Shawn Murphy from Tradition Creek, LLC. Tradition Creek was founded to provide supplies and equipment to individuals, groups, and companies that use and enjoy the American Outdoors.

Shawn Murphy, born and raised in West St. Paul is a former St. Thomas student.

Dejen Tesfagiorgis is an entrepreneur and musician living in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated in 2008 from the University of St. Thomas in Music and Entrepreneurship. He is currently the President of ArtsApp (www.artsapp.com), an online application portal for perspective music school students. He is a former Tommie of the Year.

Dejen is an example of how entrepreneurs can leverage technology to address problems and create value for customers.

Darin Lynch is currently the CEO at Irish Titan(www.irishtitan.com), an e-commerce and web development firm based in Minneapolis. Darin is formerly the CIO at 2nd Swing Inc. Recently, Irish Titan was sold to a subsidiary of a Twin Cities private-equity firm. Darin is an MBA graduate of the University of St. Thomas.

Tyler Olson is a University of St. Thomas Alum who has started several businesses. These businesses include HelpMeTy(www.helpmety.com) and his current business, SMCpros (www.smcpros.com), a social media business consultant. Tyler can provide insight to how business owners can leverage social technologies to increase business and profitability.

Aaron Weber is a former member of the Entrepreneurship Society. His previous business, W3i(www.w3i.com), was started by Aaron and his two twin brothers in 2000. W3i is a hyper-growth online software marketing company that has grown to over $25 million a year in revenues. His current company is building an online application to leverage a user’s personal cloud of information. Aaron has extensive experience in bootstrapping, acquiring venture capital, and online promotion.

Aaron is currently the President and Co-Founder of Open Preferences(www.openpreferences.com)