Professional Staff

Eric Hill

Eric Alan Hill

Director of Entrepreneurship

(662) 325-2560
ehill@ecenter.msstate.edu

  Meet with Eric

Jeffrey Rupp

Director of Outreach

(662) 325-8122
jeffrey.rupp@msstate.edu

Ryan Gilbrech

Sr. Program Manager, Vicksburg

(757) 784-5947
rgilbrech@ecenter.msstate.edu

  Meet with Ryan

Terrence Green, Jr.

Community Manager, Cowork at the Hub

(662) 325-7705
tgreen@ecenter.msstate.edu

  Meet with Terrence

Garrison Walker

Program Coordinator, VentureCatalyst

(662) 325-4813
wgw86@msstate.edu

  Meet with Garrison

Margaret-Mary Coker

Finance & Operations Coordinator

(662) 325-2580
mmcoker@business.msstate.edu

E-Center Student Team Members

Hannah Smith
Sr. Client Specialist
Fashion Design & Merch (’24)
  Meet with Hannah

Emily Pettit
Client Specialist
Accounting (’24)
  Meet with Emily

Emily Pettit
Client Specialist
Accounting (’24)
  Meet with Emily

Lauren LaCroix
Client Specialist
Chemical Engineering (’26)
  Meet with Lauren

Taylor Rupp
Engagement Specialist
Business Administration (’24)

Cameron Cummings
Engagement Specialist
Software Engineering (’25)

Nicole Boulay
Marketing Specialist
Marketing (’24)

Rylee Yard
Marketing Specialist
Marketing (’25)

Dillon Scott
Advisory & Investor Network Specialist
Marketing (’23)

Ethan Fowler
Advisory & Investor Network Specialist
Finance (’24)

Vyusti Yadav
Advisory & Investor Network Specialist
Finance & Business Admin (’24)

Idea Shop Team

Steven Bailey
Idea Shop Manager

ph. (662) 268-6612
spb280@msstate.edu

Peer Review Entrepreneurship Panel (PREP)

Tyler Anthony
Co-Founder, Duet Technologies, LLC

Benjamin Bailey
Founder, Orator Studios, LLC

Stephen Caples
Co-Founder, BattleBells

Conor Ferguson
Founder and CEO, WISPR Systems

Ryan Gilbrech, Chair
Co-Founder & CEO, Meta Games, LLC

Rahul Gopal
Co-Founder, CampusKnot, Inc

Cameron Maddox
Co-Owner, Cowbell Carts, LLC

Logan Martin
Co-Founder, Live Music Networks, LLC

Sam Miller
Co-Founder, Live Music Networks, LLC

Charles Parker
CEO, Rod Sox, LLC

Calvin Waddy
Co-Founder & CEO, Rocketing, LLC

Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board (ECAB)

Executive Members

Boyce Adams, Sr.
President & CEO, BankTEL Systems, Inc. (bio)

Anna Barker
Vice President, Vibe, LLC (Glo)

Tal Clark
VP Sales & Founding Team Member, Money Network (acq.)

Lee Harris
CFO, PH Steel, Inc

Greg Hinkebein
Owner, Mississippi Global Technologies (bio)

Paul Luckett
Managing Partner, No Sky Solutions

Robert “RJ” Reed
President, Reed Food Technology

Hagan Walker
Co-Founder & CTO, Vibe, LLC (Glo)

John Walters
Co-Founder and President, NIGP Code Services (Acq.), Periscope Holdings, Inc. (bio)

Ben Walton
President, Mississippi Angel Network

Gary Watts
Founder & CEO, Fuse Cloud

Emeritus Members

Timothy Duncan
Founder, Talos Energy, LLC (bio)

Martin F. Jue
President and Founder, MFJ Enterprises, Inc.

David Latham
Chief Financial Officer, AGROdeviate, LLC

Tom Livingston
President and COO, Rampart IC

Wade Patterson
Co-Founder/CEO (Acq.), Synapse Wireless, Inc. (bio)

Faculty Members

Jeremy Clay, J.D.
Director, Office of Technology Management

Charles Freeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Apparel, Textiles and Merchandising

Randy Follett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Erik Markin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management

Melissa Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing

Robert Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing

Lori Neuenfeldt
Gallery Director and Instructor