Silicon Valley AI In-Person, with Adeo Ressi
Silicon Valley AI In-Person 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 Silicon Valley AI In-Person program below.
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Adam Spector
CEO & Founder @ Chore
Adam Matalon
Chief Revenue Officer @ ThermaGel Innovations. Inc.
Adeo Ressi
CEO @ Decile Group / VC Lab
Aki Balogh
President @ MarketMuse
Aki Ohashi
Vice President @ Evolution Ventures
Aleksandar Bradic
Chief Technology Officer @ Supplyframe
Alex Rampell
CEO @ TrialPay
Alex Sok
Co-Founder/CEO @ Endurance AI
Alexander Garcia Tobar
Principal @ AGT Group, Inc
Alexey Semeney
Founder & CEO @ DevTeam.Space
Alex M. Dascalu
Lead Director @ Founder Institute Central Eastern Europe
Amit Bhanot
Venture Partner @ Loyal VC
Amit Nath
CEO @ Vettable
Andrew Lee
CEO @ Esper
Andrew D'Souza
Founder and CEO @ Boardy
Andrew Filev
Founder&CEO @ Wrike
Andrew Lockley
Investor and Strategy Consultant @ Andrew Lockley
Andrew Osipov
Founder & CEO @ Visual Craft
Andrew Miller
Andrew Lee Miller @ Consultant
Andy Cox
Co-Founder & Tech Recruiter @ Tech4
Andy Park
Consulting CFO @ Escalon Services
Angela Rastegar
Director, West Coast and Asia Pacific @ Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation
Ankush Bagotra
Product Management Leader @ Meta
Anmol Verma
Co-founder @ Finvest
Anthony Duran
Sr Product Manager @ Wolters Kluwer
Anthony Rose
Founder & CEO @ SeedLegals
Ashutosh Zade
Founder, Inventor / Sr. Principal @ Stealth Mode
Aurelie Guerrieri
CMO @ Open Systems
Avery Lyford
VP Commercial Partnerships @ RapidFort
Aviv Shalgi
CEO @ Solar Simplified
Ayhan K. Isaacs
Head of Global Growth @ Founder Institute
Ayub Ansari
Principal @ Anthesis (Carlyle)
Ben Larson
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Vertosa
Ben Stacey
CEO @ Pitchverk
Benjamin Young
CEO @ Blackchain Ops LLC
Bill Hunt
CTO & Co-Founder @ Dianomic
Bob Rosin
Investor and Advisor @ Bob Rosin
Bradley Riel
IP / Legal Strategist @ DeepMind
Bram Cohen
Founder/Chief Scientist @ BitTorrent
Brandon Steelman
Founder @ Clear Gene, Inc.
Brett Murray
Vice President, Marketing @ View, Inc.
Brian Proffitt
Partner @ Disruptive Capital Finance
Brian Lee
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Roamli
Brian M Pasalich
Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder @ Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)
Brice Scheschuk
CEO @ Globalive Capital
Bryan Duarte
Managing Partner @ BlackTech Capital
Carmine Di Maro
Caroline Arzoo
Partnerships @ TurboSBIR
Carter Laren
Founder/CEO @ Inara Ventures
Chamara Peiris
Founder/CEO, Leeg & Head of Ecosystems @ Launchpad
Charlie Cliff
Charlie Regis
Co-Founder @ Styliff Tech
Chase Harmer
CEO @ Wishes
Chris Hogg
Founder & CEO @ 100Plus
Christina Trampota
Managing Director @ Innovate Grow Scale
Christina Reddick
Founder & CEO @ Racedu
Chuck Gitkin
Founder @ Marketing Road
Ciaran Byrne
Founder @ NOVARA
Connor Sattely
Dan Arkind
Founder & CEO @ JobScore
Dan Lopez
Chief Strategy Officer @ Arkisys
Daniel Saccani
President @ Ravix Group, Inc.
Daniel Faber
CEO @ Orbit Fab
Dat Le
Growth Lead @ caffeine.ai | ex-Uber, Afterpay, Amazon
Deep Sahni
Startup Advisor @ Global Now / Berkeley-Stanford Innovation Hub
Deepak Ghosh
Vice President, Product & Growth @ Abra
Diraj Goel
CEO, Managing Partner @ GetFresh Ventures
Dr. Hanan El Basha
Strategic AI & Growth Advisor to SMEs & Scale-Ready Businesses @ The Business Doctor
DrWarren Linger
CEO @ Certified Innovation
Eddie Hartman
co-Founder @ LegalZoom
Elyar Akhi
CEO @ Waiter Call
Emna Ghariani
Chapter Lead Director @ The Founder Institute
Enrico Dal Re
Head of Finance @ Born
Eravi Gopan
Eren Bali
Chairman & Co-founder @ Udemy
Fabian Geyrhalter
Founder and Principal @ FINIEN
Fion Lee Madan
Technical Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships @ Asenion
Fred Joyal
Fred Joyal - CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics (Los Angeles FI) @ Futuredontics
Freddy Atangana
Founder and Chief Executive Director @ Ekamou
Gabe Zichermann
CEO @ Failosophy
Gary Gaessler
SaaS Community Builder @ Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements
Georgina Owens
CTO @ Consultant
Gina Bianchini
Cofounder @ Ning
Gopi Mattel
Founder CEO @ MaxBlox, Inc.
