Innovate New Albany

The Founders’ Firewall: Building Cybersecurity into Your Startup
2025-11-14 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 11/14/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Warner Moore, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Seasoned cybersecurity expert Warner Moore, Founder of Gamma Force, will lead this TIGER Talk, sharing his insights on the challenges and strategies that startups face in cybersecurity today.
In an increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is no longer a luxury reserved for large enterprises. For startups, securing your business, data, and customer trust is critical from day one. This event, tailored for founders, will provide essential insights into safeguarding your startup from cyber threats, building a security-first culture, and understanding the key cybersecurity steps every founder should take.
Target Audience:
● Founders and Co-founders of tech startups
● Early-stage entrepreneurs looking to strengthen their cybersecurity knowledge
● Startup leaders interested in protecting their business and data from cyber threats
Key Takeaways:
● The fundamental steps to secure your startup from day one
● The legal and financial implications of neglecting cybersecurity
● Practical insights into affordable and effective cybersecurity tools and strategies
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Warner Moore is a strategic executive leader with deep and broad experience in technology and information security. Through most of his career, Warner has worked with entrepreneurial growth organizations where technology is their business and their product. Within these organizations, Warner has an accomplished record of building successful cybersecurity programs and high performing teams who embrace DevOps culture and practices.
As an international speaker, Warner has presented to university students, technology professionals, and business leaders including at conferences like Startup Week, CloudDevelop, Path to Agility, InfoSec Summit, CodeMash, Security BSides, DevOpsDays, and Abstractions. Warner is passionate about culture, innovation, and community. His commitment to these values is demonstrated through his work leading organizations such as Ohio LinuxFest, LOPSA, and Toastmasters, of which he is currently District 40 Division B Director.
The culmination of this work was the founding of Tech Community Coalition in 2016, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enable the greater tech community.
After building security and privacy capabilities for numerous organizations across industries at companies such as CoverMyMeds and Bold Penguin, Warner founded the cybersecurity strategy firmGamma Force. Through Gamma Force, Warner serves as a virtual CISO for clients that include Deep Lens and Smart Columbus and advises startups to help them them through concept and growth phases.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Event Schedule:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Warner
1:00 pm – Wrap & Even More Socializing

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AI and The Future of Programming - 2025 Edition
2025-11-19 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Wednesday 11/19/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Chris Slee, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
AI coding tools have gone from “interesting demos” to actually useful in the past year. But this isn’t just about new frameworks. It’s about a fundamental shift in how software gets built and who can build it.
In this TIGER Talk, tech leader Christopher Slee will explore what AI can actually do for developers right now, the new agentic frameworks being used in production, and why the craft of software development has genuinely changed—not in some distant future, but today.
This isn’t hype—it’s a clear-eyed look at what works, what doesn’t, and what it means for how you build products.
You’ll leave with:

An understanding of what AI can actually do for you right now (and what it’s still really bad at)
A realistic view of whether you need a full dev team or can build your MVP yourself
Insight into how development workflows are changing in practice

