Avant-garde
Avant-gardeWhat it does: Avant-garde is designed to help retailers or companies with excess inventory send targeted emails to their existing list of contacts. The customers on the mailing list will be grouped based on their recent social media activity. Avant-garde attempts to predict which customers are most likely to order a specific item based on their social media use. Who designed it: Carrie Mantha, Ajay Mantha, Dustin Hayes, and Vladimir Dedov. [Photo: Carrie Mantha via]