Rally Innovation Conference 2023 | 29 August 2023 | Indiana Convention Center, 100 S Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46225, USA

Rally forges and celebrates cross-sector connections between companies, entrepreneurs, investors and universities from across the globe and features a $5M cash IN-Prize pitch competition, 1:1 investor meetups, a demo arena, keynotes, content sessions and more!

2023 Speakers

Jackson Andrews
Sofiat Abdulrazaaq
CEO and Co-founder, Goodfynd

Adzmel Adznan
Co-Founding Partner, Piva Capital

Jackson Andrews
Founding Managing Director, Endeavor Midwest

Mario Anglada
CEO, 365 Health

Brian Ardinger
Director of Innovation, Nelnet, InsideOutside.io

Mike Asem
Founding Partner, M25

Michael Austin
Senior Research Analyst, Guidehouse Insights

Jay Baer
President, Jay Baer

Ginna Baik
Senior Care Leader for Alexa Smart Properties, Amazon

Joe Bailey III
CEO & Founder, Bailey & Associates

Tony Bailey
Head of Technology Innovation, Omnicom

Lorna Baird
Manager – Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Olds College of Agriculture and Technology

Mark Balestra
US Special Counsel, Segev LLP

Alison Bateman-House
Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Stefy Bau
CEO, Init Esports

Scott Beck
President, Beck’s Hybrids

David Becker
Chairman and CEO, First Internet Bank

Drew Beechler
CEO & Co-Founder, Holder

Adam Berk
Director of Divergent Thinking, Startup Program Design

Mark Birch
Global Startup Advocate, Amazon Web Services

Kim Blair
Vice President, Business Development, Re:Build Manufacturing, LLC

Sebastian Blanco
Editor, SAE

Aman Brar
Partner, Ground Game Ventures

Amanda Brezzell
Co-Founder & Creative Director, Fennigans Farms

Ryan Brock
Chief Solution Officer, DemandJump

Kate Brodock
General Partner, The W Fund

Amy Brown
Founder & CEO, Authenticx

Deanna Brown
Founder & CEO, DragonFly Sports

Monique Brown
Cofounder & Managing Director, Growth Factory

Aly Bryan
Ventures Investor, Closed Loop Partners

Brett Brohl
General Partner, Bread and Butter Ventures

Stacey Burr
CEO, Future Standard

Stanley Buchesky
CEO, pi-top

Heath Butler
Venture Partner, Mercury

Troy Byrd
Founder, 123442 Ventures

Courtney Caldwell
CEO, ShearShare

Michael Capaldi
Executive Director, Institute for Gene Therapies

Robert Carlson
Partner, Start Something Ventures

Cordell Carter
Executive Director, The Aspen Institute

Kerry Carter
COO, Atavus Football, Co-Founder, Treehouse Studios

Frederick Cartwright
President & CEO, Conexus Indiana

Jake Chapman
Managing Director, Marque VC

Yu-kai Chou
Founding Partner, The Octalysis Group, Metablox.co

Earl Cochrane
CEO and Founder, Kinova Solutions

Bobby Couch
Exective Director, Tiger Impact Partners

Jennifer Crandall
Founder & CEO, Safe Food En Route, LLC

Brook Cunningham
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Corteva Agriscience

Alexandra Cutean
Chief Research Officer, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Tifenn Dano Kwan
Chief Marketing Officer, Amplitude

Allison Disney
CEO & Co-Founder, MixMix

Amy Dixon
Director of Patient Advocacy, Eye C Better

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance, Nations Benefits

Mike Dodd
Principal, National Security Innovation Capital

Ken Doyle
Executive Director, Tech-Access Canada

Tom Dunmore
Vice-President of Marketing, Major League Cricket

Pat East
Principal, Flywheel Fund

Scott Fadness
Mayor, City of Fishers

Rebecca Fannin
Author/Founder, Silicon Heartland / Silicon Dragon Ventures

Soribel Feliz
CEO and Founder, Responsible AI = Inclusive AI

Alex Fielding
CEO, Privateer Space

Guy Finley
CEO, MESA

Jackie Firsty
Director of Investor Program, Greentown Labs

Mitch Frazier
CEO, AgriNovus Indiana

Tara Fung
Cofounder & CEO, Co:Create

Patricia Furlong
President & CEO, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Craig Ganssle
CEO, Farmwave, Inc

