WolfieTank Inspirational Stories
March 23, 2022. at 6PM
The College of Business and CEAS brings you this unique opportunity to a follow-up on our Wolfietank Pitch competition. Where our alumni from business, engineering, and somas show us what it takes to lead the pack.
These esteemed panel of alumni have gone above their aspirations and goals to make their career journeys not only a dream but a reality.
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- Gavin Stewart '92 - Co-founder of Virtual Watercooler
- Amber Britton'18- Senior Product Manager, Growth at SecurityScorecard
- Laura Klahre ‘ 97 - Co-Owner of Blossom Meadow Farm
- Daniel Kivatinos ‘02 - Co-Founder and Co-President, DrChrono
Meet our Panelists
Gavin Stewart - Gavin is an entrepreneurial executive who has spent his entire career identifying new products and services in the technology, finance and healthcare industries. He is currently the Co-founder & CEO of Virtual Watercooler LLC, a corporate team building events platform focused on the future of work category.
He previously served as a Managing Director with Parkview Advisors, a private debt fund, where he made investments in leveraged buyout and corporate refinancing transactions. Mr. Stewart also has deep healthcare experience having served as the VP Business Development & Marketing for Authentidate, a Telehealth innovator.
Prior to Authentidate, he was part of the team that launched eWork, the leading consultant marketplace based in northern Europe. He started his career as a software engineer with Hewlett Packard and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
Gavin earned a BE in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook. He also holds a MS in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Wharton.
Amber Britton - Amber Britton is an avid problem solver. Currently, she is the Senior Product Manager of Commercial Growth for SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity startup, focused on freemium and overall growth strategy. Prior, she was the Senior Product Manager at Movable Ink, a marketing technology startup in New York City where she worked to solve problems for marketing teams at some of the world's largest brands. She has spoken at several events such as Movable Ink's ThinkSummit, MarketingEdge's career forum, and panels for Out In Tech NYC and General Assembly. She also regularly engages with early-career Product Managers helping to provide them with guidance as they navigate their first career.
Laura Klahre - https://news.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-matters/alumni/laura-klahre-97-defends-long-islands-native-pollinators/
Daniel Kivatinos- Daniel cofounded and grew a startup from two founders to hundreds of people working to fix healthcare. Daniel believes that healthcare should be simple and accessible. As a co-founder and former COO of DrChrono, Daniel Kivatinos drove brand vision and corporate strategy for DrChrono from 2009 to 2022. Daniel's mission at DrChrono was to make healthcare simple, bringing innovation to healthcare through DrChrono, a platform for physicians and patients. He has been in the technology space since 2001, as a software engineer, designer, and entrepreneur. Health Science Degree voted him as one of the most highly influential healthcare entrepreneurs. Daniel holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Computer Science & Psychology from Stony Brook University.
Meet our Host
Vivian Su
Vivian is an undergraduate senior at Stony Brook University. She will earn her BE in Engineering Science with a specialization in Biotechnology and a minor in Nanotechnology Studies in May 2022. She is passionate about materials science and inspiring underrepresented students to pursue STEM careers.
Website: https://vivian-h-su.github.io/
