MTW26 Speakers & Panelists

Featuring founders, investors, corporate innovators, and startup leaders from across Michigan and beyond.

Meet Our Speakers

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Abid Ali

Principal

MCN Ventures

Ademola Fagade

Founder & CEO

Geo Prime Energy

Adrian Fortino

Managing Director

Mercury

Alisyn Malek

Founder & CEO

Middle Third

Ana Timoficiuc

Co-Founder

MinaRosa Technologies LLC

Andrea Michelle Taylor

Founder & CEO

Livsee

Andrea Wallace

Founder & CEO

Opnr

Andrés Ospina

Founder

CreateValue™

Andrew Goldner

Co-founder & CEO

GrowthX

Anne Partington

Managing Director & Industry Partnerships

Tauber Institute for Global Operations - University of Michigan

Arabia Simeon

Founder, CEO

Politics on the Go (POGO)

Aria Spears

Program Coordinator

Michigan Founders Fund

Art Thompson

CIO

City of Detroit

Ashley Robinson

Impact Manager

Michigan Founders Fund

Ashley Williams Clark

Chief Strategy Officer

Detroit Future City

Ben Bernstein

Principal

Beringea

Brandon Barry

Founder & CEO

Block Harbor Cybersecurity

Branko Kerkez

Chief Technology Officer

HyFi

Brittni Abiolu

Program Manager

Michigan Founders Fund Pre-Accelerator

Camille Hoisington

VP of Ecosystem Development

Traverse Connect

Carolina Pluszczynski

Chief Executive Officer

Michigan Central

Carrie Hughes

AVP, Social Innovation Programs and Operations

Verizon

Chase Lee

Founder & CEO

Chris Genteel

Co-founder

RTAT

Chris Hart

Co-founder & CEO

gBeat

Chris Stallman

Managing Partner

Fontinalis Partners

Christina Fair

Co-founder & CEO

Hum

Collen Hau

Managing Director

Newlab

Daniel Easterly

Founder & CEO

The 40 Acres App

Daniel Jeffries

Managing Partner, VC

Kalamazoo Forward Ventures

David Alvarez

Founder

LIVAQ

Dawn Batts

CEO

Milestone Growth Capital Institute

Day Edwards

Co-founder

Church Space

Dug Song

Founder & Funder

Song United

Emmanuel Brown

Co-founder

Church Space

Farai Gundan

Founder

Bhadala

Frank Noppel

Co-founder & CEO

blueflite

Isabel Sheinman

Co-founder & CEO

Maka Media

Jacob Allen

Co-founder & CEO

Reportwell

Jeseekia Vaughn

Co-founder

Detroit Black Tech

Jessica Robinson

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Assembly Ventures

Jessica Willis

Founder & CEO

Pocketnest

Jim Adox

Managing Partner

Venture Investors

Jim Baker

Sr. Associate VP for Research, Innovation

Michigan Technological University

Jordan Craven

Co-founder & CEO

Sizeologic

Justine Johnson

Chief Mobility Officer

Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification

Justin LaRocca

Director of Allison Ventures

Allison Transmission

Justin Turk

Co-Founder and CEO

Constrat AI

Karissma Yve

Founder & CEO

Gildform

Kelly Sexton

Associate Vice President

University of Michigan

Kerry Duggan

Founder & CEO

ESP.earth

Kim Pasquino

Partner

Wakestream Ventures

Kyle Buzzard

Co-Founder, Chief of Staff

Glidance Inc

Laura Chavez

Managing Director

Per Scholas

Lindsay A. Joseph

Co-founder & CEO

BedConnect

Luis Antonio Uribegan

Lead Design Mind & CEO

Design Think Tank

Mamatha Chamarthi

Founder

Marilyn Nash

Acting Assistant Regional Director

US Patent and Trademark Office

Mark DeLaVergne

Director, Network Growth

Michigan Central

Martina Guzmán

Founder & Program Director

VERDAD

Mary Sheffield

Mayor

City of Detroit

Matthew Burnett

Co-founder & CEO

'round Here

Matt Vivas

Principal

Stellantis Ventures

Meegan Winters

Founder & CEO

AbleVu

Michael Flagnahan

Vice President

Ann Arbor SPARK

Michael Polk

Founder & CEO

Stock Pal, Inc.

Mike Morin

VP of Business Development

webAI

Moody Mattan

Founder & CEO

BrandXR

Myka Burley

Associate Director, Talent Development & Programming

Michigan Central Innovation District

Naim Faladino

Co-founder & CPO

Adrenaline Interactive

Nicola Reasoner

V&R Advisory & Capital

Nikhil Kolli

Co-Founder

mokSa.ai

Parker Boundy

Co-Founder & CEO

General Orbit

Patti Glaza

EVP & Managing Director

Invest Detroit Ventures

Peng-Sang Cau

Director of Siemens for Startups DI SW

Siemens Digital Industries Software

Phillip Swanson

Sr. Director Commercialization

Newlab

Reuben Levinsohn

Managing Partner

Exit Quotient Ventures

Rishi Moudgil

Executive Director

Michigan Founders Fund

Ryan Meitl

Co-founder & CEO

Sally Chalk

CEO & Founder

Signapse

Sarah Beatty

Founder & CEO

Culturewell

Scott Fairley

Founder & CEO

Optimotive

Sergio Rodenzuela

Founder & CEO

Tansy

Simon Dean

Chief Innovation & Development Officer

Pratt Miller

Stella Safari

Founder

Zapenda

Tanvi Gadamsetti

Co-founder

BRCĒ

Tim Moore

Chief Executive Officer

Clixie AI

Tom Cizauskas

Business Administration Manager

Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)

Tracy Cleveland

VP of Supply Chain

Munson Healthcare

Troy Morris

Co-Founder & CEO

Kall Morris Inc

Tu Le

Managing Director

Sino Auto Insights

Yevgeny Khessin

Founder & CEO

Dimo

Zhen Xu

Co-founder

HistoSonics

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