Speakers and mentors

Name Title Company
David Albert, M.D. Chairman InnovAlarm Corp.
Allen Barrow Partner Barrow & Grimm PC
Sean K. Bauman, Ph.D. President/CEO Immuno-Mycologics Inc.
Randy Baumgarten COO Lee Lumber and Building Material Corp.
Robert Beall President/CEO R.S. Beall Investments
David P. Biggers Chairman/Owner a la mode Inc.
Dwayne Boggs Vice President and Managing Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Oklahoma City Branch
Paul Borchardt President Wonderland Park
Ron Bradshaw President Colony Partners, Inc.
Bob Bramlett President and CEO The Bramlett Agency Inc.
John Branch Owner John Branch and Associates
Bill Cameron Chairman and CEO American Fidelity Assurance Company
Joe Cappy Former CEO and Chairman Collar Thifty Automotive Group
Mike Cawley President and Trustee The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.
Bill Comfort (William T. Comfort Jr.) Chairman Citigroup Venture Capital
Will Council President and CEO Advocat Inc.
Wes Crews President and CEO Infotrieve
Rick Dakin President Coalfire Systems Inc.
Barry M. Davis Managing General Partner Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners
Stephen H. Dernick President and CEO Dernick Resources Inc.
Mike Dillard CEO Century Inc. and Waterford Properties
Steve Dolman Vice President and Managing Officer Hines
Ed Evans Chairman of the Board Syniverse Technologies Inc.
Kyle Ferguson Lawyer Pearce Ferguson
Joseph J. Ferretti Lawyer Crowe & Dunlevy
Pam Fountain President Principal Technologies
John Frick Partner Chisholm Private Capital Partners
Creighton Gallaway Venture Capitalist
Roy M. Georgia Founder and CEO MEDIBUS
G. Carl Gibson CFO and V.P. for Business Development Ekips Technologies Inc.
Charles S. Givens Co-founder and Developer Hotel ZaZa
Laurence Grable Patent Attorney Tomlinson & O'Connell PC
Matt Green Founder FrontRowFans.com
Alan (Ace) Greenburg Chairman of the Executive Committee The Bear Sterns Companies Inc.
Bill Grissom President Grissom and Associates PC
Arnulf Hagan, Ph.D. Consultant OCAST
David R. Harlow President BancFirst, Oklahoma City
Darcie Harris Owner EWF International LLC
Dan Hogan Chairman and CEO Hogan Properties
Dick Horton, CIC Horton Insurance Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc.
Larry Houchin Managing Partner Adams Hall Investment Management
David Humphrey COO Oklahoma Equity Partners
Brent Humphries Director, Structured Equity Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mel James President Southwest Management Corp.
Rick A. Jenson Director CBIZ Valuation Group
Bill Johnstone CEO and Chairman Council Oak
Pat Jones Executive Vice President and CFO Petra Industries Inc.
Steven C. Jordan President Jordan Insurance Group, Ardmore
P. Stan Keith President and CEO Promettre International Ventures Inc.
Larry Kennedy Vice President of Technology Transfer Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Greg Kieson Manager, Business Development Center Moore Norman Technology Center
Tim Kilkenny Founder and CEO FullNet Communications
Russell Kim President Audio Dimensions Inc.
Scott Klososky Parner Giant Partners
Phil Kramer CFO Plains All American Pipeline LP
Steve Latham Founder and CEO Spur Digital
Zac Logsdon President Old Hat Graphic Design
Tom Loy Founder, Chairman and CEO MetaFund
Jonathon Lunardi CEO SINAPSE Consulting Inc.
Dan Luton Assistant Director, Technology Development Programs OCAST
W. Carlisle Mabrey III President Citizens Security Bank & Trust Co.
Greg Main President and CEO i2E Inc.
James Malone Managing Partner Qorval
Gary Martin President The Whitmore Manufacturing Co.
Conrad Masterson Founder and President Nanotechnology Foundation, Texas
Patrick J. McCann, Ph.D. Founder Ekips Technologies Inc.
Aubrey McClendon Co-founder and CEO Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Robert McDonald CEO Capital West Securities
Dave McLaughlin Co-founder Advance Food Company Inc.
George McQuistion Principal Mesa River Capital LLC
Herb Mee, Jr. President and CFO The Beard Co.
Frank Merrick President Foundation Management Inc.
Amber Mitchell President MY Consulting Group
Michelle Monroe Co-Founder and Principal IP Launch Inc.
Mike Moradi CEO Charlesson LLC
Bob Moring President Bob Moring Construction Co.
James H. Morrison Morrison Investments
Charles R. Nicholson President Domain Commercial LLC
Phil Norton President Norton Management Group
Marc Nuttle Attorney at Law R. Marc Nuttle Attorney-at-Law
Roy Oliver President Oliver Investments
Roy W. Page CEO Third Degree Advertising & Communications Inc.
William D. Paiva, Ph.D. Manager Oklahoma Life Sciences Fund
John Parsons President and CEO Perimeter Technology Center Inc.
Guy Patton President Fidelity Investments
Harry Pefanis President and COO Plains All American Pipeline LP
David L. Perkins, Jr. Owner and President D.L. Perkins LLC/Vercor
Peter G. Pierce President First Bethany Bancorp
Jerry Plant President and Founder Mark I Asset Management Ltd.
Michael F. Price Managing Partner MFP Investors LLC
J. Michael Price Vice President Corporate Finance BancFirst Corp.
Arthur C. Rahill, Jr. CPA Wedel Rahill & Associates, CPAs, PLC
H.E. "Gene" Rainbolt Chairman BancFirst Corp.
