Trellis is an Atlanta native, mom, breast cancer survivor and patient advocate. Whether in her corporate roles or her role as founder/CEO she is passionate about increasing representation, equity, and inclusion in the technology industry. She is a proud ITAV alumni and winner of the pitch competition for Cohort 5. Her goal is to help founders scale their leadership, shift their mindsets and grow their business.

Trellis has over 25 years of experience as a global talent executive and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Talent Development at Pax8, a cloud commerce marketplace for the SMB/MSP market. In her role she focuses on building and scaling the function along with our goal to develop passionate leaders and teams while fostering a healthy, high-performing, people-first culture. Trellis is a 3x founder/CEO and her diverse background spans early-stage to enterprise companies in Technology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Hospital & Healthcare IT, and Banking. She is also deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, championing these values as both a professional and personal mission. In addition to her corporate experience, her 9-year entrepreneurial journey (founder/CEO of human capital and AI/ML digital health companies) sharpened her skills as a leader, strategist and mentor/advisor.

Taylor is a dad of two school aged kiddos who keep him and his wife very busy. He is passionate about soccer and still loves to play as much as possible. He respects the hustle and energy of founders and loves to help them where he can.

Taylor was the product and engineering focused cofounder of a vertical saas company based in Alpharetta (Hotel Effectiveness, hotel labor management). He and his cofounder bootstrapped the company until a first round in 2018 and then had a successful exit in 2022. Taylor built the product from the beginning and evolved it into an award winning industry leader. He helped grow the team from 2 to 60 and went through all of the ups and downs along the way.

Broderick is originally from Louisiana and moved to Atlanta 3 years ago. He loves traveling, working out, exploring new ideas, and watching the New Orleans Saints/Pelicans.

Broderick has a diverse background in early-stage companies, with significant experience at DoorDash, where he spent 6.5 years. During his tenure at DoorDash, he served as a Senior Director, overseeing the Retail and Gift Card business lines. Additionally, he launched and scaled the DoorDash for Work unit, the company’s corporate solution for both small and large enterprises. Before joining DoorDash, Broderick co-founded Local Lift, a YC-backed and venture-funded startup aimed at simplifying the crowdfunding process for brick-and-mortar business owners. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, he worked in institutional investment management at BlackRock. Throughout his career, Broderick has gained extensive experience in launching new products, building and managing large operational teams, setting and achieving ambitious growth targets, and leading sales and product development efforts in both consumer and enterprise markets.

Jane is a 6x founder, advisor, and investor in fast-growing tech companies. When she’s not around the ATL startup community, she is serving as the sous chef to her alpha cook husband or watching the Atlanta Braves, ACC Basketball, and Scottish Rugby.

Jane founded and served in the C-suite for companies in healthcare, software and e-commerce raising $100+ million and achieving exits via IPO or trade sale. Prior to her entrepreneurial career, she raised two venture capital funds and established a 50-person business angel network, all focused on early-stage technology companies. She currently serves as the Chief Growth Officer at Corps Team, a nationwide search and staffing firm that works with startups to the Fortune 500. Most recently, Jane was the Assistant Director and an Entrepreneur in Residence at the ATDC. She is also serves on the Boards of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust and Radyus Research.

Ashton is originally from Georgia but spent a decade in Pittsburgh before meeting his wife Jessica in Chicago. Ashton and Jessica have now lived in Atlanta for 5 years and have two children. Ashton is always on the lookout for new hobbies that come with the promise of new tools such as Photography or BBQ, Yardwork or Carpentry. Ashton studied Information Systems and Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon and was an active Teaching Assistant for the Computer Science department as well as an inaugural CMU Open Field Entrepreneur Fund recipient. He has been a start-up founder but has also worked in start-ups of all sizes (Series A-B, Later stage, Post Acquisition, Start-ups within large enterprises). Ashton has spent time in the start-up community in Pittsburgh and Chicago, and now wants to get involved in the amazing Atlanta start-up community to support great founders, help great companies, and contribute to a thriving community.

Ashton is primarily focused on large-scale technology transformation projects, go-to-market launches of new tech-driven businesses, building out large, high-performing technology organizations. Ashton has answered to multiple Fortune 500 executive teams as a leader across Product, Engineering, and Operations. Ashton has experience with B2C & B2B eCommerce as well as B2B SaaS in a variety of industries such as Fintech, Industrial Supply, Automotive, and Health & Wellness.

Christine has been a part of the Atlanta technology scene for three decades where she has helped create, grow and scale many B2B software companies. She lives in NW Atlanta with her family and rescue critters and has a love of volunteering with animal rescue organizations. Christine’s home away from home is Truist Park where you can often find her (emphatically) cheering on the Braves.

