Mentors - Innovation & Design Strategy
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Akin Akinsanya
CEO/Career Coach, UbiCoach
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Haotian Bai
Founder & CEO, Patriot Conceptions
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Yanqing Bao
Senior Data Scientist, Sift
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Tamara Baynham, Ph.D.
Founder, Ingenuity Medical Device Research
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Bryan Bernat
Collaborator, Connector, Medicine Maker
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Paige Bigham
Senior Consultant, SEI
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Misha Bleymaier-Farrish
Founder GSD Factor
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Christopher Bonino
Advisor
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Todd Boyce
Owner/Principal, Articulate Process, LLC
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Gordon Cameron
Digital Product Owner, Tapp Pet Health App
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Ryan Caradonna
Co-Founder, Lolu
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Tom Carmona
Partner & Principal Consultant, ID8 Innovation
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Nicholas Cartier
Industry Expert
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Erin Cavanaugh
Founder, Consultant, CEO
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Buford Ray Conley
CEO, Creekstone Capital LLC
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Robert Coop
Chief AI Officer, Advent Health Partners
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Edwin De Angel
CEO, Invention Matters LLC
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Jeremy Edwards
Senior Advisor | Founder & Ceo - University of Chicago | Chisel + Mallet
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Damon Feltman
Founder, OXR Consulting, LLC
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Conn Fishburn
Founder, F3 Ideas
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John Bradley Fricke
National Sales Manager, NAGL MedTech
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Jose Abel Pedroza Gonzalez
AMS Fulfillment Operations PMO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Trae Gordon
CEO, Overcome Ventures
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Micaela Green
Senior Consultant, Active Digital
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John Grillos
CEO, Grillos Coaching and Advisory
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Muhammad Talha Haseen
Customer Growth & Strategy, Fathom
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Rahn Huber
Wond'ry Master Mentor - Former VU Business Librarian
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Mark Jack
Quantum Application Scientist, Zapata Computing
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Eiman Jahangir
Physician/Director of Cardio-oncology & general cardiology, Vanderbilt Medical Center
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Haein Kang
Assistant Professor in New Media Art, Vanderbilt University
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Blythe Karow
CCO, NeuroGeneces
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Jonn Kim
CEO & CTO of Geeks and Nerds
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Sukwon Kim
Associate Professor of Finance, University of Tulsa
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Landon Klausing
Private Equity Associate, Council Capital
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Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar
Vice President of Community Impact, America's Promise Alliance
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Richard Lawson
Founder, SoCalAI
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Minju Lee
Management Consultant, World Wide Technology
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Jonathan Lehman
CEO, Duet Biosystems
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Ed Lewis
Chief Commercial Officer, Indigo Technologies
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Rachel Limor
Creative Design Director, Implement Now
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Robinson Littrell
Manager | Strategy and Operations, Amherst Holdings
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Marlen Lugo
Visual Artist
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Daniel Kang
Consultant, KPMG
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Sean McNamara
Retired, Nissan USA
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Esteban Mezquiriz
Director of Delivery & Strategy, Globant
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Colleen McLeod
Director, NASA
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Laura Moran
CEO, LPM Innovate, LLC
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Lane Nichols
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Katie Parker
Advisor
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Katerina Pattee
Strategy and Operations Consultant, SEI
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Bill Pirkle
Sr. Marketing Leader, Amazon
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Bonny Roberts
Customer Success: Healthcare, Independent
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Josh Ruff
Sr. Director, Innovation, Stoked
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Tori Signorelli
Customer Experience Consultant
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Dwayne Spradlin
CEO, Buzz Points
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Christian Staller
Owner, TN Business Coaching
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Daniel Steele
Founder – Silly Plants LLC
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Megan Szerlong
Senior Associate, Touchdown Ventures
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Keith R. Thode
CEO and Chief Scientist – AdvanceNet Technology Services
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Zach Todd
Partner, Five Stones Advisory
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Gaurav Vaid
Founding Partner, Venturis Group Inc.
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Lisa Voronkova
CEO, OVA Solutions
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Ryan Wasko
Director of Continuous Improvement, JR Automation
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Aaron Wierenga
Senior Product Designer, Iron Mountain
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Loren Wood
Co-Founder, Impaktfel
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Camille Iman Woods
Principal Designer, Iman & Co.
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Shaherah Yancy
CEO, Research Lifecycle Solutions