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 […]
Breanna Hale
Breanna would love to meet with Novices and Early Stage Business Owners. Breanna Hale is the Executive Director for the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and has spent a decade in running entrepreneurial centers for major academic institutions including University of California, Irvine, and Utah Valley University. She brings vast experience in developing entrepreneurship programming, building a […]
Brandon Bruce
Brandon would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Founder of Cirrus Insight, Market Square Ventures, Knoxville Technology Council, Uncat, EvasiveAI. Past Managing Director of Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator. Cyclist, runner, hiker. Email brandon@brandonbruce.com to book a mentor meeting!
Ed MacFawn
Ed would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Ed started his career as a Consultant at KPMG implementing accounting and ERP systems. Later, he transitioned to Honeywell where he held various financial and operational leadership roles. After spending time at large businesses, Mr. MacFawn became a CFO to a few VC-backed […]
Corey Tyree
Corey would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Corey Tyree is the founder and CEO of Trillium Renewable Chemicals, where he leads fundraising, hiring, and strategy. Trillium is building a chemical plant in Texas to produce chemicals that will decarbonize toys, aerospace parts, automotive parts, sporting goods, renewable energy, and […]
Cliff Caudill
Cliff would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, and Growth Stage businesses. In my 39 year career with John Deere I lead Product Planning for John Deere’s global forestry harvesting equipment business, including the acquisition of its primary competitor based in Finland. John Deere continues to lead this global market. Since retiring in 2016 I joined SCORE, an […]
Halee Sprinkle
Halee would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, and Growth Stage businesses. Halee Sprinkle is the owner and Marketing Alchemist at Czech Yourself Marketing. With over 15 years of experience in corporate and agency marketing, she now specializes in social media marketing, creative ideation, and content planning. Her career has been a blend of creativity and strategy, bringing […]
