Dr. Yong Jing Yi is a renowned expert in business management and development, celebrated for her pioneering research and innovative strategies. Holding a Ph.D. in Business Management, she serves as a professor and mentor, imparting her extensive knowledge to the next generation of business leaders. Dr. Yong's prolific contributions include numerous scholarly papers and influential books, alongside her role as a sought-after speaker at global conferences. Her work in strategic development and organizational behavior has earned her numerous awards and significantly impacted industry practices. As a consultant and advisor, Dr. Yong continues to shape the business landscape with her commitment to excellence, innovation, and adaptability.

Evgenii Dubskii is a strategic leader with a proven track record in guiding organizations towards long-term success. With expertise in strategic planning, defines the vision and direction that propels growth and innovation. Provides strong leadership across the organization, fostering a dynamic management team and making decisive corporate decisions that shape the company's culture and values. In operations management, ensures seamless alignment of operations with strategic goals, while in financial management, oversees planning, risk management, and stakeholder reporting. Evgenii Dubskii serves as the primary spokesperson, maintaining crucial relationships with stakeholders including shareholders, employees, customers, and the public, ensuring transparent and effective communication. Passionate about driving innovation and growth, identity’s and capitaliser’s on new business opportunities and investments to sustain the company's upward trajectory.

Dr. Vadapalli joined IDSC after serving as Program Director for the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing and Senior Director for IT Support at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton. Prior to UNT, Dr. Vadapalli was a Senior Research Scientist at the High-Performance Computing Center at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock. In those roles, he helped secure nearly $3 million dollars in external funding, more than $40 million in grant proposals, and more than $230 million in-kind grants for skilled workforce training. One of Dr. Vadapalli’s priorities is advancing cancer care and research through machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and powerful computer models. At TTU, he partnered with researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University to accelerate the development of patient treatment plans. Dr. Vadapalli is also interested in applying advanced computing tools to develop sophisticated climate models involving ocean and atmospheric conditions. Dr. Vadapalli holds a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics from Andhra University in India, and a Master’s degree in Computational Engineering from Mississippi State. He and his wife have two sons.

Jordan is an education technology entrepreneur.
His passion is building EdTech companies that help students transition from education to work. His method is to integrate real industry partners and mentors into the learning process through hands-on collaborations that expose learners to new industries and job roles by working on real projects with real stakeholders and stakes. CapSource offers technology that empowers academic and industry partners to build and manage high-impact, scalable experiential learning and hiring programs that engage, educate, and train our next-generation workforce. Through their software and added services, CapSource helps educators and industry partners coordinate, manage, and scale high-impact case-based, project-based, and mentoring-based programs designed to help emerging talent learn, network, and get hired. Since 2017, CapSource has helped 2,000+ different industry partners like Caterpillar, DoorDash, Adidas, and the American Cancer Society collaborate with 18,000+ young professionals from over 150 global academic institutions across the world, including Florida State University, New York University, and the University of Notre Dame. With your support, Jordan hopes to bridge the skills gap and ensure students graduate workforce-ready! Jordan started his first education technology company, Real Time Cases (acquired), which raised over $2,000,000 in venture funding while an undergraduate at Lehigh University studying Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship. Outside of work, Jordan is passionate about Landscaping, Gardening, Networking, Travel, Cooking, Mixology, Modern Art, Blogging, Podcasts, Sailing, Tennis, Hiking, Event Planning, Shabbat, Public Speaking, Photography, and Coaching/Connecting fellow entrepreneurs.