
Sirine Benjaafar

Jeannette Ferran Astorga

Joachim Herrn

Michelle Ranavat

Michelle Ranavat

Michelle Ranavat
Navigate quantum’s evolution from today to 2035, focusing on when and how it will impact the life sciences industry. Attendees will see a realistic development timeline, identify high-value applications, and leave with a clearer view of quantum’s role in their business ready to return to their workplaces with actionable steps.
- Clarity on the Timeline: Understand when quantum will deliver real capabilities for life sciences
- Relevant Use Cases: Identify the most promising applications for your organization
- Team Alignment: Leave with focus areas to guide internal discussions and planning

Richard Sear
Discover how growing clinics craft their spaces for profit maximization. This roundtable gives current and prospective clinic owners strategies to harness location and efficient design to reach new clients and maximize team time. Uncover hidden opportunity costs, ensure ROI on capital-intensive builds, and learn how cross-disciplinary collaboration creates viable, future-ready veterinary facilities.

Geoffrey Roth

William Propst
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience advising clients in merchandising businesses, particularly in the Retail & Consumer sector. Richard is an often-quoted expert on the retail and merchandising industries. He is a Contributor to Forbes.com where he writes a regular blog about trends in retail and consumer product businesses. He also appears regularly in print and other media as well as industry panels and speaking programs.
Before co-founding Triangle, Richard was a Managing Director at a predecessor firm to Raymond James and before that he was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. At Drexel, Richard was responsible for a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions around the world.
Richard is the co-author of three books on finance and computer programming. He is formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business at the graduate program of the Stern School of Business at New York University. Richard received a BS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University. Richard is married and lives in New York.

