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The Download: Jeff Welch, Director of New Ventures, Duke OTC

May 30, 2023 Brooks Malone
Jeff Welch joined the Duke Office for Translation and Commercialization (“OTC”)   as Director of New Ventures in early 2021 after five years as Bioventus’ executive responsible for all corporate development […]
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The Download: Erik Troan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Pendo

May 2, 2023 Brooks Malone
Erik Troan is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Pendo, a venture-backed software company headquartered in downtown Raleigh. Erik started his career at Red Hat, where he worked as […]
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The Download: John Zemonek, Founder, Aligned Technology Group

April 18, 2023 Brooks Malone
John Zemonek is the Founder and Managing Director of Aligned Technology Group (“Aligned”), a cloud advisory and services business focused on Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) with expertise in security. Prior […]
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The Download: Archie O’Connor, Co-Founder, Raleigh-Durham Startup Week

April 4, 2023 Brooks Malone
Archie O’Connor has been a digital technology and media innovator for 20 years. He has consistently anticipated key cultural and business trends in consumer-focused and B2B technologies. This has led […]
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The Download: Bob Young, Co-Founder of Red Hat, Founder and Chairman of Lulu

March 21, 2023 Brooks Malone
Bob Young is the founder and Chairman of Lulu.com, a premier international marketplace for self-publishing digital content on the Internet, with more than 300,000 recently published titles and more than […]
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The Download: Haley Huie, Director, NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic

March 7, 2023 Brooks Malone
Haley Huie is the Director of the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic,  where she works with partner organizations to create projects to provide hands-on opportunities for students to apply entrepreneurial skills […]
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The Download: Will Clemente, Co-Founder, Reflexivity Research

February 21, 2023 Brooks Malone
Will Clemente is the Co-Founder of Reflexivity Research, a digital asset research firm covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and more. While just 20 years of age, the Fuquay-Varina native has become […]
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The Download: Caleb Smith, Co-Founder, Triangle Esports Academy

February 7, 2023 Brooks Malone
Caleb Smith grew up in Durham and loved the youth sports model that helped develop him into a professional soccer player. Combined with his passion for video games, he and […]
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The Download: Seth Patin, Founder & CEO, LogistiVIEW

January 24, 2023 Brooks Malone
Seth Patin is a Raleigh-based serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of LogistiVIEW, a SaaS startup that makes Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) software for warehouse optimization; […]
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The Download: Marina Harrell, Co-Founder & Vice President, Code Edge

November 15, 2022 Brooks Malone
Marina Harrell is the co-founder and the Vice President of the Morrisville-based non-profit Code Edge. She has over 25 years of experience in the software development industry employed at various […]

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