Gopi Rangan
Cofounder @ INSEAD Angels
Guc Ozenci
Program Director @ FI Washington DC
Habibullah Khan
Founder @ penumbra
Hanny Sunarto
CEO/Co-founder @ Mike's Naturals
Hans Kim
Of Counsel @ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Himakara Pieris
CEO @ Hydra.ai
Ignacio Castro
Managing Partner @ 128vc
Ivelin Ivanov
Venture Advisor @ Founder Institute
James Hong
Co-founder @ HOT or NOT
James Kaskade
CEO @ Conversica
Jared Goralnick
VP of Product @ Upwork
Jason Calacanis
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Author @ LAUNCH, All In, This Week in Startups
Jason Nazar
Jason Nazar - Co Founder & CEO @ Crew32
Jason Freedman
Founder @ 42Floors
Jason Jacobsohn
Founder & Managing Director @ Propellant Ventures
Javier Caruso
Founder & CEO @ Webstarted
Jay Jamison
Jeff Stewart
Managing Director @ Global Public Offering Fund
Jeff Bonforte
Jeff Bonforte - SVP, Yahoo (Silicon Valley FI) @ Yahoo
Jeff Hancock
Founder & CEO @ coinpass.com
Jeni Chang
Managing Director @ Founder Institute San Francisco
Jim Brenner
Partner @ Perkins Coie LLP
Joanna Riley
CEO & Co-Founder @ Censia
Joe Betts Lacroix
CTO @ Vium
Joe Bezdek
Co-founder @ DivX, Inc.
Johny Tay
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (FI Silicon Valley) @ Idealogy Venture Partners (Owners)
Jonathan Abrams
Founder and CEO @ Nuzzel
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CEO @ Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Jonathan Zaremski
Exec. for Product, Product Marketing, and Strategy @ Consulting & Stealth Startup
Jordan Jocius
Entrepreneur-in-Residence @ Founder Institute
Julien Lancha
Entrepreneur, CCO and Co-founder @ Climatec
June W Choi
Managing Partner @ Serval Ventures
Justin Moore
CEO @ Axcient, Inc.
Justin Wilcox
Founder @ Customer Development Labs
Kamal Hassan
Founding Partner @ Loyal VC
Karl Shaikh
Founder @ Interpreters-On-Call
Kate Connally
Director of Growth @ Dolby Laboratories
Kevin Siskar
CEO & Cofounder @ Finta
Kimberly Minafra
Division Chief - Partnerships Development and Agreements @ NASA Ames Research Center
Kimberly Wiefling
Founding Member @ Silicon Valley Alliances
Kirill Makharinsky
Co-founder @ Ostrovok.ru
Kristopher Francisco
CEO @ Evolute Inc.
