2011-2012 Elevator Pitch Judges:
1. Lynn Gonsoir: Executive Vice President of Maywood Capital. Maywood Capital is a private firm that invests capital in exchange for equity ownership of high growth potential companies. The team is made up of highly experienced executives and entrepreneurs. Lynn has 25 years of professional experience ranging from executive leadership to working as a strategic marketing/branding consultant in retail and CPG. She has a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and is actively involved in several professional organizations.
2. Kelly Henrici: Executive Director, Program in Law and Technology, UD Law School
3. Vince Lewis: Local business owner and investor. CEO of Logos@Work, a business which specializes in branded apparel, merchandise and uniform programs focused on education, small business, municipalities and health care. Vince is also CEO of 4 Iron Development Company, a holding company which owns some local commercial real estate assets. Vince is also an investor in the Dayton Development Coalitions ESP program. Vince is a Dayton native, he received a BA in Public Relations and Business from Western Kentucky University, an MA in Management from Antioch University MacGregor and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program.
4. Mickey McCabe: Vice President for Research and Executive Director of UDRI
5. Tom Vogel: Agricultural entrepreneur, owning and managing numerous grain farms in central and western Ohio 24-year experience with Verizon in pricing, new product development, and product management; Adjunct faculty member in leadership and economics at two universities
2011-2012 Cameo Round Judges:
1. Tim Cahill: Entrepreneur, Senior Vice President, AfterMath Claim Science, Inc. and Co-Founder, MY Lien Manager
2. Dave Conway:
As President and CEO, Dave Conway has helped turn iSqFt/Construction
Software Technologies, Inc. into one of the construction
industry’s leading preconstruction software providers.
Dave has a background in the health care construction
market, which gave him a clear understanding of the
relationship between owners, architects, general
contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
3. Rob Franks: Vice President, Account Services, for Zipscene, a Cincinnati-based mobile development firm. Franks brings 15 years of expertise in marketing, strategy and operations. He started his corporate career at Procter & Gamble marketing new to the world products including involvement in the launch of Febreze, Dryel and Fit. He has a passion for working with small and startup business. In 2001 he started a $100K business plan challenge to drive economic development in Dayton Ohio. In 2003 he joined the staff at the University of Dayton as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship. To date, he has worked with hundreds of small and start-up businesses through consulting projects at the University, business plan competitions and as an advisory board member. In 2009, he became CEO of a technology services company struggling with rapid growth. Under his leadership this business grew 150% in a little more than a year. Prior to joining Procter & Gamble Rob was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps.
4. Vince Lewis: Local business owner and investor. CEO of Logos@Work, a business which specializes in branded apparel, merchandise and uniform programs focused on education, small business, municipalities and health care. Vince is also CEO of 4 Iron Development Company, a holding company which owns some local commercial real estate assets. Vince is also an investor in the Dayton Development Coalitions ESP program. Vince is a Dayton native, he received a BA in Public Relations and Business from Western Kentucky University, an MA in Management from Antioch University MacGregor and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program.
5. Mickey McCabe: Vice President for Research and Executive Director of UDRI
2011-2012 Final Presentation Judges:
1. Tim Cahill: Entrepreneur, Senior Vice President, AfterMath Claim Science, Inc. and Co-Founder, MY Lien Manager
2. Rob Franks: Vice President, Account Services, for Zipscene, a Cincinnati-based mobile development firm. Franks brings 15 years of expertise in marketing, strategy and operations. He started his corporate career at Procter & Gamble marketing new to the world products including involvement in the launch of Febreze, Dryel and Fit. He has a passion for working with small and startup business. In 2001 he started a $100K business plan challenge to drive economic development in Dayton Ohio. In 2003 he joined the staff at the University of Dayton as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship. To date, he has worked with hundreds of small and start-up businesses through consulting projects at the University, business plan competitions and as an advisory board member. In 2009, he became CEO of a technology services company struggling with rapid growth. Under his leadership this business grew 150% in a little more than a year. Prior to joining Procter & Gamble Rob was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps.
3. Vince Lewis: Local business owner and investor. CEO of Logos@Work, a business which specializes in branded apparel, merchandise and uniform programs focused on education, small business, municipalities and health care. Vince is also CEO of 4 Iron Development Company, a holding company which owns some local commercial real estate assets. Vince is also an investor in the Dayton Development Coalitions ESP program. Vince is a Dayton native, he received a BA in Public Relations and Business from Western Kentucky University, an MA in Management from Antioch University MacGregor and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program.
4. Mickey McCabe: Vice President for Research and Executive Director of UDRI
5. Charlie Rinehart: Former executive of Cox media and angel investor.
2011-2012 UD Business Plan Competition Mentors