Sameer Dholakia vs Jeff Lawson

Sameer Dholakia

CEO of SendGrid

BIO: Mr. Sameer Dholakia has been Chief Executive Officer of SendGrid, Inc. since September 2014 and serves as its President. Mr. Dholakia leads the VMLogix's overall strategy and is responsible for its execution. He has extensive experience in the enterprise software industry, having held key leadership roles in sales, business development and product management. He served as and Chief Executive Officer of VMLogix. He served as Group Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud Platforms Group at Citrix. He spent 12 years at Trilogy, Inc., a privately held leading enterprise software firm based in Austin, Texas. He held numerous positions at Trilogy, Inc., managing west coast operations in the U.S. where he established the Trilogy's consumer electronics vertical and expanded its install base in the automotive industry. Mr. Dholakia served as Vice President of Alliances, where he managed an organization responsible for developing Trilogy's strategic partnerships. He started his career with Trilogy in product management, leading the creation of the Trilogy's second major application business. He has been Chairman of SendGrid, Inc. since September 2017 and has been its Director since September 2014. He serves as Director of VMLogix, Inc. Mr. Dholakia holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Organizational Studies from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jeff Lawson

CEO of Twilio Inc.

BIO: Mr. Jeff Lawson co-founded Twilio, Inc. in 2008 and has been its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since November 2015 and April 2008 respectively. Mr. Lawson serves as an Advisor at Homebrew Management LLC. Prior to Twilio, he was Founder and served as Chief Technology Officer of NineStar, Founding Chief Technology Officer of Stubhub.com and Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Versity. Mr. Lawson is a serial inventor with over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience. He has held several founding executive roles at Nine Start, Stubhub and Versity. In addition, he was one of the original product managers for Amazon Web Services. He identified the fundamental need for a communications platform that would enable developers and enterprises of all sizes to easily build the communications solutions that meet the specific needs of their business. He has been a Director of Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association - The Wireless Association since January 1, 2015. He has been a Director of Twilio, Inc. since April 2008. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science & Film/Video from University of Michigan.