We believe successful leaders build successful communities

ACEO is driven by our core mission: fostering the success of exceptional CEOs. We accomplish this mission through our three pillars.

Founding Company Members

Founding CEO Members

Aarti Sahgal

Aarti Sahgal

Founder, Synergies Work Inc.
Aarti Sahgal

Aarti Sahgal

Founder, Synergies Work Inc.

Adam Bookner

CEO at Real Floors

Adam Bookner

CEO at Real Floors

AJ Briley

Co-Founder & CEO of ProLine

AJ Briley

Co-Founder & CEO of ProLine
Alex Nussey

Alex Nussey

CEO & Co-founder @ Wattch
Alex Nussey

Alex Nussey

CEO & Co-founder @ Wattch

Alex Saladna

Co-Founder & CEO of WickedFile

Alex Saladna

Co-Founder & CEO of WickedFile

Alok Deshpande

Co-founder & CEO, SmartPath, Inc.

Alok Deshpande

Co-founder & CEO, SmartPath, Inc.

I inspire, teach and build tools to help main street families get on track with their money.

70% of families live paycheck to paycheck. Few states require financial education to graduate from high school. Few financial advisors focus on the blue collar world.

We don’t teach people how to play the game and it’s the greatest injustice in capitalism.

I’m working with a team to solve that at scale.

Andrea Beach

CEO at BeachFront Custom Development

Andrea Beach

CEO at BeachFront Custom Development

Andrea Beach is an entrepreneur, investor, humanitarian, and a highly acclaimed life & business coach. Having started, grown and sold several successful companies, she is considered a leading authority on technology and consumer behavior, Ms. Beach has advised Fortune 500 companies, mentored a variety of startups, and created engaging activations for some of the world’s largest brands. She’s currently CEO of BeachFront Custom Development providing custom software & mobile app development for growth stage companies and IMPACT Business Marketing, the secret weapon for business owners who need affordable and highly effective marketing online.

Anik Khan

Co-Founder & CEO at MaxRewards

Anik Khan

Co-Founder & CEO at MaxRewards

Anik is Co-Founder and CEO of MaxRewards, a technology company with a mission to unlock financial potential. MaxRewards helps its members manage their credit cards and maximize their rewards, benefits, and offers through a beautiful app powered by proprietary financial connectors. MaxRewards has won numerous accolades, including being recognized as a Top 40 Most Innovative Company by the Technology Association of Georgia and Winner of the Atlanta Pitch Competition by Morgan Stanley.

Anita Lamb

CEO & Co-Founder at Esco Eats

Anita Lamb

CEO & Co-Founder at Esco Eats

Anya Law

Co-Founder at PitchGhost

Anya Law

Co-Founder at PitchGhost

Anya Skomorokhova

Co-Founder & CEO at PorterLogic

Anya Skomorokhova

Co-Founder & CEO at PorterLogic

Atticus LeBlanc

Founder at PadSplit

Atticus LeBlanc

Founder at PadSplit

Seasoned entrepreneur with deep understanding of housing, real estate, and construction. Always seeking new ways to improve neighborhoods, schools, or governments.

Animesh Koratana

Founder @ PlayerZero | CS @ Stanford

Animesh Koratana

Founder @ PlayerZero | CS @ Stanford

At PlayerZero, we build models that learn the customer impact of code. We help teams build faster with higher quality.

At Stanford, I built data-intensive systems to make machine learning accessible to everyone. My work here was advised by Prof. Peter Bailis, Prof. Matei Zaharia, and Daniel Kang.

Addison Shelton

CEO at Kickr Design

Addison Shelton

CEO at Kickr Design

An engineer and tinkerer turned Entrepreneur. Focused on efficient innovation and building great products.

Baha Zeidan

CEO, Azalea Health

Baha Zeidan

CEO, Azalea Health

Baha is the Co-founder and CEO of Azalea Health, a leading healthcare IT company whose mission it is to help underserved healthcare providers improve patient care and profitability.

Under Baha’s leadership, Azalea has established itself as a high-growth innovator and leader, developing a comprehensive, cloud-based health IT platform for ambulatory practices and hospitals — including introducing the industry’s first fully-integrated proprietary telehealth solution with its EHR.
It has achieved Inc. 5000 rank of fastest-growing companies in the U.S for three consecutive years, and has been named a Top 40 Innovative Technology Company by The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).

