Wheeler Biologics is an Oklahoma City based company, founded in 2020, is a boutique contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in process development and small batch CGMP production of therapeutic antibodies. Wheeler produces high quality, affordable and reliable biologics specifically for emerging biopharma companies. Portable CMC™ is Wheeler’s first product (miniaturized production platform) and uniquely enables discovery service companies, like Alloy therapeutics, Wheeler’s first customer, to integrate discovery with small scale manufacturing. The company is led by an executive team with a total of 150 years of clinical and commercial GMP production experience. Wheeler is launching its first Portable CMC™ franchise, coupled with Phase 1 & 2 GMP production, for antibodies and bispecifics with a plan to develop a plasmid Portable CMC™ product for cell and gene therapy. Wheeler closed its $14 million seed round providing roadmap to developing and installing Portable CMC™ installed inside Alloy in Q1 ’22 and in April 2023, announced closing of $31 million Series A round. This additional capital funded its ECHO2 antibody and bispecific franchise and CGMP facility that opened in Q3 ’23.

With robust vision and strategic planning, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (OVPRP) leads the University of Oklahoma’s efforts to provide comprehensive solutions to global challenges. The OVPRP’s vision for research and creative activity promotes researchers to transcend traditional academic boundaries and fosters collaboration across disciplines and existing institutional strengths, as well as with other universities, policymakers, economists, and business leaders. To develop a new framework for research, the OVPRP focuses on four pillars for strategic advancement that will propel the university forward:

1. Aerospace, defense, and global security

2. Energy, environment, and sustainability

3. The future of Health

4. Society and community transformation

The 76 Software Engineering Group (SWEG) is the largest engineering organization on Tinker Air Force Base and is responsible for software design, development, integration, and sustainment of many of the Air Force’s Mission Critical Computer resources for our nation’s complex weapon systems. Comprised of an extremely diverse group of approximately 1,500 scientists, engineers, and Cyber/IT professionals, whose mission is to provide the best value engineering solutions to customers, enabling global air power for Air Force war fighter, their vision is to be the Air Force’s premier provider of engineering solutions.

Founded in October 2007 by a small group of bank executives and business leaders with deep rooted experience, CrossFirst’s portfolio spans across 5 markets including Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Dallas. The CrossFirst brand stands for commitment to pursuing excellence in banking and building trusted relationships with our employees, clients, shareholders, strategic partners, and communities.