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This presentation explain the 2015 georgia bowl business plan competition.
THE 2015 GEORGIA BOWL
®
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
DESCRIPTION
The Georgia Bowl
®
is a competition among teams of MBA students from leading
colleges and universities throughout the Southeast based on ideas for new businesses
that these teams have developed during the preceding year at their respective schools.
DAY & DATE
Friday & Saturday 6 & 7 February 2015
LOCATION
SCHELLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
800 WEST PEACHTREE STREET, NW
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ATLANTA, GA 30308
SPONSORS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
TiE ATLANTA, and DRS. PAUL LOPEZ & CHARLES HOFER
THE GEORGIA BOWL
®
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
The Georgia Bowl
®
is an annual competition among the aspiring future entrepreneurs and business
leaders attending the M.B.A. programs at leading colleges and universities throughout the Southeast.
It is the oldest Regional and second oldest National Business Plan Competition in the world. The
Georgia Bowl
®
started as a competition among all MBA Programs in the State of Georgia, and later
expanded to include leading colleges and universities in the eleven states closest to Georgia; namely,
Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. The Competition is held in
early February of each year. Its participants are the student teams that have won New Venture
Business Plan competitions held at each of the participating schools during the preceding fall term.
The primary purposes of the Georgia Bowl
®
Competition are:
(1) To strengthen and improve the overall quality of the entrepreneurship and small
business education offered at each participating school;
(2) To identify and acknowledge those students who have, through their own creativity,
insight, and effort, done the best job of developing new business ideas that promise to
enhance the future economic development of the participating States; and
(3) To communicate to the citizens of these States the outstanding entrepreneurship and
small business educational opportunities available at the leading public and private
universities throughout the Region, thereby increasing their understanding of the
teaching and research functions of these institutions, and hopefully strengthening their
support for these institutions.
During the Competition, each of the teams involved will present its ideas vis-a-vis a prospective new
venture to a panel of judges selected from Georgia’s business and financial communities. Typically,
each presentation will last 20 to 25 minutes followed by a question and answer period of 20 to 25
minutes. In total, each team will have 40 minutes for its presentation and question and answer
period. After all the teams have made their presentations, the judges will choose a winner, and a
second, and a third place team based on: (1) the likelihood of successful short-term startup of the
proposed ventures; (2) the long-term profit and market potential of the proposed ventures; (3) the
ability of the ventures’ management teams to successfully implement their proposed plans; (4) the
returns the proposed ventures will provide to their investors for the risks incurred; and (5) the quality
of each team’s presentation analysis. The top three teams are presented plaques to commemorate
their achievements, and the top ranked team receives invitations to participate in other national and
international business plan competitions. The winning school can also enter a second team in a
future Georgia Bowl
®
Competition.
The Georgia Bowl
®
was founded by Dr. Charles W. Hofer, Retired Regents Professor of Strategy &
Entrepreneurship, Kennesaw State University. Its founding co-sponsors were BDO Seidman, a
leading accounting and consulting firm specializing in services to entrepreneurial organizations, and
the Business and Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization of Georgians interested in
technology development in the state of Georgia.
2015 Georgia Bowl Schedule
Opening Round: Friday, February 6, 2015
Technology Square Research Building, Georgia Institute of Technology
85 Fifth Street NW, Atlanta GA 30308
TIME
BRACKET A: TSRB Auditorium
Information Technology & Product Design
BRACKET B: TSRB Room 132
Energy, Healthcare & Other
08:00–
08:15
INTRODUCTION & WELCOME TSRB Auditorium
Judges
Annette Forster, CEO, MyCOi
Andrew Malizewski, CEO, Malizewski Associates
Tom Meredith, CEO, P2P Cash
Ed McPherson, KSU Technology Innovation Center
Hadiva Claxton, Founder, The Claxton Firm
Kathleen Kurre, President, Fusion Advisors
Sig Mosley, President, Imlay Investments
Randy Taylor, CEO, HydroCoal Technologies
08:20–
09:00
Engagely [Louisville]
Gil Roberts (Captain), Christopher Shelton,
& Ben Gries
Rnano [Illinois, Chicago]
Rick Lasco (Captain) & J ames Furlong
09:10–
09:50
Allview Informatics [Manitoba]
Sam Fay (Captain), Kathleen Bluesky,
Michael Deluca, & Sunny Singh
M-Power [Arkansas]
Mirna Ordoñez (Captain), Amy Turner,
Keaton Smith, & Sawyer Burnett
10:00–
10: 40
ColterDurham [Texas]
Britt Talbert (Captain), Ryon Brown,
& Matt Dorsey
VasoCorp [West Georgia]
William Cross III (Captain), J ulian Brown
& RaeAnna Hogle
10:40–
11:00
BREAK BREAK
11:00–
11:40
Guru Skins [Tennessee]
J aske Rheude (Captain) & J ennifer J erinagan
Home Grown Brewing [Louisville]
Matt Terves (Captain) & Kelly Crush
11:50–
12:30
Red Natural [Kentucky]
J oanna Foresman (Captain); J eremy Madigan;
Andrew Wachs & Wen Zhao
Viapore [Georgia Tech]
Nathan Evans (Captain), Anne Hewett, Matthew
Kroge, Brennan Torstrick, & Brad Schweizer
12:30-
01:30
LUNCH BREAK & J UDGES’ DECISION MAKING
ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS @ 01: 30 in ROOM
01:30-
02:15
FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
02:20-
03:05
FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
03:15-
04:00
NON-FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
NON-FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
04:10-
04:55
NON-FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
NON-FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
05:00-
05:45
NON-FINALIST 3
FEEDBACK
NON-FINALIST 3
FEEDBACK
06:00
07:30
SOCIAL FOR ALL TEAMS & JUDGES @ RAY’s
Practice Rooms:
TSRB Room 133 (Bracket 1), TSRB Room 134 (Bracket 2)
SPONSORS
Georgia Institute of Technology,
TiE Atlanta & Dr. Charles Hofer
2015 Georgia Bowl Teams
I. Bracket A: Information Technology & Consumer Product Ventures
Allview Informatics [University of Manitoba]
Sam Fay (Captain), Kathleen Bluesky, Michael Deluca & Sunny Singh
Allview Informatics is a software system for retail environments which uses existing CCTV infrastructure to
analyze customer movement patterns anonymously. The analysis focuses on dwell time and customer
movement and can aggregate data over time to provide valuable information on customer interaction with
their environment. This information can then be used to measure the outcome of promotion campaigns or
changes to store layout or design to name two types of output.
ColterDurham [University of Texas]
Britt Talbert (Captain), Ryon Brown & Matt Dorsey
ColterDurham is a product design startup company in Austin, Texas. ColterDurham’s flagship product, the
StowCart, is a rugged storage and mobility device that converts from an upright storage frame to a multi-
purpose handcart. Its design embodies a unique combination of effort/load arms (the lever) with a pivot axle
(the fulcrum) to provide lift assistance, making it easy to operate and maneuver. The StowCart’s base and
large wheels allows it to transport up to 200 lb. of cargo over rough terrain. ColterDurham has filed a U.S.
non provisional patent application for the StowCart as well as a PCT filing. Expansion of this product line is
expected to include a line of modular kits and various storage containers that attach to the StowCart.
