Eric Mathews, entrepreneur-in-residence at Rhodes and a member of the Rhodes Class of 2002, is among winners of the 12th annual Innovation Awards presented by Memphis Magazine. He is chief executive officer of Memphis-based start-up incubator Start Co. The awards recognize the best and brightest who are keeping Memphis on the cutting edge.
Mathews majored in chemistry at Rhodes and, after earning a master’s degree in cognitive psychology from The University Memphis where he studied artificial intelligence, became associate director for corporate research and development at the FedEx Institute for Technology. He founded Start Co. in 2008. He became entrepreneur-in-residence at Rhodes in 2024.
Innovation Awards winners are featured on the Memphis Magazine site. Read about Mathews.