Subject Matter Experts

A marketing and advertising education, mixed with digital strategy and real-world business experience. I’m an entrepreneur at heart, building businesses for myself and with others.

Walter Burgess, Co-CEO at Power Technology, Inc., is a Central Arkansas native with more than 25 years of experience in the laser and photonics industry. As the manager of both a Sales team and an Engineering team, he uses entrepreneurial skills to shepherd products from the idea stage through commercialization. This includes product ideation, technical

I am a veteran of multiple startups including my first startup with Jeff Amerine. I am a passionate believer in the idea that a business has to exist on solid foundations in order to maximize its chances to succeed. I have developed this belief over my many years of business and hope to share that

Co Founder and Owner of The Buttered Biscuit breakfast chain. Driven by results, competition, success, and challenges. Organized and determined to solve complex problems that exceed expectations of the guests and community. My passion for results, and hunger to be challenged, are exemplified by consistently delivering exceptional sales budgets, taking on responsibilities of leadership, and

Sajan Gautam is a cybersecurity executive turned advisor/investor who has spent 20+ years in various information security roles with progressive responsibilities. He led and managed global teams and worked very closely with startups, investors, and educational communities. Sajan is currently the ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ at Fuel Accelerator in the USA. Prior to that, Sajan was

Morgan has served startups, small businesses, and nonprofits in Northwest Arkansas for over a decade through development, education, communications, and HR support. She formerly served as Northwest Arkansas Regional Director of FORGE Inc., Arkansas’s oldest and largest CDFI. Prior to that, she was the Director of Programs and Partnerships with Startup Junkie Foundation and specialized

I’m an authentic and empathetic leader, most recently acting as co-founder and CEO of RevUnit. RevUnit was named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies (4x), the Entrepreneur 360 list of America’s most innovative businesses, and Entrepreneur Magazine’s top company cultures – culminating in a private equity acquisition in 2019. Today, I advise

Matt Francis is President and CEO of Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc,. which he founded in 2011. Matt is passionate about technology transition and alignment, and has helped many entrepreneurs and scientists learn the art of customer discovery as the starting point of a successful venture. He serves on the Board of Directors of IEEE, the

Marcel is an operations fanatic and marketplace management expert. He has experience with setting up growing startups to run smoothly and enjoys turning chaos into order. He has a penchant for taking a systems view of how an organization functions, breaking it down, and finding ways to make it work more successfully for all stakeholders.

Most of my career has been in academia (Harding University and Abilene Christian University) in which I have mentored senior engineering students in starting with an idea and developing a functioning prototype over a two semester sequence. I have also taught a large number of engineering courses, mostly in electrical engineering. I can advise on