Batch 6
Community On Call
Cohort: 6
Founders: Frederic Bien
Community On Call provides peer networking solutions that enable health-related communities to quickly connect their members, such as people affected by chronic illnesses or disorders, with mentors and peer supporters.
Frederic Bien
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: Ad Buying Network, Inc.
Dr. Frederic Bien is CEO of Community On Call, a company that activates healthcare-related communities in deploying mentoring networks. Dr. Bien is also president of Personality Disorder Awareness Network (PDAN), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and prevention of the development of personality disorders in children. Previously Dr. Bien was CEO of Ad Buying Network, a media buying agency that focused on analytics and strategy for advertising in search, social media, television, print and radio.
Dr. Bien started three companies that were sold a profit for investors: Bien Logic (web development and traffic analysis), Belamo (online dating) and BLiNQ Media (social media advertising).
Dr. Bien has a BA in Math from Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, a PhD in Math from MIT, and a Master in Quantitative Finance from GeorgiaTech. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
MyLumper
Cohort: 6
Founders: Benjamin Langer, Akmann Van-Mary
US truckers spend over $140 million daily in unloading fees at delivery warehouses using an antiquated method of payment (cash/check). MyLumper has gone beyond these outdated transaction options by offering the trucking industry an innovative, electronic direct payment platform that eliminates fraud.
Benjamin Langer
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: MyLumper
Benjamin Langer is a Co-Founder and Investor in MyLumper, an industry-first, electronic payment platform that enables lumper fees to be paid instantly and securely, avoiding the risk and hassle of cash or checks. He has years of experience in investment banking. He graduated from The Goethe University Frankfurt in Finance and Management. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Akmann Van-Mary
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: MyLumper
Akmann Van-Mary is the President and CEO of MyLumper. MyLumper is an industry-first electronic payment platform that enables lumper fees to be paid instantly and securely, while avoiding the risk and hassle of cash or checks. Akmann has over 20 years of experience dealing with the logistics of trucking. He studied at the College Notre-Dame in Haiti and is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Package Solutions
Cohort: 6
Founders: Jim Grady
Residential buildings are inundated with packages that block lobbies, eat up staff time, and frustrate tenants. Package Solutions has worked with leading REITs to develop a technology-enhanced solution for mass adoption.
Jim Grady
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company:PackageRoom.com
Jim Grady is the Founder and CEO of Package Solutions, Inc., a company focused on providing a flexible, cost-effective method for addressing package delivery at multi-family residential apartment communities. Jim is a serial entrepreneur. He graduated with a BBA from Georgia State University; and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania with an MBA; and is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
TimeSpiral
Cohort: 6
Founders: Gene Eidelman, Dawn Eidelman
TimeSpiral extends corporate culture. Our tools and products will span the process of deep cultural assessment, recruitment of talent in the right roles, on-boarding, branding and leadership development. As Millennials and highly diverse team members expand the culture of an organization, TimeSpiral enables corporate leaders to position the organization for its most promising future.
Gene Eidelman
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company:TimeSpiral
Gene Eidelman is the Co-Founder of GamePlan Learning, a company that provides skills training for prospective employees and job placement service for organizations. Prior to GamePlan, he co-founded two companies: a global education management organization. and an organization that developed and operated a chain of community and corporate-sponsored childcare centers. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Dawn Eidelman
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: TimeSpiral
Dr. Dawn Eidelman is the CEO of TimeSpiral. Dr. Eidelman is a deeply inspiring educator, writer, coach, and consultant for individuals and organizations, and is committed to positive psychology and a quantum leap in global integral intelligence. She graduated from Emory University with a MA, PhD, ILA in Comparative Literature and Russian/French. Dr. Eidelman is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
SalesTing
Cohort: 6
Founders: Nitesh Chhajwani, Piyush Saggi
SalesTing = sales-obsessed marketing. Enterprise marketers invest significant resources into creating assets for use by their sales teams but are unable to see what works or not. SalesTing enables marketers to see what’s working and show impact on sales.
