Austin, tX

Colin is a product architect and entrepreneur livingin the silicon hills of Austin, in the great state ofTexas. He is a Director at AthenaHealth, a Co-founder of @Patient IO and founder of Plerts(acq'd 2010). In addition he’s a EIR / Director ofMPOWER Labs and has done early platform designfor Riot Games & id Software.

(Source: https://angel.co/colin-anawaty &http://colinanawaty.com/)

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Colin AnawatyDirector, Product Managementathenahealth

athenahealth.com@colin

Scott is a strong advocate for entrepreneurialecosystems and designs all programs and activitywith the entrepreneur first mentality.

He oversees all of MassChallenge’s activity in NorthAmerica including new program development/geographic expansion. In addition to overseeing theBoston accelerator, Scott has launched MADE@/PULSE@, two exciting initiatives focusing on rapidprototyping and digital health, respectively . Scotthas served as a key member of the MassChallengeteam since its early days in 2010. In addition, Scotthas worked closely with MassChallenge founders to cultivate e a vast network of supporters whoevangelize our organization and most importantlythe startups it supports.

Scott BaileyExecutive Director of North America MassChallenge

masschallenge.org@masschallenge

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Utz is a serial entrepreneur and executive who has spent his entire career contributing to theadvancement of the connected home industry. As the founder and CEO of AD systems, his firmwas ranked among the top 100 systems integrationcompanies in the U.S., designing and installingthousands of sophisticated control systems toautomate homes. Following, Utz was Chairman andCEO of CEDIA, the global trade organization whichhas represented the connected home industry since1989. Additionally, he served as Chairman andManaging Partner for Integrated Systems Europe,one of the largest and most successful trade showsthroughout EMEA. Utz has gained the reputation asa foremost expert in consumer electronics, IoT, andconnected home technologies.

Utz BaldwinCEO Plum

plumlife.com@utzbaldwin

Cameron has spent the last five years working inthe marketing technology space out of Austin,Texas. He currently leads the Product Marketingteam for Sprinklr. Prior to that, he earned his MBAat Macquarie Graduate School of Management inSydney, Australia. When not helping marketerssolve their biggest problems, he enjoys travelingand drinking good wine with his wife of 7 years.

Cameron BarraganDirector of Product Marketingsprinklr

sprinklr.com@sprinklr

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Benjamin is the founder of Thrillbox - an immersiveanalytics platform for Virtual Reality andAugmented Reality. Benjamin grew up in the Austinarea, graduating from The 40 Acres with a degreein African/ African-American Studies. He wasselected as a Fulbright Hayes scholar to study theNigerian language and culture, Yoruba. Mostrecently he was selected as a TedX Speaker forTedXYouth@Austin.

Benjamin DurhamFounder thrillbox

thrillbox.com@thrillbox

Lindsay is a graduate of the University of Texas atAustin with a background in the arts and business.She is currently Director of Operations for thelaunch of MassChallenge Texas.

Prior to this, she spent the last 6 years working for alocal Austin startup, where she intimately learnedthe words #startuplifestyle. Here, Lindsay focusedon several roles including operations, projectmanagement, partner development and running thenational sales and account management teams.

Outside of work, her passions include wildlifeconservation and Olympic weightlifting.

Lindsay EulenfeldDirector of OperationsMassChallenge

masschallenge.org@leulenfeld

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Jonathan is the founder and CEO of the industrialstrength podcast analytics company Backtracks. His experience is at the intersection of media andtechnology as a software developer and architect;independent music industry veteran (30+ albums);voting member Grammy Awards.

Previous: Co-Founder, President @ End Sounds(record label), VisaEase (Co-Founder, CTO), AMD(Sr. Architect), Volusion, Mozu (acquired by Kibo)

Jonathan GillCEO Backtracks, inc.

backtracks.fm

Brett is responsible for educating the public onScaleFactor solutions. He focuses on providing thebest solutions possible for customers byunderstanding their unique needs. When he’s not atwork you can catch Brett and his girlfriend playingwith their dog at Zilker Park, exploring the craftbeer scene around Austin or trying to find pizzathat compares to the Chicago Deep Dish that heleft behind to join ScaleFactor.

(source: https://www.scalefactor.com/about/)

Brett FoxScaleFactor Growth Associate

scalefactor.com

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Jan is the founder and CEO of Virtuix and thedeveloper of the Virtuix Omni, the first virtual realitymotion platform for moving freely and naturally in360 degrees in VR games and applications.

Jan GoetgelukCEO Virtuix

virtuix.com @virtuixomni

Brance is the Ambassador of EmergingTechnologies for Capital Factory, Austin’s center of gravity for entrepreneurs. While past roles hadBrance creating navigation systems for UAVs,simulating black-hole phenomena, and performingion-beam analysis of silicon wafers, he now focuseson building self-sustaining communities ofentrepreneurs working with cutting edgetechnologies. His active areas include Virtual andAugmented Reality, machine learning (AI),autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, andblockchain. If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or customer of these technologies, be sure to say hello!

