
Alyssa was born and raised in the southwest Chicago suburbs. Alyssa attended college at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois, where she studied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Upon graduating and finding herself wanting to be closer to her parents (who had since moved out of Illinois) and farther from harsh winters, Alyssa made her way to Oklahoma City as a law student at Oklahoma City University School of Law. Alyssa graduated in the top 10% of her class and was involved in various school organizations, including serving as a Student Instructor and a member of Law Review.
Apart from IgniteOKC, Alyssa enjoys staying active in the Oklahoma City community through volunteering and participating in athletic leagues. Growing up in a family of college athletes, athletics have always been a huge part of Alyssa’s life. In her spare time, you can find Alyssa working on her golf game with her husband, Keegan, or hiking with their two dogs, Claude and Carl.

Growing up in the Midwest, Sunil has always been involved in his community and local church. Before moving to Oklahoma City, Sunil spent his free time volunteering for the Homeland Security Department in his hometown. As a volunteer, he assisted the Fire Department as a reserve EMT. He also trained fire and police officers in various IT areas. As a local church board member of St. Mary’s Church and a founding member of FOCUS Chicago, he worked closely with young adults looking to effectuate changes in their spiritual lives. Currently, Sunil serves his Oklahoma City community church as a Sunday School teacher for the 8th grade.
Professionally, Sunil is on the IT Business Partner team at Devon Energy. He holds a law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law and undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois in Finance and Management. In addition to Oil & Gas, Sunil has spent his career in various areas including IT Consulting and Banking. In his free time, Sunil enjoys traveling to new cities when he’s not sitting around binge watching sci-fi shows on Netflix.

Matt currently works in advertising at Insight Creative Group. He considers himself to be a problem solver, and enjoys helping clients discover creative and innovative solutions to help optimize their business operations.
Matt is married to Samantha Farley and has three pets, Penny, Roo (dogs) and President Bill Kitten. When he’s not working he enjoys running, board games and telling jokes.

She is an intellectual property attorney at Dunlap Codding, and focuses her practice on patent drafting and prosecution, licensing, prior art searches, and patentability analysis; as well as, litigation, trademark, copyright and e-commerce representation.
Genni was born in Oklahoma but was raised between Oklahoma and Alaska. She attended both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Alaska Anchorage, culminating her education at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. While attending OU Law she won many awards and was a member of the National Trial Competition Team, a member of the Board of Advocates, and an American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Design Committee Invited Speaker.
Outside of IgniteOKC and full-time lawyering, Genni enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband, Ross, and son, Cooper.


Eden serves as the Co-Event Chair for 2018, and cannot wait to hear all the mind-blowing talks that Ignite OKC XI will bring.
