Professional Experience Brian is the founder (CEO) and Managing Partner of Expert DOJO, which was ranked 7th in global venture activity in 2022, boasting over 260 startup investments. Expert DOJO not only offers a growth accelerator and a later-stage fund,...

Professional Experience Scott Fox, CEO of the Startup Council, is a serial Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author, speaker, and evangelist for innovation worldwide. An advocate for startup founders and innovation ecosystems, Scott has written 3...

Professional Experience Eric Eide is a seasoned economic development leader with experience spanning the private sector, federal and municipal government, and academia. He currently serves as the Managing Director at the Alliance for Southern California...

Professional Experience Don Norman is Distinguished Professor (emeritus), Founder and first Director of the Design Lab, and founder and first chair of the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. He has been a Vice...

Professional Experience Dr. Hala Madanat is the Vice President for Research and Innovation at San Diego State University and Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Public Health. Dr. Madanat stewards the university’s expansive research enterprise,...

Professional Experience As Investment Partner at Sway Ventures, Albert invests in early to growth-stage technology companies, working on deal sourcing and evaluation, underwriting, value-add activities and capital formation for our various funds and...

Professional Expereince Vijay Gurbaxani is the Founding Director of the Center for Digital Transformation and Taco Bell Endowed Professor of Technology Management at The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. He is an expert on digital...

Professional Experience Drew Martin is the founder and a principal consultant at Silicon Beach Advisors a digital advisory and tech investing firm. He’s held Chief Information Officer roles for Jenny Craig, Jack in the Box, Lytx / Drivecam and Sony...

Professional Experience Cheryl K. Goodman is a distinguished strategist in the technology communications sector, with a rich history of executive leadership roles at prominent organizations such as Qualcomm, Athena, and Sony Global. Her journalistic roots...

Professional Expereince Etienne de Bruin began his career as a software developer in his native South Africa before moving to Germany, where he joined a startup building innovative products in the data encryption space, then to San Diego, where he managed...