Ryan is a co-founder of Lescault & Walderman, Inc. (LWI), a consulting firm providing bookkeeping, virtual CFO, and consulting services to law firms, non-profits, government contractors, construction firms, restaurants, and general professional services. Ryan started LWI in 2006 as a student at the University of Maryland. In its early years, the business experienced typical growing pains, but eventually settled into a model centered on attracting talented staff in a low overhead/virtual workforce environment.…
John started his own tech venture at the age of 13 designing, manufacturing, and programming products and wearables and as an electronics consultant. He co-founded MiiCare with Founder Kelvin Summoogum at age 18 and simultaneously went on to get his degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in Silicon Valley before staying with MiiCare full-time as Head of Engineering.…
Sammy Wegent is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mindless Inc. (dba Freestyle+), a content and game developer that has built the world’s first improv and hip-hop-inspired, science-backed, AI-driven mental fitness gaming portal. He has worked in Entertainment and Education for over 25 years with a successful stint at Zynga, a pioneer in social gaming. There, he served as a game designer and narrative designer for several top titles, including the CityVille and FarmVille franchises, which have been played by hundreds of millions of people.…
I am the founder of MarketGenesis, a B2B marketing agency that provides growing companies a full-service mix of strategy, tactics, and production. As a pioneer in B2B digital marketing, I created award-winning vision, strategies, and tactics for brands such as Comcast, Ricoh, Reed Business, uPenn, Campbell’s, Heartland Payment Systems, and Smiths Group, as well as many early-stage startups.…
Neal Weinstock is the founder and CEO of Soliddd Corp. a company based upon breakthroughs in optics. He is the inventor of Soliddd’s stereo vision correction for macular degeneration. The company’s technology platform enables a number of applications in the fields of electronically adjusted vision correction, virtual reality near-eye displays, no-glasses 3D displays, optical films, super-high-pixel-density displays, and 3D and virtual reality photography.Prior to starting Soliddd, Neal was Chief Business Officer at PLLX3, Inc., a venture created to commercialize 3D technology expertise residing in the physical effects production business of Lucasfilm Ltd.…
Jedidiah Weller is renown for his passion in product development; his motivational workshops in the Startup ecosystem, and his global advocacy for greater transparency in the technology industry. Jedi and his team at OpenForge have been pioneering new ways of designing digital solutions; integrating cross- disciplinary teams, and sharing common knowledge across technology companies in various verticals.…
Enlai is an experienced Customer Success Manager with over 15 years of experience in driving customer loyalty, being a customer advocate, and exceeding customer expectations. Essentially making customers happy! The first and most important step in this is developing a deeply trusting relationship with your customers. Enlai has proven his ability to do so, by being able to expand inside sales for his own companies at Talent Insight(0-4k in monthly recurring revenue) and Enterprise Strategy Corporation(240K to 1.75 million annually), and in his management consulting roles(generated over 4 million inside sales).
Alison Whitmire is the President of Learning in Action, a company committed to revealing derailing blindspots and creating awareness resulting in breakthroughs. She is an authority in the Emotional and Relational Intelligence, which focuses on our innate capacity to be in relationship with others, even in times of conflict, and how we can develop that capacity through conscious awareness and intention.…
Zach Wilson is an entrepreneur with experience delivering information- driven innovation. Founder and CEO at UUorld, Inc., a mapping and data visualization software company, he led customer development and product strategy. UUorld created cutting edge software to explore spatial trends through an immersive geobrowser, which made it easy to create 3D, animated maps.
Motivated by a passion to understand global and local trends, UUorld helped clients understand and explain data through maps and interactive visual user experiences.…
Melinda Wittstock is Founder and CEO of Verifeed, a mobile and social platform for real-time vetting and validation of original crowd-reported content and social media posts. Verifeed helps brands, campaigns and media attract and retain targeted, committed consumers around relevant, trustworthy, interactive content. Melinda is a serial entrepreneur, award-winning journalist and executive, her award-winning career spanning BBC, ABC, CNBC, Times of London and more.…
Seasoned faith-based non-profit leader for 20 years in inner city Paterson, NJ and Washington, DC, specializing in social entrepreneurial solutions for the underserved notably for under and unemployed, including homeless, adults. Ordained Episcopal Priest having served parishes in Washington, DC and Paterson, NJ, but presently serving exclusively as ED of Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington (SMGW), an independent but faith-based organization providing non-sectarian social services.…
Kathleen Wolff is a communications and management consultant with 25+ years’ leadership in business strategy, broadcast journalism, filmmaking, and multi-media production for private industry, non-profit associations, and media organizations. Earlier in her career, Kathleen worked as a television news correspondent and anchor at ABC News, Fox News Channel and WABC-TV in New York City. She has also been a contributor to broadcast news segments on CBS News 60 Minutes and National Geographic Explorer.…
Rahama Wright is the Founder and CEO of Shea Yeleen Health and Beauty a social impact company she created after serving in the Peace Corps. The DC-based enterprise develops shea butter creams, balms, and soaps that create living wage jobs for women in Ghana. Her entrepreneurial journey spans bootstrapping to securing her first round of venture capital investment from Ron Lauder and Dick Parsons, and landing deals with Whole Foods Markets & MGM Resorts International.…