Guy Vardi is Chief Innovation Officer for Silverstein Properties. He joined the company in 2016 to oversee the firm’s process of innovation and change management.

Before joining SPI, he co-founded Matific, a startup that empowers teachers and encourages students to discover and explore mathematical concepts through playful interaction. Matific is used by millions of students and translated into 11 languages. Matific was named the winner of the 2016 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Mathematics Instructional Solution.

In 2003, Guy helped found Oberon Media, a company that expands and diversifies the demographics of computer gamers. He oversaw the development of the most popular platform for distribution of casual games at the time. Oberon's Game Center network reached over 40 million users.

Guy started his career as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces. Later he spent several years developing innovative digital experiences and interaction models for the Israeli Defense Forces. Highlights of his work include creating the first commercial VR environment for e-commerce, pioneering production of interactive video using wearables cameras, co-producing software that explores the relationships between classical poetry and interactive media, implementing the TCP / IP protocol over can and wire telephone and conducting an experiment that demonstrated carriers pigeons are faster than ADSL.

Guy holds a degree in computer science from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzelia. He lives in the Upper West Side with his wife and children.

Karen Griffith Gryga is an experienced venture capitalist, investor and entrepreneur with over 20 years of investing and operating experience. In addition to Dreamit role, Karen also founded the Dreamit Athena program, which focuses on providing support to female founders. Before Dreamit, Karen cofounded FashInvest and Lipstick Wisdom. Prior to founding these two companies, Karen was a founder and partner at Liberty Venture Partners, a Philadelphia-based venture fund established in 1997 with $150 million under management. Prior to Liberty, Karen was a Managing Director of Philadelphia Ventures Inc., a privately held venture capital management firm with a family of corporate and institutional limited partnerships exceeding $100 million of committed capital. Karen is well known throughout the entrepreneurial community and was previously on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group for seven years and was Chairman of the group for the 1999-2000 term. Karen also serves on the board of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Karen began her career at TRW Inc., a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, in their Federal Systems Division as a software developer. Karen is a frequent speaker on the subject of venture capital and entrepreneurialism in both professional and academic communities. She holds a MBA in decision analysis from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Computer Science from the Moore School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Karen earned her Bachelor of Science degree in computer science (Phi Beta Kappa) from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

After graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, John joined Leitner Group, the largest independent appraisal firm in New York City. In his 4+ years at Leitner Group, now BBG, he valued over $3 billion of commercial property across all asset types. Frustrated with the antiquated process of appraising, but excited by the possibilities that property valuation can offer, John left to start Bowery with Noah and Cesar in June of 2015.

Jeff is the current owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm. Vinik managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1992 to 1996, where he averaged 17% annual returns. After leaving Fidelity, he started hedge fund Vinik Asset Management, with partners including Michael Gordon (now President of Fenway Sports Group). He made investors 93.8% in his first 11 months and approximately 50% a year for the next three years. At the end of 2000, Vinik returned investors $4.2 billion and focused on managing his own portfolio. Vinik and his partners closed down the fund in December 2013, and distributed $9Bn in assets. In 2010 he purchased a distressed Tampa Bay Lightning franchise with the stated intention of completely transforming the team on the ice and in the community. In executing his plan to bring a world class franchise to life in Tampa Bay, Vinik has invested more than $70 million in private funding into the publicly-owned Amalie Arena to create a guest-first facility recognized as one of the finest in the NHL. Additionally, under the umbrellas of the Vinik Family Foundation and the Lightning Foundation, Jeff and his wife Penny have invested more than $20 million in Tampa Bay area charities through a variety of programs and donations, the most notable being the Lightning Community Heroes program. The Lightning's success under Vinik has coincided with the emergence of a development company, Strategic Property Partners (SPP), LLC and its plan to develop nearly 60 acres in downtown Tampa's south core. SPP, a partnership between Vinik and Cascade Investment, LLC of Kirkland, Washington, is expecting to deliver approximately $3 billion in investment to reinvent the blocks surrounding Amalie Arena into a walkable 24-7 live, work play and stay wellness district. Construction of phase one is scheduled to begin in 2017 and it will include a School of Medicine for the University of South Florida, corporate office buildings, a hotel, residences, retail, restaurants, entertainment and improved infrastructure.

Marcus Moufarrige is a prominent IT industry spokesperson in Australia, and a member of the National Standing Committee for Cloud Computing. As the COO of a multinational business, Marcus has a truly global perspective, and is across the key technological issues and regulatory issues relating to the cloud on a daily basis. He is passionate about the transformational role of technology, and was responsible for building Servcorp's global technology platform: growing the organisation into an ASX listed company that has become Australia's second-largest exporter of services. Marcus is a frequent speaker at events on cloud and future workspace related issues.

As the Global Head of Bloomberg’s Facilities Infrastructure worldwide, Dave Wildman leads the engineering teams managing the company’s mission critical power and cooling systems. Dave’s role involves supporting multiple teams worldwide to ensure system functionality, resiliency and redundancy across the Bloomberg offices, computer rooms and data centers – the data centers being at the hub of the worlds most trusted source of financial data, news and analytics to over 327,000 customers, in 192 locations globally, supporting 19,000 employees.

