Team Alpha
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Team Alpha Profiles - Under Construction
Team Alpha is made up of THE coolest people in Lexington.
Aaron Fons
Fresh Laundry FounderFons embodies “smooth”. When he walks its more of a gentle gliding motion. When he talks it’s an eloquent serene verbal interaction. He is even and free from roughness. He is without wrinkles. This level of smoothness has allowed him to start a laundry company called Fresh.
Antoni Vivanco
Space Administration, MarketingTony is a utility player for team alpha. He can design giant advertisement posters, create murals, or start businesses importing/exporting goods. He’s also our resident expert on the special awesome inc high five – chuck the four ball, drop the A bomb!
Ashley Biven
Event Coordinator, Space AdministrationFavorite Awesome Rule: #26: Don’t let stupid things keep you from doing awesome things.
Favorite Song: “One Day” by Matisyahu ft. Akon
Favorite Awesome Person: Blake Mycoskie, founder of Toms Shoes
Brian Raney
Favorite Awesome Rule: Rule #21: “the universal principle, and indeed the purpose of life, business, sports, and all competition: dominate”Favorite Song: Fix You, ColdPlay (The Thing)
Favorite Awesome Person: Lou Allegra
Evan Blanford
Favorite Awesome Rule: #45 Favorite Song: electric relaxation By: a tribe called quest Favorite Awesome Person: Micheal Jackson (Not the King of Pop but the Beer conisseur) Random Fact: Beer is my passion, bourbon is my vice!
Clay Winstead
Awesome Newsletter No news bit is too much for Clay to tackle. He is not intimidated by feature articles, interviews, or breaking news…nor does he fear comma splices, run-on sentences, or misplaced modifiers. Captivating audiences is all he knows how to do. The phrase “no comment” isn’t in his vernacular, as he always gets the comments he wants from his sources.
David Mcgee
Director of Social Media and Community Dave tweets like his life depends on it. The online reputation of Awesome Inc is in the hands of this young social media expert. In addition to running the social media for Awesome Inc, Dave trains the rest of team alpha on how to use these tools and manages certain components of our website. He is also our community building architect. Don’t let the wild beard or goofy mustache fool you, Dave isn’t normal…He once made $100 playing on the net using his ninja skills.
Elise Waddell
Event Coordinator / Space Administration Favorite Awesome Rule: “don’t let stupid things keep you from doing awesome things” Favorite Song: Young Forever by Jay Z Favorite Awesome Person: Tommy Austin, started Make A Wish Foundation Random Fact: My nickname from high school was Elsie Waddle, unfortunately.
Katharine Sagan
Team Awesome News Director Katharine is a senior at UK studying electrical engineering. When she's not writing blog posts, she enjoys rock climbing, whitewater canoeing, and camping. She someday plans to design and build rides for Disney World! (in her spare time when she's not being a lawyer).
Garret Tebel
Fresh Laundry Founder & Labs Member Garrett comes in standing 6’2″ and weighing 175lbs. Highly recruited among interns everywhere, this MBA student joined Team Alpha through Startup Weekend ’09. Garrett likes to play and coach soccer, work with his hands, and enjoys long walks through the Awesome Space while listening to #3. Garrett’s focus is Awesome Labs and Fresh Laundry.
Jessica Powers
News Editor / Journalist Jessica hasn’t found a task she can’t handle – this includes wearing her team alpha shirt to class on days when she can’t make the weekly meetings. She reigns from Paducah, KY – home of the “Ice Cream of the Future”, Dippin’ Dots. In addition to writing awesome articles for Awesome Media, she helps out with events and other needs around the space.
Josh Strange
Web developer Josh might be afraid of spiders, but he isn’t one bit intimidated by large blocks of php code. His main focus is maintaining the mobileX conference website. Favorite Awesome Rule: 22 Favorite Song: Sam Adams – Frat Star Favorite Awesome Person: Google Guys Random Fact: I am in the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta
Charlotte Arnold
Actress – The Charlotte Show Favorite Awesome Rule: number 1 and 4 Favorite Song: dynomite, stuck like glue, ridin solo Favorite Awesome Person: Sarah Palin Random Fact: I know a guy with a webbed foot!
Luke Murray
Favorite Awesome Rule: Rule #17 Favorite Song: Fix You Favorite Awesome Person: Warren Buffet Random Fact: I once rode my bicycle from Canada to Mexico down the west coast.
Nich Such
Favorite Awesome Rule: Rule 22: Go Big or don’t be my friend Favorite Song: Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire Favorite Awesome Person: Elon Musk Random Fact: I studied abroad in Budapest, Hungary in 2006 and traced down some distant relatives. I had their address, but no communication with my family for 20 years. When I knocked, they invited me in and gave me food, before even verifying my relationship to them. Still e-mail with them today.
Phillip Abermann
IT Support Favorite Awesome Rule: Rule 26 – Don’t let stupid things keep you from doing awesome things Favorite Song: Breaking the Habit – Linkin Park Favorite Awesome Person: Andrew Carnegie Random Fact: I can finish any meal faster than you – guaranteed or your money back.
Pj Targun
Favorite Awesome Rule: Rule #76: Play like a champion Favorite Song: With a little Help from my Friends – Joe Cocker Favorite Awesome Person: Franklin D. Roosevelt Random Fact: I’ve seen every Nicolas Cage movie
Rusty Leskiv
Deal Flow Manager There are no deals too small or large for Rusty. Rusty manages the company deal flow at Awesome Inc. This includes working with 5 Across pitch contests, performing due diligence on fund-able companies and helping companies work through business processes.
Stephanie Gavin
Art Director Favorite Awesome Rule: 21 Favorite Song: Wishcoin Favorite Awesome Person: Scott Rasmussen Random Fact: Im REALLY scared of sharks
Therese Henrickson
Captain Leading the way is Therese Henrickson as the captain of team alpha. Some people say they’ll take talent over experience any day. I say, “give me both”. Therese is an all star and is responsible for three primary initiatives: 1. Managing the team 2. Awesome Space administration 3. Event Coordination
Thomas Elwood
Video Production Thomas’ middle name is productivity. He manages various video projects from highlights videos, to post production of events, to the Charlotte Show. He also did these sweet Entrepreneur Hall of Fame profile videos.
Tuan Ho
Web Development Nickname: Done Favorite Awesome Rule: Rule #26: Don’t let stupid things keep you from doing awesome things Favorite Song: Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty Favorite Awesome Person: Teddy Roosevelt Random Fact: I speak like a 4 year old in Vietnamese. Everyone in Vietnam thinks it’s adorable. I think not.