Amy Jones, BJ '88, Life Member, thought she'd work in magazines. Instead, she became CEO of O'Connell Robertson, an integrated architecture, engineering and interior design firm with a mission-driven approach.

And if you've walked around campus, you've likely seen their work—from the Texas Union and North End Zone to the Softball Players Lounge and more. 🤘

Listen to how this Moody College grad turned her communication skills into a completely different career—and became a CEO along the way.

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Learn more about O'Connell Robertson: Home | O'Connell Robertson | Mission Driven

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Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, and Christopher Yates, BS '19, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

J.B. Sauceda, the Texas Country Reporter, is a man who wears many hats. As the Texas Country Reporter he tells the stories of "ordinary Texans doing extraordinary things." After a career spanning photography, logistics, and even some Texas Humor, he is back on the Forty Acres to finish his degree.

Watch Texas Country Reporter: Home - Texas Country Reporter

Follow J.B. Sauceda: J.B. Sauceda (@jaybsauceda) • Instagram photos and videos

Hello Longhorn is brought to you by LLH Healthcare, the official employee benefits sponsor of Texas Athletics. Better benefits. Greater impact. That's the LLH difference. Discover how your business can strengthen its workforce at LiveLifeHealthy.com.

What is LLH Healthcare? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pJ7UHtMD9E

How can LLH Healthcare help Longhorns? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JYxNOR3shs

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, and Christopher Yates, BS '19, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

This Longhorn created the hair tie everyone is wearing. Andrea Nucete-Elliott, BA '17, is the CEO of TIY Products, maker of customizable hair ties that range from a fashion statement to essential athletic gear.

Hello Longhorn is brought to you by LLH Healthcare, the official employee benefits sponsor of Texas Athletics. Better benefits. Greater impact. That's the LLH difference. Discover how your business can strengthen its workforce at LiveLifeHealthy.com.

• What is LLH Healthcare? https://youtu.be/3pJ7UHtMD9E

• How can LLH Healthcare help Longhorns? https://youtu.be/0JYxNOR3shs

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, and Christopher Yates, BS '19, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

Stephen Herrera, MBA '26, is the co-founder and CEO of Pinpoint Irrigation. Pinpoint is building smart hardware that is revolutionizing landscape irrigation to save water, time, and money. Learn how this recent graduate used every resource at The University of Texas to launch his business.

Notes:

Follow Pinpoint Irrigation: Pinpoint Irrigation

If you want to listen to other stories of companies started on the Forty Acres:

• Katherine Allen of Flo Recruit
• Siddharth Thakur of Paradigm Robotics

Hello Longhorn is brought to you by LLH Healthcare, the official employee benefits sponsor of Texas Athletics. Better benefits. Greater impact. That's the LLH difference. Discover how your business can strengthen its workforce at LiveLifeHealthy.com.

• What is LLH Healthcare? https://youtu.be/3pJ7UHtMD9E

• How can LLH Healthcare help Longhorns? https://youtu.be/0JYxNOR3shs

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, and Christopher Yates, BS '19, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

Our season 2 finale of Hello Longhorn features the founders of Pluckers Wing Bar!

Hear from Mark Greenberg, BS '95, Dave Paul, BS '95, and Sean Greenberg, BBA '99, about how a simple wing-delivery idea turned into something much bigger—now with 34 locations and years of Polaroids, trivia champions, and core UT memories.

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

You can play six degrees of Gary Farmer in Central Texas—but without Texas, Gary would say he wouldn't be who he is today.

This week on Hello Longhorn, meet Distinguished Alumnus Gary Farmer, BBA '80, JD '84, Life Member. As President of Heritage Title Company of Austin and past chair of Opportunity Austin, Gary has plenty of stories to share

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

Carrie Colbert, BS '99, MBA '09, Life Member, graduated at the top of her class from the Cockrell School of Engineering with a degree in petroleum engineering. After a successful career in the oil and gas industry, she now leads Curate Capital, a venture capital fund focused on investing in female-founded consumer brands—including Longhorn-founded Live Tinted.

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

She worked 40–50 hours a week coaching gymnastics to put herself through UT. Now, she's leading one of the fastest-growing Longhorn-owned companies of 2026.

Meet Natalie Egan, BA '00, of Jump! Gymnastics, a locally owned gymnastics and early learning center for ages 2–12.

Hello Longhorn is a weekly Texas Exes podcast introducing you to Longhorn entrepreneurs and business leaders. We want to know what they were like in college, what they do now, and why it matters. Hosted by Sara Light, you can listen to Hello Longhorn every Monday wherever you get your podcasts.

Erine Gray, MPAFF '04, Life Member, believed that the right software could connect millions of people to the help they need and improve the entire system.

Findhelp was founded to connect people in need to programs that serve them with dignity and ease. Their software platform enables community organizations, governments, and businesses across industries to easily manage and coordinate care, powering a better social safety net.

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.

This week on Hello Longhorn, we are introducing Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, a Longhorn Band and McCombs alum turned music executive known by Grammy-winning artists for having "platinum ears."

Sharon now runs Dastur Venture and oversees everything from artist development to helping companies with sonic branding. In fact, the Hello Longhorn music was produced by Sharon and her partner Revelation Beats.

Hello Longhorn is produced by the Texas Exes and Sara Light, BS '02, Life Member, from the second floor of the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Music produced by Sharon Dastur, BBA '92, and Revelation Beats.