Dave joined Bloomberg in 1998 in London as a Network Engineer, executing network infrastructure projects across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In 2006, he joined the Facilities team focusing on infrastructure activities in that region. In 2008 he relocated to New York as a Project Manager to lead a major data center expansion project. Today he’s the Global Facilities Infrastructure Manager. His team leads all aspects of data center facilities design, construction and their subsequent operation, along with the mechanical and electrical infrastructures within the offices, and the activities of the Global Health & Safety team.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Dave worked at Dow Jones Telerate as a Data Network Engineer in their Operation Center in London. He began his career at British Telecom International as a Telecoms Engineer in their International Business Service Center.

Dave studied Telecommunications (Switching & Transmission Systems) in London, is a Certified Data Center Design Professional (CDCDP) and a qualified Department of Environment Data Center Energy Practitioner (DOE-DCEP). He is a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET) and a member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dave is currently completing an Executive MBA at Cornell University in New York.

Peter Boritz is the CEO of RDM, an online CRE leasing and building analytics platform. Peter is the visionary behind RDM’s product and platform strategy. With extensive real estate and entrepreneurial experience, he leads the company in its mission to transform the way people manage real estate using technology. He is currently focused on expanding the RDM platform globally.

Mr. Cayten is a Principal at CodeGreen Solutions, a leading sustainability and energy efficiency consulting firm based in New York City. CodeGreen is currently helping over 250 million square feet of commercial property nationwide to reduce energy use, lower operating expenses and improve environmental performance. CodeGreen has helped over 45 million square feet of property achieve LEED certification and over 130 million square feet of property comply with New York City’s Greener Greater Buildings laws. CodeGreen is working on some of the most exciting green building projects in New York City, including 425 Park Avenue, and is working with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability to create a roadmap to reducing the city’s carbon footprint by 80% by 2050 - shaping the future of buildings across the city. Mr. Cayten holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Architecture and is a frequent speaker on sustainability and energy efficiency, addressing events hosted by BOMA, NYC DOB, NAIOP, Urban Green Council, GRI and BuildingsNY. He is an active member of Urban Green, and serves on the sustainability committees of BOMA-NY and REBNY as well as the boards of the Urban Air Foundation and ScaleAfrica.

As Vice President of Marketing at SOLiD, Tim Moynihan holds responsibility for both product and corporate marketing. With a specialty in technology marketing in both U.S. and international markets, Tim has successfully held leadership roles at Intel, Dialogic, Empirix and other companies. He has extensive experience working at companies that provide infrastructure solutions to telecommunications providers. Tim holds a master’s degree from Purdue University and a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.

As President for TitleVest and New York State Manager for First American Title, Brian is

involved in strategic planning, execution, and oversight of operational projects, business

development, as well as technology creation and deployment. Brian handles client inquiries and

provides subject-matter expertise for complex transactions such as, sale-leasebacks,

development right transfers, 1031's, defeasance, multi-site/multi-state portfolios, and other

residential and commercial matters. With over twenty years of experience in real estate and title

insurance Brian has leveraged his knowledge to develop the cutting-edge technology and

business practices behind the critically-acclaimed TitleVest proprietary systems. During his 20-

year tenure with TitleVest, he has helped to structure and/or oversee the closing of over fifty

billion in real estate transactions for leading lenders, investment banks, developers, REITs, and

other real estate investors throughout the United States. Under his leadership TitleVest has

been awarded Best Title Agency ten years running in the New York Law Journal and also Best

Title Company the past two years in the National Law Journal.

As CEO of Sage, Jonathan Kaufman Iger develops, implements, and oversees the company’s corporate strategy, operating strategy, and investment initiative, while providing leadership and guidance across the organization. His mission is to create value for all stakeholders. Prior to joining Sage, he served as Vice President at P&L Investments, LLC, a boutique real estate investment and asset management firm, and was founder and CEO of UrbanGradRealty, a boutique residential brokerage company that focused on the recent college graduate submarket.

Currently, he serves his city and community as the Chairman of the Board of the Meatpacking Business Improvement District (BID), a board member of the Downtown Alliance, and a member of the advisory board for the Center of Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University. In keeping with the Kaufman family tradition, he is a proud supporter of many of New York’s major institutions in the fields of the arts, healthcare, and education, including serving on the Board of Trustees of The Town School.

"Abhinav "Abe" Somani is the Managing Director of LEVERTON for North America working with clients in the Americas to achieve successful results via automated data abstraction through LEVERTON's platform. LEVERTON is the only true A.I. powered data abstraction platform that can automate the process of procuring data elements from PDF contracts. LEVERTON's vision is to empower companies to make better decisions by structuring their data through artificial intelligence."

Dustin is responsible for the corporate direction and strategy of Custom Software, including

overseeing its business development and client experience.

Prior to joining Open Box, Dustin was involved as a deal transactor at a niche corporate finance and

private equity firm, after which he developed a taste for technology whilst structuring, shaping and

pricing large, complex corporate transactions at Accenture. He joined Open Box to develop and head

up the Key Account Management function before moving into his current role.

Doug Curry has served as the CEO of Xceligent, Inc. since its inception in 1999. Mr. Curry leads the executive staff and strategic direction of the company. His experience in real estate dates back to 1983 with hands-on experience of developing commercial and residential properties alongside his father. In 1996, Curry founded Pinnacle Appraisal Group, LLC. By focusing on customer service, standardized processes, training, and utilization of technology, Curry grew the company into one of the top appraisal firms in the country and his business model became the standard for many national banks. Curry then founded Pinnacle Commercial and experienced first-hand the difficulty in obtaining quality commercial real estate information. He founded Xceligent as an answer to that industry need in Kansas City. Over the last nearly 20 years, he has directed Xceligent’s growth into a proactively researched commercial real estate information provider covering more than 50 US markets.