Georgia Tech alum, Donald Beamer Jr., holds 11+ years of experience in new product introduction and strategy execution. Beamer currently serves as Atlanta’s first-ever appointed Senior Tech Advisor, as of 2022. In this position, he will work to advance Atlanta’s technology workforce in the form of existing firms and startups. Beamer is also a mentor for Techstars, a global investment business with one of the largest startup networks in the world.  

Beamer recently served as the General Manager of LotVision Automotive at Cox2M, a business line with Cox Communications that drives efficiencies by providing industries with the ability to monitor and track commercial assets. At Cox2M, Beamer was responsible for the strategy implementation for these tracking services and the launch of a $50 million commercial business line for Cox Communications. 

Prior to Cox, Beamer served as President and CFO of Monsieur, a Summer Associate at McKinsey and Company, and an Associate at Blackrock.

Raj Sardana is Chairman, CEO and founder of Innova Solutions. He is a successful entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience working with multinational companies in several industries including Technology, Aerospace, Defense, Venture Investment and Financial industries. Raj founded ACS Solutions in 1998 (Rebranded to Innova Solutions in 2022) and has grown it to a multinational organization with all its subsidiaries employing over 50,000 professionals worldwide and annual revenues approaching $3 billion. Prior to founding ACS, Raj served as President and CEO of Applied Communications, Inc., a multi media and Technology company in Atlanta, GA. He also served as the President and CEO of a multi-million dollar private equity company with a diverse and extensive investment portfolio in real estate, retail and service industries. Raj has held Technical and Operations Management positions at Teledyne CAE, a multi billion dollar US Department of Defense Contractor and at a Pratt and Whitney supplier in Connecticut.

Raj has an Advanced Management Degree from The Wharton School of Business (U Penn), a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi, India. He is actively involved with supporting several charities around the world.

Raj brings a strategic vision and extensive experience in both the US and off-shore markets.

Leanne West is the Chief Engineer of Pediatric Technology at Georgia Tech, where she serves as the technical liaison between Georgia Tech and children’s hospitals to identify unmet clinical needs and provide solutions. She is also President of the International Children’s Advisory Network (iCAN), a non-profit that promotes the importance of the pediatric patient experience and input in medical research and development. iCAN is a partner in the FDA CDRH Patient and Caregiver Connection and the Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program.

She is a member of the International Society for Pediatric Innovation Executive Team, Patient Focused Medicines Development Board, the steering committees for the Pediatric Trial Network (PTN) and Multi-Regional Clinical Trials (MRCT) Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard (MRCT), a member of the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) Patient Preference Information committee, the MDIC National Evaluation System for health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc) governing committee, the Technology Association of Georgia Digital Health Board, and the Georgia Technology Authority Board. In 2014, she was named Women in Technology’s Woman of the Year.