Engagely, LLC [University of Louisville]
Gil Roberts (Captain), Christopher Shelton & Ben Gries
Engagely provides the next generation of website security while allowing web publishers and data buyers to
gain real-time insights from legitimate visitors. Using proprietary human verification algorithms developed by
two University of Louisville PhD students, our Survette polls visitors instead of asking them to type in
squiggly, fuzzy letters. Web publishers use Survette to better understand their customers and prove user
demographics to advertisers, winning better ad revenue while decreasing costs associated with spam. Engagely
leverages this website network by selling access to data firms, brand managers, and market researchers
interested in gauging consumer preference, brand awareness, customer loyalty, and other insights.
Guru Skins [University of Tennessee]
J ake Rheude (Captain) & J ennifer J erinagan
Guru Skins serves to foster an online community of action sports participants and design enthusiasts by
providing an interactive online website that allows user generated graphic designs of skis, snowboards, wake
boards, surfboards, and skateboards to be submitted, critiqued, ranked, and purchased. We do this through a
crowdsourcing website that allows anyone with amateur or professional graphic design skills to participate
by downloading a Photoshop template to use while creating their designs. Submitted designs are voted on,
and those with significant votes “win”: and are printed as a waterproof vinyl wrap and over-laminate
adhesive film in limited quantities and made available for purchase through the e-commerce branch of the
website. Designers whose pieces are posted for sale earn 15% to 30% of profits for each skin sold.
Red Natural [University of Kentucky]
J oanna Foresman (Captain); J eremy Madigan; Andrew Wachs & Wen Zhao
Red Natural, LLC is positioned to become a leading supplier of natural red food coloring replacing Red 40, a
synthetic chemical widely used by the food and drink industry in gelatins, puddings, dairy products, confections,
beverages, and condiments. Based on a discovery at the University of Kentucky of a new breed of sweet sorghum
that produces red pigments in the leaves of the plant, this new, all natural, vegan, non-GMO, source is a direct
substitute for Red 40 and much more economical to produce than other natural sources such as purple sweet potatoes
and cochineal insect extract. The food dye industry exceeds $1.5 billion today and is expected to grow to $2.3 billion
by 2019. Red food coloring represents 37% of this market opportunity. Synthetic food colors are already banned in
Europe based on studies showing linkages to hyperactivity and allergies in children. Starbucks, Frito-Lay, and many
other companies are rapidly joining the movement to natural food dyes. Red Natural will quickly become a leading
alternative based on its pH stability, pigment yield, and affordability compared to competitors.
2015 Georgia Bowl Teams
II. Bracket B Energy, Healthcare & Other Ventures
Home Grown Brewing Company [University of Louisville]
Matt Terves (Captain) & Kelly Crush
Homegrown Brewing Company is an innovative concept for a microbrewery that will collaborate with the
local craft beer community to create its beer. We will host contests for home-brewers to enter their best
beers, and allow craft beer drinkers to vote on their favorites. The winning beers will become flagship beers
for the microbrewery. With two passionate home-brewers leading the way, and a concept that uniquely
appeals to the craft beer community, we believe we can excel in the $14.3 billion craft beer market. Because
we offer something different from every other microbrewery: beer that is “crafted by the people, for the
people.”
M-Power [University of Arkansas]
Mirna Ordoñez (Captain), Amy Turner, Keaton Smith, &Sawyer Burnett
M-Power plans to address the renewable energy market in the Dominican Republic by selling photovoltaic
systems to industrial and commercial customers, specifically to hotels, since the touristic industry is the largest
in this country. There are major pains in the energy industry such as the high price of electricity, unreliability
of the outdated grid, and lack of financing for alternative energy sources. The government of the Dominican
Republic has enacted a law that supports companies, especially foreign companies to go to the country, and
develop businesses to improve the quality of energy for the population. There are several other driving forces
for a high demand of electricity in the country such as population increase, DR-CAFTA, increasing prices of
oil, among others. Our team has the leadership and strategies to address these market pains
Rnano [University of Illinois, Chicago]
Rick Lasco (Captain) & J ames Furlong
Rnano develops technology and processes to upcycle waste plastic into high value carbon nanoparticles.
Rnano’s primary product is a sophisticated carbon nanoparticle that offers a green replacement for
conventually manufactured carbon black used in industries such as tire and toner manufacturing.
VasoCorp [West Georgia College]
William Cross III (Captains), J ulian Brown & RaeAnna Hogle
NeuropAway™ uses a unique formula with ingredients that are highly effective at reducing nerve pain
related to neuropathy. A recent community-based study estimated that about 8 M people in the United States
currently suffer from some form of neuropathy. Additionally, about 30 M Americans suffer from diabetes
and are an increased risk for developing neuropathy. NeuropAway™ is the ONLY supplement that combines
vasodilators to treat both the cause and the symptoms of neuropathy.
Viapore [Georgia Institute of Technology]
Nathan Evans (Captain), Anne Hewett, Matthew Kroge, Brennan Torstrick, & Brad Schweizer
Viapore was founded to address unmet clinical needs in spinal fusion implants. Though the industry
is crowded, our device provides superior fusion, an advantage that addresses the critical problem of
poor bone integration with PEEK implants. Viapore’s path forward, after patent protection and FDA
approval, will be to use a small group of surgeons to implant the first-in-man devices and market
our implant’s effectiveness. We also plan to expand our platform technology to other applications
through both internal development and licensing opportunities. We exist to develop truly innovative
orthopedic implants that provides improved patient outcomes at an overall lower cost.
2015 Georgia Bowl Judges – Bracket A
Ms. Annette FORSTER, President/CEO, MyCOi
Annette Forster earned her MBA from Simmons College in Marketing and Strategic Management after her undergraduate
Pre-Med studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked in a wide variety of industries, including aerospace,
consulting, entertainment, health care, high tech, personnel services, retailing, and transportation and logistics, in the U.S.
and overseas. She has worked in startups, turnarounds, and firms involved in major global change efforts. Annette has
developed business plans for local, regional, and national startups, and global strategic plans for firms in the Fortune 50.
For 10 years, she worked with the UPS in its efforts to become a global overnight package delivery service, and cashed
out after UPS’s IPO in 1999, Annette was VP Planning for Z-Tel Communications prior to founding My Corporate Office,
which specializes in providing services and support to entrepreneurs and businesses in growth and transition. Annette was
also a member of the Board of Directors of LMG, an Atlanta-based non-profit specializing in refugee resettlement,
international adoptions, and children’s services.
Andrew MALISZEWSKI, President, Maliszewski & Associates, LLC
Andrew has spent 25+ years promoting the use of information technologies in mission critical and challenging
environments. He has founded start-ups and led product and business development initiatives around the globe.
