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Markus Adhiwiyogo

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Amazon Web Services

Markus Adhiwiyogo

Ashok Agarwala

Owner/CEO, Exprow LLC

Ashok Agarwala

Arjun Aggarwal

Chief Product Officer, Desktop Metal

Arjun Aggarwal

Raheela Ahsan

Attorney

Raheela Ahsan

Hahna Alexander

CEO & Co-Founder, Sole Power LLC

Hahna Alexander

Alison Alvarez

CEO & Co-Founder, Blastpoint

Alison Alvarez

Prashant Ambe

Board Member & Charter member, TiE Pittsburgh

Prashant Ambe

Sean Ammirati

Partner, BIrchmere Ventures & Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business

Sean Ammirati

Phil Anderson

Senior Product Manager, Amazon

Phil Anderson

Elaine Ann

Fractional (Chief Xperience Officer) for Tech Startups, Kaizor Innovation

Elaine Ann

Ben Babcock

Leader - UXR Team, Facebook AI

Ben Babcock

Ramesh Babu

Director of Engineering R&D, MeShare Inc

Ramesh Babu

Scott Bachik

Chief Executive Officer, Enkompas BI

Scott Bachik

J.G. (Pete) Ball

CEO, Performance Partners Inc.

J.G. (Pete) Ball

Cheshta Balwani

Clean Transportation Solution Architect, Black & Veatch

Cheshta Balwani

Namrata Banerjee

Director, Venture Bridge/Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Swartz Center & Venture Partner, Republic

Namrata Banerjee

Tony Bansal

Angel Investor/Executive-in-Residence Education & Healthcare Industries, Bishop and Lee LLC

Tony Bansal

Laurie Barkman

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business & Executive-in-Residence, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship

Laurie Barkman

Nick Bartel

Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Idelic

Nick Bartel

Matthew Bauch

Staff Autopilot Engineer/Computer Vision, Tesla Motors

Matthew Bauch

Joe Belechak

Senior Manager, Accenture

Joe Belechak

Nicki Zevola Benvenuti

CEO, AEK Solutions Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ResearchEverything

Nicki Zevola Benvenuti

Jill Berardi

Marketing Strategy Consultant & Owner, BerardiGroup LLC

Jill Berardi

Jim Berardone

Adjunct Professor & Executive-in-Residence, College of Engineering & Chief Customer Officer, OnlyBoth Inc.

Jim Berardone

Tony Berkman

Managing Director & Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Two Sigma

Tony Berkman

Doug Bernstein

Co-Founder & CEO, PECA Labs

Doug Bernstein

Carlos Bhola

Managing Director, Celsius Capital

Carlos Bhola

Tobiah Bilski

Product Implementation Manager, JLL Technologies

Tobiah Bilski

Daniel Bishop

CEO & Co-Founder, Qualaris Healthcare Solutions

Daniel Bishop

Jeffrey Bloom

Managing Partner, Bowline Hospitality

Jeffrey Bloom

Eric Boduch

Founder & VP Marketing, Pendo i.o.

Eric Boduch

Nik Bonaddio

Founder & CEO, BigBrain

Nik Bonaddio

Tomer Borenstein

Co-Founder & CTO, Blastpoint

Tomer Borenstein

Kirk Botula

Managing Partner, Total Bank Solutions

Kirk Botula

Ryan Bove

Founder, Aurochs Brewing Company

Ryan Bove

Peter Boyce II

Partner, General Catalyst

Peter Boyce

Chuck Brandt

Deputy Director, ARM - Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing

Chuck Brandt

John S. Brendel

Shareholder, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby

John Brendel

Wade Brogdan

Cheif Revenue Officer, Tovuti LMS

Wade Brogdan

Sean Brosmith

Chief Creative Officer, MAESA

Sean Brosmith

Sheila Brown

Former Finance Director, Progressive Insurance (Retired)

