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Mark Goldstein

Intellectual Property Attorney at SoCal IP Law Group LLP
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Gerhard Apfelthaler

Dean, California Lutheran University School of Management. Higher Ed Leader, Educator, Entrepreneur, Author, and ...
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Jonathan Pearce

Intellectual Property Attorney at SoCal IP Law Group LLP
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Ryan Azlein

Partner at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Southern California's premier business law firm
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Paul J. Shrater

President at Minimus Brands LLC. Active investor in consumer products brands.
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Asher Leids

Angel Investor, Advisor, Lawyer
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Michael (Mike) Panesis

Educator, entrepreneur, executive and angel investor. Executive Director, Steven Dorfman Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at CLU.
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Irina Kukuyeva, Ph.D.

AI due diligence | Fractional Chief Data Officer | Advisory Board Member. Venture Partner Venture Partner at Executive Venture Fund (EVF)
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Georg Winkler

Economic Development Manager at City of Camarillo
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Annemarie Penny

Founder of Dreamore | Executive Recruiter | Advisor | Joyful Human!
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Kristin Bell

Program Manager, Hub101 | MBA Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Shannon Simone Miller

Strategic Life & Business Coach. Entrepreneurship & Online Business Expert.
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Casio Shyn

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Legal Officer of Alpha Biz.
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John Paukulis

CEO at Giftz, Most Fundable Companies® Winner. Draper Goren Holm Portfolio Company. Marketing Exec Paramount Pictures. Advisor.
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Jack Bishop

Senior Software Engineering Manager | Team Management, Technical Hiring
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Blake Baxter

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Immersive Enterprise Laboratories - IEL
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Amy Wood

Program Manager, Pepperdine Most Fundable CompaniesProgram Manager, Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
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Jason Sharp

Co-Founder @ Umi
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Marc Honorof

Senior executive providing interim management to C-Suite assisting in development and launch of new, strategic initiatives, Collaborative
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Dr. Stacy Brecht, DBA

Assistant Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Azusa Pacific University
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Brad Weber

CEO at The Avita Group
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Mosses Akizian

Connoisseur, Co-founder of Thirst & Growl
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Anthony M. Gonzales, MBA

Human Capital | Life Sciences | Serial Operator | Accredited Investor | Board Member | Venture Partner | 1° Black Belt BJJ
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Charlie Carroll

Creative Director/Business Development. Graphic design, apparel, and home goods industries.
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Teddy Thoren

Project manager. Creative director. Winemaker.
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Arda Helvacılar

Founder of Sertifier
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Daniel Demaggio

Hacker / Maker / SW Engineer
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James Peters

Senior Account Executive
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Mike Outmesguine

President TransStellar, Inc.
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Darius Clarke

High School CTE Information Computing Teacher - California Virtual Academies. Software Engineer.
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Gerardo Broussi BSc, MBA, PMP

Adjunct Faculty, California Lutheran University. Consultant.
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Jared Zabel

Product Manager @ CVS Health | Samsung, Snap, FOX, & GameStop | Product Management, Enterprise Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, LLM’s, Agentic AI, Moveworks, ServiceNow
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Steven Howell

CEO & Founder Whatrr.com | Solving Bottle Pollution | Guilt-Free Hydration
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Salman J. Chaudhry

STRATEGIC EXECUTIVE: Advisor & Consultant to Startups and High Growth Companies / Chief of Staff / Venture Capital (VC) / Private Equity (PE) / Investment Banking (IB)
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Todd Mueller

Founder @ UnaCasePro, Buena Digital | SaaS Development, FHIR, Azure, Healthcare
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Matt Oden

Founder / CEO | Execify
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Gene Eidelman

Entrepreneur | Azure Printed Homes | Sustainable Construction Innovator
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Danny Donahue

Startups and geology expert
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Arman Harutyunyan

Financial Services Professional with NylifeSecurities LLC
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Liliana Marghitoiu

Director Global Regulatory Affairs at Ambry Genetics
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Alondra Oubre

Owner, Consultant Medical Writing
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Drew J. Kaplan

Manufacturing, Sourcing & Logistics ☑ Startups ☑ Leadership in Growth ☑ M&A Consulting ☑ Property Management ☑ Sustainable Energy ☑
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Robert L. Kay

President/CEO at Elite Robotics & Elite Engineering and Renaissance Entrepreneur
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David Kreinces

Founder & CIO, ETF Portfolio Management (ETF PM)
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Ryan Stomel

CEO at Call Criteria
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Kimberly Wright

Nonprofit Development Professional
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Richard Million Burke, Jr.

