Miguel Cardoza
Founder & President
BS 1989, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member
MS 1997, Cockrell School of Engineering

Trident Research is an applied research and systems engineering company specializing in the design, development, operations, and sustainment of military test and training instrumentation. 

April Willis
Director of Business Operations
BS 2008, MEd 2009, College of Education

April Willis Consulting is a full-service consulting firm serving clients nationwide. Their mission is to empower clients to maximize their potential and actualize their goals. With a team of experts, they provide the support necessary to action-plan, implement, and evaluate strategies that take big ideas and turn them into big accomplishments. Their core values allow them to serve their clients and maintain the high expectations they have set for themselves.

Steven Hobbs
CEO
BS 2001, College of Education, Life Member

Red River Payroll is a payroll service bureau specializing in the small business industry. They offer payroll processing, federal and state tax compliance, timekeeping, workers comp, and related services that streamline the payroll so their clients can focus on growing their business.

Daniel Kromis
Managing Director & COO
BS 1996, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

HSG, Inc. is a health care consulting firm specializing in the planning, procurement, and logistics associated with capital projects and programs.

Melanie Fitzpatrick
Co-Founder
BBA 2008, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Jennifer Roane
Co-Founder 
BA 2005, College of Liberal Arts, Life Member

LeMel is a jewelry company that creates and curates stylish, collectable jewelry for everyday wear. Their jewelry allows the wearer to express herself in moments big and small with special pieces layered for sentiment and style. It has evolved into an online, luxury brand dedicated to fine, timeless, quality jewelry pieces.
2024 Returning Winner

Sean Hall
Founder & Co-Owner
BA 2009, College of Liberal Arts

Amanda Hall
President & Co-Owner
BS 2009, Moody College of Communication

Bradley Wright
Sales Director
BA 2009, College of Liberal Arts, Life Member

Daniel Lothringer
Content Director
BA 2009, College of Liberal Arts

Mightier Content specializes in connecting lawyers to clients in need of their services. When people have legal problems, they turn to the internet for solutions. Their work ensures that they find their clients, and as a result, firms have secured hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts.

Cory Krueger
Managing Partner
BS 2002, College of Education, Life Member

Hensley & Krueger are lawyers specializing in estates, trusts, will contests, probate administration and litigation, fiduciary litigation, probate claims, real estate, and business.

Garrett Moss
President
BS 2012, College of Liberal Arts

Moss Utilities specializes in underground utility installations. Their project capabilities and experience include commercial, single-family residential, multi-family residential, and public works infrastructure projects all over the DFW Metroplex. While Moss Utilities was founded in 2016, the Moss family has a legacy in the utility construction industry in Dallas-Fort Worth dating back to the early 1900s.
2024 Returning Winner

Timothy Go
President & CEO
BS 1989, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

HF Sinclair is an evolving energy company with 5,200 employees and an enduring family of brands, providing products essential for modern and future life. A Fortune 500 company, HF Sinclair refines and markets traditional and renewable fuels and other specialty products that are components in such items as cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Additionally, recognized for its iconic dinosaur, HF Sinclair s Sinclair Oil brand has 1,500 independent branded stations throughout the U.S.
2024 Returning Winner

William Bridges
Co-Founder, President, & Operator
MBA 2011, McCombs School of Business 

Established in 1975 by the late Clifford Antone, Antone’s is an iconic blues venue located in downtown Austin. Over the past 50 years, Antone’s has brought Austin a variety of blues and musicians from across the country including B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, and James Brown, and helped develop local talent like Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bob Schneider, Gary Clark Jr., and many others.