Professional Staff
Nicholas Pashos, Ph.D.
Director & Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Management & Information Systems
Lara Taylor
Project Manager, CoWork @ the Hub & The Idea Shop @ MSU
Graduate Assistants
Ben Brooks
MBA TechVenture Fellow
Electrical Engineering (’24), MBA (’25)
Dylan Suddarth
Idea Shop Manager
Industrial Engineering (’23), MBA (’25)
Max Wamsley
MBA TechVenture Fellow
B.S. (’20), Dr., Phil. in Chem. (’24), MBA (’25)
E-Center Student Team
Noah Carpenter
Sr. Client Specialist
Finance & Computer Science (’26)
Wilbur Ramos
Sr. Strategy Specialist
Finance (’25)
Brooke Thomas
Sr. Engagement Specialist
Interior Design (’25)
Rylee Yard
Sr. Marketing Specialist
Integrated Digital Marketing (’25)
Grant Houston
Client Specialist
Finance (’26)
Monet McDaniels
Strategy Specialist
Management (’25)
Sadie Stevenson
Engagement Specialist
Communications (’27)
Lillian Vincent
Marketing Specialist
Business Admin., Marketing (’26)
Brandon Cooper
Client Specialist
Computer Science, A.I. (’25)
Cameron Cummings
Strategy Specialist
Software Engineering, Cybersecurity (’26)
Gabrielle Boulay
Engagement Specialist
Business Marketing (’27)
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 (’25)
Ashlyn Triplett
Design Build Specialist
Graphic Design (’26)
Trey Butler
Design Build Specialist
Comp. Engineering (’28)
Caden Cagle
Design Build Specialist
Electrical Engineering (’27)
CoWork @ The HUB Student Team
Kathryn Sanders
Office Specialist
Business Mgmt. & Mktg. (’25)
Madelyn Martin
Office Specialist
Business Admin., Marketing (’25)
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