Professional Staff

Nicholas Pashos, Ph.D.

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

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

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
gwalker@ecenter.msstate.edu

  Meet with Garrison

Margaret-Mary Coker

Office Coordinator

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

E-Center Student Team Members

Ben Brooks
MBA TechVenture Fellow
Electrical Engineering (’24), MBA (’25)

Wilbur Ramos
Sr. Strategy Specialist
Finance (’25)

Brooke Thomas
Sr. Engagement Specialist
Interior Design (’25)

Rylee Yard
Sr. Marketing Specialist
Integrated Digital Marketing (’25)

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

Monet McDaniels
Strategy Specialist
Management (’25)

Sadie Stevenson
Engagement Specialist
Communications (’27)

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

Grant Houston
Client Specialist
Finance (’26)

Cameron Cummings
Strategy Specialist
Software Engineering, Cybersecurity (’26)

Gabrielle Boulay
Engagement Specialist
Business Marketing (’27)

Catherine Cassimus
Marketing Specialist
Marketing (’27)

Brandon Cooper
Client Specialist
Computer Science, A.I. (’25)

Reagan Favor
Marketing Specialist
Elementary Education (’27)

Idea Shop Team

Dylan Suddarth
Idea Shop Manager
Degree (’00), Degree (’00)

Thomas Cagle
Design Build Specialist
Degree (’00)

Reagan Ducote
Design Build Specialist
Degree (’00)

Maya Mabry
Design Build Specialist
Degree (’00)

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