Jim Garfield
Sports Practice Director, Seer.World

Kalyan Gautham
Co-Founder & CEO, Newsroom AI

Keith Gipson
CEO/CTO, facil.ai Corp

Benjamin Glenn
Founder, A Matter of Innovation

Andrew Gollach
Principal, SOSV

Nestor Gomez
Chief Technology Officer, Canadian Food Innovation Network

Ting Gootee
President & CEO, TechPoint

Ankur Gopal
CEO, Interapt

Shaun Grannis
Vice President for Data & Analytics, Regenstrief Institute / Indiana University

Kristof Grina
Co-founder, Up Top Acres

Regina Grogan
Founder, Center for AI + Social Impact / DisruptiveAI

Lindsey Groepper
President, BLASTmedia

Christine Gulbranson
CEO, U+ Nova

Kathleen Hale
Partner, Builders + Backers

John Harrington
Director, Product Marketing, Phenom

Kathleen Hart
Attorney & Partner, Riley Bennett Egloff LLP

Jennifer Hallowell
Executive Director, Indiana Technology & Innovation Association

Lorin Hamlin
Head of Open Innovation, Under Armour

Tim Hayden
Co-Founder, Stadia Ventures & Xvisory

Chris Heivly
Managing Director, Build The Fort, LLC

Calvin Hendryx-Parker
CTO, Six Feet Up

Patrick Henshaw
Managing Director, Render Capital

John Hill
Evangelist, Techstars

Andie Hines-Lagemann
Startup Ecosystem Manager, Elevate Ventures

Daniel Herscovici
Partner, Edison Partners

Scott Holloway
General Partner, Starting Line

Fay Horwitt
President & CEO, Forward Cities

Dr. Lisa Hoverman
Founder, Healthcare, Scientific, & Medical Communications

Delaney Howell
CEO, AgCulture Marketing

Colin Hurd
CEO, Mach

Jeff Ifrah
Founding Member, Ifrah Law PLLC

Janet Ivey Duensing
CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Janet’s Planet, Inc.

Kelli Jones
Co-Founder, Be Nimble Foundation

Cliff Jurkiewicz
Vice President Global Strategy, Phenom

Audre Kapacinskas
Principal, S2G Ventures

Justin Keller
SVP, Head of Marketing, Drift

Karen Kerr
Founder & General Partner, Exposition Ventures

Wayne Kimmel
Managing Partner, SeventySix Capital

Renee King
Founder & CEO, FundBlackFounders

Keith Kirkland
Co-Founder & Chief Haptic Officer, WearWorks

Rachel Klein
Founder & CEO, Revival Food Co

Frank Klemens
Managing Director, Big Idea Ventures

Shelley Klingerman
President, Stiletto Agency

Dave Knox
Executive Director, Blue North

Nupur Kohli
CEO, Vedanka BV

Scott Kraege
Partner, Ivy Ventures

Kristen Kuliga
Founder and EVP Business Development, K Capital Partners & Vanguard Sports Group

Jenna Kurath
VP, Startup Partnerships, Head of Comcast NBCU SportsTech, Comcast NBCU

Jeff LaFrenz
President, VizworX Inc.

