Associate Marketing Director
Outreach and Project Manager
Kaara Brown
Kaara supports sales and business development efforts for TechConnect's innovation and technology development events, with a primary focus on programs for technology transfer, licensing, commercialization and ventures offices in the university, research, and national/federal laboratory sectors.
Innovation Business Development Associate
Sales Development Specialist
Chelsea Collier
Chelsea facilitates partnerships and encourages collaboration within the Smart Cities Connect community. She is an avid evangelist for uniting technologists, entrepreneurs, government leaders and elected officials for the civic and social good. She is an Eisenhower Fellow focused on smart cities in the US and China.
Editor-at-Large & Managing Partner, Smart Cities Connect
Executive Director, City Events/Programs
Jonathan Jakischa
Jonathan Jakischa is responsible for advising, designing and executing innovation projects on behalf of clients of all sizes. He leverages 15 years of R&D knowledge and experience along with nearly ten years of experience in innovation services to deliver impactful and insightful results.
Senior Manager, Open Innovation Programs
Graphic Designer
Nick Kacsandi
Nick oversees global business development for TechConnect's commercial innovation service platforms and flagship events. Nick has designed and executed hundreds of collaborative programs, generating billions of dollars in new and value-added opportunities and partnerships for customers to date.
Vice President, Innovation and Business Development
Matthew Laudon
Dr. Laudon is Vice President of the TechConnect division of ATI. He has spent his career supporting entrepreneurs, corporates, and federal agencies accelerate innovation into industry and society. Matt co-founded and led TechConnect, a 25-year technology prospecting company acquired by ATI in 2021.
Vice President
Sponsorship Manager
Graphic Designer
Outreach and Project Manager
Database Management & Analyst
Marketing Communications Director and Senior Project Manager
Jennifer Rocha
Jennifer develops strategic partnerships with F1000 companies, Department of Defense components, federal agencies, and universities for tech scouting and programming. Her 15+ years of experience in the innovation economy provides her unique situational awareness in research, policy, and technology assessment.
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Bart Romanowicz
Bart is an expert in matching technology capabilities with industrial needs and has developed all process algorithms behind the TechConnect commercialization partnering programs, matching thousands of emerging technologies with corporate and investment commercialization interests from around the globe.
Vice President
Marketing Communications Specialist
Sarah Wenning
Sarah has 30+ years of science administration, meeting management, and event planning experience, including directing operations for events ranging from 50 to 10,000 attendees. Sarah has managed technology development personnel from government agencies, national laboratories, universities and biotech startups.
Vice President, Operations
Dalia Yablon
Dr. Yablon serves as Technical Program Chair for TechConnect conferences. She holds an A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Columbia University. Dalia spent 11 years at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Corporate Strategic Research where she served as Program Leader in the energy business.
Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World Innovation and Nanotech Conferences