Currently, he provides strategic management and business development consulting services to computer, software, and
networking systems providers. He also develops and helps to accelerate market expansion through both organic strategies
and acquisitions that leverage his strong experience in the field. Recently, his experience has focused principally on
assisting leading firms targeting expansion into the wireless mobile resource management, defense and security, air traffic
control, industrial automation, and digital signage and surveillance markets.
Tom MEREDITH, Founder & CEO, P-2-P Cash
Tomis Founder and CEO of P-2-P Cash., which provides eWallets to its customers that are compatible with Microsoft’s,
Quicken’s, and CheckFree’s technologies for sending cash using cellphones anywhere in the world. Because P-2P leverages the
Internet, its costs are negligible so it can provide much better access to cash in any country than can Western Union at ½the cost
and still make over 90% gross margins. Tomis a 22-year veteran of the computer industry. His experience is in new technology
implementation and marketing. Prior to starting P-2-P Cash, Tomwas President and CEO of Internet Strategy Partners, Internet
Gaming, and VoxLink Corporation. Internet Strategy Partners specializes in strategy consulting and software development to
new and established companies and not-for-profit organizations, whose operations can be significantly enhanced through the
innovative use of the Internet. Internet Gaming provides gaming software and services to the casino industry offshore and the
Native American Bingo industry domestically. VoxLink integrated telephone voice mail and computer e-mail thereby creating
Multi-Media Messaging for Fortune 500 companies. Earlier, Tomwas responsible for introducing personal computers into the
retail channel for Digital Equipment Corporation, as well as being a Technical EOM Sales Representative. He directed sales and
marketing at the first computer clone company, Franklin Computers, as Western Regional Manager. As Director of EOM
Development, he also directed the EOM strategy at Lisp Machine, an artificial intelligence company. Tomholds an Engineering
Degree fromStanford University where he graduated in three years on an accelerated program, and an MBA fromthe Harvard
Business School
Ed McPHERSON, CEO, Akorn, Inc.
Ed has over 40 years of consulting, management and technology experience designing and building advanced technology
solutions for clients in the insurance, healthcare, financial, legal and retail industries. Ed is a popular speaker, panelist,
professor, subject matter expert and author on technology related topics such as managed information security and risk
management, electronic commerce, image and document management processing, implementing complex and run away
systems, software development and implementation, outsourcing/offshoring, developing and setting up shared services,
merger and acquisition approaches/integration, business divestitures. During his 15 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) he helped clients with IT performance improvement approaches in the area of software development and
implementation and served clients with designing, developing and implementing enterprise security solutions, determining
the vendor tools to be implemented, supporting implementation of the selected tools, developing security and privacy
policies, processes, training and awareness programs to support the security strategy and building the Incident Response
and Forensics capabilities. Prior to PwC he spent 10 years as a Vice President of Consulting for two software companies.
During that time he designed, developed and implemented main frame, mid-range and personal computer applications for
the Life, Health, and Property and Causality insurance industry. These systems addressed the processing of claim
payments, administration, billing, flexible benefits and third party administration. Ed received his J uris Doctor Law from
Woodrow Wilson College of Law, and a Masters in Information and Computer Sciences and a Bachelors in Industrial
Management both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
2015 Georgia Bowl
®
Judges – Bracket B
Hadiya CLAXTON, Esquire, Founder & Principal, The Claxton Firm
Hadiya Claxton is an attorney-at-law who is founder and principal of The Claxton Firm LLC. Prior to founding the firm,
Hadiya worked at King & Spalding LLP for over 7 years. Hadiya represents large corporations in their day to day
transactions and corporate needs including drafting product licensing agreements, trademark licensing agreements, and
other commercial contracts, and general counseling. She also represents clients involved in a wide range of commercial
transactions, including leasing, acquisition, development and disposition of office buildings, industrial properties,
apartment projects and other mixed-use developments. Hadiya received a Bachelor’s summa cum laude from Spelman
College and a J D from the Harvard Law School. Hadiya has been featured twice in Who’s Who in Black Atlanta, 2007
and 2009 editions, and she is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia. She also serves on the Board of Directors of a
DeKalb County charter school.
Kathleen KURRE, Founder & President, Fusion Advisors
Kathleen has 30+years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur and has founded Fusion Advisors, which operates on
the leading edge of technology adoption and organizational change where people, process and technology intersect for
success. As CEO of two venture capital backed healthcare technology services companies and a social entrepreneurship,
technology services non-profit, she has raised significant amounts of capital and developed and executed strategies and
business models that have brought new ideas to market and in the process created sustainable revenues, operating margins,
and organizations. Kathleen’s has deep experience in the healthcare, technology and financial services sectors in both large
corporations (PNCBank, KPMG, Ageon, Humana) and entrepreneurial start-ups (Healthcare Recoveries, Intellego); as well
as social entrepreneurship (TechBridge). Kathleen was on the faculty at Georgia Tech, and continues as an Executive-in-
Residence at the Scheller College of Business. Her teaching included leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology
commercialization. She is a speaker on leadership, creativity, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and the creation of
new business models, such as the triple bottom line (financial, environment and community). She has been a member of the
boards of directors for a public company, a private/public partnership company, a government agency, and a range of human
services and arts related nonprofits in both Atlanta and Louisville, KY. Kathleen has a B.S., Mathematics from Purdue
University and a Masters of Divinity in Spiritual Peacemaking, Beloved Community, Ashland OR.
I. Sigmund MOSLEY, Jr., President, Imlay Investments, Inc.
Sig Mosley is the Managing Partner of Mosley Ventures, a venture fund investing in early stage technology startups in the
Southeast. Widely regarded as “The Godfather of Angel Investing,” a title Sig Mosley earned as president of Imlay
Investments, Inc. Since 1990, Sig has been the most prolific Southeast investor in 120 startups with 82 liquidity events.
Sig is the current record holder of the largest Southeast Venture deal with the $5.7 Billion acquisition of Tradex by Ariba.
From 1968 to 1969, Mosley was employed by Peat Marwick & Mitchell as a staff accountant. He joined Management
Science America, Inc. in 1969 as a staff accountant and served as secretary-treasurer from 1972 to 1990 and was a vice
president from 1982 to 1991. Mosley serves on the board of directors of 16 private companies. In addition, he is a
director of The Imlay Foundation, Techbridge, and Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast. Mosley is also a director
of GATV, the CEO Council and TAG, and he serves on the advisory board of the ATDC, the investment committee of
Gray Ghost DOEN Social Ventures Coöper, and on the GRA Venture Fund Board. Mosley is managing member of
Flashpoint Investors, LLC. Sig was inducted into Georgia Technology Hall of Fame in 2007, and received TiE’s Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2011. Sig is the 2012 Speaker of the Year award recipient from Emory Pelham Education
Foundation. He is a member of the Invest Georgia Roundtable, a joint venture capital initiative by the House, Senate and
private industry leaders. Mosley received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University in 1968. His
hobbies include golfing, coin collecting, and reading.
