[[File:Thomas haynie.jpg]]|200x200px|Thomas is a student at Florida Institute of Technologyhaynie. 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 Incjpg]].
<br/>As Thomas is an undergraduate student at Florida Institute of Technology pursuing a volunteer at the newly founded non-profit, [https://wwwdegree in Business Administration.projects4learning.org/ Project Based Learning], Chris helps teach He is a variety of skills driven and dedicated student who has taken on multiple extracuricular activities to people of varying ageshelp students at his university start businesses. This includes creating classes that involve Having grown up in a hands-on and interactive teaching style. These classes usually focus around creating softwaremilitary family, graphic design and presentationwith most of his life spent in Europe, prototyping techniques, and other topics of similar nature. He also helps students and enthusiasts design and build projects at Thomas has a unique persepective he brings to the [https://www.spacecoastfablab.org/ Space Coast Fab Labtable.]
He Thomas has several hobbies, spent the last 3 years developing the most notable being lutherie [http: designing //sbi.fit.edu/ Momentum Student Business Incubator] at Florida Institute of Technology, and building stringed instruments. He builds electric guitars with a focus is currently running workshops on ergonomics Lean Launch and long term player healththe Business Model Canvas. He is a musician at heart and plays extended range guitarOver the last 3 years, Thomas has helped multiple student businesses launch, including his own, as well as upright bass in orchestra and jazz band[http://www.luxoconsulting.com/ Luxo Consulting].
== Related Links ==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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