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Listen to an in-depth discussion with Tech Titans Award winner Corporate CEO Randy Pitchford from Gearbox about leadership and the gaming industry. Moderated by Tech Titans Chair Amy Wheelus from AT&T.

During the Tech Titans awards, gala chair Kathy Curry from State Farm ®hosted Hall of Fame Inductee David Matthews from RevTech Ventures. Watch a deep discussion about North Texas entrepreneur environment with these leaders. https://lnkd.in/ekvF8AA9 # #entrepreneur #retailtech #retailtechnology

Hear a short synopsis from our corporate and emerging innovation finalists.
Brinks Home, Gearbox, Ericsson, VEX Robotics (Corporate)
CASPR, E4D Technologies, Esposure, Linear Labs (Emerging)

Part of the IoT Forum in May 2021. John is the Chief Architect Energy

Dr. Amy Jenkins, Program Manager in Biological Technologies Office (BTO), DARPA

This presentation will provide an overview of the DARPA BTO Pandemic Prevention Platform program and the role it has played in covid-19 pandemic response.  Additionally, the role of novel and emerging nucleic acid technologies and distributed manufacturing in future preparedness efforts will be discussed.   

About the speaker:Dr. Amy Jenkins joined DARPA as a Program Manager in June 2019.  Her interests include the development of platforms for combatting infectious disease threats as well as novel manufacturing methods to enable rapid response.   

Prior to joining DARPA as a PM, Dr. Jenkins was a Senior Scientist at Gryphon Schafer where she contributed to development of programs targeting infectious disease threats within BTO. Prior to supporting DARPA, Dr. Jenkins studied the virulence factors of, and antibodies targeting, multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens at MedImmune.  She also served as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the United State Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases where she studied virulence mechanisms of biodefense pathogens.  

She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Cornell University and her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biomolecular Science from Clarkson University.