Brance HudzietzAmbassador of Emerging TechnologiesCapital Factory

capitalfactory.com@cfvrlab

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Mohammed is a Jordanian serial entrepreneur in thevideo gaming industry, with released internationaltitles across 33 countries.

His new startup MENAVR is the VR Netflix of MENARegion (Middle East & North Africa).

MENAVR is a Capital Factory Accelerator company,based in Austin, TX.

Mohammed HujeijCEO and Co-FounderMEnAVR

menavr.com @hujeij

Kelsi works on the accelerator team at CapitalFactory, supporting early-stage tech startups. She spent over a year covering technology newsand venture capital for the Crunchbase Daily. Most recently, she worked in procurement forSalesforce, supporting contracts and negotiationsfor the company's software, marketing, and creativevendors. She has served in marketing and business development functions for startups in San Francisco, New York City, and Austin. In addition, Kelsi helped launch the first student-ledventure capital fund at UT Austin.

Kelsi KaminStartup Champion (Accelerator)

Capital Factory

capitalfactory.com@kelskamin

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Kip has worked in IT security, networking, mediacommunications and software industries for thepast 20 years. He served as both CEO and boardmember to both public and private companies. He has founded or held leadership roles incompanies including BroadJump (acquired byMotive), TippingPoint (IPO, acquired by 3Com) and NetSpeed (acquired by Cisco). As an operator,he has raised over $100M in capital and hiscompanies have returned nearly $800M in realizedgains. Kip graduated from the University of Texaswith a BS in Electrical Engineering.

(source: https://www.silvertonpartners.com/kip-

mcclanahan/)

Kip McClanahanGeneral Partnersilverton Partners

silvertonpartners.com@kipmcc

Monica is a proven leader and product innovatorwith startup and big company success. She is alsothe founding team executive for online contentcompany that returned 14X to investors. Beginningher career producing for ABC News with PeterJennings and Good Morning America, Monica thenjumped into the business of building Internetcompanies, blending content creation with contentmanagement and distribution for global solutionsand two media patents. She’s been an executive in 2 startups and 2 publicly-traded companies, leadingteams such as R&D, corporate communications,investor relations, operations, and IT.

Monica LandersCEOAuthors.me

storyfit.com @storyfit

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Mike is currently the Managing Director forMassChallenge Texas - a global merit-basedaccelerator. Previously he was the ExecutiveDirector of Innovation and TechnologyCommercialization at Ascension/Seton in Austin,Texas. Mike led the capture, analysis, andcommercialization of company owned intellectualproperty. He routinely collaborated withintrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, and the startupcommunity to pilot and evaluate new technologyaligning with the overall strategy andcustomer/market needs to solve pressinghealthcare problems. Before Ascension, he was theDirector of Research at Austin Ventures, a $3.9Bventure capital firm in the Texas capital city.

Mike MillardStartup Champion (Accelerator)

Mass Challenge

masschallenge.com@millardtx

Shayne is an entrepreneur and small businessadvocate. If he can help someone focus on theirvision and get them out of the back office weeds,then he’s fulfilled. He has been doing businessdevelopment for tech companies in Austin sincegraduating from Texas State University with a BBAin Marketing and Sales in 2013.

Shayne OldmixonGrowth AssociatescaleFactor

scalefactor.com @psoldmixon

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Lisa is the CEO of Umbel. In her multiple executiveroles, she's been responsible for setting companyvision and strategy; driving business performancethrough organic growth, global expansion and M&A(on deal team for six acquisitions), and navigatingcorporate exits including IPO (Nasdaq: BV), LBO(Compass Group) and acquisition (to multi-nationalholding company HAVAS, the 5th largest agency inthe world).

Her first startup was selling a newspaper at hermother's office called "What I have Overheard:Gossip About Mom's Work." It was justifiably short lived.

Lisa PearsonCEO umbel

umbel.com @lpearson

Corey is a Director on the Spredfast CustomerPartner team that is responsible for the success ofour enterprise customers. He has a deep anddiverse career working with customers frommultiple industries and verticals focusing onconstituent engagement, social networking, andmultichannel direct marketing.

Corey PudhorodskyDirector, Customer Partnershipsspredfast

spredfast.com@coreypud

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Kerry is a General Partner at True Wealth Ventures,an early-stage venture capital fund investing inwomen-led businesses that develop sustainableconsumer health and sustainable solutions. Inaddition, Kerry Rupp consults on innovation &strategy, leveraging over 20 years experiencelaunching and growing startups and new lines ofbusiness. An active startup coach, Kerry is afrequent speaker on entrepreneurship, innovationand early-stage investing and serves as a judge atstartup competitions nationwide. She is also aninstructor for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program.

(Source: https://angel.co/colin-anawaty &

http://colinanawaty.com/)

Kerry RuppGeneral Partnertrue Wealth Ventures

truewealthvc.com@kerry_rupp

Marc has founded 6 companies–4 of which arecurrent market leaders in their respective spacesincluding: Fonality–the leading cloud & open-sourced based unified communications competitorto Avaya and Cisco, Sake Social-the largest onlineretailer of Japanese sake, and Written-a leadingcontent marketplace. Marc has a BS in Finance andAccounting from the Carlson School ofManagement at the University of Minnesota.

