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Veena Somareddy is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. She is the Co-founder and CTO at NeuroRehabVR, a VR healthcare start-up aimed at building virtual/augmented reality training exercises for patients with neurological disorders. Using her many years of research and development experience in VR/AR, she is helping to connect technology and healthcare to enhance patient care and rehabilitation outcomes greatly.  Veena has a BS in Computer Science and a Master’s in Game Design and Development from UTDallas. She is the Chapter President for VR/AR Association Dallas and co-organizer of the Women in VR - Dallas chapter, focusing on mentorship, skill development and building a community of talented individuals who are enthusiastic about being a part of this emerging industry. 

Bets joined the top-rated faculty at TCU’s Neeley Business School in the fall of 2021 as an Executive in Residence and Adjunct Professor teaching global supply chain and business ethics. With a stellar Fortune 100 career leading global teams at AbbVie, Abbott Laboratories, AT&T and IBM, Bets lived and worked internationally, delivering award-winning results across roles in strategy, technology, M&A, finance and supply chain.

Bets has advised over 50 private companies on governance matters and was a leader during the meteoric growth of the Private Directors Association, as the National Chair, Board Opportunities Committee and Member, Technology Governance Council.  She extends her coaching skills to the technology sector, advising CEOS of start-up and privately held firms across B2B software and services companies. Complementing her corporate governance, Bets has served on the Advisory Board for Purdue University’s School of Biomedical Engineering for over a decade and been active in non-profit board and committee service. 

Bets earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a BS in Engineering, summa cum laude from Purdue University. She holds a technology patent and five publications in IBM’s Technical Disclosure Bulletin. 

After spending most of her career as a project manager and management consultant, Shireen decided to change paths and pursue her passion to become a nutri-prenuer.  While managing her own illness, she realized the importance of cultural nutrition education paired with an empowering, patient-centered care model to close gaps in health equity for minorities. Her startup is called Yumlish, an AI-powered culturally-relevant nutrition therapy platform for minorities with diabetes that addresses socioeconomic barriers to dietary adherence.  

Dennis has more than 25 years of experience working on security/privacy issues, data governance issues, and protecting and improving data through industry policy, regulatory policy relations, and technical solutions. 

Previously he was Return Path’s Chief Privacy and Security Officer. During that time Dayman leveraged his experience and key relationships to provide best practices to Return Path and its customers and ensured the compliance of their communications data flows. He was also responsible for coordinating and managing Return Path’s international electronic commerce, privacy and Internet related policy issues. Previously to Return Path, he was Eloqua’s Chief Privacy and Security Officer. Eloqua was acquired by Oracle for $871 Million dollars in 2012 and is now the centerpiece of Oracle's marketing cloud. Currently, Dennis is actively involved in creating current Internet and digital communication regulations, privacy/security policies and anti-spam legislation laws for state and federal governments. He is a longstanding member of several boards and advisory committees within the communications industry and also sits on several advisory boards for Internet companies and is also a partner, mentor, and frequent investor in start-ups.  

Ken Nelson currently serves as Head of Digital Health, Diagnostics, and Monitoring for Biotronik, a leading digital health and medical device company that has been developing trusted and innovative cardiovascular solutions and implantable cardiac devices for more than 50 years. Over the past 10 years, Ken has led commercial efforts for disruptive technologies in the digital health, wearables, and cardiac remote patient monitoring industries, playing a significant role in building the teams, cultures, and infrastructures for 3 of the top 4 market share players in cardiac digital health and remote patient monitoring, including #1 (BioTelemetry as VP of Sales), #2 (iRhythm as VP of Sales & Marketing), and #4 (Bardy Diagnostics as Chief Commercial Officer). Overall, he is a 20 year digital health, medical device, and remote patient monitoring executive and innovator with successful senior leadership experience ranging from a Fortune 500 company (Boston Scientific) to a #1 market share leading medium sized company (Biotelemetry, acquisition by Philips for $2.8 Billion announced in December20) to 3 start-ups, 1 of which eventually led to an extremely successful IPO (iRhythm) and another which was just acquired by HillRom (Bardy Diagnostics) in August 2021 for what will end up being $400M+ after milestone payments. Ken earned a B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University and resides in Dallas, TX with his wife and 3 children.

 Megan is a communications and marketing professional with more than 4 years’ experience from a wide variety of industries, including aviation, software, and health care. As Communications Manager at Southwestern Medical Foundation, she leads several initiatives to elevate the Foundation’s messaging around the important mission to continue inspiring progress in medicine. Megan is a native Texan who grew up in Humble, Texas. She received her B.A. in Emerging Media and Communications from The University of Texas at Dallas.