innovation Experts

Rachid Sefrioui

Managing DirectorFinaventures

Anchor your Leadership. Motivate your Team. Boost your Entrepreneurship.

Charles Burke

President & CEOFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Charles Burke champions the intersection of art, culture and nature to build healthy communities—a philosophy he embodies at Meijer Gardens.

Christopher Mejía Argueta, PhD

Director of International Academic Partnerships for the MIT Global SCALE Network | Director, MIT Graduate Certificate in Logistics and SCM (GCLOG) program | Founder & Director, MIT Emerging Market Economies Logistics Lab | Research ScientistMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Mejía-Argueta optimizes last-mile, retail, agri-food supply chains, global transportation and policymaking for emerging market economies

Michael Nowatkowski, PhD

Professor; Director, AU Cyber InstituteAugusta University

A leading cybersecurity expert available to discuss online security, ransomware, and device security topics.

Alex Glosenberg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Gary Vaynerchuk

Co-Founder and OwnerVaynerMedia

Find your social media voice and build your digital brands with New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author

Randall Howard

General PartnerVerdexus

Senior serial technology executive working to build world leading, high growth technology organizations

Jeremy Pressman, Ph.D.

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Pressman specializes in the Arab-Israeli peace process, US foreign policy, and the scope of political protests in the United States.

Lewis Franklin Bost, MBA, IDSA, FAIMBE

Professor Emeritus | Bachelor Product Design, NCSU l Masters of Business Administration, UNCVCU College of Engineering

Professor Bost's research focuses on innovation, device design and development processes

Chris Manning, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Real Estate and Finance, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University