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Daniel Wagner
Daniel (Dan) Wagner is a medical device and biotechnology executive who leads Otolith Labs, the Washington, DC company building the OtoBand, a non-invasive wearable that uses patented non-invasive Vestibular Resonance Therapy (nVRT) to address chronic vertigo. With more than two decades of commercial experience spanning 60-plus countries and roles at Spark Biomedical, Olympus Corporation, HeartSciences and Signature Biologics, Wagner advised Otolith for over five years before joining full-time as Chief Commercial Officer in 2024 and now serves as Chief Executive Officer, steering the company's go-to-market strategy toward a planned market launch.
Casey Powers
Casey Powers is the CEO of Climb Credit, a New York-based fintech that finances career-focused and vocational education for students of all credit profiles. She rose to the top job in February 2022 after three years as Climb's Chief Operating Officer, bringing more than 15 years of experience across investment banking and mission-driven fintech startups. A vocal advocate for skills-based hiring, Powers has centered her leadership on expanding access to affordable education that improves earning potential for underserved learners and career switchers.
David Dixon
David Dixon is the Chief Executive Officer of Conner Industries, a Fort Worth, Texas-based industrial packaging and wood products company. Since taking the helm in 2017, he has led the transformation of a financially challenged industrial lumber business into a diversified, integrated packaging platform operating roughly 19 manufacturing locations across 14 states with revenues approaching $200 million. A CPA and Six Sigma Black Belt with deep experience in private equity-backed turnarounds, Dixon spent earlier chapters of his career at Price Waterhouse, Cummins, Goodyear, Eaton, John Zink, and The Crosby Group before bringing that operational discipline to Conner.
Manlio Carrelli
Manlio Carrelli is the Chief Executive Officer of Stensul, the New York based marketing creation platform that helps enterprise teams build governed email and landing page campaigns at scale. Appointed in May 2026, he arrived from CB Insights, where he led the AI predictive intelligence company and launched one of the industry's first AI agent workforces. With roughly two decades leading consumer and enterprise software companies - including revenue leadership at LivePerson and product and marketing roles at Intermedia - Carrelli has built a career at the intersection of AI, growth, and go-to-market. At Stensul he is focused on a single idea: as AI floods the enterprise with content, governance and compliance are no longer optional.
Emily Coleman
Emily Coleman is the Chief Executive Officer of (MALIN+GOETZ), the New York apothecary-inspired skincare, fragrance and personal care brand. A 20-plus year veteran of luxury beauty, she spent two decades at L'Oreal across Paris, Hong Kong, New York and California in digital, marketing, travel retail, retail operations and supply chain, finishing as Senior Vice President of Urban Decay. She then served as CEO of Chantecaille Beaute, succeeding founder Sylvie Chantecaille, before taking the top job at (MALIN+GOETZ) in March 2025. She is known for building global brands with local relevance.
Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of Grasp Technologies, a Dublin, Ohio-based company that has been the backbone of travel data management for corporate programs and travel management companies since 1996. He brought 28+ years of enterprise software sales and leadership experience to the role when he joined in June 2024, having previously scaled revenue at Hazelcast (six years as CRO) and PSPDFKit (two years as CRO), and earlier built high-performing sales teams at Oracle, Skytree, and Magnet Systems. Based in Los Altos, California, Wilson is known for his go-to-market expertise and his vision for Grasp as a platform at the intersection of travel data consolidation, virtual payments, and AI-ready analytics.
Irana Wasti
Irana Wasti is the CEO of Thought Industries, the AI-powered customer learning and engagement platform trusted by 99 of the Fortune 100. A product leader who scaled GoDaddy's EMEA business past $500M and helped take BILL to $1B in annual revenue, she now leads Thought Industries through its transformation into an agentic AI intelligence platform that connects learning, customer behavior, and business outcomes. With a CS degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School, she has spent 20+ years at the intersection of technology, product, and growth.