Professional Staff

Nicholas Pashos, Ph.D.

Director & Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Management & Information Systems

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

Margaret-Mary Coker

Office Coordinator

(662) 325-8122
mmcoker@ecenter.msstate.edu

Garrison Walker

Program Coordinator, VentureCatalyst

(662) 325-4813
gwalker@ecenter.msstate.edu

  Meet with Garrison

Lara Taylor

Project Manager, CoWork @ the Hub & The Idea Shop @ MSU

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

Meet with Lara

Graduate Assistants

Max Wamsley
MBA TechVenture Fellow
B.S. (’20), Dr., Phil. in Chem. (’24), MBA (’25)

E-Center Student Team

Grant Houston
Client Specialist
Finance (’26)

Noah Carpenter
Sr. Client Specialist
Finance & Computer Science (’26)

Sadie Stevenson
Engagement Specialist
Communications (’27)

Gabrielle Boulay
Engagement Specialist
Business Marketing (’27)

Lillian Vincent
Marketing Specialist
Business Admin., Marketing (’26)

Catherine Cassimus
Marketing Specialist
Marketing (’27)

Reagan Favor
Marketing Specialist
Elementary Education (’27)

Idea Shop Student Team

Thomas Cagle
Design Build Specialist
Bldng. Const. Sci. (’26)

Maya Mabry
Design Build Specialist
Mechanical Engineering (’26)

Ashlyn Triplett
Design Build Specialist
Graphic Design (’26)

Trey Butler
Design Build Specialist
Comp. Engineering (’28)

Caden Cagle
Design Build Specialist
Electrical Engineering (’27)

Peer Review Entrepreneurship Panel (PREP)

Tyler Anthony
Co-Founder, Duet Technologies, LLC

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

Cameron Maddox
Co-Owner, Cowbell Carts, LLC

Logan Martin
Co-Founder, Live Music Networks, LLC

Sam Miller
Co-Founder, Live Music Networks, LLC

Emeritus Members

Charles Parker
CEO, Rod Sox, LLC

Benjamin Bailey
Founder, Orator Studios, LLC

Stephen Caples
Co-Founder, BattleBells

Conor Ferguson
Founder and CEO, WISPR Systems

Rahul Gopal
Co-Founder, CampusKnot, Inc

Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board (ECAB)

Executive Members

Anna Barker
Vice President, Vibe, LLC (Glo)

Lee Harris
CFO, PH Steel, Inc

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)

Calvin Waddy
Co-Founder & CEO, Rocketing, LLC

Emeritus Members

Ben Walton
President, Mississippi Angel Network

Gary Watts
Founder & CEO, Fuse Cloud

Greg Hinkebein
Owner, Mississippi Global Technologies (bio)

Paul Luckett
Managing Partner, No Sky Solutions

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

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

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

Erik Markin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management

Melissa Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing

Robert Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing

Emeritus Members

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

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

Lori Neuenfeldt
Gallery Director and Instructor