Emcee & Program Host

Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

Showcase Presentation

Roger Newton, Ph.D. - CEO, Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Edward Shaffer, CEO - Advanced Battery Concepts
• Aaron Nelco, CEO - Audiallo
• Alice Brown, CEO - In the Groove
• Jake Sigal, CEO - Myine Electronics
• Brian Tell, CEO - ShadePlex
• Peter Tchoryk, CEO - WindSight (WINNER!)

Judging Panel:

• Christine Gibbons - Venture Investors, Ann Arbor
• Eric Olson - Associate, DFJ Portage, Chicago
• Bob Savage - Fund Manager, Rocket Ventures, Toledo
• Chris Sklarin - Director of Business Development, Upper Midwest, Chrysalis Ventures, Cleveland

Emcee & Program Host

Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

Showcase Presentation

Dave Morin - President & CEO, Cielo MedSolutions LLC

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Sridhar Kota - President & CEO, FlexSys Inc.
• Sean Ainsworth - CEO, GeneVivo, LLC
• Todd Gross - CEO, Lambert Technologies
• Tom Meloche - CEO, Procuit Inc.
• Merrill Guerra - CEO, RealKidz, Inc. (WINNER!)
• Nick Brookins - CTO, SAM Systems Inc.

Judging Panel:

• Jack Miner - Managing Director, BC Ventures
• Ron Reed - Managing Director, Seneca Partners
• Mike Staebler - Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLC
• Jody Vanderwel - President, Grand Angels

Emcee & Program Host

Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

Showcase Presentation

Rick Goldstein - CEO, Hybra-Drive Systems

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Paul Fujimoto - VP Business Development, AToM
• Michael Tarasev - President, Blaze Medical Devices
• Brad MacLean - CEO, Creative Byline
• Gerry Roston - President, Elkins Innovations
• Greg Guidice - CEO, Razor Threat (WINNER!)
• Laura Dillman - VP Business Development, TECAT Engineering

Judging Panel:

• Terry Cross - Windward Associates
• Mahendra Ramsinghani - Senior Advisor, Plymouth Venture Partners
• Pat Morand - Managing Director, SWMF Life Science Fund
• Ned Stabler - Director of Capital Markets Development, MEDC

Emcee & Program Host

Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

Showcase Presentation

Clyde McKenzie and Chuck Cauchy - Tellurex

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Jim O'Brien - Hybra-Drive
• Oliver Baer - Check the Crib
• John Cunningham - Rapid BioSense
• Terry Dunivin - Mindworks Learning
• Jerry Janson - PMC Environmental Technologies
• Dennis Carmichael - ERT Systems (WINNER!)

Judging Panel:

• Steven F. Brown - M.I.T. Technology Licensing Office Ambassador
• Ken Nesbit - U-M Executive Director of Technology Transfer
• Lori Hudson - MSU VP Office of Intellectual Property
• Mark Brucki - Lawrence Tech Director of Technology Partnerships

Emcee & Program Host

Jeff Sloan - Digital Detroit & Sloan Ventures

Showcase Presentation

Dwight Carlson - CEO, Coherix

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Paul Angott, Self-Guided Systems, LLC
• Ewen Nicol, Innovational Therapeutics (WINNER!)
• Kyle Schwulst, Electrojet (WINNER!)
• Andy Seidl, MyST Technology
• Todd Sullivan, Style High
• Praveen Suthrum, NextServices

Judging Panel:

• Tom Churchwell - Arch Development Partners
• Michael Cole - Ann Arbor Angels
• Dallas Dort - Individual Investor
• Jim Heynen - Grand Angels
• Chris Rizik - Ardesta
• David Weaver - Great Lakes Angels

Emcee & Program Host

Matt Roush - WWJ News Radio 950 and Editor, Great Lakes IT Report

Showcase Presentation

Curtis Begley - Product Animations, Inc.

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Angelo Gaitis - Picocal
• Tim Daley - CrimeCog Technology Corporation
• Jennifer Baird - Sonetics Ultrasound, Inc.
• Deb Marmarelli - DCM Associates
• Laura Fisher - Biopolymer Innovations
• Ami Treves - ScarPrev
• Fritz Seyfreth - AVACore
• Ron Averill - Red Cedar

Master of Ceremonies

Gary Baker - Internet Advisor radio host

Featured Speaker

Howard Anderson - MIT Program

Showcase Presentation

Jennifer Baird - COO, Medcard Solutions, Inc.

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Charles Roberson - Product Animations, Inc.
• John Gary - Roger, Inc.
• Rich Sheridan - Menlo Innovations
• Angelo Gaitas - PICCOCAL
• Charles Liu - Unitech Pharmaceuticals
• Steve Prehn - Visionary Enterprises, Inc.
• Jim Slicker - Microstar
• Kris Kurnit - SensiGen
• Paul Violassi - SoftTech Solutions
• Prafulla Pande - Quantum Controls, Inc.
• Charles Ross - EZ Claims
• Paul Angott - Self-Guided Systems, LLC
• Elmer Lee - AxleShoX

Program Moderator

Ken Morse - Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneur Center

Showcase Presentation

Jennifer Baird - COO, Medcard Solutions, Inc.

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Huseyin Akin - ReSpectrum
• Eric Sieczka - Pixel Velocity
• Frank Underdown, Jr. - Keweenaw Nanoscience
• Aaron Crumm - Adaptive Materials, Inc.
• Robert Schlueter - Intellicon
• Rajan K. Singh - Digital Dictionary Inc.
• Cheryl Walen - Ergonomics Plus, LLC
• Rick Goldstein - Mobius Microsystems, LLC
• Troy Stein or Jesse Bernstein - Credendo
• Steve Markel - RetroAccess
• Oleg Svintsitski - Osantis Inc.
• Mike Whelan - Elationship Builders

Featured Speaker

Peter Mastic - Partner, Sloan Ventures

Elevator Pitch Competition

Presenters

• Aaron Travis - D'Vergent Design
• Douglas Baker - TECAT Engineering, Inc.
• Nicholas and Geoff Jacquez - TerraSeer
• Douglas Finch - Retail Health
• Dennis Nash - Market Results Inc.