Leading Patriots: Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
Monday, June 29, 2020
2:00 p.m.
Zoom
Hear from Leading Patriots who have started and built successful companies as they discuss the challenges and opportunities entrepreneurs face in the post-pandemic marketplace.
Our Panelists
Amir Zonozi, BS '07
President and Co-Founder, Zoomph
Amir Zonozi is the President and Co-Founder of Zoomph, the leading partnerships and audience analysis AI platform for esports and sports leagues, teams, brands and agencies working with clients like Coca-Cola, NBA, 100 Thieves, and the Dallas Cowboys. Amir specializes in optimizing partnership prospecting, performance, and social audience analysis. Outside of work, Amir is recovering sneaker head, drone crasher, and can change diapers while destroying you in COD.
Stephanie Zimmermann, BS '93
Owner, Founder, Chief Box Engineer
Lend A Box LLC
Stephanie Zimmermann is co-owner and co-founder of Lend A Box LLC.
Lend A Box offers one of the most innovative, easy and smart ways to move in the DC metro area. They aim to make residential, commercial and government moving projects less stressful offering moving logistics, delivery and pickup of rental boxes, and concierge based storage solutions. Ms. Zimmermann has led her team since 2013 in building a solid logistics company with plans for expansion.
She is a graduate of George Mason University with a BS in Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems. In 2017, Ms. Zimmermann was recognized by Mason as a Prominent Patriot in Businesses.
An active member in her community, she sits on several local advisory boards and volunteers time with the Girl Scouts.
Amber Hart, BS '11
Co-Founder, The Pulse of GovCon
Ms. Amber Hart received her Bachelor’s in Conflict Analysis and Resolution & Global Affairs from George Mason University (GMU), where she is an active alumna. A skilled Business Developer with over ten years’ experience selling to the Federal Government, Ms. Hart’s honesty and desire to invoke Federal procurement change makes her a breath of fresh air in a convoluted and cumbersome industry. Ms. Hart is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of The Pulse of GovCon, a boutique market intelligence firm that specializes in Government Contracting storytelling. Under The Pulse of GovCon, Ms. Hart and Ms. Lisa Shea Mundt (Co-Founder/Co-Owner) have built a grassroots organization and brand centered on a growing membership subscription service and their patient-pending software, Part9. Ms. Hart is currently a Board Member of Women In Technology (WIT) and was honored as one of DCA Live's 2019 Rising Stars of GovCon. Her article, “A Case for Diversification in Proposal Consulting,” landed her the featured cover story in APMP and won her the coveted John Elder Award.