Entrepreneur Spotlights

November 1, 2017

Dan Flanegan (’94)

Co-Founder of Butter & SHEnetics
As an entrepreneur, advisor & investor Dan has a passion for how humans interact with technology products. He has built and managed diverse teams ranging from developers, designers and entrepreneurs to brand managers and creative agencies, all with a vision to leverage technology in a way that is natural to and enhances the human experience.
October 6, 2017

Romeo Elias (’97)

President, CEO, and Founder of Intellect
Romeo Elias is the founder and CEO of Intellect, an award winning leader in the Business Process Management and Quality Management software industries. Romeo is a visionary executive, thought leader and advocate for business friendly software that empowers everyone to innovate.

Romeo has overseen Intellect's growth from its founding in 2000 to a high growth software company with hundreds of happy customers, including a roster of marquis and fortune 500 companies.
September 28, 2017

Jay Whitehead

Co-founder of League Networks
Jay Whitehead is a serial entrepreneur with 17 launches and 5 exits in media, IT and fundraising. He credits being fired from the TV internship and job he got as a UCLA undergrad for his journey into Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship. In 2016, Jay co-founded League Network PBC, which has raised over $1 million in investor capital to address the underserved $3 billion youth sports fundraising market.
September 19, 2017

David P. Mariani (’87)

Founder and CEO of AtScale
Dave Mariani is a hands on technology executive with 25 years of experience in delivering Big Data, consumer Internet, Internet advertising and hosted services platforms, creating nearly $800M in company exits.

He founded AtScale in 2013 to provide access to Big Data to everyone who needs it, regardless of data format, size or the type of tool business users want to use.
September 19, 2017

Robert E. Dansby, Ph.D. (’70)

CEO of Copharix
Dr. Robert E. Dansby has broad experience as a research scientist and business executive who now specializes in healthcare informatics and analytics. He currently leads new technology product/service development and delivery, in the healthcare space, as CEO of Copharix.

Analytic and quantitative specialties include: mathematics of algorithms, operations research / nonlinear optimization, index theory, and econometric / statistical analysis.