Randy TAYLOR, President & Co-Founder, HydroCoal Technologies
Randy has worked closely with HydroCoal’s inventor and patent counsel to prepare the company’s myriad patent
applications. He has also recruited an active advisory board and begun to develop key accounts and strategic partnerships.
He has a 25 years track record managing the development and market entry of new products based on breakthrough
technologies, beginning with thin film computer disks during the early days of the personal computer industry. More
recently he was responsible for marketing and business development at Taalee, a semantic search engine where he
developed the strategic relationship with Voquette, which subsequently purchased the company. Previously, Randy led the
development and integration of necessary hardware, software and network components for a family of wireless enterprise
data applications as a means to drive traffic on GTE Wireless’s network. This effort helped to define the customer’s value
proposition, develop and development of key customer accounts by field sales personnel, and guide national rollout to
GTE’s field sales teams. Randy studied physics and the anthropology of culture change at MIT before graduating with a
BS with honors (Decision Sciences and Strategic Management) from the Wharton School.
2015 GEORGIA BOWL
®
FINALS SCHEDULE
0BSaturday, February 7, 2015
Scheller College of Business, Room 201
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 3030
1BTIME 2BFINALIST PRESENTATIONS
8:45– 55
WELCOME TO 2015 GEORGIA BOWL® FINALS
Dr. Charles Hofer
Judges
Annette FORSTER, President/CEO, MyCOi
Dr. Paul LOPEZ, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Elemental Funding
I. Sigmund MOSLEY, Jr., President, Imlay Investments, Inc.
Karen RANDS, Founder & CEO, Launch Funding Network
Richard TETERS, Jr., Founding President, The SciTek Group
Alan URECH, Founder & Principal, Stoney River Capital
09:00 –
09:40
09:50 –
10:34
10:30 –
10:50
Break
10:50 –
11:30
11:40 –
12:20
12:20 –
12:50
3BJUDGES’ DECISION MAKING
01:00
ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2015 RESULTS*
? The Winner of the 2015 Georgia Bowl
®
Competition receives an “Automatic” Entry
into “Venture Labs
®
” – the “Super Bowl” of ALL Business Plan Competitions
? Teams may practice in Scheller College of Business Rooms 202 &203
SPONSORS
Georgia Institute of Technology
TiE Atlanta & Dr. Paul Lopez
Dr. Charles Hofer
2015 Georgia Bowl
®
Judges – Finals
Annette FORSTER, President/CEO, MyCOi
I. Sigmund MOSLEY, Jr., President, Imlay Investments, Inc.
Dr. Paul Lopez, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Elemental Funding
Dr. Lopez is a Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Element Funding, a residential mortgage lender with branches
across Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina (www.elementfunding.com) that has served over 18,000 families with $3
billion in mortgage financing since opening as a startup business in the summer of 2007 when the housing industry was
not the place to be. In his corporate career, Paul was Executive Vice President of Business Development & Sales at
HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation. Prior to that, he was employed in high tech for 20 years at IBM and Xerox in field and
headquarters positions, and has been a faculty member at the business schools of Kennesaw State University and
California State University. Paul is highly involved in the community, currently serving on the boards of MUST
Ministries and Action Ministries, and co-chairs the TiE-Atlanta chapter’s Entrepreneurship Competition for universities
across Georgia. Previously, he was chair of the Professional Advisors Committee to the Community Foundation for NE
Georgia. Dr. Lopez holds a doctorate in business administration from Louisiana Tech University, and an MBA from the
Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Karen RANDS, Founder & CEO, Launch Funding Network
Karen Rands is a Venture Catalyst and a Compassionate Capitalist. She helps provide needed capital and resources to
emerging growth companies to bring innovation to the market, create jobs, and ultimately create wealth for the founders
and investors. Entrepreneurs are helped through the knowledge and services offered by her company, the Launch
Funding Network (LAUNCHfn), which has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs gain access to capital with her Access to
Capital System
©
. Investors can join the Network of Business Angels and Investors (NBAI), which was named one of the
top 50 angel groups in the U.S. by Fortune magazine in 2009. Karen is a dominant force in the entrepreneur and investor
markets with her published articles, frequent speaking engagements, blogs (www.EntrepreneurBlogSpace.com and
www.MyVirtualAngelWorld.com), and weekly radio show The Compassionate Capitalist” (catch replays at
www.blogtalkradio.com/karen-rands)
Richard TETERS, Jr., Founding President, The SciTek Group
The SciTek Group grows science and technology based businesses by making these companies sustainable and fundable.
Teters also founded Knowledge Ventures, which specializes in the commercialization of science and technology. He was
also Chief Executive Officer of a midsize financial services and accounting organization for 5 years. He spent 30 years in
the Army retiring in 1998, as a Colonel, Finance Corps. He was Chief of Staff, US Army Recruiting Command, a 13,000
person sales and marketing organization reporting directly to the Pentagon. Academically, he served as Director of
Kennesaw State University’s Center for Industrial Collaboration and has mentored in Georgia Tech’s TI:GER
(Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results) Program. He has an MS in Management Science, American
Technological University, a BA in Political Science, Northwestern State University, and is an International and National
Strategic Policy Graduate of the US Army War College. He is also a former member of the National Center for Nonprofit
Boards (Now Board-Source).
Alan URECH, Managing Partner, Stoney River Capital Partners
Alan Urech is the Managing Partner and Principal at Stoney River Capital Partners LLC, an Angel-backed consultancy.
He .has over 35 years of experience successfully developing, commercializing and scaling entrepreneurial businesses by
using his strategic, tactical and operational leadership skills. He has developed a proven and focused business process
which uses over 54 business templates to help organizations understand their business and scale practically and
methodically. His background includes HBO & Company, a healthcare information technology management company
from their early years in 1978. HBO&C was sold to McKesson in 1998 for $13.8 B. He is an investor in 200 Peachtree
Special Events Center and works with and invests in numerous other start-ups. He is also on the faculty of Georgia State
University’s Robinson College of Business, and teaches at the Herman Russell International Center for Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Urech is on numerous boards including the TAG Health Board of Directors, TAG Corporate Development Board of
Directors, Georgia State University's Health Institute Board of Advisors, and GSU's Center for Health Information
Technology. He is a frequent judge of numerous Business Plan competitions, including the Georgia Bowl and the Global
Venture Labs Investment Competition (formerly the Moot Corp). He has been a member of the Kettering Executive
Network over 10 years supporting members in their career transitions. Urech worked at the Vatican for five years as part
of a team developing its information technology strategy leverage emerging internet technologies to support the growth of
the Roman Catholic Church. He was also the Chairman and President of the North Georgia Council in the Saint Vincent
de Paul Society of North Georgia from 1996–2002. He holds a M.H.A. in Health Administration, a B.S. in Laboratory
Sciences, is a registered Medical Technologist, MT (ASCP), and is a Six Sigma certified Green Belt.
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This presentation explain the 2015 georgia bowl business plan competition.
