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Past Participants

Each year, ACE highlights promising entreprenuers from across Michigan to participate as a Showcase Presenter or in our Elevator Pitch Competition. Below is a history of individuals who have participated in past ACE presentations.

ACE '08 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

SHOWCASE PRESENTATION
Dave Morin - President & CEO, Cielo MedSolutions LLC

ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION
  Presenters:
 
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 Sridhar Kota - President & CEO, FlexSys Inc.
 
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 Sean Ainsworth - CEO, GeneVivo, LLC
 
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 Todd Gross - CEO, Lambert Technologies
 
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 Tom Meloche - CEO, Procuit Inc.
 
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 Merrill Guerra - CEO, RealKidz, Inc. (WINNER!)
 
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 Nick Brookins - CTO, SAM Systems Inc.
  Judging Panel:
 
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 Jack Miner - Managing Director, BC Ventures
 
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 Ron Reed - Managing Director, Seneca Partners
 
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 Mike Staebler - Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLC
 
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 Jody Vanderwel - President, Grand Angels
ACE '07 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

SHOWCASE PRESENTATION
Rick Goldstein - CEO, Hybra-Drive Systems

ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION
  Presenters:
 
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 Paul Fujimoto - VP Business Development, AToM
 
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 Michael Tarasev - President, Blaze Medical Devices
 
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 Brad MacLean - CEO, Creative Byline
 
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 Gerry Roston - President, Elkins Innovations
 
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 Greg Guidice - CEO, Razor Threat (WINNER!)
 
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 Laura Dillman - VP Business Development, TECAT Engineering
  Judging Panel:
 
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 Terry Cross - Windward Associates
 
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 Mahendra Ramsinghani - Senior Advisor, Plymouth Venture Partners
 
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 Pat Morand - Managing Director, SWMF Life Science Fund
 
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 Ned Stabler - Director of Capital Markets Development, MEDC
ACE '06 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Chris Holman - Small Business Advocate at MEDC, publisher, and TV & radio host

SHOWCASE PRESENTATION
Clyde McKenzie and Chuck Cauchy - Tellurex

ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION
  Presenters:
 
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 Jim O'Brien - Hybra-Drive
 
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 Oliver Baer - Check the Crib
 
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 John Cunningham - Rapid BioSense
 
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 Terry Dunivin- Mindworks Learning
 
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 Jerry Janson - PMC Environmental Technologies
 
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 Dennis Carmichael - ERT Systems (WINNER!)
  Judging Panel:
 
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 Steven F. Brown - M.I.T. Technology Licensing Office Ambassador
 
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 Ken Nesbit - U-M Executive Director of Technology Transfer
 
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 Lori Hudson - MSU VP Office of Intellectual Property
 
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 Mark Brucki - Lawrence Tech Director of Technology Partnerships
ACE '05 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Jeff Sloan - Digital Detroit & Sloan Ventures

SHOWCASE PRESENTATION
Dwight Carlson - CEO, Coherix

ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION
  Judging Panel:
 
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 Tom Churchwell - Arch Development
 
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 Michael Cole - Ann Arbor Angels
 
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 Dallas Dort - Individual Investor
 
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 Jim Hynan - Grand Angels
 
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 Chris Rizik - Ardesta
ACE '04 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Matt Roush

SHOWCASE PRESENTATION
Curtis Begley - Product Animations

ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION
  Presenters:
 
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 Angelo Gaitis - Picocal
 
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 Bob Sbourin - eFinNet
 
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 Tim Daley - CrimeCog Technology Corporation
 
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 Jennifer Baird - Sonetics Ultrasound, Inc.
 
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 Deb Marmoreal - DCM Associates
 
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 Laura Fisher - Biopolymer Innovations
 
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 Ami Treves - Scarped
 
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 Fritz Seyfarth - Evacuee
 
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 Ron Averill - Red Cedar
ACE '03 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Gary Baker

ELEVATOR PITCHES
  Presenters:
 
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 Charles Roberson - Product Animations, Inc.
 
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 John Gary - Roger, Inc.
 
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 Rich Sheridan - Menlo Innovations
 
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 Angelo Gaitas - PICOCAL
 
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 Charles Liu - Unitech Pharmaceuticals
 
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 Steve Prehn - Visionary Enterprises, Inc.
 
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 Jim Slicker - Microstar
 
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 Kris Kurnit - SensiGen
 
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 Paul Violassi - SoftTech Solutions
 
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 Prafulla Pande - Quantum Controls, Inc.
 
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 Charles Ross - EZ Claims
 
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 Paul Agnott - Self-Guided Systems, LLC
 
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 Elmer Lee - AxleShoX
ACE '02 EMCEE & PROGRAM HOST
Gary Baker

SHOWCASE PRESENTATION
Mark Kielb - President, DNA Software
ACE '01 NO INFORMATION



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