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Jamie Shafer is an experienced professional in product management and financial services, currently serving as Director of Product Management. Joining Affinity just after Series B, Jamie has touched nearly all parts of the CRM product (Lists, Profiles, Search, Notes, Permissions, Collaborators), led product strategy for new market entry, and even served as CSM for our first Enterprise customers. Prior to Affinity.co, Jamie spent nearly a decade at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group), where she led Client Solutions for Private Equity & Venture Capital, among other strategic objectives for the expert network.
Jamie's career also includes positions at Wells Fargo and various research roles, with educational credentials featuring a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Finance, and International Studies from the College of Charleston.
Jonah Surkes joined Generation Investment Management in 2021 and is a member of the Growth Equity strategy team, serving as an Investment Director. Previously, Jonah was an investment banking analyst at Greenhill & Co.
Jonah received a BA in Human, Social and Political Science from University of Cambridge, Clare College.
Andrew Brackin is a Partner at Gradient Ventures. Prior to Gradient, Andrew co-founded Vial, a tech-enabled clinical trial platform that raised over $100M in venture capital from top-tier firms. Prior to Vial, he was part of the founding team and the Head of Growth at Newfront (YC W18), an AI-powered commercial insurance brokerage valued at $2.2BN, insuring numerous Fortune 500 companies. His career began at Jobr, a mobile job search business that Monster.com acquired in 2016.
Andrew was a 2013 recipient of the Thiel Fellowship. Outside of work, he loves reading about global affairs, working out at Barry’s Bootcamp, and enjoying live music.
Jinny Lee is leading Venture Operations at Samsung Next, where she leads portfolio management for over 350+ companies at the Samsung Next Fund. Prior to joining Next, she was a Senior Consultant in EY Korea's digital transformation team, advising clients on strategy and operational excellence.
Based in Vienna, Lukas has been a part of Speedinvest since 2015. As the company’s deal flow manager, he is making sure that the thousands of leads which enter Speedinvest’s system every quarter are processed properly. His daily work with a host of data points also enables him to generate complex reports on our deal flow and beyond.
A Vienna native, Lukas also lived in Virginia Beach and London. He studied Economics and History and holds a Master’s degree in History with a special focus on global topics.
When not crunching numbers for Speedinvest, Lukas spends his time studying his favorite subject, the History of ideas and how the past shapes our understanding of the present and the future alike.
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