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Bredan Iribe and I will be Working together on Creating a VR World for Konnex

Our headquarters at Konnex is at the University of Maryland and Dr. Loh had encouraged me to scale our company here!

I met Patrick Wojahn at my office in college park, Jan 19. We are going to work together to build communities in the city of college park

I have met Dean Pines on several occasions during my studies as an mechanical engineering student at UMD. He has inspired me through his life, teachings and talks to pursue my dreams and career. He is an amazing person and doing a great job as Dean! Konnex is working with the University of Maryland Engineering Dept to create our hardware devices.

I met Gary Williams on several occasiosn while he was the head coach for the Terps Basketball team and this photo was taken at a country club golf event to honor his legacy.

I met Mark at the Congressional Club in Bethesda. He was being honored for his superior coaching performance at the University of Maryland.

Kenneth "Ken" Ulman CEO of a consulting firm, Margrave Strategies, and former Democratic politician in Howard County, Maryland. We met at my office at WeWork in College Park. Jan 2019

I met and spoke with Heather on several occasions regarding Konnex and networking events. She is doing an excellent job as Director of alumni relations. We are working with the Alumni Center to scale and grow Konnex!

Rated as one of 25 Professors of Software Engineering You Should Know in the Country.

I met Lisa at a talk she was giving at UMD regarding her new positon as President & CEO of Textron Systems. She most recently served as executive vice president of Military Business at Bell Helicopter. (Photo: Business Wire) Atherton most recently served as executive vice president of Military Business at Bell Helicopter where she provided strategic direction, overall management and performance for all government programs and business development efforts. She has also held several other leadership positions within Military Programs since joining Bell Helicopter in 2012, including vice president of Global Military Business Development, V-22 program manager and director of Military Programs. Atherton began her career with Textron in 2007 as the vice president of Area Attack at Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems.

I met Aaron while attending another casting call for Shark Tank in Philidelphia. He gave me valuable advice when we are on the show :)

I met Lori while attending my first casting call for Shark Tank in New York. Lori appeared on Shark Tank, and although she did not win, she gave me great advice for the show!

Charlie is a great friend of mine and we choose to do our regular updates with him. Check out his new studio in DC #PodcastVillage

I met Kevin Plank in 2014 at his Cupids Cup event and we are working together to develop Konnex Apparel Line!

I met Dan at Bitcamp UMD, Zentail (HD Trade Services, Inc.) is an ecommerce technology company based in Columbia, Maryland, USA that offers software and revenue optimization services to online retailers and brands. Zentail's cloud-based software integrates with Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Jet.com, eBay.com, Google Shopping, BigCommerce, Shopify, Magento, SkuVault, Fishbowl Inventory, FedEx Supply Chain, Rakuten Super Logistics, Shipwire, Fulfillment Works and ShipBob. Zentail is the first privately held integration partner of Jet.com[1] and Walmart Marketplace.

I met Mike at Bitcamp at UMD, Mike joined Index in 2009 to help establish the firm's San Francisco office with Danny Rimer. Previously, Mike held a number of executive positions including Chief Strategy Officer and SVP/GM of the routing business at Cisco. During his 13-year tenure there, he and his team were responsible for the acquisition of over 70 companies, including several multi-billion deals. Mike also managed a P&L in excess of $10B in revenues. Cisco's acquisition strategy has been widely regarded as an industry model for technology mergers and acquisitions.

I met Dr. Mote at a open house for Engineering in 2012. Dr. Mote was the former president of the University of Maryland from 1998-2010 and is on Konnex!

I met Gregory Hamilton at a talk at the A James Clark of engineering school at the University of Maryland.

I met Barry Eccleston at a talk at the A James Clark school of engineering at the University of Maryland.

I met Marillyn Hewson(CEO) of Lockheed in 2014 at an recuruitng event in Washington D.C when I graduated from the University of Maryland.

I met Jim Loree at a Smith Buisness event in Van Munching Hall in 2018.

Doug Eldridge is a nationally-recognized agent, analyst, advisor, entrepreneur, and cable news commentator. We met at Smith event Nov 18th.

I met Tim Kurkjian, at a Smith School Event for Sports in Nov 18'. He is a Major League Baseball analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter.

Dr. Vijay Kumar is the Dean of Penn Engineering. I met him while attending Penn Apps in 2018. I built the first prototype of Konnex Phone there.

I Met Zachary Leonsis at a Georgetown event for entreaprenuers. He is the son of Ted Leonsis Son who is the Former senior executive with America Online (AOL), and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL's Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, WNBA's Washington Mystics, and the AFL's Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade.

I met Sean at a Bob Proctor event in LA. He is the CEO of Think Rich Films and he has worked with companies such as CNN, NBA, Nascar, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network and PGA.

I met Jon Talerico at a Bob Proctor event in La. He is a Networking Expert and Chief Opportunity Officer at ‘Million in YOU’

I met Phil goldfine at a Bob Proctor event in LA. He is an Academy Award Winning Hollywood Producer of The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life and Seal Team Six. Also a great friend of mine :)

I met Anik Singal at his new office space in Rockville, Md.He has been featured in Ted Talks, Amazon Best Seller, Entrepreneur, Business Week, Inc. 500, The Huffington Post and Mtech Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute etc.

