Technology Startups

Stories of Successful Technology StartUps

Scheduled Speakers:

Joe Davy, CEO, EvoApp

Joe Davy is an entrepreneur in Durham, NC whose expertise includes artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, social media, and business communication. Joe founded his first company, Axis, in 2003, and graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in 2007. Since then, he has worked in R&D at IBM, has founded and sold an IT consulting company, and founded his third company, EvoApp. EvoApp is the world's leading platform for social media business intelligence.

Steve Jernigan, CIO, ReverbNation

Steve Jernigan is a founder of and CIO at ReverbNation.com. ReverbNation was launched in February 2006 by a couple of geeks (computer) and freaks (music) on a mission to help independent musicians grow their top lines in a music world that has been turned on its head. ReverbNation is focused on delivering independent musicians the tools they need to compete, cooperate, and differentiate in an increasingly noisy environment. ReverbNation.com now has over a million hits per day, serves over 1.5 million artists, and has the most popular artist app on Facebook. The company has grown to 30 people with offices in North Carolina, New York, California, and Romania.

Earl Galleher, Chairman, Basho Technologies, Inc.

Earl Galleher has been commercializing successful Internet companies for the past 17 years. He held the position of Chairman and CEO of Basho Technologies, Inc. from its inception in January 2008 through June 2011. In that time he guided the company through the 2008 collapse of the US economy, raised $22.5 million of equity, built a board of directors of industry luminaries, and recruited Accenture Corporation’s CTO, Donald J. Rippert to take the company to market leadership. Basho Technologies is a company that has developed database software designed to cost effectively store and manage the massive amounts of data being generated by corporations and internet web applications. Earl continues to serve as Basho’s Board Chairman. Mr. Galleher's LinkedIn Profile

John D. Cowan, CEO, 6fusion

John is 6fusion’s co-founder and the company’s business model visionary. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction and vision of 6fusion. A 12-year veteran of business and product development within the IT and Telecommunications sectors, his tenure includes success creating new business during the Bermuda telecommunications deregulation as well as developing and launching technology products and services.