iStart management team

• Katie Petersen, director

  Katie provides strategic direction for iStart. She ensures the site’s features and functionality empower business plan competitions of any size, anywhere in the world. Katie assists competition administrators in managing their individual projects, deadlines and look-and-feel.

• Bob Whitehouse, technology manager

  Bob Whitehouse manages all things technical, translating competition administrators’ goals into technological reality. He has more than 20 years of experience in public, private and nonprofit organizations, primarily in life sciences.