WHAT WE DO
From idea to enterprise, i2E helps build, launch, and grow great ideas.
We Serve
Innovators & entrepreneurs.
We have an open-door policy with entrepreneurs, regardless of their level of need. We provide infrastructure, resources, and support to prepare you for wherever you’re trying to go.
We Serve
Community.
We live in a special place, and we believe it’s our responsibility to make our community stronger. We do that through the direct support of innovators and entrepreneurs, by facilitating and circulating good news that boosts the reputation and credibility of the state, and by committing our resources to making Oklahoma a better place to live, work, start a business or family, and leave a legacy.
i2E receives state support from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology and is an integral part of Oklahoma’s Innovation Model.
Our Values
Accountable.
Your success is our success. We’ll give you our very best because we expect the same of you.
Objective.
We’ll give you clear, honest, well-intentioned advice, perspective, and direction, rooted in data and in our decades of experience.
Innovative.
We’re here to help ensure the next great ideas, businesses, and leaders make it to market.
The best in the business, here to help yours.
Meet our team
Through our decades of experience, connections, and proven success, we have what innovators and entrepreneurs need to build, launch and strategically grow their business.
Judy Beech, CPA
Vice President & Director of Finance
Jennie Brandon
Operations/Event Coordinator
Shannon Carr
Communications Director
Gerda Elpedes
Staff Accountant
Srijita Ghosh
Venture Advisor
Mark Lauinger
Senior Vice President Venture Development
Eduardo “Tito” Marchena
Program Manager
Marla O’Fallon
Operations Manager
Richard Rainey
Senior Venture Advisor
Michael J. Rohleder
Executive-in-Residence
