Ron Shah is the founder and CEO of Bizly. Bizly’s mission is to keep relationships at the center of business by making it easy to design in-person events and measure the impact. Bizly works with several Fortune 500 companies and has a proven track record of delivering on adoption and ROI around smaller relationship events, which comprise over 50 percent of all event volume. Prior to Bizly, Ron spent 15 years in venture capital, supporting leading technology companies in the United States and the emerging markets. Ron spent three years as an on-air contributor on CNBC. Ron earned his BBA from the George Washington University and his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. During business school, Ron moonlighted as a sales rep at a conference and events center in New York. Connect with him on LinkedIn.