Lee Stogner serves in Executive Positions in several corporations that drive improved business performance using technologies that include Business Innovation, Digital Transformation, Project Management, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. Lee has over 35 years of design, consulting, project management and business development experience across a range of industries.

Ray Sheen is president and founder of Product & Process Innovation, Inc. He is a veteran business leader with over 35 years of executive, engineering management, and project management experience working in GE, the US Air Force and as an independent consultant in innovation and digital transformation. Ray has several engineering degrees and a graduate certificate in Digital Leadership and Strategy. The focus of Ray's work has been the management and deployment of different technologies in various industries and business functions including marketing, engineering, manufacturing, service, IT, and Finance. Ray is a Fellow with the Institute for Digital Transformation.

Dale Scott has had over thirty five years experience in the I.T. field, specializing in enterprise change management, software development management and startups of I.T. organizations, data centers and infrastructure. His experience has been in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, logistics, international trade, process and product engineering, Artificial Intelligence, environmental management and law enforcement. Dale possesses a combination of technical understanding, "soft skills" and practical experience which has enabled him to guide his clients to smoothly transition their organizations into new systems, infrastructure and operational changes. His commercial background includes work at Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Digital Equipment, S.A.I.C. and Northup-Grumman; among others. He has also worked with the United States Air Force, State Department, DOE and USPS.

Colonel Christopher Bourne, US Marine Corps (Ret.) served as an infantry officer during a 28-year active-duty career that included command at every level, numerous overseas deployments and combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. In his final assignment, he served as Chief Training Officer and Chief Technology Officer at a major command, responsible for advanced training, wargaming and simulations, and the experimentation and fielding process for new equipment, tactics, and operational procedures. Upon leaving active duty, Chris helped launch a Washington, DC based consulting practice providing business development and federal marketing services. He served as National Director of Policy on the presidential campaign of Dr. Ben Carson and joined the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary Carson in June 2017. He subsequently conceived and formed the Office of Innovation, becoming the Department’s first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Innovation. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Boston University, a master’s degree in Military Studies from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and a master’s degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College in Washington, DC.

Keith Plemmons is a technologist, a workforce developer and a project manager. By combining his career and education experiences, Keith engages a broad spectrum of organizational levels to provide solutions to technical, complex, and often complicated situations. His background in engineering, systems, and project management makes Keith a key contributor to any organization or project team.

Yu Yuan is a veteran researcher and practitioner in the areas of Consumer Electronics, Transportation, and Internet of Things. He founded Senses Global Corporation, a multinational technology company specializing in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Human Augmentation, and Smart Robots. Prior to this he served as the president of CATE Global, a think tank focusing on bringing world-class expertise to clients and projects in China, USA, and the rest of the world. He also served as the CEO of Motiveware Technology, a company developing technologies and standards for mobile internet, location based services, connected vehicles, drones, and 3D printing. Prior to that he worked for IBM Research as a research scientist and was a key contributor to IBM IoT Technology Center. He is experienced in the patent process and invention development. He has filed numerous patents and received many IBM Invention Achievement awards and IBM High Value Patent awards. He has published extensively in referred conferences and journals, and he has organized many major conferences as general chair or program chair.

Alex Lee is a principal consultant at TechIPm LLC, which is a professional consulting and incubating firm in digital technology innovation and related IP development and a founder of ESG Digital Transformation (ESGDX) Forum. His current focus is the applications of digital/information technology such as metaverse/digital twins/AI/blockchain/IoT for innovation in ESG sustainability management and investing to provide an innovative framework and solutions for sustainable enterprise development. He is a technology innovation and strategy professional with nearly 30 years of experiences and expertise in high technology such as digital/software technology, telecommunications, information technology, semiconductor electronics, and cybersecurity as a researcher, university professor, government officer, business executive, and legal expert in the US and S. Korea He earned Ph.D. in physics from the Johns Hopkins University, J.D. from the Suffolk University Law School, and Strategy and Innovation Certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management Executive Program. He is a New York State attorney, US patent attorney, and Certified Licensing Professional (CLP).

Born and raised in Germany, Dr. Joachim Taiber enjoyed his academic training at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland, where he graduated with a master degree in mechanical engineering in 1991 and then completed his PhD degree in Technical Sciences in 1996. In January 2016 Dr. Taiber was appointed CTO of the International Transportation Innovation Center (ITIC), a special purpose non-profit organization headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, where he is focused on developing and applying innovative methods of system validation for connected, automated, shared and sustainable forms of mobility both with industrial and academic partners. He also initiated a global consortium effort for the design and operation of smart mobility testbeds led by SAE International (International Alliance for Mobility Testing and Standardization - see iamts.org). Via his private consulting practice he is involved in the development, implementation and operation of open and closed mobility testbeds both at a national and international scale. Via his private venture practice he engages in the development of new mobility related businesses. He continues to serve Clemson University as adjunct professor at CU-ICAR. Furthermore he acts as smart mobility advisor of the IOTA Foundation (blockchain and distributed ledger technologies) and is active in transportation related standards development efforts both at SAE and IEEE. He is also member of the advisory board of the Peace Innovation Foundation which works closely with the UN.

