
2023 Speakers
2023 Speakers

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2022 Speakers

Scott Ackerson
CEO, Quidient

Aaron Anderson
CEO, Vusar

Casey Anglada DeRaad
CEO & Founder, New Space New Mexico

Errol Arkilic

Dustin Armer
Co-Founder & CEO, Renata Medical

Rema Awad
Partner, K&L Gates

Rashi Bahri
CEO & Founder, Shoonya Digital

Dave Beck
Vice President, Octane Capital & Growth

Tim Bradlee
Games team Sr. Sales Leader, Americas, AWS

Chris Brennan
Performance Specialist, Insperity

Jim Bunch
Founder, Impact CEOs

Danny Cavic
Co-Founder, Restoic Inc

Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane

Tony Chang
Director Of Strategic Partnerships, ChargePoint

Dr. Daniel Chow, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Radiological Sciences Co-Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine (CAIDM) Co-Director, Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (A3), Institute for Precisi

Michael Colglazier

Mike Daniel
Regional Director, Orange County Inland Empire Small Business Development Center Network

Zack DeFord
CEO, Smerf

Linda DiMario
Director, Community Engagement, Octane Foundation for Innovation

Barry Draskovich
Vice President, Program and Contract Management, Parker Aerospace

Buck B. Endemann
Partner, K&L Gates

Meredith Fish
Vice President, Human Resources, Alteryx

Paul Francis
CEO & Co-Founder, KIGT

David Friedman
Managing Director, C-Level Partners, Vice Chairman, TechCoastAngels

Braddock Gaskill
CEO, Ascender AI

Suvojit Ghosh
Founder, FYELABS

Chris Giovanniello
Co-Founder, SVP, WW Marketing, Menlo Micro

Dustin Goss
Co-Founder & CEO BuckOne

Bill Hall
COO/CIO, Kore1 Talent Acquisition

Gina Hartigan
Chief People Officer, Mavenlink/Kimble Organization

Steve Hanle
Partner, Stradling

Natalie Harney
Certified Business Performance Advisor, Insperity

Greg Hauser
Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, Ingram Micro

Mac Hewett
Senior Managing Director, Industrial Brokerage, Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions, JLL

Chris Huff
Chief Growth Officer, Kofax

Sarah Huoh
Senior Vice President, Global Communications, Edwards Lifesciences

Ajay Jotwani
Co-Founder & CEO, I2 Chain

Stephen Justice
SVP, Engineering, Virgin Galactic

Victor Kao
Consulting Partner and Technology Senior Analyst, RSM US LLP

Scott Kitcher
President & CEO, Sustain SoCal

Kip Knight
Chair of the Octane Marketing Leaders Peer Group

Kevin Knocke
Chief Strategy Officer, ReKT Global

Adam Korman
Partner, Uptech

Evangelos Kornaros
Founder & CEO, IOSEA

Matt Kozlov
Managing Director, LA, Techstars LA

Dan Lichtenberg
Founder and CEO, Keiki Capital

John Lane
CEO & President, iMicro

Xandra Laskowski

Steven Litchfield
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Corporate Strategy Officer, MaxLinear

Dan Mathers
Chairman & Co-founder – eleven-X | Investment Director, IAF

Wayne McDonnell
Principal, Consulting Solutions, PwC

Andris Merculovs
CEO, Monetizr

Eric Morgan
Vice President, Community Affairs, Five Point Holdings, LLC

Nousha Navaie
Founder & CEO, MixoModa

Uri Neeman
Founder & CEO, RealizeMD

Matthew New
Partner, Uptech

Tennyson Oyler
Senior Vice President, Brand Management & Corporate Affairs, Pacific Life & President, Pacific Life Foundation

Rebecca Pacillas
Chief People Officer, American Advisors Group Human Resources

Delilah Panio
Vice President, US Capital Formation, Toronto Stock Exchange

Dimitri Papamoschou
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine

Sameer Rao
CFO, Enevate

Rolan Reichel
Co-Founder & CEO, Arrow AI

Andy Richardson
Director, Baker Tilly

Neal Rickner
Managing Partner, Elevation Climate Fund

Brad Rice
Founder & CEO, Homepie

Reza Rofougaran
CTO & Founder, Movandi

Alex Rubalcava
Founder and Managing Partner, Stage Venture Partners

J.C. Ruffalo
Venture Partner, Cove Fund

Ali Sadri
Chief Technology Officer, Airgain

Scott Sandland
CEO, Cyrano.ai

Julien Seret
Vice President, Network Supply Chain, Attabotics

Max Safai
Founder & CEO, M8 Systems

Earl Slee
Chair of the Octane CEO Peer Group

Tim Smith
Founder, The Smith Group Coldwell Banker Realty

Todd Stallard
Local Business GM, Sigma Connectivity

Michelle Stein
Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Ducommum

Colin Strause
CEO, Aberythmic

Rod “RJ” Swartwood
Founder, HR Prime

Zeeshan Subzwari
Managing Director, Healthsocal.ai

Dave Talenfeld
CEO, Botanisol Analytics

Eric Truitt
Chief Solutions Officer, Terran Orbital

Manny Tuili
CEO, SEEKRZ

Stephen Tyszka
Founder & CEO, Trubify

Mauricio Uribe
Partner, Knobbe Martens Olsen & Bear LLP

Mitch Wexler
Partner, Fragomen

Clay Wilemon
Chief Executive Officer, 4L Data Intelligence

Leslie Williams
Partner, Intelink Law

Ian Willliamson, PhD
Dean, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine

Jeff Wolfe
Founder and CEO, VELOCE Energy

Mark Wong
EVP, Marketing, Mobix Labs

Hui Yan
Inventor and founder , BodyEnergy Technology Co., Ltd
