Speakers
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Brittany Sickler
Director of Ecosystem Development, Office of Investment and Innovation
U.S. Small Business Administration
Eric Parker
Cofounder & CEO
Make Startups
Gabriele Niederauer
Co-Founder, CEO & President
Freyya, Inc.
Ben Jones
Founder
Jockey Ventures
Matt Madia
Vice President of Real Estate Services
Neighborhood Allies
Bijo Mathew
Founding Director of the Technology Commercialization Center
Southwest Texas Border Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Lead Network at the University of Texas San Antonio
David Ponraj
Founder and CEO
Economic Impact Catalyst (EIC)
Chris Dudley
Founding Director
Helix
Devon Laney
CEO
36 Degrees North
Laurie Simmons
Director
UTRGV Center for Innovation and Commercialization
Mark Holland
Director
Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga
Jim Spencer
Director
Bluefield, WV EDA
Gordon Daugherty
Co-Founder and Chairman
Capital Factory
John Hanak
Managing Director
North Riverside Partners
Regina Ann Campbell
President & CEO
Build Institute
Tom Strodtbeck
Startup and Enterprise Consultant
Liverpool John Moores University
KB
Kristin Burton
Assistanat Professor, Entrepreneurship
Purdue University Northwest
David Fonseca
CEO
VelocityTX
Thea Chase
Founder & CEO
AccompanyCo
Jason Rittenberg
Vice President
SSTI
Jeanette Alberg
American-Made Program Prize Leader
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Casey Carrillo
Executive Director
University of Arizona Center for Innovation
Brad Rickelman
Assistant Director of Business and Entrepreneurial Services
Meridian Technology Center
Natalie D'Oyen
Technical Co-ordinator
The Development Bank of Jamaica
Wen Teoh
Director, EPICentre
University of Windsor
William Lickson
Director
North Florida Innovation Labs
Linda Olson
CEO/President
Tampa Bay Wave
Lisa Smith
Founder and President
North Star Innovation Partners
Pat Rowe
KIC Member Support Manager
LAUNCH (Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga- KIC)
Christa Franzi
Vice President and Director of Entrepreneurship
Camoin Associates
