Midterm Presentations

Riley comes from a background in graphic design and graduated from the University of Tennessee. She co-founded our company with the goal of creating elegant, effective solutions that enhance the experience of educators. As Chief Product Officer, Riley sets the vision and strategy for how our products evolve. She ensures they not only function seamlessly but also deliver an intuitive, thoughtful experience to the educators who use them. Riley is a natural product thinker with a keen eye for detail, and she excels at aligning design, engineering, and customer needs to shape solutions that are both innovative and impactful. In addition to guiding the team, she has the final say on how our products look and feel, ensuring a consistent and user-centered experience across everything we build.

Stefan is a designer and creative director. He's spent his career applying a thoughtful design approach across a range of projects and industries—from film and entertainment, through advertising, and even into redesigning user experiences—with studios, startups, agencies, and corporations (with a special emphasis on the complexity of banking and finance). A hallmark of his approach is not just imagining the final product, but also being intentional about how to get there—the execution of a project being just as important as the result.

Sarah Smith has been creating since she was a child and never wants to stop exploring. A multidisciplinary creator with more than eight years of professional experience, Sarah loves taking on new creative challenges and expanding her skillset.

Stephanie is an experienced designer, passionate about creating beautiful and user-friendly experiences that reflect her unique style. With her eye for detail and strong aesthetic abilities, Stephanie brings ideas to life in small increments for maximum client value. She is a creative problem solver who can quickly grasp complex concepts, as well as think outside the box to find solutions tailored to both users and business needs.

Experienced Graphic Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in Photography, Animation, Painting, Adobe Creative Suite, and Cinema 4D. Strong arts and design professional with a Bachelor’s Degree not only in Graphic Design but also in Animal Science, bringing a wide variety of experience and knowledge.

Haseeb Qureshi (HQ) teaches Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee. His expertise centers around startups, entrepreneurship, law, and software — but expands to creative fields and other disciplines.

HQ currently is CEO and Founder of Forthlaw, an AI native law firm providing streamlined legal services to founders and of HigherNew, an EdTech company creating higher education tools increased efficacy (Ash, a non-STEM and project based assessment AI grading assistant; Anyroll, a video lecture platform with tiered attendance points for increased student outcomes).

As a self-taught full-stack software developer, HQ was a founder of a music technology company (Audiohand) and holds a software patent within the recorded (and live) music realm. HQ is also an actively TN licensed attorney specializing in startup and entrepreneurial law.

HQ has served on various boards and community organizations: Big Ears Festival, Mayor’s Maker City Counsel, KUB’s Community Advisory Panel, Mentor for the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, Instructor for the Knoxville Chamber’s YEA! entrepreneurship cirriculum, Member of the marketing committee for Visit Knoxville and the Knoxville Chamber, and in 2020, produced a series of webinars aimed at increasing federal aid relief to Knoxville-based businesses via the PPP and EIDL programs in response to COVID-19.

HQ also had founded and directed Startup Studio, the first on-campus accelerator serving all student entrepreneurs (2024-2025).