2017 Catalyst Schedule
Special Event
930-1130AM
Learn more about our region’s growing med tech startup community before Catalyst kicks off. The Dayton ESP Med Tech Showcase will showcase 11 local med tech startups to interested investors and medical professionals. Separate registration is required.
Noon-1PM
Catalyst Registration, Networking, & Exhibitor Booths
Special Event
1215-1245PM
Learn more about the new fund that SPGlobal is bringing to the region based on their Transformative Corporate Formation model for commercialization and get updates on two of last year’s Catalyst event companies, GlobalFlyte and S.A.Wyze. Separate registration is required.
1PM-4PM
Opening Remarks
Culture Firestarter
Startup Pitches
- Andrew Cothrel, Safe Care Tools
- Caroline Cao, Endo Guidance Technologies
- Karen Posey, WoundAI
Risk Firestarter
Startup Pitches
- Nick Ripplinger, Battle Sight Technologie
- Lisa Novelli, kColumn
- Charles Nick, Third Wave Water
Diversity Firestarter
Startup Pitches
- Arielle Jordan, Curafied
- Jason Terry, GreenSpace Enterprise Technologies
- James Bridgers, Road-Aid
Action Firestarter
Closing Remarks
4PM-5PM
Networking, Exhibitor Booths, & Cash Bar
2017 Catalyst Entrepreneurs

Nick Ripplinger
Battle Sight Technologies
Nick Ripplinger and Bennett Tanton, both of who are combat veterans, founded Battle Sight Technologies LLC (BST) in 2017. The sole mission of BST is to produce products that support war fighters, law enforcement agencies, and first responders. They are accomplishing this with their first product line the MARC, which is a pressure activated chemillumenecent material that can be produced in the visible and infrared spectrums to improve communications on the battle field and covert operations. The products are currently in the prototype phase and will hit the market summer of 2018.

Arielle Jordan
Curafied
Curafied is a platform where digital curators and tastemakers can earn monthly subscription revenue from their strongest followers by sharing premium content.

Caroline Cao
Endo Guidance Technologies
Endo Guidance Technologies provides innovative guidance technology to enhance surgical performance and reduce risk for patients and clinicians, as well as reduce costs and time spent in surgery.

Jason Terry
GreenSpace Enterprise Technologies
GreenSpace Enterprise Technologies, Inc. is a venture-backed occupancy management automation company specializing in providing occupancy management and meeting room scheduling solutions that are cost-effective, globally scalable and easy to maintain. Our solution is a comprehensive, globally uniform, simplified architecture solution that is easy to deploy. With our years of experience in the industry, GreenSpace can provide the insight you need in order to launch a successful occupancy management program that drives end-user adoption.

Lisa Novelli
kColumn
KColumn, LLC is targeted to be a full service company to revolutionize the traditional CNC Milling industry into a new level of manufacturing processes focusing on efficiency and quality. It is anticipated to have a full staff of skilled application engineers to support industry in the use and creativity to achieve the maximum benefits the KColumn has to offer. We anticipate working thru the existing distribution network of both machine tool builders and work holding providers to the machining market. The Kcolumn system gives the machinist more creativity and flexibility in milling parts. It is a non-traditional approach offering ease of use in programming and efficient in change-over of jobs.

James Bridgers
Road-Aid
Road-Aid provides State, City and Local Governments and supporting companies the ability to see and act on distressed road data accurately and reliably (such as cracks and potholes). Using proprietary machine learning algorithms that inventory and analyze the extracted road features we provide governments detailed information about their roadways that support project financing, justification, and road treatment decisions.

Andrew Cothrel
Safe Care Tools
Safe Care Tools™ is a provider of scientifically designed medical safety products. Its flagship product line, the AnesthEZia Saf-T-System™, is designed to dramatically reduce the opportunities for human error in the anesthesia medication preparation and administration workflow, while simultaneously relieving anesthesia production pressure, improving drug charge capture, and reducing drug losses and waste. Two system components, the AnesthEZia Saf-T-Tray™ and the AnesthEZia Saf-T-Holder™, were launched in October 2017 at the annual Anesthesiology Society of America show. The AnesthEZia Saf-T-Station™ for pharmacy use is under development and launch is expected 1Q18. SCT is seeking: 1) distribution channel partners with anesthesia and pharmacy access and relationships, 2) partner organizations to collaboratively provide a seamless and automatic medication tracking capability for the entire medication life cycle, 3) anesthesia provider collaborators interested in studying the clinical and economic/workflow impacts of the AnesthEZia Saf-T-System, and 4) regional account leads to establish broader use of the product suite.

Charles Nick
Third Wave Water
Third Wave Water, located in Cedarville, Ohio, was born in a conversation between two coffee fanatics trying to solve a long-standing coffee issue: water quality. Taylor Minor and Charles Nick launched the company by sponsoring and displaying their product at the Barista Guild of America’s event, “Bloom” in Chicago, Oct. 26-28, 2016. Since then the product has been sold in all 50 states and over 50 countries and was recently featured on the hit ABC show, Shark Tank.

Karen Posey
WoundAI
WoundAI is the best way to accurately and consistently measure wounds to avoid $500M each year in re-admissions.
There are millions of cases of chronic wounds in the United States, and the numbers are growing. Over 6.7 million Americans will suffer from chronic wounds. Diabetes, increased age, obesity and other factors all contribute to the rising number of chronic wound cases. This is a serious problem. WoundAI is a software wound measurement, analysis and documentation service utilizing proprietary software and an imaging device that can avoid $500M in hospital re-admissions, $1.6B inpatient amputations, increase the productivity of a wound clinic by $400,000/year.