CEO at Embarc Collective, a Tampa Bay-based tech innovation leader for early-stage tech entrepreneurs ranked as the top incubation program in N America by UBI Global. Embarc's mission is to empower Florida’s entrepreneurs and startup talent to build bold, thriving, and highly impactful companies that are scalable and help shape the state of Florida into a leading technology hub.Past Chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship and past Director of the John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University and Executive Director of the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University. Co-Founder of 1809 Capital. Investor with Queen City Angels. Advise(d) 100s of startups and high growth companies that have raised $700+M in venture, growth equity, and PE funding, including ReliaQuest (Tampa), Gravity Diagnostics (Covington), Solarcore® (Portland), CERKL (Cincinnati), Gotcha (Charleston), and Homeshake (Cincinnati), among others. 35+ years of strategy, international business, and startup experience, including work in 25+ countries. Thirteen years at Accenture. Founder/President of Telcom Global Solutions, a $30M services firm with 250 employees, and two operating companies. Telcom was named to the “50 U.S. High Tech Ventures to Watch” list of the most successful U.S. high tech ventures in 2000. Flextronics acquired Telcom in 2001. Led Flextronics' Network Services Division with $800M in revenues and 6,500 employees.Named to 2025 25 People to Watch in Tampa Bay Business by Tampa Bay Business Journal. Finalist for Cincy Magazine's 2024 Cincinnati Power 100. Three-time Miami President's Medal in 2024, 2022, and 2020. Miami Creativity and Innovation Award in 2024. Miami Prodesse Quam Conspici Award in 2022. Awarded Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award in 2021. Farmer School Endres Fellow from 2019-2022. Finalist for VentureOhio 2019 Catalyst of the Year Award. Finalist for Greater Cincinnati Venture Association 2017 Mentor of the Year Award. 100+ refereed publications, including 35 peer-reviewed articles and 8 in FT50 journals. Best paper awards from Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, Kauffman Foundation, and Babson College. Editorial boards for 3 FT50 journals: SEJ, ET&P, and JoM. Former member of Executive Committees for ENT Division and STR Division in 21,000+ member Academy of Management. Specialties: Startup and Growth Strategy | Venture Capital | Ecosystem Building