About & Team

The Future of Atlanta is Connected Awesomeness.

Atlanta has great designers, coders, storytellers, and innovators. Many of these folks don’t even know the other exists or that the person they need is in school or working just down the street. Most of these folks don’t realize that there are great startups in Atlanta are in need of the skills and expertise that they possess. These same startups don’t know some of the best creative schools are in town. Sadly, some of these folks end up leaving Atlanta because they aren’t aware of the resources and opportunity that exists nearby.

This is a self-fulfilling problem that needs a long-term, self-fulfilling solution. We see this happening from the ground up through awareness, collaboration, and education of the students, corporate innovators, and startups of Atlanta. This solution requires a greater density of media and events that enable discovery, connectivity, education, validation and storytelling. Passionate, dedicated entrepreneurs are at the heart of everything we do, as we connect them with the students and customers who will fuel their success.

Founders / Board of Directors

Heath Hyneman, HM Wallace / NationalBuilderSupply.com
Ashish Mistry, BLH Venture Partners & KontrolFreek
Kevin Wallace, HM Wallace / NationalBuilderSupply.com

(l to r) Ashish Mistry, Heath Hyneman, and Kevin Wallace

Daily Operations

Scott Henderson, Executive Director
Michael Flanigan, Operations Manager

(l to r) Michael Flanigan and Scott Henderson

Student Volunteers:

Ria Banerjee, Georgia Insitute of Technology
Greg Harlam, Emory University

Media and Content Contributors

Maria Joyner and Ashley Hinds, Opportunity & Success
Alston Mason, SUNO Media
Jacqui Chew, iFusion Marketing
Andre’ Henderson, Henderson Studios
Brett Rakestraw, DunkTank
Linda Schwartz, Veopix
Jason Seagle, Photography