Andy is the Director of Operations for NY Tech Alliance (formerly NY Tech Meetup), a non-profit organization that runs the largest Meetup group in the world with over 55000 members and a mission to build a more sustainable and diverse technology industry for all New Yorkers.

Overall, justice and diversity is a huge passion for him and he is a clear advocates for the importance of diversity in the tech community and business culture.

David Antokal’s mission is to be a perfect equity partner to small business owners and entrepreneurs through respectful and valuable engagement, building bonds that extend beyond business. His company leads and co-invests in equity investments in growth-ready companies between $5-$50 million of revenue and up to $5 million of EBITDA. They bring to bear a focused group of operating advisors and a supportive network to help make the best decisions for long-term success.

Susan Lindner believes that incredible connections change the world. As the CEO and Founder of Emerging Media, an award-winning PR • Marketing • Branding • Social Media agency, she develops breakthrough strategies that connect our clients to the right media, communities, influencers, and prospects. Susan gives back to the entrepreneurial community as a mentor to young domestic and international startups at VentureOut, and as a judge at premier competitions like NY Tech Week, The Mashies and many more.

Wilton Arellano is the Director of Growth in Ladder Digital. Wilton also serves as a mentor in VentureOut in addition to being an Instructor Digital Marketer with an intensive experience in Startups, Technical Markets, and previously worked in General Assembly, SikaLux Research, Northstar Research Partners, and Hycrete.

Matt Lopez is a Partner at Skaled, which helps companies optimize their sales process, people, and technology to accelerate business growth for scaling success.

Skaled accelerates sales organization growth by examining fundamental sales process and using cutting-edge technology to enable clients to optimize, modernize, and thrive in the constantly evolving world of SMB & Enterprise sales. They have worked with over 80 organizations globally helping larger organizations generate millions of dollars in new and incremental revenue and startups raise over 250 million dollars post-engagement.

managing director at Infinia Group, where he leads Infinia Ventures, a practice dedicated to the startup ecosystem.

Before Infinia, he was at Havas Worldwide New York following a stint as a freelance strategy consultant at a number of creative agencies. He has done strategy consulting work in brand, digital and growth strategy for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and the US government

Lexie Kier is a Principal Strategist and Founder of AOK Group, a growth consultancy for startups. She advises bold brands and startups on fundraising, customer insights, branding and marketing and often takes on interim leadership roles to help with periods of intense change, entry into new markets, and expansion.

Previously, Lexie founded Cuurio, an index of startups and innovation platform helping bold brands find clarity, context, and connection. ​Cuurio helped a growing number of innovative brands and agencies (including Warner Brother, Johnson & Johnson, L'Oreal, and J. Walter Thompson) to create vibrant native mobile partnerships that activated consumers in new channels.

Eyal is a digital media executive with extensive experience in product leadership, business development and, early-stage capital raising.

He sources, manages and cultivates key strategic partnership and M&A endeavors.

Asael Meir is a partner in CohnReznick’s Long Island office and leads the Firm’s Technology and Life Sciences Industry Practice in the Firm's New York offices. With more than 15 years of experience in providing assurance and financial reporting services, Asael serves technology, hospitality, and retail and consumer products companies. He works closely with business owners and management teams of both privately held and publicly listed companies who are seeking guidance on acquisitions, divestitures, and capital formation transactions.

Chris Errico is Co-Chair of the firm's US Startup Program and member of the Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice at Dentons. Chris is actively engaged in a diverse corporate practice, working with a wide range of fast-growing technology, software, digital media and life science companies at every stage of their development.

Chris regularly counsels emerging growth companies on transactional matters, including venture capital, seed/angel financings; public and private offerings; asset and stock acquisitions; debt financings and mergers and acquisitions. Chris also advises his clients on a daily basis regarding complex securities matters, corporate governance matters, joint ventures, strategic transactions, and general legal issues.

