SPEAKERS:
Olessia Smotrova
Chief Strategy Officer, OST Global Solutions
Maaike Everts
Executive Director, Critical Path Institute
Dr. Arti Santhanam
Executive Director, Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) Baltimore
Patrick Hanley
Chief & Director, Cellular Therapy Program, Children's National Hospital
Robbin Lee
Director of Partnerships & Mobilization, UpSurge Baltimore
Danette Nguyen
Managing Director, Maryland Women's Business Center
Kobby Osei-Kusi
Founder & CEO, Pirl Technology
Roger Austin
Director, Risk and Security, Boston Consulting Group
Griffin St Louis
Senior Program Manager, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)
Joe Durham
Market President, Fulton Bank
Winston Kirton
Partner, BakerHostetler
Justin Ferguson
Program Manager, TEDCO
Lora Brown
State Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center (UMD)
Dr. Tammira Lucas
Venture Growth Advisor/ Assistant Professor, TEDCO/Coppin State University
Greg Rogers
State CISO, State of Maryland
Alex Choi
Executive Director, Government Program Development, Affairs, & Research, TEDCO MD (Maryland Technology Development Corporation)
Ruchika Nijhara, PhD, MBA
Executive Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
Ernesto Chanona, PhD
Vice President, CSSi LifeSciences
LaToya C. Staten
Executive Director , Fearless Institute
Tom Sadowski
Executive Director/CEO, Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO)
Maurice X Boissiere
Partner, Chief Customer Officer, DataTribe
Isabel Wen
Senior Manager, Venture Development, TEDCO
Karen Zuccardi
Ecosystem Director , TEDCO
Rachel Rath
Head of JLABS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS
Bob Ackerman
Founder & Managing Director, AllegisCyber Capital
Stephen Auvil
Chief Federal Engagement Officer, Maryland TEDCO
Brock Reeve
CEO, Eos BioInnovation
Troy LeMaile-Stovall
Chief Executive Officer, TEDCO
Lisa Friedlander
CRO, NEXT/My NEXT Raise
Henry Ahn
Program Director (SBIR/STTR) , National Science Foundation
Derese Getnet
CEO, Chariot Biosciences
Graham Dodge
VP, Venture Development, TEDCO
Barry Datlof
Chief, Business Development and Commercialization, Defense Health Agency
Amita Shukla
Founder & CEO, Vitamita
Jean-Luc Park
Senior Director, Social Impact Funds, TEDCO
Tayo Sanders II
Principal, Etc Ventures
Bill Collier
Principal, Noblis Ventures
Kevin Anderson
Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
Abishek (Abi) Kulshreshtha
Executive Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative, TEDCO
R. Andrew (“Andy”) Bauer
Vice President and Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Mo Heidaran
Chief Scientist, Cellx Inc.
Mike Ravenscroft
Managing Director, University System of Maryland Momentum Fund
Arion Long
CEO, Femly
David Tohn
CEO, BTS
Gregg Smith
Chief Executive Officer, Technology Advancement Center
Jack Miner
Chief Investment Officer, TEDCO
Jasmine A. Clemons
Board of Public Works Director, Comptroller of Maryland
Geyssel Gonzalez
Controller, TEDCO
Mindy Lehman
Chief Government Program Development, Affairs & Policy Officer, TEDCO