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.
Lindsey is the COO at the Wellington School, a private, pre K-12, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Upper Arlington. Prior to taking on the COO role, Lindsey served as the Athletic Director for the Wellington School. She has also been an L1 Advisory Board Member for Crossfit, Inc, as well as being a Crossfit …
Linda is the CEO of MedVet, one of the more well-known and fastest-growing groups of emergency and specialty referral veterinary hospitals for companion animals. Linda joined MedVet as a Staff Cardiologist back in 2000, and over the past 20 years has moved her way up to take on the CEO role in 2019.
Dr. Kevin Klingele is the Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, as well as Director of the Nationwide Children’s Fellowship program. He is also the Surgical Director of Sports Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He received his medical …
Saket Agrawal and Navin Goyal are the CEO and Cofounder, respectively, of OFFOR Health, a mobile anesthesia and healthcare company, which currently servicing patients in 3 states. Navin also serves as Co-Founder and CEO of Loud Capital, a venture capital firm focused on empowering founders utilizing a unique investment model.
Rob Ouellette is a Partner at Ice Miller, and he focuses his practice on complex corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions (particularly private equity investments and transactions), and a range of financing transactions.
Chris Sauerzopf is the Founder and CEO of SafeWire, a company designed to stop the rampant wire fraud seen today in real estate. Nearly 1 in every 450 real estate transactions has associated fraud reported, costing consumers and businesses over $221 million in 2019. SafeWire is a software program that allows digital authentication of buyers …