Triangle Tech Night

Triangle Tech Night

— events, connections, and community for the Research Triangle tech + startup ecosystem

👇 Join 1,200+ tech and startup folks on our newsletter and at our events https://lu.ma/triangletech

Organizers:

  • JP Maloney
  • Kenyetta Hall
  • Chip Kennedy

Tech Night Industry Members:

  • Atomic Object - custom software that’s beautiful, reliable, and easy to use
  • R!OT - economic development by capturing emerging markets and accelerating startups
  • JP Morgan - banking for innovative companies throughout their entire lifecycle—early stage, growth stage, late stage, pre-IPO and beyond

Advisors:

  • Christopher Gergen - Entrepreneur | NC business ecosystem builder | Co-Founder of Forward Cities | Author of ‘Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives’
  • Phaedra Boinodiris - IBM Consulting's Global Leader for Trustworthy AI | Author of 'AI for the Rest of Us'
  • John Samuel - Cofounder & CEO of Ablr | Author of ‘Don’t Ask the Blind Guy for directions’ | Digital Accessibility Advocate

Partners:

  • American Underground
  • Wake Forest Tech and Industry Partnership
  • Raleigh Founded
  • UNC & Innovate Carolina
  • NC Tech Association
  • Latinas in Tech | North Carolina
  • Leadership Triangle
  • NC State Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  • Raleigh Durham Startup Week
  • Weird Productions

Speaker nominations? Topic requests? Partner inquiries?

✉️ email us

✨Tech Night Attendee ToolKits

🌳 Sustainability x Innovation: Attendee Toolkit🤖 AI for Humans: Attendee Toolkit🌱 How to Fix a Planet: Attendee Toolkit

Past Events & Speaker Alumni:

  • October 2025 🌳 RIoT | Sustainability & Innovation
    • Doug Speight - Chief Executive Officer at AxNano
    • Deb Wojcik, PhD - Executive Director at Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
    • Lawson Carmichael - Co-Founder & Managing Partner LongLeaf Studios
    • Tom Snyder - Executive Director, RIoT
  • September 2025 🚀 JP Morgan | From Pilot to Platform: How Startups Win Big with Enterprise Partners
    • Stephen Markwell, Head of Fintech Partnerships, Global Banking JPMorgan Chase
    • Aviva Rosman, VP of Data Products, CiviTech; Former Co-Founder and COO, BallotReady
    • Alex Anderson, Director of Strategic Sales and Partnerships at RepSpark
  • September 2025 🏛️ Where Tech Meets Government
    • Dave Whitmire (Keynote)Senior Commercial Advisor x WRC (Wireless Research Center of North Carolina)
    • Jenny Bo - Co-Founder & President x Roboro
    • Jarrett Lane - Fonder x NC Critical Technologies Alliance
    • Colin Kiser - Senior Commercial Advisor x Economic Development Partnership of NC (EDPNC)
  • September 2025 🔵 Tech Leader Roundtable Dinner
  • June 2025 ✌️ Women Who Innovate (pt II)
    • Zakiya Alta Lee, MBA – Venture Capitalist, IDEA Fund Partners; Founder, Mentor, and Board Observer
    • Sudha Meghan – CEO, Hummingbird Health; Founder, Rozie.AI; Doctor and Economist; Health, Social justice, and Community Arts Researcher
    • Funda Gunes, Ph.D. – CEO and Founder, Walu AI; Co-Founder (WiMLDS) Women in Machine Learning & Data Science, NC Chapter
    • Anne Hungate – Founder and CEO, QuantumBloom; Technology and Transformation Strategist; Yogi
  • April 2025 🌖 Moonlighting - An RDSW Afterparty
  • March 2025 🎧 VC Unplugged: What Investors and Founders Won’t Say Out Loud
    • Andrea Martin Inokon - Co-Founder & COO x Breva; Lecturing Fellow x Duke University
    • Charles Inokon - Co-Founder & CEO x Breva; Lecturing Fellow x Duke University
    • Dave Ousterout - General Partner x Cape Fear BioCapital; Former Founder & CTO x Locus Bio; Biotech Strategy Consultant
    • Lister Delgado - Managing Partner x IDEA Fund Partners
    • Malik Epps - Founder; Former VC x TrueBridge Capital Partners
    • Special Guests:
      • Jenn Summe - Investor, Primordial Ventures & Co-Founder, Ladies Investing / Local Angels
      • Rich Belsky - Founder, Investor, Coach
  • February 2025 🥼 The Double-Edged Sword of Innovation: Bridging Emerging Tech and Health Equity
    • Neal K. Shah – CEO of CareYaya, transforming caregiving through AI and tackling the eldercare crisis
    • Jackie Mancini – VP, Trade Strategy and Operations at CVS Health and Digital Health Founder
    • Todd Quartiere – Responsible AI x Health Speaker, Healthcare GenAI Analytics Leader, and Former EMT
    • Bethany Darragh – Pediatric Occupational Therapist and Co-Founder of Theralinq
  • October 2024 🤖 AI vs. Humans
    • Tina Tang - Co-founder and CEO of Bristles.AI, Systems engineer, Studio Artist, and AI Technologist
    • William Lloyd - Founder of Gaite, AI, Data Analytics, and Automation Expert, former Technology Consultant with Deloitte
    • Ben Heller - Google Cloud AI and GenAI Transformation Manager, Digital Infrastructure and Data Expert
  • October 2024 🤖 AI for Humans Workshop
    • Kenyetta Hall - Entrepreneurship professor @ UNC, startup builder, and product extraordinaire
    • Chip Kennedy - Founder of CivicReach.AI, Triangle Tech Night co-organizer
  • September 2024 🌱 How to Fix a Planet
    • Stephanie Simon - Founding Partner at Blueridge Climate Ventures, Climate and Social Impact Strategist
    • Megan Anderson - Sustainability Director at City of Raleigh, Climate Change Executive
    • Shawn Jones - Senior Manager at Highland Electric Fleets, Energy Equity Green Engineer

