GROWING OUR INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

Orlando Tech Council

Growing Our Innovation Community

The Orlando Tech Council, a core component of
the Orlando Economic Partnership, is a group of
private industry, resource organizations and
public partners that collaborate with the singular
focus of organizing and aligning our region’s
resources to accelerate progress towards an
innovation-based economy.

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No. 1 Fastest-growing City for Entrepreneurs

Linkedin News, 2021
No. 1 Best Place to Work in Tech

Yahoo Finance, 2021
No. 2 Fastest-growing Salaries for Tech Workers in 2020

Dice.com, 2021
No. 2 Most Startup Activity based on Average Startup Formation Rate

Roofstock, 2021

2022 Objectives

✓ Leverage partnerships to broaden and deepen the innovation ecosystem

✓ Develop and activate tech leaders within the community

✓ Identify and fill in the gaps in the tech ecosystem

✓ Increase diversity in the region’s tech community

✓ Elevate the region’s profile as a tech and innovation hub

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Why Join?

The Orlando Tech Council offers the opportunity to be engaged with regional tech and innovation leaders and to help establish and grow Orlando’s tech and innovation ecosystem.

Annual membership is $2,500 per company, allowing up to two members to participate in the council. In-kind seats are extended to non-profit organizations or startups contributing to the tech ecosystem and government partners of the Orlando Economic Partnership, and are approved on a case-by-case basis by Orlando Tech Council leadership.

Strenghtening Resources

Support the regional tech and innovation economic development strategy

Publish a roadmap of the ecosystem with research and data on the region’s resources

Identify and share key resources for companies of all sizes to utilize

Creating New Opportunities

Deliver programs including First Customer Program, Orlando Tech Grant and others

Create meaningful events and programs to drive connection across the region

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

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“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, Massey Services

https://techhuborlando.com/

Orlando Tech Hub

A centralized digital platform where all our region’s innovation and technology enthusiasts can learn, share, connect and thrive.

https://synapsefl.com/orlando2021/

Synapse Orlando

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

https://orlando.org/l/orlando-tech-council/orlando-tech-community-grant/

Orlando Tech Community Grant

In collaboration with the City of Orlando, the grant program provides funding support for Orlando technology focused activities and programs.

Orlando Tech Council Leadership

Charlie Lewis
Council Chair
Founder & CEO
BlueWave Resource Partners and Project Orlando

MEMBERSHIP committee

Thomas Capone
Membership Chair
Vice President, Business Development
Concepta

Troy Parker
Membership Co-chair
CTO & Co-founder
CodeFirm

STARTUP committee

Ken Hall
Startup Chair
Vice President
DeepWork Capital

Gordon Folkes
Startup Co-chair
CEO
Archer First Response Systems

growth committee

Rekha Ramesh
Growth Chair
Chief Digital & Information Officer Tupperware Brands Corporation

Drew Sorrell
Growth Co-chair
Shareholder & Chair, Data Governance Group
Lowndes

enterprise committee

Carlos Carbonnell
Enterprise Chair
CEO
Echo

Jennifer Barrows
Enterprise Co-chair
Business Development Executive
Withum

“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, Datanautix and member of the Tech Council

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Orlando Tech Council

If you would like more information on how to join the Orlando Tech Council to help guide the development and interconnectivity of the regional innovation ecosystem, complete the short form.

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