Previous Rhode Island Business Plan Competition Winners

2008

Entrepreneur Track Winner: MissingPatient.com is developingan integrated approach for making important information quickly available about a missing person, such as those suffering from Alzheimer’s, to medical professionals, police officers, and private citizens. The lead applicant was Timothy Holmgren of Westerly.

Student Track Winner: Siren Medical has created a novel, low-cost technology for preserving living human tissue, which has broad applications in the medical field, including the preservation of amputated digits and limbs at the site of the accident for transport to a surgical facility The lead applicant was Mark Drew, a student at Rhode Island School of Design.

High School Track Winner: D-Liteful Gaming is a company that is creating an online video game that incorporates economics and business with sports. The lead applicant was David Litwin, a junior at The Wheeler School in Providence.

2007

Entrepreneur Track Winner: Campus Guardian Corporation is developing software that turns GPS-enabled cell phones into personal security devices that automatically notify the university security organization in an emergency situation. The lead applicant was Michael Glier of Jamestown, RI.

Student Track Winner: Providence Health Solutions, LLC is working to help employers lower their health care costs via a workplace wellness program that uses team-based weight loss and exercise competitions to motivate behavior change. The lead applicant was Brad Weinberg, a medical student at Brown University.

2006

Entrepreneur Track Winner: Axon Labs is utilizing research in the field of cognitive neuroscience to design and market products that help enable peak performance by making consumers more efficient and alert. The lead applicant was Jason Donahue of Providence.

Student Track Winner: PEK Wireless Systems is developing a proprietary wireless adaptor for broad, long-range transmission, with any electronic signal. The lead applicant was David Dowty, a student at Johnson & Wales University.

2002

FarSounder, Inc., is bringing to market a revolutionary new capability in marine navigation that allows mariners to “see ahead” of the vessel underwater for a wide field of view: range, bearing, and depth. The lead applicant was James Miller and the company is based in Narragansett, RI.

2001

Medical Monitoring Technologies, a seed-stage company that was developing a wearable diagnostic tool for monitoring acute asthma conditions, was established by Nathan Intrator, Ph.D., an associate professor of brain and neural systems at Brown University who serves as the company’s chief technology officer.