Speakers

Full speaker lineup for MTW 2026 is coming soon.

past Speakers

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Karissma Yve

Founder & CEO

Gildform

Darren Riley

Co-Founder & CEO

JustAir

Robert Wolfe

Founder & CEO

Zeck

Christina Fair

Co-Founder & COO

Hum

Crystal Brown

CEO

CircNova

Songe LaRon

Co-Founder & CEO

SQUIRE

Marlin Williams

Founder & CEO

Marlin Williams Enterprises

Dr. Anthony Chang

Founder & CEO

BAMF Health

Sherrell Dorsey

Host

TED Tech

Jason Raznick

Founder & Executive Chairman

Benzinga

Dr. Freada Kapor Klein

Founding Partner

Kapor Capital

Jon Oberheide

Co-Founder & former CTO

Duo Security

Brian Olatunji

Founder & CEO

ReadiCharge

Tessa Flippin

Founder & Managing Partner

Capitalize VC

Achsha Jones

Co-Founder & CEO

TripSlip

Mykolas Rambus

CEO

Hush

Jim Simpson

CEO

Blumira

Kathleen Craig

CEO

Plinqit

Melissa Butler

Founder & CEO

The Lip Bar

James Meeks

Terrence Reeves

Attorney & Advisor

GwC

Deeana Ahmed, PhD

VP, Strategy & Gov Relations

Our Next Energy, Inc.

Peter Walker

Raggeria Goddard

Managing Partner

Crowned Venture Capital

Steve Robert

CEO

Autobooks

David Woessner

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Danny Ellis

CEO

SkySpecs

Greg Schwartz

Danielle Parker

Founder

Detroit Maid

Sophia Bush

Actress, producer, activist, and entrepreneur

Chris Yeh

Embracing AI: Successfully Navigating The AI Revolution

Dug Song

Founder & Funder

Song United

Charles Hudson

Zhen Xu

Co-founder

HistoSonics

Matt Vivas

Principal

Stellantis Ventures

Chris Stallman

Managing Partner

Fontinalis Partners

Kelly Sexton

Associate VP for Research & Innovation Partnerships

University of Michigan

Jessica Robinson

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Assembly Ventures

Nicola Reasoner

V&R Advisory & Capital

Kim Pasquino

Partner

Wakestream Ventures

Anne Partington

Managing Director & Industry Partnerships

Tauber Institute for Global Operations - University of Michigan

Frank Noppel

Co-founder & CEO

blueflite

Marilyn Nash

Acting Assistant Regional Director

US Patent and Trademark Office

Mike Morin

VP of Business Development

webAI

Justin LaRocca

Director of Allison Ventures

Allison Transmission

Lindsay A. Joseph

Co-founder & CEO

BedConnect

Collen Hau

Managing Director

Newlab

Andrew Goldner

Co-founder & CEO

GrowthX

Patti Glaza

EVP & Managing Director

Invest Detroit Ventures

Chris Genteel

Co-founder

RTAT

Tanvi Gadamsetti

Co-founder

BRCĒ

Better Together

2024 Speakers

Our speakers are dynamic leaders positioned to guide Michiganders to impactful careers and entrepreneurial successes state-wide.

Carla Walker-Miller

Founder and CEO of Walker-Miller Energy Services

Charles Hudson

Board Chair, National Venture Capital Association

Dug Song

Founder & Funder, Song United

Sophia Bush

Actress, Producer, Activist, and Entrepreneur

Greg Schwartz

President, COO, and Co-Founder of StockX

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Founder & Managing Partner of Cherryrock Capital

David Woessner

Co-Founder and Partner at FutureOf

Peter Walker

Head of Insights at Carta

Marlin Williams

Founder and CEO, Marlin Williams Enterprises