Welcome to Launchpad

Sarah Biller is an Entrepreneur, Investor, and Educator in the FinTech sector. She is the Executive Director of Vantage Ventures, a collaboration of West Virginia University (a Research 1 University), global Technology leaders, Fortune Class companies and Venture Capital firms, focused on providing entrepreneurs in the center of the country a systematic...

Deputy Director, Co-Founder MALA Ahmed Flex Omar is a network builder. From humble beginnings working at the West Side Health Authority building computer labs for under resourced communities, to his current role as co-founder, Deputy Director and Chief Experience Officer at the Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA), Flex is committed to...

Managing Partner at Actuate Law Dara Tarkowski is a renowned legal expert shaping the future of law, technology and highly regulated industry. As a published author, keynote speaker, and the co-founder of the RegTech start-up quointec, she is an outspoken voice on how technology is impacting the future of delivering legal and compliance advice to...

VP Strategic Partnerships Jeff Cain has extensive technology and startup experience, having been a business development and M&A executive at companies such as Common Sense Media, Cadence Design Systems and Red Herring. He built an ecosystem of wireless startups for Rutberg & Company and ran a consultancy that provided M&A, partnership...

Managing Partner Jason is an entrepreneur and builder with a focus on turning opportunities into scaleable organizations. He’s founded companies, advised growing companies, built a venture capital firm and headed innovation (including strategic investment and corporate development) for a public company. He’s previously helped found PerkStreet...

CEO Doppio Group William is the CEO of Doppio Group, a global consulting firm and Infor Alliance Partner serving manufacturing, distribution and equipment service companies. He is responsible for leading customer acquisition, strategic...

FinTech Manager EMEA Jack manages Fintech sales for Envestnet | Yodlee in EMEA engaging with both B2B and B2C companies varying from 2 people startups to some of the biggest tech enterprises globally. He has extensive experience working with FinTech startups, is educated and trained in executive leadership, employee engagement, and sales...

Founder and CEO Dorrian Porter is an entrepreneur living in Menlo Park, California. He recently founded Vestaboard, which has reimagined and modernized the split-flap message board you might see at a train station. In February 2013 he started Northern Imagination, a company named in tribute to his Canadian roots and dedicated to the pursuit...

Chief Commerical Officer Sonny Singh is the Chief Commercial Officer at BitPay which is the largest processor of bitcoin in the world. BitPay has raised over $30M in funding from top investors like Founders Fund, Richard Brandson, and Index Ventures. Previously, Sonny was part of the founding sales team at Jumio where he was the first Vice...

President xPressTap Joe Lynam is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with extensive Global fin-tech startup and operating experience.  He is currently the co-founder and CEO of xPressTap leading a team of entrepreneurs and engineers building a...

CEO Peggy Burke is the founder and CEO of 1185 Design, an award-winning digital branding agency specializing in brand development through positioning and design. Since November of ’85 she has done extensive work in Silicon Valley for Fortune 100 companies such as Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems, IBM and SAP, as well as numerous startup and venture...

VP of Sales With more than 20 years experience in the credit industry, Ron is currently Vice President of Sales and Business Development for TransUnion Interactive, TransUnion’s direct-to-consumer business unit.  Prior to that, he was Sales Manager for TransUnion’s local business unit handling Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San...

CEO and Founder Patrick is an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Signia Venture Partners, an early stage venture fund based in Menlo Park, California. Prior to joining Signia, he spent 5 years on the distribution side of the apps business both as CMO / global head of marketing for Google Play, where he led the rebranding of Android market and was...

Managing Director Facere25 Dion Lisle is the Managing Director of his own consulting firm FACERE25, acting as the Rosetta Stone between Legacy Banks and the Fintech startups driving innovation. Dion is unusual in the Fintech world as one of the few thought leaders that has been on both sides of the Bank to Fintech divide. Dion...