Drew Ellis
Drew would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage, and Executive Level Founders. I am a double UTK grad: my first degree is in mechanical engineering and my second is a law degree. After graduating from engineering school, I worked in a variety of engineering roles with the bulk being in mechanical design engineering. From there, […]
Tricia Bateman
Tricia would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage and Growth Stage Businesses. For more than two decades, I’ve helped companies solve problems through design. I’ve designed countless projects for a range of B2B companies from Fortune 500s to midsized companies with the occasional passion project for smaller nonprofits. This work ranges from developing single designs to whole design […]
Cordelia Norris
Cordelia would love to meet with Early Stage and Growth Stage Businesses. Hi, I’m Cordelia. I’m creative. I’m warm. I’m science-minded. And I care deeply about my clients—organizations who are making the world cleaner, more sustainable and more inclusive. As the child and grandchild of scientists, I’ve always been drawn to details. The inner-workings. The why. The research. […]
Bill Malkes
Bill would love to meet with Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. William A. Malkes Sr. is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive with a diverse career spanning multiple industries. As CEO of GRIDSMART Technologies, he led a $94 million acquisition by Cubic Corporation. Malkes has raised over $150 million in risk capital and overseen several […]
