Sequoia Connect

FinTrust Connect is a leading staffing and consulting firm specializing in connecting top talent with opportunities in the Financial Services, Information Technology, and Accounting & Finance industries. Founded in 2020, this minority-founded firm has rapidly become a trusted partner for organizations seeking exceptional talent and professionals looking for transformative career opportunities. The company goes beyond traditional recruitment by offering comprehensive solutions including Contract & Temporary staffing, Direct Placement for permanent hires, Retained Executive Search for securing top leadership, and strategic Advisory & Consulting services that optimize talent management and organizational strategies. At FinTrust Connect, the philosophy centers on creating meaningful connections that lead to fulfilling careers rather than simply filling vacancies. Their team of experienced recruiters and industry experts are committed to delivering exceptional service and building lasting relationships with both clients and candidates. With headquarters in Tampa, Florida, FinTrust Connect leverages industry expertise to help businesses build high-performing teams while empowering individuals to achieve their full professional potential through personalized career guidance and access to premium opportunities.

We're building a simple, unified search platform that helps you find what you need across all your work tools. Instead of switching between Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Box, Dropbox, and Slack to find that one document or message, you can search everything from one place. We know how frustrating it is to know something exists but not remember exactly where it lives or what it was called. Our platform brings all your content together so you can actually find it when you need it. We're focused on making search work the way you think, not the way your apps are organized. The team is distributed, and we're working to make information retrieval less of a hassle for everyone who juggles multiple tools and platforms every day.

At Connection, we're more than just an IT solutions provider - we're a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others. Our diverse workforce brings together a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that drive us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We believe in making complex IT simple for our clients by guiding the connection between people and technology. As the 'IT Department's IT Department,' we take pride in solving the challenges that keep technology leaders up at night. We value our employees' wellbeing as much as our technical expertise. Connection offers a supportive environment where teammates collaborate to deliver excellence while maintaining work-life balance. We provide comprehensive support including free therapy visits, mental health coaching, meditation resources, and generous paid time off that includes vacation, sick time, Wellness Days, and Volunteer Time Off. Our culture encourages continuous learning, professional growth, and meaningful contributions to both our clients' success and our communities.

In 2012, George Dochev was leading engineering teams spread across France, Bulgaria and the US when he realized something was fundamentally broken. Builds went out at 9 am Paris time, hours passed while they synced to Bulgaria, and the US team was still downloading yesterday's files. Half the day was gone before anyone was looking at the same version. The tools promised collaboration across distance, but the tradeoff was clear: you could work from anywhere, as long as you were willing to work slowly. George questioned the premise itself. What if distance wasn't the problem? What if cloud data didn't have to feel remote at all? In January 2016, he and former DataCore colleague Peter Thompson founded LucidLink on a single conviction: data should be instantly and securely accessible from anywhere. They introduced the world to a first-of-its-kind storage collaboration platform using file streaming technology - instead of copying entire files back and forth, you stream only the data you need, exactly when you need it. The file stays in one place and behaves like it's local. Today, teams like Warner Bros., Discovery, Spotify, Paramount, Adobe and Netflix use LucidLink to collaborate on massive files in real time, from 4K video to CAD models. Recognized with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for transforming television workflows, LucidLink has made distance disappear for creative teams worldwide, proving that when you remove the wait, you unlock what teams can create together.

We're a telecommunications company that's been around since 1930, starting as a small local telephone operation in Louisiana. Today, we provide high-speed internet over fiber-optic and DSL networks, digital voice landline phone service, and TV to residential and small business customers across the country. We're now part of Lumen Technologies, which has expanded our capabilities while keeping CenturyLink focused on homes and small businesses. Our team works every day to keep people connected - whether that's helping someone work from home, streaming entertainment, or staying in touch with family and friends. We know reliable connectivity matters, and we're committed to delivering service that customers can count on. Beyond our services, we're also active in our communities, focusing our philanthropic efforts on K-12 education, youth programs, and technology initiatives that help strengthen the places where we all live and work.

Voleon is a quantitative hedge fund that applies cutting-edge machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to financial markets. Founded in 2007 by two leading scientists, the firm has pioneered the application of statistical models to investment prediction, distinguishing itself from traditional hedge funds that rely on human intuition. With nearly two decades of experience at the frontier of AI/ML in finance, Voleon has grown into a multibillion-dollar asset manager, directing billions of dollars in trades daily through sophisticated algorithmic strategies. The firm combines an academic research approach with practical risk management and scalability, employing a team of internationally recognized experts in machine learning alongside experienced finance professionals. Many of Voleon's leaders hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics from institutions like Stanford and UC Berkeley. The company fosters a collaborative, intellectually curious culture where research colleagues have collectively published hundreds of academic articles in top-tier venues. Headquartered near UC Berkeley in a modern office with catered lunches and collaborative workspaces, Voleon continues to push the boundaries of what's possible in quantitative finance.