Lauren Schultz
Kleiner Perkins | Director of Business Development

Lauren leads business development for Kleiner Perkins, focused on building and fostering a network of technology executives with the goal of accelerating digital innovation through collaboration, thought leadership, and work with our portfolio companies.  Prior to Kleiner Perkins, Lauren spent six years as an Enterprise Account Executive at Amazon Web Services and five years as a Commercial Account Executive at EMC (now Dell Technologies).

Chad is the co-creator of Silicon Foundry’s startup advisory practice, helping leading corporations like Southwest Airlines, BP, Home Depot, and PGA of America harness open innovation by identifying and partnering with emerging companies. He also serves as a strategic business advisor to Wayne Gretzky, guiding partnerships and venture opportunities. Previously, he co-founded the corporate innovation practice at Capital Factory, the most active VC in Texas, and co-founded EAS, an energy efficiency services company partnered with Home Depot, which was successfully sold. With a background at Thoma Bravo and DLJ in New York, his career spans private equity, venture capital, and corporate innovation.

As a Partner at Silicon Foundry, Camille Manso specializes in advising leading corporations on innovation strategy and emerging technologies and trends disrupting industries such as supply chain and logistics, consumer products and financial services. Her former role as a corporate lawyer at a top global law firm helped sharpen her expertise in M&A, VC financing, and corporate governance. Camille's educational background includes a BBA from the University of Miami and a JD from New York University School of Law.