About - The Frontier Conference

ABOUT THE FRONTIER

The Frontier is a conference about the future leaders of the industrial world, brought to you by a team of professionals and organizations who are passionate about improving our future.

THE FOUNDERS

Leading the momentum

Kalisa Moore

Chief Execution Officer

The Frontier
Hank Torbert

Founder & Host

The Frontier
Kirk Coburn

Investment Director, Shell Ventures

Shell
Tim DeSilva

Founder & CEO

Culture Pilot

The Frontier was concepted by Hank Torbert, Kirk Coburn and Tim DeSilva. Hank is an executive and private investor focused on identifying and supporting emerging technologies for industrials. Kirk is a serial entrepreneur, active investor, and Investment Director of Shell's corporate venture capital fund at Shell Ventures, focused on investing in "new energies" in both traditional oil-and-gas technologies and future (clean/green tech) markets, as well as IT and mobile technologies that support them. Tim DeSilva is a brand architect and creative strategist, a co-founder of Culture Pilot, and helps co-curate human-centered event experiences such as TEDxHouston and Visualized NYC.

ADVISORY BOARD

Tom Meredith

Co-Chair

The Frontier
Jonathan Quigley

Managing Director

Brightstar Capital Partners
Kirk Coburn

Investment Director, Shell Ventures

Shell
Josh Girvin

CEO

O3 Solutions
John Smola

Director of New Development & Growth

Alabama Power
Hiren Patel

Analyst of New Development & Growth

Alabama Power
Laurence Hayward

Founder

Independence Equity
Jodi Hansell

General Counsel

MalarVx
Whitney Wright

Founder & Co-Founder

Elia Fulman Jewelry Collection – Athena Collective
Gordon Feller

Global Fellow

Smithsonian Institution’s Wilson Center
Laurie Jugan

Consultant

Mississippi Enterprise for Technology
Mark Bünger

Director

Innovation Lab
Ram Shenoy

Chief Executive Officer

RBR Group
Will Sarni

Founder and CEO

Water Foundry