Baha has been recognized in the industry with a number of awards including the Phoenix Award by the Metro Atlanta Chamber Bioscience-Health IT Leadership Council in conjunction with the Health IT Leadership Summit for his outstanding contribution to the growth of the health IT industry in Georgia. He is also a 2018 recipient of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under Forty Award and a 2019 recipient of their Most Admired CEOs Award.

Throughout his career, Baha has served as a board member on various regional industry and academic groups. Currently, he serves as President of the Technology Executives Roundtable (TER), and is an active member of the Atlanta Rotary Club. He additionally serves on the Kennesaw State University Healthcare Management & Informatics Advisory Board.

A graduate of Valdosta State University, he is a strong proponent of health IT and cloud computing, mobile development, and big data analytics.

Blaine Herman

Founder at DubBot

Blaine Herman

Founder at DubBot

DubBot is the next generation of automated web quality assurance. DubBot thoroughly crawls your site to identify any issues with accessibility, broken links, and misspellings — plus any other custom checks you want to define. And then it gives you guidance on how to fix even the most problematic issues. Drop us a line if you want to check it out!

Brad Pruente

Partner at Prime Movers Lab

Brad Pruente

Partner at Prime Movers Lab

Braxton Jarrat

CEO at Cognosos, Inc.

Braxton Jarrat

CEO at Cognosos, Inc.

Seasoned CEO, technology innovator, entrepreneur and investor with several demonstrated successes building and growing significant businesses in sectors as diverse as communications, media technology, big data and cloud computing.

Founded and grown multiple successful venture-backed tech companies, leading to exits totaling more than $1.7 billion in value. Led and grown entrepreneurial divisions within large private and public companies, bringing new products and services to market across the globe. Sold to, partnered with or worked for such respected brands as Microsoft, Google, Ericsson, IBM, Verizon, Comcast, Cox, HBO, Disney, NFL and many more.

Brian Dally

Brian Dally

Co-Founder & CEO at Groundfloor Finance
Brian Dally

Brian Dally

Co-Founder & CEO at Groundfloor Finance

Chrissa McFarlane

Founder & CEO at Patientory, Inc.

Chrissa McFarlane

Founder & CEO at Patientory, Inc.

Passionate about Digital Health, as the Founder and CEO of Patientory, Inc. Chrissa McFarlane publishes international healthcare research articles and actively writes for Forbes on emerging healthcare technological advances. In 2019, McFarlane authored her first book titled Future Women: Minority Female Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Era of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency.

Devoted to fostering digital innovation in the healthcare industry, McFarlane served as co-chair of the Inaugural HIMSS18 Blockchain Workgroup, member of the; HIMSS Interoperability & Health Information Exchange Committee, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Access Network and the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer.

An array of professional experiences in the healthcare industry, specializing in data analytics, technology transformation, delivering cost efficient services and products for corporate 500 enterprises/ startups achieving prestigious awards, McFarlane serves as an Influencer for the Inaugural Class of the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Choose ATL campaign and Digital Influencer for HIMSS.

Christian Ries

Founder, Entrepreneur, Somm

Christian Ries

Founder, Entrepreneur, Somm

An established entrepreneur and proven leader in the sales and technology industry, Christian Ries does what he says he’s going to do.

Driven by original thought, interpersonal skills, and technology orientation, and with an extensive background in marketing, sales, and project management, Christian possesses a unique talent for integrated marketing and brand voice development. He devises strategic initiatives, builds efficient and cohesive teams, and inspires progress using a modern, hands-off leadership style.

Dan McCann

CEO & Chief Learning Officer at SymTrain

Dan McCann

CEO & Chief Learning Officer at SymTrain

As co-founder of SymTrain & FRONTLINE Selling, Dan is a start-up and growth leader often rolling up his sleeves in support of customers.

As part of that support, Dan created SymTrain to help clients assess and train employees by performing actual job functions with safe simulated conversations combined with desktop activity and video. By automating the repetition, feedback and reinforcement needed to build confidence and capabilities customers are developing employees faster and better than ever before. Real cool stuff!!

