Ben Wright is Chief Revenue Officer at Velocity Global, where he leads the company’s global growth strategy and go-to-market operations as it redefines how businesses hire and manage talent worldwide. As the founder of Velocity Global, Ben scaled the company from a startup in 2014 to a leading Employment of Record, earning recognition as the fastest-growing company in Colorado history and reaching #4 on the Inc. 5000 list. Currently Executive Chairman of Velocity Global, Ben has more than 20 years of experience leading high-performing teams and driving innovation in global workforce management. A passionate entrepreneur, adventurer, and sportsman, Ben once ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days to support First Descents, a nonprofit that empowers young adults facing serious illness through outdoor experiences. He is also a Limited Partner of the Colorado Rockies baseball club. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Ben brings a global mindset, relentless energy, and a people-first approach to everything he does both in business and beyond.

​Ted created the Colorado Founder Experience to connect local Tech Founders through unique experiences. He is committed to strengthening relationships within the Colorado Technology Community. The Colorado Founder Experience facilitates network growth and connections for local entrepreneurs. Members are selected based on community contributions, growth potential, and industry involvement.

Kevin Krauth is the CEO and co-founder of Orderly Health, a digital health startup seeking to build out the foundational platform for healthcare provider data management. Orderly was named one of the “Top 50 Companies to Watch” by BuiltIn Colorado in 2017, was part the Denver ScaleUp Network in 2018, and was a Colorado Company to Watch winner in 2022.

Prior to Orderly, Kevin led Product for Electronic Arts Data Platform Team, worked in Product at Upsight, and was in Corporate M&A for Blackstone.

He graduated from Duke University, holds a certificate in Machine Learning from MIT, and is a CiviCO Program Fellow alumnus, a program designed for civic-minded leaders in Colorado in collaboration with McKinsey & Co.

Before co-founding Iterate, Jon was the founder and 10-year CEO of eBags.com, which grew profitably to over $100 million in revenue with a 34% CAGR from 2000 to 2008. A pioneer in e-commerce, eBags was among the first to dropship from 500+ third-party warehouses, collect customer reviews, run A/B tests, and operate on a negative cash conversion cycle. Its focus on experimentation helped make it one of the highest-converting retail sites online, recognized by Nielsen as a Top 10 U.S. retailer for conversion rates. eBags also launched and sold 6pm.com to Zappos and managed CaseLogic.com and TUMI.com globally. Before its acquisition by Samsonite, eBags served 40 million+ annual shoppers and sold over $1.65 billion in travel products. Between eBags and Iterate, Jon invested in and advised startups.

Hayfa is a growth startup operator turned investor who is deeply passionate about the growing tech ecosystem here in Colorado. She has aligned her passion for building and scaling startups by joining the investing team at Range Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on funding and supporting the best technology entrepreneurs in the greater Denver area.

Darko founded Poly to break free from the limitations of low/no code platforms, custom IDEs, and DSLs that lock enterprises into subpar solutions. He was tired of expensive ‘experts’ draining resources and institutional disorder ruining the joy of software development.

Perry Rosenbloom is the CEO and Co-Founder of Motion.io, a client onboarding and collaboration platform that helps service-based businesses streamline client communication and project delivery. Before founding Motion.io, he built and scaled Brighter Vision, a SaaS company serving thousands of mental health professionals with website and marketing solutions. Brighter Vision was acquired by EverCommerce in 2020.

Alex Ryden is the Founder & CEO of Guest House, the leading platform that automates everything agents and homeowners need to create a beautiful listing—from staging to cleaning to photography—all in one place. Guest House reduces listing prep time by 10x, helping homes hit the market faster and sell for top dollar. Founded in Colorado in 2019, the company has supported over 2,000 homeowners, enabled more than $2B in home sales and operates in Denver, Boulder, San Diego, Orange County, Phoenix and Scottsdale. Alex is an active member of YPO Colorado and has formerly served on the board of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts. He holds degrees in Communications and Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and enjoys traveling with his family, snowboarding in Steamboat and golfing wherever it’s warm.

Grant Gunnison is the Founder & CEO of Zero Homes, a Denver-based company redefining home electrification with virtual assessments, custom retrofit plans, and a full digital marketplace for homeowners and contractors.

Dave Grant is the Chief Executive Officer of PickNik Robotics. He previously led the company’s Sales & Marketing efforts, helping establish PickNik as a leader in robotics applications. Before joining PickNik, Dave drove growth initiatives at Uplight and Smartabase, delivering significant scale in enterprise software environments. He holds deep experience in SaaS, go-to-market strategy, and robotics-adjacent B2B product leadership.

Jennifer Cyphers is the founder of Pynwheel Inc., a leading tour tech company in the multifamily industry. Jennifer has extensive experience in digital marketing, product development, and business strategy. Jennifer has been a presenter and moderator at various industry events and has worked with companies such as Engrain, ApartmentList, and Vast.com. Jennifer holds a BA in Foreign Languages and Psychology from Lewis & Clark College.

