batch1 Tucker Balch Cohort: 1 Flashpoint Company: Lucena Research Tucker Balch is the Co-Founder and CTO of Lucena Research. Lucena develops and employs quantitative algorithms and Artificial Intelligence software to augment human investment decision making. He is also a Professor at Georgia Tech for over 15 years. Tucker has an MS in Computer
batch3 Synapp.io Cohort: 3 Founders: Mike Marian, Rick Copeland Synapp.io provides big data driven marketing optimization. Allowing companies to drastically improve their marketing results by implementing industry leading optimization into their current marketing workflow.
batch3 Rick Copeland Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: Synapp.io Rick Copeland is the co-founder and CTO of Synapp.io, a startup providing a software platform to help business invest their digital marketing efforts (particularly email) more effectively. Rick literally wrote the book(s) on database design: O’Reilly’s MongoDB Applied Design Patterns
batch3 Mike Marian Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: Synapp.io Mike Marian is the Founder and CEO of Synapp.op, a company that works with marketers and email service providers to help manage deliverability and compliance. Mike was previously the CTO for DataValidation.com, the first company to develop and offer a real time
batch3 Louise Chang Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: HealthySmartsMD Louise Chang Is the Founder and CEO of HealthySmarts MD, a company that offers a new way for people with chronic conditions to regain and maintain control over their lives. She is also the Director of Cancer Information at the American Cancer Society, an attending
batch3 Excelegrade Cohort: 3 Founders: Lauren Miller, Rashid Mayes Excelegrade makes classrooms paperless with assessments and assignments on mobile devices. We provide the only digital assessment solution that allows students to show their work on mobile devices by writing with a stylus or typing. Our patent-pending software automatically grades questions, delivers instant
batch4 Emory Innovations Cohort: 4 Founders: Jack Tillman, Onix Ramirez We are building on Emory's capacity to innovate in support of Emory's primary mission.
batch3 Lauren Miller Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: Excelegrade Lauren Miller is the CEO and Founder of Excelegrade, a platform that allows teachers to focus on the art of teaching while Excelegrade captures all the data. She was a previously a teacher at Teach For America in Atlanta. She received her Bachelors of Science
batch4 Onix Ramirez Cohort: 4 Flashpoint Company: Emory Innovations Onix Ramirez is a strategic partner at Emory University, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, where she provides senior leadership with strategic decision analytics necessary to execute health research strategic plans. Before, she was a program manager for the Emory-South Africa Drug Discovery Training Program. Onix
batch3 Rashid Mayes Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: Excelegrade Rashid Mayes is a Senior Solutions Architect at Aerospike, Inc, a company that is helping the financial services industry and fintech companies leverage the leading flash-optimized high performance NoSQL database. He is also the Co-Founder and Chairmen of Astrient Foundation. Rashid received a BS in
batch4 Jack Tillman Cohort: 4 Flashpoint Company: Emory Innovations Jack Tillman is the Executive Director at Emory Innovations. Emory Innovations is a subsidiary of Emory University operating as a holding company for a small set of new and innovative non-academic, non-traditional enterprises in support of Emory's missions in education, research, and service. Jack
batch4 Aloe Cohort: 4 Founders: Erick Schmitt, Charles Lumpkin, Syl Turner Don't get burned for not being there. Aloe is relationship maintenance for fathers.
batch3 Thundrlizard Cohort: 3 Founders: Pete Santora, Kishore Masand ThundrLizard is a social sales company that delivers a relevancy based activity feed for B2B salespeople to speed time to close by prioritizing lead lists using social sales intelligence.
batch4 Erick Schmitt Cohort: 4 Flashpoint Company: Aloe Erick Schmitt is the founder of Aloe, a medical/health company that allows you to video conference from your smartphone. He is also the Director of Engineering at VoApps. Erick received a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University. He is a
batch3 Kishore Masand Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: Thundrlizard Kishore Masand is the founder of Exaleaf, LLC, a company that provides consulting services to small- and medium-sized businesses on IT infrastructure, application development, and business data intelligence. He is also the senior director of information technology at heartland payroll solutions. Kishore received his MBA
batch4 Syl Turner Cohort: 4 Flashpoint Company: Aloe Syl Turner is a Senior Software Developer at Converge - Actionable Digital Marketing Analytics. Converge provides a Marketing Analytics Platform for Executives & Analysts to generate actionable insights from reliable digital, social, & offline media data. Syl received a Bachelor's of Science from Southern Polytechnic
batch3 Pete Santora Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: Thundrlizard Pete Santora is the Vice President of SoftWear Automation, Inc, a company that focuses on Autonomous sewing. He is also a soccer broadcaster for PlayOn! Sports. Pete received BS in International Business at Furman University with a focus in Asian economics and Spanish. He is
batch4 Charles Lumpkin Cohort: 4 Flashpoint Company: Aloe Charles Lumpkin is the Founder and CEO of Lawn.com, a company with a vision to accelerate the efficiency of the landscaping industry. Charles has more than a decade of experience in the technology industry. He received a BS in Management from Georgia Institude of
batch3 LandSpec Pro Cohort: 3 Founders: Elizabeth Marum, Matthew Johnson, Tim Wolfe LandSpec Pro is a virtual marketplace that connects landscape industry professionals with wholesale vendors using mobile and cloud-based technologies.
batch3 Tim Wolfe Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: LandSpec Pro Tim Wolfe is the owner of TIm Wolfe Design, LLC a company that provides landscape designs, Installations, consultations, project management and select maintenance to property owners who are ready for something appropriate and exceptional. Tim is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
batch3 Matthew Johnson Cohort: 3 Flashpoint Company: LandSpec Pro Matthew Johnson is a software developer at NetRoadshow, where he focuses on web apps and the building of a single web app portal for users that will connect several other applications together. He studied Psychology at Georgia College and has a BS in Computer
batch3 Elizabeth Marum Batch: 3 Flashpoint Company: LandSpec Pro Elizabeth Marum is a Partner at Torriente Marum, a Law firm dedicated to serving individuals in family law matters. Prior to starting Torriente Marum, LLC, Elizabeth practiced family law for a small firm in Marietta, Georgia. She has handled complex divorce matters, uncontested divorces,
batch4 Sayroom Cohort: 4 Founders: David Shakir, Jamil Bonnick, Jovonni Pharr, Markis Fortner, Naim Hurst We get the real voice of the customer for marketers.
batch3 Physihome Cohort: 3 Founders: David Kahani, Ram Shalev PhysiHome provides a cloud-based solution for sports rehabilitation and performance, leveraging a unique interactive video technology for home therapeutic evaluation and exercise programs.