A seasoned communications specialist, official TEDx speaker and writer with both B2B and B2C experience, April is as creative as she is strategic. With nearly 20 years of experience representing Fortune 100 companies and their executives at leading public relations agencies including Weber Shandwick, Edelman, Spong and Rubenstein Public Relations, she is skilled at developing targeted communications programs that convey strategic messaging, compelling narratives, intangible brand attributes and subtle points of differentiation. April is an official member and contributor of the Forbes Agency Council, Entrepreneur and Newsweek. She is also a co-host of The PR Wine Down podcast, HypeBusters and TR: The Podcast, as well as national mentor for SEED SPOT and OneValley Startup.
Javy is a serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, and philanthropist. He is the CMO, Director of Events and Host for Kamp - the go-to startup experience for any early stage founders looking to launch or scale their startup. Javy also founded The Single Parent Family Foundation, which provides family support programs & resources to single parent families in Dallas county who are living at the federal poverty level. Javy is a Venture Partner and Dallas Chapter Director for Founder Institute Texas. He is also the Co-Founder of Javannah Capital International and Sports Media Promotions which is the parent company behind Dallas Cowboys Player Talk Show "Inside The Huddle" where also serves as the Executive Producer.
Julia Valentine is a solution-focused FinTech Advisor to boards and management teams. Throughout her executive career, Ms. Valentine has held leadership positions at JPMorgan Chase, D. E. Shaw and Mousse Partners, one of the largest family offices in the world. Julia serves on the Board of Directors - Operations & Technology and Financial Crimes Compliance Committees - of the Apple Bank. She's an advisor to startups, and is currently CTO & COO at AlphaMille.
CTO of a $10B public company running a successful product with a team of love 1500 people growing at 30% + Ran engineering for Atlassian and helped them scale the offering for Jira, confluence and trello. Led the knowledge engineering revolution at Intuit to make Turbotax smarter. Helped scale netflix's engineering and infra.
Lasse Andresen is a serial entrepreneur and a 20+ year digital identity veteran. In his most recent startup venture, Lasse is founder and CEO of IndyKite, co-founder and CTO of indyRIOT and joon. Previously Lasse founded identity and access management company, ForgeRock, which became a publicly traded company in September of 2021. He led as CEO through the startup phase, achieving 100% year-over-year growth and securing top-tier venture funding totaling $230 million. He continued in leadership as CTO, growing the company to over 750 employees in offices around the world, and establishing a customer base of over 1300 Global Fortune 5000 companies. When he's not dreaming up the next big thing in identity, Lasse is a passionate keyboard player and cyclist, and has toured countries around the world.
