Professional Staff

Eric Alan Hill

Director of Entrepreneurship

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

Jeffrey Rupp

Director of Outreach

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

Michael Lane

Program Coordinator, Idea Shop

(662) 325-3521
mlane@ecenter.msstate.edu

Brooke Lammert

Office Associate

(662) 325-3521
blammert@ecenter.msstate.edu

Madison Grant

Program Specialist

(662) 325-4813
mkg19@msstate.edu

Student Client Specialists

Cameron Maddox
Founder, Campus Carts
Accounting (’20)

Jordan Henderson
Founder, Brace Buddy
Marketing (’21)

Clayton Spaulding
Founder, Aerostrip
Aerospace Engineering (’20)

Andrea Monroy
Software Engineering (’21)

Terrence Green, Jr.
Founder, Green Royale Videos
Business Administration (’20)

Ethan Welford
Aerospace Engineering (’20)

Peer Review Entrepreneurship Panel (PREP)

Adrian Marcus
Co-Founder & Creative Director, SociallyIN, LLC

Anna Barker
Vice President, Vibe, LLC (Glo)

Benjamin Bailey
Founder, Orator Studios, LLC

Calvin Waddy
Co-Founder & CEO, Rocketing, LLC

Cameron Maddox
Co-Owner, Cowbell Carts, LLC

Charles Parker
CEO, Rod Sox, LLC

Cliff Danzy
Co-Founder, Sneaker Beaterz, LLC

Conor Ferguson
Founder and CEO, WISPR Systems

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

Kaylie Mitchell
Co-Founder, Vibe, LLC (Glo)

Keith Kakadia
Co-Founder & CEO, SociallyIN, LLC

Kierre Dawkins
Co-Founder, Sneaker Beaterz, LLC

Matthew Hoelter
Co-Founder, Kode

Rahul Gopal
Co-Founder, CampusKnot, Inc

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

Stephen Caples
Co-Founder, BattleBells

Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board (ECAB)

Executive Members

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

Timothy Duncan
Founder, Talos Energy, LLC (bio)

Greg Hinkebein
Owner, Mississippi Global Technologies (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)

Robert “RJ” Reed
President, Reed Food Technology

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

Ben Walton
President, Mississippi Angel Network

Faculty Members

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

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

Danny Holt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management

Melissa Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing

Robert Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing

Lori Neuenfeldt
Gallery Director and Instructor