University of Delaware Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics and Horn Entrepreneurship are proud to announce the thirty-nine 2022 Blue Hen 17&43 Award winners. Recipients were selected based on revenue, growth, innovation and social impact, and their businesses span industries from SaS platforms, Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services, Bio-Medical Technology as well as others.
*Denotes the five fastest growing blue hen ventures
Alchemize Fightwear
Industry: Ecommerce / Retail
Year founded: 2020
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Maya Nazareth, Founder ‘20
Arrow Safety Device Company
Industry: Safety Manufacturer and Distributor
Year founded: 1929, under new ownership in 2022
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Jake Murray, Executive, ’14,
Gretchen Wyshock, Executive ‘99
Avkin
Industry: Medical Simulation
Year founded: 2015
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Amy Cowperthwait, CEO, ‘87
Amy Bucha, CSO, ‘12
Backyard Gig
Industry: Household Gig Economy
Year founded: 2020
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Suryanuj Gupta, Founder, ‘23
Bernie's Book Bank
Industry: Non-profit
Year founded: 2009
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Brian Floriani, Founder, ‘98
BillingPlatform
Industry: SaaS
Year founded: 2012
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Dennis Wall, CEO, ‘92
Bloom Daily Planners
Industry: Stationery (Planners)
Year founded: 2010
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Kaylne DiNardo, Co-Founder & Operations Manager, ‘10
Michelle Askin, Co-Founder & Production Manager, ‘10
Carvertise*
Industry: Advertising/Marketing
Year founded: 2012
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Greg Star, Founding Partner, ‘13
Mac Macleod, Founding Partner/CEO, ‘13
Cloud Point of Sale, Inc.
Industry: Point of Sale
Year founded: 2019
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Kyle Morgan, ‘14
Kathryn McMillan, ‘09
CompuData, Inc
Industry: Technology
Year founded: 1971
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Angela Nadeau, President & CEO, ‘82
Daily Crunch
Industry: Consumer Packaged Goods
Year founded: 2020
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Laurel Orley, CEO & Co-Founder, ‘02
Diamond State Financial Group
Industry: Financial Services
Year founded: 1989
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 4
Raymond Bree, Founder, ‘78
Christopher Burgos, President & CEO, ‘99
Ketul Mody, Owner, Executive, ‘06
Joshua Shaver, Managing Partner, ‘07
Gallant Collective
Industry: Marketing
Year founded: 2018
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Emily Tyree, Founder & Consultant, ‘16
FunkkOFF!, Inc.
Industry: Consumer Goods
Year founded: 2019
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Joelle Flynn, Founder & Co-CEO, ‘94
G.O.B.L.I.N. Technologies
Industry: Technology
Year founded: 2018
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 3
Stephen Hoops, CEO, ‘98
David LaRoche, COO, ‘98
Dee Ridgeway, Chief Data Analytics Officer, ‘98
GoShare
Industry: Technology
Year founded: 2015
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Shaun Savage, Founder & CEO, ‘06
Grey Market Labs*
Industry: Software
Year founded: 2017
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Kris Schroeder, CEO, ‘00
Hx Innovations, Inc
Industry: Biotechnology
Year founded: 2019
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Nicole Homer, Co-Founder, ‘05
Team JLCG
Industry: Consulting
Year founded: 2011
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Jennifer Croneberger, Founder, ‘91
Lectrolyst
Industry: Carbon utilization
Year founded: 2018
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Greg Hutchings, President, ‘15
LINNE Industries, LLC
Industry: Environmental - Renewable Energy
Year founded: 2009
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Sandra Burton, President & CEO, MBA ‘08
Mighty Ventures, Inc.
Industry: Intellectual Property - Licensing
Year founded: 2020
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Jayme Smaldone, CEO, ‘02
8Myles
Industry: Food and Beverage
Year founded: 2016
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Myles Powell, CEO, ‘12
NewsWhip
Industry: Technology
Year founded: 2011
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Brett Lofgren, President, ‘98
Nitro Biosciences
Industry: Biotechnology
Year founded: 2021
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Neil Butler, Co-Founder, GS’24
Aditya Kunjapur , Co-Founder, Assistant Professor
Patient Sortal
Industry: Healthcare
Year founded: 2017
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Kenny Eck, Founder & CEO, ’17 & ‘18
PCOnline, LLC*
Industry: E-commerce computer sales
Year founded: 2015
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2
Ryan (Liyuan) Chen, Chairman, PhD ‘14
Charles Zhang, CEO, MS ‘21
Predictive Analytics Group*
Industry: Business Analytics
Year founded: 2017
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 3
Stephen Hoops, CEO, ‘98
Dave LaRoche, COO, ‘98
Dee Ridgeway, Chief Data Analytics Officer, ‘98
Research and Project Management, LLC
Industry: Project Management, Consulting
Year founded: 2022
Number of Blue Hen Leaders:
Brittany Maday, Co-Founder & Co-Owner, ‘11
Elizabeth Allen, Co-Founder & Co-Owner, ‘12
Resonate Forward
Industry: Medical Device
Year founded: 2017
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Theresa Litherland, CEO, MBA, ‘15
RiversEdge Advisors
Industry: Financial Services
Year founded: 2019
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Jarrett Morris, Founder & COO, ‘05
SponsorUnited, Inc.*
Industry: Marketing & Advertising
Year founded: 2018
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Bob Lynch, Founder & President, ‘02
Stemmer
Industry: Music
Year founded: 2021
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Sam Goetz, Founder, ‘21
Strados Labs
Industry: Healthcare
Year founded: 2016
Number of Blue Hen Leaders:
Nick Delmonico, Founder & CEO, ‘12
TechSolutions, Inc.
Industry: Information Technology
Year founded: 1999
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Rick Monnig, President, ‘91
Tinkercast
Industry: Entertainment
Year founded: 2017
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Meredith Halpern-Ranzer, CEO, ‘95
TrialBee
Industry: BioPharma
Year founded: 2010
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Matt Walz, CEO, ‘98
TriC Robotics
Industry: agriculture
Year founded: 2017
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Adam Stager, Founder & CEO, ’11, PhD ‘19
UP Cycle Design
Industry: Social Impact - Upcycling
Year founded: 2019
Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1
Sierra RyanWallick, Founder & CEO, ‘24