Roger Lanctot
Director, Mobility, TechInsights

Tamara Leigh
CEO & Co-Founder, EIO Diagnostics

Alberto Levy
CEO & Co-Founder, Poly Cashback

Patrick Lor
Partner, Panache Venture

Riana Lynn
CEO, Journey Foods

Jean Makesh
CEO, The Lantern Group

Piyali Mandal
Senior Manager, Business Technology, Salesforce

Natasha Mann
Principal, Marlin Equity Partners

Tyler Mantel
Director, Startup Foundry, Purdue Innovates

Haley Marie Keith
CEO & Co-Founder, MITO

Diego Mariscal
Founder, CEO & Chief Disabled Officer, 2gether International

Tracy Markie
CEO, Engenuity Systems, Inc.

Brian Marrinan
General Partner, Team ABC Ventures

Jennifer Marston
AgFunder, Global AgTech Editor

Chad Mason
CEO & Founder, Advanced Ionics

Nate Mason
Principal, Starburst Aerospace

Dallas McGhee-Henry
Community Partnerships Manager, University of Michigan – College of Literature Science and the Arts

Shane McSimov
CEO and Co-Founder, XMTP Labs

Frank Menchaca
President, Sustainable Mobility Solutions, SAE International

Shelton Mercer III
Founder & Chairman, The Mercer Group / Virtuous Innovation

Darrian Mikell
Co-Founder, CEO | Qualifi

NaShara Mitchell
Clinical Professor and Innovation Lab Director, Butler University

Neal Mody
Managing Director, Zoic Capital

Karim Mohammadali
XR Policy Lead, Google

Chris Molaro
Founder & CEO, NeuroFlow

Neela Mollgaard
Executive Director of the Office of Small Business Development, MN Department of Employment and Economic Development

Kirsten Moorefield
Co-founder & COO, Cloverleaf

Vera Mulyani
President, Mars City Design & Astrobiome

Russell Mumper
Vice President for Research, Indiana University

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director, Tampa Bay Wave

Alfredo Munoz
CEO, ABIBOO Studio

Arvind Murthy
General Manager, The Heritage Group Accelerator

Neil Mylet
Farmer & Inventor, Mylet Farms

Dan Nieves
Global Executive Engagement, Reality Labs, Meta

Austin Noronha
Managing Director, Sony Ventures

Kristen Nunery
CEO, myCOI

Brent Oakley
President, Vibenomics, a Mood Media Company & SVP Mood Media Advertising

Jeni Olney
Director for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan

Gary O’Meara
CEO, Boyne Valley Food Innovation

David Ortiz
Founder & CEO, SimWin Sports Inc.

Seval Oz
CEO & Founder, Oz Advisors

Johnny Park
CEO, WHIN

Laila Partridge
CEO, HardTech Project

Tsahi Petel
Vp Client Solution, QualityLine

Tanya Peacock
Managing Director, California and Hydrogen, EcoEngineers

Dustin Pederson
CFO, Locus Robotics

Amy Peterson
Co-Founder & CEO, Rebel Nell

Damon Phillips
Senior Vice President, Strategic, NBC Sports

Michal Preminger
Regional Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Vickram Pradhan
Vice President, Sopris

Markeith Price
Founder & CEO, Move Progress

Demi Radeva
CEO, Chief Strategist, Akros Advisory Services

Merin Rajadurai
Senior Advisor, U.S. State Department

Sat Ramphal
CEO, Maya Ai

Julia Regan
RxLightning, CEO

Derrick Redding
CEO, Betterfrost Technologies

Jeanette Renshaw
Partner, GrowthX

Greg Resh
EVP, Chief Financial Officer, Sagamore Ventures

Linda Ricci
Chair, Strategic Initiatives, The Virtual World Society

Lisa Rich
Founder & COO, Xplore Inc.

Michael Robertson
Vice President, Global Product Management and Strategy, Elektrobit

Sheri Rose
CEO & Founder, The Thrive Center, Inc.

