Dennis Steinman | Iron Mountain Products LLC | Lecompton, KS ................... 5
Patrick Stoddart | Revdel |Kansas City, MO ..................................................... 6
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Dave Alburty | InnovaPrep LLC and AlburtyLab Inc. | Drexel, MO
Dave Alburty is CEO of InnovaPrep LLC and AlburtyLab Inc. in Drexel, Mo. InnovaPrep is developing novel technologies enabling rapid detection of biological particles and pathogens. AlburtyLab is an independent aerosol and environmental engineering lab. The two companies work together to develop, market and sell in-novative solutions in biological particle collection and concentration for better detection.
Dave has 20 years of experience as a scientist and researcher, including 15 years at Midwest Research Insti-tute where he participated in every phase of federally-funded research and development projects and pro-grams. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and environmental science from the University of Kansas. Dave has a strong history of successful R&D funding management for innovative product commercialization. Under his leadership, AlburtyLab and InnovaPrep have won a number of Small Business Innovation (SBIR) awards. InnovaPrep also received a Missouri 2011 Excellence in Technology Innovation award and was named the Governor’s Technology Company of the Year in 2010.
Ben Blecha | Ace Ortho Solutions | Benkelman, NE
Ben Blecha is owner of Ace Ortho Solutions, Benkelman, Neb., which develops and manufactures innovative braces for dogs with ACL and other injuries. Ace’s brace designs complement surgery and support dogs that are non-surgical candidates.
Ben earned a Bachelor of Science degree in prosthetics and orthotics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. As a certified orthotist at Shriners Hospital for Children and other organizations, and as owner of an orthotics lab, he evaluated and fabricated artificial limbs and braces for people all over the world. Ben saw the need for innovation in the veterinary market and turned his attention there.
His focus now is scaling his manufacturing business for custom devices to veterinarians around the world. Ben is a pioneer in veterinary orthopedic medicine through his biomechanical designs for animal braces and is us-ing his electrical engineering background to design new methods to capture a 3-D model of the dog in the vet-erinarian’s clinic.
Leandro Castro | MultiMech R&D | Omaha, NE
Leandro Castro is co-founder of MultiMech R&D, Omaha, Neb., which provides advanced simulation software solutions, allowing its clients to shift from physical to virtual prototyping and testing of novel materials and structures, thereby drastically reducing the cost and time associated with product development. The company recently did a major release of its software suite, which has quickly been adopted by global corporate clients throughout multiple industries, including aerospace, defense and energy. MultiMech R&D was named Ne-braska Business Development Center’s Technology Company of the Year in 2011 and received a grant from the Nebraska Innovation Fund.
Leandro’s rare, hybrid background in computer science and engineering mechanics has placed him at a stra-tegic position to help solve these problems. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science at Federal University of Ceará in Brazil, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Alexandros Cavgalar is CEO and chief technology officer of Ulterius Technologies in Wichita, Kan. Ulterius Tech provides seamless integration of communications and entertainment solutions for the residential and en-terprise markets through a unique set of hardware and software solutions. Ulterius Tech participated in a lab trial with global tier one telecommunication service providers, and was invited to participate in a live network trial with a leading North American telecommunication service provider.
Alex recently earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering with emphasis in advanced network architecture and quantum physics at Wichita State University. He also earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering with a major emphasis in optic networking and minor in solid-state physics, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical en-gineering and computer science at Wichita State. Prior to cofounding Ulterius Technologies, Alex held a Distin-guished Member of Technical Service status at Alcatel-Lucent, and was part of Bell Labs Concept Develop-ment Research Center. He also has an extensive engineering background with several Fortune 500 organiza-tions companies.
Abigail Cohen | Sparo Labs | St. Louis, MO
Abigail Cohen is cofounder of Sparo Labs, St. Louis, Mo., which has developed a pocket-sized, electronic spi-rometer that empowers patients to quantitatively track and proactively manage respiratory diseases via simple integration with mobile devices, tablets and computers. Sparo Labs’s patent-pending technology won first place in two national engineering competitions, the NIBIB/NIH DEBUT Challenge and the Engineering World Health Design Competition. The company also is currently a finalist in both the Olin Cup Business Plan Com-petition and WUSTL Engineering Discovery Competition.
