Cross Promoted Event with RocGrowth: Hear a frank assessment of Rochester’s technology assets

Feb 24, 2022, 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Hear a frank assessment of Rochester’s technology attributes from RIT’s Steve Hoover and Walter Johnson, CEO of FLX AI

Virtual event
Panel Discussion

About this event


Please join us to hear a frank assessment of Rochester’s technology attributes from Steve Hoover, Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director of the recently announced Global Cybersecurity Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology and, previously Xerox’s Chief Technology Officer, and Walter Johnson, CEO of FLX AI and, previously, a senior executive at Xerox’s PARC, the renowned R&D affiliate.

Both Steve and Walter attained PhDs prior to launching successful technology careers. Over three decades, they experienced first-hand many of the major technology waves. Both spent considerable time in Silicon Valley prior to moving to Rochester. 

Check out what happened

Speakers

  • Walter Johnson

    FLX AI

    CEO

  • Steve Hoover

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Executive Director

Moderator

  • Richard Glaser

    RocGrowth

    Founder

Organizers

  • Michael Thaney

    Startup Grind

    Director

  • Joshua Batres

    CivicPulse

    Community Outreach Lead

  • Dustin Doucette

    Upstate Venture Connect

    Director of Operations

  • Carolyn Spencer

    CoPivot

    Founder Relations

  • Ananth Prajval Tallavajhula

    SchoolQuizz

    Community Manager

  • Eric Leinberg

    Founder @ InfoPreserve

  • Nate Thomas

    Advisor

Global sponsor

Dell Technologies logo

Dell Technologies

Presenting

LaunchNY logo

LaunchNY

Bronze

BiRNY logo

BiRNY

Partners

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RocGrowth

Metro Collective logo

Metro Collective

NextCorps logo

NextCorps

RocDev logo

RocDev

Wefunder logo

Wefunder

Upstate Venture Connect logo

Upstate Venture Connect

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