Speakers

Meet Our 2020 Speakers

Nicole Glaros (She/Her)

Techstars
Chief Investment Strategy Officer

Morgan Flager (He/Him)

Silverton Partners
General Partner

Lloyd Armbrust (He/Him)

Armbrust American
CEO/Founder

Courtney Caldwell (She/Her)

ShearShare, Inc.
Cofounder & COO

Jim Brown (He/Him)

Arena Growth Partners
Founder & Managing Partner

Julia Cheek (She/Her)

Everlywell
Founder and CEO

Cheryl Campos (She/Her)

Republic
Director

Tony Tovar (He/Him)

Sana Benefits
Head of Community

Mike Dodd (He/Him)

Silverton Partners
General Partner

Albert Swantner (He/Him)

Board Member at Naturally Austin
CTO at Mobile Tech RX

Kerry Rupp (She/Her)

True Wealth Ventures
General Partner

Carolyn Jenkins (She/Her)

C-Suite Consulting
Advisor

Jody Page (He/Him)

Lighter Capital
Director

Monica Cravotta (She/Her)

WP Engine
Vice President of Marketing

Bart Bohn (He/Him)

Root Aspen
Founder

Ari Palmer (She/Her)

TaxTaker
CEO & Co-Founder

Charlie Plauche (He/Him)

S3 Ventures
Partner

Holly Firestone (She/Her)

Venafi
Head of Community

Jeff Ketner (He/Him)

Ketner Group Communications
CEO

Steve Schaffer (He/Him)

Nextfront Ventures, LLC
Advisor | Mentor | Investor | Board Director | Speaker

Jennifer "Houli" Houlihan (She/Her)

Houli UX
Principal

Laura Russell (She/Her)

Adlucent
Senior Director of Marketing

Adrian Taylor (He/Him)

Pushstart Creative
Creative Director & Co-founder

Kristine Bryant (She/Her)

Gladiator Consulting
CEO

Allen Thornton (He/Him)

Grant Source
CEO

Natalie Khoo (She/Her)

Avion Agency
Director

Jill Klinvex (She/Her)

Capital Factory
Senior Venture Associate

Amos Schwartzfarb (He/Him)

Techstars
Managing Director

Amber Hinds (She/Her)

Equalize Digital
Creative Director & CEO

Annette Alexander (She/Her)

WP Engine
Chief People Officer

Caitlyn Conner (She/Her)

Popspots
People Operations

Marcus Carey (He/Him)

ReliaQuest
Enterprise Architect

Brianna Littlepage (She/Her)

soona
Director of Marketing & Sales

Ian MacDowell (He/Him)

argodesign
Technology Director

Bessy Kim (She/Her)

argodesign
Design Lead

David Matthews (He/Him)

RevTech Ventures
Managing Director

Kate Herling (She/Her)

Tandem
CEO & Founder

Jonathan Dampier (He/Him)

Revionics
SVP Global Marketing

Wendy Howell (She/Her)

Cisco Systems
Chief of Staff

Gavin Gillas (He/Him)

YGC
CEO

Jen Sovada (She/Her)

MissionTech Solutions, LLC
Chief Futures Officer

Krishna Srinivasan (He/Him)

LiveOak Venture Partners
Founding Partner

Laura Oxler (She/Her)

soona
Customer Success Manager

Desmond Thomas (He/Him)

Walmart Global Tech
Community and Operations Manager

Morgan Simon (She/Her)

Well Thymed
Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner

Scott Marcus (He/Him)

Vital Farms
Chief Marketing Officer

Thomas Ball (He/Him)

Next Coast Ventures
Co-Founder and Managing Director

Junice Rockman (She/Her)

JRock Therapy
Neuropsychotherapist, Journalist, Public Policy Advocate, M.A.,LPC, LCDC-i

John Dirvin (He/Him)

Capital Factory

Sonia Ramirez Anderson (She/Her)

Husch Blackwell LLP
Attorney

Clark Nowlin (He/Him)

Golden Ratio
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cecilia Laseter (She/Her)

Peck Boards
Founder/CEO

Albert Carrion (He/Him)

Husch Blackwell LLP
Partner

Cristina Bocanegra (She/Her)

Mini Market, Love Child & Co-Founder of Current Conference
Founder

David Lucas (He/Him)

Pushstart Creative
Industrial Designer

Anna Westbrook (She/Her)

Isabel & The Runaway Train
Producer, Composer / Playwright

Patrick Hitchins (He/Him)

FitRankings
CEO // Founder

Elisa Sepulveda (She/Her)