Abigail’s vision of implementing an effective and efficient, individualized health care system that meets the needs of every patient inspired her to pursue a career that combines engineering and entrepreneurship. A sen-ior studying biomedical engineering at Washington University, Abigail has held internships at several health care organizations, bringing a medical perspective and understanding of barriers facing new medical technolo-gies to the Sparo Labs team.
Keith Entzeroth | instin | Kansas City, MO
Keith Entzeroth is cofounder of instin, Kansas City, Mo., which provides tools for students and teachers to stay organized. The company has turned myHomework into the best student organization tool in the marketplace, and has recently added a new product, teachers.io, which makes it easy for teachers to publish course infor-mation. MyHomework has been the No. 1 free education app on iTunes multiple times and was preinstalled as a demo app on every iPhone 4s for retail display.
Keith is growing instin by leveraging his nearly 12 years of experience as a software engineer and architect at Delphi Delco and Cerner. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering at Purdue Univer-sity. Keith also is relying on lessons he learned in his first venture. With nyroo, he sought to enable sharing lists of items on Facebook and Twitter but the company was derailed when Pinterest and Amazon launched similar products.
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Paul Jarrett | Bulu Box | Lincoln, NE
Paul Jarrett is cofounder of Bulu Box, Lincoln, Neb., which provides vitamins and supplements to customers through a unique subscription service, which allows them to try, review and determine which brand name prod-ucts work best for them. The company has raised more than $550,000 in Series A financing and has grown to seven employees and five interns.
Paul is no stranger to vitamins and supplements. He used supplements to help him become a 300-pound Divi-sion 1 starting defensive lineman, then lose over 100 pounds when his playing days were over. Paul earned a bachelor’s in journalism and advertising from the University of Nebraska. He has helped launch million dollar brands, and executed campaigns for Lowe's and Nike. In 2010, Paul joined Complete Nutrition where he built the marketing and communications department and positioned Complete Nutrition for success in a saturated market. The company became one of the fastest growing startups in the country.
Matt Medlock | PaySAFE | Omaha, NE
Matt Medlock is CEO of PaySAFE, Omaha, Neb., an online closing table providing buyers and sellers a con-venient one-stop location to create, negotiate and close trades with financial protection. Matt has built PayS-AFE from no customers or transactions at the start of 2012, to having registered users in 32 states and 31 countries. The company has been featured in the Omaha World Herald, Silicon Prairie News, Business Insider and American Banker.
Matt is a leading expert in banking and financial solutions that bring convenience and security to businesses and consumers. His extensive banking background covered more than 20 years for banks ranging in size from small community banks to large national banks where he implemented financial services that benefited small contractors and large publicly traded companies. As a fourth generation banker, Matt was formally educated at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, completed the Graduate School of Banking in Boulder, Colo., and earned an MBA at Creighton University.
Using PaySAFE’s proprietary online project management software, buyers and sellers are able to communi-cate and agree when the work or transaction is complete, so funds can be paid out.
Scott Pribyl | eNovation | Kansas City, KS
Scott Pribyl is CEO and co-founder of eNovation LLC, a Kansas City, Kan., mobile health solutions company. eNovation focuses on creating workflow efficiency tools for specialty physicians that capture outcome meas-ures automatically. By using the company’s flagship product, iRheum, doctors can reduce by 25 percent the time it takes to evaluate and prescribe biologic therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. The company has raised $500,000 in initial seed funding and received a proof of concept investment grant from the Kansas Bioscience Authority last month. eNovation is under contract with a specialty pharmacy in Texas to start a pilot study with 20 rheumatologists.
Scott graduated from St. Louis University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. His 13 years of experience working with Rheumatologists resulted in sales of over $250 million for the RA biologics Enbrel (Amgen) and Humira (Abbott Immunology). In 2010, before starting eNovation, he became the vice president of business development for Premier Specialty Network, the largest Rheumatology practice in the country.
