Andrew is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Star Catcher who is creating the first energy grid for space. Their orbital infrastructure will transform how satellites are powered. Power will be provided on a pay-as-you-go model with Star Catcher owning and operating a network of power satellites to provide energy to spacecraft anywhere in Low Earth Orbit.

Andrew was previously the CEO of Made In Space, President & Co-Founder of Redwire, and currently serves on the NASA Advisory Council.  

Brad is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years within the staffing industry.  He began his career at Robert Half and has gone on to build Tailored Management, a global staffing supplier working with some of the top performing clients.  

A few years ago, while driving in an Uber, the Jobvious idea came to him and he has now built the platform to empower the candidate's network through passive income with their referrals.  

Jobvious was built around the idea that "Your network is Your net worth"

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Chris Freedman graduated with highest honors from The University of Florida. After college, Chris served as a diplomat with the Atlantic Treaty Association at the South Allied Command in Lisbon, Portugal and the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

In 2015, Chris co-founded OnDefend (ondefend.com), a national cyber security firm that delivers preventative information security services as well as proprietary solutions that help clients strengthen their security posture to defend against continually evolving and persistent cyber threats. OnDefend serves Fortune 500 brands, enterprise corporations and regional businesses throughout the US with solutions that seamlessly integrate into their clients’ existing environment, helping them become more secure without interfering with their daily business workflow. OnDefend prides itself in being a non-invasive, efficient, and a highly valued security partner. 

Corey is a serial entrepreneur and started programming at age 8 with BASIC, to writing scripts to play a text-based role-playing game while he was at school, to writing drivers in C and using Perl to do odd jobs here and there. First of 5,000 to get .NET C# certified when .NET first came out, worked on software for the military, then launched his own consulting company because, he was a terrible W2 employee and grew that to 7-figures and doing it all with a 100% remote team.

Doug is currently the CEO of Beeline.  His team serves the Fortune 2000 and works closely with their clients in HR, IT, and Strategic Sourcing. Together, they match great talent with great companies.

Doug is also a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Human Resource Management and currently resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.  

Dr. Bob is the Founder & Managing Partner of Shoreline Partners where they focus on designing and delivering customized programs that yield durable results. Throughout his work, he invests deeply in the success of his clients and positions himself as true partners in their journey towards excellence.

Jeremy is the CEO of Start Left® Security, driving a people-centric revolution in product security for leading software organizations. Their multi-patented, AI-powered Security PowerUp Platform and Chief Product Security Office (CPSO) delivery model create a unified, gamified security experience for your team. It’s like having a CPSO embedded in every team—guiding, coaching, and delivering actionable insights.

Their mission is deeply personal, inspired by his daughter's journey as a Type 1 Diabetic who depends on technology every day. This taught him that safeguarding businesses goes beyond just cybersecurity—it's about building resilient products that protect both lives and livelihoods. 

Jordan has done a tremendous amount in the his career.  Currently, he is the Co-Founder of BackTrack and Yac, Venture Scout for Florida Founders, and mentor for the City of Jacksonville.  

His companies and contribution have been featured in WSJ, Fast Company, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, Axios, CBS, and more.

He has raised $10M+ in funding for this venture from Slack (Salesforce), Anthony Pompliano, Boost VC, Arlan Hamilton, Florida Funders, and more.  

He remains steadfast in his contribution in helping future founders overcoming objectives and finding success.  

With over three years at MyStandard, Josh's dedication to fostering inclusive work environments and implementing strategic talent acquisition is unwavering. At the heart of his mission lies the commitment to not just filling positions, but cultivating a culture that thrives on diversity, equity, and innovation. 

His role as Chief People Officer and Co-Founder at MyStandard is more than a title—it's a testament to his core belief in developing people and nurturing talent to align with our company's cutting-edge ethos.

