Founder Institute Mentors

San Diego Fall 2023

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 San Diego program below.

Mentors

Aaron Keith

CEO, Buildify Systems

Adam Montgomery

Fundraising Manager, Wefunder

Al Bsharah

Interlock Capital, Managing Partner

Albert Chow

Co-Founder | Chief Executive Officer, Opti

Alex Bard

Founder & CEO, Assistly

Alex Green

Founder, Kanshi LLC

Amar Harrag

CEO, Allied Green Realty

Amir Emadi

CEO, Skylift Global

Andrew Gottlieb

Founder & CEO, No Typical Moments

Andy White

Startup Operations, Keshif Ventures

Annie Brown

Founder, Lips

Anton Monk

Co-Founder/ VP of Technology , Entropic Communications

Austin Neudecker

Managing Partner, Weave Growth Partners

Aviv Shalgi

CEO, Solar Simplified

Bardia Moayedi

Partner, Snell & Wilmer

Ben Cote

Mentor, Founder Institute

Brian Storms

no title, No company

Brian Ford

Partnership Director, Founder Institute San Diego

Brian Olearczyk

CRO, RevCult

Bryant Walker

Founder, TAVO Media Group

Carl Thomas

Chief Revenue and Business Development Officer, Hookit

Carlo Rivis

CEO & Founder, Innovation Discovery

Caroline Arzoo

Partnerships, TurboSBIR

Cassius Kiani

Founder & Head of Product , Mora.com

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Capdevila

Founder & Former CEO, LogicalApps

Chris Carter

CEO & Co Founder, VideoFort

Christine "Chrissy" McDannell

Principle, The Magnolia Firm

Cleve Adams

FI Mentor

Courtney Gant

CEO & Co-Founder, Skooltopia

Dan O'neill

VP Engineering, Certona

Dane Drotts

CoFounder, TangoCode

Daniel O'neil

Executive Director, Smart Chicago Collaborative

Daniel Obodovski

Co-founder, Managing Partner, Diosys Technologies LLC

Daniel Arroyo

President & CTO, AstroPrint

Darryl Rettig

Co Founder & CTO, DonationMatch

David Stevens

Founder & CEO, Hydroponic Creations

David Metzler

Managing Director, Serenity Ventures

David Steel

CEO, EveryoneLinked

DC Palter

Angel Investor, Tech Coast Angels

Derren Burrell

Venture Capitalist, Veteran Ventures

Derrick Oien

FI Mentor

Ed Cleary

Principal, Root Strategy Group

Ellen Chang

Partner, Lightspeed Innovations

Eric Grab

Aspiring Explorer, Technologist, Advisor, and Coach, Formerly: Amazon, Booz Allen, DivX, Jaunt, San Diego State

Eric Weiss

Executive Coach, Full Cycle Executive Coaching

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, Finien

Farooq Anjum, Ph D

Co Founder & CEO, Gro Guru

Flossie Hall

Director Of Community Relations, Stella Labs

Frank Peters

Founder & Host, Frank Peters Show

Fred Morrison

CEO, Simplexity

Gaurav Bhattacharya

CEO, Involve.ai

Genevieve Le Marchal

Managing Partner, Suncoast Ventures

George Stepancich

FI Mentor

Gina Campbell

Strategy & Demand Gen (Direct to Consumer Group), SONY, Formerly DivX, MP3.com.

Grant Creighton

CEO & Founder, LooperLink - LOOPER Golf

Greg Moser

President & CTO, ShipCalm

Hayley Evans

Co Founder, Women Making Waves

Ian Suttle

Engineering Director, Google

Iva Teixeira

CEO, The Good Face Project

Jacob Sapochnick

CEO, Sapochnick Law Firm

James Schmachtenberger

CEO, Neurohacker Collective

James Hereford

Co-Founder, Launch Factory

Jason Pang

CEO, InvolveHub, Inc.

Jason Liebrecht

VP of Technology, Activbody Inc

Jason Zinn

Partner, Emerged, Inc.

Jeff Smith

CEO, Growth Catalyst

Jenny Rodriguez

CEO & Founder, IVOREEZ

Jess Ewart

Senior Partner, New World Ventures

Jessica Pratt

Senior Vice President of Sales, Pop & Bottle

Jim Carlson

Founder, DFL Technology

Joe Bezdek

Co-founder, DivX, Inc.