Apply Knowledge to Transform Operations through employee success to drive Revenue, Compliance, Satisfaction, Scale, Retention, Speed, & Proficiency

Specialties: eLearning; Simulation; Experiential Learning; Training & Coaching; Applied Knowledge; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Prospecting Cycle Management; Sales Lead Management; New Business Development; Lead to Deal Lifecycle; Operational Systems; Speaking Engagements.

Dana Weeks

Chief Executive Officer at MedTrans Go, Inc.

Dana Weeks

Chief Executive Officer at MedTrans Go, Inc.

David Weintraub

CEO at Pinnacle Promotions

David Weintraub

CEO at Pinnacle Promotions

Since 1994, we have been helping clients Make the right impression™ with promotional products and branded corporate apparel. I provide creative promotional ideas, design & launch on-line company stores, and act as a member of your marketing team, all while providing industry-leading customer service. I am part of a team of promotional products experts and I can help you find the right creative products at the right price and I guarantee that they will arrive on time while maintaining your brand integrity. I can also deliver on very tight timeframes with our Rocketship 24-hour service. The world’s most recognized brands choose Pinnacle Promotions as their promotional marketing partner and we can provide unparalleled service to your organization no matter the size or location. Learn more at www.pinnaclepromotions.com

Dipesh Patel

Founder & CEO at Blueprint Smiles

Dipesh Patel

Founder & CEO at Blueprint Smiles

Eleanor Jones

Developing Advanced AI SkinTech Solutions

Eleanor Jones

Developing Advanced AI SkinTech Solutions

Elizabeth Clubb

Founder & CEO at myFloc

Elizabeth Clubb

Founder & CEO at myFloc

Esco

Co-Founder at Esco Eats

Esco

Co-Founder at Esco Eats

Eugene Tutunikov, CFA

CEO @ SwissWatchExpo.com

Eugene Tutunikov, CFA

CEO @ SwissWatchExpo.com

CEO of SwissWatchExpo. SwissWatchExpo.com is the Internet’s leading retailer of authentic preowned luxury timepieces. At SwissWatchExpo, we have a passion for beautiful Swiss timepieces and unparalleled customer service. Unlike other online retailers of preowned watches, all the watches listed on our website are physically located at our showroom in beautiful Buckhead, Atlanta.

Eyal Benishti

CEO @IRONSCALES - A Powerfully Simple Email Security Platform

Eyal Benishti

CEO @IRONSCALES - A Powerfully Simple Email Security Platform

Geoff Graham

Geoff Graham

Gururaj Rao

CEO, nuVizz, Inc.

Gururaj Rao

CEO, nuVizz, Inc.

Igor Babushkin

Founder at Mindshine Technologies

Igor Babushkin

Founder at Mindshine Technologies

Seasoned technology leader and founder of a group of 4 companies that operate in 6 countries. My ventures include: GICSOFT – software development company with the focus on complex software platform development and business process integration; Mindshine Technologies – educational technology company that specializes in predictive analytics and adaptive learning, Collective Vision – innovative computer visual platform for social and business information sharing and Evocado Ventures – venture fund with the focus on sustainability and meaningful growth.

Specialties: innovation, international business, product design, strategic management, business transformation, value driven marketing, strategic relations.

Jason Schubert

Chief Executive Officer at inBrain.ai

Jason Schubert

Chief Executive Officer at inBrain.ai

Jeremy Duvall

Entrepreneur | Software Engineer | Human | 5x AWS Certified

Jeremy Duvall

Entrepreneur | Software Engineer | Human | 5x AWS Certified

Jeremy is a software craftsman with a decade of experience building and advising others on how to build rugged, performant, and beautiful software in nearly every industry. He currently serves as an engineering advisor to executives and engineers across the United States focused on subjects ranging from continuous delivery implementations to scalable, distributed cloud architectures utilizing best of class open source software. Hailing from a small town in north Georgia, he immigrated to Atlanta to seek a BS and MS in computer science from Georgia Tech (go jackets) and has since adopted sandy springs as his hometown along with his wife and Wiemaraner. In his spare time he’s often found covering his favorite bands (Foo Fighters, Zeppelin, and Floyd to name a few) with his best friends.

