanek began his professional career as a systems administrator at Bell Atlantic and then Cigital. He moved on to Aol where he transitioned into a management role and eventually became responsible for much of Aol’s security infrastructure. In 2010, he joined Mandiant to build a new managed services business line to help customers mitigate the impact of security breaches conducted by state-sponsored attackers. Yanek graduated with a Computer Science degree from William and Mary, a Masters in the Management of Information Technology from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Yanek was the principal author for Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security, published by O’Reilly Media.

Eldon Schaffer - Executive Vice President - Strategic Projects and Commercial Excellence, Aptar

Eldon’s 30 year career with Aptar has spanned four countries, a variety of functions and diverse target markets/customers. Eldon was first hired by Aptar as a marketing intern while completing his MBA in Marketing/Finance at Indiana University in 1988. After which time he moved up in a variety of marketing roles based in the US. In 1994, Eldon transferred to Europe and held a variety of pan European roles increasing in responsibility in Sales and Marketing living in the UK, and then Germany followed by France. After nine years in Europe including two acquisitions he and his family moved to the US when he was promoted to General Manager of Seaquist Closures North America. In 2009, he took on additional product lines and factories as President, Aptar Beauty + Home North America. In 2011, Eldon advanced to be President of Aptar’s Food + Beverage global business. Aptar’s fastest growing segment. Then in 2016, he was promoted to lead Aptar’s largest segment @ $1.3 billion in sales – Beauty + Home. He most recently has taken on the role of Executive Vice President of Strategic Priorities and Commercial Excellence for Aptar in December 2019.