Ron Pragides

Ron Pragides has extensive experience in engineering leadership roles at prominent tech companies, including BigCommerce, Twitter, and Salesforce, where they led pre-IPO teams. They served as a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Trustly and held various engineering positions at companies like Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments. Currently, Ron advises startups and is the Vice President of Engineering at Blackhawk Network, shaping the future of global branded payments. They also contributed as a Limited Partner at GTMfund. Ron earned a Certificate of Business Excellence from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.