Lance Cottrell
Founder @ Feel the Boot
Laura Bryce
Co-Founder & CMO @ loopt
Leon Farrant
CEO & Co-founder @ Green Li-ion & AgileHRO
Levi Velez Reed
Venture Partner @ Startup425
Maaike Doyer
Founder @ Epic Angels
Madeline Duva
Board Member @ Fluxx.io
Mahati Kumar
Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Meta
Manpreet Kohli
Senior Principal @ Adobe
Mara Rada
Chief Operations and Strategy @ Loon (loonbio.com)
Marc Bodner
Sr. Director of Business Development @ Worldwide TechServices
Marcos Polanco
CEO @ Prelatent
Mark Frohnmayer
Founder @ Arcimoto
Marta Marrucco
Owner @ Smart Founder
Matt Mandell
Principal @ PayCard.com
Matthew Willis
CRO @ MedTechnologies
Matthew Schwab
Founder @ Omnitecht
Max Zheng
Director of Investments @ Blockchain Founders Group
Mayra Motta
Sócia @ Mayra Motta Advocacia Corporativa
Mercedes Bankston
Venture Partner @ Loyal VC
Michael Diamant
Co-Founder at Cleverpup @ Former Founder of Skip Hop
Michael Zaytsev
Founder @ High NY
Michael Dryja
Principal and Registered Patent Attorney @ Law Offices of Michael Dryja
Michele Chaboudy
President @ MacAbbey & Associates
Mike Lingle
Entrepreneur / Mentor @ Rocket Pro Forma
Mike Sherbakov
General Partner @ The Veteran Fund
Mona Defrawi
CEO & Founder @ Radivision
Monica Phillips
President @ Spark Plug Labs
Moshe Mikanovsky
Product Director @ Rootquotient
Mu Zhou, PhD
Head of Pathology AI @ SenseTime
Naily Makangu
Founder & Director @ Athena Leaders
Nelly Yusupova
Founder @ TechSpeak.co
Nicholas Johnson
Founder @ Orange Charger
Nick Hegeman
CoFounder & CEO @ Paintjet
Nilay Jayswal
5+ Years in B2B Growth Marketing (APAC, EMEA, LATAM) | Experienced in Advertising, Analytics and Automation | Mentor at GrowthMentor | TEDx Speaker @ GrowthMentor
Nir Eyal
@ AdNectar
Nishanth Bharadwaj Sankaran
Sr Mechanical Design Engineer @ Tesla
Niyati Gupta
Product Design Lead @ Netflix
Noah Wallach
Founder @ Hope OS
Omar Valle
Startup Business Development @ Innovation Bay
Pat LaPointe
CEO @ Entrelliance
Patricia Picco
Business Impact Lead @ Aily Labs
Patrick Lee
Co-Founder @ Rotten Tomatoes
Paul O'Brien
Author @ Startup Ecosystems
Paul Mc Lean
Trademark and Copyright Attorney @ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Pete Biggam
Director / Mentor / Advisor @ Founder Institute
Phani Nagarjuna
President @ HBSANC
Phil Libin
Founder & CEO @ All Turtles
Phnam Bagley
Partner and Creative Director @ Nonfiction Design
Preeti Tikekar
Founder/CEO @ Membition
Rahul Dey
Product Lead @ Glean
Raikirat Sohi
Senior Manager Software Engineering @ Walmart Global Tech
Raj Sahu
Founder and CEO at @ Utobo Inc
Raj Kapoor
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Climactic @ Climactic
Rajesh Setty
Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author @ WittyParrot
Raluca Bujoreanu
Rich Maloy
Managing Partner @ SpringTime Ventures
Russell Brand
CEO & Founder @ Responsible Solutions Limited
Ryan Micheletti
Head of Global Operations @ Founder Institute
Sam Merullo
CEO @ ScootFleet Group
Samar Birwadker
@ Me+We
Scott Ford
Co-Founder & CEO @ SparkRockets
Scott Lever
Sergey Sundukovskiy
Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer @ Certemy
Seth Sternberg
co-founder & ceo @ Meebo
Seth Ward
CEO @ Seth Ward AI
Shaahin Cheyene
Founder and President @ Podcastcola Inc.
Shauna Turner
Founder Partner @ Strategic Incite Investing
Stavros Pavlidis
operator, risk-taker, venture builder, and capital allocator | direct investments, venture capital, multi-asset, derivatives | family office | zero-to-IPO @ independent advisor
Stefano Tresca
Chairman @ Sixth Society
Stephen Meade
Founder & CEO @ MonetaPro
Stevan Markovic
Head of Strategic Growth: LP Community, VC/PE Partnerships & LP-GP Events @ AQVC
Steve Bennet
Managing Director @ Bodega Partners
Steven Frisch
Serial Entrepreneur & Advisor @ CentralSpark.io
Steven Morley
Business Advisor @ Success4Execs
Sush Bapna
General Partner @ 10Ten Ventures
Tanvi Shah
Principal Product Manager @ Upwork
Thomas Hogan
Founder and Partner @ Crowded Ocean
Tim Seears
Angel Investor @ Fourth State Ventures
Tom Vollmer
CEO & Founder @ cofenster
Torrey Smith
Co-Founder & Engineering Fellow @ Endiatx
Travis Giggy
Founder @ Swing by Swing Golf
Trevor Longino
Founder & CEO @ CrowdTamers
Tyler Durman
CEO & Founder @ Ignition Growth Consulting
Vennela Subramanyam
Product Manager @ Google
Victor Chapela
Founder & CEO @ Contextful
Walter Roth
CEO @ Moment Sales, LLC
Waqar Hashim
Founder @ Smartware Advisors
Wendy Kam
Head of Ecosystem Partnerships @ Google Assistant
Woody Butler
Product Lead @ Decile Group
Ziv Gillat
Co-Founder @ Recogni Inc.`
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