Helps Purdue builders think like founders—bridging labs and classrooms with what actually happens when you take an idea to market. He’s seen both sides: venture, corporate innovation, and getting teams unstuck on strategy.

Runs the engine behind mHUB—Chicago’s spot for teams building real hardware and products. He’s spent years next to founders shipping physical stuff, not just slides, and cares about what it takes to go from prototype to something people actually buy.

Chicago founder who built UX Brite to cut through the noise—connecting how products feel with how they sell. You’ll hear him talk about UX, go-to-market, and automation like a builder, not a buzzword deck.

Helps spin up real startups inside Alloy Partners—teaming up with big companies to turn messy problems into new ventures. Loves the messy middle between a whiteboard idea and something live in market.

Straight talk from someone who’s pitched and now listens to pitches for a living—what cuts through, how to own the risk, and why boring-but-critical businesses deserve more hype than they get.

Shapes how Whop shows up in the world—the marketplace where people sell software, communities, and digital products. He’s all about clear storytelling for founders: why you exist, why it matters, and how to make people actually care.