Our Team

Jon founded the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup in January 2012 and organizes monthly meetups of the 10,000+ person group as a way to promote collaboration for the enterprise tech ecosystem in New York including entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 technologists, investors, and graduate students.

Prior to Work-Bench, Jon worked at Morgan Stanley in the Office of the CIO in IT. There he partnered with internal technology clients to facilitate the selection and on-boarding of emerging technology startups. He has written about enterprise technology trends for publications such as The Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal and TechCrunch.

Jon is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he received a BSE in Bioengineering with minors in Mathematics and Economics.

Jessica is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Work-Bench, where she leads our investments in horizontal and vertical SaaS enterprise applications.

Jessica is passionate about growing and supporting women in enterprise software, launching our 2023 #Womenterprise Summit and #Womenterprise community.

Prior to Work-Bench, Jessica was a Learning and Development Manager at Cisco Systems, where she worked with the Engineering organization on Agile transformation, innovation and culture.

Jessica is a longtime adult GED educator and actively involved with the education and workforce development in New York City.

Jessica received a B.A. from Harvard University in Government and African Studies.

Kelley is a General Partner at Work-Bench, where he focuses on investments in areas in security and cloud-native infrastructure.

Kelley also leads corporate engagement at Work-Bench, where he is a key point for the firm's relationships with forward-thinking technology executives across the Fortune 1000 and enterprise early adopters. He works closely with these leaders on enterprise technology trends transforming data and analytics, infrastructure, security, and the future of work.

Prior to Work-Bench, Kelley covered the security market as an industry analyst at Forrester Research.

Kelley is a graduate of Boston College with a B.S. in Physics and Philosophy.

Priyanka is a Principal at Work-Bench, where she invests in companies across data, machine learning, and cloud-native infrastructure. She is deeply involved in New York City’s startup ecosystem and is passionate about working closely with technical founders to help them scale.

Priyanka holds a B.A. in Economics with a policy concentration from New York University. She authors The Data Source, a newsletter exploring thematic trends across enterprise infrastructure, and Your Technical GTM Blueprint, where she shares case studies on go-to-market strategies for technical founders.

Daniel is a Principal at Work-Bench where he focuses on sourcing and evaluating investments across machine learning and AI, developer tools, and horizontal & vertical SaaS enterprise applications. 

Daniel also runs cofounders.nyc and writes the More Intelligent Newsletter, where he shares the latest thematic research and technology trends he’s digging into.

Prior to joining Work-Bench, Daniel was a Product Manager on the Machine Learning team at Hyperscience where he was responsible for pre-trained machine learning models, synthetic data generation, and overall use case expansion. Previously, he was a Go-To-Market Strategy Lead and began his career at IBM.

Daniel is Penn State proud and studied finance and glaciology.

Pattie is an Operations Manager at Work-Bench, where she plays a vital role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations of the firm and the vibrant Work-Bench community. With a strong background in strategic planning, organizational management, and process improvement, she thrives behind the scenes—owning event logistics from conception to completion and keeping everything running seamlessly while finding creative solutions to complex challenges.

Prior to Work-Bench, Pattie supported executives and high-growth startups, building a reputation for anticipating needs, streamlining processes, and bringing order to fast-paced, high-growth environments. Her ability to juggle details without losing sight of the bigger picture makes her an invaluable force in delivering exceptional experiences for our team, partners, and broader community.

She holds a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Baruch College.