Carlos Carbonell is a widely recognized leader in Central Florida’s business, nonprofit, political and civic landscape. A successful technology entrepreneur, Carlos harnesses years of entrepreneurship, tech, nonprofit, civic and political engagement in the region on behalf of the community and his clients.Carlos founded Echo Interaction Group, a tech company that has worked on hundreds of mobile app projects and currently offers a software platform to rapidly deploy Augmented Reality-enabled apps. He is also a partner at Xureal, the first Metaverse Platform for Sales Enablement and Training.Echo was awarded a Don Quijote Award for Hispanic Business of the Year; named Top App Developer Company in Orlando by Clutch and named a Gator100 company (as one of the fastest growing University of Florida alumni-led companies). Carlos was named one of Florida’s 500 Most Influential business executives by Florida Trend magazine in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Twice named one of Orlando’s 50 Most Powerful People by Orlando Magazine, a finalist for Central Floridian of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel and one of Orlando’s 40 Under 40 by Orlando Business Journal. In 2022, named one of Florida’s Top Hispanic Business Leaders by the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.Carlos is an esteemed national speaker on the topics of technology, entrepreneurship and innovation. He is a regular contributor to the Orlando Sentinel, and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal, Orlando Business Journal, as well as Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC Univision, and Telemundo affiliates. He has spoken at numerous conferences including SXSW.He is currently active in the following boards:Central Florida Foundation (not-for-profit) - Board of DirectorsAxiom Rehab (for profit, private) - Board of AdvisorsAfter the Pulse tragedy, Carlos was appointed by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to serve on the One Orlando Fund, which distributed over $30M to victims’ families and survivors. He also co-founded the One Orlando Alliance, a coalition of over 30 LGBTQ+ organizations still active as a non-profit today.His past board commitments have included: Orlando Economic Partnership/Orlando Tech Council - Enterprise Committee ChairOrlando Economic Partnership - Board of Directors, Executive CommitteeOrlando City Soccer Foundation - Former Board MemberOne Orlando Alliance - Founding Board Member and former chairValencia College - Former Tech Advisory Board MemberFull Sail University's Mobile App Development Program - Former Advisory Board Member