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. The same year, Antonio went on to win the Illinois Technology Associations “50 for the Future” award which recognizes students for their outstanding achievement as future participants in the technology industry. Since graduation, he has leveraged his talents by pursuing entrepreneurial ventures, cofounding the 21st Century Youth Project and was formerly a cofounder of two web-based ventures, which focused on emerging technology, art and internet service industries. He's passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, and the use of co-creation and research in bringing great things to market.

Raymond has a broad based business background working with both publicly traded and privately held companies in entertainment, investment banking, and consumer products. The creator of All Jokes Aside comedy clubs, he has served as a consultant on comedy and talent to producers at NBC, HBO, Comedy Central, and BET. He earned an Associate Producer credit for the feature film Slow Burn and served as a writer and producer of the documentary film PHUNNY BUSINESS: A BLACK COMEDY; which chronicles the rise and fall of All Jokes Aside. He currently serves as President of RCL&Co., a diversified holding company, with interest in entertainment, education, and consumer products. In addition to his business and creative accomplishments, Raymond devotes his charitable energies to the Chicago Public Schools iMENtor Program, The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and was recently selected to serve on the Gene Siskel Film Center Advisory Board. An avid runner, Raymond has completed the New York City, Chicago, and Boston Marathons. Raymond earned his undergraduate degree in Marketing from Morehouse College, with honors, and his MBA in General Management from The Darden School at the University of Virginia.

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.

I am the 2nd of four children, my mother took in her sisters kids so by technicality I am 2 of 7 5 boys, 2 girls, my mom being single had to work two jobs to feed us. At 14 I discovered a passion for computers after reverse engineering an atm for a class project which got me into a bit of hot water. Over time I learned that I was a bit obsessed with knowing how things worked. In my 20’s my best friend introduced me to a man named Mr. James Lee who was looking for programmers to teach his young and willing students. This was my first but not last teaching job. I love children, as an inner city youth myself growing up in Brooklyn I knew how hard it was for someone to pay some attention to not just you, but your interests. So when Mr. Lee gave me the position to teach web development to his students I jumped at the opportunity. Pauline Deng, my best friend and I were/ still enthusiastic about teaching kids - we were so enthusiastic about learning our classes at IP Ethernet were the most attended every summer. I have always found a way to bond with children, I believe that it is primarily based on the fact that we are both eager and excited to learn, me from the world and them from me. My hope for this class is to offer them that same enthusiasm and excitement that I experienced from IP Ethernet afterschool program. I have earned a Master’s degree in HCI – Human Computer Interaction at DePaul University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and Animation from NYIT. Although the degrees mean the world to me, I was able to learn more on my own. I am best described as an autodidact, after meeting my boyfriend George Johnson another autodidact we both encouraged one another to get more involved in robots. He introduced me to microcontrollers and began investigating AI programming and with his assistance, later with his help I learned to build robotic prototypes and create my own schematic boards along with the Arduino Uno microcontroller. I promised myself once I was able to recreate a prototype and schematic board I would reach out to teach children and show them how much fun coding and electro-mechanical engineering can be. I have never truly target a sex as all children need to learn the fundamentals of engineering, but as a female, and having all male role models till I was 28. I realized that sometime we just have to look inward to our own strength to find our inner role model.

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.