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Tech Power Players 50 Our 2023 ranking spotlights leaders who have kept New England’s technology scene vibrant in a challenging climate. The list tells a story about where the local industry stands, where it’s been, and where it’s going. Tech 50 List About Tech 50 Industry Podcast Icons Artificial Intelligence Cleantech Consumer Technology Cybersecurity Education Fintech Hardware Healthtech Media Robotics Software Venture Capital Clear Filter Search Group 20 Created with Sketch. Steve Fredette Toast Jonathan Grimm Toast Aman Narang Toast Jason Robins DraftKings Yvonne Hao State of Massachusetts Carmichael Roberts Breakthrough Energy Ventures Katie Rae The Engine Corey Thomas Rapid7 Yamini Rangan HubSpot Dharmesh Shah HubSpot Jeremy Allaire Circle Niraj Shah Wayfair Tye Brady Amazon Robotics Mikell Taylor Amazon Robotics Jim Heppelmann PTC Melissa Smith WEX Mateo Jaramillo Form Energy Bob Mumgaard Commonwealth Fusion Systems Stefania Mallett ezCater Andrew Bialecki Klaviyo Youngme Moon Harvard Business School David Frankel Founder Collective Eric Paley Founder Collective Paul English Boston Venture Studio Brian Halligan Propeller Ventures Aisha Francis Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Mike Salguero ButcherBox Rick Cohen Symbotic Siyu Huang Factorial Energy Larry Bohn General Catalyst David Fialkow General Catalyst Will Ahmed Whoop Christopher Ahlberg Recorded Future Daniela Rus MIT CSAIL Mohamad Ali IDG Mike Massaro Flywire Ed Park Devoted Health Maxim Lobovsky Formlabs Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva (Smart Eye) Tadeu Carneiro Boston Metal Wardah Inam Overjet Kent Bennett Bessemer Venture Partners Conor Walsh Harvard University Rajia Abdelaziz invisaWear Yasmin Cruz Ferrine Visible Hands Bill Aulet MIT Dave Balter Flipside Crypto Laura Major Motional David Beisel NextView Ventures Rob Go NextView Ventures Jason Jacobs MCJ Collective Jennifer Lum Biospring Partners Josh Aviv SparkCharge Molly White Web3 is Going Just Great Michael Farid Spyce (Sweetgreen) David Chang Hunt Club Frances Frei The Leadership Consortium Anne Morriss The Leadership Consortium 1 Steve Fredette President and Cofounder, Toast 1 Jonathan Grimm Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Toast.org, Toast 1 Aman Narang Chief Operating Officer, President, and Cofounder, Toast 2 Jason Robins Chairman, CEO, and Cofounder, DraftKings 3 Yvonne Hao Secretary of Economic Development, State of Massachusetts 4 Carmichael Roberts Co-Leader of the Investment Committee, Breakthrough Energy Ventures 5 Katie Rae CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine 6 Corey Thomas CEO and Chairman, Rapid7 7 Yamini Rangan CEO, HubSpot 7 Dharmesh Shah Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer, HubSpot 8 Jeremy Allaire CEO, Cofounder, and Chairman, Circle 9 Niraj Shah CEO and Cofounder, Wayfair 10 Tye Brady Chief Technologist, Amazon Robotics 10 Mikell Taylor Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon Robotics 11 Jim Heppelmann CEO, PTC 12 Melissa Smith Chair and CEO, WEX 13 Mateo Jaramillo CEO and Cofounder, Form Energy 14 Bob Mumgaard Cofounder and CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems 15 Stefania Mallett Cofounder and CEO, ezCater 16 Andrew Bialecki Cofounder and CEO, Klaviyo 17 Youngme Moon Professor, Harvard Business School 18 David Frankel Cofounder and General Partner, Founder Collective 18 Eric Paley Cofounder and General Partner, Founder Collective 19 Paul English Cofounder and CEO, Boston Venture Studio 20 Brian Halligan Cofounder and Partner, Propeller Ventures 21 Aisha Francis President and CEO, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology 22 Mike Salguero Cofounder and CEO, ButcherBox 23 Rick Cohen Chairman and CEO, Symbotic 24 Siyu Huang Cofounder and CEO, Factorial Energy 25 Larry Bohn Managing Director, General Catalyst 25 David Fialkow Cofounder and Managing Director, General Catalyst 26 Will Ahmed Cofounder and CEO, Whoop 27 Christopher Ahlberg CEO and Cofounder, Recorded Future 28 Daniela Rus