eMERGE AMERICAS 2016

  Emmy Award-winning journalist Jackie Nespral became the first Hispanic ever to anchor a network news program when she was tapped for NBC's Weekend Today show in 1992. After commuting between Miami and New York for three years, she chose to continue her career in South Florida... Read More →

Bedy Yang is Managing Partner at 500 Startups, a seed and incubator fund in Silicon Valley with investments in over 50 countries. At 500 Startups, she is responsible for Brazil and Spanish-speaking investments and the investor training program (www.500.vc). She is also founder of +INNOVATORS, an organization that became the epicenter and resource for Brazilian tech founders with a network of over 10.000 people. Bedy was featured on Forbes Brazil and America's Quarterly as innovator and she is member of Kauffman Fellowship Program. Prior... Read More →

Bo is a Senior Managing Director at Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC and focuses on providing financing and M&A services. Bo has nineteen years of experience in capital raising, investment management, and investment banking, including leveraged finance, special situations finance... Read More →

Dawn W. Dickson is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in marketing and business development. She launched three successful cash flow positive companies since 2002, more recently she founded Flat Out of Heels, LLC, the creator of the innovative Flat Out rollable... Read More →