Michael is an expert healthcare innovator and experienced entrepreneur. As CEO, Michael raised three rounds of venture funding and secured health plan partnerships to cover over 30 million people. 

Andrew is a recovering consultant turned serial entrepreneur startup mentor and angel investor.  The Managing Director for DreamIt’s New York program, Andrew is also a contributing writer to AlleyWatch.com. In a previous life, Andrew led Bunk1.com as COO/Head of Product where he built it from scratch to the leading provider of web services to the summer camp industry.  In 2008, Andrew moved on to manage a family office where he was responsible for both incubating new ventures and for managing over $50M of alternative assets including hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds.

Suman is an entrepreneur with more than 8 years of experience in basic and translational research (personalized medicine, stem cells, pharmacogenetics, breast cancer), and 5 years in sales and business development of high technology in life sciences (diagnostics, molecular imaging, genomics).

Suman is a co-inventor of the technology in Mirakel and in his current position as the CEO defines the strategic directions and operations of the company. Suman holds an MD in clinical medicine, MS in genetics, PhD in oncology, and attended MIT as a Sloan Fellow where he received his MBA focused on innovation and global leadership. He lives in New York City.

Establishing and growing partnerships with international organizations charged with improving public health, including the World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, and WFP.

Designing, developing, delivering, evaluating, managing, and continuously improving educational experiences that incorporate experiential, active, social, and blended learning. Building a diverse and constantly evolving selection of global, continuing educational experiences, including courses and non-credit workshops.

Interested in sustainable, scalable public health programs that increase access to health care; Experienced manager of international program growth via data analysis and reporting using advanced technology tools; Co-Founder of pioneering company that delivers primary health care, diagnostics, approved drugs, and clean water to low income, rural consumers in growth markets; Former General Manager of technology firms focused on improving decision-making by senior executives; German-speaking, Columbia University Doctor of Public Health and Wharton MBA

Specialties: Public Health, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Management, Molecular Biology, Communication, Database design and analytics, Research

Walter Olshanski works in the New York office of PwC Corporate Finance LLC, and covers the Healthcare sector with emphasis on payers and providers. Prior to joining PwC, Walter was a senior investment banker at KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc providing M&A, strategic advisory, valuation, and financing options services to the healthcare services sector.

Ms. Loren A. Busby, CFA serves as Managing Member of Cresco Advisors LLC. Ms. Busby provides financial and advisory services to fund managers and small businesses under the moniker Cresco Advisors LLC. She was a Partner at NGN Capital. She had been involved in the private equity or venture capital industry for almost 20 years. Ms. Busby joined NGN Capital from Walden Capital Partners L.P., where she invested in and managed several small- to mid-size investments in the manufacturing, distribution and technology sectors. She serves as a Member of Board of Managers at Promosome, LLC. Ms. Busby is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and Vice Chairman of its Alternative Investments Committee. She is a Board Observer of Medrium, Inc. In addition, Ms. Busby is a Youth Venture Mentor and Columbia Business School Ambassador. 

I currently am a Director at Oxeon Venturesa seed-stage venture studio focused on building the next generation of healthcare IT/Service companies. Oxeon Ventures is wholly owned by Oxeon Partnersthe preeminent healthcare executive search firm that focuses on the build out of C suite level executive teams and has played an integral part in EvolentQuartetLandmark HealthClover and much more. My mandate is to identify opportunities in the marketbuild out business plans and execute them using the phenomenally talented executives sourced from Oxeon Partners.

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Imraan Ahmed is a General Partner of Armory Square, having joined the fund in 2018, and serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Ahmed has more than 15 years of experience as an operator, advisor and investor in New York, Silicon Valley and emerging Tier II/III regions. He is passionate about empowering early stage entrepreneurs disrupting traditional industries, advancing fundamental societal issues and unleashing our human potential through technology. Mr. Ahmed is particularly interested in technology enabled healthcare transformation and leads the firm’s investing efforts in the sector.