THE 2015 GEORGIA BOWL
®
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
DESCRIPTION
The Georgia Bowl
®
is a competition among teams of MBA students from leading
colleges and universities throughout the Southeast based on ideas for new businesses
that these teams have developed during the preceding year at their respective schools.
DAY & DATE
Friday & Saturday 6 & 7 February 2015
LOCATION
SCHELLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
800 WEST PEACHTREE STREET, NW
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ATLANTA, GA 30308
SPONSORS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
TiE ATLANTA, and DRS. PAUL LOPEZ & CHARLES HOFER
THE GEORGIA BOWL
®
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
The Georgia Bowl
®
is an annual competition among the aspiring future entrepreneurs and business
leaders attending the M.B.A. programs at leading colleges and universities throughout the Southeast.
It is the oldest Regional and second oldest National Business Plan Competition in the world. The
Georgia Bowl
®
started as a competition among all MBA Programs in the State of Georgia, and later
expanded to include leading colleges and universities in the eleven states closest to Georgia; namely,
Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. The Competition is held in
early February of each year. Its participants are the student teams that have won New Venture
Business Plan competitions held at each of the participating schools during the preceding fall term.
The primary purposes of the Georgia Bowl
®
Competition are:
(1) To strengthen and improve the overall quality of the entrepreneurship and small
business education offered at each participating school;
(2) To identify and acknowledge those students who have, through their own creativity,
insight, and effort, done the best job of developing new business ideas that promise to
enhance the future economic development of the participating States; and
(3) To communicate to the citizens of these States the outstanding entrepreneurship and
small business educational opportunities available at the leading public and private
universities throughout the Region, thereby increasing their understanding of the
teaching and research functions of these institutions, and hopefully strengthening their
support for these institutions.
During the Competition, each of the teams involved will present its ideas vis-a-vis a prospective new
venture to a panel of judges selected from Georgia’s business and financial communities. Typically,
each presentation will last 20 to 25 minutes followed by a question and answer period of 20 to 25
minutes. In total, each team will have 40 minutes for its presentation and question and answer
period. After all the teams have made their presentations, the judges will choose a winner, and a
second, and a third place team based on: (1) the likelihood of successful short-term startup of the
proposed ventures; (2) the long-term profit and market potential of the proposed ventures; (3) the
ability of the ventures’ management teams to successfully implement their proposed plans; (4) the
returns the proposed ventures will provide to their investors for the risks incurred; and (5) the quality
of each team’s presentation analysis. The top three teams are presented plaques to commemorate
their achievements, and the top ranked team receives invitations to participate in other national and
international business plan competitions. The winning school can also enter a second team in a
future Georgia Bowl
®
Competition.
The Georgia Bowl
®
was founded by Dr. Charles W. Hofer, Retired Regents Professor of Strategy &
Entrepreneurship, Kennesaw State University. Its founding co-sponsors were BDO Seidman, a
leading accounting and consulting firm specializing in services to entrepreneurial organizations, and
the Business and Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization of Georgians interested in
technology development in the state of Georgia.
2015 Georgia Bowl Schedule
Opening Round: Friday, February 6, 2015
Technology Square Research Building, Georgia Institute of Technology
85 Fifth Street NW, Atlanta GA 30308
TIME
BRACKET A: TSRB Auditorium
Information Technology & Product Design
BRACKET B: TSRB Room 132
Energy, Healthcare & Other
08:00–
08:15
INTRODUCTION & WELCOME TSRB Auditorium
Judges
Annette Forster, CEO, MyCOi
Andrew Malizewski, CEO, Malizewski Associates
Tom Meredith, CEO, P2P Cash
Ed McPherson, KSU Technology Innovation Center
Hadiva Claxton, Founder, The Claxton Firm
Kathleen Kurre, President, Fusion Advisors
Sig Mosley, President, Imlay Investments
Randy Taylor, CEO, HydroCoal Technologies
08:20–
09:00
Engagely [Louisville]
Gil Roberts (Captain), Christopher Shelton,
& Ben Gries
Rnano [Illinois, Chicago]
Rick Lasco (Captain) & J ames Furlong
09:10–
09:50
Allview Informatics [Manitoba]
Sam Fay (Captain), Kathleen Bluesky,
Michael Deluca, & Sunny Singh
M-Power [Arkansas]
Mirna Ordoñez (Captain), Amy Turner,
Keaton Smith, & Sawyer Burnett
10:00–
10: 40
ColterDurham [Texas]
Britt Talbert (Captain), Ryon Brown,
& Matt Dorsey
VasoCorp [West Georgia]
William Cross III (Captain), J ulian Brown
& RaeAnna Hogle
10:40–
11:00
BREAK BREAK
11:00–
11:40
Guru Skins [Tennessee]
J aske Rheude (Captain) & J ennifer J erinagan
Home Grown Brewing [Louisville]
Matt Terves (Captain) & Kelly Crush
11:50–
12:30
Red Natural [Kentucky]
J oanna Foresman (Captain); J eremy Madigan;
Andrew Wachs & Wen Zhao
Viapore [Georgia Tech]
Nathan Evans (Captain), Anne Hewett, Matthew
Kroge, Brennan Torstrick, & Brad Schweizer
12:30-
01:30
LUNCH BREAK & J UDGES’ DECISION MAKING
ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS @ 01: 30 in ROOM
01:30-
02:15
FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
02:20-
03:05
FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
03:15-
04:00
NON-FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
NON-FINALIST 1
FEEDBACK
04:10-
04:55
NON-FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
NON-FINALIST 2
FEEDBACK
05:00-
05:45
NON-FINALIST 3
FEEDBACK
NON-FINALIST 3
FEEDBACK
06:00
07:30
SOCIAL FOR ALL TEAMS & JUDGES @ RAY’s
Practice Rooms:
TSRB Room 133 (Bracket 1), TSRB Room 134 (Bracket 2)
SPONSORS
Georgia Institute of Technology,
TiE Atlanta & Dr. Charles Hofer
2015 Georgia Bowl Teams
I. Bracket A: Information Technology & Consumer Product Ventures
Allview Informatics [University of Manitoba]
Sam Fay (Captain), Kathleen Bluesky, Michael Deluca & Sunny Singh
Allview Informatics is a software system for retail environments which uses existing CCTV infrastructure to
analyze customer movement patterns anonymously. The analysis focuses on dwell time and customer
movement and can aggregate data over time to provide valuable information on customer interaction with
their environment. This information can then be used to measure the outcome of promotion campaigns or
changes to store layout or design to name two types of output.
ColterDurham [University of Texas]
Britt Talbert (Captain), Ryon Brown & Matt Dorsey
ColterDurham is a product design startup company in Austin, Texas. ColterDurham’s flagship product, the
StowCart, is a rugged storage and mobility device that converts from an upright storage frame to a multi-
purpose handcart. Its design embodies a unique combination of effort/load arms (the lever) with a pivot axle
(the fulcrum) to provide lift assistance, making it easy to operate and maneuver. The StowCart’s base and
large wheels allows it to transport up to 200 lb. of cargo over rough terrain. ColterDurham has filed a U.S.
non provisional patent application for the StowCart as well as a PCT filing. Expansion of this product line is
expected to include a line of modular kits and various storage containers that attach to the StowCart.
