Ashleigh Smith is the founder of Make It Happen. The mission of Make It Happen (MIH) is to provide educational and therapeutic mateirals for children with autism and special needs.
Ashleigh Smith is expected to graduate Cornell University in 2007.
Aron Rosenberg is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for SightSpeed.
Rosenberg has over seven years of research, development, operational and management experience at both startups, academic institutions and large corporations. Most recently Aron was the Senior Researcher at Cornell University's DISCOVER Lab where he was responsible for day-to-day operations and long term research. He is also the author of publications in the field of high performance video. His work experience also includes various roles at Carr America, Naval Surface Warfare Center, and DSR, Inc.
Aron Rosenberg holds a Bacelor's degree in Engineering from Cornell University with a Major in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Human-Computer Interaction.
Field Failing is the Founder of Fields Good Chicken. Field Failing has an undergraduate degree and MBA from Cornell University.
Meghan Cross is a Managing Director at Red Bear Angels. She has nearly a decade of operating experience launching and growing media & software companies in New York and Silicon Valley. As an early Director at StyleCaster Inc., Meghan led the digital media conglomerate’s marketing team through the business’ exit to She Knows Media. Prior, Meghan was in Public Relations, helping to build such brands as Skype and Foursquare into household names. She draws venture experience from working with Bowery Capital, Foundation Capital, Metamorphic Ventures, and StarVest Partners, where she analyzed potential investments and provided portfolio value-add. She is the founder of Cross Venture Services LLC, a launch advisor to such commerce platforms as Sailo (TechStars ’15), Shareswell, and Thursday Boot Co. Meghan Cross received her B.S. in Fiber & Textile Science from Cornell University and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where she co-led of the school’s entrepreneurship program and was Steve Blank’s teaching assistant for The Lean Launchpad.
Nora Poggi is the Director and Producer of \"She Started It\". She is a French journalist with a background in film production who has been interviewing key players in Silicon Valley for the past four years. After graduating from French top schools Sciences Po Paris and La Sorbonne, she moved to San Francisco to work for French social network Viadeo.com. She then went back to her first love, films, with the production company Lucky Dragon Productions, where she trained in all areas of film production and promotion. At the same time, she started freelance reporting for Examiner.com on major Silicon Valley events, producing video interviews with tech industry players. She now also writes about entrepreneurship & tech for French newspaper Usine Nouvelle.
Ariana Blossom is an Executive and Business Coach. In addition, she is a blogger for the Huffington Post. She served for four years in the U.S. Army and received her undergraduate degree from Wells College.
Adam Hirsch is an advisor to Mashable and current SVP, Emerging Media and Technology of Edelman Digital. From 2008 to Jan. 2012, he was Mashable’s chief operating officer where was critical in developing Mashable from a small blog into a media company. These clips are from a symposia session during the entrepreneurship Celebration weekend at Cornell University. The panel was entitled, “The Cutting-Edge: Making the Most of Emerging Technologies†and touched on how emerging technologies will revolutionize industries and impact privacy. Adam Hirsch is a graduate of Cornell University.
Sarah Martin is Vice President at Digital Currency Council. These clips are from a symposia session during the entrepreneurship Celebration weekend at Cornell University. The panel was entitled, “The Cutting-Edge: Making the Most of Emerging Technologies†and touched on how emerging technologies will revolutionize industries and impact privacy. Sarah Martin is a graduate of Cornell University.
Christopher Sanson is the Co-Founder and CEO of MarcoPolo. MarcoPolo.net was founded as a fun way for people to share their travel plans with one another. Previously, Sanson worked at a consulting firm performing regression analysis to help companies evaluate the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns. He\'s launched several ventures including an arts magazine and a photo souvenir business. Christopher Sanson graduated with a Master of Management in Hospitality from the Cornell Hotel School in 2006. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 2002.