Announcing Three More Experts at TC50

We are thrilled to announce the next three experts participating in TechCrunch50. Joining Marc Andreessen, Roelof Botha and Marissa Mayer as TechCrunch50 experts are Ron Conway, Sheryl Sandberg and Yossi Vardi.

	Ron Conway Ron Conway is one of the Internet’s pre-eminent angel investors. He was the Founder and Managing Parter of the Angel Investors LP funds whose investments included Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal, Good Technology, Opsware and Brightmail. Ron was names #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top “dealmakers” in 2006. Ron currently on investments with Baseline Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. He is an active advisor for a number of Internet companies and also very active in community and philanthropic activities, including Vice Chairman of UCSF Medical Foundation in San Francisco and co-chair of the “Fight for Mike” Homer and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Crunchbase profile.
	Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg was named COO of Facebook in March 2008, and she manages business operations including sales, marketing, business development, human resources, public policy, privacy, and communications. Prior to Facebook, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she built and managed the online sales channels for advertising and publishing and operations for consumer products globally. She was also instrumental in launching Google’s philanthropic arm. Sandberg was previously Chief of Staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Bill Clinton. She was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and an economist with The World Bank. CrunchBase profile.
	Yossi Vardi Yossi Vardi is an Israeli entrepreneur most famous for being the original investor in ICQ - the first Internet-wide instant messaging system. Vardi has invested in over 50 tech companies in diverse areas of software, energy, Internet, mobile, cleantech, and others. Vardi has been an active civil servant in Israel through projects involving energy and infrastructure. He also co-founded Alon, an Israeli oil company. Vardi acted as an advisor to the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program on issues of energy in the developing world. Vardi has received many awards including The Prime Minister Award, The Industry Award, Entrepreneur of the Year (Tel Aviv University), and the CEO!’s Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame from the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. CrunchBase profile.

Yossi and Ron participated with us last year as experts. We are honored to have them joining us again this year. Likewise, we could not be more excited to include Sheryl in this year’s expert line-up, to bring her Facebook and Google perspective to TechCrunch50.

Stay tuned as weekly announcements about experts and panels will be forthcoming, in addition to more surprises along the way.

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One Response to “Announcing Three More Experts at TC50”

1. Darren Lee Says:
   May 27th, 2008 at 9:17 am

   Again… GREAT lineup of Experts!

   I have seen a video interview of Ron Conway with Jason Calacanis… That guy was so blunt and straight to the point to everything he answered - no sugar coating at all. He gives good advice and realistic insights about venture capital in Silicon Valley. Having him on TC50 is a great choice!

   As for Yosli Vardi, this man is hilarious! I saw his video on TED and he is really a prankster with lots of neat ideas. I will just quote him as the “The Modern Eccentric” that will just grab you by surprise with the knowledge he can share with you.

   Together with Sheryl Sandberg from Facebook, I think TC50 is ready to kick some @$$..

   Keep the updates coming!

   Warmest,

   Darren