
2023 Speakers
2023 Speakers


Scott Ackerson
President & CEO, Quident

Olivia Duane Adams
Chief Advocacy Officer & Co-Founder, Alteryx

Brendan Ahern
Founder & CEO, AMV Inc.

Errol Arkilic, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, UCI, Executive Director, Beall Applied Innovation

Nazli Azimi
Founder, Bioniz Therapeutics

Jeffrey Ball
President and Chief Executive Officer, Orange County Business Council

Derek Banyard
CEO, Sayenza Biosciences

Michele Bodda
General Manager of Experian Mortgage and Verification Solutions, ExperianNorth America

Dave Beck
VP, Haystax

Marc Bell
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Terran Orbital

Mason Bell
3DCP Civil Engineer, RCAM Technologies

John Bergano
Founder & CEO, Aesthetics Card

Bill Beverley
Co-CEO & CTO, Evolectric

Ravi Bodla
Director, RSM US LLP

Patty Bollenbach
Founder and CEO, RxPlace

Jesse Buck
President, Drake Precision Optics, Inc.

Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane

Jeremy Carney
Partner, Knobbe Martens

Gary Chen
CEO, AiTmed Inc

Zora Chung
Co-Founder and CFO, ReJoule

Derek Clinton
Head of Corporate Innovation, Hatch Labs, Pacific Life Insurance

Sean Crafts
Partner & CEO, BLDG

LeGrand Crewse
Co-Founder and CEO, Super73

Tammy Cooper
CEO & CFO-Corporate, Technologent

Zack DeFord
Founder & CEO, SMERF

Bill Denk
Founder & CEO, GoGoods

Linda DiMario
Director, Community Engagement, Octane Foundation for Innovation

Kurt Dunteman
Venture Capitalist and Private Equity Investor

Ibrahim El-Sayed
Regional Business Manager, Softeq

Russ Garcia
CEO, Menlo Micro

Wilson Hago
CEO, Hago Energetics Benefit Corporation

Spencer Hamer
Partner, K&L Gates

Natalie Harney
Certified Business Performance Advisor, Insperity

Tooraj Helmi
CEO, Apsy Inc

Mike Hill
Managing Director, Octane Capital Markets

Joshua Host
CEO, Thrivelab

Chris Huff
Chief Growth Officer, Kofax

Eric Jensen
CEO, ICEYE

Lynn Jochim
Advisor and former President and Chief Operating Officer, FivePoint

Paul Kagoo
Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Western Digital

Julie Kenner MD, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO, SkinHappy

Marisa Kenson
Founder & CEO, Creator Business Solutions inc

Farrah N. Khan
Mayor, City of Irvine

Jenny Kim
Founder & CEO, Cooper

Scott Kitcher
President & CEO, Sustain SoCal

Kip Knight
Chair, Octane Marketing Leaders Peer Group

Jeff Lazar
CEO, Cellyfill

Tai Le
Technological Development Lead, Sensoriis, Inc.

Mike LeBlanc
Founder, President, COO, Cobalt Robotics

Joe Ligé
Head of Enterprise Data Partnership, Experian Marketing Services

Kurt Lohse
Founder, CMO, Bored & Thirsty

Paul Martin
Senior Project Manager, Mark Thomas

Pace McCaskill
Shareholder, Stradling

Dominic McClure
Vice President, Real Estate Portfolio Management, ocVibe

James Mohan
CEO, SquidTek

Eric Morgan
Vice President, Community Affairs, FivePoint

Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman
CEO, Integrated Medical Sensors

Azadeh Nasibi
Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and Region Led Markets, Medtronic

Thomas Nichols
President, Pretika MedTech

Yednesh Parnaik
Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, EV Battery Technology, Enevate Corporation

Georgette Pascale
Founder, G.

Payal Patel
Principal, Softeq

Andre Ramirez
CEO, Flick Power

Darin Rasmussen
Founder & CEO, Boredroom / Bored & Thirsty

Elizabeth Reynolds
Managing Director, Starburst USA

Neal Rickner
Managing Partner, Elevation Ventures

Shaun Sanders
Assistant Director, LaunchPad SBDC

David Scholar
CEO & Managing Director, BuildEffective

Albert Cisquella Serra
Professor, CISGAM

Scott D. Sherman
Executive VP, Human Resources, Ingram Micro

James Smartt, Jr. M.D.
Co-Founder and CEO, Love My Delta, Inc

Todd R. Smith
Founder & CEO, KYG Trade, Inc.

Erica Solis
CEO, Poppy Life Care

Bryan Starr
President & CEO, Greater Irvine Chamber

Carolyn Stephens, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Enterprise Collaborations Group

Dean Stoecker
Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Alteryx

Blair Toohey
CEO, Stimcore Medical Devices

Hector Torres
Co-Founder and CEO at Hemorai Inc

Stevie Tyszka
Founder & CEO, Trubify

Lisa Walker
President, Tech Coast Angels OC

Jeff Wallace
Co-Founder, Silicon Valley in Your Pocket

Dr. Wallace Walrod
Chief Economic Advisor, OCBC

Cynthia West
Incoming Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, Chapman University

Clay Wilemon
CEO, 4L Data Intelligence

Steven Woods
Founder & CEO, Stirling Shire

John Wu
Co-Founder & CEO, Gryphon

Joseph Wyno
Director, LaunchPad SBDC

Natalie Zandt
Founder & CEO, MeterLeader