Director, MIT CSAIL 29 Mohamad Ali CEO, IDG 30 Mike Massaro CEO, Flywire 31 Ed Park Cofounder and CEO, Devoted Health 32 Maxim Lobovsky Cofounder and CEO, Formlabs 33 Rana el Kaliouby Cofounder and CEO, Affectiva (Smart Eye) 34 Tadeu Carneiro CEO and Chairman, Boston Metal 35 Wardah Inam Cofounder and CEO, Overjet 36 Kent Bennett Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners 37 Conor Walsh Professor, Harvard University 38 Rajia Abdelaziz Cofounder and CEO, invisaWear 39 Yasmin Cruz Ferrine Cofounder and General Partner, Visible Hands 40 Bill Aulet Ethernet Inventors Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship, MIT 41 Dave Balter CEO, Flipside Crypto 42 Laura Major Chief Technology Officer, Motional 43 David Beisel Cofounder and Partner, NextView Ventures 43 Rob Go Cofounder and Partner, NextView Ventures 44 Jason Jacobs Founder and Partner, MCJ Collective 45 Jennifer Lum Cofounder and Managing Partner, Biospring Partners 46 Josh Aviv Founder and CEO, SparkCharge 47 Molly White Writer, Web3 is Going Just Great 48 Michael Farid Vice President of Automation, Spyce (Sweetgreen) 49 David Chang General Manager of "Expert Network", Hunt Club 50 Frances Frei Cofounder, The Leadership Consortium 50 Anne Morriss Cofounder, The Leadership Consortium The Empire Strikes Back . The Godfather, Part II . Aliens . Every great sequel does something special. It expands the universe of the original, taking you somewhere new and different. It drives the franchise forward, introducing new characters, settings, and time periods (think Yoda, the young Vito Corleone, any scene with Bill Paxton). It also stands firmly on its own. So it is with the Globe ’s second annual Tech Power Players 50 — our list of the most influential, and interesting, people in the New England technology scene, as ranked by Globe journalists and an external advisory committee. The goal of the original list was to celebrate the local tech community, and tell its story, by highlighting the biggest names and trends in the industry. This year, those names and trends have evolved. The theme for 2023 is resilience. It’s been a challenging year for the industry , with layoffs , hiring freezes, the venture capital slowdown , crypto meltdowns , you name it. But the people and companies on this year’s list have helped New England thrive in the face of adversity. They’ve built billion-dollar companies, led key institutions, mentored newcomers, advanced the state of the art, and helped make the industry more diverse and equitable. They come from sectors like software, AI, cybersecurity, climate tech, venture capital, and education. And while it advances the themes of the original, this year’s list stands on its own as a snapshot of who’s who in local innovation. These are the people you’ll want to know if you are starting out, or if you’ve been working in tech for decades. These are the people who are creating the future. – Business Editor, Gregory T. Huang Explore the full Tech Power Players feature here. Methodology The honorees reflect the breadth of the industry from venture capital to entrepreneurs, from startups to big companies, from universities to mentorship programs. The tech areas include software, cybersecurity, AI and robotics, climate tech, health tech, and crypto. (Biotech was generally excluded.) We ranked them by their economic impact and influence in the tech community, with consideration given to efforts in mentorship, diversity, and equity. We prioritized recent achievements, particularly in the past year. In some cases, we chose to honor more than one person from the same company in one slot. For each candidate, two aspects were weighted equally: (1) their business impact in terms of value created (revenues, company valuations, number of jobs) and other economic considerations, and (2) their broader influence in the tech community in terms of ideas, reputation, mentorship, and efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. The advisory committee, Globe newsroom, and general public submitted over 200 nominations. The committee scored all...