Jim Grady

Founder & CEO at Package Solutions, Inc.

Jim Grady

Founder & CEO at Package Solutions, Inc.

Jim Sullivan

Healthcare Entrepreneur

Jim Sullivan

Healthcare Entrepreneur

HealPros makes a difference in the lives of people with chronic illness by traveling to their homes and helping them access the care they need. Our team has a unique opportunity to discover what is preventing people from accessing care – and helping them do just that. Whether we are preventing blindness by performing Retinal Screenings, helping people find ways to save on prescriptions, or preventing ER visits by addressing fall risks, everything we do centers around changing lives for the better.

Dr. Joe Sutherland

AI @ Emory | Technology Executive | Professor | Ex-White House | Data, Analytics, AI, ML

Dr. Joe Sutherland

AI @ Emory | Technology Executive | Professor | Ex-White House | Data, Analytics, AI, ML

John Fitzpatrick

President/CEO of Force Marketing

John Fitzpatrick

President/CEO of Force Marketing

John Fitzpatrick co-founded Force Marketing in 2007, and since then, has led the company to become the leading provider of ROI-driven and tech-enabled multi-channel automotive marketing services to clients throughout North America. Its clients include large dealer groups, Tier II ad associations and OEMs.

Today, he leads a team of more than 100 marketing professionals in Force Marketing’s Atlanta headquarters. The company also has a New York City office on Madison Avenue, to which Fitzpatrick often travels.

JP James

Chairman, Hive Financial Systems

JP James

Chairman, Hive Financial Systems

Over the past decades, have helped acquire, restructure, and scale stagnant ventures in their management strategy, business process automation, back office automation, and capital solutions.

Invested and advised fast growth ventures and lecture Cyber Security, Agent Based Modeling, and on Quantitative Computational Finance, and Entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech’s College of Management & School of Industrial Engineering

Josh Coughlin

Advisor / Mentor / Consultant / Investor - 25+ years Owning / Operating / Growing Private Companies; 3 Exits to Public Companies; Techstars Atlanta Mentor

Josh Coughlin

Advisor / Mentor / Consultant / Investor - 25+ years Owning / Operating / Growing Private Companies; 3 Exits to Public Companies; Techstars Atlanta Mentor

Karen C. Houghton

CEO and Founder of Infinite Giving

Karen C. Houghton

CEO and Founder of Infinite Giving

Katha Blackwell

President & CEO at Partnership Against Domestic Violence

Katha Blackwell

President & CEO at Partnership Against Domestic Violence

Katha has over 20 years of experience providing an excellent level of leadership within non-profit agencies that serve the homeless population and those fleeing domestic violence.

Kevin Mendel

Co-Founder at The Ticket Magician

Kevin Mendel

Co-Founder at The Ticket Magician

Kyle Johnson

Chief Executive Officer, Technology Co. Board Member, Investor

Kyle Johnson

Chief Executive Officer, Technology Co. Board Member, Investor

Landon Bennett

Founder at Ad Reform & Previewads.com

Landon Bennett

Founder at Ad Reform & Previewads.com

Laquisha Milner

Chief Executive Officer | Certified Project Manager | Financial Services Industry Veteran

Laquisha Milner

Chief Executive Officer | Certified Project Manager | Financial Services Industry Veteran

Chief Executive Officer of KServicing, the Atlanta-based financial technology company managing more than 300,000 outstanding Kabbage Funding™ and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.

A 20-plus-year veteran of the tech sector with a track record of success driving sales growth. I am a multidimensional leader who understands changing business dynamics and who finds innovative ways to add value, focusing on people, processes and technology. My transformative approach to value creation is balanced by a commitment to integrity and principal in the achievement of business outcomes.

Lara Hodgson

Co-Founder at Now

Lara Hodgson

Co-Founder at Now

Leonard (Lenny) Shutzberg

Owner & Founder at High Point Management, LLC

Leonard (Lenny) Shutzberg

Owner & Founder at High Point Management, LLC

Lowell Hays

President at Maverick

Lowell Hays

President at Maverick

I’m a driven, entrepreneurial leader with experience in both early-stage startups and established growth businesses. At my core, I love figuring things out and leading people. I have a passion for building businesses and love fast-paced environments where my problem-solving skills, proven leadership and culture-building skills, and ability to understand customers can be utilized most effectively.

