Tampa Bay Startup Week 2017

Ebony T. Grimsley-Vaz is the owner and Creative Director of Above Promotions, a digital marketing and public relations company in Tampa and the author of the book titled, "Because You're Small: Effective Marketing Strategies for Immediate Implementation". With over 10 years and 60+ brands, Ebony has had the opportunity to work with campaigns for large businesses such as AT&T, AAA, AOL, Cold Stone Creamery and Verizon Wireless to smaller... Read More →

Rod Brown is the Co-Founder of OnceLogix LLC- an award-winning web base solution company that specializes in mental healthcare software. Brown travels the country discussing entrepreneurship, investment strategies and developing smart, web-based software solutions to help businesses become more efficient, more productive, and profitable.

Benjamin Chang is the Director of Operations for Rogers Behavioral Health, Tampa Bay. As Director, Benjamin authored, negotiated and executed the launch sequence for the hospital's first out-of-state operation. Since inception in 2014, Rogers Tampa has become the model operation that is now emulated across the country. In 2016, Benjamin also founded and opened his own consultancy, The Ch Business Group, to provide a structured resource for... Read More →

Leighton Kyler has over 25 years of successful experience implementing change in individuals and a broad spectrum of business industries specializing in personal, professional, and organizational development focused on Leadership, Business Intelligence, and Innovation.  Driven by Servant Leadership, he possesses the knowledge, processes, and technologies necessary to fulfill his purpose. That purpose being investing in others to... Read More →

Aakash M. Patel is the Founder and President of Elevate, Inc. In addition to his responsibilities in firm management, he helps clients in the areas of community relations, social media, target networking, public relations, and government affairs. On June 23rd , 2014 Aakash was appointed Chairman of the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County by Governor Scott.