H. Shelton Weeks, Ph.D.

Expert in real estate and financial markets · Florida Gulf Coast University

H. Shelton Weeks has extensive industry experience in valuation of real property with an emphasis on senior living projects.

Economics Corporate Finance Real Estate Financial Markets Investments

Sensei Gilliland

CEO · Black Belt Investors

Honored As The Nations Leading Real Estate Expert & Mogul by Real Estate Wealth Magazine

Business Building Entrepreneurship Auction/Trustee Sales Purchase Options Pre-Foreclosures

Daryl Montgomery

Author, Blogger, Market Strategist · New York Investing Meetup

Former popular professor providing independent, unbiased big picture analysis of the markets and economy for investors.

Investing in the 2010s Inflation Investing Investing in an Economic Crisis

Brian D. Avery

Senior Lecturer · University of Florida

Brian D. Avery is a professor and expert in safety management, amusement operations, event execution, and education.

Sport, Live Entertainment, Recreation, Attraction Operations/Risk Management Educational Development Events and Venue Crowd Control Event Design and Execution Legal Compliance Attractions Safety Management

Steve Stewart

Assistant Professor · Georgia Southern University

Steve Stewart is an expert in entrepreneurship and management.

Management Entrepreneurship

Sam Angus

Partner, Corporate Group · Fenwick & West LLP

Entrepreneurship and venture financing for start-ups have been long-standing specialties for this lawyer and conference panel moderator

Start-Up/Venture-Backed Companies Equity and Debt Financings Mergers and Acquisitions Securities Matters Intellectual Property Licensing

Stephen Schwarz

Emeritus Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: schwarzs@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4681 / Office 624-200

Taxation Law Nonprofit Organizations Estate Planning Federal Income Taxation Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships

Andrei Simonov

Professor · Michigan State University

An expert in US and international stock markets, institutional and individual investors, investment banking and behavioral finance.

International Finance Behavioral Finance Financial Services Asset Management

Jared Ellias

Associate Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Email: elliasjared@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8815 / Office 344-200

Bankruptcy Law Corporate Law Corporate Governance

Dan Stanhope

Director, Development · ExpertFile

I'm a seasoned software developer with over 15 years of professional experience working in both online media and software.

Devops Javascript Software Architecture Node.Js

Dustin J. Sleesman

Associate Professor, Management · University of Delaware

Dr. Sleesman studies the psychology of decision-making, negotiation and conflict resolution, as well as team effectiveness.

Motivation Teamwork Dynamics Negotiation Decision-Making Conflict Resolution

Klaas Baks

Professor in the Practice of Finance; Executive Director, Center for Alternative Investments · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Alternative Investments Private Equity Entrepreneurship Investment Banking Mergers & Acquisitions

Shobha Gurung

Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University

Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.

Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society

Afroditi V. Filippas, Ph.D.

Professor · Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor Filippas is VCU’s representative to CCAM. Her research focuses on Smart Manufacturing, Data Analytics, and Modeling.

Electromagnetic Device Modeling Data Analytics Higher Order Statistical Analysis Multimodal Data Analytics Experimental Design

Stanley Griffis

Donald J. Bowersox and Robert W. Thull Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management · Michigan State University

Professor Griffis' primary teaching interests include logistics and supply chain management.

Risk and Resilience Sustainability Logistics

Cliff Gager

Real Estate Investor, Mentor, and Coach. · Cliff Gager Advanced Real Estate Investing Training

Cliff Gager Real Estate Expert

Real Estate Investing Personal Wealth Enrichment Mortgage and Note Investing

Mary Kelly, PhD

Associate Chair and Teaching Professor of Economics | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University

Mary Kelly, PhD, is an expert in economics, cable and the telecommunications industry

Comcast Job Satisfaction Public Policy Telecommunication Industrial Organization and Regulation

Mi (Meg) Luo, PhD

Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University

Mi (Meg) Luo, PhD, specializes in empirical corporate finance, investments, equity valuation and corporate decision making.

Business Leveraged Buyouts Executive Compensation Merger and Acquisition Managerial Decision Making

C.C. Chapman

Author, Entrepreneur & Motivator

Best selling author and award winning marketing expert. Guaranteed to leave your audience educated, entertained and inspired!

Digital Marketing Social Media Marketing Content Creation Blogging Interactive Marketing Strategies

Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.

Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Atulasimha researches nanomagnetic/spintronic memory and neuromorphic computing devices.

Spintronics and Nanomagnetism Exploratory neuromorphic devices Straintronics: Strian mediated electric field control of magnetism Electric field (VCMA) control of skyrmions Magnetic and multiferroic materials