Oregon Robert G. Marris is a junior at the University of Oregon majoring in Business. Orca Designs currently produces two separate product lines for the windsurfing and skateboarding markets distributed directly and through retailers. Additional products are on the horizon. Utah Jake W. Draper is a sophomore at Weber State University at West Point, Utah and majoring in Business. Diamond J Tile is a ceramic tile installation business specializing in residential construction of showers, countertops, floors, fireplaces and more, as well as some commercial work.
All work is customized.
Canada Kate Hoye and Diane Cameron are students at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. They are majoring in Systems Design Engineering and are both seniors. Their business, ERGyne Technologies Group, designs devices that maximize physical and psychological comfort for physicians and patients. Juan Felipe Ponce Morones is a senior at the I.T.E.S.M. Monterrey campus majoring in Law. His business, Republica, is an Internet based marketing agency that also provides customs brokerage services to its e-commerce clients.