Pittsburgh 2023
Pittsburgh Mentors
Program Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Pittsburgh program below.
Afshan Khan
EIR @ Innovation Works
Akhil Chaturvedi
Machine Learning Engineer @ Philips
Alan Martello
President @ Blue Lotus LLC
Ann Pierce
CEO @ Rabble AI
Atul Bansal
CEO @ TimeSys
Beth Slagle
Attorney @ Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP
Bill Jackson
Co-founder and CEO @ Sinovia Technologies
Britta Ulm
Senior Project Manager, Robotic Product Support @ Smith and Nephew
Chris Rasmussen
CEO @ Gajjitz, Inc.
Claye Greene
CEO @ TechBlue, Inc.
Cole Wolfson
Senior Program Manager @ AlphaLab Gear
Courtney Williamson
CEO @ AbiliLife
Currie Crookston
CEO @ ResTec Solutions
Darnell Moses
Principal @ Sesom Consulting
David Kalson
Shareholder and Co-Leader, Dentons Venture Technology National Practice Group @ Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, P.C
David Wible
CEO @ Plan Grind Deliver
Don Morrison
Chairman of Deal Flow @ Blue Tree Allied Angels
Eric Wise
Founder CEO/VP Industrial Solutions @ Wise Telemetry/Otodata
Euan Guttridge
Founder @ Reinforced Ventures
Fahmy Mechael
Vice President, Global Supply Chain @ Pittsburgh Glass Works
Glenn Watson
Commercialization Advisor @ LifeX
Ilana Diamond
Managing Partner @ 412 Venture Fund
Ingrid Cook
CEO @ SHzoom
Jared Glover
CEO @ Capsen Robotics
Jason Jones
Jeff Schneider
Professor, Machine Learning @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jeff Lizik
President/CEO @ RedShift
Jennifer Sydeski Hurd
CEO @ Connect Wolf
Jim Gibbs
Co-Founder and CEO @ Meter Feeder, Inc.
Jim Jordan
CEO @ StraTactic, Inc.
Joe Ferrara
CEO @ Security Journey
John Riley
Owner @ The Richards Group
John Seiffer
CEO @ CEO Boot Camp
John Lawton
Principal @ LM Resources
Kevin Dowling
CEO @ Kaarta
Kevin Israel
Partner @ Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP
Kit Needham
Director and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Project Olympus, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship @ Carnegie Mellon University
Lauren Townsend
Co-Founder @ Millie's Ice Cream
Lillian Rafson
Founder, CEO @ Pack Up + Go
Luke Skurman
CEO @ Niche
Marc Brown
Principal @ ABR Ventures
Marcel Bergerman
Chief Operating Officer @ Near Earth Autonomy
Mark Adkins
Founder & President @ Smart Hammer Innovation
Mark DeSantis
CEO @ Bloomfield
Martina Truche
Healthcare Innovator @ Space Medicine Enthusiast
Meghan Skiff
Founder @ MixyMarketing
Mike Formica
Managing Director Hardware @ Innovation Works
Mike Bauer
Chief Products OfficerChief Products Officer @ Sopheon
Nathan Mancine
FI Mentor @ LeanTaaS
Ned Show
CEO @ Chemistry Communications
Nicholas Kuhn
CEO @ Setex Technologies
Nicole Zevola Benvenuti
CEO @ 1984
Rachel Reid
@ Subtl Beauty
Rich Lunak
President & CEO @ Innovation Works
Richard Longo
Interim Director & Business Consultant @ Duquesne University/School of Business Small Business Development Center
Sarjoun Skaff
Founder and CTO @ Bosa Nova Robotics
Scot Mactaggart
Chief Innovation Officer @ Dagostino Electronic Services
Sreekar Gadde
Managing Partner @ BlueTree Venture Capital
Tina Goodman
Senior Corporate Recruiter @ Lucas Systems
Tomer Borenstein
Co-founder and CTO @ BlastPoint
Zach Malone
Partner @ Magarac Venture Partners
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