Previously, Mr. Ahmed was a Principal with Radius Ventures. Since inception, the firm has invested ~$200 million in over 40 healthcare companies across three funds. In his role at Radius, Mr. Ahmed focused on leading the firm’s healthcare technology investing and portfolio management efforts. He worked with several Radius portfolio companies including Aethon (acquired by ST Engineering), Healthsense (acquired by Great Call), Management Health Solutions, Tabula Rasa Healthcare (NASDAQ: TRHC) and Tactile Medical (NASDAQ: TCMD).

In addition, Mr. Ahmed is a co-founder of Touch of Gray and KF20 Capital. These angel syndicates focus on investing in technology enabled seed, early commercial and expansion stage companies across a variety of sectors. Representative investments include ACV Auctions, Explorer Surgical, HENRY the Dentist, Maven Clinic, OMNY and Simile / DepthKit.

Prior to entering the venture capital industry, Mr. Ahmed’s career spanned a diverse range of entrepreneurial, investing and advisory roles. He was the Co-Founder of Atlantis Health System, initially conceived to modernize and de-fragment the home healthcare industry. He also served as an investor with New Heritage Capital, a Boston based private equity fund that focuses on investing in high growth, family and founder owned businesses. Mr. Ahmed began his career in investment banking, initially with KPMG Corporate Finance and then Merrill Lynch, where he focused on executing M&A for healthcare, technology and media companies.

Mr. Ahmed holds a BS in Finance from The University of Maryland, College Park where he was a QUEST Honors Program Fellow and an MBA from Columbia Business School. In addition, he is a Kauffman Fellow and serves as Co - Chair of the organization’s NY Chapter.

Currently sourcing investments for Healthcare ITInteractive MarketingFinTechand Enterprise 2.0. Perform financial analysisdue diligenceand market research for potential investments and portfolio companies. Research legal matters related to venture capital financingprivate equitymergers and acquisitionsinitial public offeringsand spin-offs.

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Gartner, Inc. is an American research and advisory firm providing information technology-related insight for IT and other business leaders located across the world. Its headquarters are in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.

Frank is also the former CIO of St Peter’s Healthcare System and was rated Top 100 CIO’s in 2015.

Alex developed a leading healthcare innovation focused crowdfunding site and created a healthcare CrowdChallenge model to help partners and investors crowdsource and market test the best ideas in healthcare. He leads a team of up to 35 professionals in open innovation, product development, and business development programs for clients and sponsors including GE, Pfizer, Takeda, J & J, HHS, Aetna, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association and over 70 more.

Certified Project Management Professional specializing in healthcare and life sciences; currentlydesigning and managing transformative healthcare initiatives for the City of New York.

New York City Economic Development Corporation's mission is to encourage economic growth in each of the five boroughs of New York City by strengthening the City's competitive position and facilitating investments that build capacity, generate prosperity and catalyze the economic vibrancy of City life as a whole.

Luke is an investor and advisor for early stage ventures, PE and corporate media clients. Luke was formerly the market lead for McKinsey’s Fast Growth Tech practice serving consumer clients on a variety of growth and operational strategies. As an Engagement Manager he has experience leading digital strategy and transformation projects for consumer finance, media and telecom clients.

Prior to McKinsey, Luke ran the digital media division of a Hollywood literary agency, consulting on digital video content, organization and advertising strategy for publishers and television networks in addition to representing IP for film/TV. Luke is a Feldberg Fellow of Columbia Business School and a Scholar of Merton College, Oxford.

Brian is the CEO and founder of VentureOut, which he launched in 2012 while working at Gotham Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. He started VentureOut as a vehicle to help bridge the gap between the innovators around the world and the opportunities available to them in the New York and San Francisco technology ecosystems.

Brian is also a proud advocate of the New York City's vibrant technology community, a role he plays as a speaker, a mentor, on the Board of Directors of the NYC Innovation Collective, Founding Member of NYC Tech International, a member of the FWD.us Innovation Council and as the Founder of the Chaminade Alumni Entrepreneurs Association.