(Source: https://www.idealspot.com/about/)

Marc SmooklerCEO and Co-Founderidealspot

idealspot.com@marcsmookler

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Dr. Stavchansky is a multi-disciplinary professional.As a practitioner of digital media for more than adecade, he works in all phases of production andhas carried the titles of designer, developer, creativedirector, and educator. An Austin native and firstgeneration American, his cross cultural influences,diverse industry experience and extensiveeducation inform his analytical, creative, andtechnical work.

Currently, Dr. Stavchansky works to designinteractive media products, code softwareapplications, produce and direct video content, andguide creative and technical professionals towarddelivering innovative solutions. In addition he is agraphic designer and art director who helpscompanies realize their brands into visual identities.

(source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariestav/)

Arie StavchanskyFounderDataclay

dataclay.com@ariestav

Sriram is a University of Texas professor andStanford PhD, as well as the co-founder of multiplesuccessful startups in technical domains throughoutAustin. GenXComm brings Sriram’s life work andyears of experience to a company with ambitions tochange wireless forever.

(source: http://www.genxcomm.com/)

Sriram VishwanathCo-Founder andBoard MemberGenXComm

genxcomm.com@genxcomm

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As Executive Director, Entrepreneurial Engagementat Comcast NBCUniversal, Danielle helpsentrepreneurs from around the globe access theinternal and external network of one of the fastestgrowing technology and innovation companies inthe world. She looks for new ways for ComcastNBCUniversal to engage with startups, accelerators,co-working spaces, investors and entrepreneurs,and programs that inspire Comcast NBCUniversaltalent and culture. She is designing the newaccelerator and entrepreneurs resource center that will open in the new Comcast TechnologyCenter in Philadelphia.

For more than a decade before joining ComcastNBCUniversal, Danielle was Vice President ofMarketing & Communications for the PhiladelphiaConvention & Visitors Bureau, positioningPhiladelphia as a world-class destination tointernational audiences.

Danielle CohnExecutive DirectorEntrepreneurial Engagementat Comcast nBCuniversal

comcastpartner.com @daniellecohn

Dan is responsible for all aspects of the Xfinity Homebusiness, including operations, strategy, partnerships,product development and the Xfinity Home wholesalebusiness. He has been instrumental in growing thebusiness and launching the Xfinity Home partnerprogram, which curates and integrates industryleading products onto the Xfinity Home platform. He also led the team that recently acquired Icontrol.

Dan joined Comcast in 2007 as vice president ofproduct management for Comcast's high-speedInternet service. In this role, he conceptualized and ledthe launch of Xfinity WiFi, which today enablesXfinity Internet customers to access 15 million Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide.

An entrepreneurial leader with 20 years of experiencein product design and execution, finance, andbusiness operations, Dan has a deep understanding ofthe development of technology-enabled services andconsumer electronics. He has issued four U.S. patents,most recently in 2015.

Daniel HerscoviciGeneral manager &Senior Vice President Xfinity Home

xfinity.com @danherscovici

Dennis Mathew is the vice president of wholesaleand Xfinity Home product management. XfinityHome is the total home security and automationsolution from Comcast. In this role, Dennis overseesthe business strategy for home security and XfinityHome wholesale businesses, launching of newfeatures, risk management and managing XfinityHome’s capital development budget. He was also akey member of the team that recently acquiredIcontrol. Dennis has more than 13 years ofexperience in the cable and telecommunicationsindustry. Prior to Comcast, Dennis heldmanagement positions at PwC and ArthurAndersen, where he worked on a variety oftechnology advisory engagements across several industries.

Dennis MathewVice PresidentWholesale and Xfinity HomeProduct Management

xfinity.com @dennismathew_

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Kyle is the Senior Director of Software Development& Engineering at Comcast working in the Austin IoTCenter of Excellence. He has lived and worked in theAustin area since 1999 working for two startups andFortune 500 companies. Most recently, Kyle beganworking for Comcast after his former companyIcontrol Networks, Inc. was acquired in March of 2017.He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and holds aB.B.A. in Management Information

Systems. Kyle and his family live in Round Rock, TXwhere he enjoys sports, fitness, mountain biking andspending time with his wife and two children.

Kyle MckenzieSenior Director of SoftwareDevelopment & Engineering Comcast

comcast.com@kmckenzie75

EBONY LEE

senior Vice Presidentstrategic Development Ebony_J_lee@Comcast.com

DANIELLE COHN

Executive DirectorEntrepreneurial EngagementDCohn@Comcast.com

FIELDING KIDD

Director of Business PartnershipsEntrepreneurial EngagementFielding_Kidd@Comcast.com

MONIQUE MOFFO

Program Manager Entrepreneurial Engagement Monique_Moffo@Comcast.com

JEANETTE PIERCE

Marketing & Branding Entrepreneurial Engagement Jeanette_Pierce@Comcast.com

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