AN INNOVATION LAB & CONSULTANCY

Ideas built
for people.

We study emerging technologies and business practices, then turn promising ideas into products and practical solutions.

THINK CLEARLY. BUILD USEFULLY.
01 / 04EXPLORATION INTO ACTION
WHAT WE DO 01

New possibilities.
Useful outcomes.

Team 9 Productions primarily works as an innovation lab. We examine what is changing, ask where it could help, and build ways to put the answer to work.

We develop our own products and collaborate with clients through consulting. Both sides of the work draw on analysis, experimentation, and a belief that the measure of an idea is what it makes possible for people.

01

Explore

Study emerging technologies and business practices with a clear question: where can they help?

02

Test

Examine assumptions, likely outcomes, and the practical conditions for an idea to work.

03

Build

Turn promising ideas into products, prototypes, and approaches people can actually use.

04

Advise

Work with organizations to understand opportunities and make thoughtful decisions about what comes next.

OUR WORK 02

Meet CrossRoads.

How Team 9 brings emerging technology and human needs together.

CrossRoads product concept showing a life planning dashboard
PRODUCT / 001

Your next move,
made clearer.

CrossRoads is an AI-powered personal guidance and life-planning app. It explores how to help people make clearer decisions across connected parts of life, including education, career, finances, location, and personal priorities.

A Team 9 Production
OUR STORY 03

Built together.
Building forward.

Team 9 began as five MBA teammates at the University of Georgia. What started as a classroom collaboration became a shared interest in studying ideas, testing their potential, and bringing useful work into the world.

The team’s early commitments still shape how we work: communicate openly, hold one another accountable, think strategically, and make room for different strengths. Our guiding belief remains simple: be good by doing good.

Team 9 Productions is an independent company and is not presented as an official University of Georgia organization.

THE TEAM 04

Five people.
One team.

The people who formed Team 9 and continue to shape its work.

Douglas Wong

Douglas Wong

Team 9 Productions
Gina Sheriff

Gina Sheriff

Team 9 Productions
Michael Daniel

Michael Daniel

Team 9 Productions
Whitney Fifer

Whitney Fifer

Team 9 Productions
Zachary Lafontaine

Zachary Lafontaine

Team 9 Productions

LET'S TALK

Have an idea
worth building?

Tell us what you are exploring. Whether it is a new product or a practical question about emerging technology, we would like to hear it.

Inquiries are reviewed by Team 9. Please do not include sensitive personal information.