Founder Institute Mentors

Houston Fall 2024

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 Houston program below.

Mentors

Aaron Chavez

Managing Partner, (un)conventional ventures

Aaron Hines

Co-founder, Darbe

Aaron Gathmann

Executive Director, North Texas Angel Network

Aaron Swinton

Co-Founder & Managing Director , ShockVentures

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform

Abe Chu

Co-founder & CMO, NextSeed

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Akeel Bernard

Community Development Manager , Impact Hub Houston

Ali Syed

CEO / Founder, Emerald Labs

Allie Danziger

Founder, Integrate

Amy Tran

Investor, Early Stage Investments, IMPAVIDUS

Ana Rojas Bastidas

Founder & CEO, Orolait

Andrea Sager

CEO, Legalpreneur

Andres Gomez

Founder, Editeer

Anh Mai

FI Mentor

Armando Mualumene

Founder and Project Developer & Team Leader, The iDEASLab

Ashley Connell

CEO & Founder, Prowess Project

Ashley DeWalt

Managing Director, DivInc

Atul Patel

CEO and Founder, Orbee

Austin Langley

FI Mentor

Bade Aluko

Managing Partner, White Hibiscus Capital

Ben Ghazi

Co-founder and CTO, Codiac

Bram Cohen

Founder/Chief Scientist, BitTorrent

Brandy Guidry

Executive Director, The Cannon

Brianna Flemings

FI Mentor

Carolyn Rodz

Founder and CEO, Hello Alice

Cassandra Iku

Community and Operations Coordinator, SheSpace

Chantell Preston

Co-founder/CEO, Facilities Management Group

Charles Dauber

CEO, Warm Commerce

Christine Galib

Founder, road less traveled enterprises

Christy Cardenas

Managing Partner, Grit Ventures

Courtnay Siegfried

FI Mentor

Creig Graham

VP Partnerships, Budapop Bottling Co.

Curt Olivares

2x Founder | Startup Advisor | Tech Career Coach, Product Saint

Dana Marruffo

Owner, Buzz Public Relations, LLC

Dana Abramovitz

Founding Team, SXSW

Denise Giordano

Commercial Training & Development Manager, BP Energy - Retired

Didar Bekbauov

Founder and CEO, Xive Inc

Eduardo Buelna

Director Structured Products, BP Energy

Eléonore Cluzel

Sr. Director of Accelerator Partnerships, Empire State Development

Elisa Sepulveda

FI Mentor, Mentor

Elizabeth Tsai

Founder & CEO , HiOperator

Elizabeth Gore

President, Hello Alice

Eric Fishhaut

President, Gelber & Associates

Erin McClarty

Principal, Erin McClarty, PLLC

Erin Fitzpatrick

President, MendIt, Inc.

Fareed Zein

Founder and CEO, Unytag

Farell Duclair

CEO, Starborn Solutions LLC

Fernando Moguel

Creator, The Syneverse

Gabe Zichermann

CEO, Failosophy

Gaby Rowe

CEO, The Ion

Gary Katz

Patent Attorney & Managing Attorney, Katz Law Group

Gina Bianchini

Cofounder, Ning

Gina Morales

Founder & CEO, a Mana Project

Giselle Bisson

Managing Director, Chain Reaction PR

Grace Rodriguez

CEO, Impact Hub Houston

Graciela Perez

Founder & Lean Start Up Coach, Lean Sigma Tech, LLC

Guillermo Barrera

Founder and President , CliniCore International

Gustavo Sanchez

Founder, Pandata Tech

Guy Parker

Chief Strategy & Creative Officer, Ambient Way

Harini Bhamidipati

Founder & CEO, Bearable

Harvin Moore

FI Mentor

Heath Butler

Founder/Managing Partner, Gestalt Growth Advisors

Heather Harde

Former CEO, TechCrunch

Heather Mezher

Sr. People Business Partner, Code42

Huan Le

General Counsel, DiCentral

Indrajit Datta

Co-founder & President, Equipt Innovation, Inc.

Jag Singh

Managing Director, A.R.M. Consulting

James Kaskade

CEO, Janrain Inc.

