Paving the way for tech entrepreneurship since 2015.

We are Central Florida’s only 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on accelerating tech and tech-enabled startups.

With educational outposts throughout the region and a rich variety of virtual and hybrid programs, we support early-stage tech founders through our Accelerator Programs for idea, build, and pre-seed stages of tech entrepreneurship. Working with nearly 300 companies over the course of almost a decade, our Starter community continues to grow – growing our mission of making early-stage tech startup support more accessible to all.

Meet our expert team.

Mike Bowers

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Mike Bowers, PhD

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Program Manager

Elizabeth Burgess

Lilian Myers - Build Stage Lead - StarterStudio

Build Stage Lead

Lilian Myers

Alumni Network Manager

Gina Marziotto

Our Board of Directors.

Donna Mackenzie, CPA

Chair

Florida CFO Group

Jacques Fu

Vice Chair

PETE Learning

Tom Gawronski

Treasurer

Private Investor

Renuka Sastri

Secretary

I-Drive Community Redevelopment Agency

Phil Zeman

Immediate Past Chair

SouthState Bank

Kelly Cohen

Southern Strategy

Shari Costantini

Kismet Technologies

Peter McAlindon, PhD

Crummer Graduate School of Business

Stephanie Miller, PhD

ERAU

Taylor Pancake

Foley & Lardner

Rob Panepinto

UCF and Govo Venture Partners

Gregg Pollack

Vue Mastery / Elar Institute

Terry Sanks

Buesse & Sanks

Joshua Snyder

NeoGov

Our Sponsors and Supporters.