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Building the Future has quickly become one of the fastest rising nationally syndicated programs. With a focus on interviewing startups, entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs, and more, the show showcases individuals who are realizing their dreams and helping to make our world a better place through technology and innovation.
Allan Offenberger is Professor Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta. He received his B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees (1962, 1963) from the University of British Columbia and Ph.D. degree (1968) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research program for more than 40 years was focused on the development of high power lasers and their application to inertial fusion energy research. He has published extensively and given many invited talks at international conferences, universities, government and industrial laboratories as well as to service and other non-governmental organizations in Asia, Europe and North America. He is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Physicists and has served on many scientific advisory & research grant committees and boards, as a consultant to university, government & industrial institutions and, as a reviewer for research proposals, publications, university appointments & promotions. Allan has been a guest professor and consultant at, among others: UK Atomic Energy Agency-Culham Laboratory; University of California-Los Alamos National Laboratory; Oxford University-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; University of California-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and; Osaka University-Institute of Laser Engineering (major labs for fusion energy R&D). This involvement has led to the Alberta/Canada Fusion Energy initiative – to build a national capability in this important future energy technology based on strong working linkages with international centres.
Appthority is a pioneer in enterprise mobile security and the leader in the Mobile Threat Defense category. The comprehensive Appthority Mobile Threat Protection (MTP) solution helps customers keep their data private and secure from mobile device, app and network threats. More Fortune 1000 companies trust Appthority to secure their enterprises from mobile threats because Appthority delivers best-in-class mobile threat protection and unparalleled enterprise visibility and control of mobile risks. With Appthority, security teams are informed, employees are productive and enterprise data is kept private and secure. https://www.appthority.com https://twitter.com/Appthority https://www.linkedin.com/company/appthority
Created to transform the perception of minority innovation and increase the number of venture-backed, minority-led firms across the country. Code Fever has an innovative and demonstrated approach to increasing exposure to STEM fields through Career Jams that take students from low opportunity areas into the offices of major Tech Companies, as well as digital literacy and Full-stack development training bootcamps. Our adult programs offer training, and a minority entrepreneurship pipeline that builds national and regional capacity to attract new capital, increase regional deal flow, and generate additional support for early and late stage entrepreneurs of color. It involves focused investments in the (1) identification and development of minority entrepreneur talent, (2) attraction and mobilization of instructors of color, mentors and investors, and (3) growth of local and national ecosystems for entrepreneurs of color in regions and cities across the state of Florida, with a specific push to invest and implement programs in communities that have an existing startup ecosystem where marginalized groups are disengaged. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: Proven experience developing, implementing, and leading Inclusive startup ecosystem strategic planing and programming. 2014 White House Champion of Change for STEM access and Diversity for African American Educational Excellence Launched and spearheaded the minority technology and start up community in South Florida. Started the largest Tech and Startup conference on the east coast for Black Innovators Publishing the Startup Ecosystem Diversity and Inclusion Report for the State of Florida Supported by the Knight Foundation, Simpkin Family Foundation, Dover Foundation, Wege Foundation, Broward County Public Library system, Dell, Intel, BET Networks, South Florida Cares Mentoring, Rooted Investments, .Co, Ultimate Software. http://www.codefevermiami.com http://www.feleciahatcher.com https://www.facebook.com/feleciahatcher https://twitter.com/FeleciaHatcher
Based in Atlanta and NYC, David Nethero is President of Nethero Management Company which is actively involved in high potential new start ups. In addition he serves as Managing Director at Golden Seeds, the largest angel investor network in the US. David authored Mental Mastery of Chemotherapy (www.yourmentalmastery.com) a book designed to help chemo patients develop and maintain positive mental imagery through the use of meditation. In 2001 David joined his wife Susan in the management of Intimacy, a retailer specializing in Bra Fitting and during the next decade grew the business to 18 stores nation wide with revenues just shy iof $40M. In 2012 they sold the company and remain on the Intimacy Board as minority share holders and play an active role as advisors and ambassadors for Intimacy. Guest lecturer at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Prior to Intimacy, David had 25 years business and marketing leadership at Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Amoco and British Petroleum. At these fortune 100 companies served in numerous senior executive positions including an M&A assignment while at Amoco focused on high performance specialty materials businesses for the semiconductor market and subsequently served as GM of the acquired company. