As managing director of the Smith School's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, Asher Epstein is responsible for directing the center's leading services and programs to successfully guide and support student and regional entrepreneur growth.
Mr. Epstein joined the Dingman Center in 2004. Prior to that he held a variety of management and operational positions working with Fortune 500 companies and startups – including founding his own start up, SilentFrog. SilentFrog operated as an internet marketplace to facilitate hiring in the "microservices' market for local tasks ranging from lawn-mowing and babysitting to plumbing and car repair.
Prior to that Mr. Epstein was director of business operations for Exit1, an e-commerce and web development startup. Epstein helped grow the company from 9 employees and $250,000 in revenue to 30 employees and almost $2 million in revenue in just over one year. Exit1's clients included AOL, eAgents and the U.S. government. Mr. Epstein began his career working for American Management Systems, a billion dollar information technology consulting firm headquartered in Northern Virginia, where he was responsible for the implementation of a proprietary software application designed to manage delinquent customers for a variety of credit products ranging from home equity lines to telephone service. His clients included AT&T, the Bank of Montreal, Bezeq Ltd. and Chevy Chase Bank.
Mr. Epstein has an undergraduate degree in English and History as well as a Certificate of Management Studies from the University of Rochester. Mr. Epstein received an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business.
China Business Plan Competition
Dinman Center for Entrepreneurship
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
Asher Epstein, Managing Director of Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the 
