Blake Sessions

Co-Founder & CTO

Mechanical innovator & genius behind Beltdraulic innovation. Forbes 30 Under 30 Manufacturing. Work featured in WSJ. Pro Tool Innovation Award for air compressor, Whitelaw Prize & Luis de Florez MIT award for innovation. MIT BS, Mechanical Engineering

Ted Thomas

CEO and President

17 years of manufacturing and energy storage system solutions and inventor and patent holder of energy storage system and stackable battery designs. US NAVY Veteran

BROOKE VAUGHN

FOUNDER / CEO

Cookie baker turned culture maker: Brooke prides herself in her famous chocolate chip cookie recipe, an unapologetically loyal PLEASE & THANK YOU® fan base, and a passion for building collaborative cultures and sustainable careers in the F&B sphere

Ross Hocknell

Co-Founder and CEO

Ross is the Co-Founder of Royal Albartross and a seasoned entrepreneur and finance specialist with a broad background in leading positions within renowned corporations. Having served as Chairman at Royal Albartross he has recently taken over as CEO.

Praveen Shanbhag

Founder & CEO

Tech innovator and culture builder. Former White House Science & Tech Analyst, Stanford Lecturer, National Academy of Sciences Fellow, and Senior Analyst at Advisory Board. Harvard BA. Columbia MA. Cambridge MPhil. Stanford PhD.

Arthur Menard

CEO

Healthtech visionary. 3x Founder with 1 exit. Forbes 30 under 30 and 200 media features. Co-inventor of 12 patents. Founded PwC’s FR startup incubator. Startup investor with over 10x portfolio returns. AgroParisTech Biology & Engineering MS. HEC Paris MBA

Alex Wu

Co-Founder & CEO

Alex Wu, CEO of Bao’d Up, combines tech expertise with a passion for food and strong leadership. Driven by innovation, he’s championing the bao revolution and laying the groundwork for a fast-growing future

Nicolas Verderosa

CEO

Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur. Former finance strategist who bootstrapped Ruralis from the ground up into a leading player in the market.

Bobby DeMars

CEO

Award-winning filmmaker with a penchant for innovation, Bobby DeMars is disrupting the spirits industry as the founder of Blind Barrels.

Sam Zeitlin

Co-Owner and CEO

StarChef's Rising Star Baker Award Winner 2021

Christopher Frederick

Co-founder

Chris was a former international basketball player and also had a 15 year career in investment banking. Chris was also owner and director of a successful pub group, designing and successfully exiting a multi award winning business.

Vince Gioe

CEO and Manager

Expanded the Alc-A-Chino Coffee Shop Inspired vision from a few states in '22 to half the U.S. currently. Over 30 years at Coca-Cola; held key leadership roles such as North American M&A. Georgia Tech Alumni, CPA, and board member of ProVeda Corp.

Heather Kelly

Founder & CEO

Heather is a born and raised Alaskan and tenacious founder. She's a 2x NCAA National Champion in women's rowing and holds a degree in Evolutionary Sports Nutrition. She is also a Certified Eating Psychology Coach, dog mom and has a green thumb.

Michael Ebel

Founder & CEO

Previously a Global Project Manager at Instagram for Operational Machine Learning. Earned a Berkeley MBA after consulting for PwC in Private Equity. Former U.S. Air Force Captain - selected as one of the Top 40 under 40 U.S. Military Officers.

Nate Mell

Founder / CEO

Growing a multimillion dollar company from scratch.

Dennis Underwood

Founder, CEO

Known for his ability to assemble teams and ship products that solve seemingly impossible problems, Dennis is a prominent figure in the cybersecurity community. His relentless commitment to innovation makes him one of the most exciting CEOs in tech today.

Holly Skaggs

Founder, CEO

Built a world-class brewery and created 3 award-winning lines of Wild Tonic - traditional, hard Jun and mocktails. Grew the company to national prominence as the leading Jun brand with thousands of points of distribution.