Mentors

Bill Burke

Assistance with Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Business Startup

• Director Shore Hatchery & Entrepreneurial Activities Professor of the Practice Information and Decisions Sciences
• wpburke@salisbury.edu

• Bill Burke Bio & Office Hours

  Bill joined the Perdue School of Business in 1999 entering the academic community after a successful 22-year career at a regional insurance carrier leading their information technology and reengineering initiatives at a vice presidential level. In addition to teaching in the Information and Decision Sciences Department, he has taught courses in marketing and management, and he is a faculty instructor for the Applied Business Learning Experience (ABLE) internship program, meeting with over 500 employers in the region. He is also one of the founders of the Shore Hatchery and the director since its inception. Engaged in the entrepreneurship competitions over the past 15 years, Bill has overseen the distribution of approximately $1,552,000 of the $1,602,000 in awards to 176 student and regional entrepreneurs;

  Office Hours:

  • Monday: 12pm - 2pm - PH 132
  • Tuesday: via Zoom

Bill Bernard

Assistance with Consultation Support, Idea to Market, Business Startup

• Eastern Shore Representative, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

• bbernard@tedco.md

• Bill Bernard Bio & Office Hours

  Bill has a long history of entrepreneurship after a tour of duty in the Peace Corps and a career in marine biology with the Smithsonian Institution. His businesses have included an aquaculture company that operated in the Dominican Republic, and more recently, founding 3Di’s Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Division. Bill can provide consultation support and insight on ways to bring idea to market.

  Office Hours:

  • Available By Appointment

Bob Morrison

Assistance with Business Plans, Pitch Practice, Financials

• Adjunct Lecturer, Management Department
• rlmorrison@salisbury.edu

• Bob Morrison Bio & Office Hours:

  Experience in all phases of technology business development. Cofounded the world’s largest developer of hospital laboratory information automation products. Former Executive Director of the Desert Angels in Tucson, AZ. Bob volunteers his time to provide our students with one on one assistance with business plans, pitch, financials and more.

  Office Hours:

  • Available By Appointment  Sign up for Bob Morrison Office Hours
  • Community Entrepreneurs Welcome

Mike Thielke

Assistance with Pitch Practice, Startup, F3Tech, Business Startup

• mike@esec.md

• Mike Thielke Bio & Office Hours

  A lifelong entrepreneur, is the executive director of the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center. He assists entrepreneurs with the advancement of innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization and has provided leadership throughout the region ensuring that the Eastern Shore is part of the greater statewide startup ecosystem.

  Office Hours:

  • Available By Appointment

Michelle Leveque

Assistance with Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patents, Trademarks, and Non-disclosure agreements.

• Founder and Principal, Leveque Intellectual Property Law
• info@levequeip.com

 

• Michelle Leveque Bio & Office Hours

  Leveque Intellectual Property Law provides quality patent and trademark services to clients. They serve a diverse client base including multinational corporations, high-tech start-up companies, small to medium-sized tech companies, and individual inventors. All of their intellectual property professionals have significant experience working directly for and counseling corporate clients, and, additionally, have extensive patent and engineering experience in their respective technical fields.

  Office Hours:

  • Available By Appointment

Maryland Capital Enterprises

Maryland Capital Enterprises and the Women’s Business Center (WBC) offer training, consulting, one-on-one mentoring, and micro and small business loans to entrepreneurs on the Eastern Shore.

• info@marylandcapital.org

 

• Maryland Capital Enterprises Bio & Office Hours

  MCE Women’s Business Center empowers businesses to grow, create jobs, and generate wealth on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and across the state. As part of their mission, MCE WBC provides business training classes to individuals who wish to start or expand their business. MCE WBC offers classes for starting a business, marketing a business, financial education, providing networking opportunities, and more.

  Office Hours:

  • Available By Appointment