With an education and early career rooted in technology and software development, Christine has a passion for creating, growing and scaling B2B technology and SaaS companies with a unique focus on client and delivery operations. Throughout her career, she has worked in many different industries including Healthcare, Security, Financial, Intelligent Power and Non-Profit and has held positions as a SaaS executive in development, product and client service areas of the business. Christine has been a key part of 5 various stage startups across Atlanta and has helped several founder based SaaS companies grow, scale and sell. She has a background working with PE and has been part of 10 different M&A events over the past few years. Additionally, Christine has worked as a professional and executive mentor, board advisor and female entrepreneur coach. Currently, she is the Founder and Managing Partner of Service@Scale where she helps fast growing SaaS companies create, grow and scale their product and client operations.

Dr. Shade' Reid (she/her) is UK-born, Atlanta raised with strong British Jamaican roots. She loves basketball and played collegiate basketball on scholarship at UNC-Wilmington. She is a wife, mom, lover of all food and cultures, world traveler, hanging with friends and family, and helping with her husband's basketball coaching business.

Shade' is a seasoned Healthcare provider/Nurse Practitioner, healthcare consultant, nurse entrepreneur, innovator, program manager, and emerging capital entrepreneur. She is the founder of HealthCares Group, a mobile simulation center implementing e-gaming, VR, AR, and hologram technology clinical education for healthcare providers, but had to pivot and is now offering her expertise as a consultant, advisor, and Fractional Chief Clinical Officer for health tech startups seeking clinical expertise. She is also now the co-founder of Frontline HLTH Innovation, a startup school and venture studio focused on building groundbreaking health tech startups led by nursing and allied health professionals. Her previous work in healthcare spanned behavioral health, childhood development, neurological disorders, maternal health, and emergency services. She has over a decade in healthcare and 5+ years of experience in the tech industry and startup ecosystem. She is passionate about supporting underrepresented startup founders, building equitable, sustainable communities, and democratizing fundraising.

Adam is a father, husband, avid golfer and huge Georgia Bulldog fan.

Adam is the Managing Director of Phoenix Capital Ventures (PCV), an early-stage VC firm partnering with companies in the sports, gaming, human performance, and immersive media industries. He has deep experience founding, scaling and now investing in early-stage ventures. Prior to joining PCV, he helped launch Endeavor Atlanta, a global non-profit that selects and supports founders of the fastest growing companies in the Southeast. Fun fact: Adam was actually one of the very first tenants at ATV as part of the founding team of Insightpool!

James is an Atlanta native who enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter and 3 rescue dogs. He also enjoys running, an occasional backpacking trip and rooting for all of our Atlanta sports teams. He is passionate about serving others.

James is a Managing Director at EY and has over 30 years of experience working with a variety of business. He assists organization in thinking through their most strategic issues, developing solutions and connecting with other people with the right experiences. He loves growing revenues, solving problems, and building strong client relationships.

Currently, Bahadir is the Founder and COO of Cognira, located in Atlanta Tech Village. Baha brings together expertise in building scalable, data-driven technology solutions to retail problems.

Bahadir has a proven track record of designing, configuring, customizing, implementing and delivering complex enterprise class planning, forecasting and replenishment software for Fortune 100 Retailers. Prior to Cognira he has served leadership roles in multiple organizations in retail technology; Director of Product Strategy at Manhattan Associates, Senior Managing Consultant at IBM, Director of Program Management at Predictix (now Infor)

Jake is a father of two and married to his college sweetheart, Erin. Outside of work, Jake is passionate about spending time with his family and all things fly fishing, whether that’s stalking trout through the North GA mountains or poling through flats for bonefish.

Jake Hadden co-founded and managed DigitalCrafts, a top-rated software development bootcamp, for 6 years before exiting to Perdoceo (NASDAQ: PRDO) in 2021. Jake continues to manage and oversee all DigitalCrafts operations. Prior to DigitalCrafts, Jake worked for the world’s largest manufacturing of modular carpet, Interface, as head of their internal innovation pipeline (think “Shark Tank”). In this role, Jake reported directly to the Chief Innovations Officer and gained working experience in Europe, Asia and Australia. Prior to Interface, Jake worked as a Management Consultant at Accenture and a Sales Rep in various roles after graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in Banking and Finance.

Cameron is originally from Massachusetts and moved to Atlanta to be with a girl (now they’re married). When he was a kid he didn’t accessorize with the normal safety blanket or teddy bear; he was a super-nerd carrying around a 14-gauge electrical wire with alligator clips on either end. Learning to code as a kid and getting “Hello World!” to pop up on the screen has given him an insatiable curiosity about how (and why) the world works and how to make it better. On the weekends you can find him doing home improvement projects or trying to convince his wife he needs to buy more expensive tools to complete them.