Luca Di Benedetto

CEO at ATEX Inc

Luca Di Benedetto

CEO at ATEX Inc

I’m an experienced C-Level business leader of international manufacturing operations in nonwovens and composite materials. An accomplished CEO and Board Member with 20+ years of experience in CEO and COO roles. An innovative and versatile leader with P&L responsibilities, a track record of developing high performing teams, and a proven record in creating value for customers and shareholders.

In 2000 I moved from Milan, Italy to Atlanta, GA to start and manage Atex inc. Throughout the years I have invested and became partner in other international manufacturing businesses (abrasives, nonwovens, foams/sponges).
I’m a strong international business leader, a senior executive with international experience and multi-cultural exposure (Europe, North and Latin America). At present I’m based in Georgia, USA; with dual citizen (USA & Italy).
Since 2018 I have become a shareholder partner working together with Private Equity organizations.

Strong leadership, problem-solving, and team-building expertise: relationship builder with a unique ability to unite organizations and develop programs that align with organizational goals for the greater good.

Some of my core Values & Beliefs are:
– Care for People (everybody matters!)
– Ownership & Accountability
– Entrepreneurial Drive
– Operations Leadership
– Act & encourage transparency, integrity and ethical behavior
– Product Development
– Business Planning & Growth
– Sales Development & Revenue Generation

Mario Montag

Partner at Fruition Capital

Mario Montag

Partner at Fruition Capital

Matt Eberhart

Chief Executive Officer at Query

Matt Eberhart

Chief Executive Officer at Query

Michael Davis

CEO & Founder at Homegrown

Michael Davis

CEO & Founder at Homegrown

Michael Harris

COO at HealPros

Michael Harris

COO at HealPros

Michael Orme

Founder & CEO at Treeable AI * Peachtree Arborists

Michael Orme

Founder & CEO at Treeable AI * Peachtree Arborists

Mike Shippel

Mike Shippel

Mikhail Avady

Founder of Prodia

Mikhail Avady

Founder of Prodia

Natalie Cheney

CEO, MemberSuite

Natalie Cheney

CEO, MemberSuite

Natalie is a seasoned software veteran with 20+ years of SaaS experience. Prior to joining MemberSuite, she was instrumental in growing several other Saas businesses including Constructware (Acquired by Autodesk) and Compliance 360 (Acquired by SAI global). Natalie started as COO/CRO of MemberSuite in 2013. By implementing the right processes and focusing on driving revenue, she succeeded in growing MemberSuite into a trusted membership management platform. Since becoming CEO in 2017, she has grown the company both by implementing a customer-centric approach that focuses on delivering innovative products and services and through the acquisition of event marketing and engagement software company, Event Farm. Her mission is to enable for-profit and not-for-profit organizations with technology that empowers people to interact in more meaningful and engaging ways.

Nick Fragnito

Partner at Shorewind Capital

Nick Fragnito

Partner at Shorewind Capital

Nihat Guven

CEO at PurpleBox, Inc.

Nihat Guven

CEO at PurpleBox, Inc.

Noelle London

Founder & CEO at Illominus

Noelle London

Founder & CEO at Illominus

Panna Sharma

CEO & President, Lantern Pharma, Inc

Panna Sharma

CEO & President, Lantern Pharma, Inc

Significant public and private experience in leading biotech, high-tech and emerging technology companies grow through a combination of organic mechanisms, internal alignment, capital-raising and strategic transactions. Heavily focused on oncology, drug development, and the use of AI and machine learning to change the risk, cost and timeline in the highly interdisciplinary field of personalized medicine.

