Meet the 2025 Bay Area finalists

Gary Kooner is CEO & President of Kooner Fleet Management Solutions.

Kooner Fleet Management Solutions is the leading provider of comprehensive fleet management, repair and preventative maintenance solutions.

Daniel Rogers is CEO of LaunchDarkly.

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that helps software teams reduce release risks and accelerate innovation. It enables progressive feature rollouts, real-time monitoring and quick iterations, serving over 5,500 enterprises globally.

Maurice "Mo" Brewster is Founder & CEO of Mosaic Global Transportation.

Mosaic Global Transportation is a luxury ground transportation company headquartered in Silicon Valley providing service in 400 cities globally.

Javier Diaz is CEO of OSI Engineering.

OSI Engineering is a global leader in technology workforce solutions supporting every stage of the product lifecycle, from development to production. We specialize in managed service programs, contingent workforce services and recruitment process outsourcing.

Grant Halloran is CEO of Planful.

Planful, the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software, enables businesses globally to drive peak financial performance by streamlining business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting and analytics.

Jash Mehta is Co-Founder & CEO of Pop and Bottle.

Pop and Bottle is redefining your daily coffee ritual to be more purposeful, nourishing and gratifying — a moment of indulgence, an act of self-care. Our mission is to empower you in your wellness journey by creating delicious, convenient products.

Abhinav Asthana is Co-Founder & CEO of Postman.

Postman is the leading API collaboration platform and trusted by over 35 million developers and more than 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman streamlines the entire API lifecycle — fostering teamwork, accelerating development and ensuring quality.

Rodrigo Liang is Co-Founder & CEO of SambaNova Systems.

SambaNova Systems offers a purpose-built AI platform with the fastest and most power-efficient chips, AI models and inference services, allowing enterprises to deploy state-of-the-art generative AI capabilities at scale.