Lisa is a results-driven technology executive with expertise in directly managing large technology teams providing banking systems, mobile banking commerce and payments technology including high availability e-commerce services. For the past 14 years Lisa has led high performing technology teams across the globe, including teams spread across 10 states and 4 countries. She has extensive experience in all technology aspects such as production support, product delivery, system reliability, disaster recovery, and fail over, talent development, strategic planning, executive updates, financial forecasts in large global organizations. 

Lisa began programming computers at the age of 14, and her love of technology and the power of what technology can do to improve the world has carried with her as an executive leader, leading organizations of various sizes up to 1500+ to execute enterprise-wide software solutions.

As a co-founder and CIO of NLP Logix, he leads a team of data scientists and engineers who deliver AI solutions for various industries, such as healthcare, logistics, and finance. With over 11 years of experience in data science and machine learning, he has developed and deployed several innovative applications, such as automated breast cancer diagnosis, predictive analytics for credit risk, and natural language processing for legal documents.

He is passionate about sharing my knowledge and skills with the next generation of data scientists and computer scientists. He is teaching as an adjunct at Jacksonville University and University of North Florida since 2017, covering topics such as data science, database management, and software engineering. His mission is to advance the field of data science and contribute to the social good through education and innovation.

Matthew Chang, PE is a Georgia Tech engineer with a career in advanced manufacturing and engineering licenses in USA and China.  He founded the engineering company, Chang Industrial, in 2017 with a focus on helping companies solve their workforce issues with advanced technology. 

Chang Industrial has become known as one of the best firms globally for autonomous robotics and cobotics, which is highlighted in his 2023 TEDx Jacksonville Talk: In the future your coworker will be a robot. 

In dedication to community service, Matthew founded the Jacksonville Venture Competition in 2023 to catalyze a start-up ecosystem in Jacksonville.  In 2024, Matthew is leading the organization of Jacksonville’s innovation hub, led by FSU, JU, UNF, FSCJ, and many great local companies and civic organizations. 

Michael is currently the CEO of RF-SMART, one of the premier SaaS companies withing the supply chain industry.  

Having grown up in Jacksonville and attending The Bolles School, he went onto to get his higher education at Vanderbilt University with a degree in Economics and later his Masters at Georgia Tech.  

Pablo is a Founding Partner at OneSixOne Ventures - a VC fund investing in US-based pre-seed startups with a focus on dual-use tech and infrastructure for cloud & AI. 

In addition, he is publishing Partner of INNOVATE® Seattle (launching in 2025), a coffee-table book showcasing the top 100 people, organizations & companies driving innovation forward in the region.

In 2017, during his last semester at UF, he began hosting backyard meetups for student entrepreneurs in Gainesville, FL. This evolved into workshops and roundtables and then a virtual accelerator when the pandemic hit. Their accelerator sourced top performing deals for several FL-based VC funds and in 2022 they launched their own fund backed by the Gatorade family. 

Going back to their roots, they now host the best startup founder & investor events from Miami to Seattle. Their events typically sell out within days of being announced and the invite lists are highly curated.

Robert is currently the Chief Technology Officer at NLP Logix based in Jacksonville.  

He is a quality-focused Solution Architect and Software Engineer with proven abilities to deliver solutions that align to customer business strategies and objectives across multiple industries. Robert has a unique ability to drive new ways of thinking between cross-functional teams to improve quality, productivity, and responsiveness to critical operational goals while balancing predictability and innovation with the objective of maximizing business value.

Tom is a life-long entrepreneur who loves leading people and writing code! Back in 1996, he founded Capernaum to explore how the Internet was going to revolutionize the world of business and non-profits. Initially, they provided consulting services and developed software for clients, but eventually, they began creating their own products. Along the way he partnered with two close friends and together, they have bootstrapped several successful SaaS products. Today they are Higher Pixels - a team dedicated to creating software that they are truly proud of, while also maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Their goal is to improve the lives of our customers and create solutions that make a real difference. Their most notable product is Buzzsprout, the largest premium podcast host. The very same one we host on.  :)