Nitesh Chhajwani
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: SalesTing
Nitesh Chhajwani is the Co-Founder of SalesTing, a company that provides marketing & sales leadership with unparalleled analytics and insights using technology. Nitesh founded, grew, and sold a real-estate technology startup over the last eight years. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with Bachelor's in Computer Science. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Piyush Saggi
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: SalesTing
Piyush Saggi is the CEO of SalesTing, a technology company that provides sales-progression analytics to B2B marketing and sales leadership. Piyush spent a decade in sales and marketing at Microsoft, and was one of the first employees in their Cloud business. He has an MBA in Marketing from Georgia Tech and a MS in Computer Science from Baylor University. Piyush is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
stemmed.
Cohort: 6
Founders: Dionna Keels
As companies take on the challenge of creating a workforce that reflects the changing demographics in the U.S., Employee Resource Groups (ERGS) are key drivers. Ninety percent of Fortune 500 companies have ERGs and millions of employees are engaged in them. Yet these integral groups lack visibility. At stemmed.™ we provide technology for companies to highlight their diversity and inclusion-focused initiatives, ERGs and ERG leaders, which strengthens company branding and attracts top talent.
Dionna Keels
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: Plum and Eagle
Dionna Keels is the Founder/CEO of Plum and Eagle (formerly Stemmed), an Atlanta-based software development company that leverages technology to diversify the workforce. Dionna is a sought after speaker and media contributor on diversity in the tech industry, college recruitment, and millennials in the workforce. In 2015, she was one of the recipients of the 40 Under 40 Award. Dionna has contributed to several media outlets, in print and on-air, including Forbes, INC, Entrepreneur, CNN Money, NPR and the AJC. She attended Howard University, has a Bachelor's degree in Media Arts from Tulane University and is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Melii
Cohort: 6
Founders: Michael Latson, Gamal Codner
Melii has assembled a team of experienced bank executives to attack the problem of speeding up originations of business loans so that banks can compete more effectively with online lenders.
Gamal Codner
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: Melii
Gamal Codner is the CEO of Melli, a company that helps traditional banks compete with online lenders by speeding up their loan origination process. Gamal was recently feaured on the Black Mentor Podcast. He studied at the College of Business at Florida State University and he is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Michael Latson
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: Melii
Michael Latson is the Founder of Melii, a company that helps traditional banks compete with online lenders by speeding up their loan origination process. He studied Business Administration at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and he is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Gramarye Media
Cohort: 6
Founders: Don Dudenhoeffer, John Adcox
Gramarye Media uses a proprietary technology platform to vet, incubate and develop the next great story franchises.
John Adcox
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: Gramarye Media
John Adcox is the CEO of Gramarye Media, a cross-media story franchise incubator discovering and vetting the next great story franchises using industry-leading expert mentors and proprietary technology and social media platforms. Gramarye Media connects communities of investors, writers, producers, technologists, and artists. John has 20 years of experience in new media strategy and user experience design with a number of VP and C-level titles. He is also a novelist and screenwriter. He graduated from Georgia State University with a BA in English/Writing and he is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Don Dudenhoeffer
Cohort: 6
Flashpoint Company: Gramarye Media
Don Dudenhoeffer is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Gramarye Media, a cross-media story franchise incubator discovering and vetting the next great story franchises using industry-leading expert mentors and proprietary technology and social media platforms. His work has been focused on creating forward thinking applications that aid large media companies in their pursuit of “the future” of media and advertising. Don led the design team that was awarded the first ever Emmy in the Interactive Television Category. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor's in Advertising and Graphic Design and he is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 6.
Batch 5
EduGameStar
Cohort: 5
Founders: Bill Madigan
EduGameStar is educational therapy for dyslexics in video game format that overcomes dyslexia by building all the skills and fluency a reader needs.
Bill Madigan
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Reading & Writing Institute /Edugamestar
Bill Madigan is the CEO of Edugamestar, a company bringing "Virtual Reading Interventions" to the K-12 space. He has two decades of experience helping to acess and treat dislexia. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
VISIT
Cohort: 5
Founders: James Harris
Virtual in-store sales events for brick and mortar retail.