Manuel Vexler is the Executive Director of AKFI, a global nonprofit specializing in ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) challenges and the integration of sustainability and digital transformation. He also instructs business management at Cornell University in the areas of sustainability, 5G innovation, Blockchain, and digital transformation. He tutored over 1,300 business managers and executives from over 50 nations at Cornell. Vexler earned a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering - Medical Electronics (MSc.EE) from the University of Iasi, Romania, a Network Engineering and Management Certificate from the University of Toronto, and an Executive Marketing Certificate from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. More recently he earned three certificates in System Thinking, Digital Transformation, and Intrapeneruship from Cornell University, N.Y.

Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates is a widely respected digital storage analyst as well as a business and technology consultant. Tom has over 36 years in the data storage industry with engineering and management positions at high profile companies.

Robert Fields is CEO of PivotSC and a board member of several startup IoT companies. He has 30 years of turn-around and startup experience in textiles, sensors and IoT projects. As a developer of several industrial parks in the SE he has been involved in all aspects of product and business development. All in privately held companies. His international network gives him a unique access to new ideas and products. He attends CES annually. His education background is from Duke University with an economics degree in 1976 and a banking certificate from Campbell College 1977. He has held a series 7, 63 and 39 security license in the past. A member of Rotary since 1979.

Barbara Lange is Principal and CEO of Kibo121, a boutique consultancy firm focused on guiding media tech companies in taking practical steps on their path to sustainability. Ms. Lange completed 12 successful years at SMPTE, the global professional association that supports the technical framework and professional community which makes quality motion imaging available to consumers in a variety of media formats. Ms. Lange holds a BA in Chemistry and German from Washington and Jefferson College and completed the Executive Development Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She has been recognized for her leadership by Washington & Jefferson College, the IEEE, StudioDaily50, and TVNewscheck’s 2020 Woman in Technology Award. In 2021, she was honored by TVB Europe as a 2021 Technology Leader to Watch and by Broadcast & Cable with the 2021 Tech Leadership Award.

Rebecca Stogner is a Management Accountant with an Upstate South Carolina contract packaging company. With a Certificate in Management Accounting, Masters in Business Administration and over thirty-five years experience as an accountant in many industries, she brings a financial perspective to the technical/academic team.

Jim Frazer is a senior leader in the areas of IoT, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Smart City business cases and applications. He's a systems engineering process domain expert that focuses on the complete project lifecycle, from stakeholder user need definitions to development of functional requirements and comprehensive test plans.

Chris Tisdel is the Founder of Ruckus Innovation Consulting and holds a Master of Architecture and has spent many years working with a diverse range of organizations as a designer, researcher, innovator, consultant, and strategic advisor. Chris assists global companies in generating, prioritizing, and implementing breakthrough ideas to bring tangible business value. Armed with the disruptive attitude of “picking a fight with the status quo,” Chris leads Ruckus on a mission to radically facilitate the bringing of something new or different, into the real world, which offers tangible business value and makes a significant impact to a global clientele. Chris thoughtfully guides individuals and organizations through the journey of innovation utilizing experienced facilitation, research-informed visual and design-thinking methodologies, vision and value prototyping, implementation strategies, and fanatical collaboration workshopping.Chris has facilitated over 300 innovation workshops with multiple organizations across the globe, such as IKEA, Disney, Fluor, 3M, BP, and many others. Chris has over 25 years of experience as a designer, catalyst for innovation, a strategic consultant, startup founder, and angel investor in design, engineering, and technology industries. Chris has published or co-published, peer-reviewed research on topics ranging from building information modeling and modular construction to 3-D printing and cloud-based, collaborative modeling platforms. Recently cited in the MIT Press Journal of Innovation. As a startup founder, Chris has successfully launched and exited from three separate endeavors: AOBIM (2014), BIM Enterprises (2013), and SMART Modern Architecture (2011).

Peter Corcoran is an academic, entrepreneur, industry consultant, expert witness and prolific inventor. He has almost 30 years experiences as a Professor in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2010 for contributions to digital camera technology. He was co-founder of FotoNation in 2003, now a key business division of Xperi corporation. He is a named inventor on more than 300 granted US patents and participated actively in the drafting & prosecution of more than 200 original patent disclosures. His primary industry consulting activity is as an advisor on Intellectual Property matters. He is also an active researcher and technologist with more than 15,000 citations and a career h-index of 83 on Google Scholar (5-year h-index of 57).

Dave McNamara is a seasoned sales, marketing and operations executive with experience in manufacturing, energy, enterprise software and transportation. Recent accomplishments have been the creation and management of the state of South Carolina's funding and support of technology-based innovation, presenting his publication Commercialization of Innovation: Considerations for the Researcher to the National Academy of Science and creation of a whitepaper entitled Blueprint for Technology-Based Economic Development which was utilized by certain SC mayors in the development of their innovation initiative. Dave's education and experience in sales and marketing, along with his CPA and industrial engineering experience allows him to bring a comprehensive approach to bear in situation analysis and solution creation.

Soumya Datta is a Research Engineer working broadly on generation of new ideas, development and standardization of next-gen technologies on the IoT, Web of Things, Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Mobile apps. His responsibilities include developing the EURECOM IoT Platform that supports IoT common service functions.