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Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Starting a business is difficult, especially when you are interacting with large municipal and institutional actors with many smaller stakeholders involved across a project. This session explores how founders break into complex and regulated markets, and lead system change. This session allows clean energy founders to share the "story" behind their companies, how they've scaled, weathered challenges, and poised themselves for future growth.

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A special thank you to our sponsors: The 12th Annual Tom Tom Festival is presented with the University of Virginia, Virginia Tourism, RL Beyer Custom Homes, and Ludwig Kuttner.
Speakers
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Luke Allison

Director of Advancement & Communications, MOVA Technologies Inc
Luke Allison was raised in the mountains of Tazewell, VA and attended Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. After his first three years at Virginia Tech as a member of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, Luke began working for a business attorney, The Mitchell Law Firm to learn how to become... Read More →
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Rory Brogan

Founder & CEO, Torev Motors
Rory Brogan is the Founder and CEO at Torev Motors. Rory launched Torev in May 2022 and is the inventor of Torev’s flagship product, the double axial flux motor. He is an electrical engineer and mathematician who holds an MBA from Georgetown University and has prior experience in... Read More →
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Chad Burchett

Chief Executive Officer, CAC Tech Services Inc
Chad brings over 25 years of experience across the trucking industry. He has an international career in the commercial vehicle industry with the Volvo Group.  He has worked at several sites in North America and Europe supporting a multitude of functions from manufacturing, purchasing... Read More →
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Braden Croy

Program Director, Dominion Energy Innovation Center
Braden Croy, Program Director of the DEIC, has 10+ years of experience supporting startup communities and building entrepreneurship programs for R1 universities and Fortune 500 companies. He has presented internationally on entrepreneurship ecosystem development and coached over 500... Read More →
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Josh Diehl

Founder & CEO, WattBuild
Josh Diehl is the founder, CEO, and CTO of WattBuild.  WattBuild’s mission is to become the most trusted brand for consumers looking to start their path to energy independence with solar or battery backup.Josh received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia... Read More →
Sponsors
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University of Virginia

The University is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs, diverse and distinguished faculty, a major academic medical center and proud history as a renowned research university. The community and culture of the University... Read More →
Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Common House North Room

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