Specialties: Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Environmental Sciences, and BioPharma Services, Healthcare Data, Artificial Intelligence, Public Companies, Company Turnarounds, Oncology, Next Generation Sequencing, Precision Medicine

Paul Noble

Paul Noble

Pavleen Thukral

CEO at Magic Data

Pavleen Thukral

CEO at Magic Data

Peter S. Velardi

SAAS company CEO/Referrals expert/Former Senior Executive/Entreprenuer/Leader/Investor

Peter S. Velardi

SAAS company CEO/Referrals expert/Former Senior Executive/Entreprenuer/Leader/Investor

PJ Bain

CEO, PrimeRevenue

PJ Bain

CEO, PrimeRevenue

I am a lifelong entrepreneur with boundless curiosity and drive to learn. An engineer at heart, I love solving business, technical, financial and organizational problems – the more complex and greater the reward, the greater the enjoyment in attacking the problem. I am fiercely focused on TEAM building with a mission to support individuals and TEAMs in reaching their full potential. A former college athlete and current wannabe athlete, I am in constant quest of TEAM victories that raise expectations of where our collective potential can take us.

I gravitate to businesses that have traction but need TEAMs, systems and processes that scale. I believe the core VALUEs of honesty, integrity, humility, clarity, respect and accountability are pre-requisites for success. My TEAMs have consistently been honored with numerous awards on local, national and international levels for growth, respect of employees, philanthropic work and innovation.

Prem Bhatia

Co-Founder, Cooleaf | Helping leaders create extraordinary employee & customer experiences

Prem Bhatia

Co-Founder, Cooleaf | Helping leaders create extraordinary employee & customer experiences

In addition to Cooleaf work, spent a considerable amount of time with a great co-Director (Praveen Ghanta) to start an Atlanta chapter of the world’s largest business accelerator (Founder Institute). Responsibilities included securing Mentors (local CEOs generally), recruiting candidates, and securing sponsors for Founder Institute’s Atlanta Chapter. Successfully ran the first semester and ended up with a graduating class (Jan 2014) of 11 fantastic startup founders.

Ramesh Sundarajan

CEO at GenAI Healthcare

Ramesh Sundarajan

CEO at GenAI Healthcare

Ravi Venkatesan

Chief Executive Officer at Cantaloupe

Ravi Venkatesan

Chief Executive Officer at Cantaloupe

Richard Fraim

Partner at Knoll Ventures

Richard Fraim

Partner at Knoll Ventures

Rob Kischuk

CEO & Founder, Converge

Rob Kischuk

CEO & Founder, Converge

CEO & Founder of Converge (funded by Mark Cuban and some awesome local angel investors) – Automating Digital Marketing Reporting for Digital Marketing Agencies and Brands.

Worked on Product at Air2Web (acquired by Velti)

Led Engineering at Proficient Systems (acquired by LivePerson)

I love building communities, teams, products, and companies.

Ryan Jones

Cofounder and CEO, Florence Healthcare

Ryan Jones

Cofounder and CEO, Florence Healthcare

Raj Choudhury

CEO at Alloy. Marketing Agency Entrepreneur. Startup Investor.

Raj Choudhury

CEO at Alloy. Marketing Agency Entrepreneur. Startup Investor.

Raj’s leadership style focuses on building strong cultures and teams that drive to tackle complex problems with innovative solutions for some of the best brands in the world.

In his earlier career, Raj co-founded Spunlogic in 1998, leading it to become one of the largest privately-held digital agencies in Atlanta. Spunlogic was acquired in 2008 by Halyard Capital to form Engauge, which was then acquired by Publicis Groupe and merged with Moxie to create the largest digital agency in the Southeast. More recently, Raj served as chief delivery and innovation officer for Ansira, one of the largest global independent technology and marketing agencies with over 1,700 employees. Raj came to Ansira through the 2019 acquisition of BrightWave, a leading eCRM and cross-channel agency, where he was president. During his tenure there, he helped build an incredible high-performance team and culture that was sought after by leading brands. He also previously served as CEO for the social advertising tech company BLiNQ Media to provide new vision and rebuild its technology teams before merging the business unit within Tegna.

Raj is an investor in a number of technology startups, as well as a mentor to fellow entrepreneurs. Through his unique agency endeavors, he has become known for his hands-on approach, calm manner and work-hard, play-hard mentality.

Additionally, Raj participates as a board member and advisor for a number of non-profit groups, including 48in48 and the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership (ABLP).

Born in Uganda, Raj moved to London at age nine. He earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Geography from Kingston University (London) and an Executive MBA at Georgia State University.

He has traveled extensively throughout the world and is always looking to explore new places, or at least blow off some steam snowboarding. Raj has three young children and a dog and has called Atlanta home for over 24 years.

