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    New and exciting speakers will be added to the program as sessions are finalized.  Please keep checking back.  

    *Speakers and agenda items are subject to change.

    Speakers

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    SP
    Shirl Penney
    President and CEO
    Dynasty Financial Partners
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    LW
    Lauren Weiner
    Founder & Chief Revenue Officer
    WWC Global
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    AK
    Andrew Koenig
    CEO
    City Furniture
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    RL
    Rhea Law
    President
    University of South Florida
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    RF
    Rachel Feinman
    VP, Innovation
    Tampa General Hospital
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    PD
    Preston Dunlap
    CIO
    Arkenstone Ventures
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    CD
    Claudia Duran
    Managing Director
    Endeavor Miami
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    EL
    Evan Leaphart
    CEO
    Kredit Academy
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    BH
    Bob Hyde
    Vice President of Community Impact
    Suncoast Credit Union
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    SP
    Simon Philips
    President
    Falcon's Beyond
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    KR
    Kelly Reeser
    Managing Director
    TechFarms Capital
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    CC
    Chase Christensen
    Vice President of Information Technology
    Jabil
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    ES
    Eduardo Sotomayor
    VP, Executive Director, TGH Cancer Institute
    Tampa General Hospital
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    BB
    Bridgette Bello
    CEO & Publisher
    Tampa Bay Business & Wealth
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    CB
    Courtney Barnard
    Government Affairs Director
    VERIZON
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    SP
    Shilen Patel
    Principal
    Drs Kiran & Pallavi Patel Family Office
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    EV
    Ebony Vaz
    Founder, Black Innovation Leaders of Florida
    Above Promotions
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    CN
    Chantel Negron
    AVP Community Development
    Grow Financial
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    PL
    Paul Lopez
    Co-founder
    11-11 Ventures
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    LS
    Lisa Sanders
    Director for Science and Technology
    USSOCOM / SOF AT&L
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    TS
    Thomas Stanton
    Partner
    Bochner PLLC
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    SN
    Scott Nygaard
    Chief Operating Officer
    Lee Health
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    SM
    Stephanie Markese
    Co-Founder
    NextPath / Live Bold & Boss up
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    GF
    Gary Flowers
    CIO
    Year Up
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    JG
    Jamie Grant
    CEO
    RedLeif
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    KP
    Katie Palencsar
    Partner
    Anthemis - Female Innovators Lab Fund
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    EH
    Ernest Hooper
    Chief Communications Officer
    United Way Suncoast
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    MA
    Matthew Anderson, MD
    Director, College of Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology
    USF Morsani College of Medicine
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    CW
    Candace Williams
    Associate Director, Cybersecurity Leadership
    Raytheon, An RTX Business
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    CM
    Chuck Martin
    Author
    Net Future Institute
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    VZ
    Veronique Zayas
    Founder // Strategy
    HatchMark Studio
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    DM
    Doron Merdinger
    Founder & CEO
    Doroni Aerospace INC.
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    SS
    Santh Sathya
    Founder & CEO
    LuftCar LLC
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    BA
    Brian Alvarez-Bailey
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Allison
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    BJ
    Brandy Jackson
    CEO
    Scoutlier
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    DH
    Dennis Hartin
    Founder
    HUB International
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    MJ
    Michelle Jewsbury
    CEO
    Unsilenced Voices
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    UM
    Usha Menon
    Senior Associate Vice President, USF Health Dean,
    USH Health
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    JW
    Jordan Walker
    Co-Founder
    Backtrack
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    AF
    Amelia Fox
    Chief Strategy Officer & Chief of Staff
    Lutheran Services Florida
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    MF
    Michael Falato
    CEO/Founder
    Full Throttle Falato Leads
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    RD
    Ryan Duffy
    Head of Commercial BD
    Array Labs
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    RL
    Rose LeJiste
    CEO
    RL Engineering and Tech Solutions
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    JW
    John Wensveen
    Chief Innovation Officer
    Nova Southeastern University
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    TJ
    Taylor Johnston
    COO
    USF Institute of Applied Engineering
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    LN
    Luis Novella
    Founder
    Tech Florida Advocates
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    OT
    Ora Tanner
    CEO & Founder
    Black Unicorn Education
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    SB
    Sean Borman
    CEO
    Aeroauto
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    JS
    Jim Stallings
    CEO
    PS27 Ventures
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    MH
    Mark Haywood
    President
    Marvelous Ways International
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    PM
    Pam Miniati
    Co-Executive Director
    Florida-Israel Business Accelerator
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    SW
    Steve Wilson
    Chief Product Officer
    Docubee
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    CW
    Cherise Wilks
    Board Member
    Black Innovation Leaders of Florida
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    WL
    Wes Lehman
    Fractional CMO
    Urban Buffalo Marketing
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    EF
    Eric Follstad
    USCENTCOM Science Advisor
    HQ, USCENTCOM
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    KC
    Kathy Chiu
    Managing Partner
    DeepWork Capital
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    RS
    Ryan Schneider
    Co-Founder/CEO
    Thrive25
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    MW
    Michael Wiemer
    Director, USF Fintech Center
    University of South Florida, Muma College of Business
