Our Team
Our people are our greatest asset.
Our full-time staff, faculty, Innovators in Residence, steering committee members, graduate assistants, and undergraduate interns are some of the most innovative, compassionate, skillful, and optimistic people you will ever have the pleasure of meeting. …and we’re all here to help you get going! While our numbers are typically around 30 during the academic year, we work with a much smaller but dynamic group in the summer time.
We’ve got some serious skills: 3D Design , Advertising, Media and Public Relations, Computer Programming, Content Development , Design Thinking, Digital Fabrication, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Graphic Design, Photography and Digital Media, Social Impact, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Video Production, Virtual Reality and Web Development, and a wide variety of specialized skills from our academic parters.
2023-2024 Team
Ken Baldauf, Founding Director, ken@innovation.fsu.edu
Eric Adams, Asst. Director, Fablab, eric@innovation.fsu.edu
Jackson Anderson, New & Immersive Media, jackson@innovation.fsu.edu
Wes Dorce, Asst. Director, Experiential Learning, wes@innovation.fsu.edu
Leila Gibradze, Asst. Director, Facilities, leila@innovation.fsu.edu
Rienne Saludo, Asst. Director, Design & New Tech, ren@innovation.fsu.edu
Nial Alexander, Graduate Asstistant
Andrea Colon-De Feria, Graduate Assistant
Jacob Javor, Area Specialist
Shivakumar Machidi, Graduate Assistant
Joy Akingbola, Undergrad Ambassador
Huyen Bui, Undergrad Ambassador
Bria Weisblat, Undergrad Ambassador, Computer Science
Lucas Deininger, Undergrad Ambassador, Engineering
Peter Hwang, Undergrad Ambassador,
Alex Gibson, Undergrad Ambassador, Management Info Systems
Mason Gibson, Undergrad Ambassador, Engineering
Jamie Guterman, Undergrad Ambassador,
Rian Jackson, Undergrad Ambassador, Information Technology
James Hudson, Undergrad Ambassador,
Craig Moore, Undergrad Ambassador, Studio Art
Laura Ospina, Undergrad Ambassador, Studio Art
Justin Pollack, Undergrad Ambassador, Computer Engineering
Prerna Ravinder, Undergrad Ambassador, Computer Program & App
Tiana Rivera, Undergrad Ambassador
Cyrus Sabet, Undergrad Ambassador, Media/Communications
Jake Scally, Undergrad Ambassador
Anders Snell, Undergrad Ambassador
Jacob Proenza-Smith, Undergrad Ambassador, Computer Science
The Innovation Hub Steering Committee
The Innovation Hub Steering Committee has representation from all our partner departments. This group of innovative faculty and staff brainstorm ideas to drive innovation on campus through the Innovation Hub.
Ken Baldauf, Director, Innovation Hub
Darren Brooks, Assistant Department Chair, Director of the Center for Human Resource Management, College of Business
Kevin Curry, Teaching Faculty, Graduate Director, College of Fine Arts
Larry Dennis, Dean, College of Communication and Information
Gordon Erlebacher, Professor and Chair, Department of Scientific Computing
Jonathan Fozard, Deputy CIO, Information Technology Services
Robby Fuselier, Director ODL, Office of Distance Learning
Lynn Grasso, Assistant Program Director, Fitness Facilities, Division of Student Affairs
Lauren Kendall, Teaching Faculty II, College of Nursing
Terry Londy, Assistant Professor Department of Interior Architecture and Design, College of Fine Arts
Paul Marty, Professor, School of Information
Hunter Matthew, Assistant University Librarian - Digital Scholarship, Libraries
Shane McConomy, Lead on Senior Design Projects, College of Engineering
David Montez, Associate Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement
Jeremiah Murphy, Assistant Professor, Physics Department
Wendy Plant, Director for the InNOLEvation® Center for Student Engagement, Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship
Emily Pritchard, Steering Committee Chair, Director of FSU Mayo Clinic Collaboration, College of Medicine
Rabieh Razzouk, Director, Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FCR-STEM), Learning Systems Institue
Cesar Rodriguez, Research Faculty I and Entrepreneurship Advocate, College of Medicine
Craig Stanley, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Social Work
Jonathan Stone, Head of Visual Effects, College of Motion Picture Arts
Dina Vyortkina, Director, Office of Information and Instructional Technologies, College of Education
Jeff Whalen, Teaching Faculty II, Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship