On Tuesday, February 19, 2025, Galaxy organized a fireside chat with Don Spear former President of Banfield Pet Hospital and is now the CEO of OpenSesame, a Series D Edtech SaaS company. Don shared how to empower businesses with the most comprehensive catalog of eLearning courses from top publishers, helping to build the world’s most productive and admired workforces.

Invited guests ranged from Edtech and Pet Care executive and investors:

• Alexandru Dorin Bogdan — Co-Founder at Linnify
• Ben Woosley — Open Source Contributor at Bitcoin-Core
• Boris Portman — Founder at BetterEngineer
• Dave Kil — CEO at CML Insight
• David Buttross — Pineforest Golf Course
• Xiaofei Deng — Senior Manager at Accenture
• Don Weidner — Principal at Formidable Space
• Doug Greenberg — Founder at Pinnacle Wealth Advisory
• Guillermo Figueroa — Founder at Scalater
• Ken Womack — Senior VP at Bank of America
• Isaiah McPeak — Chief Product Officer at Vendidit
• Matt Reynolds — Associate at Higginbotham
• Nick Tippman — Investor
• Stan Sukhinin — Founder at Sorso
• George Wetz — Founder at Yumpingo
• Valorie Loomer — Founder at Prof Jim
• Tim Loomer — CEO at Science Interactive
• Asaf Ronen — CEO at Bright English Israel
• David Kemmerer — Co-Founder at CoinLedger
• Josh Blank — Co-founder at OpenSesame
• Sofia Terpugova — Co-founder at SmallTalk2Me
• Scott Lipton — Founder at Ask Ida
• Clint Phillips —  Director of Strategic Communications at Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
• Michael Carter — Founder at UStrive
• Flint Beamon — COO at Barkin’ Creek Dog Kitchen & Bath
• Brett Holloway — SVP of Finance at Veterinary Emergency Group
• Franklin Lyons — Founder at Merge
• Lenore Harrison — Director of Operations at Violet Crown Veterinary Specialists
• Noe Ruiz — Surgical Veterinary Technician at Violet Crown Veterinary Specialists
• Aileen Passariello-McAleer — Business Development Consultant at Dualboot
• Zeynep Young — CEO at Otto
• Lyndsey Kingsley — VP of Veterinary Leadership at BetterVet
• Courtney Kehl — CEO at Expert Marketing Advisors
• Buchi Reddy — CEO at Levo.ai
• Shree Moorthy — Innovation Catalyst at Solve4M
• Arman Eshraghi — CEO at Qrvey
• Rich Huber — VP at JP Morgan
• Jon Mendoza — Principal at Barton Creek Property Group

Join Galaxy to attend unlimited weekly fireside dinners, as well as access vetted investment deal flow, private chef deal flow discussion dinners, join our online community, and receive concierge introductions to high-caliber peers.