Paving the way for tech entrepreneurship since 2014.
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 200 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.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Mike Bowers, PhD
Program Manager
Elizabeth Burgess
Pre-Seed Stage Lead
Scott Ritchey
Build Stage Lead
Lilian Myers
Bootcamps & Idea Stage Lead
David Alecock
Our Board of Directors.
Phil Zeman
Chair
SouthState Bank
Kelly Cohen
Immediate Past Chair
Southern Strategy
Tom Gawronski
Treasurer
Private Investor
Taylor Pancake
Secretary
Foley & Lardner
Derek Barnett
Cogent Bank
Terrance Berland
Co-Founder and Principal, Unicorn & Lion LLC
Shari Costantini
Kismet Technologies
Jacques Fu
PETE Learning
Carmenza Gonzalez
CZA Inc
Heath Hensley
NeoGov
Donna Mackenzie, CPA
Florida CFO Group
Peter McAlindon, PhD
Crummer Graduate School of Business
Stephanie Miller, PhD
ERAU
Rob Panepinto
UCF and Govo Venture Partners
Gregg Pollack
Vue Mastery / Elar Institute
Terry Sanks
Buesse & Sanks
Renuka Sastri
I-Drive Community Redevelopment Agency
Joshua Snyder
NeoGov