Samirkumar Patel

President & CEO, Moonlight Therapeutics

Samirkumar Patel

President & CEO, Moonlight Therapeutics

Samir is an engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit. He is currently co-founder and CEO of Moonlight Therapeutics. Moonlight Therapeutics is focused on improving the quality of life for people with food allergies by providing patient-friendly treatments. Prior to Moonlight Therapeutics, Samir was a co-founder of Clearside Biomedical (NASDAQ: CLSD). Clearside is an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company developing targeted therapies for ocular diseases. He invented the suprachoroidal technology that lead to the creation of Clearside Biomedical and served as Director of Research from inception to the end of 2016. The company is currently in late-stage clinical trials in multiple indications and completed an IPO in 2016. Prior to that he was at Georgia Institute of Technology where he obtained his doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering and focused on research using microneedles for ocular drug delivery. He worked for Alza Corporation (A J&J company) on controlled release oral drug products between his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Samir obtained a dual B.S. degree in Chemical and Material Science Engineering from University of California at Berkeley.

Sander Biehn

CEO & President

Sander Biehn

CEO & President

Each day I am privileged to lead the startup I co-founded, dedicated to the shifting the paradigm for B2B salespeople and marketers. As a career salesperson at AT&T I became passionate about new communication models afforded by the rise of social media.
We founded and created Ready For Social powered by Thought Horizon with a mission to:
• Empower salespeople to regularly share content to engage with prospects online without wasting valuable time
• Help marketers create great content at scale and measure the impact of that content on social media
• Educate salespeople on how to effectively use social media to engage with and sell to their prospects and buyers
• Bring social media for B2B into the mainstream by empowering the people who sell in those markets
I am passionate about sales after falling into a career selling. My first real job was selling subscriptions to waste services door-to-door. I love meeting new people which has fueled my interest in travel, diverse cultures and languages. While an expert in none of these things, my super-power is my curiosity.

Sanket Patel

CEO, Securolytics

Sanket Patel

CEO, Securolytics

Securolytics provides real-time Cybersecurity for Connected Medical and Infrastructure Internet-of Things (IoT) devices to Enterprises.

Sathish John

President & CEO, Alora Healthcare Systems

Sathish John

President & CEO, Alora Healthcare Systems

Scott Ellyson

CEO at East West

Scott Ellyson

CEO at East West

Steve Cochran

Chief Executive Officer at Tegra

Steve Cochran

Chief Executive Officer at Tegra

I am a purpose-led and driven business builder and transformation leader. I relentlessly and passionately serve and manage the interests of all key business stakeholders to drive sustainable, long-term, organizational success and growth. My formula for successful stakeholder management and execution centers around:

✦ PEOPLE – I create engaging, empowering, and inclusive cultures to provide a platform where people thrive and grow personally and professionally.
✦ CUSTOMERS – I build differentiated competitive and sustainable business models to foster long term strategic partnerships and mutual growth.
✦ INVESTORS – I generate attractive returns for all financial stakeholders through transparent partnership, trust and financial discipline.
✦ COMMUNITIES – I develop environmentally sustainable business practices and socially responsible programs to lead and serve in communities where we operate.

I’ve had the privilege and experience of leading and building purpose-driven teams and businesses in complex, high profile, global (multi-national) platform environments, while serving some of the most prominent and well recognized brands and investors worldwide in both private and public capacities, as:
• Private Equity Board Chairman and CEO
• Public Company President and COO

I’m skilled in the following industries and/or functional disciplines:
• Global apparel and textile brand, manufacturing, supply chain and distribution business models
• Strategic planning and business development
• Social and environmental sustainability
• Purpose driven culture, leadership and people development
• Mergers, acquisitions and integration
• Lean and Six Sigma continuous improvement
• Board management and governance

Tracy Tanner

Founder & CEO of Wealthy Habits

Tracy Tanner

Founder & CEO of Wealthy Habits

William Schubert

Vice President at Offers

William Schubert

Vice President at Offers

Zwade Marshall

CEO & Co-Founder at Doc2Doc Lending, Inc

Zwade Marshall

CEO & Co-Founder at Doc2Doc Lending, Inc