Matt Shumer ’22 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), founder of Visos, has been selected to showcase his innovative enterprise virtual reality system in several national events this spring. He is a Rubin Family Innovation Mentor at the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries.
- Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 7 – 8, 2020. Shumer was one of a small group of startups chosen by the global Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars 24-campus network to present his innovation on the Techstars Startup Stageas part of their “Student Startup Showdown.” CES 2020 will feature two days of exclusive programming, including in-depth panels and pitch competitions that invite the next generation of startups to battle it out on the future of robotics and hardware, sports and entertainment.
Syracuse University LaunchPad and Techstars alumnus Josh Aviv ’15 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, will also be speaking at CES on the Techstars Startup Stage. Aviv will be part of the “University Leadership Panel” discussing how universities can work with startups to become more entrepreneurial by engaging and activating students in innovation. The panel will also include Courtney Gras, LaunchPad Director, Techstars; Erica Lock, Vice President, Blackstone Charitable Foundation; and Jason Thompson, VP of Inclusion and Diversity, Techstars. Aviv launched his ultra-fast, portable electric vehicle charging unit at last year’s CES event and is now ramping up production. Hewill be sharing best practices and insight about ecosystem support and resources that student innovators need to succeed. - Arizona State University (ASU) Innovation Open on January 31 in Tempe, Arizona. Shumer was selected to compete in the 2020 ASU Innovation Open, a $200,000 competition designed to challenge and advance university student innovators who are launching a hardware enterprise within a wide variety of cutting-edge marketplaces, such as the internet of things.
- Texas Christian University (TCU) Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Competition on April 24-25, 2020 in Fort Worth Texas. Shumer will be representing Syracuse University at the competition, sponsored by the TCU Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The competition features more than $200,000 in prize funding to top student entrepreneurs from around the country. The Whitman School of Management is providing funding to send him to both the ASU and TCU national competitions.
Cristina Hatem ’92 is Syracuse University Libraries’ Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications, responsible for developing and executing strategies that support the Libraries’ mission to provide information services, responsive collections, knowledgeable staff, and safe and accessible spaces that encourage intellectual exploration. With over 4.6 million volumes of resources accessed by 1.2 million physical visits and 1.3 million online visits annually, the Libraries enable the creation of new knowledge, catalyze scholarly collaboration and cultural exchange, and advance Syracuse University’s teaching, learning and research mission.
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