Drew Ellis
Drew would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage, and Executive Level Founders. I am a double UTK grad: my first degree is in mechanical engineering and my second is a law degree. After graduating from engineering school, I worked in a variety of engineering roles with the bulk being in mechanical design engineering. From there, […]
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 […]
Tricia Bateman
Tricia would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage and Growth Stage Businesses. For more than two decades, I’ve helped companies solve problems through design. I’ve designed countless projects for a range of B2B companies from Fortune 500s to midsized companies with the occasional passion project for smaller nonprofits. This work ranges from developing single designs to whole design […]
Cordelia Norris
Cordelia would love to meet with Early Stage and Growth Stage Businesses. Hi, I’m Cordelia. I’m creative. I’m warm. I’m science-minded. And I care deeply about my clients—organizations who are making the world cleaner, more sustainable and more inclusive. As the child and grandchild of scientists, I’ve always been drawn to details. The inner-workings. The why. The research. […]
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 […]
Chris Trump
Chris would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Chris Trump, a graduate from the University of Tennessee College of Law, specializes in providing outside general counsel services to businesses of all sizes throughout East Tennessee. An active participant in the area’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, Chris is particularly passionate about representing start-ups […]
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 […]