Engagely, LLC [University of Louisville]
Gil Roberts (Captain), Christopher Shelton & Ben Gries
Engagely provides the next generation of website security while allowing web publishers and data buyers to
gain real-time insights from legitimate visitors. Using proprietary human verification algorithms developed by
two University of Louisville PhD students, our Survette polls visitors instead of asking them to type in
squiggly, fuzzy letters. Web publishers use Survette to better understand their customers and prove user
demographics to advertisers, winning better ad revenue while decreasing costs associated with spam. Engagely
leverages this website network by selling access to data firms, brand managers, and market researchers
interested in gauging consumer preference, brand awareness, customer loyalty, and other insights.
Guru Skins [University of Tennessee]
J ake Rheude (Captain) & J ennifer J erinagan
Guru Skins serves to foster an online community of action sports participants and design enthusiasts by
providing an interactive online website that allows user generated graphic designs of skis, snowboards, wake
boards, surfboards, and skateboards to be submitted, critiqued, ranked, and purchased. We do this through a
crowdsourcing website that allows anyone with amateur or professional graphic design skills to participate
by downloading a Photoshop template to use while creating their designs. Submitted designs are voted on,
and those with significant votes “win”: and are printed as a waterproof vinyl wrap and over-laminate
adhesive film in limited quantities and made available for purchase through the e-commerce branch of the
website. Designers whose pieces are posted for sale earn 15% to 30% of profits for each skin sold.
Red Natural [University of Kentucky]
J oanna Foresman (Captain); J eremy Madigan; Andrew Wachs & Wen Zhao
Red Natural, LLC is positioned to become a leading supplier of natural red food coloring replacing Red 40, a
synthetic chemical widely used by the food and drink industry in gelatins, puddings, dairy products, confections,
beverages, and condiments. Based on a discovery at the University of Kentucky of a new breed of sweet sorghum
that produces red pigments in the leaves of the plant, this new, all natural, vegan, non-GMO, source is a direct
substitute for Red 40 and much more economical to produce than other natural sources such as purple sweet potatoes
and cochineal insect extract. The food dye industry exceeds $1.5 billion today and is expected to grow to $2.3 billion
by 2019. Red food coloring represents 37% of this market opportunity. Synthetic food colors are already banned in
Europe based on studies showing linkages to hyperactivity and allergies in children. Starbucks, Frito-Lay, and many
other companies are rapidly joining the movement to natural food dyes. Red Natural will quickly become a leading
alternative based on its pH stability, pigment yield, and affordability compared to competitors.
2015 Georgia Bowl Teams
II. Bracket B Energy, Healthcare & Other Ventures
Home Grown Brewing Company [University of Louisville]
Matt Terves (Captain) & Kelly Crush
Homegrown Brewing Company is an innovative concept for a microbrewery that will collaborate with the
local craft beer community to create its beer. We will host contests for home-brewers to enter their best
beers, and allow craft beer drinkers to vote on their favorites. The winning beers will become flagship beers
for the microbrewery. With two passionate home-brewers leading the way, and a concept that uniquely
appeals to the craft beer community, we believe we can excel in the $14.3 billion craft beer market. Because
we offer something different from every other microbrewery: beer that is “crafted by the people, for the
people.”
M-Power [University of Arkansas]
Mirna Ordoñez (Captain), Amy Turner, Keaton Smith, &Sawyer Burnett
M-Power plans to address the renewable energy market in the Dominican Republic by selling photovoltaic
systems to industrial and commercial customers, specifically to hotels, since the touristic industry is the largest
in this country. There are major pains in the energy industry such as the high price of electricity, unreliability
of the outdated grid, and lack of financing for alternative energy sources. The government of the Dominican
Republic has enacted a law that supports companies, especially foreign companies to go to the country, and
develop businesses to improve the quality of energy for the population. There are several other driving forces
for a high demand of electricity in the country such as population increase, DR-CAFTA, increasing prices of
oil, among others. Our team has the leadership and strategies to address these market pains
Rnano [University of Illinois, Chicago]
Rick Lasco (Captain) & J ames Furlong
Rnano develops technology and processes to upcycle waste plastic into high value carbon nanoparticles.
Rnano’s primary product is a sophisticated carbon nanoparticle that offers a green replacement for
conventually manufactured carbon black used in industries such as tire and toner manufacturing.
VasoCorp [West Georgia College]
William Cross III (Captains), J ulian Brown & RaeAnna Hogle
NeuropAway™ uses a unique formula with ingredients that are highly effective at reducing nerve pain
related to neuropathy. A recent community-based study estimated that about 8 M people in the United States
currently suffer from some form of neuropathy. Additionally, about 30 M Americans suffer from diabetes
and are an increased risk for developing neuropathy. NeuropAway™ is the ONLY supplement that combines
vasodilators to treat both the cause and the symptoms of neuropathy.
Viapore [Georgia Institute of Technology]
Nathan Evans (Captain), Anne Hewett, Matthew Kroge, Brennan Torstrick, & Brad Schweizer
Viapore was founded to address unmet clinical needs in spinal fusion implants. Though the industry
is crowded, our device provides superior fusion, an advantage that addresses the critical problem of
poor bone integration with PEEK implants. Viapore’s path forward, after patent protection and FDA
approval, will be to use a small group of surgeons to implant the first-in-man devices and market
our implant’s effectiveness. We also plan to expand our platform technology to other applications
through both internal development and licensing opportunities. We exist to develop truly innovative
orthopedic implants that provides improved patient outcomes at an overall lower cost.
2015 Georgia Bowl Judges – Bracket A
Ms. Annette FORSTER, President/CEO, MyCOi
Annette Forster earned her MBA from Simmons College in Marketing and Strategic Management after her undergraduate
Pre-Med studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked in a wide variety of industries, including aerospace,
consulting, entertainment, health care, high tech, personnel services, retailing, and transportation and logistics, in the U.S.
and overseas. She has worked in startups, turnarounds, and firms involved in major global change efforts. Annette has
developed business plans for local, regional, and national startups, and global strategic plans for firms in the Fortune 50.
For 10 years, she worked with the UPS in its efforts to become a global overnight package delivery service, and cashed
out after UPS’s IPO in 1999, Annette was VP Planning for Z-Tel Communications prior to founding My Corporate Office,
which specializes in providing services and support to entrepreneurs and businesses in growth and transition. Annette was
also a member of the Board of Directors of LMG, an Atlanta-based non-profit specializing in refugee resettlement,
international adoptions, and children’s services.
Andrew MALISZEWSKI, President, Maliszewski & Associates, LLC
Andrew has spent 25+ years promoting the use of information technologies in mission critical and challenging
environments. He has founded start-ups and led product and business development initiatives around the globe.
