
2023 Agenda
Tech Innovation Forum 2023 Agenda
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Take a look at the presenting companies participating in Fast Pitch, part of OC Innovation Week! View the list here.
10:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Registration Opens
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
EXPERIENCE
Networking & Lunch
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm
EXPERIENCE
Welcome to OC Innovation Week
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane
Dave Beck, General Manager, Haystax
Natalie Harney, Certified Business Performance Advisor, Insperity (Fast-Pitch Emcee)
12:45 pm – 1:50 pm
FAST PITCH
Fast Pitch Presentations (Round 1)
Each round will feature eight (8) companies. Each company will have
5 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes of Q&A.
- Aesthetics Card
- Stirlingshire
- Love My Delta
- Stimcore Medical Devices
- KYG Trade, Inc.
- Hago Energetics
- Poppy Life Care
- Creator Business Solutions
Judges:
Kurt Dunteman, Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor
Payal Patel, Principal, Softeq
1:55 pm – 3:00 pm
FAST PITCH – 5 Minute Break
Fast Pitch Presentations (Round 2)
Each round will feature eight (8) companies. Each company will have
5 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes of Q&A.
- AiTMed
- FooodDude
- RCAM Technologies
- BuildEffective Inc.
- Gryphon
- RxPlace
- CISGAM
- Pretika Medical
Judges:
Kurt Dunteman, Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor
Payal Patel, Principal, Softeq
3:05 pm – 4:10 pm
FAST PITCH – 5 Minute Break
Capital & Growth
Fast Pitch Presentations (Round 3)
Each round will feature eight (8) companies. Each company will have
5 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes of Q&A.
- SkinHappy
- ReJoule
- SquidTek
- Drake Precision Optics
- Cellyfill
- Sayenza Biosciences
- Meter Leader
Judges:
Kurt Dunteman, Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor
Payal Patel, Principal, Softeq
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
FAST PITCH – 5 Minute Break
Haystax
Fast Pitch Presentations (Round 4)
Each round will feature eight (8) companies. Each company will have
5 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes of Q&A.
- Hemorai
- APSY
- Performance Resource Management
- Cooper Platform
- Sensoriis
- Evolectric
- Flick Power
Judges:
Kurt Dunteman, Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor
Payal Patel, Principal, Softeq
5:30 pm
EXPERIENCE
Winner Announcement
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
EXPERIENCE
Next Wave Reception
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – AV Irvine
Scott Sherman, Executive VP, Human Resources, Ingram Micro (Emcee)
7:00 am
EXPERIENCE
Registration Opens
7:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Networking & Breakfast
7:30 am – 9:00 am
EXPERIENCE
Women Leaders of Octane Kick-Off Breakfast – Sponsored by Insperity
Finding the Innovator & Founder in YOU!
There is not a formula for how to discover and explore the innovator or company founder in you. But there are stories, experiences, inspirations and motivations that drive innovation. Women, and men, may experience this journey differently. Learn how the experiences, expertise and motivations of two exceptional innovators and founders, Dean Stoecker and Libby Adams, combined to launch and build one of the most successful tech companies in America, Alteryx.
Lynn Jochim, Advisor and former President and Chief Operating Officer, FivePoint (Moderator)
Olivia Duane Adams, Chief Advocacy Officer & Co-Founder, Alteryx
Dean Stoecker, Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Alteryx
9:10 am – 9:15 am
OPENING
Welcome Address
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane
9:15 am – 10:00 am
PANEL
Innovation in Orange County
A successful ecosystem is not a spectator sport. A successful ecosystem relies on a few critical-ideas, capital, community support, infrastructure, growth resources, and a center of gravity. The panel features leaders from throughout Orange County representing different parts of our ecosystem. They will discuss what Orange County needs to do to continue to be a center of innovation. Hear from these leaders in the community to understand what they are doing and how you can participate.
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane
Errol Arkilic, Ph.D., Chief Innovation Officer, UCI, Executive Director, Beall Applied Innovation
Jeffrey Ball, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council
Dominic McClure, Vice President, Real Estate Portfolio Management, ocV!be
Bryan Starr, President and CEO, Greater Irvine Chamber
10:00 am – 10:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Networking Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am
PANEL
Intrapreneurship in Orange County
Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization. How are companies in Orange County and beyond facilitating intrapreneurship at their companies?
Carolyn Stephens, Ph.D., Managing Director, Enterprise Collaborations Group (Moderator)
Derek Clinton, Head of Corporate Innovation, Hatch Labs, Pacific Life
Paul Kagoo, Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Western Digital
Joe Lige, Head of Enterprise Data Partnership, Experian Marketing Services
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT
Fireside Chat with Marc Bell, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Terran Orbital
Marc will discuss Terran Orbital’s rapid expansion in both the government and commercial sectors of satellite manufacturing and the balancing act this requires. He will also discuss the expansion of facilities in California.
Elizabeth Reynolds, Managing Director, Starburst USA (Moderator)
12:00 pm – 1:10 pm
EXPERIENCE
Networking Lunch
1:10 pm – 2:00 pm
PANEL
Eric Morgan, Vice President, Community Affairs, FivePoint Introduces:
Irvine Ecosystem Accelerating Electrification of 2-Wheel Mobility
Clean and sustainable communities require innovative technology and infrastructure along with policies that can keep pace. This panel of key influencers from the City of Irvine, battery technology, OEM and policy will focus on the rapidly growing 2-wheel mobility segment. The panelists will address their roles within this growth and its influences on building sustainable communities.
