Naples Tech Meetup - September 2025
Welcome to Naples Tech Meetups of the Greater Naples area!
Our desire is to help create Innovation, Capital and Entrepreneurship in an effort to make Naples one of the best places to do business in America.
We all know about the outstanding quality of life - but what about as a place to build innovation?
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Our Agenda for September 25th
5pm-6pm: Arrival, open networking with participants.
6pm: Naples Tech Meetup is in for a treat with September's panelists!
Our first panelist will be Wayne Brannon, joining us to share his insights from an extraordinary career as a global automotive leader, with senior executive roles across North & South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He has served in multiple executive & VP roles for strategic planning, sales, marketing, and after-sales activities within the Chevrolet business worldwide, ultimately becoming President & CEO of Chevrolet Europe, and Chairman & CEO of GM Europe. He has earned multiple industry awards, including EuroBest Brand CEO. Today, Wayne is Founder and CEO of Gr8Road Partners, offering fractional C‑Suite support, executive coaching, and business development to leading OEMs and suppliers, including a tenure as interim CMO for Volkswagen of America. He also advises and serves on boards across the automotive, media and data analytics industries, while mentoring startups and supporting organizations worldwide.
We'll also hear from Max Zabramny, who brings over two decades of expertise in Digital Experience Strategy and Design, shaping how leading brands connect with their audiences through innovative digital solutions. Max has spearheaded Product Design at renowned agencies including Method and AKQA, crafting digital experiences and products for industry leaders like American Express, Verizon, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo. In 2018, he transitioned deeper into the tech ecosystem, where he has driven product and design strategy at high-growth startups as well as Meta's flagship platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Currently, Max consults with a diverse portfolio of clients - from emerging startups to Fortune 500 companies -providing strategic guidance across Product and Brand development to help organizations navigate the evolving digital landscape.
The session is moderated by your host, the Naples Tech Meetup founder, Sebastien Leduc. Sebastien is a Tech Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor, passionate about helping exceptional entrepreneurs grow their venture and achieve their most ambitious objectives.
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Naples Tech Meetups: 3 simple rules
1. Entrepreneurs First
Our objective is to help foster entrepreneurship and innovation in SWFL. We believe in community and synergy, to help existing and aspiring entrepreneurs build great companies from SWFL to the world.
2. Be Generous
We all have our businesses and projects to promote, but arrive to this group with an open mind and an objective to give to the community, first. Then magic happens.
3. Southern Hospitality
Be hospitable the Southern way. That's something that attracted many of us to relocate to our beautiful paradise of SWFL. Let's keep ourselves courteous, respectful, constructive with each other.
Looking forward to being your hosts,
Seb & Naomi
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