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TAG Business Launch Honors Tech Teams
∂ L-R: Jess Watson, CS 12, Techturized cofounder and vice president of marketing; TAG president Tino Mantella; and Candace Mitchell, CS 11, Techturized cofounder and CEO.
J. Austin Williams, Arch 98, created an award-winning jerk marinade sauce, The Shizzle, now sold in Whole Foods stores and online. Williams is a partner with Crosland Southeast, a retail development firm.
Brad Edwards, IE 06, MS Stat 07, has collected more than 1,000 Georgia Tech football ticket stubs dating back to 1921. He plans to donate a portion of his collection to the Georgia Tech Library. View his full collection at georgiatechticketstubs.com.
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Janae Holmes, IE 09, earned her master’s degree in cost estimating and analysis from a joint program between the Naval Postgraduate School and the Air Force Institute of Technology in March. She is the naval ship cost estimator for Naval Sea Systems Command.
Brad Davis, M CRP 08, opened the Atlanta office of Atla Planning + Design, a national firm specializing in active and healthy communities. He works as a city planner in Atlanta. 0 8 6
Joni Lay, ID 04, runs LayBabyLay.com, a blog dedicated to nursery design and interior spaces for babies and kids. She
No matter who emerged victorious from the Technology Association of Georgia’s annual Business Launch competiton this spring, Tech would’ve had reason to be proud: All three finalist companies were founded by Institute alumni. Rigor (a web performance management software that maximizes profits and minimizes operational costs for e-commerce companies) and Sideqik (a mobile platform for connecting marketing partners) were named as finalists and will split a prize of more than $200,000 in business services. TAG’s 2013 winner was Techturized, a hair care technology company aimed at the particular needs and style of women of color; as winners, the startup received $50,000 cash and more than $100,000 in services donated by the Atlanta business community to help the company grow.
works as a hairbrush and hair accessories designer at Goody Products and lives with her family in Atlanta. Ashley Lesko, IE 00, started a new job with Belk as an FP&A finance manager. She and her family have relocated to Charlotte, N.C. Grace McGee, IA 09, founded a graphic design company called Southern by Design, specializing in small business branding and event advertising. George Nelson, ME 03, MS ME 06, PhD ME 09, was awarded the Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Enhancement Award from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The grant will go toward his
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