Dan Reus
Dan Reus has over 20 years’ experience helping Fortune 100 firms and start-ups practice open innovation to connect with new and existing customers, partners, opportunities, technology and ways to operate.
Dan has worked with dozens of emerging pet care companies since he helped launch the Pet Care Innovation Prize in 2016. He also works with clients from technology, healthcare, professional services, consumer goods, biotech, entertainment, and manufacturing industries.
Ryan Yamka
Gabby Slome
Gabby Slome is the co-founder and chief experience officer of Ollie, a national company that delivers freshly cooked, human-grade food that’s tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. A former equestrian, Slome has had a lifelong passion for animals, and founded Ollie to improve the lives of dogs and revolutionize the $30 billion pet food industry.
Prior to Ollie, Slome served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Primary Ventures. Slome has also held executive roles at Vente-Privée U.S.A. and Primary.com
Slome lives in New York City with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog Pancho.
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Nate Phillips
Nate Phillips, CEO and co-founder of NomNomNow, is an expert in finance and entrepreneurship. After experiencing the powerful benefits of fresh pet food first hand with his family pets, Nate set out to change the $30 billion pet food industry by creating the healthiest, most effective nutrition for pets in the world. A graduate of UC Berkeley’s School of Law, Nate spent nearly a decade as in-house counsel at a variety of finance and technology firms including Morgan Stanley and Salesforce. Prior to co-founding NomNomNow, Nate also started companies in the finance, tech and real estate industries.
Nicole Massey
Nicole is an experienced innovator and business leader with over 20 years of CPG and consulting experience. Nicole leads front-end innovation and growth strategy for the J.M. Smucker Company and is a founder of Velocity, a Smuckers initiative focused on accelerating growth through partnerships with the entrepreneurs and founders disrupting the CPG industry.
Previously, Nicole led teams across innovation, marketing and sales at Del Monte Foods and Big Heart Pet Brands, and was a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.
Nicole has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley and a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College
Matthew Kruer
Josh Goldberg
Michael Parness
Michael Parness is currently the CMO of Outward Hound where he leads the Marketing and E-commerce teams. He has a unique background in both Marketing and as a Product Designer with over 150 media awards and 11 Utility Patents. He is a proven growth leader with over 20 years’ experience scaling Private Equity and Publicly owned companies in Consumer Products, Baby, Pet, Entertainment, and Quick Serve Restaurants. He has worked with over 50 brands including Disney, Tefal Cookware, Mattel, Hasbro, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Infantino and more.