James Harris
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: N4MD
James Harris is the CEO of N4MD, a company that empowers corporate communicators to "automagically" blend local news, social media and corporate content into e-books and Flipboard-like e-magazines for niche customer and internal audiences. He has more than 20 years of experience in the digital communication industry. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a BA in Management Information Systems. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 1 & 5.
DecisionIQ
Cohort: 5
Founders: Andrew Lewis, Nagi Gebraeel,
Data curation, predictive analytics and decision support systems for equipment health in the energy and transportation sectors.
Nagi Gebraeel
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: DecisionIQ
Nagi Gebraeel is the Co-Founder of DecisionIQ, a company that serves companies operating fleets of high-value mission-critical equipment assets in dispersed geographies. DecisionIQ deploys a Mobile Platform for Operational Intelligence & Decision Making to increase asset uptime well beyond today’s reliability methods, while also reducing cost of operation, field service support and spare parts inventories. Nagi Gebraeel is the Chandler Chair Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. He has an MS and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Andrew Lewis
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: DecisionIQ
Andrew Lewis is the CEO of DecisionIQ, a company that serves companies operating fleets of high-value mission-critical equipment assets in dispersed geographies. DecisionIQ deploys a Mobile Platform for Operational Intelligence & Decision Making to increase asset uptime (well beyond today’s reliability methods), while also reducing cost of operation, field service support, and spare parts inventories. He is a technology startup veteran who has engineered, developed, and marketed innovative products; he started successful companies in a variety of fields, from computer systems, software, security, and entertainment. Andrew graduated from the University of Chicago with an MBA in General Management, Finance, and Marketing and has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from GA Tech. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Glacéau
Cohort: 5
Founders: Carie Davis, Kevin Burke
A beverage to capture the adult hydration opportunity.
Kevin Burke
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Coca-Cola / Glaceau
Kevin Burke is a Global Brand Director at Coca-Cola company who leads Global strategy, expansion, and innovation on the Glaceau vitaminwater, Glaceau smartwater and Aquarius businesses.
During Cohort 5 of Flashpoint, Kevin led a corporate team from Coke through the Flashpoint process that identified unmet consumer needs & insights. The work at Flashpoint lead to the creation of 9 innovative product ideas for the Coca-Cola Global innovation pipeline some of which are in market today around the world. Kevin described his experience from Flashpoint in a talk titled “Gather Round: 9 and a half things a corporate guy learned from Flashpoint”.
Carie Davis
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: The Coca-Cola Company
Carie Davis is the Managing Director of The Bridge: Atlanta, a startup + corporate commercialization program, accelerating application of startup technologies to enterprise core business challenges. She was previously the Global Director of Innovation + Entrepreneurship at The Coca-Cola Company, Carie developed programs to increase the speed at which ideas moved through the innovation pipeline. She is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
GetLawyer
Cohort: 5
Founders: Edo Ohayon
Case preparation and streamlining making crucial legal services available to underserved clients and profitable for small legal practitioners.
Edo Ohayon
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: GetLawyerApp / light of law
Edo Ohayon is the founder of Light of Law (formerly GetLawyer App). Light of Law pairs an automatic data analysis tool, with an assessment by an attorney, in order to review your personal legal situation and to present customers with options such as petitioning for clemency, early release, or getting a record expunged. Edo is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Acivilate
Cohort: 5
Founders: Louise Wasilewski
Acivilate offers a confidential information-sharing platform for criminal justice.
Louise Wasilewski
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Acivilate
Louise Wasilewski is the CEO of Acivilate, a company that combines technology, psychology and compassion to build a mobile platform where professionals and justice-involved people can work together. Wasilewski brings twenty-five years experience in the business of software and communications, and an intense curiosity in customer's challenges. She graduated from Emory University with an Executive MBA. She is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
JScreen
Cohort: 5
Founders: Karen Grinzaid, Patricia Page
JScreen is a not-for-profit at-home education and carrier screening program for Jewish genetic diseases. The goal of the program is to give individuals and families easy access to information and to allow testing to be done conveniently from home.
