LAUNCH PAD LEADERSHIP TEAM

 

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William Dougan - Director

Hyland 4513 | douganw@uww.edu | 262-472-1159 | LinkedIn

Professor William Dougan has over 15 years of experience in teaching, training, consulting, advising and public service in venture development, management of technology and an entrepreneur. Dougan has also been involved in international teaching and research for over 15 years as an invited faculty member at universities in both France and China. He is published in the areas of decision theory, small firm technology strategy and entrepreneurial behavior. Dougan earned the prestigious Faculty Advisor of the Year award for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO)and is one of the faculty advisors for the nationally acclaimed UW-Whitewater CEO chapter.  Dougan is a co-founder and principal at Blackthorne. He earned his BBA and MS from the University of Kansas and PhD from Cornell University. Dougan is the "go to guy" for strategy, market analysis, business plan competitions, and he loves escaping to France.

Dave Gee - Director

Hyland 4504 | geed@uww.edu | 262-472-5797 |  LinkedIn

Dave Gee has been the founder and CEO and serial entrepreneur. He led efforts to launch the companies and develop teams, and he orchestrated marketing and operations, secured $500k in funding and facilitated a partnership with Salesforce.com. Gee has over 25 years of Fortune 500 marketing and sales experience for recognized firms including BellSouth, Humana, Motorola, U.S. Cellular and TDS. He teaches entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and digital marketing and sales management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a faculty advisor the nationally acclaimed UW-Whitewater Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization.  Gee founded 4 startups including, Sales Sherpas, Bungee, Startup Guides and his most recent one, the Entrepreneurship Educators Association (international high school entrepreneurship educator association). He earned his BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MBA from Marquette University. Gee thrives on "diving into the trenches" with students and rapidly moving from ideation to startup success. He loves mountain biking, boating and cooking-up his latest batch of home brew.