GROWING OUR INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
Orlando Tech Council
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Growing Our Innovation Community
The Orlando Tech Council is composed of private industry, resource organizations and public partners that work to develop new programs with the core objectives: strengthen the Orlando region’s innovation resources, create new opportunities for companies to scale, and to amplify the region’s success stories, raising the global profile of Orlando as a leading community for entrepreneurship and innovation.
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Strengthen the Orlando Region’s Innovation Resources
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Create New Opportunities for Companies to Scale
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Amplify the Region’s Success Stories
executive tech leaders in the region
What Is the Orlando Tech Council?
The Orlando Tech Council consists of entities and companies who will each contribute a $2,500 sponsorship to participate in the council programs, events and oversight that will be available for the community.
All council members must serve in an executive technology or innovation role within their organization (CIO, CTO, etc.). Three seats on the council will be given in-kind each year to members of the community, nominated by the steering committee.
Council Leadership

Rajiv Menon
Chair
Founder & CEO
Informulate

Lillian Myers
Chair-Elect
Executive Director
Starter Studio
Programming committee

Chris Morton
Programming Chair
Operating Partner, Orchid Black
Co-Founder, NanoPhotonica

Charlie Lewis
Programming Chair-Elect
Founder & CEO
BlueWave Resource Partners and Project Orlando
ecosystem committee

Andrea Wesser-Brawner
Ecosystem Chair
Chief Innovation & Emerging Technologies Officer
Orange County Government

Renuka Sastri
Ecosystem Chair-Elect
Co-Chair
100 Women Strong
marketing committee

Matthew Broffman
Marketing Co-Chair
Director of Innovation – Digital Platforms
& Service Design
City of Orlando

Kelly Trace
Marketing Co-Chair
Founder
Reach & Headquarters Coworking

“Council members combine field expertise and business acumen to propel the region’s next generation of tech leadership forward…”
– Adam Scheinberg
Vice President of IT at Massey Services
Get Involved
Why Join?
The Orlando Tech Council offers the opportunity to be engaged with regional innovative leaders and help to establish and grow Orlando’s innovation community.

Strenghtening Innovation Resources
Be part of the regional economic development strategy
Publish a roadmap of the ecosystem with research and data on the region’s resources
Partner with local organizations to deliver programming focused on scaling companies

Creating New Opportunities
Deliver programs including First Customer Program, Orlando Tech Grant and others
Partner with national partners to grow regional profile
Strengthen opportunities within key sector verticals such as autonomous vehicles

Amplifying Success Stories
Capture and distribute stories of innovators, founders, contracts and partnerships through local and national channels
Deliver a framework to leverage national tradeshows and conferences to feature key industries

Orlando Tech Community Grant
Providing funding support for Orlando technology focused activities and programs.

Orlando Tech Connect Program
Creating cohorts of buyers and suppliers; facilitating curated connections for opportunity between companies.

Synapse Orlando
Day-long symposium of entrepreneurship and thought-leadership showcasing the region’s innovation ecosystem.

“The Orlando Tech Council has the most promise of supporting the local tech ecosystem than any other organization I’ve been a part of in the last 20 years….”
– Sanjay Patel
CEO at Datanautix and member of the Tech Council
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Connect With Us
Reach out to Orlando Economic Partnership Vice President of Innovation Sheena Fowler for more information on the Orlando Tech Council.
News From the Orlando Tech Council

Orlando Tech Council Weekly Round Up: February 26, 2021

Profiles in Tech: Andrea Wesser-Brawner, Chief Innovation & Emerging Technologies Officer, Orange County Government

Orlando Tech Council Weekly Round Up: February 19, 2021

Profiles in Tech: Chris Morton, Founder/CEO and Chairman of the Board, Nanophotonica

Profiles in Tech: Rajiv Menon, Founder/CEO, Informulate

Orlando Tech Council Weekly Round Up: February 12, 2021
