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Sumedha GamageEx-JPMorgan Chase Executive Director. Focused on trusted AI for financial services.

Chidile OzoemenaSoftware developer and project manager. Saw the gap while interning at UGLYCASH, an American stablecoin app. Building with a strong team behind the scenes.

Sébastien Icard

Alberto Sarabia

Tony TrochetCo-founder of XPACEGEMS.

Michelle Torelli

Brittany Metcalf

Betirri Christian

Capt. Andy Langesfeld

Marcelo Benbassat

Steve E. TiceThe Chief Engineer — Grumman · Rockwell Int’l · Nikola Motor Co. — 40+ yrs engineering, EV/hybrid powertrain expert

Maxwell BerkoHas sold door to door himself. Founder, BH Car Detailing — Knockd's first user. FIU, Real Estate and Finance. Link School of Business, Ventures Miami.

Priya NatarajanEx-Tesla Energy firmware. Built the first prototype. Leads product + eng.

Colleen Schultz

Dylan Dean8+ years in politics, SFL Coordinator, YAL State Chair, CoS District Captain, EE and CE undergrad, AI Masters, built 2 AI products from ground up.

Dr. Clifford Molin

Sanket Chouriya

Chayan BhattacharyayThree decades in software engineering & workflow automation. Harvard Business School (HBS PLD). Prior product ranked alongside Microsoft & UiPath by Everest Group.

Kevin JonesFounder of 1Claw, building secure infrastructure for AI & robotics — HSM-backed vaults and MPC key splitting so agents and autonomous systems never hold raw credentials.

Dmitry Z. Zakharov

Walter I. Furman

Petr K. Bogdanov

Anatoly E. Mikhaylov

Alexander Y. Chinenov

Valery V. Chilap

Khalil Vinson

Khalil VinsonTech Fest Live's mission is to connect the youth of today to a better tomorrow through technology opportunities. We exist at the intersection of education, workforce development and economic growth. To date Tech Fest Live has impacted 6,256+ students in the Greater Houston area.

Austin Palazzesi

Joshua Koehler

Joshua KoehlerFormer firefighter turned AI Engineer. Deep technical expertise in the software engineering discipline, proven ability to make big impact at organizations. Building out LangFontes, an EdTech startup which is disrupting language learning - real people actually get to real flu...

Alex Borja

Alex BorjaAlex Borja is a builder and generalist who connects dots across design, development, business, and strategy. He's the co-founder of Tipsy Teddys, an alcohol-infused gummy brand where he owns product and brand end-to-end, from the complete identity system to the website itself....

Roselia Banuelos

Roselia BanuelosRoselia Banuelos is the CEO and Co-Founder of Creatopia Inc., a Houston-based media and innovation company dedicated to building the infrastructure for human-centered learning, storytelling, and collaboration. A social entrepreneur with a background in psychology, macro social...

Marcos Kobylecki

Roberto Villani

Griffin Jacques

Jack Nguyen

Jack NguyenJack Nguyen is the founder of Olive Branch Network, a mission-driven startup building new ways to connect technology, community, and nonprofit impact. With a background in healthcare, education and a growing focus on blockchain, Jack is passionate about creating systems that r...

Thomas Grant MacDonald

Thomas Grant MacDonaldThomas MacDonald is the founder of Bookkeeping Conroe, a firm specializing in monthly bookkeeping, cleanup, and financial systems for small businesses and real estate investors. He is a QuickBooks specialist with a focus on building clean, decision-ready financials that help o...

Johnny Hurey

Johnny HureyCo-Founder @ Known4Constcution. Builder of buildings and builder of systems.

Sharan Soma

Sharan SomaFounder of SOMA OS, a Houston-based company building the “Android for EVs” — a hardware-agnostic control platform for electric vehicles. He combines deep Tier-1 OEM experience in automotive control systems with a focus on solving one of the industry’s biggest problems: slow, e...

Roberto Mejia

Roberto MejiaFractional CTO. Startup Advisor. CTO at Workflow Logic. Hands-On Tech Leader with a passion for startups

Mabast Ahmad

Mabast AhmadI’m a visionary technologist and entrepreneur focused on building high-impact software systems that help organizations scale, adapt, and lead in an AI-driven world. As the founder of OctoTEK (octotek.io), I lead a product-focused technology firm that partners with Series A sta...

Jeff EschrightBuilding or growing a business often feels like navigating shifting terrain — priorities collide, indicators blur, and the path forward isn’t always visible. Every business has an X they’re trying to reach: a milestone, a breakthrough, a point where clarity returns and momentu...

Cherian Paul

Cherian PaulI'm a software and business consultant based in Houston, Texas, with a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, and the kind of thinking that changes how the world works. I believe God created mankind so that we can be kind to one another and serve each other. For th...

Monique Black

Ted WeisgalTed Weisgal Ted Weisgal is a Houston-based entrepreneur, educator, and community organizer best known as the co-founder of Leisure Learning Unlimited (LLU), one of Houston's most beloved non-credit adult education institutions. Founding Leisure Learning Unlimited Established i...

Seth Eslami

Seth EslamiI am a commercial real estate professional with a civil engineering background and a passion for building smarter, more sustainable spaces. Over the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work across diverse markets and live on three continents—an experience that has...

Nkem Okeke

Nkem OkekeNkem is an experienced entrepreneur with a proven track record of creating and selling successful start-ups. As co-founder of Uniwyze, Inc. and Adendox, LLC, Nkem works on a broad range of business, operational, fundraising, marketing, product development, transactional and l...

Kaushik Immadisetty

Kaushik Immadisetty

Tyler Strothman

Austin Langley

Austin LangleyAustin Langley is a Partner at Cofounder Ventures, a Houston-based early-stage investment firm operating out of Houston's Innovation Corridor. He brings over a decade of hands-on experience spanning entrepreneurship, consulting, capital markets, sales, operations, real estate,...

Kevin Jones

Kevin JonesKevin Jones is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur currently serving as the Founder of 1Claw (1claw.xyz) and the Co-Founder of Spritz (spritz.chat). With a versatile background that spans both traditional tech infrastructure and Web3, Kevin excels at bridging the gap...

Betirri

Sebastian Merrell

Kieran Skelly

Kieran SkellyKieran Skelly is a Houston-based entrepreneur and engineer whose career spans drone technology, industrial inspection, and experiential lighting. A Santa Clara University graduate in UAV Engineering, Skelly built his first drones in a garage — one that burned down in a fire,...

Mick Rudskyi

Mick RudskyiMick Rudskyi is the founder of Bridgital, a Houston-based firm helping small and mid-sized businesses generate more revenue through smart systems and AI. He started Bridgital after seeing the same pattern repeat itself across SMBs: teams buried in repetitive tasks, owners stuc...

Tanu Jain

Joey Sanchez

Joey SanchezI’m a purpose-driven leader who believes that business is ultimately about people, connecting them, understanding them, and building systems that help them thrive. Over the past 15 years, I’ve led teams, managed multi-stakeholder ecosystems, and built high-impact programs that...

Giorgio Villani

Giorgio VillaniGiorgio, an Italian-American software developer and entrepreneur, began his journey in the Oil and Gas industry in 2011. It was during this time that he discovered the Bitcoin white paper, igniting his passion for the crypto ecosystem. After a successful 7-year tenure at Koch ...