Hub Leadership
Andrew Maas
Principal Investigator
University of Texas at Austin
Aprille Busch
Hub Executive Director
University of Texas at Austin
Anna-Maria Escherich
Program Manager
University of Texas at Austin
Blake Petty
Lead Instructor
Texas A&M
Saurabh Biswas
Faculty Lead
Texas A&M
Aaron Cervantes
Director of Strategic Partnerships
University of Texas at El Paso
Andrew Schwarz
Faculty Lead
Louisiana State University
Cynthia Hipwell
Research Lead
Texas A&M
Daniel Will
Co-PI
Oklahoma State University
David Thomison
Faculty Lead
Oklahoma State University
Enrico Pontelli
Co-PI
New Mexico State University
John Flake
Co-PI
Louisiana State University
Katie Echols
Co-PI
Mississippi State University
Kaz Karwowski
Faculty Lead
Rice University
Ken Meissner
Co-PI
University of Texas at El Paso
Matt Kammer-Kerwick
Data and Evaluation Lead
University of Texas at Austin
Michael Webber
Faculty Lead
University of Texas at Austin
Peter Rodriguez
Co-PI
Rice University
Robert H. Bishop
Co-PI
Texas A&M
Rod McSherry
Co-PI
University of Texas at San Antonio
Teja Guda
Primary Investigator
University of Texas at San Antonio
Thomas Boland
Faculty Lead
University of Texas at El Paso
Dr. Sarada Kuravi
Faculty Lead
New Mexico State University
Weston Waldo
Hub Assistant Director and Mentor Director
University of Texas at Austin
Key Personnel
John Nickel
Assistant Director, Cowboy Enterprises and Cowboy Technologies, LLC
Oklahoma State University
Gianna Sanchez
I-Corps Program Manager & Tech Scout
New Mexico State University
Jason Boudreaux
Associate Director, LSU Innovation Park
Louisiana State University
James Moss
I-Corps Program Manager
Louisiana State University
Lenae Scroggins
I-Corps Program Manager
Texas A&M
John Walters
Director, Office of Technology Management
Mississippi State University
Candace Lowe
Communications Lead
Louisiana State University
Julio Rincon
I-Corps Program Manager
University of Texas at El Paso
Kaitlyn Bloch
Commercialization Program Manager
University of Texas at San Antonio
Nicholas Pashos
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach
Mississippi State
Jessica Fleenor
Director of Acceleration Programs
Rice University
Kramer Winningham
Program Director, Arrowhead Center
New Mexico State University
Brad Burke
Associate Vice President for Industry and New Ventures and Executive Director, Rice Alliance
Rice University
Magdalini Lagoudas
Executive Director, Industry & Nonprofit Partnerships — College of Engineering
Texas A&M
Shanna Spencer
Director, McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M
