Influencers and Enablers

Tiffany Gonzalez is a Limited Partner and Operating Expert at Stage 2 Capital, and Operating Expert at Metropolitan Partners and founder of Bombyll, advising seed to Series B SaaS and eCommerce companies on revenue operations and go-to-market strategy. With 20+ years scaling organizations from startup to IPO, she has held…

Faisal is a healthcare executive leader with proven results at some of the most successful healthcare technology companies: Change Healthcare (NASDAQ: CHNG), Allscripts Healthcare (NASDAQ: MDRX), and Neoforma (NASDAQ: NEOF). Faisal has commercialized data and analytics solutions, clinical, revenue cycle management, payer, and pharma solutions. He has built and scaled…

Adrian Trömel is interim Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President for Innovation at Rice University, where he also serves as Associate VP, Innovation Strategy & Investments. At Rice, Adrian supported the establishment and development of the Office of Innovation, where he launched resources to support new venture creation, led strategic…

Stephen C. Ekker, PhD is a genome engineer, entrepreneur, and innovation leader with over three decades of experience in gene editing. He serves as Associate Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dell Medical School, where he develops health and life science innovation programs across UT Austin. Ekker is a Professor…