JESSICA SHIN is a Co-Founder at Apollonix, a communication and transactional platform transforming the dental prosthetics industry. 

She leverages over 17 years in technology integration, policy, risk management and marketing to focus on growing the user base, establishing strategic partnerships, and integrating software solutions.

Jessica also mentors emerging entrepreneurs through CareerSource Broward's Startup Now program and worked in Federal nuclear, defense, and emergency management organizations.

Jessica is an MBA graduate of George Washington University and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Maryland.

Jared Husch- PM at Nearpod. Formerly COO of LiveNinja. Originally from Lawrenceville, NJ. A Richmond Spider '08. A Miami Hurricane '10.

Enjoys reading, eating, data, science, sports, traveling, problem-solving, and his dog Dakota. 

Serial Technologist Timothy Hasse is the Principal of Trim Agency, a South Florida-headquartered tech firm that develops high-concept applications for web, mobile, and social experiences. Timothy has spent his entire career in design and development of interactive digital solutions.

Hasse leads an innovative team of creatives, developers, and strategists that have served brands, agencies, and startups alike to take digital ideas from concept to creation. Trim has developed enterprise solutions for mature companies, and has ideated, built, and launched scalable applications for startups in the partner capacity. As a full service agency, Trim has created digital solutions for some of the country’s most recognizable brands.

Prior to founding Trim Agency, Hasse served as Global Marketing Director for Mile Marker International, a lifestyle brand in the automotive after-market. Hasse created an award-winning, in-house marketing department through a “digital first” strategy that transformed a fledgling family-business into a publicly traded, global brand and market leader.

Most Recently, Hasse founded Fort Lauderdale’s first co-working and Tech-Incubation space, General Provision, with the goal of accelerating the creative and tech communities of South Florida. Aside from providing a collaborative space for entrepreneurs, creatives, and technologists, the space is also the home to Broward County’s first independent programming academy, aiming to feed the South Florida tech ecosystem with new developer talent.

Timothy is an emphatic supporter of agile project management and open-source technology.

An Entrepreneur, and Product Manager with over a decade of experience in Information Technology and Software Development. Brian has managed revenue generating client-oriented software development projects and products in the Healthcare Information Technology industry, and for Client based projects

Wit successful exits in the healthcare technology space, he turned his sights to replicating that success for others through his creative agency and software development house DB Collective, and Collective Ventures, a startup incubator and coworking space in the heart of Ft. Lauderdale

Rhys L. Williams is Chairman, Co-founder and Immediate Past President of New World Angels, Inc., a member-managed, structured angel investor group with chapters in Southeast Florida and Tampa Bay, now in its thirtheenth year. He is also the Managing Director of FAU Tech Runway (Florida Atlantic University’s incubator/accelerator/innovation hub).

Venture Capital. Board Member/ Director. Stanford MBA. MIT Electrical Engineering BS and MS.

Computer Science Engineer with 20 years of experience coding apps and architectures for Seed and Series A startup's.
CEO of 4Geeks (software accelerator) and Managing Director at 4Geeks Academy: Coding School with hundreds of graduates around the world. Javascript & Python expert and advocate.

Recognized by HITEC in 2017 as one of the top 50 most influential and notable professionals in the IT industry in Latin America/Ibero-America; Paulo Manzato is regional vice president of Oracle’s
Communications Global Unit for Latin America, responsible for managing sales, Go-to- Market and strategy of Oracle’s Communications into the enterprise markets.

As an innovator in venture finance, Sally connects ideas to capital. She is author of “Cash from the Crowd” and is a writer and speaker for Entrepreneur Magazine. She is addicted to helping business owners navigate the new capital opportunities provided by the updated securities regulations in the Jobs Act.

Dhiraj Thareja is the co-founder & co-CEO at DB Collective, Inc and is also one of the founding partners of Collective Ventures. He is a successful entrepreneur, engineer, and an investor who has elevated the start-up platform in the Tech industry. Born and raised in New Jersey, during the booming era of computer science, Thareja taught himself computer programming at the age of 12. He went onto attend Rutgers University & NJIT to master his skills in Computer Science and Economics. In order to diversify his knowledge in the marketplace, he held multiple posts in the technology sector at companies such as Forbes, Mercedes Benz, Jobson Publishing, & National Hockey League. He leveraged these opportunities to turn himself into a subject matter expert in all aspects of a full product life cycle leading up to the marketing & scaling phases.  In 2008, Thareja moved to South Florida to collaborate with his close friend, Brian Jacob, to setup and operate a few healthcare based software & service companies.  After exiting the healthcare space, he explored different parts of world while working on consulting projects. In January 2015, Thareja co-founded DB Collective Inc, a creative advertising and technology services company, of which he is co-CEO and lead product manager/architect. Through Thareja's leadership and vision, DB Collective Inc. now operates from 3 different locations globally (New York City, Ft Lauderdale FL, & India) and has 72 consultants. DB Collective's client roster consists of large enterprises and government clients such the United Nations, Memorial Health Care System, AT&T, Trimble Inc, Scholastic Publishing, Choice Airways, Bira91 Beverages, and many more. He most recently co-founded Collective Ventures, an innovation center along with an open to public premium locally sourced coffee house. Collective Ventures is a platform built to bridge the gap in the current business landscape; offering a startup incubator and co-working space located in the heart of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

After studying for my Masters in CompSci at University of MN, Twin Cities Graduate School, I started a long career at Microsoft. While there I was lucky enough to be a Software Engineer on some exciting projects in both Visual Studio and Azure.  

In my spare time, I co-founded my own startup (SquareSharp) with some other Microsofties that focus on custom mobile applications. 
 
I've also been active for a number of years as a volunteer Computer Science teacher in local area high schools through the TEALS program.

More recently, I made the switch to come work at Citrix, where I've been managing a group of engineers focused on a great Device and Application Management Software that is cloud ready.

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