Currently, he provides strategic management and business development consulting services to computer, software, and
networking systems providers. He also develops and helps to accelerate market expansion through both organic strategies
and acquisitions that leverage his strong experience in the field. Recently, his experience has focused principally on
assisting leading firms targeting expansion into the wireless mobile resource management, defense and security, air traffic
control, industrial automation, and digital signage and surveillance markets.
Tom MEREDITH, Founder & CEO, P-2-P Cash
Tomis Founder and CEO of P-2-P Cash., which provides eWallets to its customers that are compatible with Microsoft’s,
Quicken’s, and CheckFree’s technologies for sending cash using cellphones anywhere in the world. Because P-2P leverages the
Internet, its costs are negligible so it can provide much better access to cash in any country than can Western Union at ½the cost
and still make over 90% gross margins. Tomis a 22-year veteran of the computer industry. His experience is in new technology
implementation and marketing. Prior to starting P-2-P Cash, Tomwas President and CEO of Internet Strategy Partners, Internet
Gaming, and VoxLink Corporation. Internet Strategy Partners specializes in strategy consulting and software development to
new and established companies and not-for-profit organizations, whose operations can be significantly enhanced through the
innovative use of the Internet. Internet Gaming provides gaming software and services to the casino industry offshore and the
Native American Bingo industry domestically. VoxLink integrated telephone voice mail and computer e-mail thereby creating
Multi-Media Messaging for Fortune 500 companies. Earlier, Tomwas responsible for introducing personal computers into the
retail channel for Digital Equipment Corporation, as well as being a Technical EOM Sales Representative. He directed sales and
marketing at the first computer clone company, Franklin Computers, as Western Regional Manager. As Director of EOM
Development, he also directed the EOM strategy at Lisp Machine, an artificial intelligence company. Tomholds an Engineering
Degree fromStanford University where he graduated in three years on an accelerated program, and an MBA fromthe Harvard
Business School
Ed McPHERSON, CEO, Akorn, Inc.
Ed has over 40 years of consulting, management and technology experience designing and building advanced technology
solutions for clients in the insurance, healthcare, financial, legal and retail industries. Ed is a popular speaker, panelist,
professor, subject matter expert and author on technology related topics such as managed information security and risk
management, electronic commerce, image and document management processing, implementing complex and run away
systems, software development and implementation, outsourcing/offshoring, developing and setting up shared services,
merger and acquisition approaches/integration, business divestitures. During his 15 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) he helped clients with IT performance improvement approaches in the area of software development and
implementation and served clients with designing, developing and implementing enterprise security solutions, determining
the vendor tools to be implemented, supporting implementation of the selected tools, developing security and privacy
policies, processes, training and awareness programs to support the security strategy and building the Incident Response
and Forensics capabilities. Prior to PwC he spent 10 years as a Vice President of Consulting for two software companies.
During that time he designed, developed and implemented main frame, mid-range and personal computer applications for
the Life, Health, and Property and Causality insurance industry. These systems addressed the processing of claim
payments, administration, billing, flexible benefits and third party administration. Ed received his J uris Doctor Law from
Woodrow Wilson College of Law, and a Masters in Information and Computer Sciences and a Bachelors in Industrial
Management both from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
2015 Georgia Bowl
®
Judges – Bracket B
Hadiya CLAXTON, Esquire, Founder & Principal, The Claxton Firm
Hadiya Claxton is an attorney-at-law who is founder and principal of The Claxton Firm LLC. Prior to founding the firm,
Hadiya worked at King & Spalding LLP for over 7 years. Hadiya represents large corporations in their day to day
transactions and corporate needs including drafting product licensing agreements, trademark licensing agreements, and
other commercial contracts, and general counseling. She also represents clients involved in a wide range of commercial
transactions, including leasing, acquisition, development and disposition of office buildings, industrial properties,
apartment projects and other mixed-use developments. Hadiya received a Bachelor’s summa cum laude from Spelman
College and a J D from the Harvard Law School. Hadiya has been featured twice in Who’s Who in Black Atlanta, 2007
and 2009 editions, and she is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia. She also serves on the Board of Directors of a
DeKalb County charter school.
Kathleen KURRE, Founder & President, Fusion Advisors
Kathleen has 30+years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur and has founded Fusion Advisors, which operates on
the leading edge of technology adoption and organizational change where people, process and technology intersect for
success. As CEO of two venture capital backed healthcare technology services companies and a social entrepreneurship,
technology services non-profit, she has raised significant amounts of capital and developed and executed strategies and
business models that have brought new ideas to market and in the process created sustainable revenues, operating margins,
and organizations. Kathleen’s has deep experience in the healthcare, technology and financial services sectors in both large
corporations (PNCBank, KPMG, Ageon, Humana) and entrepreneurial start-ups (Healthcare Recoveries, Intellego); as well
as social entrepreneurship (TechBridge). Kathleen was on the faculty at Georgia Tech, and continues as an Executive-in-
Residence at the Scheller College of Business. Her teaching included leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology
commercialization. She is a speaker on leadership, creativity, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and the creation of
new business models, such as the triple bottom line (financial, environment and community). She has been a member of the
boards of directors for a public company, a private/public partnership company, a government agency, and a range of human
services and arts related nonprofits in both Atlanta and Louisville, KY. Kathleen has a B.S., Mathematics from Purdue
University and a Masters of Divinity in Spiritual Peacemaking, Beloved Community, Ashland OR.
I. Sigmund MOSLEY, Jr., President, Imlay Investments, Inc.
Sig Mosley is the Managing Partner of Mosley Ventures, a venture fund investing in early stage technology startups in the
Southeast. Widely regarded as “The Godfather of Angel Investing,” a title Sig Mosley earned as president of Imlay
Investments, Inc. Since 1990, Sig has been the most prolific Southeast investor in 120 startups with 82 liquidity events.
Sig is the current record holder of the largest Southeast Venture deal with the $5.7 Billion acquisition of Tradex by Ariba.
From 1968 to 1969, Mosley was employed by Peat Marwick & Mitchell as a staff accountant. He joined Management
Science America, Inc. in 1969 as a staff accountant and served as secretary-treasurer from 1972 to 1990 and was a vice
president from 1982 to 1991. Mosley serves on the board of directors of 16 private companies. In addition, he is a
director of The Imlay Foundation, Techbridge, and Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast. Mosley is also a director
of GATV, the CEO Council and TAG, and he serves on the advisory board of the ATDC, the investment committee of
Gray Ghost DOEN Social Ventures Coöper, and on the GRA Venture Fund Board. Mosley is managing member of
Flashpoint Investors, LLC. Sig was inducted into Georgia Technology Hall of Fame in 2007, and received TiE’s Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2011. Sig is the 2012 Speaker of the Year award recipient from Emory Pelham Education
Foundation. He is a member of the Invest Georgia Roundtable, a joint venture capital initiative by the House, Senate and
private industry leaders. Mosley received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University in 1968. His
hobbies include golfing, coin collecting, and reading.
