Joel A. Austin of Quarles & Brady LLP

Joel Austin is an attorney with the law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP working primarily from the Firm's Milwaukee office. He focuses his practice in the area of intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, opinion, and litigation in the mechanical and electrical arts. Prior to attending Marquette University Law School, Mr. Austin obtained a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to practical experience as an engineer with DRS Power and Control Technologies, formerly Eaton/Cutler-Hammer: Navy Controls Division, Mr. Austin has first-hand experience in the development, marketing, and licensing of a patented device.

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Mr. Colin Hutt, President and founder of Primum Advertising and Public Relations of Primum Marketing Communications

www.primumagency.com

Colin Hutt leads Primum, a Milwaukee-based marketing communications firm that specializes in advertising and public relations for the healthcare, technology, financial services and consumer products industries. Primum, a name that comes from the Latin word meaning "as soon as possible," focuses on entrepreneurial marketing that works closely with sales. Client experience ranges from start-up ventures to mid-size privately held firms to publicly traded Fortune 500 Corporations. Colin specializes in traditional and new media. His work has earned official honoree status from the Webby Awards for social media, the BizTimes Innovation Quotient award and several other local and national awards. He began his career in journalism in Florida and then worked at two advertising agencies including Baird, one of hte nation's largest financial services firms. Hutt earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he has also taught media writing

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Tim Keane, Entrepreneur in Residence of Marquette University

Tim Keane is the current Entrepreneur in Residence at Marquette University, in the College of Business Administration.
In Fall 2007, he was named Director of the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, a cross campus initiative of Marquette University.

He founded and sold a CRM company, Retail Target Marketing Systems, Inc., before which he worked for GE Healthcare in Milwaukee. He has invested in a wide range of private companies and sits on a number of company boards.
He is interested in active angel investing and advising, especially in the Phoenix area, as well as in "visiting" engagements at institutions of higher learning.

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Tim Peterson, Director of Small Business Development Center, UW Milwaukee

Tim Peterson is currently the director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. During his time at the center Tim has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs to improve business performance and turn ideas into viable business concepts. In addition to working directly with entrepreneurs, Tim has facilitated and instructed numerous programs and workshops in the area of entrepreneurship, marketing and business operations. Tim has a BA in History from UW-Madison and a MBA from the University of South Florida. He is also a past and future entrepreneur.

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Steve Glynn, President of Spreenker, LLC

Fresh out of college in the early days of the dot com boom, Steve Glynn landed his first job as website manager for a large financial services software corporation. Unaware of the fortuitous impact at the time, Steve gained a critical base of web marketing and infrastructure development knowledge. In fact, even though he graduated with a business/marketing degree, he taught himself how to build websites from scratch.

Steve spent the next decade working for and with other Fortune 500 companies developing traditional and new media communication strategy. In varying creative roles, Steve always remained focused on blending the right technology with clearly defined business objectives. He believes in being creative while staying focused on solving a real business problem.

The Breakthrough
In 2006, Steve created Spreenkler (an organization of creative professionals) using basic website and blog applications. Over the next two years he used a mix of social media platforms, word-of-mouth and in-person events to build a passionate, active community leading to the resurgence of Milwaukee's creative class.

In 2008, Steve spun the success of Spreenkler into the launch of an actual business; a creative services firm that educates students, businesses and cities on how they can use social media to connect with new audiences to grow their ideas.

The success of Spreenkler has created a case study in how the use of social media can build a business, create a passionate community and use creativity with purpose.

For Steve's blog go to 111Words.com

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Matthew Wagner, Executive Director of CATI, Inc.

email:mwagner@thecati.com  phone: 2628987512  -  www.thecati.com

Matthew Wagner, Ph.D.

Matthew Wagner was named founding executive director of Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation (CATI) in June 2001. He is responsible for managing this regional partnership initiative that incorporates project-based education; technology transfer and incubator programs. As the founding Executive Director, Matt has successfully led CATI to securing nearly $45 million in intellectual property donations and joint ventures from global companies such as Kraft Foods, Boeing, ISP, and S.C. Johnson. CATI has also successfully launched several new companies based on its own intellectual property, including Yokit and Benelact. As a result of this success, CATI was named a 2006 and 2007 International Economic Development Council's award winner for Technology-Based Economic Development. CATI is currently expanding its model into Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Matt is also the former executive director of the Downtown Racine Corporation and a Senior Program Associate at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington D.C. Wagner has a Ph.D. in urban affairs with research concentration in minority entrepreneurship from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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