Mike Gionfriddo is a lifelong technologist. He has deep experience in building scalable, modern fintech and financial services platforms, for companies like Blackhawk Network and JP Morgan Chase. Prior to Tallied, Mike was CTO at Pie Insurance where he built and led the engineering and data teams and helped deliver the first public API for commercial insurance. As Chief Architect and CTO of Blackhawk, he oversaw productand technology development, leveraging the public cloud to lead the company tobecome the fifth largest and fastest processor on the Visa network, and help Blackhawk to IPO.

Mike earned the prestigious title of Distinguished Engineer from Sun Microsystems and pioneered the use of Java for system and network management as the development lead. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and holds multiple patents.

Sha Ma is the Co-Founder and CEO of FinTe, a platform that helps organizations understand and manage cloud infrastructure costs by bridging finance and engineering teams. With over 20 years of experience in technology leadership, she has held senior roles including CTO at Catalyst and Totango, VP of Engineering at GitHub, and a key leadership position at SendGrid (acquired by Twilio), where she contributed to its IPO.

At FinTe, Sha leads the company’s mission to redefine cloud cost management through its “DevFinOps” approach—integrating financial operations and DevOps principles to drive smarter, earlier cost decisions in the software development lifecycle.

Brad Matheson is an accomplished AI architect and innovator with a proven track record in delivering impactful solutions across threat detection, autonomous robotics, and enterprise intelligence. He specializes in AI workflow design using LangGraph and custom tools for tasks like company profiling, data expansion, and relationship graphing.

Brad has pioneered advancements in large language models, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), self-consistency tooling, and memory systems for long- and short-term context. His work spans robotics (ROS, RL), NLP (98% accuracy), and intelligent agents (92% accuracy, 96% consistency), leveraging cutting-edge tools like FAISS, OpenAI embeddings, and ElasticSearch.

A strategic leader, Brad led a featured Tableau partnership on news narrative tracking and consistently delivers value-driven AI implementations—from proposal to MVP—grounded in user feedback and real-world results.

David Johnson is an entrepreneur and technical advisor specializing in Software as a Service platforms. With 30 years of operating experience, David has built and scaled SaaS technology as a founder, advisor, investor, consultant, and fractional and full-time CTO. After 2 decades and 5 startups as a co-founder, David created Updraft in 2015 to help other software companies innovate and grow.

Jennifer Voss is the Co-Founder and CEO of LERA Health, a women’s health technology company focused on delivering integrative, whole-body care through a combination of diagnostics, personalized insights, and actionable guidance.

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Cloud Campaign, Ryan leads the development and growth of the leading platform to streamline social media marketing for agencies. With over six years of experience in building and scaling cloud-based solutions, he has a strong background in full-stack engineering, distributed systems, data-driven design, and customer-centric product development.
 

Jamie is a Managing Director and Private Wealth Advisor at Morgan Stanley where he is responsible for implementing and managing client portfolios in addition to assisting self-directed clients in the execution of opportunistic investment strategies. In 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 he was named one of Forbes Top Wealth Advisors in Colorado, and from 2022 to 2025 the team has been named one of Forbes Top Wealth Management Teams in Colorado. He is a founding member of the 1550 Group at Morgan Stanley based in Morgan Stanley’s downtown Denver, Colorado office. He has been in the financial industry since 1999 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2015.

Fritz Schlereth is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Trace8, a company focused on private capital automation. He has a robust background in product leadership, strategy, and execution within the tech industry. Schlereth's expertise includes emerging technologies, product design, and business case development, which he has honed through various roles in innovation and entrepreneurship programs.

Ari is a career-long devotee to improving healthcare delivery and payment models. He has a deep track record of recruiting operationally excellent teams, building digital health products with clear value propositions and navigating the complexities of selling into the US healthcare system.

Nadia Eldeib is the CEO and co-founder of CodeYam, an AI-powered software simulator helping developers visualize and test applications. She was a founding product hire at Lyft, contributing to the launch of its Bikes & Scooters division, and co-founded Nod Labs. Nadia holds a Government degree from Harvard University.

Samuel is the VP of Strategy and Operations at Bifrost, a Colorado-based deep tech company working at the intersection of quantum information and infrastructure - with vital impacts on markets, national security, and defense. Focused on quantum-enabled hardware systems, Bifrost supports the growing demand for scalable quantum computing and secure, domestic supply chains.

Kait has spent her career at the intersection of law (labor and employment, to be exact) and startups. As a lawyer, she advised CEOs and HR teams through some of their hardest moments: terminations, layoffs, reorgs, even founder breakups.

As VP of People and Chief Operating Officer, she found herself on the other side of the table delivering the news. No matter how many times she had to say the words, it never got easier. The reasons didn’t matter. The people did.

DenZen is a redemption story. For her, for them, and for everyone who deserves financial stability that isn’t tied to their job.

Dr. Margo Harrison, MD, MPH is the Founder and CEO of Wave Bye Inc, a company developing evidence-based, non-hormonal solutions for menstrual health. A board-certified OB/GYN, she has over 15 years of experience in clinical practice, research, and medical affairs, including serving as a principal investigator funded by the NIH and founding a women’s health consulting firm supporting venture-backed health companies. She leads Wave Bye’s mission to reduce period pain and improve women’s health through science-backed products.