The Duquesne Entrepreneurial Alliance (DEA), ESP's student-run organization, connects students with key business leaders within the community who are eager to share their knowledge and advice with future entrepreneurs.
The DEA puts students face-to-face with local angel investors looking to fund start-ups as well as local businesses looking to hire students with an entrepreneurial spirit and know-how.
The DEA welcomes any student or faculty member with an interest in entrepreneurship. Meetings are held every Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in 504 Rockwell Hall.
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Officers
President: Steve Christian, Phone: (610) 207-3559
Vice President of Marketing: Matthew Funes
Vice President of Finance: Matthew French, Phone: (717) 645-2748
Secretary: Andrew Fox, Phone: (716) 913-2464
Past Speaker Events
The DEA brings local entrepreneurs
and business owners to campus each semester to
share with students the wisdom they have gained
over the years, whether it was through failure
or success or as it relates to running a business
or to life. Just some of the DEA's past
guest speakers include:
- Nick Pinkston, Founder, Cloudfab
- Dave Mawhinney, mSpoke
- Dan Prunzik, President, The Paper Exchange
- Catherine Mott, BlueTree Capital Group
- Craig Campbell, CEO, Cepstral LLC
- Richard Ryan, CEO, Voyager Jet Center
- James McGill, VP of Marketing and Operations,
Quantapoint
- Chuck Falce, Sr. VP, and Dan Cwenar, COO,
Access Data Corp.
- Thomas Jayson, Pittsburgh Night Club Owner
- Patrick Colletti, President and Director,
Net Health Systems
- Michael Righi, FieldExpert.com
- Bill
Peduto, Pittsburgh City Council
- Peter
Seiff, Aethon
- Jerry Shafran, Ceeva
- Dave Hilliker, ChemDAQ
- Adam DeSimone, Paradise Developments
- Eric Close, RedZone Robotics
- Dan Coll, Rapid
Fulfillment
- Denise Lindberg, Gardener's
Eye
- Sam Lucci, Partners Through People
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