Founder Institute Mentors

Pittsburgh - Philadelphia Fall 2024 MERGED

Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.

See the list of current and past mentors for the Pittsburgh program below.

Mentors

Aaron Karp

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Afshan Khan

EIR, Innovation Works

Albert Whale

Founder & CEO, IT Security Solutions

Alfred Poor

Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The Health Tech Futurist

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Atul Bansal

CEO, TimeSys

Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills, MSEL, PCC, CPQC®, CELC

Founder & Owner, Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions®

Bill Rivkin

Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding, Citizens Bank

Bob Delach

CFO and Business Consultant, Robert J Delach Business Consulting

Britta Ulm

Senior Project Manager, Robotic Product Support, Smith and Nephew

Carl Starkey

Co-Founder & CEO, AWSM Sauce Co

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

Daniel J. Massimino

Chief Executive Officer, MassHoldings

Darnell Moses

Principal, Sesom Consulting

David Morrison

Associate, Bereskin & Parr LLP

David Kalson

Shareholder and Co-Leader, Dentons Venture Technology National Practice Group, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, P.C

David Wible

CEO, Plan Grind Deliver

David Schneider

CEO, Shortlist.io

Deep Parmar

Founding Partner, Caramel Advisors LLC

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Don Pancoe

Chief Blinker, Blinkenlights Technologies

Eric Wise

Founder CEO/VP Industrial Solutions, Wise Telemetry/Otodata

Fahmy Mechael

Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Pittsburgh Glass Works

Frank Jacquette

FI Mentor

Gary Cohen

Owner, Practical Agility LLC

Geoffrey Kent

Founder and CEO, I left corporate America 24 years ago, and launched my current venture (Think Big with Geoffrey Kent) 4 years ago.

Glenn Watson

Commercialization Advisor, LifeX

Greg Mester

President, Idea Communication Networks, Inc.

Hasaan Brooks

Sales Agent, Lincoln Financial

Heather Lawver

Founder & CEO, Ceemo

Helen De La Rosa

Finance Manager, BP

Ilana Diamond

Managing Partner, 412 Venture Fund

Ingrid Cook

CEO, SHzoom

Jared Glover

CEO, Capsen Robotics

Jason Jones

FI Mentor

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.

Joe Ferrara

CEO, Security Journey

Joe Kuklis

CEO, Wellington Strategies, LLC

Joel Ginsparg

Managing Partner, Firelight Partners, LLC

John Riley

Owner, The Richards Group

John Seiffer

CEO, CEO Boot Camp

John Lawton

Principal, LM Resources

John Quayle

Chief of Staff, Four Growers

John Weathers

Business Development & Research Consultant | Board Member | Co-Founder & Director, Vizmoo.com | BenchK12.com | The Cultural Bridge Project

Jon Zaikowski

Assistant Director, New York Angels

Juan Lacey

CEO, Farms Close By

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

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

Lillian Rafson

Founder, CEO, Pack Up + Go

Luke Skurman

CEO, Niche

Mac Goswami

Senior Portfolio/Program Manager, Fiserv Inc

Maggie Dillon

CEO, Empress Security Insights, LLC

Manush Saydmohammed

Co-founder & CEO, Zegenex

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

Max Thalheimer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fynd

Meghan Skiff

Founder, MixyMarketing

Michelle Peters

Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino

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

Nicholas Yankanich

FI Mentor

Nicole Zevola Benvenuti

CEO, 1984

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Orly Zeewy

Brand Strategist, Zeewy Brands

Pam Knox

CEO/Chief Strategist, Pam Knox LLC

Paul Mosenson

Owner, NuSpark Consulting and NuSpark Media

Pete Biggam

Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute

Peter Chmiel

Owner, Cutting Edge Consulting

Rachel Reid

FI Mentor

Randy Eager

CEO and Co-Founder, SilisiumTech Inc.

Randy Fisher

CEO, Expand to New Markets

Rich Lunak

President & CEO, Innovation Works

Richard Longo

Interim Director & Business Consultant, Duquesne University/School of Business Small Business Development Center

Ryan Long

CPO & Founder, OnPurpose Studio

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Sarjoun Skaff

Founder and CTO, Bosa Nova Robotics

Scot Mactaggart

Chief Innovation Officer, Dagostino Electronic Services

Seth Goldstein

Principal Creative Director, Goldstein Media LLC

Shawn Johnston

CEO, Destination Renew (Transformational Life Coach)

Sreekar Gadde

Managing Partner, BlueTree Venture Capital

Stephan Thomas

Managing Partner, Artimon3D

Theo De Quillacq

FI Mentor

Tina Goodman

Senior Corporate Recruiter, Lucas Systems

Tomer Borenstein

Co-founder and CTO, BlastPoint

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Zach Malone

Partner, Magarac Venture Partners

Zach Messler

Founder, 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)

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