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TAYLOR WEST • DEPUTY DIRECTOR • NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION w/ RYAN ESTES Taylor West is deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. She has spent more than a decade in communications and leadership positions in the political, policy, nonprofit, and business arenas. Taylor came to Denver after four years in Washington, D.C., where she worked first as a strategist for a variety of policy and regulatory reform efforts, and then as communications director for National Journal. She is also a veteran of several high-profile political campaigns and has appeared as a commentator on MSNBC, Fox News, and CNBC.

TROY DAYTON CEO • THE ARCVIEW GROUP w/ RYAN ESTES Troy co-founded cannabis investment and research firm, The ArcView Group, in 2010 and serves as CEO. ArcView created the ArcView Investor Network where more than 500 high net-worth investors have pumped more than $73 million into 116 cannabis-related ventures and raised more than $1.2 million for the legalization effort. ArcView also publishes The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, the most oft-cited market data and analysis report on the industry. ArcView co-founded Cannasure Insurance Services in 2011 and launched Canopy, a business accelerator in 2015. Troy is an elected board member of the Marijuana Policy Project and is a founding board member of the National Cannabis Industry Association. He is co-founder of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and also helped launch and served as the first sales director at Renewable Choice Energy, which was recently named the #1 green power provider by the EPA. In his spare time, Troy enjoys karaoke and Burning Man.

MARY SMITH CEO • GREENITO w/ RYAN ESTES Greenito™ is a complete engagement platform that is changing how businesses reach their customers, increase their sales volume and pay their bills. We bring information and market knowledge to both buyers and sellers. We charge customers a nominal fee to access merchant-driven promotions; our fee is deducted from the revenues paid to the merchant in order to cover costs. It’s simple. More importantly, Greenito™ collects the data essential for industry knowledge and growth, overlays that with consumer purchasing patterns, and shares the insights directly with the merchants that need it – powerful tools for effectively managing their businesses. And Greenito™ will provide access to financial services currently unavailable to the industry. We limit friction for the win-win.

JENNIFER BECK CEO • CANNABASE w/ RYAN ESTESJennifer is the Managing Director and co-founder of Cannabase, the oldest and largest electronic wholesale marketplace, representing over 70% of Colorado’s licensed businesses. In Cannabase Marketplace, licensed cultivators, infused product manufacturers, and dispensary owners can list and discover targeted wholesale inventory ranging from bud, trim, extract, seeds and clones, while connecting with service providers in their area and exploring proprietary Cannalytics™ market data. When she’s not focusing on bringing great technology to the budding cannabis industry, Jennifer serves as the Vice Chairwoman for the Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, and the Chairwoman for the Chamber’s women’s council – WOW (Women of Weed).

RYAN G. SMITH Co-Founder & CEO ZACH SILVERMAN Co-Founder  LeafLink w/ RYAN ESTES Prior to cofounding LeafLink, Ryan founded two companies as a student at Colgate University. He later exited both successfully, selling one of them to a publicly traded real estate investment company. Ryan brings his experience creating and managing B2B firms and online marketplace investing in a highly regulated space to LeafLink as Chief Executive Officer. In 2016, Ryan was the first CEO in the cannabis industry to be listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30. Zach’s diverse technical background includes experience as a consultant, product manager, and entrepreneur with positions at companies such as Ebay Enterprise and Limewire. As LeafLink’s Chief Technology Officer, he brings expertise in building tools for growing businesses, including platforms for sales force reporting, CRM, marketing, and data management. The company he previously cofounded, ReachLogic Media, was acquired by a Seattle-based adtech firm.

KYLE SHERMAN w/ RYAN ESTES CEO • FLOWHUB.CO • cashcroppodcast.com A legalization advocate and entrepreneur with roots in the entertainment and promotions space, Kyle Sherman is now finding unique ways to mesh technology and cannabis while driving legalization forward in the United States as the co-founder and CEO of Flowhub, serving on the board of managers and executive staff. Kyle continually redefines the company’s vision, strategy, and growth as the Flowhub cannabis seed-to-sale software solution continues to innovate the process by which cannabis businesses manage their compliance and supply chain. His goal is to make compliance simple, keep government transparent, and keep product off the black market. This inherent motivation keeps Kyle and the Flowhub team passionate about compliance, eliminating inefficiencies, and introducing the cannabis industry to the 21st century.