Ed Gerard
Ed Gerard has spent the last two decades working in Fine Wine & Spirits industries on both sides of the Atlantic. His background covers importation, wholesale, retail and hospitality. Most recently Ed spent 8 years at Harrods as Head of Wines, Spirits, Cigars and Pharmacy where he orchestrated the multi-million pound development of the lower ground space into the award winning location it is today. He has followed the No & Lo category with keen interest for the last few years and has joined in the mission now as Global Director Business Development with Mocktail Beverages.
Jeannine Taaffe
Meghan Knoll
Sumeet Kumar
Dr. Sumeet Kumar is CEO of Innatera Nanosystems, the pioneering Dutch neuromorphic processor company. Dr. Kumar holds an MSc and PhD in Microelectronics from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He was previously with Intel, where he worked with the Imaging and Camera Technologies Group developing domain-specific tools for the development of complex media processor architectures. At Delft, Dr. Kumar is credited with creating two highly-successful European R&D programmes developing energy-efficient compute hardware for highly automated vehicles, together with organizations including Infineon, NXP, and BMW, among others. He was also responsible for leading industry-focused research on power-efficient multiprocessors and computational neuroscience.
Ben Jacobs
Aimee Gilbreath
John Keatley
Susan Sholtis
John Honchariw
Rich Kelleman
Rich is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bond Pet Foods, a Boulder, Colorado-based start-up that’s working with biotechnology to make pet food from pure microbial and recombinant animal proteins like chicken, turkey and fish, without the animal. Before diving into the world of pets and food tech, Rich was a strategic planner at a number of advertising agencies for more than 20 years including CP+B, Upshot, FCB and Fallon, where he lead brand strategy for brands like Burger King, P&G, Kellogg’s, and Coca-Cola