James Phelan

Co-Founder, The Cannon

James Adams

Director of Operations, Gallant

Jasmine Victoria

Founder & CEO, The Cathexis Project

Jason Assir

Principal Consultant, Opex Digital Consulting

Jason Trahan

FI Mentor

Javier Fadul

Chief Innovation Officer, HTX Labs

Javy Martinez

Managing Director | Startup Advisor | Event Host, Founder Institute North Texas

Jay Jamison

FI Mentor

Jay Steinfeld

CEO/Founder, Blinds.com/Global Custom Commerce [Home Depot]

Jay Patel

Co-Founder & CEO, Enlight

Jc Garrett

Chief Executive Officer, Dashfire

Jeff Scott

Founder/CEO, iDOMOCILIO

Jess Hughes

Founder and President, Citizen Pilates

Jessica Reitmeier

Co-Founder, Pandata Tech

Jessica Seidel

Principal, Signify Marketing

Jo Clark

Founder and CEO, Circle.ooo

Joe Betts Lacroix

CTO, Vium

Joe Daniels

Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Joey Jones

Co-Founder/Chief Revenue & Compliance Officer, CurveBlock Ltd

John Young

principal, Alkimie Pte. Ltd.

John Ngo

DBA, John&Partners Global

Jonathan Abrams

Founder and CEO, Nuzzel

Joseph Daniels

Partner, Co-Chair -- Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Group , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough

Joshua Wang

Software Engineering Career Coach, Over the Shoulder Coding

Joy Hutton

Founder and CEO, Joy of Consulting

Juan Felipe Campos

Partner, Manos Accelerator via Google Launchpad

Juliana Garaizar

Lead Investor, Portfolia

Julie Hartman

Founder/President, J. Hartman

Justin Moore

CEO, Axcient, Inc.

Katie Wallace

Founder, Hux Sustainables

Keith Kriegler

CEO, Ideas Are Us

Kelsey Ruger

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Hello Alice

Ken Cohen

Managing Principal, Grow Associates, LLC

Kenley Clark

Founder and CEO, TC Energy

Kennie Matthews

Chairman & CEO, M Infrastructure, Inc.

Kerry Rupp

General Partner , True Wealth Ventures

Kian Gohar

Founder & CEO, Geolab

Krishna Vattipalli

Founder and CEO, Imaginnovate Techsolutions

LaGina Harris

CEO / Visionary / Founder, The Us Space

Levi Baer

Co-Founder, Second Shift

Levi Velez Reed

Venture Partner, Loyal VC

Levi Test Cermak Test

FI Mentor

Lila Smith

Founder, #SayThingsBetter

Lina Mateus

Founder and CEO, Digi-Clicks

Lindsay Eulenfeld

Senior Director of Operations, MassChallenge

Lori Freese

Principal, FreeseMediaGroup

Lyndon Mouton

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, New Paradigm Technology Partners / Veiled Growth

Marco Antonio Morales

Co-Founder, SOPLIX

Marcos Polanco

CTO, Bellwether Coffee

Maria Fernanda Burgos

Founder & CEO, Startup Advisor

Mariana Muntean

Founder & CEO, Cinevva

Mark Friedman

Mentor, retired

Martín Martinez

Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas

Matt Mandell

Principal, PayNerd.com

Meghan Hendley Lopez

Co-Founder; Director of Corporate Engagement , SUNN and TekRevol

Mery Ramirez

Co-Founder/COO, ResQ TRX

Miao Yan

Corporate Development Manager-Renewable Energy, NOV

Michael Umansky

Co-Founder & CEO, Edgy Labs

Michael Girdley

Investor and Entrepreneur, Geekdom Fund

Mike Breck

Principal, Acuity Thinking

Mike Francis

CEO, Nanotech

Molly Walsh

Director, Founder Institute Dallas

Mona Defrawi

CEO & Founder, Radivision

Munjal Shah

CEO, Like.com

Muriel Foster

Director, gBeta

Natasha Gorodetsky

Founder&Head of Product, Product Pursuits

Neal Murthy

Chairman, Haven Holdings

Neal Hamil

President, Carnan Properties

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Noah Fons

Coordinator, Greater Houston Partnership

Olayinka James

President/CEO, AKEA Services Inc

Oleg Lysiak

Partner Success Manager, Honeycomb Software

Parag Jain

Dr, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Paul O'Brien

CEO, MediaTech Ventures

Paul Kwiatkowski

Co-Founder and CTO, GroupRaise

Payal Patel

Principal, Softeq Ventures

Phil Libin

Founder & CEO, All Turtles

Phil Clarke

CEO, Ecosweet, Inc.

