Founders : Higher Education

Phill Amaya is the CEO of Arbor Photonics, a University of Michigan spin-off based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Phill Amaya

Noam Kimelman is the CEO & co-founder of Get Fresh Detroit, a company that helps bring fresh fruits and vegetables to inner-city bodegas.

Questions with Noam Kimelman

Adrian Fortino is the CEO of Shepherd Intelligent Systems, a University of Michigan spinoff that creates mass transit software for riders in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Adrian Fortino

Chris Gibbons is the president & COO of HistoSonics, an Ann Arbor-based medical device company.

Questions with Chris Gibbons

Marisa Smith is the founder of The Whole Brain Group, a software and Internet marketing firm based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Marisa Smith

Rahul Rattan is the co-founder of Arbor Endo Solutions, a University of Michigan spinoff that is commercializing a medical device called Endocutter.

Questions with Rahul Rattan

Noah Kaplan is the founder of Leon Speakers, a cutting-edge, custom-maker of high-end sound systems based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Noah Kaplan

Suzanne Klein is the founder and president of WriteSteps, an Ann Arbor-based startup that is taking its writing education packets national.

Questions with Suzanne Klein

Greg Gage is the co-founder of Backyard Brains, an Ann Arbor-based startup that has develops teaching technology.

Questions with Greg Gage

Dave Morin is the CEO with Cielo MedSolutions, a healthcare-based software firm spun out of the University of Michigan.

Questions with Dave Morin

Yuval Moed is the CEO of HBRLabs, a company with offices in Farmington Hills and Isreal.

Questions with Yuval Moed

Elke Lipta is the vice president of business development for TSRL, a drug development company that spun out of the University of Michigan.

Questions with Elke Lipka

Vince Thomas is the founder of Billhighway, the technology that makes group finances easy.

Questions with Vince Thomas

Lisa Kurek is the managing partner of Ann Arbor-based Biotechnology Business Consultants, a company that makes life science-based firms grow.

Questions with Lisa Kurek

Jim Anderson is the founder and CEO of Urban Science, a downtown Detroit-based business that is consistently filling up more and more of the Renaissance Center.

Questions with Jim Anderson