Cameron Abt is the CEO of Atlas Bay VR, a B2B proptech startup providing visualization tools to real estate clients. He is passionate about operational efficiency, continuous improvement, and building stuff. As a broadly trained engineer turned CEO he has a unique startup perspective, focusing on streamlining production and removing operational friction instead of growth at all costs. Under his leadership, Atlas Bay VR has grown from a 2-person operation in a 1-bedroom apartment to a corner suite at the Atlanta Tech Village. With his first 7 years of full-time entrepreneurship under his belt, Cameron is excited to pay it forward to newcomers looking for where and how to start.

Jeff Goldblatt has been involved with startups of many shapes/sizes (including: VC-funded, Angel-funded, Bootstrapped… successes, failures, and that subjective gray area between) for ~20 years and has served as Advisor/Mentor/Coach to 100+ young founders. Originally from Framingham, MA, he has an MBA from Emory University and a PhD from The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.

As creator of the original “Rejection Hotline” – a satirical phone service that grew into a 7-figure VIRAL *P.A.C.A.S.M. company (*Products As Content As Social Marketing) with 300+ “Humor Hotlines” engaging millions of fans – Jeff became a nationally-recognized expert on VIRALITY (in Products/Content/Marketing). He feels awkward writing in the 3rd-person, so he will now switch to 1st-person (and so will I). #BeReal – Like MOST entrepreneurs, I put “CEO” on my first business card. Also like most entrepreneurs, I once believed in The Tooth Fairy. In BOTH cases, it took YEARS to realize I WAS WRONG. My #IamNOTaCEO epiphany was undoubtedly the catalyst for my first startup success. – [3 months after replacing myself as CEO of my own company, we raised $1 MILLION in funding; 9 months later we were a PROFITABLE 7-figure company – after YEARS struggling as a solo founder wearing all the hats)] – And it began my fascination (obsession?!) with #SelfAwareness and the MANY related problems that young founders are OFTEN blind to (until YEARS LATER – often lamenting: “I Wish I Knew THEN, What I Know NOW!”) Full-Disclosure: Yes, I’ve occasionally been called a “Negative Nancy” – but I believe “Realistic Rick” is much more accurate AND much more helpful to young/future founders because… “Negative / Pessimistic (BAD?)” vs. “Positive / Optimistic (GOOD?)” creates a Dangerous False Dichotomy! [Spoiler Alert] “Objective / Realistic (GAME-CHANGER!)”

I arrived in the US with a backpack and $267 in cash after traveling around the world. I love mountain biking and follow an unglamorous Premier League soccer team.

My experience spans 25 years of leadership in technology and nonprofits. I have co-founded, run, and exited multiple technology start-ups in telco, music, and education. I’ve overseen award-winning social innovation projects that have brought new opportunities to thousands of kids. My belief: give people access to opportunities, and they will thrive.

Brennen enjoys being back in Atlanta, spending time with family, following his beloved fighting Irish of Notre Dame, and enjoying a good Kentucky bourbon.

Brennen is the Chief Revenue Officer at Axes.ai a Fintech providing solutions to the global gaming industry and has 25 years of experience scaling tech centric businesses. Having scaled his start-up from 1 employee to a global leader with thousands of employees and a $2B acquisition.

Jermaine is an avid reader, loves working out and roots for LSU and the Saints during football season.

Jermaine is the Founder and CEO of CCAW Automotive Group, a bootstrapped B2C ecommerce company in the automotive space. Jermaine is a leader with experience in building scalable teams, systems and processes. He has experience leading growth initiatives across functions that include Customer Service, Operations, Accounting/Finance and Engineering.

Kim is a journalist turned serial entrepreneur who loves working with early-stage founders who are passionate about the problem they’re solving.

Kim is an experienced Founder and CEO who bootstrapped and successfully exited her startup, Social News Desk (SND). As a former journalist, Kim saw a problem in her own industry and solved it by creating a SaaS company which would go on to become the worldwide leader in social media management technology for newsrooms and journalists. Kim recently exited her role at Social News Desk after having led the company to $5M ARR and a successful acquisition by Graham Holdings (NYSE:GHC).

Mike is a musician, Braves fan and father of 3 daughters. His wife and he are avid cyclists and like to tour the U.S. in their RV.

Mike is a serial entrepreneur in B2B SaaS healthcare technology/patient experience. He founded Dialog Medical - the leading provider of Informed Consent systems - and sold it to Standard Register (NYSE: SR) in July 2011. He founded Clockwise.MD -the leading virtual queue for healthcare - and sold it to Warburg Pincus/DocuTAP in April 2017. He is currently founder and CEO of Copient Health.

Aaron is a proud father of three who loves spending time with family, cooking and watching Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech sports.

Aaron enjoys helping founders unlock the most effective levers for growth as the Managing Director of Endeavor Atlanta, a global non-profit that selects and supports founders of the fastest growing companies in the Southeast. He has deep technology experience with strengths in strategy, product development, finance and operations.