Vinny Lingham

Co-founder & CEO · gyft

Silicon Valley based Technology Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship Small Business Startups Freemium Mobile

Asa Sphar Ph.D.

Executive Technical / Operational Recruiter - CSI Executive Search | ars@csi-executivesearch.com · CSI Executive Search

Managing Director | CSI Executive Search

Engineering Executive Search Sourcing How to Choose an Executive Search Firm Oil & Gas Leadership Recruiting

John F. Eckert

Managing Partner · McLean Watson Capital

John is focused on management strategy and achieving liquidity for portfolio companies.

Corporate Finance Entrepreneurship

Kamal Hassan

Founder and CEO · EVCtools

Passionate Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship Fundraising Transport Policy Parking Road Pricing

Steve Barrett

Mentor | CBASE · Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

Steve has a proven track record for conceiving, funding, launching and commercializing early stage technology companies

Raising Capital Building High Performance Teams Managing Technical Development Government Approvals Creating Strong Vendor Partnerships

Murray McCaig

Managing Partner · MaRS Cleantech

Cleantech Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur - saving the planet through innovation

Clean Technology Mobile Marketing Solutions Entrepreneurship Management Consulting and Finance Early-Stage Ventures

Helen Morey

CEO, Founder · Khipu Learning, Inc.

Entrepreneur, EdTech

Start-Ups Advertising Digital Strategy

David Y. Choi, Ph.D.

Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Director, Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship

Financing of Entrepreneurial Companies Entrepreneurship Business Management Job Creation Small Business

Alina Ball

Associate Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: balla@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8852 / Office 300-100

Corporate Law Transactional Lawyering Community Lawyering Clinical Education Critical Race Theory

Jack Uldrich

Author, futurist & "Chief Unlearning Officer" · The School of Unlearning

Futurist, Best-Selling Author & "Chief Unlearning Officer"

Futurist Change Management

Manny Padda

Founder · New Avenue Capital

Manny Padda is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and philanthropist based in Vancouver, B.C. A self-made entrepreneur.

Loudon McLean Owen

Co-founder and Managing Partner of McLean Watson Capital · McLean Watson Capital

Expert spanning in company building and monetizing intellectual property.

Intellectual Property Company Building Patents Corporate Law Securities Law

Simon Morris

Corporate Advisory Board · InventionShare

High technology business leader with extensive global experience commercializing technology

Branding Strategies Business Strategy Commercializing Technology

Samar Ali

Research Professor of Political Science and Law · Vanderbilt University

Expert in the intersection of conflict mediation, national security, economic development and human rights.

Human Rights National Security Polarization Cybersecurity Law and Government

Ian Scarffe

Ian Scarffe is a serial entrepreneur, investor, key opinion leader and Blockchain consultant with business experience from around the world. · www.ianscarffe.com

Business Ambassador, Entrepreneur, Founder, Consultant, Business Analyst

Entrepreneur Start-Ups Strategic Consulting

Fabian Nuen

Founder and Chief Operating Officer · Fair Observer

The Gardner of News: Fair Observer's CEO cuts through the global media landscape to ensure that a broad range of narratives are represented

New Venture Development Global Partnerships Global Business Development Global Finance Policy Analysis

Warren Schirtzinger

Chief Strategy Officer · High Tech Strategies, Inc.

A highly regarded market- and product-strategy consultant to emerging high-technology businesses.

Product Strategy Diffusion of Innovation Technology Adoption Start Ups Strategic Marketing

Stephen Peca

Managing Director · Concourse Realty Group

Commercial Real Estate Development and Investment (and everything in between)

Real Estate Private Equity Project Finance

Lance Laking

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Advisory Services · MaRS Cleantech

Entrepreneur, Advisor, Angel Investor, Board Director in technology-based businesses

Jonathan S. Dordick

Institute Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biological Sciences · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Applies biological principles to advance bioengineering and biomanufacturing, stem cell engineering, and drug discovery

Drug Discovery Biomanufacturing Biochemical Engineering Biochemistry Chemistry