Tonight, students, faculty, staff and alumni will gather for our second annual Speed Mentoring event as part of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Innovation Week. We're thrilled to share our list of volunteer mentors, who bring valuable experience from a range of industries spanning health care to technology to finance to culinary. They’ve worked at companies including Google, Amazon, eBay, Best Buy, Philips Healthcare, Omnova Solutions and more.
Take a look at the list below, and connect with our mentors on LinkedIn:
Susann Brady-Kalnay, professor, NeoIndicate
(MBA '20), senior director, Sears think[box]
Jonathan Cohen, entrepreneur
(CWR '10), director, 11000 Cedar Startup Incubator
William Gorton, retired, Gorton & Company
, founder and CEO, pigybak
, CTO, Haima Therapeutics; professor, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
, senior director, Cleveland State University
, executive communication coach, John Polk & Associates
(CWR '15, GRS '16), principal consultant, Theo. Wyes David, Ltd.
JeShaune Jackson (CWR '14, MBA '14), director, strategic partnerships, BridgeBio
, senior advisor, Innovation and Economic Development, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Henry Ford Health, Baptist Health South Florida, Tampa General Hospital
Mandy Johnson, chief administrative officer, Spice Field Kitchen
, principal consultant, Klinger Advisory
(CWR '24), CEO/founder, Asclepii Inc.
, volunteer mentor, SCORE Cleveland
, associate director for marketing and communications, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
Jim LeMay, V.P. Corporate Development (retired), Omnova Solutions
Mike Linton, host of CMO Confidential Podcast and Board Member, CMO Confidential
(MBA '17), vice president, M7 Holdings
(MBA '92), principal, NEOacq
Michael Nieset, principal, Encore Venture Labs
, managing partner, Encore Venture Labs
, CEO, Peak Technology
Larry Sears (CIT '69), instructor, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Bob Sopko, Entrepreneur in Residence, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, JumpStart Inc., YBI
, sales executive, Cloud and AI, Google
(CWR '17, GRS '18), Entrepreneur in Residence, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
, president, Innovation Accelerators
(MBA '81), managing director/chairperson, PolyKinetix
Maciej Zawadzki (CWR '93), founder and CEO, Quantelligence, Ltd.