David Ralph CEO and CSO Intergenetics Inc.
David Rex Managing Director, Technology Ventures Group Partner of Jackson Walker LLP
Mark Roberts Mark Roberts Motors Inc.
Pat Rooney Chairman and CEO First National Bank of Oklahoma
Tony Say Founder and President Clearwater Enterprises LLC
Rick Scheer Co-founder Teazzers
William C. Scheihing, Jr. Senior Vice President JP Morgan Chase Bank NA
Larry Seale President WordCom Inc.
Shannon Self Commercial Law Group PC
R. C. Shades President Waukomis Inc.
Don Shellist Franchisee broker DNS Enterprises LLC
Tim Sparks CEO C-Lutions
John Storm President and Founder BrainStorm Network LLC
Jeff Thompson President EDGE Tech Corp.
Steve Thompson Managing Director Round Table Consultants LLC
Steve Thompson Vice President, General Manager Industrial Specialties LLC
Bill Towler CEO SaniVex Technologies Inc.
Jim L. Wade II President BancFirst, Norman
Michael Whitaker CEO and Chairman Plastag Holdings LLC
Rainey Williams President Marco Holding Corp.
D. Ronald Yagoda DryAz Consulting LLC
Richard L. Zahn Founder RLZ Consulting
William Hildebrand Chief Scientist Pure Protein, LLC
Hemanth Parasuram Managing Director Virgo Capital
Ken Parker RiskMetrics Group
Ann Patten President Scrub Oak Technologies, Inc.
Stephen Prescott President Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Dr. Paul Risser Chairman University of Oklahoma Research Cabinet
Donna Shirley Speaker and Management Consultant ManagingCreativity.com
Renzi Stone President and CEO Saxum Communications
Robert Stover Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.
Guhan Swaminathan Managing Director Virgo Capital
Paul DeAngelis Professor - Biochemistry/Molecular Biology University of Oklahoma"s Health Science Center
Bill Hagstrom Founder Alpha Bio Partners
Chris Howard Vice President for Strategic and Leadership Initiatives University of Oklahoma
Ann Pereria Associate Professor of Pathology University of Oklahoma's Health Science Center
Skip Porter
Anna-Mary Suggs Executive Director Norman Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Joseph Waner Vice President for Research University of Oklahoma's Health Science Center
Don Wood Norman Economic Development Coalition
Michael Carolina Executive Director Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
Dr. Gerald Clancy President University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
Colin FitzSimons Executive Director of Technology Development University of Oklahoma
Dr. Jeffery Harwell Principal Surbec
Dr. Robert Knox Principal Surbec
Vicki Rose Managing Business Director and Owner Atmospheric Technology Services Co., Inc.
Dr. David Sabitini Principal Surbec
Benjamin Stewart Analyst Chisholm Venture Capital
Brian Zingo CEO Zingo Enterprises
David Williams University of Oklahoma
David Arthur CEO SWeNT
Rob McCoy
Tom Walker President i2E Inc.
Jackie Kimzey Sevin Rosen Funds
Mike Partain Partner Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners
Ram Velidi Sevin Rosen Funds
Dr. Mike Anderson President Presbyterian Health Foundation
Dr. Larry R. Grillot Dean College of Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma
Scott Booker Founder World's Fair
John Kennedy Founder Irish Realty
Phil Moss Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Hal Smith Chairman and CEO Hal Smith Restaurant Group
Tom L. Ward Chairman and CEO Sandridge Energy, Inc.
Daniel Pullin Associate Vice President and Executive Director Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth, University of Oklahoma
Jim Wheeler Co-founder and Stanley White Director Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Oklahoma
Thad Balkman General Counsel and VP of External Relations Phoenix Motorcars
Michael Bergey Co-founder and President Bergey Windpower Co.
Bob Willis Owner Sunrise Alternative Energy
Scott Mason Director of Business Development in Advanced Biofuels ConocoPhillips
Thomas S. Price, Jr. Senior Vice President of Corporate Development Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Roger B. Brown Head of Wind Business Development for Eastern US BP
Dr. Deborah Dalton University of Oklahoma
Peter Najera Intrinergy
John Savage Founder and Managing Director Verdeo Group
Dr. Thomas Kupiec Director of Laboratories and CEO Analytical Research Laboratories
Piyush Patel CEO PL Studios, Inc.
Rod Foster Founder and CEO SyntheSized NanoCoatings, Inc.
Tom Apel President Intrepid Ideas, Inc.
Bill Vaughn Co-chairman Airline Transport Association's Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Task Force
Robert M. Wohleber Former Senior Vice President and CFO Kerr-McGee Corp.
Adam Payne CEO and President Altheus Therapeutics, Inc.
Dr. Lloyd Hildebrand Co-founder and CEO/President Inoveon Corp.
Sally Garrison Lawyer Baer, Timberlake, Coulson and Cates
David Sullivan Lawyer Crowe & Dunlevy
Douglas A. Branch Lawyer Phillips Murrah P.C.
G. Neal Rogers Lawyer Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.
Paul T. Seikel Founder and President Pearl's Restaurant Group
Paul Hammack Founder and President New West Group
Honorable Valerie K. Couch Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court Western District Oklahoma
Mark Funke President Bank of Oklahoma
Rob Braver Senior Vice President RBC Wealth Management
David Luke Landman Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Neil Miller COO and General Counsel Thompson National Properties, LLC
David Johndrow Founder and President HR Logix