Emile Cambry, Jr. received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and his MBA on Merit Scholarship from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Emile is a Professor at North Park University. Emile was recognized as the Top 50 Business School Professors on Twitter. Emile has experience in Investment Banking for J.P. Morgan Chase, was the Interim CEO of a Certified Public Accounting firm, and co-founder of an award-winning film production company. Emile is also the founder and Festival Director of the Chicago International Social Change Film Festival. Emile was awarded an Ideas Award Fellowship, recognizing "leaders and change agents of the world tomorrow, who are making a huge impact on their local and regional communities today.” Emile is an Edison Awards winner, recognizing “visionaries” and innovators who seek to “write a new chapter in American innovation history.”

Antonio Rowry received his Bachelor’s degree in business administration, and management from DePaul University. Since graduation, he has leveraged his talents by pursuing entrepreneurial ventures. He was a co-founder of two web-based subsidiaries of the North Shore Logistics Group, which focused on emerging technology, art and internet service industries. Antonio has experience in the areas of education (tutoring/public speaking), and is also a member of the Tau Sigma National Honor Society, and the Illinois Technology Association (recognized as Fifty for the Future). He's passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, business models and the use of co-creation and research in bringing great things to market.

Michael B. Wesson Jr., has been in Private Equity since 2005. Mr. Wesson is a Vice President of Transwestern Investment Company.Mr. Wesson is responsible for providing ownership representation services for a portion of Transwestern's office portfolio, including establishing a strategic direction for individual assets and implementing these strategies through management, leasing, marketing, and capital programs. Mr. Wesson joined Transwestern as an Associate and has performed various roles within the Acquisition, Asset Management and Portfolio Management Groups. Previously, Mr. Wesson was an analyst at Forest City Enterprises, Inc. where he focused on Portfolio Management for the Commercial Group, Residential Group, and Land Development Group. Mr. Wesson earned his BS in Finance and Organizational Behavior from the Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wesson is a member of Urban Land Institute.

With a dedicated history working with Fortune 100 companies, Progressive, and UnitedHealthcare, ten years of Business Development, Service, Sales and Management career. Operating and licensed in 40+ states, she spent seven years with UnitedHealthcare in Indianapolis, where she began in Marketing Services, challenging herself to five promotions, leading to Management in Direct Sales.

Although not a native to the Second City, she became interested in the many technology start-ups in Chicago, and Chicago Web 2.0 Examiner, for Examiner.com. Covering technology news in the Chicago area both locally and nationally, an audience of over 20 million monthly, Nicole is a regular contributor, taps into the pulse of the city and the events that shape public policy. After a year, Nicole has met over two hundred other social media professionals in Chicago.

Nicole is currently Principal of aelloLUXE, and contracts as a social media strategist, content developer and consultant. Still involved with financial services, she moderates three live online courses with The American College, including Marketing Financial Services to Women. Nicole is a member of OpenID, Clever Girls 1000, Twitter Top 15 in Chicago by WeFollow.com, listed by Huffington Post as Women In Tech and Chicago People to follow on Twitter.

Takema White received her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Kentucky State University, in which she was awarded an academic and athletic scholarship. Having held positions in various academic clubs and organizations including the financial secretary for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and athletic affairs committee; she was the only student on the selection committee to hire faculty members in the math department. It was at this point she became a leader during study sessions, would re-teach her peers math, and decided to become an educator. She then went on to receive her Master’s of Art in Teaching from Olivet Nazarene University, in Bourbonnais, IL. After graduation she returned to her home town and began her career in professional basketball, traveled to China and played on an exhibition team in Beijing, as well as traveled throughout the states. She has since then taught mathematics and coached basketball at the collegiate level, and continues to instruct in mathematics to students in an academic setting.

Cara Mullen received her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Pomona College
in Claremont, CA. She worked for three years after graduation as a litigation
consultant before deciding to return to her true passion: studying and teaching
math. She is currently working towards her PhD in Pure Mathematics at the
University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is employed as a Teaching Assistant for
Calculus I. She has been helping students of all levels understand math for over 10
years, and is looking forward to becoming a college professor when she graduates
from UIC.

Kevin McMahon is a Chicago .Net & mobile developer specializing in software craftsmanship, test-driven development, mobile iPhone and Android applications. Kevin, a Enginnering and Computer Science graduate of the University of Illinois-Champagne, IL, and has created several travel iPhone apps. Kevin has also taught several Java classes at South Suburban college.

Lwin Maung is a developer and principal at Accolade Systems, a Chicagoland
IT consulting startup. He develops mobile applications, secures servers,
enable VOIP and SIP solutions, and designs networks for small and mid-size
businesses. In the last year, Lwin has won several hackathons/coding
competitions. Lwin has worked for fortune 100 companies, NGOs all over the
world and for small businesses in Chicago. Lwin has instructed technical
workshops for professionals in Chicago.