Dr. Briancon is an entrepreneur and innovator with 25 plus years of expertise in mobile device and application industries.  This is the third startup he is involved in. He was recently President and CEO of Horizon Analog, a signal processing and classification company. Previously, Alain was CTO of NTERA, a material science startup developing printed electronics displays. He has served as the CTO of InterDigital Inc. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT.

Iris Sherman is an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience involving pharmaceutical, nutraceuticals, immunology and food businesses. She is a successful business leader bringing her expertise in science to foster business development. This is her sixth startup. She is an elected board member of IFT. She holds an MTASCP and MBA from Northeastern University.

Howard Goldberg has over 40 years of leadership and diversified business experience, prior to retiring as President, CEO and Director of InterDigital Inc. This is his fourth startup. He was with a Big Eight accounting firm, regional law firm specializing in corporate transactional and securities law, and served as Special Counsel at the SEC. He received a J.D. from the university of Florida and a B.S. in accounting from Temple University.

Barbara Boyce, DHSc, RDN is a registered dietitian with 30 years of experience in nutrition marketing, public relations, culinary arts, and program implementation for profit and non-profit organizations. She is a cookbook author and has held executive positions at several major companies & organizations. She obtained her doctorate in health science from Nova Southeastern University & her master’s in nutrition communication from Boston University.

Jenny Sprague is a blogging guru and social media community manager extraordinaire. She is an invited speaker at many conferences, including the BlogHer Conference. She founded and runs the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference, Kitchology key to federating leading food allergy bloggers. She received a Bachelor degree from the University of Southern Maine as well as an Associate degree from New Hampshire Technical Institute.

Charlie is the founder and executive chef of Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations, a leading developer of products for the restaurant and food industry. He has 20+ years of experience, including as executive for the Food Group, saucier, publishing, training for food scientists. He received an associate of Science degree Culinary Institute of America and Bachelor of Science, Hotel and Restaurant Management from Purdue University.

Donna Balinkie is a seasoned marketing, product management, and business development executive, founded Firedrive Marketing Group. She has over 20 years of experience growing and managing P&Ls of start-up, growth-stage, and established B2B and B2C organizations. An entrepreneur at heart, she is passionate about developing breakthrough strategic plans and driving flawless execution that accelerates growth and maximizes profitability.

Luke Lamar has 25 years of experience in information systems special expertise in database design, applications development, and data analytics. He is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and most recently served as the Director of IT for an international union. Using his data architecture and programming skills, he hopes to help others overcome some of the difficulties in preparing special diets.