New Venture Competition

Competition Judges

Baylor Business New Venture Competition

Thank You to our Judges

The Baylor New Venture Competition staff would like to thank our judges for their service and desire to make a difference in the lives of our student competitors. Their insightful feedback provides great value for our student competitors and makes this competition not only financially rewarding, but also a great educational experience.

Baylor New Venture Competition 2013 Judges:

  • J. David Allen, Professor, Entrepreneurship, Baylor University
  • Bruce Ballengee, CEO, Pariveda Solutions
  • Jeremy Brandt, Director, Entrepreneurs' Organization of Fort Worth
  • Jennifer Conley, Director, Alcatel-Lucent Gravity Center
  • Rudy Garza, Founder/Managing Partner, G-51 Capital
  • Kendall Haynesworth, Director of Quality Systems and R&D, Big Red Inc.
  • Pat Horner, Founder/Chairman/CEO, The Horner Group
  • Gary Kendall, CEO/CVO, Limestone Networks, Inc.
  • Robert Knorr, Principal, Cogent Inc.
  • Preston Marshall, President, MarOpCo, Inc.
  • Hall Martin, Director, Texas Entrepreneur Network
  • Fred Marxer, Director, North Texas Angel Network
  • Bruce Mazzare, Principal, Management Development Solutions
  • Blaine McCormick, Professor, Management, Baylor University
  • Tim McGee, Founder/Managing Director, Tolarus Capital
  • Michael McSweeney, Managing Partner, McSweeney Holdings
  • Les Palich, Professor, Entrepreneurship, Baylor University
  • Winston Pfiester, Director, Chartwell Water Gp, Inc.
  • PJ Pronger, Director of Economic Innovation, West Texas A&M University
  • TJ Raguso, Senior Vice President, Amegy Bank
  • Raul Ramirez, CMO, SalsaMobi, LLC
  • Michael Regan, Risk Management, BNSF Railway Company
  • Andrew Reyna, Entrepreneur Intern, Limestone Networks, Inc.
  • Matt Richards, Director, Computer Sciences Corp.
  • Anand Venkatrao, Regional Account Manager, Venkel Ltd.
  • Jeremy Vickers, Director of Innovation, Dallas Regional Chamber
  • Joseph Voss, Visionary Private Equity Group
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