Operational Leader and Community Builder

Kurt DelBene (He/Him)

Microsoft
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Core Services Engineering and Operation

AJ Davis (She/Her)

Experiment Zone
Founder

Kurt Wilkin (He/Him)

HireBetter
Co-Founder

Dana Wildeboer (She/Her)

MassChallenge
Senior Director of Marketing

Erika Isett (She/Her)

AppSumo
Senior Partnerships Manager

Trevor Boehm (He/Him)

Techstars
Managing Director

Reagan Pugh (He/Him)

Reagan Pugh LLC
Speaker & Facilitator

Joi Chevalier (She/Her)

The Cook's Nook
CEO

Bob Bridge (He/Him)

SWAN Impact Network
Executive Director

Mariana Fischbach (She/Her)

Ketner Group Communications
Director of Media Relations

Kevin Koronka (He/Him)

Husch Blackwell LLP
Partner

Llewyn Paine (She/Her)

Llewyn Paine Consulting LLC
Principal

Jake O'Shea (He/Him)

Capital Factory
Investor Relations Manager

Meggie Williams

Skiptown
Founder & CEO

Serenity Carr (She/Her)

Serenity Kids
Co-Founder and CEO

Tom Digan (He/Him)

Ladder
Co-Founder & President

Scott Schneider (He/Him)

HTX Labs
CEO

Roman Gonzalez (He/Him)

Gardenio
Founder and CEO

Scott Harmon (He/Him)

Swivel
CEO

Ryan Fenton (He/Him)

FloSports
Director, Global Rights Acquisition/Partnerships

Paul Puckett (He/Him)

Army Enterprise Cloud Management Office
Director

Moby Hayat (He/Him)

Fire Show Media
Founder

Naijean Bernard (She/Her)

Jeany's Ginger Elixer
Owner/Founder

Marissa Epstein (She/Her)

The University of Texas at Austin Nutrition Institute Department of Nutritional Sciences
Director

Lizzie Aquirre (She/Her)

Soulstice Retreats
CEO

Marc Nathan

Egan Nelson
VP Client Strategy

Mark Valentine (He/Him)

Microsoft
General Manager, National Security

Mellie Price (She/Her)

Texas Venture Labs
Executive Director

Michael Balazs (He/Him)

The MITRE Corporation
Chief Futurist, Autonomy

Kevin Landtroop (He/Him)

Capital Factory
Vice President of Defense

Julie Shannan (She/Her)

VentureLab
Executive Director

James Garvey

Self Financial
CEO and founder

Janice Omadeke (She/Her)

The Mentor Method
CEO and Founder

Jen Savage (She/Her)

Active Cyber LLC
Offensive Security Consultant

Jim Breyer (He/Him)

Breyer Capital
Founder & CEO

Dee Bryant (She/Her)

Boozy Bites by Prim Improper
Founder & CEO

Edwin Marty (He/Him)

City of Austin
Food Policy Manager

Emily Kealey (She/Her)

Naturally Austin
CEO/Executive Director

Gustavo Sanchez (He/Him)

Pandata Tech
Co-Founder

Chris Peifer (He/Him)

hOp
CEO

Chris R. Traylor (He/Him)

Heavy Oil Solutions, Inc.
Chairman & CEO

Cullen Jones (He/Him)

Microsoft
Sr Startup Lead: National Security Group

Cat Dizon (She/Her)

Active Capital
Co-Founder/COO

Chad Jewell (He/Him)

Austin Office Space
Founder and Principal Broker

Carolyn Lowe (She/Her)

ROI Swift
CEO & Co-Founder

Chris Moe (He/Him)

Cartograph
COO, Co-Founder

Adelle Archer (She/Her)

Eterneva
CEO

Andrew Shearer (He/Him)

BravePath
Founder and Principal

Mollie Duckworth (She/Her)

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Partner

Bobby Umar (He/Him)

DYPB - Discover Your Personal Brand
CEO

April Dominguez (She/Her)

Handsome App
Founder and CEO

Denise Antoon (She/Her)

Human Experience Group
Founder

Cody Simms (He/Him)

Techstars
Partner and Senior Vice President

Ellen Chang (She/Her)

BMNT/Syndicate 708
Director/Managing Partner

Gwan Hyeon Shin (He/Him)

Atozsoft Corporation
Marketing Manager

Kelli Mason (She/Her)

Notley
Partner

Jason H. Karp (He/Him)

HumanCo
CEO / Founder

JD Stanley (He/Him)

IoT/AI Inc
COO

Kana LiVolsi (She/Her)

