As a brand, design and strategy expert, Troy Allen knows how to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Throughout his career, Troy has successfully led transformative creative campaigns in a variety of industries for clients – McDonald’
Ilya Bodner, Founder & CEO, Bold Penguin Ilya didn’t get into the insurance business because he found it particularly sexy, or exciting...or even because he loved It. (After all, it’s insurance) He got into it because he wanted to fundamentally
For nearly 30 years, David has been creating original programming, concerts and events that unite participants and audiences to give back to their communities. He has an established reputation for creating collaborative, groundbreaking events t
Tara Marling Abraham, Chairman and Co-CEO of Accel, Inc., is one of the nation’s leading experts in contract packaging. A strategist and experienced entrepreneur, Ms. Abraham advances innovation throughout the businesses she has established and
Andrew feels that bios written in the third person by the author are strange. I (Andrew) co-founded and successfully exited TeamDynamix after surviving many of the entrepreneurial mistakes you are about to make. My experiences may hel
Amelia is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Nationwide’s ventures team. Previously, she was a member of two corporate innovations teams within GE where she contributed to product development efforts ranging from novel home appliances t
Ruth Milligan is an executive communication coach and trainer. She works primarily with leaders delivering consequential communications and trains in content framing, storytelling, public speaking and executive presence. She is also one of the
As the Chief Operating Officer at Wiretap, Greg Moran has a unique talent for asking the people around him to go beyond the limits they see for themselves – a standard he also adheres to, as he turned down multiple enterprise CIO jobs to join J
Zach Weprin is the Co-founder and CEO of FUSIAN, a fresh-casual sushi rolls and bowls concept that operates 10 restaurants in Ohio. In 2008, after graduating with a finance degree from THE Ohio State University, he moved to Aspen, Colorado to b
Bill Diffenderffer has been an attorney who has lead billion dollar financial transactions, a Partner in IBM’s Business Consulting Services Group where he was a leader of its global travel and transportation practice and the CEO of two travel t
For more than 10 years, Lindsay has served as Partner and the Chief Legal Counsel to NCT Ventures, a VC firm based in Columbus, OH that manages nearly $100MM in assets. Presently, NCT has 37 investments between its two funds, and Lindsay oversa
Fred Brothers' experience is a unique combination of serial entrepreneur, innovator, investor, company builder, board member, developer of leaders, driver of social change, and senior corporate executive. He has participated in $27 billion of c
Spencer will share his views on product from a corporate innovation perspective through his role at VSP Global and through his experiences as an entrepreneur. Spencer has firsthand experience both in making products that suck and those that don
Nick Davis is the Vice President, Corporate Innovation at Singularity University where he is directing the strategy, development and delivery of the corporate innovation products and solutions. For the past 15 years Nick has worked in a combina
Justin discusses how OrisIntel approaches product and his career journey into product. This is the audio recording from the live event on 10/26/2017 at the Columbus Idea Foundry. www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Columbus www.orisintel.com www.awh.net
Diane Chime is the senior Manager for Early Stage Investments at the Ohio Development Services Agency (DSA). In her role, she directs a $37 MM venture debt portfolio and serves as the fund of Funds manager for the $247 MM Ohio Third Frontier se
Joe will discuss his experiences and perspectives leading product and innovation at companies like Worthington Industries. This is the audio recording from the live event on 9/21/2017 at Rev1 Ventures. www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Columbus http:/
Bill Forquer has made a career of launching products inside big companies, as spin-outs, and in start-ups. Today, Bill is an angel investor, strategy advisor and board-member. Bill also consults for Priiva, a boutique firm that specializes in a
Cheryl Turnbull is the Sr. Director of Venture Capital & New Ventures at The Ohio State University. She is responsible for the financial affairs and strategic leadership of the equity holdings in university technology companies and management o
Kevin Pohmer is the former CEO and Chairman of Financial Guard, one of the leading fintech companies in America and pioneers of the Roboadvisor industry, which transformed how individuals receive and transact investment advice. Kevin successful
Rehgan Avon will discuss implementing a product management discipline inside of a fast growing and scaling company. Rehgan is a Product Manager at Clarivoy with a background in systems engineering. Focusing her career on analytical technology,
Victor Thorne will discuss his experiences as an entrepreneur and investor. Vic's firm, Broadline Capital, has had particular success investing in China, which he will discuss the how and why of. Vic brings a background of both investment and o
Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Jeff Harper, CEO an
ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in Columbus to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited.