Team Category: Board Advisors

Michael T. Moe is the founder and CEO of GSV Asset Management (GSV), a growth focused investment platform based in Silicon Valley. Mr. Moe is an advisor to and on the Investment Committee of the GSV Ventures fund, a fund investing in the emerging education technology sector. GSV Ventures has invested in companies such as Coursera, Course Hero, Photomath, and Guild Education.

He is the chief executive officer of Class Acceleration Corp., a blank check company listed on the NYSE (NYSE: CLAS).

He is also the co-founder of the ASU GSV Summit conference, a conference in the education sector. Prior to GSV, from June 2001 to September 2008, Mr. Moe was the co–founder and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners LLC, a growth focused investment firm.

From 1998 to 2001, he was head of global growth research at Merrill Lynch and was voted to be on the Institutional All American Research Team and named “Best on the Street” by the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Moe is a board member at SharesPost, Whittle Schools, OzyMedia, BookClub.com, a board observer at Coursera and Class Dojo an advisor to TAL Education Group and Arizona State University. Since 2020, Mr. Moe is also chairman of the Center for Education Reform.Since April 2020, he is also the founder of GSV University and GSV MBA, an accredited graduate program for entrepreneurs.

Mr. Moe is the author of three books: “Finding the Next Starbucks”, “The Global Silicon Valley Handbook”, and “The Mission Corporation.” Mr. Moe holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Minnesota.

Mr. Moe also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Michael Moe brings a strong track record of a decade long investment experience in the consumer technology ecosystem and is a well-known Silicon Valley investor through the GSV brand. Leading a fund investing in the emerging education technology sector, Mr. Moe is considered a ‘super asset’ on the board providing the management team a vision on how the consumer technology sector and companies are performing.

Jonathan Miller is CEO of Integrated Media Company, a digital media company that invests in growth stage companies at the nexus of media and technology. IMC is affiliated with TPG Capital, a premier private equity firm.

Jonathan is an advisor to Advancit Capital with Shari Redstone, Chairman of ViacomCBS. Advancit Capital focuses on early stage venture capital investments. Previously, Jon was Chairman and CEO of the Digital Media Group at NEWS CORP and FOX, Chairman and CEO of AOL, INC., President and CEO of USA Networks Interactive (now IAC) and also held senior positions at MTV Networks and the NBA.

Jon is on the Boards of Akamai Technologies, Inc., Nielsen Inc., Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., and J2 Global, Inc. He also serves as a non-profit Director/Trustee for the American Film Institute and Paley Center for Media. Jon has been awarded the Inaugural Pioneer Prize, Producers Guild of America, the Inaugural Vanguard Award, International Emmy Association, the Digital Power Player of the Year, Hollywood Reporter, and the Monaco Media Festival, Interactive Pioneer Award.

Naveen is a serial entrepreneur and an accomplished C-suite executive with deep operating experience in large global public companies. As CEO of NavDots he spends his time advising corporate boards, CEOs and CxOs on scaling up businesses, organic and inorganic growth investments, capital raise, go to market, and productivity/efficiency initiatives. He lives at the intersection of business, technology, product management, and marketing. He is also a frequent speaker on GenAI, FinTech, InsureTech, and scalable growth driven by digital and data.

Prior to NavDots, Naveen was Chief Customer Officer at Prudential Financial and led company’s digital transformation and was responsible for end-to-end customer experience, digital technology, data sciences/AI, and marketing.

He also served on Prudential’s US Operating and Management Committees. Before Prudential, Naveen was President of E*TRADE Capital Management; CEO/Board Director at Pricelock, a Goldman Sachs funded marketplace startup for large physical energy transactions; led global product management for SunGard’s risk management and derivatives pricing software business; and held senior roles in several SaaS/software companies.

Naveen serves on the board of Ascension, one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems with 125+ hospitals, serving communities in 19+ states. He is a Senior Advisor at BCG; is on CNBC Councils Advisory Board & Tech Executive Council; advises various VC/PE funds on their investments and deal diligence; is on board of 2021.ai, a startup out of Copenhagen, Denmark; is a Senior Advisor to AI4All; is a Fellow at Creative Destruction Lab; and has served as an independent board member and chair of audit committee for Leo Holdings (NYSE: LHC).

Naveen holds an MBA from Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India.