The eAcademy hosts a weekly speaker series that features prominent thought leaders in the regional start-up ecosystem sharing their experiences
John Ackley
Owner
John Ackley, LLC
Hahna Alexander
CEO
SolePower
Bibhuti Aryal
CEO/Co Founder
Rukmini Foundation
Bill Besselman
CEO
Vibrado Technologies, Inc.
Kenya Boswell
President
BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Neil Brennan
Delivery Operations Manager
Tesla
Michele Brooks
State Senator
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Colleen Cadman
Program Associate
Jefferson Regional Foundation
Mike Capsambelis
Product Manager
Google
Brian Chesoli
Youth Advisory Committee
Mastercard Foundation
Ketaki Desai
Director of Growth Capital
FortyX80
Brad Feld
Managing Director
Foundry Group
Bill Flanagan
Chief Corporate Relations Officer
Allegheny Conference of Community Development
Earl Gohl
Former Co-Chairman
Appalachian Regional Commission
Gary Gulla
Assistant City Manager
City of Hermitage
Art Hammond
President/Owner
Hoffman Industries
Wayne A. Jones
Consultant
Social Science Consultants
Vardhan Kapoor
Business Strategy Manager
Deliveroo
Mike Kelly
U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District
United States Congress
Josh Lucas
Co-Founder
Academy Pittsburgh
Gray MacKenzie
Co-Founder
GuavaBox and DoInbound
Todd Medema
Software Engineer
Uber
Robert Messina
Computer Teacher
Commodore Perry Schools
Maxwell Mirho
Curator and Creator
YesPgh
Jake Morgan
Career Ambassador
Thiel College
Don Morrison
Chairman of Deal Flow
Blue Tree Allied Angels
Robb Myer
Entrepreneur in Residence
Carnegie Mellon University
Nick Neupauer
President
Butler County Community College
Nadyli Nunez
Director of UpPrize, Social Innovation Challenge
The Forbes Funds
Hama Osman
SDGs Talent Alumni
UNLEASH
Sarah Palmer
Business Banking Relationship Manager
Huntington National Bank
Aaron Pernesky
Assistant Principal
West Middlesex School District
Andrew Rademacher
Owner
Lems Shoes
Jordon Rooney
Founder
NFBD
Arden Rosenblatt
CEO
PieceMaker Technologies
Brian Slawin
Regional Director and Portfolio Manager
Ben Franklin Technology Parnters
Jesse Thornburg
Founder and CEO
KOPO
Zoltan Toth
Managing Partner and Client Relations
Brandworks
Craig Waller
Patent Attorney
Webb Law Firm
Rosie Wasser (Pratt)
Owner and Stylist
Rock Paper Shears
Spencer Whitman
Product Manager
Google
Rayanna Winters
Student
Kent State University
Scott Wolovich
Executive Director
New Sun Rising
Mike Woycheck
Product Manager
Google
Paul Young
Julie Zunker
Chief of Staff, Technology/ Corporate Responsibility
Microsoft