Todd Smith is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of TAHO, a Venice, Florida-based infrastructure software company advancing the next generation of AI compute. At TAHO, Todd leads the vision to build a distributed compute fabric that unifies cloud and data-center resources into a single intelligent platform, enabling AI and high-performance workloads to run up to 10× faster and far more efficiently. Under his leadership, TAHO recently closed a $3.5 million seed round to accelerate development ahead of broad platform availability in 2026.  Prior to TAHO, Todd held senior leadership roles at companies including Docker, Snap, and Facebook, where he helped scale global teams and complex systems. At the Frances Ann Forum, Todd will be interviewed by Romy Kochan, discussing the Fundamentals of Speed in AI Infrastructure and how Web3 blockchain and digital currency are shaping the future of compute, capital, and innovation.

Brian Anderson is the Co-Founder and CEO of RAZE Fintech, a pioneering platform advancing the tokenization of venture capital and alternative assets. Through RAZE, Brian and his team are building the infrastructure that allows private companies and funds to raise, manage, and trade capital using blockchain technology, creating new pathways for liquidity, transparency, and investor participation. A seasoned entrepreneur and innovator, Brian has deep experience in fintech, digital assets, and decentralized finance. His work bridges the worlds of traditional venture capital and Web3, helping shape the next era of fundraising and investment. At the Frances Ann Forum, Brian will be interviewed by Mark Ryczek on the Fundamentals of Speed in AI Infrastructure, Web3 blockchain and digital currency.

Mark is what some call the “unconventional banker.” Perhaps this is due to his entrepreneurial background in addition to finance. Mark became a banker in 2004 but was an entrepreneur well before a banker. And his first investment came in 2009 with a Chicago startup called BabbaCo, a year later Gary Vaynerhuck and his brother AJ became investors and added BabbaCo to their list of clients. This was huge for BabbaCo, and taught Mark a ton about life as an investor. Today he is the Market President at one of the fastest growing community banks in the country and a key part of their growth in Florida. He was relocated to Naples from Chicago in 2019 and is very active in the community along with his volunteering as board chair elect with the YMCA of Collier County.