Karen Grinzaid
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Emory University Gene Screen Program, JScreen
Karen Grinzaid is the CEO of JScreen, a not-for-profit at-home education and carrier screening program for Jewish genetic diseases. The goal of the program is to give individuals and families easy acess to information and to allow testing to be done conveniently from home. She has been a genetic counselor at Emory University for 30 years and is the Jewish Genetic Diesease Program Leader and Clinical Research Coordinator. She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and from Sarah Lawrence College with a Master's in Human Genetics. She is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Patricia Page
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Emory University Gene Screen Program - JScreen
Patricia Page is the Co-Director of JScreen. JScreen is a not-for-profit at-home education and carrier screening program for Jewish genetic diseases. The goal of the program is to give individuals and families easy access to information and to allow testing to be done conveniently from home. Patricia has over 10 years of experience in the genetics counseling field. She received a MS in Genetic counseling from the University of Texas. Patricia is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Florence Healthcare
COhort: 5
Founders: Andres Garcia, Ryan Jones
Data management for clinical trials.
Andres Garcia
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Florence Healthcare
Andres Garcia is the CTO of Florence Healthcare, a company that is set to reduce duplicate data entry for clinical trial research sites and enable centralized & remote monitoring for sponsors. He is passionate about using technology to solve everyday problems. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Terry College of Business Masters in Business Administration. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Ryan Jones
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Florence Healthcare
Ryan Jones is the CEO and Co-Founder of Florence Healthcare, a company that advances clinical research through software. Before joining Florence, Ryan was president of Pubget (acquired by the Copyright Clearance Center), a research platform serving clinicians at over 600 hospitals and research institutions worldwide. He has a Bachelor's from Dartmouth and an MBA from the Berkeley Haas School of Business. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Mydify
Cohort: 5
Founders: Sidney James, Vahik Thmassians
Sidney James
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Mydify
Sidney James is the President and Founder of Kunfer. Kunfer provides perks beyond work. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Human Enviromental Sciences. Sidney is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Vahik Thmassians
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company:Mydify
Vahik Thmassians is the CTO of S. Rice Group. He has over a decade of experience in building technology for large media and retail corporations. Vahik is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Vault Stem Cell
Cohort: 5
Founders: Jase Wrigley, Adam Houtman
Stem cell collection, storage, and management enabling professional athletes to improve and extend performance
Jase Wrigley
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Vault Stem Cell, LLC
Jase Wrigley is the cofounder of Vault Stem Cell, a company that identifies, develops, and delivers industry-best products and services to private medical practices, hospital groups, and research institutions around the country. He joined the Vault team with the belief that everyone should have access to their own healthy cells and deserves the opportunity to be educated on all possibilities that stem cell therapy represents to medicine. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Adam Houtman
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: Vault Stem Cell, LLC
Adam Houtman is the CEO of Vault Stem Cell, Inc. - a company that provides patients with a system to securely, reliably and efficiently collect and store their individual adult stem cells and tissue for future use in age reversal and disease treatments. In addition to leading the Vault team, Adam supports this mission by educating the medical community about adult stem cell related research and available therapies. He graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Planetary Geology. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
GalliumGroup
Cohort: 5
Founders: Brian Arnberger, Gayle Link
Warranty payment optimization for heavy equipment.
Gayle Link
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: GalliumGroup, LLC
Dr. Gayle Link is the CEO of GalliumGroup, Inc. GalliumGroup helps companies make sense of customer data, improve on warranty recovery, protect against chargebacks, and make money. Dr. Link has consistently delivered successful projects for companies such as Sun Microsystems, Remedy Corporation, Ernst & Young, and Youth Entrepreneurial Academy. She also made significant contributions for General Motors, GM Truck & Bus, Hewlett Packard, NASA, DuPont, FMC, and 3M. Dr. Link graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Brian Arnberger
Cohort: 5
Flashpoint Company: GalliumGroup, LLC
Brian Amberger is currently an Advisor of GalliumGroup, LLC, a software company providing SaaS technology to the heavy equipment and transport space. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an MBA in Finance. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 5.
Batch 4
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.
