Meet Our Experts
Ajay Houde, PHD, MBA
Co-founder and CEO
TGen Tech
Albert Di Rienzo, PHD
President & Chief Innovation Officer
Radicle Innovation
Alice Shade, MHA
President
Four A Ventures
Amy Hanlon
Owner
Blue Meta Design
Amy Hester, PhD, RN, BC
Chairwoman and CEO
HD Nursing, LLC
Andres Calle, MSC
CEO
Applivio
Andrew Strickland
Co-Founder
Code and Trust/Event.Gives/Teamphoria/Epi Health
Arlene Morris
CEO
Willow Advisors LLC
Austen Hayes, MS
Co-founder, CEO
Recovr, Inc.
Awilda Rosa-Morales, EdD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor / Academic Programs Director
Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM) - Gurabo Campus
Baldassare Pipitone, D.O.
Managing Member
FortesMed Consulting
Brian Holzer, MD, MBA
CEO
Lacuna Health
Carlos Aldarondo, JD
US Reg. Patent Attorney
Aldarondo & López-Bras
Caroline Moluf, MHA
Administrator, MUSC Health Solutions
MUSC
Charles Christ, PHD
President
C2 Consulting
Charles Wallace
CEO
Automate America
Charley Miller
Founder & CEO
Unitonomy
Cole Johnson, MBA, PHD
Vice President
P33
Cynthia Leaphart, MD, MBA, FACS
MD
DMC
Dan Cohen
President
Accelerated Ventures
David Fragale, MBA
Executive in Residence
WVU
David Hasler
Founder & President
Breakthrough Solutions Consulting
David Kennedy, BSME
VP Product Management
Lifelines Neuro
David Lefer, PHD
Director, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Professor of Pharmacology
LSU Health New Orleans
David Nicholas
CEO
ESL
David Willbrand, BA, JD
Partner
Thompson Hine
Deacon Stone, MFA
Manager: The Center for Innovation; Coordinator: STEM Education & Maker Programs
Marshall University, CO: Robert C. Byrd Institute
Dickson Wambua, PHD
Co-Founder, Cloudsyte LLC
Dov Rosenberg, MBA
COO
enosix
Ellen Brune
CEO
Boston Mountain Biotech
Emily Alva
Corporate Board Member
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Esther Alegria, PHD
Executive Adviser
Catalyst EA
Eugene Bajorinas, MBA
VP Operations
Novian Health
Gary Keller, MS, CLP
CEO
Xomix
Gaylord VanGuilder, MBA
Managing Director
BlueCreek Pharmaceuticals
Greg Langdon
Founder
Langdon Industries
Guy Peduto
Director
INNOVA Commercialization Group
Harold Chappelear, LLD
Principal
InternaSource
Isabella Sledge, MD, MPH
VP Research
Tides Medical
James Kindley, MS, MBA
Adjunct Professor - Marketing
College of Charleston
James Phelan
Managing Director
Founder Institute
Jeff Amerine, MS
Founder & Managing Director
Startup Junkie Consulting
Jeff Cummins, MBA
President / CEO
vCardio Inc
Jeni Houser, MS
Founder & Managing Director
Jenergy and Ei District
Jerry Chang
Managing Partner, President, Managing Partner/COO
Vigilant BioServices, 42Bio LLC, Samaritan Biologics
Jesse Goodwin, PHD
Chief Innovation Officer
Medical University of South Carolina
Jim Nelson, MHA, MS
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
West Virginia University Hospitals, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Jim Stefansic, PHD, MBA
Director of Corporate Development
Cumberland Emerging Technologies
Joe Huber, MBA
COO
EternaTear
John Laughlin
Director of Partnerships
Near The Box
Joseph Lovett
Managing Director
Louisiana Funds I & II
Josh Wymer, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
Large Academic Hospital System
Judy Sheppard
President/CEO
PSA.INC
Kaushik Dave, RPh, PhD, MBA
Partner
Ohmkara Consulting
Kevin Clark, MSE
CEO
NOWDiagnostics
Kevin Pollard
Entrepreneur
C-Suite Services
Kevin Sidow
Serial Entrepreneur, Board Member
Life Science Startups
Larry Horn, MBA
Executive Director
Amplify Louisville
Lauren Cascio
Co-Founder & COO
Abartys Health
Lauren Eskew, MS
Owner, Co-founder
Bella VMS, LLC
Lawrence Boyd, PHD, MEM
Bioventus
Lee Hyman
Director of Network and Medical Cost
JenCare Senior Medical Center
Lilliana RÃos-Matos, SLP.D.