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  • August 2024 🎙️ Triangle Tech Nights x F*ckup Nights: On Entrepreneurship
    • Kenyetta Hall - Entrepreneurship professor @ UNC, startup builder, and product extraordinaire
    • Brandon Kashani - Founder of TRAKID, Edtech Builder, and Skydiver
  • June 2024 🦸‍♀️ Women Who Innovate
    • Phaedra Boinodiris, Keynote - IBM Consulting's Global Leader for Trustworthy AI
    • Bernice Bond - VP & Chief Information Security Officer, RTI International
    • Jenn Summe, Moderator - Startup Investor with Primordial Ventures, Advisor, and Ecosystem Builder
    • Meghan Corroon - Founder & CEO at Clerdata
    • Susan Wall - COO at Corevist
    • Stephanie Modica - Head of Data Experience & Design, Gemini Sports Analytics
  • April 2024 🎨 ART x AI
    • Julianne Miao - [Moderator] Curator, art historian
    • Téa Blumer - Founder and Creative Art Director, HelloPaint.io
    • Matto - Cryptoartist, Educator, Author
    • Rheannon Spaulding - Creative Director + Products Manager, Revelnation Enterprises
  • March 2024 🍎 AI, Innovation, and the Future of Education
    • Dr. Nehemiah J. Mabry | CEO & Founder of STEMedia; Founder, Researcher, and Engineering Instructor
    • Narkie Nartey | Founder of The Wakaboomee Program; Board Member of EdTech Unite, Advisor, Community Connector
    • Karl Rectanus | Co-Founder of LearnPlatform (acquired by Instructure); EdTech Entrepreneur, Advisor and Board Director
    • Anthony Rotoli | CEO of Ocelot; EdTech Board Member, Investor, and Advisor
    • Joseph Watt (Moderator) | Impact Investor at ECMC Group
  • October 2023 🤖 The Impact of AI
    • Tina Tang | Cofounder and CEO @ Bristles AI
    • Sherard Griffin | Senior Director of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Services @ Red Hat
    • Bill Higgins | Director, watsonx Platform Engineering and Chair, Open Innovation @ IBM
    • Amit Shanker | Founder and CEO @ Bloom AI

Resources

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