Paul Woodley is an Information, Communication, and Technology student expecting to graduate in May 2020. This innovative spirit is also pursuing a second degree in Entrepreneurship. This year, Woodley competed in the InNolevation Challenge, which allows students from all majors to demonstrate their entrepreneurial ideas, entering to win prize money that can help their ideas turn into reality.

Woodley and his team joined the Challenge where they launched Jump Start Recovery 1.1, an athletic knee rehab sleeve that is integrated with technologies that speed and renovate recovery. The sleeve uses thermal, vibrating, and compressive therapies to treat injury. It also offers monitoring of the inflicted areas, controlled by the easy-to-use mobile application. Woodley and his team were awarded the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award for $4,000. They also won an additional $5,000 through the Jim Moran Micro Grant.

More recently, Woodley and his team competed in the Shark Tank Competition held at FSU’s College of Engineering where they gained insight on how to even better enhance their technology. These students are dedicated to seeing their creations come to life. Woodley and his teammates have plans to travel and meet with various companies in North Carolina to find the smartest fabrics in the U.S. in order to improve their product.

To get to know more about Woodley and what sparked his interest in becoming an entrepreneur, continue reading our Q&A with him.

What made you choose your majors?

I have always been interested in computers and the ability to make them help us do other things better. Coupling that with an entrepreneurial spirit from elementary school, I knew I was the best boss I could ever have. I remember distinctly selling my 5th grade classmates miniature gumball machines I got for half off from a neighbor.

What is your dream career?

Oddly enough, my dream career is to open a civil construction company with my brother, who is majoring in English with a concentration in contracting. Together, we are going to revamp the civil construction realm by implementing information and communication technologies into the industry.

How did you get involved with the InNolevation Challenge?

This is my 3rd year competing in the InNOLEvation Challenge and the furthest I have gotten before. Being an entrepreneurship major, I have developed pivotal relationships with the likes of Wendy Plant, who is the director of the InNOLEvation Challenge.

How do your ICT skills fit your team’s business model?

ICT has taught me numerous tools that prove to be beneficial with the construction of Jump Start Recovery. From constructing a professional html file, to having the resources to understand the technology behind the code for the application, ICT has provided me a platform to grow my computing skills not for JSR but in any industry.