--- title: 2022 Blue Hen 17&43 Award Winners description: The Blue Hen 17&43 Awards honors the achievements of University of Delaware alumni-led businesses. These companies are on the 2022 list. --- [![University of Delaware](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/HPE_Jan2017/logo.png?width=168&height=70&name=logo.png "University of Delaware")](http://udel.edu) # 2022 Blue Hen 17&43 Award Winners 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** [www.alchemizefightwear.com](http://www.alchemizefightwear.com) Industry: Ecommerce / Retail Year founded: 2020 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Maya Nazareth, Founder ‘20   **Arrow Safety Device Company** [www.arrowsafetydevice.com](http://www.arrowsafetydevice.com) 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** [www.avkin.com](http://www.avkin.com) Industry: Medical Simulation Year founded: 2015 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2 Amy Cowperthwait, CEO, ‘87 Amy Bucha, CSO, ‘12   **Backyard Gig** [www.backyardgig.com](http://www.backyardgig.com) Industry: Household Gig Economy Year founded: 2020 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Suryanuj Gupta, Founder, ‘23   **Bernie's Book Bank** [www.berniesbookbank.org](http://www.berniesbookbank.org) Industry: Non-profit Year founded: 2009 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Brian Floriani, Founder, ‘98   **BillingPlatform** [www.billingplatform.com](http://www.billingplatform.com) Industry: SaaS Year founded: 2012 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Dennis Wall, CEO, ‘92   **Bloom Daily Planners** [www.bloomplanners.com](http://www.bloomplanners.com) 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\*** [www.carvertise.com](http://www.carvertise.com) 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.** [www.theposcloud.com](http://www.theposcloud.com) Industry: Point of Sale Year founded: 2019 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 2 Kyle Morgan, ‘14 Kathryn McMillan, ‘09   **CompuData, Inc** [www.compudata.com](http://www.compudata.com) Industry: Technology Year founded: 1971 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Angela Nadeau, President & CEO, ‘82   **Daily Crunch** [www.dailycrunchsnacks.com](http://www.dailycrunchsnacks.com) Industry: Consumer Packaged Goods Year founded: 2020 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Laurel Orley, CEO & Co-Founder, ‘02   **Diamond State Financial Group** [www.dsfg.com](http://www.dsfg.com) 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** [Www.gallantcollective.com](https://horn.udel.edu/Www.gallantcollective.com) Industry: Marketing Year founded: 2018 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Emily Tyree, Founder & Consultant, ‘16 **FunkkOFF!, Inc.** [www.funkkoff.com](http://www.funkkoff.com) 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** [www.goblinhelp.zendesk.com](http://www.goblinhelp.zendesk.com) 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** [www.goshare.co](http://www.goshare.co) Industry: Technology Year founded: 2015 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Shaun Savage, Founder & CEO, ‘06   **Grey Market Labs\*** [www.greymarketlabs.com](http://www.greymarketlabs.com) Industry: Software Year founded: 2017 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Kris Schroeder, CEO, ‘00   **Hx Innovations, Inc** [www.hxinnovationsinc.com](http://www.hxinnovationsinc.com) Industry: Biotechnology Year founded: 2019 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Nicole Homer, Co-Founder, ‘05   **Team JLCG** [www.teamjlcg.com](http://www.teamjlcg.com) Industry: Consulting Year founded: 2011 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Jennifer Croneberger, Founder, ‘91   **Lectrolyst** [www.lectrolyst.com](http://www.lectrolyst.com) Industry: Carbon utilization Year founded: 2018 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Greg Hutchings, President, ‘15   **LINNE Industries, LLC** [www.PondHawk.com](http://www.PondHawk.com) Industry: Environmental - Renewable Energy Year founded: 2009 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Sandra Burton, President & CEO, MBA ‘08   **Mighty Ventures, Inc.** [www.smartgrip.us](http://www.smartgrip.us) Industry: Intellectual Property - Licensing Year founded: 2020 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Jayme Smaldone, CEO, ‘02   **8Myles** [www.8myles.com](http://www.8myles.com) Industry: Food and Beverage Year founded: 2016 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Myles Powell, CEO, ‘12   **NewsWhip** [www.newswhip.com](http://www.newswhip.com) Industry: Technology Year founded: 2011 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Brett Lofgren, President, ‘98   **Nitro Biosciences** [www.nitrobiosciences.com](http://www.nitrobiosciences.com) 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** [www.patientsortal.com](http://www.patientsortal.com) Industry: Healthcare Year founded: 2017 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Kenny Eck, Founder & CEO, ’17 & ‘18   **PCOnline, LLC\*** [www.pconline365.com](http://www.pconline365.com) 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\*** [www.predictiveanalyticsgroup.net](http://www.predictiveanalyticsgroup.net) 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** [www.consultwithrpm.com](http://www.consultwithrpm.com) 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** [www.resonateforward.com](http://www.resonateforward.com) Industry: Medical Device Year founded: 2017 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Theresa Litherland, CEO, MBA, ‘15   **RiversEdge Advisors** [https://riversedgeadvisors.com/](https://riversedgeadvisors.com/) Industry: Financial Services Year founded: 2019 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Jarrett Morris, Founder & COO, ‘05   **SponsorUnited, Inc.\*** [www.SponsorUnited.com](http://www.SponsorUnited.com) Industry: Marketing & Advertising Year founded: 2018 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Bob Lynch, Founder & President, ‘02   **Stemmer** [www.stemmer.io](http://www.stemmer.io) Industry: Music Year founded: 2021 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Sam Goetz, Founder, ‘21   **Strados Labs** [www.stradoslabs.com](http://www.stradoslabs.com) Industry: Healthcare Year founded: 2016 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: Nick Delmonico, Founder & CEO, ‘12   **TechSolutions, Inc.** [www.TechSolutionsInc.com](http://www.TechSolutionsInc.com) Industry: Information Technology Year founded: 1999 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Rick Monnig, President, ‘91   **Tinkercast** [www.tinkercast.com](http://www.tinkercast.com) Industry: Entertainment Year founded: 2017 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Meredith Halpern-Ranzer, CEO, ‘95   **TrialBee** [www.trialbee.com](http://www.trialbee.com) Industry: BioPharma Year founded: 2010 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Matt Walz, CEO, ‘98   **TriC Robotics** [www.tricrobotics.com](http://www.tricrobotics.com) Industry: agriculture Year founded: 2017 Number of Blue Hen Leaders: 1 Adam Stager, Founder & CEO, ’11, PhD ‘19   **UP Cycle Design** [www.upcycledesign.org](http://www.upcycledesign.org) Industry: Social Impact - 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