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2013 Cool Presenters
February 11, 2013, 7 p.m.
Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham campus
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2012 Cool Presenters
February 13, 2012, 7 p.m.
Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham campus
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2011
Cool Presenters
February 16, 2011
Hastings Formal Lounge, USM Gorham campus
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2010 Cool Presenters
February 23,
2010
Hannaford Hall, USM Portland campus |
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Becky McKinnell, Founder and President,
iBec Creative |
William Sulinski, Founder and CEO of
AccelGolf |
Ryan Beaumont, sole
proprietor,
RM Beaumont Corp |
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Jeff Shaw, founder and
director,
Maine Academy of Modern Music |
Jason Cianchette, President and Founder of
Liquid Wireless |
Jeremy Litchfield,
Founder/Chief Pacesetter,
Atayne, LLC |
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Ryan
Donnelly, Director of Interactive Marketing & Client Services ,
UCompareHealthCare |
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The CreateMaine Vision, Kerem
Durdag
Born and raised in Pakistan of Turkish parents, fortunate enough to be
educated in a British school in Karachi and then completing
undergraduate and graduate studies in
the US, Mr. Durdag is a
published essayist, poet and past editor of poetry magazines. He
has served on boards of several non-profits, notably International Child
Enrichment Program (www.icepkidsplay.org).
While
trying to make the orbit of the world turn in a positive direction
together with his colleagues, he is also a technology executive.
Mr. Durdag is currently a partner of BlueWave Investments. Previously he
was the Director of Sales and Marketing of SenGenuity, a division of
Vectron International responsible for global sales, marketing and
product management initiatives. Prior to joining SenGenuity, he was the
Chief Executive Officer of a young high-tech company BiODE, Inc
responsible for the coordination and direction of operations, sales,
marketing, manufacturing and business development activities for
viscometer sensors for multiple scalable markets and eventually led the
company to an acquisition event. He was the past Chief Technical Officer
for STEAG HamaTech, Inc., a world leader in optical disc and
semiconductor equipment design and manufacture. Before coming to STEAG,
Kerem was Engineering Manager at Conceptronic, Inc a leading company
which designed and manufactured capital equipment for the electronics
industry. He has designed high tech and proprietary technology for rapid
commercialization for Motorola, Hitachi, IBM, Imation, Chrysler and many
others.
Mr.
Durdag is a holder of several patents and has presented and published in
numerous conferences, trade magazines and peer reviewed journals.
He is on the Board of Directors for Maine Center for Enterprise
Development (MCED) and previously on the Board of Directors for
Crossrate Technology. He is also on the Advisory Board for USM's
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and the
Top Gun Program (offered recently by MCED) and on several Board of
Advisors for young start-up companies. Mr. Durdag is currently CEO of
Biovation a high-tech manufacturing company and a partner of BlueWave
Investments.
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