Ginger Rothrock
Senior Director, HG Ventures

Mike Reynolds
Founder & CEO, Innovatemap

Craig Rupp
CEO, Sabanto

Sara Sabry
Astronaut, CEO & Founder, Deep Space Initiative

Robert Saik
CEO, AGvisorPro

Adrish Sannyasi
Head of Customer Solutions, Rhino Health

Stan Schneider
CEO, Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

Sue Schneider
VP, Growth & Strategy, Americas, SBC Gaming

Kimberly Selden
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Black Girls Tennis Club

Shreyas Sen
Founder & CTO, Ixana

Stephen “Shed” Shedletzky
Founder & Coach, Shed Inspires

Jeff Simmons
CEO, Elanco

Kristin Slanina
Chief Innovation Officer, ParkMyFleet

Sydney Sloan
CMO, Drata

Derek Small
Founder, Managing Director, Luson Bioventures

Mara Smith
Founder & CEO, Inspiro Tequila

Tyrome Smith
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Common Mission Project

Wolf Starr
CEO, The Venture Atlas

Thomas Stephenson
CEO and Chairman, Pajarito Powder, LLC

John Suh
Vice President and Head of Hyundai New Horizons Studio, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.

Mustafa Sultan
Dr. & Creator, Big Picture Medicine

Michael Swanson
Agricultural Economist, Wells Fargo

Ayden Syal
CEO & Founder, MOGL

Selika Talbott
President, Autonomous Vehicle Consulting, LLC

Aarti Tandon
CEO, Smart City Expo USA

Rich Teachout
CTO, El Toro Targeting

Jake Teshka
State Representative, Indiana House of Representatives

Chris Thompson
Founder, Epic Chase LLC

Eric Tingwall
Testing Director, MotorTrend

Lindsay Tjepkema
CEO & Co-Founder, Casted

Eric Tobias
Partner, High Alpha

Jenna Trabulus
Founder, Captain Ventures

Maria Tranquilli
Stealth

Drew Trojanowski
Co-Founder, Mission Acceleration Center

Bonnie Tseng
CFO, L.A. Trade Technical College Foundation

Willard Tu
Associate Vice-President of Automotive Compute, Marvell

Thierry Van Landegem
Executive Director, Accelerator, mHUB

Matthew Versaggi
Sr. Dir. of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Technology, Fmr Optum Technology, United Healthcare

Vanessa Villaverde
CHCF, Senior Program Investment Officer

John Voelcker
Auto Reporter + Analyst, Car and Driver, others

Maye Walraven
North America General Manager, Innovafeed

Yue Webster
Associate VP, Eli Lilly and Company

Jian Wei Hoh
CEO, VIIZR Inc.

Phil Weilerstein
President & CEO, VentureWell

Michael Weir
Chief Revenue Officer, G2

Teri Willey
Managing Director, Pathway to Cures Venture Fund

Gerald Wilmink, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Director Digital Health

Becky Wilson
Associate, Rhapsody Venture Partners

Harrison Wilson
CEO, Limitless Minds

Brandon Wimbush
Co-Founder, MOGL

Michael Winter
CEO and Co-Founder, JOLT America

Samantha Wolfe
Founder, PitchFWD

Courtney Zaugg
Founder & President, Plaka + Associates

Jack Zhang
Corporate Development, Director, Zimmer Biomet

Emily Zhen
Principal, Zeal Capital Partners

2023 Sponsors

FUNDING HOST:
• Elevate
• Indiana

PLATINUM:
• Agrinovus Indiana
• ARI
• Indian University
• Purdue Innovates
• Sports Tech HQ

GOLD:
• Braindate
• Demand Jump
• High Alpha
• Inside Indiana Business

SILVER:
• Becks
• Blast Media
• Office Works
• Indianapolis
• Shipsigma
• Start Up
• University of Notre Dame

BRONZE:
• Boomerang Ventures
• Brand butter
• Care Source
• Crafted
• Engineered Inno vation Group
• First Internet Bank
• IVY Tech
• KSM
• Merchants Bank
• PIVOT
• Salora ERP
• Tactive
• Taft
• Wells Fargo