Cody Pawlowski

Founder — Cody is the Co-Founder and CTO of FirstIgnite: the #1 tool for university-industry collaboration. While attending UIUC, he cofounded his first startup, Convey, and pursued the venture full-time. The social listening platform predicted major elections such as Brexit and netted partnerships from political campaigns to drive outreach. He's now focused on using AI to help research institutions partner with industry—getting more breakthroughs to market.