Snorble Inc.

An Award-Winning Creative Leader in the Technology / Robotics industry with experience in organizations ranging from startup to $75M global businesses, with proven performance managing revenue goals up to $10M, operational budgets of up to $16M, and capital expense budgets of up to $2.5M. A capable mentor with a track record of attracting, recruiting, and advising teams.

Brian began his fascinating and unique career as a Walt Disney Imagineer, where he helped “create the magic” for Disney’s Florida theme parks before going on to produce work for a who’s-who list of corporations and small entrepreneurial ventures. Later in his career, he developed a deep understanding of new and emerging technologies, and, most importantly, how they apply to business, the military and in learning environments.

Patrick Wesonga is an accomplished tech professional with almost 15 years of experience delivering experiences across a variety of industries. He combines entrepreneurial hustle, startup grit, and *just* the right amount of corporate sophistication to build remarkable mobile, web, and custom hardware products (often taking them from “zero to 1”).

Since joining R/GA in 2007, he has lead the implementation of the award-winning Nike Human Race 2008 and Nike Ballers Network applications. Launched Chanel’s e-commerce platform in 24 countries, and built Bridgestone’s first global cloud implementation, Bridgestone Hub for managing activations for the Olympics. Most recent work includes Samsung Within which is a global campaign spanning 9 chapters built in WebGL 80 countries and 24 languages.

Whether it's creating his own or curating and promoting the work of others, Ryan Patey has dealt professionally with content for nearly two decades. From working with international corporations such as Discovery Networks and Pearson Education to helping non-profits, small businesses, and even a government develop their online presence, Ryan's writing has helped establish brands, entertain audiences, and encourage change around the world.

Steve Hecker has been creating innovative consumer products for over 25 years, and brings strong experience to bear for design, development, manufacturing, and startup company operations. Hecker’s more recent experience has focused on early-stage consumer tech startups, and has been instrumental in successful market introductions for products such as the IoT-enabled infant sleep crib, the SNOO from Happiest Baby.

After two decades of building innovative technologies for education, he became the CEO of NRCCUA in 2020. Previously, Doug served as CEO of Surgarai, Inc., a medical technology startup, and as chief product officer at Knewton, recently acquired by Wiley. Prior to that, Doug spent 17 years at McGraw-Hill Education, in various senior leadership roles including chief sales officer, director of digital partnerships, and executive brand manager.

Monica Warren has been an educator for more than 27 years, beginning her career as a Georgia’s Pre-K teacher in Leesburg, GA. In May of 2019, Mrs. Warren became the principal of the Crisp County Primary School where she is currently leading a staff of 155 educators and over 1,100 children in grades Kindergarten – Third Grade.