LIVE Tech Career Navigation Q&A with Chrystal Price and E.J. Reedy
Join two of Chicago's most randomly networked tech leaders for a coffee and live chat through ecosystem navigation, tech careers, and life - Chrystal Price and E.J. Reedy.
Bring one question you’re carrying into 2026 about your role, career direction, or opportunities across the tech and science ecosystem, and let us take a live stab at talking it through. You’ll get real-time feedback, experience the power of a small, intentional group, and leave with a practical next steps.
The co-leads on New Orbits, a career accelerator, Chrystal and E.J. are driven to help connect and grow people, companies, and ecosystems. New Orbits is an accelerator for those looking to deepen their career, pivot, launch, or redirect. Chrystal and E.J. will lead a live micro-session using their ecosystem navigation model.
Full New Orbits program overview (deadline December 15 | in-person Q1 & Q2): https://www.intentionalgravity.com/neworbits
About Chrystal Price
Chrystal Price is the Founding Chicago Chapter Director of TechWalk, an international community that brings technologists and innovators together through movement and meaningful connection. She is also the multidisciplinary Founder and Principal Consultant behind Chrystal Price Creative Arts & Consulting, where she integrates tech strategy, creative arts, communication, and people-centered marketing to help clients clarify direction and design intentional, sustainable practices.
With a background spanning healthcare tech, health communication, education, nonprofit leadership, and creative direction, Chrystal brings a grounding and connective presence to New Orbits, supporting fellows as they uncover their path, strengthen their momentum, and build practices that honor both purpose and growth.
About E.J. Reedy
As Founder and CEO of Intentional Gravity, E.J. Reedy designs programs like the New Orbits Accelerator to help people navigate the complexity of modern innovation ecosystems. He brings a rare ability to both zoom out—mapping patterns, connections, and system dynamics—and zoom in to help leaders take clear, grounded next steps. His two decades of cross-sector work now includes board service with the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition and serving as Director of Platform at PACE Healthcare Capital, where he supports founders and investors shaping the future of healthcare innovation.
A strategist and ecosystem builder by training and temperament, E.J. has spent his career helping people and organizations make sense of what often feels like chaos. His work spans biotech, fintech, climate tech, food innovation, and civic entrepreneurship—always with a focus on identifying emerging patterns, clarifying choices, and strengthening the connective tissue across siloed environments.
Before founding Intentional Gravity, E.J. played leadership roles that shaped innovation in the Midwest and nationally. He helped scale Portal Innovations into a national biotech venture platform; led major initiatives at the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center; and positioned the Kauffman Foundation as a global force in entrepreneurship research and policy. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other outlets.
Today, E.J. focuses on coaching leaders, advising organizations, and building small, trusted communities where deeper connection enables meaningful progress. Through New Orbits, he works closely with mission-driven professionals exploring what comes next—blending strategist, coach, and mission control to help them tighten their orbits, gain velocity, and make intentional moves toward the futures they want to build.