Founder/CEO of PopRak, LLC
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Kenneth Kam

Venture Partner at The Design Accelerator
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Nathaniel Thompson

Scaling Companies Through Budget Optimization
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Boian Mitov

Chief Technical Advisor at Smithtek Pty Ltd. Owner/President of Mitov Software
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Troy Frazier

Associate Director, Recruiting at Century Group
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Max Zadeh

Founder & CEO - LettuceSocial | Entrepreneur | Technology Enthusiast
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Avi Dukler

Managing Partner at Go To Market Diagnostics. Venture Partner at CANCER FUND.
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Harout Z Markarian

Roboticist | Building robotic platforms to improve quality of life | Speaker | Former Pro Basketball Player | Engineer | Entrepreneur | Inventor | Innovator | Spectacular Podcast Guest
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Jason Humphries

Enterprise Agile Coach at Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Andrew Wagner

Founding President of Founders Inc. - Pepperdine's Premier Entrepreneurship Club
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Teresa Cedeno

Personal Trainer, Owner of Fitness Manifest & Fitness Manifest Podcast Host
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Jamey Sinardi

CEO | Performance/Health Integration Coach | Founder of Pūr Regen | Co-Founder of ROI Pipe | Keynote Speaker | MPPA @ CLU | ICMA Club President & 2024 Fellow | MMASC (ENFJ-A)
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Josh Novak

Helping businesses improve technology workflows & cyber-security
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Mark S.

Team Lead Manager
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Ensieh Kharghanian

Edward Jones Financial Advisor
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Eric Catalan

Results-oriented accounting/finance/operations leader
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Rebecca (Becky) Breuning

Treasurer at Reel Guppy Outdoors.
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Timothy Sheena

Co-Founder of Cyclus. Co-Founder at Atmo Auto Power.
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Kevin Sproles

Founder of Volusion | Entrepreneur | Technologist
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Ajay Dugar

Partnerships, Strategy & BD Advisor | ex-Paramount | ex-Nokia | ex-HP
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Mayank Vaswani

Systems Engineer, EMBA, CSM
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Chelsey Goldberg

Public Speaker; Hockey Development Consultant; Professional Hockey Player
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Dr. Myles E. Mangram, DBA, MBA

Founder & CEO at aiDA Technology | Quantum-AI Visionary | Serial Entrepreneur | Technologist | Sustainable Development Advocate | Passionate Drummer
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Daren Leith

Founder, Rise Design & Innovation | SVP Design & Product | Creative Leader | Designer | Ex Nokia Design | Ex HERE | Ex Ember
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Marc Mathys

Chief Executive Officer at CNS Therapy, AG
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Tom Crooke

Founder and Director at Bobbin Productions
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Cole Capps

IT Engineer
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David Adi

Co-Founder & CEO at Allyable
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Tomasz Boinski

CEO & Founder of Lobby4Gen. 0AI Evangelist, Mentor, Tech-Savvy IT Professional, Product/Project/Program Manager, Startup Entrepreneur
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John duHadway

Founder of duHadway, LLC. I help early & growth stage ventures achieve an optimal exit or funding // FinTech Entrepreneur // 3x co founder with successful exits ranging from $266 mill to $2.5 bill // PE investor // on-demand leadership
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John Devecka

CEO/Founder of Singtrix. Founder CEO-3 Exits | Consultant | Tech Startups | Patented Guitar Hero | Consumer Electronics & Gaming Hardware | Voice & Audio | IP Dev & Licensing | Fundraising & GTM Strategy | UIA Top 100 Inventor
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Elaine Vo

Student at California Lutheran University with a focus on fashion and marketing.
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Dorothy Fulop

Co-Founder of Gamewiz. Creator of Excitement of dorothyfulop.com
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Stuart Drexler

CEO & Founder of Jago Studios. Strategic Advisor at Code.org. Advisor at Sulake, BCG Digital Ventures, Emblematic Group, Rock Universal, PlaySpatial and others
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Dustin Wish

Global Executive in Technology and Media
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Jaime Busby

CEO at Gotham Industries (GPC)
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Jack Bradbury

Computer Science and Finance Student-Athlete at California Lutheran University
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Zane Hermann

Student at California Lutheran University | NCAA Dual Sport Student Athlete
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Pia Valtierra

Passionate about the intersection of sports and education, I currently excel as a program manager overseeing two dynamic master's programs.
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Rick Pearson

Senior Director at Cushman & Wakefield
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John Grogan

Financial Professional with New York Life
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Estelle Bussa

Deputy Executive Officer Economic Vitality and Service Excellence at County of Ventura
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Navjot Brar

Global Customer-Obsessed Product Manager: Product Differentiation | UX | Business Development | Innovative Solutions
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Kyriacos (Kyri) Tsircou

IP Attorney, Patents & Trademarks, Counsel to the innovative specializing in tech, new space, deep space, startups, AI, software & alternate energy. USAFA grad. Astronautical Engineer
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