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 studied Neuroscience and Behavior Biology at Emory before receiving an MBA. She is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
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 recently started Mandl & Co., LLC, a business advisory firm focused on unlocking assets for universities and medical centers. He studied Ecnomics at the University of Colorado adn received an MBA in Corporate Finance at Emory University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Aloe
Cohort: 4
Founders: Erick Schmitt, Charles Lumpkin, Syl Turner
Don't get burned for not being there. Aloe is relationship maintenance for fathers.
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 graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
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 State University in Computer Science. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
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 Technology. Charles is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Sayroom
Cohort: 4
Founders: David Shakir, Jamil Bonnick, Jovonni Pharr, Markis Fortner, Naim Hurst
We get the real voice of the customer for marketers.
Naim Hurst
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Sayroom
Naim Hurst is a UI/UX Front end developer at Nuracode. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Jovonni Pharr
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Sayroom
Jovonni Pharr is a Founder and Engineer at Sayroom, a company focused on capturing system 1 reactions through the use of voice. Jovonni received a BBA in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Jamil Bonnick
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Sayroom
Jamil Bonnick is the CEO of Jamil Bonnick Designs, a freelance venture with services including branding, graphic design, web design, photography, videography, and video editing. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
QuinSeg Labs
Cohort: 4
Founders: David Hehman, Frank Braski
It's better to stop a non-compliant purchase before it happens.
Frank Braski
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: QuinSeg Labs
Frank Braski is the Founder of The RiverCity Foundry. The RiverCity Foundry is a regional new business startup accelerator based in the electric river cities (Columbus, GA, Phenix City, AL), established in June, 2016. Braski is also a mentor at the Columbus Space Program. He studied Computer Science, Philosophy, Education, and Business at Columbus State University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
David Hehman
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: QuinSeg Labs
David Hehman is the Founder and Director of RiverCity Foundry. The RiverCity Foundry is a regional new business startup accelerator based in the electric river cities (Columbus, GA, Phenix City, AL), established in June, 2016. David Studied Architecture at the University of Arizona. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Skroot
Cohort: 4
Founders: Dan Simmons, Frank Moyer
Marketers use skroot to discover what to say to their target audience.
Dan Simmons
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Skroot
Dan Simmons is the CTO and founder of Skroot, a company that helps marketers uncover who's in their target audience. Simmons was previously a software engineer at Tapjoy. He studied Computer Science and Finance at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dan is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Frank Moyer
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Skroot
Frank Moyer is the Founder and CEO of Skroot, a company that helps marketers uncover who's in their target audience. He has previously achieved 2 successful exits within 4 years of taking over as CEO. Frank studied Computer Science and Economics at Columbia University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Second Nature
Cohort: 4
Founders: Eugene N. Yukin, Matt Campbell, Ricky Hunter
We make it second nature to manage a virtual workforce.
Eugene N. Yukin
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Second Nature
Eugene Yukin is the CEO of Axon, a company that allows college students to book on-demand tutoring appointments right on their campus in order to succeed in their toughest college classes. (Axon was acquired by TMS).
Eugene studied Middle Eastern & South East Asian Studies/Chinese Language & Literature/Arabic at Emory University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Matt Campbell
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Second Nature
Matt Campbell is a Consulting Software Engineer at InpharmD, a company that connects healthcare providers and patients to customized, on demand drug information from Mercer University's Drug Information Center. He is also the Co-Founder & CTO of BetterLoop. Matt studied Business Studies and International Marketing at University of Ulster. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Ricky Hunter
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Second Nature
Ricky Hunter is the VP of Business Development at Pointivo, a company that captures dimensionally accurate 3D models and measurements of any environment using any camera. He received an MBA from Georgia State Univeristy in Operation and Organizational Management. Ricky is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Wonderkey
Cohort: 4
Founders: Amy Jarratt, Melissa Murphy
Wonderkey allows adults to communicate through their kids.
