Venture Challenge
San Diego State University
Semi-Finalist and Wildcard:
- Neil Senturia, CEO, San Diego News Network
- Steve Untiedt, Partner, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Gary Sutton, Serial Entrepreneur
- Hus Tigli, CEO, Silicon Kinetics
- Zeynep Ilgaz, CEO, Confirm BioSciences
- Douglas Giese, Ph.D, AgileNano
- Ricardo dos Santos, Senior Director of Business Development, QUALCOMM, Inc.
- Joel Gragg, Associate, Huntington Capital
- Russ Mann, CEO, Covario, Inc.
- Dema Zlotin, Founder & VP of Strategic Services, Covario, Inc.
- Craig Macdonald, VP of Marketing & Product Development, Covario, Inc.
- Dave Ryan, Managing Partner, Mission Ventures
- Alan Creutz, Ph.D, Cerius, Interim Executive Solutions
- Trever Acers, Managing Director, The Integrity Investment Group
- Bob Greenstone, CEO, Permission Interactive Inc.
- Thom McElroy, Entrepreneur
- Cary P. Mack, Managing Director, LECG
- Yukon Palmer, President & Founder, Field Technologies
- Craig T. Stevens, CEO, Mar West Ventures, Inc.
- M. LaRae Bakerink, Co-Owner, WBB Securities, LLC
- Lewis Silverberg, Private Investor
- Frederick W. Pierce, IV, President & CEO, Pierce Education Properties, L.P.
- Matthew O. Jones, President, VanLaw Food Products, Inc.
- Steve Nelson, President, Midwest General, Inc.
- Chris Celentino, Managing Partner, Duane Morris, LLP
- Mario Woizeschke, Vice President & Relationship Manager, Union Bank of California
- Phil Trubey,Entrepreneur
- James G. Perkins , Ph.D, COO Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Peter Shaw, Principal, Shaw Management Advisors, Int’l LLC
- Jerry Hall, COO, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Finalist Judges:
- Jay S. Kunin, Board of Directors, San Diego Tech Coast Angels
- Jim Morris, President, JBM Properties Inc.
- Jonathan Huberman, President, EMC Consumer and Small Business Products Division
- Ron Fowler, CEO & Chairman, Liquid Investments, Inc.
- Mary Allis Curran, Executive Vice President, Union Bank of California
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Any questions, contact Kiley Peters at 619-594-8873 or kiley.peters@projects.sdsu.edu
Entrepreneurship Distinction
- Top 20 in the nation among universities for entrepreneurs in the U.S.
- Top 25 list of "America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs."
- Top 30 in entrepreneurship according to U.S. News & World Report.
We don't like to live in the past.
~ Jerry Halamuda, SDSU'72
President and Founder
ColorSpot Nurseries
~ Jerry Halamuda, SDSU'72
President and Founder
ColorSpot Nurseries
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