Rick is a Co-Founder and serves as CEO of Revolution Group, and Polly is a Co-Founder as well as VP and Director of Salesforce Services. Started in 1995, Revolution Group is a consulting firm dedicated to helping small and mid-size businesses better use technology to improve business processes and achieve the competitive advantage that good …
battleface provides travel insurance benefits and services to travelers visiting or working internationally, including in the world’s most challenging destinations. They cover emergency medical treatment, evacuation and accidents, adventure activities, and travel to isolated places, with 24/7 assistance and claims services. Sasha Gainullin is the CEO of battleface, and Anthony Spiteri is the CTO. Anthony …
Olivia is a Co-Founder and the CEO of Tandem, a free marketplace for childcare. Tandem helps parents connect with babysitters that are vetted and hand-selected by Olivia herself. They’re able to provide the platform for free to sitters and parents thanks to their creative revenue model. Prior to co-founding Tandem, Olivia actually started her first …
Larry Connor is a founder and CEO / Managing Partner of the Connor Group. Larry got his first taste of entrepreneurship in High School after starting a painting business with a close friend. That taste led to a career in entrepreneurship (with a few pit stops along the way). Larry has founded companies from the …
Dr. Rustin Morse is the Chief Medical Officer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. As CMO, Dr. Morse leads key operational areas such as clinical care and medical education. He also guides programs like their quality and safety program, Zero Hero (More on that to come). Dr. Morse is a faculty member at the Ohio State University …
Dr. Annalies Corbin is a nationally recognized researcher, speaker, author, and foremost expert connecting scientific research with education and business, and industry within communities. Affectionately called, the Chief Goddess, Annalies has spent more than 20 years as Founder, President, and CEO of the PAST Foundation – an educational non-profit organization. She is also the host …
Tom Burden is a former Air Force mechanic turned entrepreneur after encountering a problem at his job – there wasn’t a good way to hold tools, especially when working on aircraft with a lot of different angles you might have to position yourself on. So he invented Grypmat – a heat-resistant, gripping tool mat that …
Chris Hawker is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and professional speaker. Some of his products and companies include (but aren’t limited to): Trident Design, PowerSquid, Thirsty Light, WaveRider Design, Zilla, and Straptor. Most recently, he’s been working on a SaaS venture, OMS.
Founded in 2014 by James Forbes and his mother, Jane, North Country Charcuterie is a small business offering hand-cured meats and salamis made locally in Columbus, Ohio. Their products include traditional salamis and edgier options, such as coffee bacon. You can find North Country Charcuterie at eateries and gourmet grocers across Ohio. mi
Paul Powers is the CEO and Founder of Physna, a software company that helps companies take 3D models and turn them into usable data for software applications — This helps increase productivity in manufacturing and empowers companies to better utilize emerging technologies such as 3D printing, as well as augmented and virtual reality.