Brett Fleischman

Brett would love to meet with Novice Founders, Early Stage, and Growth Stage Businesses. Brett has an extensive background focused on tech and tech adjacent (professional services) high-growth companies. He has well over a decade of experience in software/SaaS including roles as CFO. In addition, Brett has been involved in multiple buy and sell-side transactions including […]
Andria Yates

Andria would love to meet with Growth Stage and Executive Level Founders. Andria is an advisor, consultant, and educator. At UTK, she is a leadership coach in the Executive MBA program and teaches undergraduates, in addition to serving as a past EIR for the UT Research Foundation. She has taught/teaches across the university: Department of Management & Entrepreneurship; […]
Tricia Dahlstrom

Tricia would love to meet with Executive Level Founders. Tricia Dahlstrom is the proud owner of Upkeep Business LLC, a company she created to help business owners better understand the numbers that drive their profitability. Having been surrounded by entrepreneurship her entire life, she had seen many small business successes and failures, and she passionately wanted to […]
Lisa Skinner

Lisa would love to meet with Early Stage and Growth Stage Businesses. Lisa Hood Skinner is an independent contractor/corporate ghostwriter specializing in writing packages for marketing campaigns, teaching personal branding and coaching executive presence. She has lived and worked around the world, including Honolulu, Puerto Rico, Guam and within many of Europe’s capital cities. She led a […]
Keith Hickey

Keith would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, and Growth Stage Businesses. Before joining Three Roots Capital as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, he served as Director of Lending and Banking Relationships at Pathway Lending since 2018. Keith has been in the finance and banking industry for over 30 years and his passion and purpose has […]
Erin Reece

Erin would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. I am an accountant turned financial therapist with a passion for helping entrepreneurs build healthy financial foundations to increase profit and maximize their impact. With over a decade of experience in public and corporate accounting and five years as the owner of a […]
Bill Malkes

Bill would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. William A. Malkes Sr. is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive with a diverse career spanning multiple industries. As CEO of GRIDSMART Technologies, he led a $94 million acquisition by Cubic Corporation. Malkes has raised over $150 million in risk capital and overseen several […]
Alex Gambino

Alex would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Alex Gambino is a Registered Patent and Intellectual Property Attorney at Thrive IP®. Alex has successfully applied for and secured numerous patents, trademark registrations, and copyright registrations for his clients. He also has experience in various facets of intellectual property litigation, contract drafting […]
Ashleigh Walters

Ashleigh would love to meet with Executive Level Founders. Ashleigh Walters, formerly the President of Onex, now serves as the Chairwoman of its Board of Directors. Onex, an employee-owned enterprise with a legacy spanning over five decades in Erie, Pennsylvania, specializes in designing, manufacturing, and servicing high-temperature industrial furnaces. Upon assuming the role of General Manager […]
Munan Singhal

Munan would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Munan is passionate about supporting local entrepreneurs scaling their business. He has a unique background with experience across P&L, strategy, engineering and operations in the technology, industrials and aerospace & defense industries. Munan is currently a Strategy Director at Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group […]