Silicon Oasis Tech Leaders Take the Stage at Wyoming Global Technology Summit

By Kyle Macdonald, COO of Silicon Oasis

Silicon Oasis tech leaders Jack Selby and Drew Trojanowski took the stage at the 13th Annual Wyoming Global Technology Summit in Jackson Hole, bringing Arizona leadership into a national conversation around critical supply chains, defense technology, energy and American technological competitiveness.

Held September 10 at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, the summit brought together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, technology executives, policymakers and government leaders from across the country. This year’s agenda covered everything from venture capital and family offices to quantum technology, energy innovation, critical minerals, digital assets and national security. (Jackson Hole Tech Partnership)

Selby, Chairman of Silicon Oasis and Managing Director at Copper Sky Capital and Thiel Capital, helped open the summit before moderating one of the afternoon’s major discussions: “Supply Chain of Command: Fortifying Sovereignty, Agency Interoperability & Resilience Against Economic Warfare.” (Jackson Hole Tech Partnership)

Joining Selby on the panel was Trojanowski, President and CEO of the Southwest Mission Acceleration Center, alongside U.S. Navy CTO Justin Fanelli and U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Audrey Robertson. Their conversation placed two Silicon Oasis leaders at the center of an increasingly important national issue: strengthening the technologies, supply chains and public-private partnerships underlying America’s economic and national security. (Jackson Hole Tech Partnership)

For me, their participation highlights something bigger about where Arizona is heading.

Arizona is no longer simply trying to attract technology companies. We are becoming increasingly important to the infrastructure that powers American innovation—from semiconductors and advanced manufacturing to defense, aerospace and energy.

Building a top-five technology ecosystem means making sure Arizona leaders are participating in national conversations about where technology, policy and capital are headed. It also means developing relationships with other emerging technology ecosystems across the country.

There is an interesting parallel between what has been built in Jackson Hole and what we are building in Arizona. The Jackson Hole Technology Partnership focuses its ecosystem-building efforts around capital formation, ecosystem building and policy advocacy—many of the same ingredients required to build a globally competitive technology ecosystem. (Jackson Hole Tech Partnership)

Selby’s connection to that effort goes back more than a decade. In 2013, he joined John Temte and then-Wyoming Governor Matt Mead in founding the Jackson Hole Technology Partnership and Wyoming Global Technology Summit as vehicles to help diversify Wyoming’s economy and build its technology ecosystem. (Jackson Hole Tech Partnership)

That experience is particularly relevant as we continue building Silicon Oasis.

Arizona has an opportunity to become one of America's most important technology centers, but getting there requires more than building great companies within our borders. We need Arizona founders, investors and technology leaders participating in national conversations, forming relationships across markets and bringing those connections back home.

Seeing Silicon Oasis leaders on stage in Jackson Hole is another example of Arizona becoming part of that broader national technology conversation—and exactly the kind of connectivity we need as we continue building the Silicon Oasis.

Source: Wyoming Global Technology Summit — Official Website & 2026 Agenda