Dos Mundos Creative
CEO

Karen Fernandez (She/Her)

formerly @ The Guild
Startup Advisor, Head of People

Kirstin Ross (She/Her)

SKU
Managing Director

Meg Hare (She/Her)

Accenture
Sales Director

Michelle Breyer (She/Her)

SKU
COO

Sedon Hwang (He/Him)

Strong Friends Company
CEO

Tala Matchett (She/Her)

Notley
Partner

Shannon Davenport (She/Her)

Esker Beauty
Founder

Na-Young Seo (She/Her)

Mooyeokwang, Inc.
Marketing Manager

Paul O'Brien (He/Him)

MediaTech Ventures
CEO

Ryan Carpenter (He/Him)

Carpenter Wellington PLLC
Managing Attorney

Mario Glisic (He/Him)

Carpenter Wellington PLLC
Attorney

Jose Martins (He/Him)

Hubspot
HubSpot for Startups

Kris Gilot (She/Her)

Insperity
General Manager

Lloyd Greenwald (He/Him)

CACI
Executive Director

Dr. Kevin McNeill (He/Him)

CACI
Sr. Vice President, Cyberspace Solutions

Heath Butler (He/Him)

Mercury Fund
Partner

Jack Elston (He/Him)

Black Swift Technologies
Founder and CEO

Aisha Lewis (She/Her)

Notley
Director of Strategic Programs

Brittany Hill (She/Her)

Accelerist
Founder/CEO

Christiana Yebra (She/Her)

Vouch
CEO

Ashley Lopez (She/Her)

KUT
Reporter

Douglas Drakeley (He/Him)

JAIC
Industry Outreach Officer

David Reeths (He/Him)

Red 6
Chief Strategy Officer

Kristy Alballero (She/Her)

IOOGO
Founder & COO

Nancy Fechnay (She/Her)

Independent Advisor/Angel
EIR at Notley Ventures

Hwan Hee Koo (She/Her)

Lupin Company Inc.
CEO

Kylie Everhart (She/Her)

Friday Health Plans
Director of Sales, Texas

Marcelo Cordini

December Labs
CoFounder, Head of Texas Office

Richard Deulofeut (He/Him)

Trust Ventures
Associate

Sherri Greenberg (She/Her)

University of Texas
Professor of Practice in the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Director of Research for Good Systems Future of Work

Will Griffin (He/Him)

Hypergiant
Chief Ethics Officer

Wei Escala (She/Her)

Eggschain Inc.
CEO

Tom Miller (He/Him)

ClearForce
CEO

Jonathan Kaplan (He/Him)

Next Coast Ventures
Chief Operating Officer

Zawadi Bryant (She/Her)

Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care
CEO

Tarun Nimmagadda (He/Him)

ReturnSafe
CEO

Tam Hawkins (She/Her)

Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce
CEO

Rob Cohan (He/Him)

Accenture
Managing Director

Elisabeth Bohlmann

December Labs
VP Client Strategy

Francis Pahng (He/Him)

Zinnotech Corporation
CEO & President, Zinnotech

Greg Martin (He/Him)

Sumo Logic
Vice President and General Manager, Security Business Unit

Charlie Bonner (He/Him)

MOVE Texas
Communications Director

Christine Mei (She/Her)

Gathered Foods Corporation
CEO

Jeehee Kim (She/Her)

Studio CrossCulture
CEO

Colin Guinn (He/Him)

Guinn Partners
Founder

David Dufresne (He/Him)

Panache Ventures
Partner

Leigh Christie (She/Her)

Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
Senior Vice President, Global Technology & Innovation

Kehlin Swain (He/Him)

Xplosion tech
Tech Lead

Chris Ripley (He/Him)

Smarter Sorting
CEO

Melissa Moloney (She/Her)

Accenture
Higher Ed, Non Profit, and Government Consulting Executive

James Skelton (He/Him)

Galvanize
Technical Evangelist

Randy Fisher (He/Him)

Insperity
Strategic Marketing Manager

Matt Miller (He/Him)

Liongard
Director of Product Management

Rima Imad Fadlallah (She/Her)

Thawra Network
CEO/Founder

Sarah Ortiz Shields (She/Her)

Austin Tech Alliance
Executive Director

Monica Landers (She/Her)

StoryFit
CEO & Founder

Mark Holland (He/Him)

Choose Health
CEO

Scott Hastings (He/Him)

ZPEG
CEO

Savannah L. Barker (She/Her)

Notley
Senior Director of Program Operations

Devin Breen

CHAaSM
Vice President

Todd Kimbriel (He/Him)