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnethero/ Susan is An Entrepreneur, Investor, Keynote Speaker and Marketing Strategist, who is passionate about new business development and professional mentorship of entrepreneurs. Her career is best described in three chapters: THIRD CHAPTER- Mentor, Business Coach and Angel Investor for Women’s Owned Businesses Susan is managing director for Golden Seeds, angel investment firm, the largest angel firm in the country dedicated to funding women’s owned and managed businesses in the USA. Susan sits on Advisory Boards with Wise Investment Fund (ACE), Blamtastics, Garnish & Gather, and she advises consumer companies such as Julie Bee’s, Memi, and La Lure. Additionally, she is active Foundation board member of Committee of 200, the Regional Chair for Southeast, and the Membership Committee. SECOND CHAPTER- Entrepreneur/ Founder of Intimacy Specialty Stores Susan’s entrepreneurial experience in marketing, strategy and business development with Intimacy spanned a 20 year commitment where she built a specialty lingerie chain of 18 stores in major markets across the USA and grew revenues to 38 million in Sales. Her expertise in marketing, sales and customer satisfaction for this women’s brand helped Intimacy achieve national acclaim to aid in the national branding of the retail company. Susan was recognized as an expert in women’s self esteem and bra fitting across the globe, where she appeared as “the Bra Whisperer” on national shows such as OPRAH, DR. OZ, THE TODAY SHOW and many more ! FIRST CHAPTER - Corporate Marketing Executive with World Class Companies Susan also spent 20 years in the corporate world with executive strategic assignments for Marketing Corporation of America, Time life Video, and Xerox Learning Systems, who are all world -class marketers. She enjoyed new business development with a focus on building new brands and product lines through product development and marketing. https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannethero/
MICHAEL KRYTON is the author of "A Brilliant Idea Every 60 Seconds", (Gildan Media New York available at Amazon.com). As a creative communications producer/writer/director (36 yrs) and ideation expert, he applies his skill set for a broad range of clients ranging from media to corporate, government and retail. He works on camera and is a voice artist (narrations & commercials). He is also the Director of Creativity & Communications on the board of the Alberta Council of Technologies. He wrote and directed William Shatner's 2011 Canadian Tour, "How Time Flies". He is also well known for the production of video tributes to Tommy Banks, John & Barbara Poole, Stan Milner, Eric Newell, Don Wheaton, Don Stanley and many more, produced for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. He has consulted on creative communications to government, media, associations, organizations, corporations and retailers locally and internationally. As a creative strategist, he was tapped by the Gremezhians to develop visual creative strategies in the Mall of America litigation. He also assisted inventor Tory Weber to secure Wayne Gretzky’s investment participation in the Thermablade (heated skate blade) project. His production of a video for Alberta Energy about Alberta's oil reserves was seen by Vice President Chaney. He has garnered international recognition from the Hollywood Radio and Television Society and the New York Radio and Television Festival honoring the world’s best broadcast advertisements. In 2007, his book, "The Father's Guide To Surviving With Kids", was published as part of the Bachelors Guide Book Series, which has sold collectively 300,000 copies. He most recent book is "A Brilliant Idea Every 60 Seconds". He is represented by his agent, Dan Strutzel, Inspire Productions, Chicago. http://www.michaelkryton.com/ https://www.facebook.com/michael.kryton https://twitter.com/Michaelkryton
The Momentum Programme is a growth platform for later stage startups looking to make the shift from selling into SME’s, to acquiring large enterprise customers. This Medium blog is where we can share news, updates, insight and advice from the Momentum programme team, cohorts and mentors. The Momentum London programme helps startups with commercial pilot opportunities and shortening sales cycles. https://www.momentumlondon.com https://twitter.com/Momentum_London https://www.linkedin.com/company/momentum-programme
Software-as-a-Service companies have unique revenue and operating characteristics that do not fit traditional banking underwriting criteria. SaaS Capital understands the nuances of the subscription economy, and our unique line of credit structure enables companies to leverage future recurring revenue to access more flexible, cheaper and simply more, capital now to fuel growth. We lend between $2M and $10M to SaaS companies in the US, Canada and UK who have at least $250k in monthly recurring revenue and growing. Companies do not need to be profitable or VC-backed. http://www.saas-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/saas-capital https://twitter.com/SaaSCapital
Siliconic Home is developing a voice-activated smart, Internet connected product for children. The engineering design & speech/language teams are experts in their field. SmartCreature (Smarty) is a hardware device and cloud platform. Our platform utilizes advanced electronics and software in the device and the Cloud that recognize and respond to speech for a fully hands-free experience. The front-end has an invisible UI and enables voice interaction anywhere in a room, including: automatic speech recognition (ASR), voice activation and response, artificial intelligence (including natural language understanding), local networking (e.g. Wi-Fi, BlueTooth) as well as interoperability with selected third party content, products and Internet services. http://www.siliconichome.com https://twitter.com/siliconichome https://www.facebook.com/SiliconicHome https://www.linkedin.com/company/6390164
Series-A Partners works with and advises overseas family offices and investors on Silicon Valley and US-based technology investments, as well as working closely with their existing investments. Series-A also works closely with early stage technology companies to help assess and facilitate liquidity opportunities (Capital Raises, M&A, Recaps, etc) as well as provide outsourced Corporate Development (Strategic Partnerships, Alliances and Sales) and Corporate Strategy consulting to US-based as well as international firms looking for a Silicon Valley/ US presence. Series-A is focused on value creation through revenue generating strategies, as well as leveraging technology to help expedite growth and increase margins. http://www.series-a.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/1701019
Citizinvestor is a crowdfunding and civic engagement platform for local government projects. We empower citizens to invest in their community and create real change. Any government entity or their official partners can post projects to Citizinvestor.com. These are projects that have support from City Hall and citizens, but simply lack the necessary funds to be completed. Once a project is posted to Citizinvestor.com, citizens can donate tax-deductibly to the projects of their choice. Although citizens are asked to enter their credit card information right away, they will not be charged unless the project reaches 100% of its funding goal before the funding deadline. Once a project reaches 100% of its funding goal, the project is built! Citizinvestors can continue to monitor the project’s progress as it goes from funding to fruition. http://www.citizinvestor.com https://twitter.com/citizinvestor https://www.facebook.com/citizinvestor
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