Prior to VentureOut, Brian’s career has spanned venture, at Gotham Ventures, consulting, supporting early-stage tech startups in NYC, business development, at OTR Global, and sales, as the youngest institutional salesperson globally at Standard & Poor's. Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Patrick Chen joined the corporate finance team at Ziegler in 2014. He works with healthcare services and healthcare information technology companies, advising on various strategic and financial alternatives.

Patrick has five years of experience in transaction execution and advising sell-side growth clients in the healthcare services and consumer sectors, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.

Prior to joining Ziegler, Patrick was a senior associate at Midtown Partners, a lower middle market focused, boutique investment bank, where he participated in the execution of 10 financing and advisory transactions.

Patrick graduated from Babson College where he received his Bachelor of Science in finance.

General Manager experienced in leading large teams and driving significant market share growth of capital equipment and services. Demonstrates Sales and Services Leadership, Operations, Distribution and General Management. Successful track record of providing strategic and financial leadership achieving challenging operating plans, business development, sales and complex deal orientation structuring. Skilled at integrating acquisitions, leading business unit turnarounds and new service product introductions.

Specialties: Strategic Planning & Visioning, Growth Operating Mechanisms, Customer Relationship Management, Global Sales & Marketing Leadership, Business & Technical Infrastructure, Quality & Process Optimization, Multi-Site Operating Management, Emerging Technologies & Applications, Business Development & Integration, Turnaround Architecture, New Product Development/Branding, Financial Management & Controls

Dr. Shaden Marzouk is the chair of the company’s enterprise Clinical Council and coordinates clinical and medical operations across Cardinal Health. The clinical organization at Cardinal Health has over 2,000 employees and spans Europe, North America, and Asia. The activities range from clinical trials, health economics and outcomes research, reimbursement, clinical education, field clinical operations, pharmacy support, and nuclear pharmacy services.

Shaden initially joined Cardinal Health in 2012 and helped grow the Cardinal Health Brand offering of products and services through aggressive launches and key acquisitions. She played a critical role in the Cordis acquisition and subsequent strategy development, including helping formulate its China strategy while living and working in China.

Shaden has over two decades of experience in healthcare, with expertise in device, services, financial, and provider spaces. Prior to Cardinal Health, Shaden was Chief of Neurosurgery, leading a U.S. Army neurosurgical trauma team in Iraq and overseeing the Neurosurgery Division at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Shaden transitioned out of surgical practice after receiving her MBA at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, where she concentrated on finance and health sector management. After her MBA, she was an associate in the healthcare practice of Goldman Sachs in New York.

Dr. Marzouk received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Washington University and graduated from the St. Louis University School of Medicine. She completed a neurosurgery residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in spinal deformity surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In her spare time, Shaden likes to explore New York City and pursue the perfect coffee.

Josh Rochlin was an early pioneer in the New York Internet venture community, founding MyCalendar.com and serving as its CEO before selling it to Sports Huddle in 2001 (now owned by CBS).

Josh then led business development and strategy at GoAmerica (GOAM), the first wireless internet service provider (now Purple Communications). Prior to IBM's acquisition of Teckst (formerly Xtify), Josh served as its founding CEO. Prior to joining Teckst, Josh served as the Chief Administrative Officer at Marc Ecko Enterprises, where he oversaw all non-apparel businesses and ventures.

Building a rapidly growing sales team at Zocdoc! Co-hosting a quarterly sales leadership meet-up called Building the Sales Machine.

Experience: sales management, says, forecasting, sales leadership, sales coaching, sales motivation, sales operations, sales enablement, sales growth, scaling, sales compensation, crm, salesforce.com , sales strategy, inbound sales , SDR leadership, hiring process, interviewing, hiring profile creation, international expansion , customer development, execution, france, spain, uk