Rustin Cavel | Coast
The fabric of finance is radically changing, and consumers need new tools to navigate the nuances of managing new asset classes. Coast connects the worlds of DeFi and TradFi enabling consumers to integrate digital assets (cryptocurrencies, NFTs, etc.) into a comprehensive financial plan.
Rustin Cavel has been working in startups for over six years. He graduated from the University of Texas with a Finance degree, is a self-taught application developer, and has been working full time in the blockchain industry for over 2 years.
He is passionate about helping people improve their financial well-being and leveraging technology to do so at scale. As blockchain technology continues to be adopted worldwide, he believes we've reached an inflection point that will change the way people interact and transact digitally. He and his co-founder at Coast seek to empower consumers to navigate the nuances of personal finance in a modern era of finance.
https://www.getcoast.io
Marten Hillen | Weaver Labs
Marten Hillen is a water sector leader with 15 years of global experience across Europe, Asia, and North America. Marten has a Civil Engineering Masters from Delft University of Technology (NL) and a MBA from Oklahoma State University (US). In his previous role he was responsible for marketing a proprietary wastewater treatment technology across the Americas.
At Weaver Labs our vision is to create technologies and inspire innovations so that our environment and communities flourish. We aim to make water PFAS free. With our proprietary Flour Mop technology we provide a superior sorbent for efficient detection and advanced removal of long- and short chain PFAS contaminants.
https://weaver-labs.com/
Chris Willis | Gogolean
Resilient, Agile and Sustainable All-In-One Cross-Sector, Industry, and Enterprise Supply Chain Management for Commercial Construction and Real Estate Management integrating Fleet Management, Third-Party Logistics and Warehousing and Insurance with Green Energy for the Industrial Future.
Christopher B. Willis is the visionary founder and CEO of LeanEquip Systems, and its subsidiary, Gogolean Supply Chain Intelligence, a revolutionary B2B2C all-in-one business and industry iOS and Android mobile marketplace with cutting edge enterprise supply chain management technology for Commercial Construction and Real Estate Management stakeholders and partners for optimal results.
Under his leadership, the LeanEquip and Gogolean App development was bootstrapped financed by offshoring software development to the Philippines. A strategic pivot to Gogolean Supply Chain Ecosystem Intelligence was made based upon acquisition inquires of LeanEquip. Using the LeanEquip sourcing code, continuous improvements and integration were made for building the Gogolean Ecosystem platform, business execution and strategy.
Gogolean Supply Chain Intelligence is the ‘Construction Tech Review’ Magazine’s ‘Construction Tech App of 2023’ Cover Story:
Top Construction Mobile Apps Companies (constructiontechreview.com)
Gogolean, a LeanEquip Systems Company | Top Construction Mobile Apps Company-2023 (constructiontechreview.com)
Gogolean Supply Chain Intelligence, A LeanEquip Systems Company started as a haunch with no available data for supporting the idea of digital supply chain future. Recently, Gogolean Supply Chain Intelligence received a private equity inquiry from a Web3 family office/tech company but was not a fit as they acknowledged our initial offshore strategy was the best. Now digital supply chain transformation is essential given recent business, industry and supply chain issues as Gartner Research forecasts 80% B2B procurement will by digital by 2025 with marketplaces being the primary driver for servicing the customer.
For complete information, value-added video demos, blog registration, and investor relations, visit our website: https://gogolean.io.
Alex Baird | Beacon
Beacon is a B2B SaaS platform that helps businesses transform their best parking spaces into premium assets that generate new streams of revenue, support local nonprofits, and drive repeat visits from top customers. Our mission is to transform the humble parking space from a commodity into a convenience, from a convenience into an experience, and from an experience into a community.
Alex Baird is the Founder and CEO of Beacon. Alex graduated from Norwich University in 2012 as a Second Lieutenant and served as a pilot in the United States Air Force flying the E-3 AWACS at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. He has deployed on combat operations to Iraq and Syria, most notably during the Russian Syrian Military Intervention of 2015.
After leaving the service, he used his long-time frustration with the crowded and disorganized parking at Tinker Air Force Base to found Beacon, a company on a mission to reshape the way we think about parking in the 21st century.
https://www.gobeacon.us
Oliver Shafaat | Sci-Lume Labs
I will be discussing the progress, and challenges, we have faced as a company starting and growing a deeptech sustainable company. In particular, I will discuss the opportunities that being located in OK has afforded us, but also where there are continued chances to improve.
Oliver Shafaat is the founder and CEO of Sci-Lume Labs™.
Oliver earned his PhD from Caltech, working at the crossroads of chemistry, biochemistry and biology. He moved to Japan to join Spiber, a biotech making artificial protein fibers for apparel, where he led the Fiber R&D team and—as technical liaison in business development—worked closely with brands and manufacturers across the apparel industry to understand their fiber needs. It was also here that Oliver came face-to-face with the sheer size of the global apparel industry and its social and environmental impact. He noted that, while there was significant demand by apparel brands to source sustainable alternatives to synthetic fibers, no solution could scale rapidly enough to realistically address the industry’s pace of production, and the world’s pace of clothing consumption and disposal.
Drawing from years of experience as a chemist and fiber nerd, Oliver hit the books, combing through journal articles, patents, and conference proceedings for a polymer that could meet the conditions of real change. It would conceivably need to be made from biobased starting materials; biodegrade on reasonable timescales; perform as well as or better than the fibers he wanted to replace; and, most importantly, be melt-processable so it could be made like nylon or polyester is made today. The search led Oliver to develop and patent Bylon™: the biobased, biodegradable apparel fiber that delivers sustainability at scale, and without compromise.
https://www.sci-lumelabs.com
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