Amy Jarratt
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Wonderkey
Amy Jarratt is a local partner and manager at The Weather Company. The Weather Company offers the most accurate, personalized and actionable weather data and insights to millions of consumers and thousands of businesses via Weather’s API, its business solutions division, and its own digital products. She received her Bachelors of Science from Colorado State University. Amy is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Melissa Murphy
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Wonderkey
Melissa Murphy is the VP of strategic Alliances at Synthio, a company that utomates the synthesis of data sources and datasets seamlessly so marketers don’t have to.
Melissa heads up the Indirect Sales Team, whom develop partnerships, improve sales flow, and channel development. She is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Presagis
Cohort: 4
Founders: Alex Hyder, Clifton Garner, Jeremy Joseph, Stéphane Blondin
Presagis is a provider of commercial off-the-shelf modeling, simulation, and embedded display graphics software. The company sells simulation, modeling, and virtual reality software to customers in the aerospace, defense, and automotive industries.
Alex Hyder
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Presagis
Alex Hyder is the Director of Product Development and Technical Services at Presagis. Presagis provides an integrated and comprehensive suite of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software for the development of modeling, simulation, and embedded display graphics applications. Alex is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Clifton Garner
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Presagis
Clifton Garner is a Project Manager and Business Director at Creative Veteran Productions, a company that develops high fidelity leading edge training solutions that are custom built to meet and exceed client expectations in the fields of Immersive 3D Serious Games, eLearning Solutions, Live Broadcast Training Videos, Instructional and Marketing Video Production, 2D and 3D Content Creation, and Web Development services. Garner is also an owner and musician for Blaine the Mono LLC. He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Clifton is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Jeremy Joseph
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Presagis
Jeremy Joseph is the CEO of Tristis Technologies, a small business specializing in Medical Simulation products and services. He speaks English, French, and Hebrew. Jaremy attended the University of Central Florida and received a BS in computer science as well as a Masters in Modeling and Simulation. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Stéphane Blondin
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Presagis
Stéphane Blondin is the Head of Product Management and Marketing at Presagis. Presagis provides an integrated and comprehensive suite of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software for the development of modeling, simulation, and embedded display graphics applications. He studied Computer Engineering at Université de Montréal - École Polytechnique de Montréal. Stéphane is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
CareHR
Cohort: 4
Founders: Alan ElSheshai, James Denton
We help families find and manage individual caregivers for seniors.
James Denton
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: CareHR
James Denton is Software Developer at CallRail, a company that provides call analytics to data driven marketers so they can improve customer acquisition. He received a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from LeTourneau University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Alan ElSheshai
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: CareHR
Alan ElSheshai is the founder of CareHR, a free professional networking community connecting professional caregivers, home health aides, nurses, CNAs, and other care professionals to open jobs.He graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. Alan is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Blissbook
Cohort: 4
Founders: Sam Duvall, Tom O'Dea
Blissbook is a culture-first, digital employee handbook that helps you teach employees why they should care in addition to what they can or can’t do.
Tom O'Dea
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Blissbook
Tom O'Dea is a co-founder and the Head of Product at Blissbook, a policy management software platform disguised as a culture-first, digital employee handbook. He received his BS in Management from Georgia Tech and is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Sam Duvall
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Blissbook
Sam Duvall is a co-founder and CTO at Blissbook, a policy management software platform disguised as a culture-first, digital employee handbook. He received his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
SwipeLoyalty
Cohort: 4
Founders: Patrick Childers, Ryan Droege
We enable manufacturer’s, merchandisers, and CPG companies to connect with their own customers individually, at scale.
Patrick Childers
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: SwipeLoyalty
Patrick Childers is an Entrepreneur and Technology Leader at Jackson Healthcare. He is working on expanding Jackson's non-profit medical mission organization to include smartphone based video healthcare visits. Patrick attended Southern Polytechnic State University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Ryan Droege
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: SwipeLoyalty
Ryan Droege is the co-founder of MyLumper, an electronic payment platform that enables lumper fees to be paid instantly and securely, avoiding the risk and hassle of cash or checks. Before MyLumper, Ryan was the CEO and Founder of SwipeLoyalty, a company that provides consumers with a mobile centered rewards MasterCard as an alternative to traditional ("vanilla") debit cards. Ryan is the Director of Project 82 Kenya, a non-profit ministry that provides food, clothing, education, and medical care for orphans in Kenya. He attended Southern Polytechnic State University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
rct.co
Cohort: 4
Founders: Orgesi Pandeli, Kleon Kita
The new global standard for receipts.