If you’re a founder trying to figure out how much you can reasonably do yourself, a developer curious about these tools, or someone tired of “vibe programming” your ideas into existence and want to know what’s actually possible—this talk is for you.
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From our featured speaker, Christopher Slee:
Hi I’m Chris, the Principal Technologist at Transform Labs (formerly AWH) and the CTO of IncludeHealth, a healthcare start-up changing the face of Virtual Physical Therapy.
When I speak about technology, I like to keep it accurate and relatable. I share stories and insights that matter to tech enthusiasts and anyone interested in how technology intersects with our daily lives and work. It’s about making sense of tech and making it understandable.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Chris
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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Sleep: The Most Overlooked Driver of Success — and Solutions to Help You Succeed
2025-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Wednesday 12/10/25, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Please arrive at 6:00 pm. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
Be ready to interact with our featured speakers, Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal & Dr. Naftali Rosenthal, and your fellow participants.
“Healthy Habits for High Achievers” is a new series presented by Innovate New Albany in collaboration with Healthy New Albany.
This series is designed to help hard-driving innovators and other high-achievers take care of themselves — to improve their own health and their effectiveness as leaders of highly capable teams and value-creating businesses. Events in this series will provide methods and tools for high achievers to achieve their big professional goals without sacrificing the health of themselves and the teams they lead.
This kick-off event in this series will explore the growing crisis of sleep disorders and the widespread effects that insufficient sleep has on individual health, public safety, and business performance.
Our presenters, Dr. Elizabeth (“Libby”) Rosenthal & Dr. Naftali Rosenthal, will highlight the most common symptoms and types of sleep disorders, along with the economic and societal costs associated with poor sleep. This presentation will outline practical, evidence-based strategies to improve both the quantity and quality of sleep, empowering individuals and organizations to create healthier, more productive environments.
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Dr. Elizabeth (“Libby”) Rosenthal is a general dentist, marathon runner, and co-founder of TheREALsleep, a company dedicated to making sleep apnea testing and treatment accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Libby’s passion is transforming the way people think about sleep—making it not just a medical necessity, but a lifestyle upgrade.
Dr. Naftali Rosenthal is a general dentist, iron man, marathon runner, entrepreneur, and co-founder of TheREALsleep. With a passion for merging dental innovation and medical science, Naftali has helped create a streamlined system that allows patients to complete medical-grade home sleep tests and receive treatment from the comfort of their own homes. Naftali works to bridge the gap between dentistry and sleep medicine—empowering providers and patients alike to take sleep health seriously.
Libby and Naftali operate multiple dental practices in Columbus, Ohio, and also lead a growing team bringing sleep health directly into homes nationwide.
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Like all Innovate New Albany programs, this event is FREE.
Schedule:
6:00 pm – Light Bites & Socializing
6:35 pm – Libby & Naftali Start Their Presentation
7:35 pm – Presentation Wraps; Socializing Resumes

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EXPERT OFFICE HOURS | Thursday Dec. 11
2025-12-11 09:00 - 11:30 | OH
Meet with the Experts you need
100% VIRTUAL Format

Innovate New Albany created Expert 😎 Office Hours to give business owners & aspiring entrepreneurs an easy way to get answers they need.
Please make all appointments by 4:00 pm, Wed. Dec. 10.

How It Works:

Review the SIX Experts available, at the link provided below.

Make individual appointments – just ONE – or up to FIVE.

For each appointment, you’ll receive a calendar invite with Zoom link.

On Thu. Dec. 11: At each appointment time, please click on your Zoom link.

You’ll be greeted by our Event Host who’ll connect you to your selected Expert.

CLICK HERE to browse Experts & make Appointments

Questions? Email Neil Collins at “neil@InnovateNewAlbany.org”

Trust by Design: The Leadership Blueprint for High-Performance Teams
2025-12-12 11:00 - 13:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 12/12/25, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, Dr. Kallol Biswas, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 11:00 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
When teams lose momentum, most leaders add more process. But performance rarely breaks because of system …. it breaks because of trust.
In this TIGER Talk, Dr. Kallol Biswas reveals why trust is the hidden design variable behind every high-performing culture. Through real stories from the FDA, biotech, and the boardroom, Kallol will show how to make trust measurable and actionable using the ALIGN™ Framework. Align is a practical model for diagnosing misalignment and rebuilding belief.
Attendees will leave with clear strategies and one practical action they can apply immediately to restore alignment, connection, and performance within their teams.
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Dr. Kallol Biswas is a scientist turned executive with over 20 years leading scientific, regulatory, and innovation teams. Kallol helps organizations rebuild alignment, trust, and execution. Over a 20+ year career spanning Eli Lilly, FDA, Charles River Laboratories, and NAMSA, he has led global teams and driven performance through people-first leadership and scientific rigor.
Known for his engaging “Bill Nye meets Simon Sinek” style, Kallol blends data-driven insight with human-centered leadership to inspire practical change.
Kallol’s work bridges science, people, and performance, helping leaders move from misalignment to momentum.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
Timeline:
11:00 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:30 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “15 Seconds of Fame”)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to Kallol
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing

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11th Annual Holiday “Celebration of Innovation”
2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:00 | INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION, 7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100, New Albany, OH, 43054, United States
Eat. Drink. Be Merry!
Make new friends.
Short Program @ 7:45 pm

Spotlight on Innovators of New Albany

Door Prize Drawing (must be present to win)

Questions? Contact Neil Collins at neil@innovatenewalbany.org

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