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Zachary Conway
Zachary Conway is the founder and CEO of Seeds, a New York-based fintech that helps financial advisors turn client values into personalized, automated investment portfolios. A former Standard & Poor's editorial manager who grew up inside his father's wealth-advisory firm, Conway built Seeds to close the gap between what investors believe and what they actually own. Under his leadership the platform crossed $1 billion in assets under management within three years and raised a $10 million Series A led by Portage in 2025, bringing total funding to roughly $16.5 million.
Lisa Lahde
Lisa Lahde is Vice President of Marketing at NVIDIA, where she leads campaign marketing for priority industries and the Omniverse platform. A veteran tech marketer with roots in social media and community management, she joined NVIDIA around 2016 and has helped shape the company's storytelling around AI, autonomous systems, and the industrial metaverse. She produced NVIDIA's 'I Am AI' docuseries, contributed to Forbes BrandVoice as an AI innovator profiler, and moderated the OpenUSD session at GTC 2024 in San Jose. Outside the GPU giant's orbit, she runs the persona of @JewelryHunter - a longtime indie fashion enthusiast who blogged about emerging jewelry designers.
Roger Dooley
Roger Dooley is a neuromarketing pioneer, bestselling author of Brainfluence and Friction, and host of the long-running Brainfluence podcast. A Carnegie Mellon engineer turned behavioral scientist, he co-founded College Confidential before devoting himself to decoding the subconscious drivers of customer decisions. His work sits at the intersection of brain science, AI, and practical marketing — helping businesses eliminate friction, build loyalty, and persuade smarter.