Randy TAYLOR, President & Co-Founder, HydroCoal Technologies
Randy has worked closely with HydroCoal’s inventor and patent counsel to prepare the company’s myriad patent
applications. He has also recruited an active advisory board and begun to develop key accounts and strategic partnerships.
He has a 25 years track record managing the development and market entry of new products based on breakthrough
technologies, beginning with thin film computer disks during the early days of the personal computer industry. More
recently he was responsible for marketing and business development at Taalee, a semantic search engine where he
developed the strategic relationship with Voquette, which subsequently purchased the company. Previously, Randy led the
development and integration of necessary hardware, software and network components for a family of wireless enterprise
data applications as a means to drive traffic on GTE Wireless’s network. This effort helped to define the customer’s value
proposition, develop and development of key customer accounts by field sales personnel, and guide national rollout to
GTE’s field sales teams. Randy studied physics and the anthropology of culture change at MIT before graduating with a
BS with honors (Decision Sciences and Strategic Management) from the Wharton School.
2015 GEORGIA BOWL
®
FINALS SCHEDULE
0BSaturday, February 7, 2015
Scheller College of Business, Room 201
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 3030
1BTIME 2BFINALIST PRESENTATIONS
8:45– 55
WELCOME TO 2015 GEORGIA BOWL® FINALS
Dr. Charles Hofer
Judges
Annette FORSTER, President/CEO, MyCOi
Dr. Paul LOPEZ, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Elemental Funding
I. Sigmund MOSLEY, Jr., President, Imlay Investments, Inc.
Karen RANDS, Founder & CEO, Launch Funding Network
Richard TETERS, Jr., Founding President, The SciTek Group
Alan URECH, Founder & Principal, Stoney River Capital
09:00 –
09:40
09:50 –
10:34
10:30 –
10:50
Break
10:50 –
11:30
11:40 –
12:20
12:20 –
12:50
3BJUDGES’ DECISION MAKING
01:00
ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2015 RESULTS*
? The Winner of the 2015 Georgia Bowl
®
Competition receives an “Automatic” Entry
into “Venture Labs
®
” – the “Super Bowl” of ALL Business Plan Competitions
? Teams may practice in Scheller College of Business Rooms 202 &203
SPONSORS
Georgia Institute of Technology
TiE Atlanta & Dr. Paul Lopez
Dr. Charles Hofer
2015 Georgia Bowl
®
Judges – Finals
Annette FORSTER, President/CEO, MyCOi
I. Sigmund MOSLEY, Jr., President, Imlay Investments, Inc.
Dr. Paul Lopez, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Elemental Funding
Dr. Lopez is a Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Element Funding, a residential mortgage lender with branches
across Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina (www.elementfunding.com) that has served over 18,000 families with $3
billion in mortgage financing since opening as a startup business in the summer of 2007 when the housing industry was
not the place to be. In his corporate career, Paul was Executive Vice President of Business Development & Sales at
HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation. Prior to that, he was employed in high tech for 20 years at IBM and Xerox in field and
headquarters positions, and has been a faculty member at the business schools of Kennesaw State University and
California State University. Paul is highly involved in the community, currently serving on the boards of MUST
Ministries and Action Ministries, and co-chairs the TiE-Atlanta chapter’s Entrepreneurship Competition for universities
across Georgia. Previously, he was chair of the Professional Advisors Committee to the Community Foundation for NE
Georgia. Dr. Lopez holds a doctorate in business administration from Louisiana Tech University, and an MBA from the
Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Karen RANDS, Founder & CEO, Launch Funding Network
Karen Rands is a Venture Catalyst and a Compassionate Capitalist. She helps provide needed capital and resources to
emerging growth companies to bring innovation to the market, create jobs, and ultimately create wealth for the founders
and investors. Entrepreneurs are helped through the knowledge and services offered by her company, the Launch
Funding Network (LAUNCHfn), which has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs gain access to capital with her Access to
Capital System
©
. Investors can join the Network of Business Angels and Investors (NBAI), which was named one of the
top 50 angel groups in the U.S. by Fortune magazine in 2009. Karen is a dominant force in the entrepreneur and investor
markets with her published articles, frequent speaking engagements, blogs (www.EntrepreneurBlogSpace.com and
www.MyVirtualAngelWorld.com), and weekly radio show The Compassionate Capitalist” (catch replays at
www.blogtalkradio.com/karen-rands)
Richard TETERS, Jr., Founding President, The SciTek Group
The SciTek Group grows science and technology based businesses by making these companies sustainable and fundable.
Teters also founded Knowledge Ventures, which specializes in the commercialization of science and technology. He was
also Chief Executive Officer of a midsize financial services and accounting organization for 5 years. He spent 30 years in
the Army retiring in 1998, as a Colonel, Finance Corps. He was Chief of Staff, US Army Recruiting Command, a 13,000
person sales and marketing organization reporting directly to the Pentagon. Academically, he served as Director of
Kennesaw State University’s Center for Industrial Collaboration and has mentored in Georgia Tech’s TI:GER
(Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results) Program. He has an MS in Management Science, American
Technological University, a BA in Political Science, Northwestern State University, and is an International and National
Strategic Policy Graduate of the US Army War College. He is also a former member of the National Center for Nonprofit
Boards (Now Board-Source).
Alan URECH, Managing Partner, Stoney River Capital Partners
Alan Urech is the Managing Partner and Principal at Stoney River Capital Partners LLC, an Angel-backed consultancy.
He .has over 35 years of experience successfully developing, commercializing and scaling entrepreneurial businesses by
using his strategic, tactical and operational leadership skills. He has developed a proven and focused business process
which uses over 54 business templates to help organizations understand their business and scale practically and
methodically. His background includes HBO & Company, a healthcare information technology management company
from their early years in 1978. HBO&C was sold to McKesson in 1998 for $13.8 B. He is an investor in 200 Peachtree
Special Events Center and works with and invests in numerous other start-ups. He is also on the faculty of Georgia State
University’s Robinson College of Business, and teaches at the Herman Russell International Center for Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Urech is on numerous boards including the TAG Health Board of Directors, TAG Corporate Development Board of
Directors, Georgia State University's Health Institute Board of Advisors, and GSU's Center for Health Information
Technology. He is a frequent judge of numerous Business Plan competitions, including the Georgia Bowl and the Global
Venture Labs Investment Competition (formerly the Moot Corp). He has been a member of the Kettering Executive
Network over 10 years supporting members in their career transitions. Urech worked at the Vatican for five years as part
of a team developing its information technology strategy leverage emerging internet technologies to support the growth of
the Roman Catholic Church. He was also the Chairman and President of the North Georgia Council in the Saint Vincent
de Paul Society of North Georgia from 1996–2002. He holds a M.H.A. in Health Administration, a B.S. in Laboratory
Sciences, is a registered Medical Technologist, MT (ASCP), and is a Six Sigma certified Green Belt.
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