Orgesi Pandeli
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: rct.co
Orgesi Pandeli is the Founder of Young Founder Inc. and Cortrain LLC. He speaks Italian. Spanish, and Albanian. He received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law. He is a graduate of Cohort 4.
Kleon Kita
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: rct.co
Kleon Kita is the Head of Engineering at Atomized, a company that makes visual marketing calendars for brands and agencies. Kleon studied Computer Science at Georgia State University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Creativity GameLab
Cohort: 4
Founders: Jesse Lindsley, Andrew Schwartz
Creativity GameLab implements a proven process for leveraging the creative muscle of an organization to solve unique, difficult challenges.
Jesse Lindsley
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Creativity GameLab
Jesse Lindsley is the CEO of Thrust Interactive, a game development agency serving clients worldwide since 2004. He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Who'd You, a mobile game of celebrity "Who Would You Rather?" with friends. Jesse received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Tennesse Technological University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Andrew Schwartz
Cohort: 4
Flashpoint Company: Creativity GameLab
Andrew Schwartz is an Associate Brand Manager for Newell Brands. Newell Brands is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Paper Mate, Sharpie, Dymo, and EXPO. He received an MBA from Georgia State University. Andrew is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 4.
Batch 3
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.
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 and Essential SQLAlchemy. He is a member of the Python Software Foundation and the Masters of MongoDB. Previously, Rick was a software engineer with SourceForge, where he helped reinvent and open-source the SourceForge platform as the Allura project. He is a member of the Python Software Foundation and the Masters of MongoDB. Previously, Rick was a software engineer with SourceForge, where he helped reinvent and open-source the SourceForge platform as the Allura project. Rick is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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 email validation service. He studied at State University of New York at Old Westbury and is currently studying Theology at the Institutul Teologic Baptist din București. Mike is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
HealthySmartsMD
Cohort: 3
Founders: Louise Chang
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 physician at Grady Hospital, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. She attended Stanford University and New York Medical College and completed her residency training at St. Vincents Hospital Manhattan. Louise is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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 feedback, archives student work for teachers and parents to review, captures data, analyzes student performance, and generates personalized recommendations.
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 in Management at Georgia Tech and an MBA from Harvard. Lauren is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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 Computer Science at Hampton University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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.
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 in Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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 a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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.
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.
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 Science from Georgia State University. Matthew is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
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, child custody modifications and child support modifications. Received her JD from Georgia State University College of Law. Elizabeth is a graduate of Flashpoint batch 3.
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.
Ram Shalev
Cohort: 3
Flashpoint Company: Physihome
Ram Shalev is the founder and CEO of PhysiMax, a company that provides an Athletic Movement Assessment solution implementing evidence-based protocols to reliably score an athlete's risk of injury and movement performance. Ram received a BSC in Engineering and an MSc in Electronical Engineering - Communication Systems at Tel Aviv University. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
David Kahani
Cohort: 3
Flashpoint Company: Physihome
David Kahani is the Founder and COO of Physihome, a company that provides Athletic Movement Assessment, to improve athletic performance and reduce risk of non-contact sports injuries. He studied Computer Engineering from ben-Gurion University of Negev in Israel. David is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
Expo
Cohort: 3
Founders: Charlie Corts, Steven Warren
Steven Warren
Cohort: 3
Flashpoint Company: Expo
Steven Warren is a Senior Engineer at GoNoodle, a company that keeps students energized, engaged, and active inside the classroom by turning screen time into active time. He has an BBA in Marketing from the University of Mississippi. Steven is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
Charlie Corts
Cohort: 3
Flashpoint Company: Expo
Charlie Corts is the CEO and Founder of Expo. Expo for iPad is an app that allows the user to organize, present, and share your files on the go. Charlie studied Film and Video Production at the University of Tennesse. He is a graduate of Flashpoint Cohort 3.
