2021 Speakers
Tech Innovation Forum 2021 Speakers
Russell Arons
Chief Commercial Officer, Double A Labs
Rema Awad
Partner, K&L Gates
Brooks Barnes
Senior Staff Writer, The New York Times
Fabian Battaglia
CEO, MobiX Labs
Dave Beck
Director, LaunchPad SBDC & Investor Relations
Stacy Benaderet
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, AEG Presents
Dan Berzansky
CEO, OneTeam360, Inc.
Michele Bodda
President, Experian Mortgage and Employer Solutions, Experian North America
Craig Boundy
CEO, Experian North America
Anne Bretaña
Principal, Co-Managing Director, Gensler
Dr. Jack Brouwer
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine
Robert Bruza
CEO & Founder, ADVRTAS
Kurt Busch
Co-Founder & CEO, Syntiant Corp.
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS
Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, Medical Director
Taylor Culbertson
Co-Founder & CEO, Hedgehog
Jeff Curie
Principal, The Curie Point
Mark Czepiel
CFO, Menlo Micro
Pete Deutschman
Chief Buddy, The Buddy Group
Colton Dillion
Co-Founder & CTO, Hedgehog
Rick Ferree
Director of Business Development & Partnerships, EON Reality, Inc.
Veronica Fil
CEO, Grounded Foods Co.
Stephen Galloway
Twyla Reed Martin Dean of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University
Russ Garcia
CEO, Menlo Micro
Thomas Gewecke
Former Chief Digital Officer, Warner Bros. Entertainment
Ray Grainger
Founder & CEO, Mavenlink
Adrian Griggs
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Pacific Life Insurance Company
Sarah Grimstead
Regional Vice President, Insperity
David Gunn
Principal, Organization and Workforce Transformation, PwC
Chris Hand
Director, Powertrain, Fisker
Jenna Hardy
CFO, Gearbox Software
Gina Hartigan
SVP & Head of Human Resources, Mavenlink
Jim Huether
CEO, Hyperice
Chris Huff
Chief Strategy Officer, Kofax
Lynn Jochim
Chief Operating Officer, FivePoint
Paul Kagoo
Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Western Digital
Victor Kao
Consulting Partner, Video Gaming and Esports National Leader, RSM
Randal Kaufman
Sales Director, Transformative Technologies, Black & Veatch
Scott Kitcher
President & CEO, Sustain SoCal
Kevin Knocke
Chief Strategy Officer, ReKTGlobal
Kimberly Kovacs
CEO, The Arcview Group
Jason Lantgen
Executive Vice President, JLL
Jennifer Leuer
Board Member, BigRentz & Former CEO, CyberScout
Vanessa Liu
Vice President, SAP.iO Foundries, North America, SAP
Katy Loria
Chief Revenue Officer, Screenvision Media
Goran Matijasevic
Executive Director, Chief Executive Roundtable at UC Irvine
Michael Metzger
Partner, Drake Star Partners
Senator Dave Min
California State Senate
Keith Moore
CEO, Boustead Securities, LLC
Andrew Morrow
Managing Director, Financial Sponsors Group at Houlihan Lokey
Rachel Moses
Director of Commercial, Business Development & Green Cities, Electrify America
Chase Palmieri
Co-Founder & CEO, Credder
Delilah Panio
Vice President, US Capital Formation, Toronto Stock Exchange
Chasen Parker
Partner, Artist, Producer, Cardinal Trio Pictures
Rachel Payne
Managing Director, FullCycle
Charles Plant
Founder, The Narwhal Project
CV Ramachandran
Partner & Member, PA Consulting’s Management Group
Neal Rickner
Managing Partner, Elevation Climate Fund
Pete Rodriguez
CEO & Director, Silicon Catalyst
Neil Sahota
IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert, and Lecturer at UC Irvine
Jimmy Sanchez
Managing Director and Market Investment Executive, Bank of America
Mehmet Sanliol
Partner, Principal Technology Venture Capital, J.P. Morgan
Amber Schiada
Senior Vice President and Senior Director of Research, Co-Lead of all Research Initiatives, JLL’s US High Tech Practice Group
Scott Sherman
EVP, Human Resources, IngramMicro
Jordan Schindler
CEO, Nufabrx
Mark Skaist
Shareholder, Stradling
Carolyn Stephens, PhD
Managing Director, UCI Enterprise Collaborations
Robin Stoner
Managing Director, Head of Digital Adoption and Client Experience, Bank of America
Tommy Tallarico
CEO, Intellivision
Shelli Taylor
CEO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Paul Tobin
President, Octane Enterprise Solutions
Mauricio Uribe
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Lisa Walker
Vice President, Tech Coast Angels
Van West
Founder & CEO, Vocalytics
Marianne Wu
Managing Director, 40 North Ventures