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The Download: Jack Thompson, Head of U.S. Financial Services, SAS

August 22, 2023 Brooks Malone

Jack Thompson is the Head of U.S. Financial Services at Cary-based SAS and leads the charge in delivering cutting-edge analytics and artificial intelligence solutions to clients in banking, insurance, and […]

The Download: Amy Bastian, Senior Director, NC IDEA

July 11, 2023 Brooks Malone

Amy Bastian serves as Senior Director at NC IDEA, where her primary responsibilities are managing the NC IDEA SEED and NC IDEA MICRO grant programs. Prior to NC IDEA, Amy […]

The Download: Alex Lassiter, Founder & CEO, GreenPlaces

June 13, 2023 Brooks Malone

Alex Lassiter is the Founder and CEO of Raleigh-based GreenPlaces, a platform to make achieving sustainability easy for all businesses. Prior to GreenPlaces, Alex co-founded Gather, an enterprise software startup […]

The Download: Jeff Welch, Director of New Ventures, Duke OTC

May 30, 2023 Brooks Malone

Jeff Welch joined the Duke Office for Translation and Commercialization (“OTC”) as Director of New Ventures in early 2021 after five years as Bioventus’ executive responsible for all corporate development […]

The Download: Erik Troan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Pendo

May 2, 2023 Brooks Malone

Erik Troan is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Pendo, a venture-backed software company headquartered in downtown Raleigh. Erik started his career at Red Hat, where he worked as […]

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The Download: John Zemonek, Founder, Aligned Technology Group

April 18, 2023 Brooks Malone

John Zemonek is the Founder and Managing Director of Aligned Technology Group (“Aligned”), a cloud advisory and services business focused on Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) with expertise in security. Prior […]

The Download: Archie O’Connor, Co-Founder, Raleigh-Durham Startup Week

April 4, 2023 Brooks Malone

Archie O’Connor has been a digital technology and media innovator for 20 years. He has consistently anticipated key cultural and business trends in consumer-focused and B2B technologies. This has led […]

The Download: Bob Young, Co-Founder of Red Hat, Founder and Chairman of Lulu

March 21, 2023 Brooks Malone

Bob Young is the founder and Chairman of Lulu.com, a premier international marketplace for self-publishing digital content on the Internet, with more than 300,000 recently published titles and more than […]

The Download: Haley Huie, Director, NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic

March 7, 2023 Brooks Malone

Haley Huie is the Director of the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic, where she works with partner organizations to create projects to provide hands-on opportunities for students to apply entrepreneurial skills […]

The Download: Will Clemente, Co-Founder, Reflexivity Research

February 21, 2023 Brooks Malone

Will Clemente is the Co-Founder of Reflexivity Research, a digital asset research firm covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and more. While just 20 years of age, the Fuquay-Varina native has become […]