Mentors
Chuck PapageorgiouBio: Chuck is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ideasphere specializing in the high-tech,logistics,and financial services segments. He brings his global experience in technology and operations,both as a consultant and an executive,to actively assist senior executives of client companies with strategic,operational,and technology leadership challenges,corporate development and growth strategies, international expansion plans,and overall management aspects of their organizations.
Greg Ross-MunroBio: Greg Ross-Munro is an entrepreneur who is CEO of two technology companies, SourceToad and Teburu. He is also vice-president of Competency and Performance Solutions, and has three degrees in business and Entrepreneurship from USF. In 2011, Greg won the Fintech & Fowler White Business Planning prize, with his Sales Director Leon MacIntosh, and was one of six finalists in the Gazelle program. He was a finalist in the 2011 StartupBus competition and was featured in Inc Magazine. In 2012 he was chosen as the Florida Startup Bus Conductor, and helped one of Florida\'s teams to second place, nation wide. Greg grew up in Africa, and has lived and worked in Japan. He has traveled 6 continents, speaks three languages and manages international teams and clients. He delights in good Scotch whisky and suffers from a British sense of humor, and an incomprehensible patience with beautiful but temperamental British sports cars.
Justin DavisBio: Justin has a passion for making things better. From making websites easier to use, to making the grocery shopping experience a better one, he believes that great design is the key to great experiences. With a background that involves technology, music, architecture, and beer (once the host of a podcast about craft beer), this diversity of exposure means Justin approaches problems from unique standpoint, always turning to design to help solve the problem of how to make a customer’s experience better. Justin believes that the customer should be where design starts, and takes a user-centered approach to designing better products and services, using research, observation and interviewing to make sure that the design really works like it should for the consumer. He has a relentless passion for finding opportunities to make experiences better, actively challenging the status quo to help companies move out of their dogmatic safety nets into innovate territories that their customers love. Companies Justin has worked with include The United Methodist Church, United Way, Motion Industries, Gaylord Hotels, and a host of others. He is also a vibrant and exciting speaker, loves technology, travel, great food and drink and great books
Ray LandBio: Most eighth graders are usually happy enough to go on a field trip; few take the reins and actually plan the entire trip, and even fewer parlay that experience into starting their own motorcoach company by the age of seventeen. Then again, few people are like Ray Land. Beginning the business in 2004 with one used 1989 motorcoach, through hard work and exceptional customer service Land has built the business today to include a wide selection of over 65 fine vehicles available for charter as well as expansive offerings in tour, fleet services, and mass transportation management. With around 200 employees and thousands of passengers traveling every day, excellence in a people intensive business require superior service, unmatched hospitality, and enduring trust. Named as one of the 2010 BusinessWeek’s Top 25 under 25 Young Entrepreneurs, 2009 BusRide Operator of the Year, 2007 Metro Top Innovative Operator, Founder of United Motorcoach Association “Young Guns” group and the 2011-2012 President of Florida Motorcoach Association; Land is a leader in the passenger transportation business. Land has been featured in; The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fox Business, Metro Magazine, Bus & Motorcoach News, BusRide Magazine, Australian Bus & Coach, ABA Insider, among others. Outstanding equipment and cheerful customer service make Fabulous the preferred travel company for organizations with the highest expectations for excellence. Fabulous People, Fabulous Companies.
Johnny BardineBio: Obama \'08 staffer, attorney, world traveler, political consultant, small business owner, and beer and music maven. I am the acorn that becomes the oak. @johnnybardine @BardineHazlett @BardineLaw
Daniel James ScottBio: Daniel James Scott is associate director @seialliance, founder @alorum and @gazelle_lab, Tampa Bay curator @startupdigest, and team member @startupfl. Daniel tweets @sparkcatalyst.
Tara TylerBio: After working in radio for almost a decade as a morning show host and creative services director/production manager, Tara Tyler left to pursue her passion for voiceovers as Marketing Ninja (actual title) at VoiceBunny.com. She has also provided valuable feedback and ideas for the development of this NY startup. She puts her Mass Communications degree to good use orchestrating PR stunts such as AVC.fm, events, and overall marketing efforts. Tara is a working from home mother, gamer, voice over talent, and enjoys all things nerdy.
Alex GrimBio: Business and finance with Grooveshark
Alisa WillsBio: Business and finance with Grooveshark
Julia AndersonBio: Usability/Design/Frontend Development with Grooveshark
Tilton TaylorBio: Human Resources and Operations for Grooveshark