I met Jimmy Kim at Aniks office in Rockville. Jimmy’s entrepreneurial spirit has not only awarded him the role of CEO for Snaptactix, but he is also the CEO of Sendlane, an Email Service Provider and the COO of KNYEW, a Las Vegas based clothing boutique.

I met Matt at a Bob Proctor Event.Matt Gallant is an American television host. He was the host of The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet. Gallant has hosted shows on MTV, ESPN2, G4, NFL Network, Fine Living, ABC and DirecTV. Matt hosted Simon Cowell's American Inventor in 2007. Matt Gallant is currently Co-Hosting "The List" on the Scripps Network. Also on Konnex!

I met Doland at a Bob Proctor Event.Doland started his career in the high-tech industry managing large organizations and held several pivotal leadership positions prior to joining RAPIDCRUSH. Since joining the company in 2015, Doland has applied his visionary skills towards attaining multiple years of solid, sequential business growth - as well as guiding RAPIDCRUSH through a series of strategic changes that have set it on a course to be recognized as the leading digital marketing firm in its space.

I met Gerad at his new office in New Jersey, Fownders. His last venture was online news platform Elite Daily, which he co-founded and ran as President for three years. Adams and his partners sold Elite Daily to the Daily Mail in 2015 for $50 million, marking an incredible achievement for this self-made millionaire.

I met Wolfgang at a Bob Proctor event. The WINSPIRATION DAY® movement has gone global connecting people all over the world to empower collaborative thoughts and actions in creating a better future.

Bob Proctor changed my entire life at 26years Old. I spoke to him on the phone in April 2016 and Met him at the Matrix in May 2016. He is a National Treasure to the world and a close friend of mine. The Proctor Gallagher Institute is helping me scale Konnex :)

Brian Proctor is Bob's son and I met him at a Bob Proctor event. He is also a great freind and mentor!

I met Sandy at the Matrixx event in 2016. She is Bob Proctors business partner and an amazing person. She was an esteemed attorney with a successful career in banking law, Sandy regularly handled billions of dollars in mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and other big-ticket transactions, and was an advisor to boards and top executives of Fortune 500 firms. She epitomized success in the classic corporate mold. Then she met Bob ;)

I met Randy at a pitch event in New York. Randal and I are working on a screenplay for our movie. My business partner and I have started up the Washington chapter of the Private Capital Network called the Washington DC Archangels. It is an invitation only group of high value and active investors who are seeking the best deals available. We meet monthly and have successfully found investors for many presenters. Our presenters come from all over, including Canada, California and midwestern states, as well as the Washington area.

I met Blaine at a Bob Proctor Event in LA. He is a Best Selling Author | Keynote Speaker | Consultant Executive & Leadership Coach and a close friend, also on Konnex

I met Koby Benvisiti at Carniege Hall in honor of Bob Procotor in New York. Modern Day Millionare goal is to help one million people become millionares.

I met Testudo in 2007 and we have been great freinds for over a decade! Tesudo is the Official University of Marylands Mascot, once upon a time I might have even worn the outfit ;)

Gore Bolton is the founder of Piranha Tank. Gore has done it all: from engineer to serial entrepreneur to investor to CEO of Piranha Tank.

I met Anthony at the University of Maryland when he was being honored at the Computer Science hall of fame. Squarespace is an American private company that provides software as a service for website building and hosting and is headquartered in New York City.

I met Ming Lin at the induction ceremony for Anthony Caslena and Konnex will be working with the CS dept to recruit students.

I met Bob Hisoaka at a University of Maryland Entrepreneur event. He is an amazing person and donates to alot of Philanthropic causes including the Hisaoka Speaker Series

Dr. Schlake was one of my first mentors and helped inspire and motivate me in my life. We met when I was a junior at University of Maryland. Oliver Schlake is a Clinical Professor at Robert H. Smith School of Business, a senior business consultant, entrepreneur and researcher. His publications and research on scenario-based strategic planning and innovation strategy have been featured in leading academic and practitioner journals worldwide.

Alex Triantis is dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Triantis joined the Smith School in 1995,

I met Leslie Borak at a Engineering Alumni event in Baltimore. She is the assistant Dean for External Relations at the A. James Clark School of Engineering

I met Evan Lutz at a entrepreneur event at the University of Maryland. He won Shark Tank for his company, Hungry Harvest

I met Ryan & Bryan Swann when I was a student at the University of Maryland and they impacted my life in a positive way through their speeches and talks. They are incredible individuals.

I met Ali Von Paris at an entrepreneurship event at the buisness school. She Founded Route one apparel.

I met Steve at a event hosted for Nasa Engineers through diversity. Steve is an amazing person and created a diversity program that made a great impact at Nasa!

I met Tim Chi at a grand opening event for his new office at Knot Worldwide in Chevy Chase, MD

Bobby Wright is the founder of Percolator co-working spaces in Norfolk, VA. He is an experienced successful entrepreneur.