Accenture
Government Senior Advisor

Toni Portmann (She/Her)

Walkabout Collaborative LLC
CEO and Co-Founder

Vincent Tran (He/Him)

Liongard
COO/CPO

Will Matthews (He/Him)

Ex-Pro Football Player / Entrepreneur / Advocate

Katie Townsley (She/Her)

Accenture
Strategy Director

Sean Duffy (He/Him)

Capital Factory
VP of Partnerships

Chris Armstrong (He/Him)

Accenture Interactive
Experience Optimization Lead

Kevin Finisterre (He/Him)

DigitalMunition
Penetration Tester

Zach Harper (He/Him)

Funky Mello
CEO

Aimy Steadman (She/Her)

Future/Proof
Founder & COO (and also founding board member of Naturally Austin)

Bader Alam (He/Him)

CAVU Venture Partners
Principal

Candice Hahn (She/Her)

R/GA
SVP, Managing Director

Chris Pardo (He/Him)

Dun & Bradstreet
VP, Innovation

Anh Selissen (She/Her)

Texas Department of Transportation
Chief Information Officer

Chris Valentine (He/Him)

SXSW Pitch
Event Producer

Derek Ruth (He/Him)

Catena Technology
CEO

Gavin Booth (He/Him)

Greenbelt Craft Kombucha
Founder

Gordon Daugherty

Capital Factory
Co-Founder & President

Dina Santos (She/Her)

Consulate General of Canada in Dallas
Senior Trade Commissioner

Amanda Crawford (She/Her)

Texas Department of Information Resources
Executive Director

Jess Gaffney (She/Her)

Beam

Joshua Baer

Capital Factory
Founder & CEO

Kevin Ellenwood (He/Him)

Accenture
Managing Director

Lisa Besserman (She/Her)

Indeed
Head of Program, Global Incubator

Joelle Vail

Capital Factory
Chief Revenue Officer

Jason Bornhorst (He/Him)

First Dollar
CEO

Martin Martinez (He/Him)

A-Player Media
Founder & President

Nathan Diller, Colonel (He/Him)

Air Force
Director, AFWERX

Sandy Carter

Amazon Web Services
Vice President

Richard Zhu (He/Him)

ZipcodeXpress Inc.
CEO

Ted Gutierrez (He/Him)

SecurityGate.io
CEO

Brent Bellm

BigCommerce
CEO

Will Harris (He/Him)

Eagle Eye Networks
Reseller Partner Director

Brian D. Courchaine (He/Him)

Principal USAF ACC Cyberspace Operations
MITRE

Bryan Chambers (He/Him)

Capital Factory
Vice President of Accelerator and Investment Fund

Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette

Huston-Tillotson University
President

Emily McNabb Butler (She/Her)

The Good Hippie
Owner

Eric Starkloff

NI
President & CEO

Hugh Forrest

SXSW
Chief Programming Officer

John Berkowitz

OJO Labs
CEO & Co-founder

Kiwi Camara

DISCO
Founder and CEO

Linda Ginac

TalentGuard
Founder & CEO

Mike Snead (He/Him)

Accenture
Social Insights Manager

Robert Alvarez

BigCommerce
CFO/COO

Tahjar "Tee" Roamartinez

Cyber Warfighters Group
Founder & CEO

Tamara Fields

Accenture
Austin Managing Director

Tony Aguilar

Chipper
Founder/CEO

Tyson Tuttle

Silicon Labs
CEO

Startup Crawl Tables

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SAIC

IBM

Oliver

My Network Builder

Longitudinal Health Care, Inc.

Draper Startup House

IDA Ireland

3 Day Startup

Black Swift Technologies

Big Wheelbarrow

Choose Health

Cratejoy

Draper Startup House

Ellodee

Entrepreneurs Foundation

EQO

Fathom5

Gembah

HOPZERO

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Liquibase

Localeur

McCombs School of Business

MassChallenge Texas

Maidbot

Opslock

Parasanti

Petal

Ruckit

Revealix

SchooLinks

Shep Travel

Splashmetrics

Tankee

The Inclusion Annex

TaxTaker

Valen Energy

Team Topia

Techstars

Third Insight

Union

Waldo Photos

[email protected]

Workify

ZipcodeXpress Inc.

ReturnSafe Inc

Vesta eCommerce

Juuk

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Baker Botts L.L.P.

Army Applications Lab

Laundris

AFWERX

Skylark Wireless

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Brittany Ballard (She/Her)

Austin Startup Week
Logistics Assistant