Houston Spring 2026
Houston 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 Houston program below.
Ali Syed
CEO / Founder @ Nocodehero
Alice Gong
Founder @ Alice G Astra
Alicia Locheed Goodrow
Founder @ Goodrow Holmes, PLLC
Amina Buric
CEO @ Atlas Advisory Collective
Amy Tran
B2B AI-Blockchain-Cyber Venture Builder @ IMPAVIDUS
Austin Langley
@ Cofounder Ventures
Brian Cardenas
Founder & CEO @ SmartDataFuse Technologies Inc.
Byron Mitchell
Associate Attorney @ Goodrow Holmes, PLLC
Carliss Chatman
Professor / SME @ SMU Dedman School of Law / iLAW
Christa Clarke
2x Founder. Coach. @ Operations Strategist
Curt Lockhart
IP Attorney @ Lockhart IP
Denise McGettrick
Managing Attorney @ McGettrick Law PLLC
Didar Bekbauov
Founder and CEO @ 2xswap
Eric Fishhaut
President @ MKB Services
Erin McClarty
Principal @ Erin McClarty, PLLC
Fareed Zein
Founder and CEO @ Unytag
Indrajit Datta
Co-founder & President @ Equipt Innovation, Inc.
Ivelin Ivanov
Venture Advisor @ Founder Institute
Jag Singh
Managing Director @ A.R.M. Consulting
James Phelan
Co-founder and CEO / Shareholder @ ZPTTLR Inc. / The Cannon
Jeff Scott
CoFounder/ CEO @ Workflow Logic AI
Jeff Murphy
Founder and Managing Member @ Murphy Advisory Solutions ·
Jian Ruan
CTO @ Orbbit
Johnathan Ashe
Founder @ Ashe Advisory Group
Jon Lambert
CEO @ The Cannon
Jorvik Tazeen
Founder & CEO @ AI Bleak
Laketta Brooks
Founder @ TraceWrap
Lori Freese
Principal @ FreeseMediaGroup
Mario Soave
Founder @ CleverFi
Mehrab Momin
Human-Centered AI Architect & Advisor @ aiCTO Services
Mery Ramirez
Founding Partner @ DataNexum Consulting
Mitra Miller
President & Board Member @ Houston Angel Network
Naeem Vehvaria
Director of Information Technology @ Meticul Solutions
Natasha Gorodetsky
Founder&Head of Product @ Product Pursuits
Oleg Lysiak
Partner Success Manager @ Honeycomb Software
Salvatore Grignano
Marketing Officer @ Italian Trade Agency (ITA) - Houston
Scott Ferguson
Founder & Chief AI Officer @ Ferguson Analytics
Steve Jennis
Founder and CEO @ Jennis Consulting Group
Taneallea Feddis
Co-Director Jamaica @ Founder Institute
TC Lien
Mentor @ Founders Institute
Tosin Ojo
Founder and Fractional CISO @ CITSAP
Ty Audronis
Founder/ ceo @ Tempest Droneworx
Wade Pinder
Founder @ Product Houston
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