John Zdanowski

Co-Founder, Assembled Brands

Jon Carder

CEO, Vessel Health

Jonah Peake

CoFounder, Granada Fund

Jose Doval

CEO & Founder , XBand Sports

Juan Toledano

CoFounder, Sundaze

Judy Tsuei

Founder, Wild Hearted Words

Justin Renfro

Director of Partnerships, WeFunder

Kelly Conkright

Founder, The Brand Terminal

Ken Wahlster

Founder & CEO, BikeBandit.com

Ken Davenport

CEO, Mission Edge

Kim Walpole

Co-Founder / CEO, Trials.ai

Lance Cottrell

Founder, Feel the Boot

Larry Kesslin

Chief Connector, Spire

Lauren Rowley

Director of Investor Relations, Stella Impact Capital

Lee Mills

CEO, Pixly

Leo Spiegel

Managing Partner, Mission Ventures

Lucas Root

Founder, CEO, SGIC Consulting

Mara Rada

CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)

Maria Pope

Community Manager, Republic

Mario Mitchell

Ecosystem Developer / Scout Fund Developer, Dear Mama Fund

Mark How

CEO, NewGrowth & Origins eCommerce

Mark Schmid

CEO, Art Function

Martín Martinez

Entrepreneur in Residence, Founder Institute

Matthew Hedayat

CEO and COO, Stanford Technical Group

Melissa Li

Managing Partner and Head of Community, Dorm Room Fund

Merrin Muxlow

Executive Director, TiE South Coast

Michael Davidovich

Founder, Direct EDI, Inc.

Michael Floyd

Software Engineering and Product Management Leader, Freelance Software Engineering and Product Management Consultant

Michel Kripalani

CEO, Oceanhouse Media

Mike Sherbakov

General Partner, The Veteran Fund

Mike Steadman

CEO, IRONBOUND Media

Mysty Rusk

Executive Director, USD School of Business

Neal Bloom

Managing Partner, Interlock Capital

Neil Senturia

CEO, Blackbird Ventures

Nelly Yusupova

Founder, TechSpeak.co

Nerissa Zhang

CEO, Bright App

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Pablo A. Fernandez

CEO, Secret Table

Parker Harris

CEO, Junto Global

Pat Walsh

FI Mentor

Paula Sweis

Principal, SILVERWEISS International

Pete Biggam

Co-Lead FI San Francisco / CEO of, Blacksite Solutions

Peter Shaw

Managing Director , Procopio Business Advisors

Regina Bernal

CEO, Trailblazer

Reid Carr

CEO & Founder, Red Door Interactive

Rhana Pytell Kozak

CEO & Founder , BRIGHTERSTEP

Ricardo Dos Santos

Sr Director of New Business Development , Biological Dynamics

Rick Valencia

Founder, ProfitLine

Rishi Sharma

Venture Partner, Going VC

Rocco Cortese

President, Entrepreneurs Organization (E.O.)

Roger Rappoport

Partner, Procopio

Rupak Doshi

CEO, TurboSBIR

Ryan Tseng

Co Founder, Warehouse Innovations

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Saba Karim

Entrepreneur & Investor, Techstars

Sameer Sortur

Managing Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sarah Apsel

Angel Investor, 37 Angels

Scot Chisholm

CEO & Chairman, StayClassy

Scott Davis

Director of Veteran Entrepreneuership, PenFed Foundation

Shahi Ghanem

Managing Director, WI Harper Group

Shahin Enayati

Managing Director, Made Noble Corporation

Shaun Alger

CRO, Volohaus

Stacey Cooper

Partner, Stacey Cooper Law

Steven Morley

Business Advisor, Success4Execs

Stuart Volkow

Program Manager, UCSD

Taj Adhav

Founder, Leasecake

Tarun Gulati

Founder & CEO, Adios Contemplator

Tay Nguyen

Owner, Gate Consulting

Tirrell Payton

Tirrell Payton - Founder & CEO, Kaliki (San Diego FI), Kaliki

Todd Goldstein

EVP, Global Partnerships & Business Development, Talent Inc.

Trevor Longino

Chief Marketing Officer, Unito

Troy Hazard

Global President, Entrepreneurs Organization

Ty Vachon

CEO, oatmealhealth.com

Tyson Mc Dowell

President, Avadyne Health

Yann Deredec

CEO, Yama Group

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