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Thomas is a student at Florida Institute of Technology studying Business Administration. 
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Thomas is an undergraduate student at Florida Institute of Technology pursuing a degree in Business Administration. He is a driven and dedicated student who has taken on multiple extracuricular activities to help students at his university start businesses. Having grown up in a military family, and with most of his life spent in Europe, Thomas has a unique persepective he brings to the table. 
  
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Because of his high school experience at the Center for Advanced Technologies, he has aspired to search for elegant solutions to complex problems. Chris has experience putting the many moving pieces together at Melbourne based internet of things startup company [http://www.getdroplit.com/ Droplit Inc].
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Thomas has spent the last 3 years developing the [http://sbi.fit.edu/ Momentum Student Business Incubator] at Florida Institute of Technology, and is currently running workshops on Lean Launch and the Business Model Canvas. Over the last 3 years, Thomas has helped multiple student businesses launch, including his own, [http://www.luxoconsulting.com/ Luxo Consulting].
  
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As a volunteer at the newly founded non-profit, [https://www.projects4learning.org/ Project Based Learning], Chris helps teach a variety of skills to people of varying ages. This includes creating classes that involve a hands-on and interactive teaching style. These classes usually focus around creating software, graphic design and presentation, prototyping techniques, and other topics of similar nature. He also helps students and enthusiasts design and build projects at the [https://www.spacecoastfablab.org/ Space Coast Fab Lab.]
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Continuing his recent progress, Thomas hopes to build a comprehensive and strong innovation ecosystem on his campus, and see more students launch businesses in the near future.
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He has several hobbies, the most notable being lutherie: designing and building stringed instruments. He builds electric guitars with a focus on ergonomics and long term player health. He is a musician at heart and plays extended range guitar, as well as upright bass in orchestra and jazz band.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 03:21, 12 February 2016

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Thomas is an undergraduate student at Florida Institute of Technology pursuing a degree in Business Administration. He is a driven and dedicated student who has taken on multiple extracuricular activities to help students at his university start businesses. Having grown up in a military family, and with most of his life spent in Europe, Thomas has a unique persepective he brings to the table. 

Thomas has spent the last 3 years developing the Momentum Student Business Incubator at Florida Institute of Technology, and is currently running workshops on Lean Launch and the Business Model Canvas. Over the last 3 years, Thomas has helped multiple student businesses launch, including his own, Luxo Consulting.

Continuing his recent progress, Thomas hopes to build a comprehensive and strong innovation ecosystem on his campus, and see more students launch businesses in the near future.

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