Yareli Esteban
President & CEO
BBA 1999, McCombs School of Business

Strategar is a minority- and woman-led team that takes pride in developing marketing strategies that are grounded in human connectedness.
2024 Returning Winner

Dana Wilcox
CEO
MSTC 2003, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Aaron Bailey
President
MS 2002, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

Mainstream Medical Devices is an innovative medical device team with three business units specializing in contract packaging, contract manufacturing, and single-use OEM devices. They are experienced packaging, manufacturing, and device professionals who understand the complexity and timing requirements of the medical device commercialization process.

Chris Crosby
CEO
BS 1993, College of Natural Sciences, Life Member

Compass Datacenters designs and constructs data centers for the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers. Through prefabrication and applying modern manufacturing principles to construction, Compass is uniquely able to deliver customizable, scalable, sustainable, and low-cost data centers in an expedited time frame. These large-scale, long-lived campuses create economies of scale for customers and local communities. Compass is backed by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Brookfield Infrastructure.
2024 Returning Winner

Jason Bronstad
CEO
BBA 2002, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Crafted with only the essentials, MALK is simplicity at its finest. No fillers, no shortcuts, just pure, delicious plant-based products that taste as good as they feel.

Jeremy Johnson
President
MBA 2012, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

RiverCity Cabinets is the leading destination in Austin for top-tier cabinetry solutions.
2023 & 2024 Returning Winner

Drew Gibbs
Founding Partner
BA 2001, College of Liberal Arts, Life Member

A law firm built upon the premise that every person, no matter how big or small, is entitled to a fair fight. When you’ve been injured as a result of someone else's negligence, they want to be the game-changing weapon in your battle against the insurance industry giants seeking to deny you fair compensation for your harms and losses. Slingshot Law will fight those giants and get you justice.

Daniel Murray
Co-Founder & Chief Underwriter
BS 2014, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

Wesley Murray
Co-Founder & COO
BBA 2014, McCombs School of Business

Covenant Underwriters develops and administers e-commerce insurance programs that leverage custom forms, proprietary technology, and niche underwriting to make specialty insurance easy for retail brokers. Current programs include commercial package policies for limited-service hotels and convenience stores with gas stations.

Andrew Cozby
CFO
BBA 1989, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Steve Habachy
President & COO
BS 2000, MS 2006, Cockrell School of Engineering

WildFire Energy is an independent energy company focused on the acquisition, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the U.S. through the application of modern technology and production optimization. They are funded by management, Warburg Pincus, and the Kayne Private Energy Income Funds platform.

Brent Dawson
Co-Founder, Managing Member, & President
BS 2006, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

Ashley Dawson
Co-Founder
BS 2006, College of Education, Life Member

2024 Returning Winner

Steve Painter
CFO
BBA 1990, MBA 1991, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

CloudServus is a top 1% Microsoft partner focused on cloud consulting and licensing. They strive to provide top-tier professional services to help clients get the most from their Microsoft solutions in the form of migrations, upgrades, new deployments, or implementing new solutions. They also help our clients save money on Microsoft Licensing and provide invaluable advice on ways to maximize the features and benefits of what they are buying.
2024 Returning Winner