MTW26 Speakers

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

Featured Speakers & Panelists

The speakers at Michigan Tech Week 2026 include founders, investors, corporate innovators, and startup leaders from across Michigan and beyond. Here’s a first look at who you’ll see on stage, and many more to come!

Adrian Fortino

Managing Director

Mercury

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

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

Branko Kerkez

Chief Technology Officer

HyFi

Brittni Abiolu

Program Manager

Michigan Founders Fund Pre-Accelerator

Camille Hoisington

VP of Ecosystem Development

Traverse Connect

Chris Genteel

Co-founder

RTAT

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

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

Frank Noppel

Co-founder & CEO

blueflite

Isabel Sheinman

Co-founder & CEO

Maka Media

Jacob Allen

Co-founder & CEO

Reportwell

Jesseika Vaughn

Co-founder

Detroit Black Tech

Jessica Robinson

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Assembly Ventures

Jim Adox

Managing Partner

Venture Investors

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

Kerry Duggan

Founder & CEO

ESP.earth

Kim Pasquino

Partner

Wakestream Ventures

Kyle Buzzard

Co-Founder, Chief of Staff

Glidance Inc

Lindsay A. Joseph

Co-founder & CEO

BedConnect

Luis Antonio Uribegan

Lead Design Mind & CEO

Design Think Tank

Madhav Aggarwal

Co-founder

BRCĒ

Marilyn Nash

Acting Assistant Regional Director

US Patent and Trademark Office

Mark DeLaVergne

Director, Network Growth

Michigan Central

Matt Vivas

Principal

Stellantis Ventures

Meegan Winters

Founder & CEO

AbleVu

Michael Flagnahan

Vice President

Ann Arbor SPARK

Mike Morin

VP of Business Development

webAI

Myka Burley

Associate Director, Talent Development & Programming

Michigan Central Innovation District

Nicola Reasoner

V&R Advisory & Capital

Patti Glaza

EVP & Managing Director

Invest Detroit Ventures

Rishi Moudgil

Executive Director

Michigan Founders Fund

Sally Chalk

CEO & Founder

Signapse

Sergio Rodenzuela

Founder & CEO

Tansy

Simon Dean

Chief Innovation & Development Officer

Pratt Miller

Tanvi Gadamsetti

Co-founder

BRCĒ

Tom Cizauskas

Business Administration Manager

Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)

Tracy Cleveland

VP of Supply Chain

Munson Healthcare

Tu Le

Managing Director

Sino Auto Insights

Zhen Xu

Co-founder

HistoSonics

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