Philip Kaplan

Founder and CEO, ADHD Labs

Rafael Kartaszynski

CEO, TechEdge Developers

Rahul Agarwal

Principal Technical Product Manager, Hasura

Rahul Brahmbhatt

Investor / Mentor, Day One

Raja Mawad

Founder, Thrv.health

Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot

Rajneesh Dwivedi

Co-Founder and CEO, Second Medic

Ram Prasad

Fractional CPO/CTO, Delence

Rebecca Councill

Chief Social Officer, CLR Digital Media Services

Richard Jones

Partner, Healthseers

Richard Munassi

Co-founder, Blackfin Technology Partners

Richard Seline

Cofounder, Resilience Innovation Hub

Richard-Sebastian Alexander

Founder & CEO, Darbe.co

Riley Knox

CEO & Co-Founder, Accelerate3D

Robert Tucci

Managing Director, HALO

Robert Pieroni

Director of Economic Development, Central Houston Inc.

Roberto Moctezuma

Founder and CEO, Fractal River

Ron Palmeri

Founder/CEO , Layer, Inc/MkII Ventures

Russ Fradin

Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Signal

Ryan Micheletti

Fouder, Illuminate Nootropics

Saima Siddiqui

Director of Product Management, Joyride.com

Salvatore Grignano

Marketing Officer, Italian Trade Agency (ITA) - Houston

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Santiago Sanchez

Founder & CEO, Etailers Ecommerce

Sarah Hein

CEO, March Biosciences

Sarah Vega

Former Product Owner, Innowatts

Sarika Tyagi

Chief Product & Operations Officer, My22BMI

Sarika Tyagi

Product Leader, ScarletFreshShoe | Amazon

Scott Gale

Executive Director, Halliburton Labs

Sebastien Long

Founder & CEO, Lodgeur

Shlomi Podgaetz

Director/CEO, Rizasmart Consulting

Sloan Foster

Principal , Envisage Associates

Sneha Lundia Agrawal

Founder & CEO, Step2Growth

Sophia Clark

Founder & Creative Director, Galiatea

Stephen Meade

Founder & CEO, MonetaPro

Steve Jennis

Founder and CEO, Jennis Consulting Group

Steve Jennis

Founder and CEO, Jennis Consulting Group LLC

Stewart Pisecco

Director of Innovation (Ret.), Pearson

Tabbie Saenz

Founder, Business and Trade Alliance

Talha Bin Shuja

Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International

Tanu Jain

Lead Product Manager, BioIQ

Telha Ghanchi

Managing Director, Valhalla Investment Group

Tiana Laurence

GP, Laurence Innovation

Tim Marx

Venture Partner, Baird Capital

Tim De Silva

Founder & CEO, Culture Pilot

Travis Baldwin

Managing Partner, J. Galt Finance Suite

Trey Smith

CPA, Beaumont Inc.

Ty Audronis

Founder/ ceo, Tempest Droneworx

Vijay Sekhara

Director Of Strategic Partnerships, MassChallenge

Wade Pinder

Founder, Product Houston

WAEL DOUKMAK

CEO, AHLAN, Inc.

Wenceslao Casares

CEO, Bling Nation

Will Bunker

Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of One-and-Only (became Match.com)

Winston Choe

Founder/CEO, Innoscape

Yared Akalou

CEO/Founder, Alcove Group

Yemi Oluseun

Founder/ CEO - Fintech, SaaS Business Growth, Automation & Change Management, The Change Hive

Yj Lin

Senior Program Manager, Dell

Yogesh Kondaskar

CEO, Bizteon

Ziv Gillat

Co-Founder, Recogni Inc.`

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