Carrie Hines
Carrie Hines is the President and CEO of the American Small Manufacturers Coalition. LinkedIn | Company Website
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Arber Ruci
Entrepreneur and inventor on a mission to make the worlds buildings smart and accessible. Focused on creating value from Computer Vision and Mixed Reality and 3D Visualization. Co-inventor of worlds fastest indoor modeling, positioning and navigation system. Experienced CEO. Economic Development Expert for the National Science Foundation, Empire State Development in NYS and City of …
Vince Hartman
Vince Hartman is Cofounder and CEO of Abstractive Health, a physician AI assistant for summarizing medical records using LLMs and GenAI. He has 15 years of healthcare experience in product management and EHR integrations from previously leading teams at Epic, Cityblock, Robin Healthcare and Accenture. Vince has authored three research studies involving the core clinical …
Kelsey Moody, PhD, MBA
Dr. Moody is a process-oriented drug developer and executive who has specialized in the study of aging and aging mechanisms for over a decade. Since 2013, Dr. Moody has successfully built Ichor Life Sciences (formerly Ichor Therapeutics) from a living room start-up into a premier, vertically integrated research organization focused on drug discovery and development …
Jen Tifft
Jen Tifft is a government strategy and operations leader with experience in designing and implementing effective policy and programs to improve service delivery and customer experience. She was appointed as the Director of Strategic Initiatives in 2021 after serving as the deputy commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development. Prior to joining City Hall, Tifft worked …
Dhanush Mariappan
Dhanush Mariappan is a Technology Manager at GE Vernova Advanced Research Center and he leads a 25+ team of mechanical engineers working on research programs in advanced manufacturing technologies to enable the energy transition. Dhanush received his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras; and Masters and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering …
Mimi Prober
Mimi Prober is the founder of her signature label, formally established in 2014, which is built upon four sustainability pillars: Preservation, Farm to Fiber, Ethical Production, and Community Engagement. With a focus on preservation of textile narratives, botanical based color, and developing signature custom textiles with farms and mills, Prober’s work has received acclaim for …
Mark Helm
Mark Helm is a Senior Fellow in the Technology and Products Group at Micron Technology and is responsible for driving pathfinding and strategy teams across DRAM, NAND Flash and emerging memories. Mark’s background spans silicon development through system engineering. This broad background is leveraged in his current role where he is focused on delivering innovative …
Jim Oerth
James Oerth is the Vice President of Operations for Wolfspeed’s automated 200mm SiC Power MOSFET wafer fabrication facility in Marcy, New York. James is a semiconductor industry veteran with over 42 years of experience in progressive engineering and operations management roles in analog silicon, RF GaAs, and Power SiC process technologies. James specializes in creating …
Mark Schmit
Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), since 1988, has been committed to strengthening U.S. manufacturing, continually evolving to meet the changing needs of manufacturers. As division chief for Performance Evaluation and Economic Impacts, Mark is the lead for division policy and has assisted in the development of …