Scott Kitcher, President & CEO, Sustain SoCal (Moderator)
LeGrand Crewse, Co-Founder & CEO, Super73
Mayor Farrah N. Khan, Mayor, City of Irvine
Paul Martin, Senior Project Manager, Mark Thomas
Yednesh Parnaik, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, EV Battery Technology, Enevate Corporation
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
PANEL
Orange County Success Story: Kofax’s Multi-Billion Dollar 2022 Exit
Hear how Kofax, a global B2B enterprise software company headquartered in Irvine, positioned itself for a successful exit in the midst of an otherwise challenging 2022 economic environment. Chris will share bets the company placed to prepare for the exit and provide a behind-the-scenes look at the six-month ‘roadshow’ and how investors inevitably came to an agreement on a multi-billion dollar price tag.
Chris Huff, Chief Growth Officer, Kofax
2:20 pm – 3:05 pm
PANEL
Linda DiMario, Director of Community Engagement, Octane Introduces:
Finding the Innovator or Founder in You!
Feature a panel of women tech innovators and founders who will share their experiences, inspirations, challenges, and recommendations.
Azadeh Nasibi, Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and Region Led Markets, Medtronic (Moderator)
Nazli Azimi, Founder, Bioniz Therapeutics
Michele Bodda, President, Experian Housing, Verification Solutions and Employer Services, Experian North America
Tammy Cooper, CEO/CFO-Corporate, Technologent
Cynthia West, Incoming Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, Chapman University
3:05 pm – 3:35 pm
EXPERIENCE
Networking Break
3:35 pm – 4:20 pm
PANEL
Start-Ups in Orange County
Panel featuring some of the fastest-growing start-ups in Orange County. What is the best part of being based in Orange County? What are their challenges?
Pace McCaskill, Shareholder, Stradling (Moderator)
Russ Garcia, CEO, Menlo Micro
Eric Jensen, CEO of ICEYE
Mike Leblanc, Founder, President, COO, Cobalt Robotics
4:20 pm – 5:00 pm
PANEL
Old Fashioned Customer Revenue as a Growth Platform
Now more than ever, building sustainable, predictable customer revenue streams provides early-stage companies with the opportunity to control their destiny.
Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane (Moderator)
Dean Stoecker, Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Alteryx
Sean Crafts, Partner & CEO, BLDG
5:00 pm – 5:10 pm
Closing Remarks
5:10 pm – 7:00 pm
EXPERIENCE
Reception
Join Octane staff and the attendees of the Tech Innovation Forum as we gather and celebrate the ecosystem in Orange County. This is an opportunity to network and reconnect with colleagues or meet new ones in the wonderful patio at AV Irvine.
Thursday, May 11, 2023 – AV Irvine
7:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Registration Opens
8:00 – 9:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Networking & Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:30 am
EXPERIENCE
Capital & Growth Breakfast Presented by Knobbe Martens
Private-Invite Only
9:30 am – 10:00 am
PANEL
OC Economic Forecast and National/Global Innovation Landscape
As the Chief Economic Advisor to both Orange County Business Council (OCBC) and the Draper Hero Institute (DHI), Dr. Wallace Walrod brings a simultaneously local and global economic perspective. A recognized expert on the Orange County economy, Dr. Walrod will summarize the current state of the county economy and identify the most important trends for its short- and long-term future; his forecast will identify both challenges and opportunities. Dr. Walrod will place Orange County’s economic situation in a national and global context, drawing on his work with the DHI in assessing national and global level innovation ecosystems for entrepreneurs and investors through the Draper Innovation Index US (DII US) and the Draper Innovation Index Global (DII Global). He will provide insights regarding how Orange County can compete in a truly global economy.
Dr. Wallace Walrod, Chief Economic Advisor, OCBC
10:00 am – 10:45 am
PANEL
Raising Capital in 2023
2023 is likely to be a bit more challenging than what many start-up founders experienced in 2021 and Q1 and 2 of 2022. According to Pitchbook, Q1 saw the lowest capital raised since 2017 and a 73% drop relative to 2022. 2023 is off to a slow start. Hear from our panelists of investors on what they see for 2023 and beyond.
Mike Hill, Managing Director, Octane Capital Markets (Moderator)
Sandip A. Bhagat, Chief Investment Officer, WhittierTrust
John Hutchinson, Vice President, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan
Lisa Walker, President, Tech Coast Angels Orange County
Jeff Wallace, Co-Founder, Silicon Valley in Your Pocket
10:45 am – 12:45 pm
PANEL
Capital & Growth Companies Showcase Presented by K&L Gates
These innovative companies have an opportunity to present their products and underlying business models to the entire Tech Innovation Forum audience. In recent years, Octane has added a competitive component to the presentations. A panel of investors will judge the presentations for quality and likelihood of success in attracting investment funding.
7 companies will be featured – View the Companies Here!
Spencer Hamer, Partner, K&L Gates (Emcess)
Judges:
Ibrahim El-Sayed, Regional Business Manager, Softeq
Lisa Walker, President, Tech Coast Angels OC
12:50 pm
EXPERIENCE
Announce Capital & Growth Winner
1:05 – 2:15 pm
EXPERIENCE
Brunch with the Experts
Brunch with Experts is a unique opportunity for valuable networking that provides attendees with direct access to leaders and experts in the tech innovation community. Participants can engage in one-on-one conversations with C-level executives, entrepreneurs, and experts in their field, and gain insights into their experiences, strategies, and successes. Each expert will have two (2) 35-minute sessions, and registered guests can sign up for two sessions on a first-come, first-served basis! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with some of the most influential and knowledgeable experts in the industry.
Please see Brunch with Experts tab for a list of experts and sign up.
