The Slack direct listing is a rare event indeed. By bypassing the normal IPO roadshow process, the company will enter the market with an even lower degree of investor consensus. With little precedent for this route, and few comparable peers, every bit of knowledge that can be gleaned is vital.

The InterAxS Slack IPO event will enable investors to hear from and speak to former Slack employees and industry competitors to get better insight into the opaque inner workings of the company and help assess the competitive landscape the company faces.

Moderator: Reuben Miller of InterAxS Global

Panel of speakers: 

Hope Frank - Former Global Advisory CMO to Slack (2018- January 2019) where she played an active role as part of the global marketing council. Hope is currently a Partner and Global Experience Officer at Mercer (2017- Present). Hope also has experience as an advisory CMO / Board Member to Alsid (2018-2019; Cyber security firm) TSO Logic (2014- 2019; Data analytics firm), The Influential Network (2015-2018; Mobile-First influencer platform) and has been on the CMO Council Advisory Board (2009- 2018).

Julian Morelli - Former senior Program Manager - Microsoft Teams (2017-2018). Prior to this he was Senior Program manager for Windows (2012- 2017). He currently works a Qualtrics. Julian was a Senior member of the program management team responsible for the Developer Platform & Ecosystem, mainly Bots.  He defined the plan, strategy and worked closely with critical partner to deliver apps in time and defined the Partner & Customer Product Process to capture, define and prioritize the requirements of hundreds of users and partners across all the different capabilities.

Roy King - Former senior product marketing manager - 365. Roy King has ten years of experience working at Microsoft, he left in September 2018, where he spent his time looking at 365 marketing and has extensive experience working on Skype and Team's products. Roy advised that has experience working with Office 365, looking at the competitive landscape, and developing partnerships, he then moved into the engagement strategy for Skype for business working within the Telecommunications vertical. Following this he worked on Business Development for 365 (2015- 2017), before he finished in looking at the AI road map for Office 365, Azure and Windows.

Moderator: Reuben Miller of InterAxS Global 

Reuben Miller is a seasoned journalist and editor with ten year's experience covering political, regulatory, and policy universe. Prior to his involvement with InterAxS. Reuben ran the Washington, D.C. bureau for an M&A-oriented product of the Financial Times Group and has helped launch a number of politics and policy-focused publications geared towards investment professionals. 

All speakers have confirmed that they are not subject to any confidentiality, non-disclosure (NDA), employment, franchise agreement, or any other agreement, which would prevent them from speaking on the topic.  Participation in this InterAxS public event will not violate their employer’s policies or confidentiality obligations and that as a condition of their engagement as a speaker, they agree not to disclose any non-public or confidential information.