Assistant Professor
Universidad Ana G. Méndez
Liza Curcio-Rudy
Investment Analyst
New Orleans BioInnovation Center
Louise Epstein, MBA
LARTA Principal Advisor, Founding Director, Innovation Center, UT Austin, Founder
Ecosystem Partner
Lynn Cooper, BFA
President
BFW, Inc.
Madison Hartung
CEO
EI Consulting
Mara Neal
Director of Marketing & Engagement
Cook Biotech
Marc Filerman
Program CEO
German Accelerator Life Sciences
Mary Tapolsky, PhD
Assistant Director
University of Louisville, College of Business
Matt Harbaugh, JD, MBA
Managing Director
Mountain State Capital
Merrill Boyce, PHD, IMBA
Chief Executive in Residence and Global Business Coordinator
Coastal Carolina University
Michael Roberts, PHD
Dean of Science
Coastal Carolina University
Mike Fisher
Managing Director
Kirchner Group
Nathan Dolloff, PHD
Founder
Leukogene Therapeutics Inc
Nathan Sundheimer, MBA
Program Manager, Health & Lead,
US Healthcare Partnerships
Plug and Play Tech Center
Neil Kane, MBA
Entrepreneur
Michigan State University
Nick Pashos, PHD
Founder & CEO
BioAesthetics
Nicole Teasdale
Founder & Principal
Advocacy Blueprints
Paul Asper, MBA
Vice President of Commercialization
Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences
Paul Gunnoe
CEO
Gunnoe Investment Group, LP
Paula Bates, PHD
Professor of Medicine & Co-Director of KYNETIC
University of Louisville
Paulo Fontes, MD
Chief Medical Officer
LyGenesis
Ralph Henry, PHD
Executive Vice President, Biopharmaceutics
InterveXion Therapeutics
Raymond Hage, MBA
CEO
Hapten Sciences, Inc.
Rich Pennock
President
Technology Resource Group
Richard Marchase, PHD
Managing Director
Kirchner Group
Richard Sullivan
CEO
CIBOR
Rick D’Augustine, MBA
Principal
D'Augustine Consulting
Rick Rummel, BS
President
Advanced Medical Technologies, LLC
Rick Webb, PHD
Director
Grit Studios
Robert Browning
Account Manager
Intellectual Property Insurance Services
Robert Ryan, PHD
CEO
Innova Therapeutics
Rohan Walvekar, MD
Professor & Director of Clinical Research
LSU Health New Orleans
Sawan Hurst
CEO
Phi Life Sciences
Scott Pancoast, MBA
CEO & Founder
Zylo Therapeutics
Scott Rotruck, MBA
Member; Senior Account Executive
Orion Strategies
Sophia Brown, PHD, DBA,RN
Founder
SIS Informatics
Steve Abell, BA
Vice President, Strategic Innovations and Investments
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Steve Johnson
Interim Executive Director, SCLaunch
South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
Timothy Peck, MD
Executive Portfolio Director of Health
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Todd Barrett, RPh
Chief Executive Officer
T1 Telehealth
Todd Smith, BA
Founder &President
OdessaConnect formerly myFamilyChannel
Tom Wilson
Founder/CEO
Hyper63, LLC
Trivia Frazier, PHD, MBA
President & CEO
Obatala Sciences
Ty Sumner Adams, IDSA
Managing Director
A:KDesign, LLC
Ugo DeBlasi, BSME
Consultant
Wayne Colin, DMD, MD
Founder/Chairman
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