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Rob Rhodes | InjuReplay | Lincoln, NE
Rob Rhodes, M.D., is founder and CEO of InjuReplay, Lincoln, Neb., an online resource to provide reliable in-formation about injury and recovery for weekend warriors, soccer moms and other sports enthusiasts.
A family physician since 1997, Rob is currently medical director of business development at The Physician Network and is in private practice at Southwest Family Health. Named the Nebraska Medical Association’s Young Physician of the Year in 2000, Rob has been a regular contributor to Medical Economics magazine and is on the board of advisors for Men’s Health Network.
Rob’s experience with sports medicine actually begins when he was a middle linebacker for the University of South Dakota, where he earned his medical degree after two knee surgeries ended his collegiate athletic ca-reer. Rob has served as a volunteer team physician for the University of Nebraska Athletic Department and the Lincoln Marathon. He also is the primary care physician for the Lincoln Saltdogs baseball team and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Joshua Sestak | Orion BioScience | Lawrence, KS
Joshua Sestak is founder of Orion BioScience, Lawrence, Kan., which is developing transformative therapeu-tics to provide immune-specific therapy for treating autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and neu-romyelitis optica. Orion BioScience’s efforts are unique in that they treat the disease, rather than simply man-aging the symptoms as traditional treatments do. The company currently is working to secure an investiga-tional new drug application to go into clinical trials as next steps in the development process.
Joshua is used to looking at things in different ways. He has experience both in industrial and academic roles. Before entering the University of Kansas in 2007 to earn his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry, Joshua worked as a formulations research associate at Nastech Pharmaceutical in Bothell, Wash., where he developed na-sally delivered peptide therapies to treat diabetes, obesity and autism. While at KU, he was a dual Madison and Lila Self and Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation (IAMI) Graduate Fellow. Joshua completed his Ph.D. in 2011 and since has focused on developing Orion BioScience’s technology through proof of concept phase.
Dennis Steinman | Iron Mountain Products LLC | Lecompton, KS
Dennis Steinman is CEO of Iron Mountain Products LLC, Lecompton, Kan. The company is developing an electronic radio frequency-based product for tracking and recovering big game animals taken with a bow and arrow. The Mountain Products will launch its miniature electronic transmitter and receiver system into the arch-ery hunting market in early 2013.
Dennis earned Bachelor of Science degrees in chemistry and biology at Pittsburg State University. A serial en-trepreneur and investor, Dennis also loves the outdoors. After selling his electronics manufacturing company, Dennis began to search for his next entrepreneurial endeavor. As an avid archery hunter who is passionate about the sport and the game he hunts, Dennis discovered the need and a market for a method to track and recover big game. Through Iron Mountain Products, he is leveraging his entrepreneurial and outdoor experi-ence to bring a needed solution to market.
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Patrick Stoddart | Revdel |Kansas City, MO
Patrick Stoddart is founder of Revdel, a Kansas City, Mo., company that provides a communications platform to help organizations connect with and engage their members. The company’s newest product, RED 2.0, al-lows organizations—such as schools, religious organizations and nonprofits—to manage event invitations, RSVPs and ticket payments, similar to Eventbrite.
Three years ago, as a 16-year-old junior at Lee’s Summit High School, Patrick created the RED Alerts System to address the fundamental communications and scheduling inefficiencies at his school. RED was designed to be more than just the traditional emergency alert system many schools use. Patrick created it to allow more personal day-to-day messaging within groups in a school. As a full-time student at Pittsburg State University, Patrick grew Revdel to 25 clients and 20,000 users throughout Kansas and Missouri. He left PSU in May 2012 to work on Revdel fulltime, and has been focusing on the recent launch of RED 2.0.
“I’m inspired by knowing that no age is too young or too old to make a real change—in your life and in others’. That’s not necessarily something we’re all taught, but it’s very true,” Patrick says.
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