Category: Featured Founders
Learn about the founders building at Embarc Collective
Featured Member: Steve Baggott
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Steve Baggott, COO at Sus Clinicals, which enables healthcare clients to advance the most promising cancer therapeutics to human clinicals more quickly, predictably, and […]
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Featured Founder: Brock Lister
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Brock Lister of Visitry, which is a Home Health marketplace for agencies and clinicians. What were you doing previously, and what inspired you to […]
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Featured Founder: Waqas Shabir
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Waqas Shabir Co-Founder & CRO of Stackyon, which provides edge-deployed face-verified workforce intelligence for high-hazard industries via 56ms verification, real-time certification and permit checks, […]
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Featured Founder: Samir Hassan
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Samir Hassan, CEO of Critikality, which provides edge-deployed face-verified workforce intelligence for high-hazard industries via 56ms verification, real-time certification and permit checks, and unauthorized […]
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Featured Founder: Fallon Williams
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg, who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Fallon Williams, CEO of GladysDrift LLC, which builds quantum-enhanced energy reduction applications for data centers. Please provide a brief one-liner about your company. Our […]
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Featured Founder: Zachary Perdomo
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed James Harkness, CEO of Ybor.ai, enterprise-grade platform that automates and standardizes software delivery, enabling organizations to ship secure, scalable software faster with measurable impact. […]
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Embarc Collective Welcomes Tom O’Neil to Board of Directors
Embarc Collective Welcomes Tom O’Neil to Board of Directors We are thrilled to welcome Tom O’Neil, Tampa Market Lead for Brixey & Meyer and seasoned CPA, to the Embarc Collective Board of Directors as Treasurer. Tom brings a wealth of experience in audit, assurance, tax, advisory, and strategic financial leadership that will be invaluable as […]
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Featured Founder: Zachary Perdomo
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Zachary Perdomo, Co-Founder & COO of Alchemain, an innovative cloud-based platform designed to empower developers by automating the process of dependency management. Please provide […]
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Embarc Collective Welcomes USF President Dr. Moez Limayem to Board of Directors
Embarc Collective Welcomes USF President Dr. Moez Limayem to Board of Directors We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Moez Limayem, President of the University of South Florida (USF), to the Embarc Collective Board of Directors. His appointment enriches our leadership with seasoned insight, diverse networks, and a steadfast commitment to community and innovation. Our board members […]
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Featured Founder: Rafael Fernandes
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Rafael Fernandes of Compass Health, a patient-centric care coordination and navigation service. Compass Health helps individuals and families access high-quality specialists, manage appointments, with […]
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