ABOUT SIF

SoCal Innovation Forum (SIF) is the most influential cross-border forum integrating Chinese and American resources in Southern California’s entrepreneur community. SIF not only gathers top ventures and entrepreneurs, but also celebrates LA tech, entertainment and startups with panels, keynotes, mixers, and more. The goal of SIF is to connect the best of China and LA’s entrepreneur ecosystem, including VCs, startups, and talents.

Eagle Yi

Tencent

Director, Marketing and Business Development

David Carter

Zuma Ventures

Co-Founder & CEO

Andy Wilson

Rexter

Co-Founder & CEO

Bettina Sherick

Why.Period

Chief Client Officer

Kris Bjornerud

Amplify LA

Executive Director

William Hsu

Mucker Capital

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Alyse Killeen

March Capital Partners

Venture Capitalist

Dmitri Williams

Ninja Metrics

CEO

Buck Jordan

Canyon Creek Capital

Managing Partner

Victor Yue Yuan

Horizon Research Consultancy Group

Founder & Chairman

Rebecca Fannin

Silicon Dragon

Founder & Editor

Scott Robinson

Plug & Play Fintech

Founder & Director

Deena Ghazarian

Monster Products, Inc

SVP, Global Sales & Finance

Jeremy Zhu

Wedbush Opportunity Fund

Managing Director

Richard Jun

BAM Ventures

Co-Founder

Kenny Berlin

12Twenty

CEO

Jilliene Helman

RealtyMogul

CEO

Albert Cheng

Amazon Studios

Chief Operating Officer

Ethan Yirui Dong

Meitu, Inc.

Head of U.S Office

Elizabeth Braman

RealtyMogul

Chief Production Officer

Yi Jin

EverString

Co-Founder

Peggie Peiyu Li

Maker Studios

Director

Parker Jones

Former AwesomenessTV

Head of Networks

Alex You Zhou

Yamibuy.com

CEO

Jerry Jao

Retention Science

Co-Founder & CEO

Yehuda Duenyas

Mindride

Founder & Chief Creative Officer

Clayton Dube

USC U.S.-China Institute

Executive Director

Claudia Yi Xie

20th Century Fox Film

Manager, International Marketing Partnerships

Isabel Wenqing Gan

Mattel

Head of Strategic Development and M&A, China