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Kyle Sherman is the Founder and CEO of Flowhub. A legalization advocate and entrepreneur, Kyle continually defines the company vision, strategy, and growth as Flowhub innovates the way cannabis retailers manage complex compliance mandates, supply chain data, sales transactions, and reporting. Kyle brings extensive cannabis industry experience to Flowhub, with previous experience working with notable brands such as Dixie Elixirs, Weedmaps, and Neos Vape Pens.

In addition to founding Flowhub, Kyle is the creator and producer of The Great American Dispensary Tour docuseries, which showcases the intersection of culture, policy, and technology shaping the future of the cannabis industry. He also served as an Associate Producer for the Netflix documentary Weed the People, which educates mainstream audiences about medical cannabis as a human rights issue.

Kyle has been named on Cannabis 42.0 by Forbes, Top 100 Cannabis Leader by Entrepreneur Magazine, and 30 AND UNDER by Business Insider. Kyle’s leadership extends to his work as a Founding Director and former Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF), as well as a Founding Director of the US Cannabis Council (USCC), organizations dedicated to building an inclusive cannabis industry and passing federal cannabis legislation.

Emily L. Paxhia is a co-founder and one of the managing directors of Poseidon Investment Management, LLC (“Poseidon”), which has three dedicated investment funds in the cannabis industry. Emily has reviewed thousands of companies in the cannabis industry and has worked with countless founders in many capacities. She has helped to shape founders’ pitch preparations, go-to market strategies and product launches, and she has advised companies on day-to-day business operations. Emily has held board seats for multiple portfolio companies and participates as an adviser to multiple teams. Further, she has dedicated time and energy to supporting policy groups and has served on the Board of Directors of the Marijuana Policy Project. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Athletes for CARE. Emily graduated from New York University with an M.A. in Psychology in 2008. She graduated from Skidmore College with a B.A. in Psychology in 2002.

Blake Irving has a long track record of success in technology for more than 35 years, transforming companies like Xerox, Microsoft, Yahoo and GoDaddy — where he grew the business to more than 20 million customers and 7,000 employees as board Director and CEO. Blake is a graduate of San Diego State University and has an MBA degree from Pepperdine University. Blake is an an advisor to the McLaren Formula 1 Racing team and currently serves on the board to Autodesk, Docusign, ZipRecruiter and Flowhub.

Mark Johnson is a seasoned executive with a talent for transforming complex technologies into impactful products. He has led as CEO three times, achieving three successful exits, and currently serves as CTO of Stand Together, a nonprofit network addressing major social challenges like economic opportunity and criminal justice reform. Previously, Mark was CEO of GrainBridge, a joint AgTech venture between ADM and Cargill, which he sold to Bushel. He also co-founded Descartes Labs, grew Zite (an AI-driven news reader) before selling it to CNN, and held key product management roles in high-profile acquisitions by Kayak, Walmart, and Microsoft.

Thomas Gieselmann is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the US office. He focuses on Software, Developer Tools, and Open Source. His curiosity led him to start his first paper publishing & distribution company as a fourteen-year-old. That same curiosity led him to the Internet, starting and running aol.de in Germany before co-founding Headline in 1997.