Corporate Director, SerialEntrepreneur, Business Executive 
‍BOARDAPPOINTMENTS
Board Service,
‍Progressly (acquired by Box),ImageCafe (acquired by NetworkSolutions),              Philadelphia University (Board ofTrustees), JohnsHopkins Carey Business School Alumni Board, Univ. of Maryland Terrapin Club,Jim Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund,
‍CurrentDirector,
‍Climb Hire, Safe & Sound (non-profits) 
‍Expertise,
Startups, ProductManagement, ESG, M&A, Venture Capital, User Experience, SaaS, Blockchain, AI, Creator Economy, and Digital Transformations Clarence is presently an Entrepreneur in Residence at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory(formerly known as Google X) where he directs talented teams to create radical new technologies to solve some of the World’s hardest problems. Clarence is the only African-American to have founded, scaled, and led two Internet startups to successful acquisitions by publicly traded companies while CEO with the sale of ImageCafe to Network Solutions [Nasdaq: NSOL] and Progressly to Box[NYSE: BOX]. Post-acquisition, Clarence served as Vice President at NetworkSolutions/Verisign where he led the integration of ImageCafe’s platform and co-led the acquisitions of MyComputer and Great Domains.  Upon founding Progressly, Clarence foresaw the consumerization of enterprise software and created a patented cloud-based workflow UI/UX for business processes that led to the company’s acquisition byBox in 2018. In his current role at X, Clarence leverages his design-thinking roots, deep understanding of tech, and entrepreneurial experience to develop moonshots inX’s early pipeline. Clarence is also General Partner at Revitalize, a venture studio and seed fund focused on changing the complexion of tech. With deep expertise in the creator economy and a track-record of applying SaaS, blockchain, and AI to build and transform companies; Clarence leverages these talents as an advisor to Procter & Gamble Ventures, AQI Ventures, ImpactVenture Capital, and numerous Silicon Valley tech advisory boards, CEOs, and accelerators including Alchemist and Spark Labs. Clarence is an autodidact with a unique and deep network ranging from founders and CEOs of disruptive tech, fintech, and creator economy consumer startups, to venture capitalists and executives atSilicon Valley’s leading companies.  Clarence graduated magna cum laude with degrees in Business Management from Johns Hopkins’ Carey Business School andComputer-Aided Design for Architecture & Engineering from the CC ofBaltimore County. In 2016 Clarence was inducted into the National CommunityCollege Hall of Fame. In 2010 Clarence was named a distinguished alumnus ofJohns Hopkins and in 2006 Clarence was named an honorary alumnus of the Univ. of Maryland. Clarence is the subject of a Babson College Case Study and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal,Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and CNN fn. Clarence is a 2011 TechCrunch Disrupt finalist and was named Top 10Blacks in Technology in 2012 by Blacks In Tech [BIT].

First Mile Care is a Silicon Valley-based preventative chronic care company developing affordable, scalable, and sustainable solutions to reverse health conditions like prediabetes. The First Mile platform enables personalized support and guidance at the community level, giving people access to the coaching, tools, and resources they need to live better, healthier lives. By combining a unique “first mile” approach with population-level insights gleaned from trusted U.S. institutions like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), First Mile Care has the orientation and knowledge base needed to significantly reduce chronic disease in the US. 

Karl is a globally successful entrepreneur and active advisor to CEOs and top management at Fortune 500 companies. He has founded multiple startups and helps Fortune 500 companies create their own billion-dollar growth engines.

During his 30-year tenure in management at consumer powerhouse Procter & Gamble, Karl rose to the post of Vice President of R&D and General Manager of New Business/Healthcare; in that position, he oversaw global R&D for pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter health care and was responsible for developing the company’s capability to create disruptive innovations. Karl created entirely new brands that are globally revered, including Swiffer, Febreze, and Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. As a result of his strategic insights and understanding of consumer behavior, the new categories rapidly grew to $1 billion in annual sales. 

His book on turning disruption into business through partnerships, “The Reciprocity Advantage,” has received accolades from CEOs and academics alike.

He a Managing Director at Health2047, is on the advisory boards of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Toledo, and multiple startups.

Bradley Horowitz is a Vice President and Advisor to Google, where over the past decade he has led the development of many of Google’s consumer products including Google Photos, Google News, Gmail, Google Drive and Docs, Google Voice, and Calendar. He has also led Google for Startups (an effort to foster opportunity for entrepreneurs worldwide) and co-founded Area 120 (Google’s internal incubator.) Before joining Google in February 2008, Horowitz was Yahoo's Vice President of Advanced Development where he drove the acquisitions of Flickr and MyBlogLog, launched the Brickhouse incubator, and developed new products like Yahoo! Pipes. Additionally, he was responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which included launching Hack Days, and overseeing the Yahoo Developer Network (YDN). Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy. Horowitz was a Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Media Lab, where he worked on several topics related to computer vision, graphics and image processing. Horowitz holds more than a dozen patents in these fields. Horowitz sits on the Visiting Committee of the MIT Media Lab, the boards of Singapore Telecom, Issuu, Lyst, the Effortless Mastery Institute, and Curious Learning. Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and is presently a Cornell Fellow. He and his wife Irene Au are avid angel investors, advisors, and supporters of the tech startup community.