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    TG
    Teresa Grandal
    Founder & CEO
    Grant-ify, LLC
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    NR
    Nitin Rai
    Founder & Managing Partner
    Elevate Capital
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    TC
    Trevor Clark
    Founder & CEO
    ShyftOff
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    ST
    Sammy Tuffaha
    Co-Founder
    Tech Florida Advocates
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    MJ
    Martika Jones
    Founder and CEO
    BŪP
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    BT
    Brandon Taugner
    Director of ITS Operations and Client Services
    HCAA
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    CO
    Cordes Owen
    CEO
    Bake More Pies
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    LB
    Lauren Benbassat
    COO & Co-Founder
    Realm
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    JG
    Jeff Gigante
    Co-Founder
    Next Level Brands
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    DG
    David Goldberg
    General Partner
    Alpaca VC
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    DM
    Dan Meretsky
    VP and Head of Technology
    Cicio Group
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    EK
    Eric Knott
    COO
    PDQ
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    CN
    Chon Nguyen
    Partner
    Proper House Group
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    SB
    Saxon Baum
    Partner
    Florida Funders
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    JW
    Jatarra Warren
    Senior Manager, IT Cybersecurity
    The Mosaic Company
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    AF
    Aaron Froug
    CEO
    Grifin
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    TV
    Taylor Villegas
    CEO
    Twelve Tables & Sunny Collabs
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    AW
    Aaron White
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Outbound
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    WE
    Wanda Eugene
    Managing Director
    DEEP Designs LLC
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    RK
    Roy Kirchner
    CEO
    Ultimate 3D Printing Services
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    EM
    Elaine Myrback
    CEO
    EMS Consulting
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    HB
    Hannes Bend
    CEO
    breathing.ai
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    ST
    Shelby Thomas
    CEO/Founder
    Ocean Rescue Alliance
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    KM
    Kevin Munley
    Vice President, Customer Success
    KASH Tech, LLC
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    BK
    Brad Kugler
    CEO/Co-Founder
    DirectMail2.0, LLC.
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    LB
    Leslie Babich
    Director
    SOFWERX
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    BP
    Dr. Benjamin Pearman
    COO & Lead Scientist
    SynMatter LLC
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    BS
    Ben Sever
    CEO & Chairman
    Phoenix Portfolio Partners
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    AA
    Allison Aubuchon
    Co-Founder & CEO
    WellConnector
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    SM
    Santos Martinez
    Product Manager Architect
    Microsoft
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    GH
    Gary Hatfield
    CEO
    Serenity Village Insurance & Consulting
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    BM
    Brad Meriwether
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Vū Technologies
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    SD
    Storm Dickson
    RN, NI-BC, Healthcare Engagement Consultant
    Microsoft
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    MS
    Marlee Strawn
    Head of Education and Co-Founder
    Scholar Education
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    DH
    Dawn Haynes
    CEO
    StarterStudio
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    SN
    Steve Nakagawa
    Cenfluence Program Director
    Florida High Tech Corridor
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    RJ
    Raghav Jaggia
    Senior Partnership Engineer
    IBM
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    BB
    Brian Best
    President & CEO
    GTE Financial
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    JH
    Joe Hodges
    Founder/ CEO
    CareValet
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    RH
    Richard Heruska
    Chief Operating Officer
    Kinnetz Family Office
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    KA
    Kim Anstett
    CIO
    Trellix
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    BM
    Brian Model
    Managing Partner
    Topmark Partners
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    IS
    Indra Sandal
    Chief of Innovation
    Department of Veteran Affairs, Tampa VA Medical Center
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    EH
    Erin Hagood
    Division, Vice President of Digital
    iHeartMedia
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    MS
    Mike Silver
    Vice President, Oncology Operations
    TGH Cancer Institute
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    TS
    Tamar Sapir
    CEO and Founder
    Synchronyx
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    RS
    Rebecca Smith
    Founder
    Thrifty
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    MM
    Michael Morin
    Director
    Tampa Bay Wave
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    AI
    Adam Isley
    Founder & CEO
    Artemis Immersive
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    SP
    Suchi Patel
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Tampa General Hospital - Innovation Challenge
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    DG
    Daniel Goodman
    SVP, Growth
    Reimagine Care
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    KB
    Kathy Bowman
    Vice President and CEO Foundation
    Florida Polytechnic University
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    AH
    Andy Hafer
    Director
    University of South Florida
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    JH
    Joey Hernandez
    Program Manager
    Secureworks
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    NK
    Nadia Kaminskaya
    CEO | Founder
    Branding Bosses | Artistic Incubator
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    TB
    Terri Ann Brown
    Executive Director
    Miami Tech Works
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    SH
    Sheryl Hunter
    Shareholder
    Trenam Law
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    JS
    Jim Schimpf
    CEO/Co-Founder
    Chattr
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    KC
    Kaitlin Christine
    CEO
    Gabbi

    Synapse Summit is where Florida’s top innovators come together to connect, catalyze, and create, all in Tampa Bay, one of the nation’s fastest-growing tech hubs. From Enterprise executives to venture capitalists to startup founders and innovative problem-solvers, Synapse Summit addresses the most dynamic innovation opportunities of the day.

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