Sheila Brown

Anthony Bucci

Owner, B&V Staffing

Anthony Bucci

Eric Buffkin

Founder & CEO, Pelagic Group LLC

Eric Buffkin

Thomas Burke

Senior Management Consultant, The Clear Thinking Group LLC

Thomas Burke

Monica Bush

Senior Global Product Manager, Philips

Monica Bush

Jason Cahill

Business Development Manager, AWS VC & Startups

Jason Cahill

Cecil Callahan

Senior Investment Manager/Business Development, Ancore Investment Development

Cecil Callahan

Rick Cancelliere

Founder & CEO, Treatspace

Rick Cancelliere

Mike Capsambelis

Product Management Lead/Product Data, Google

Mike Capsambelis

Brendan Carroll

Growth Catalyst, Independent Consultant/Freelance

Brendan Carroll

Rodrigo Carvalho

Founder & CEO, Flying Manta

Rodrigo Carvalho

Susan Catalano

Chief Scientific Officer, CODA Biotherapeutics

Susan Catalano

Sam Cates

Managing Director, Positive Sum

Sam Cates

David Caughman

Director of Monetization & Pricing, Docker

David Caughman

Andy Chan

Lead Product Manager/Innovator, SWORD Health

Andy Chan

Melissa Chan

Senior Director of Grid Solutions, Fermata Energy

Melissa Chan

Cindy Chepanoske

Director of Technology Licensing, Center for Technology Transfer

Cindy Chepanoske

Steve Cherin

Founding Partner, Cherin Law Offices

Steve Cherin

Sophia Chiang

Global Business Finance (Saas/Cloud/Support), Oracle

Sophia Chiang

Jim Chrise

Performance Improvement Consultant (Independent)

Jim Chrise

Jared Christian

Principal, Scalar

Jared Christian

Alan Chung

Venture Partner, ER Accelerator

Alan Chung

Zachary Ciccone

Managing Principal, Partnered Company/Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Zachary Ciccone

Eric Close

President & CEO, Flash Surgical

Eric Close

Taya Cohen

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & Theory, Tepper School of Business

Taya Cohen

Susanne Cole

President & CEO, Pressley Ridge

Susanne Cole

Kelly Collier

Product Manager, UPMC Enterprises

Kelly Collier

Phil Compton

Chief Financial Officer, Locomation

Phil Compton

Foo Conner

Chief Executive Officer, Jekko Inc.

Foo Conner

Adam Cortez

Owner, ARC Creative Co.

Adam Cortez

Steve Cotter

Head of Software Development, Kinertia LLC

Steve Cotter

Liz Crawford

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Flare

Liz Crawford

Doug Cunningham

Chief Digital Officer, Monster

Doug Cunningham

Chris Cynkar

Principal Consultant, Expense Reduction Analysts

Chris Cynkar

Marta Dalton

Global eCommerce Director, Unilever

Marta Dalton

Stephanie Dangel

Professor of Practice, University of Pittsburgh Law School

Stephanie Dangel

Michael Darweesh

Co Founder, Google Hangouts

Michael Darweesh

Michael Deem

Product Lead, Headstorm

Michael Deem

Matthew Delaney

Founder, Stealth

Matthew Delaney

Frank Demmler

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business

Frank Demmler

Shekhar Deo

Chief Product Officer, Mars Digital

Shekhar Deo

Ketaki Desai

VP Business Development, Ontario Centre of Innovation

Ketaki Desai

Angela DeVanney

Founder, goShadow

Angela DeVanney

Kan Devnani

Chief Executive Officer, Comtex News Network Inc.

Kan Devnani

Aditya Dhere

VP of Business Development & Strategy, Millie's Homemade

Aditya Dhere

Ilana Diamond

Managing Partner, 412 Venture Fund LP

Ilana Diamond

George Dickos

Partner, K&L Gates LLP

George Dickos

John Dieser

President & COO, Carbon Freight Company

John Dieser

Bob DiMaggio

Vice President/Product, Othot

Bob DiMaggio

Michael Donohue

Technical Co-Founder, HalloApp

Michael Donohue

Chip Dougherty

Associate Director/Intellectual Property, Center for Technology Transfer

Chip Dougherty

Dave Drach

Vice President/Innovation Sales, Techstars

Dave Drach

Patrick Driscoll

Venture Lead, BMNT

Patrick Driscoll