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Wilson Dutra, PLLC was formed around the idea that law, innovation, and collaboration can – and should! – be fun. Every day the Wilson Dutra team works to foster a law firm that can help launch, connect, and strengthen Jacksonville’s burgeoning technology community. Camille Wilson began her patent journey studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins […]

Marcus Howard is the CEO of ProjectMQ, an experiential marketing agency that uses video games to help colleges and other brands more effectively engage younger audiences. He’s also the President of the Tampa Association of Gaming, a nonprofit dedicated to growing the gaming industry and STEM youth programs in the Tampa Bay region. Marcus got

Pablo Casillimas is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at OneSixOne Ventures, an early stage VC firm with offices in Miami, Gainesville and Seattle. Pablo moved to Gainesville in 2014 to attend the University of Florida as a student in the Innovation Academy. During his time at UF, Pablo served as an ambassador for the Innovation Academy, a

Gregory Ross-Munro is a software engineer, a cruise ship lover, an author, and a cat herder. He has helped Sourcetoad create software for some of the biggest cruise and entertainment companies in the world and to enable companies to design large-scale API management systems, entertainment management systems, and customer-facing applications. His book Herding Cats and

Natalia has a Degree in Social Communication and a Master’s Degree in Corporate & Political Communication. Being a multi-passionate professional, she’s enthusiastic about all things digital, innovation, networking, and social entrepreneurship. Furthermore, Natalia is a Wellness Advocate and Certified Essential Oil Specialist with dōTERRA, and shares natural solutions to improve the busy lifestyle of families

Thapelo Letsholo is a Botswana politician and entrepreneur. He is the current elected Member of Parliament for Kanye North constituency as of 2019. He is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party. Early Life Thapelo Letsholo was born in Kanye, Botswana. He then attended his early education in Jwaneng, Botswana and his senior secondary education

Former Co-Founder and owner of Enthalpy Analytical, Executive Director of Sales at Covance (LabCorp’s Drug Development Business), President and CEO of Integrated Laboratory Systems and currently, Executive Vice President, Head of Commercialization at Montrose Environmental Group, a high-growth environmental services company with more than 50 locations and 1,200 employees throughout North America. As an entrepreneur

Founder and CEO of Global Village Ventures LLC (USA) and Global Village Publishing Inc (Canada), an international publishing house producing, amongst other projects, the successful “Best of “series in over 60 countries around the world. With so much excitement around Innovation and Entrepreneurship, we launched the INNOVATE Series, a project showcasing success stories from innovation

CRO Advisors LLC services include strategy assessment and development, organizational evaluation and design, acquisition targeting and due diligence, bidding, pricing and negotiation support, post-merger integration management, team building, restructuring support, process improvement, governance support for owners and operators, senior leader coaching and interim management services. Sullivan was President and CEO of Harlan Laboratories, a major

Shane Senior has over 20 years of investment banking experience, with 15 of those years cultivating industry relationships with investors and strategic executives within pharma services. Prior to co-founding Crosstree Capital Partners, Senior established the corporate finance practice at William R. Hough & Co. (later acquired by the Royal Bank of Canada) and spent six

Sandhya Mendonca wears many hats: Media Entrepreneur, Writer,  Storyteller, Cultural Evangelist. A veteran journalist, she is the Founder, MD & Editor-in-Chief of Raintree Media,a transmedia company. A longstanding partner of the Global Village Publishing network, Raintree Media has published several books that showcase the success of Indian companies, with the latest being INNOVATE™ Bengaluru. As an author, Sandhya has been

Former Board of Directors for Bracket, THREAD research, Signant Health, ProPharma Group and Advarra. Current Strategic Advisory Board Member for Genstar Capital and President & CEO R Ventures Inc., a consulting firm offering a wide range of investment, advisory and consulting services for investors and organizations that are focused on high growth services opportunities in

Richard J. Riegel leads LMC Advisory, LLC, which was established to provide advisory and consulting services for investors and organizations that are focused on high growth solutions opportunities in life sciences. Services provided and experiences include market assessment, buy-side advisory, board membership, and mentoring and advising company leadership teams on strategy, go-to-market and building equity

Mr. Richard F. Cimino is an independent consultant who focuses on growth equity in the Health Services sector. Mr. Cimino has served on several boards. Currently he is the Executive Chairman of TwoLabs Inc. and a Director of Evolution Research Group. Previously, Mr. Cimino was non-Executive Chairman of the Board of MedAvante Inc., a privately

Richard J. Riegel leads LMC Advisory, LLC, which was established to provide advisory and consulting services for investors and organizations that are focused on high growth solutions opportunities in life sciences. Services provided and experiences include market assessment, buy-side advisory, board membership, and mentoring and advising company leadership teams on strategy, go-to-market and building equity

Gordon Ryerson has over 20 years of investment banking and strategic consulting experience across the pharmaceutical, medical device and pharma services industries. After co-founding Crosstree Capital Partners, Ryerson was Managing Director for Novumed Life Sciences (later acquired by E&Y Europe) leading the Global Strategic Advisory practice for pharmaceutical and medtech in- and out-licensing strategies. Ryerson

International networking was a logical result of my profession during my long career mainly in the Pharma and Medical World. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to start B19 Antwerp, a selective business club in this city, allowing me to get in touch with many visionary enablers, entrepreneurs, politicians, and other key opinion

Former Founder and CEO of Protein Solutions, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Hemodyne and MolecularMD before becoming its Chief Operating Officer and eventually CEO. Dan is currently serving as the Senior Vice President, Commercial for Tasso Inc. in the Seattle Washington area which has developed innovative technologies designed to decentralize blood collection supporting applications

Ceslie Armstrong is an award-winning media and entertainment executive; producer, writer, advisor, curator, and collaborator. She has packaged and produced programming for major networks, digital platforms, venues, and universities featuring celebrities, experts, authors, artists, and icons. Ceslie has produced Grammy award-winning artists; top celebrities, and influential icons globally. She has deep experience in subscriber-based recurring revenue

Technology and innovation have always been, and continue to be, the driving force behind Brahm’s entrepreneurial success. His passion for the printed word and image has enabled him to transcend his sales experience to the publishing industry. Being an Associate Publisher with Global Village World is the perfect culmination of Brahm’s business experience and his

Publisher at Mpho Laing International (MLI) Mpho Laing is a Motswana woman doing multi-businesses in Lagos. An unswayed believer in the continent, Mpho is passionate about celebrating the positive African stories, which include showcasing the leading entrepreneurs and enterprises through books. Through ML International, she has since published three good quality coffee-table books on Nigeria,