Jax Tech

Join us for our Q2 event of 2025 covering SaaS in Jax! We have a range of Software-as-a-Service companies here in Jax that each have a wealth of stories and experiences to share about building products, the tech of SaaS, handling common issues associated with this type of business.

Hear from a range of local SaaS company founders and operators that have faced the challenges of building software for a diverse set of customers and industries, pivoting from on-premises software to cloud based SaaS, and how to prioritize and manage competing priorities for features, customers, and pricing.

You will hear about lessons learned in software product building, how the market values SaaS companies compared to others, and some real world experience from this impressive lineup of speakers.

Speakers for this event include:
Greenshades
David Rosas, CEO
David will be speaking about the challenging transition from providing fully on-premises software until 2019 and making the big shift to being fully SaaS across a $30m ARR client base 5 years later. Hear about lessons learned, strategies for making this type of major evolution, advice on managing scale in SaaS, and other experiences from this successful local SaaS company.

Got Sport (formerly GotSoccer)
Gavin Owen-Thomas, Founder & CEO
GotSport is a very successful and growing global software company in the domain of sports league management software. Learn about the complexities and challenges that come from supporting 11 different SaaS product offerings from a single company across this industry. Gain advice about juggling priorities across products and stakeholders, managing the infrastructure and code bases across multiple products, prioritizing and building personalization for large customers within a SaaS product, and more.

Tom Rossi
Co-Founder of Higher Pixels, makers of BuzzSprout, StreamCare, and others
Tom brings a wealth of experience in SaaS, including making the move from a services company to a SaaS company and the challenges associated with that transition. Having built 5 different SaaS products, Tom can share valuable lessons learned when building SaaS products from scratch. Learn advice around building products for yourself (versus customers), how to evaluate what to prioritize, and other lessons learned across multiple successful products.

Harbor View Advisors
John Mathis, Partner
John will provide a rapid-fire snapshot of SaaS in the investment and M&A market. From experience across multiple successful SaaS exits he will bring insights, recommendations on planning for SaaS funding, a SaaS exit, and a current market view of the SaaS landscape.

After the sessions join us for a party with DJ Castronaut spinning beats and hanging out with great people in our own private MOSH experience. Bartenders from the Volstead (www.thevolsteadjax.com) will be joining us as usual to keep the afterparty lively.

As always, a HUGE thank you to our sponsors that make these events possible:

Here we go again, and are officially 9 years running! It is time for the 9th Annual Summer Social to get all of our Jax area groups, meetups, and networks together for fun, connection, and a party!

You are invited once again to Jacksonville’s largest networking event for technologists, artists, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts at the 9th Annual Summer Social event in Jax Beach.

This year we are taking over the entire Surfer the Bar again for 4 hours of fun, networking, drinks, and food...and some interactive surprise experiences! Meet local leaders, peers, and celebrate the community that makes Jax such an amazing place to live.

We also have some surprises in store for music and interactive technology. See below for details on the PARTY and here are all of the participating groups and company sponsors for this year’s event.

Participating groups in this year’s summer social event include: