St. Petersburg – Technology business leader and entrepreneur John Morrow and creative problem solving guru Nathan Schwagler have joined the Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Alliance at USF St. Petersburg to share their expertise with students and local businesses. Morrow will serve as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Schwagler will serve as the nation’s first business program Creative-in-Residence.
John Morrow, USFSP Entrepreneur-in-Residence
As Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Morrow joins the Alliance’s advisory board, and mentors students, faculty and community entrepreneurs with their ventures. As Creative-In-Residence, Schwagler aids in centering the entrepreneurship curriculum on the principles of creative thinking. In addition, he will teach a foundation course in creativity.
Over the past three decades, Morrow has started and grown a number of technology companies. Prior to establishing Morrow Consultants in 2006, he served as CEO of Morrow Technologies Corporation, which he co-founded in 1984. Morrow Technologies’ microwave division, which was sold in 2006, was known as an innovator of RF and microwave signal analysis equipment – offering products that were unique in terms of speed, network-enabled operation, and compact size.
Another of Morrow Technologies’ divisions, Janus Digital Displays, is a premier supplier of networked digital signage systems. For more than twenty years, and with thousands of customers worldwide, Janus has continued to be the market leader for networked digital signage in hotels, convention centers, casinos, military bases, corporate headquarters and various government facilities.
Prior to founding Morrow Technologies Corporation, Morrow served as president of MCED, Inc., a firm specializing in automation systems. The company was a prime contractor to Disney on the original EPCOT Center construction project at Walt Disney World in Orlando in the early 1980s.
Nathan Schwagler, USFSP Creative-in-Residence
Nathan Schwagler holds a master’s degree in creativity, creative problem solving, & change leadership from the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State, and a master’s degree in entrepreneurship in applied technologies from the University of South Florida. Nathan is the founder of Nathan Schwagler & Associates, a creative problem solving consultancy that helps organizations generate novel and useful ideas, evaluate those ideas effectively, and then develop those raw ideas into value-added solutions. Nathan also serves on the board of directors for Creative Tampa Bay and as a co-producer of TEDxTampaBay.
Bill Jackson, director of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alliance at USF St. Petersburg, is the Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at USF St. Petersburg’s College of Business.
“We have scored an early win for our program to be working with both John and Nathan,” Jackson said. “They substantially supplement the bench strength we have already accumulated in our staff and advisory board.”
The Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Alliance at USF St. Petersburg is composed of programs, organizations, students, faculty, community entrepreneurs and supporters committed to building a community of successful, visionary entrepreneurs dedicated to making an impact in our community. Additional information regarding entrepreneurship at USF St. Petersburg can be found at http://seialliance.com.
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