SPEAKERS:
Marco A. Chacón
Founder, Paragon Bioservices, Inc.
Kate Krupey
President, CoreBlue Advisory
Wayne Schepens
Managing Director, LaunchTech Communications
Neil Davis
Director, Entrepreneurial Development, TEDCO
Greg Crimmins
CEO, Founder, Remedy Plan Therapeutics
Jacqueline M. Baker
Director of AARP Innovation Labs, Innovation Programming , AARP Innovation Labs
Ebony Stocks
Executive Vice President, prince George's County Economic Development Corporation
Ann Quinn
Principal, Quinn Strategy Group
Mary Morris
Director, Baltimore Fund, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dan Dawes
Co-founder & CEO, Response Labs
M. Jason Brooke
Co-Founder & General Counsel, Vasoptic Medical Inc.
Vennard Wright
CIO/VP of Operations, Iron Bow Technologies
Deb Tillett
President and Executive Director, Emerging Technology Centers (ETC)
Bill Collier
Associate , TEDCO Seed Fund
Kelly M. Schulz
Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
Gary Evans
Executive Director, MD Defense Technology Commercialization Center
Nigel Smith
Director, Hatchery Ventures , AARP Innovation Labs
Myra Norton
President and COO, Arena
Justin Klein
Founder and Managing Partner, Vensana Capital
Dan Gincel
Executive Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, TEDCO
Laura Neuman
Entrepreneur, Self-employed
Angela Singleton
Manager, Pre-Seed Builder Fund, TEDCO
Annastasiah Mudiwa Mhaka, PhD
Co-Founder & President , Alliance for AI in Healthcare
Tammi Thomas
Vice President, Marketing, TEDCO
James S Gammie, MD
Chief & Professor, Cardiac Surgery , University of Maryland Medical Center
Greg Laird
Co-Founder, Accelevir Diagnostics
Lisa First-Willis
President & CEO, Trigger Transformation, Inc.
Jaci Tomek
Managing Partner, TomahawX Technologies LLC
Stephen Auvil
Executive Vice President, Operations and Programs, TEDCO
Ernesto Chanona, Ph.D.
Manager, Business & Innovation Development, Maryland Department of Commerce
Bill Niland
CEO, NeoProgen
Dr. Michael Tangrea
Senior Scientific Director, LifeBridge Health
John Zurawski
Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
Chris Hlubb
Principal, American Salmon Aquafarms, Inc.
Sam Glickstein
CEO, Biotrophics
John Gossart
Co-Founder and COO, Goodworld
Scott Garber
Operations Director and Managing Partner, Operations Director, Baltimore Angels and Managing Partner, Early Light Ventures
Mckeever Conwell
Manager, Seed Portfolio Development, TEDCO
Chichi Nyagah-Nash
Director of the Department of General Services, City of Baltimore
Michael O. Willis
Dr., Kaiser Permanente
Bob Ackerman
Founder and Managing Director , AllegisCyber Capital
Heather Gramm, CEcD
Senior Director, Strategic Industries and Entrepreneurship, Maryland Department of Commerce
Olessia Smotrova
President/CEO, OST Global Solutions, Inc.
Kolaleh Eskandanian
Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Children's National Health Sys
Angie Duncanson
Senior Business Counselor/Trainer, Maryland Women's Business Center
Abba David Poliakoff
Partner, Gordon Feinblatt LLC
Alex Antoniou, MD|MBA|MA
Medical Director of Innovation & Director of Corporate Venture, CareFirst BCBS
Kimberly Morales
Director, Marketing Communications, Outback Steakhouse
John Gustin
Assistant Director, TEDCO's Maryland Innovation Initiative
Shivani Paleti
Student, University of Maryland, College Park
Kyp Sirinakis
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Epidarex Capital
Jessica Reynolds
Sr. Director, Office of International Investment and Trade, Maryland Department of Commerce
AMITA SHUKLA
FOUNDER & CEO, VITAMITA
Deborah Jordan
Senior Design Thinker, AARP
Tien Wong
CEO, Opus8, Inc.
Robert Lord
President and Co-Founder, Protenus
Murat Kalayoglu
Chief Executive Officer, Cartesian Therapeutics
Christian Souza
Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank
Dawn Musil
Founder, Hivelend
Elizabeth Good Mazhari
President, Transition Health Ventures
Drew Cohen
CEO, Zuul
Mark W. Gent
Director, Venture Investments, Abbott Ventures
Anish Sebastian
Co-founder and CEO , Babyscripts
Dawn Medley
Senior Vice President, FSC First
Julie Lenzer
Chief Innovation Officer, University of Maryland
Carl N. Grant, III
EVP, Business Development, Cooley, LLP
Violet Apple
Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
Chris Panagiotopoulos
Chief Technology Officer, LifeBridge Health
Susan Banks
Director, Dorchester County Economic Development
Juan Pablo Segura
President and Co-Founder, Babyscripts
Jacob Hsu
Chief Executive Officer, Catalyte
Elizabeth Hecker
Attorney, Ballard Spahr
Charles Andres
Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
Tina C. Williams-Koroma
President/CEO, TCecure
Claire Broido Johnson
Managing Director , University System of Maryland Momentum Fund
Gigi Schumm
Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales, ThreatQuotient
Luke Cooper, Founder @ Fixt
CEO, Fixt Inc
Ken McCreedy
Senior Director, Cyber and Aerospace, Maryland Department of Commerce
Brandon Mason
Business and Technology Specialist, Maryland SBDC
Timothy Guinan 3rd
Co-Founder, Givhero
Angie Collier
Director of Business Development & Marketing, Aronson LLC
Richard A. Bendis
Founder, President and CEO of BioHealth Innovation, Inc., BioHealth Innovation
Kapila Ratnam
General Partner, NewSpring Capital
Liz Sara
Chairwoman of the Board, National Women's Business Council
Mike Leffer
Principal, Squadra Ventures
Anthony Millin
Chair, NEXT/Shulman Rogers
Anne Balduzzi
Director, Advisory Services, TEDCO
Arti Santhanam
Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative, TEDCO
Matt Gittleman
Sr. Associate, Blu Ventures
John A. Davis
General Manager & CEO, SBIR Resource Center (R)
Mark Walsh
Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC
Frank Glover
Lead Director, Seed Investment Fund, TEDCO
Sally Sternbach
MTC VMS Managing Committee, Maryland Tech Council Venture Mentoring Services
Emily P. English, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Gemstone Biotherapeutics
Martha P. Jimenez
Senior Business Counselor, Maryland Women's Business Center
Brian Darmody
CEO, Association of University Research Parks (AURP)
Brittany Sickler
Senior Innovation Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration
Mike Thielke
Executive Director, F³ Tech Accelerator