Mentors - Innovation & Design Strategy

  • Akin Akinsanya

    Akin Akinsanya

    CEO/Career Coach, UbiCoach

  • Haotian Bai

    Haotian Bai

    Founder & CEO, Patriot Conceptions

  • Yanqing Bao

    Yanqing Bao

    Senior Data Scientist, Sift

  • Tamara Baynham, Ph.D.

    Tamara Baynham, Ph.D.

    Founder, Ingenuity Medical Device Research

  • Bryan Bernat

    Bryan Bernat

    Collaborator, Connector, Medicine Maker

  • Paige Bigham

    Paige Bigham

    Senior Consultant, SEI

  • Misha Bleymaier-Farrish

    Misha Bleymaier-Farrish

    Founder, GSD Factor & Etymology Consulting

  • Christopher Bonino

    Christopher Bonino

    Advisor

  • Todd Boyce

    Todd Boyce

    Owner/Principal, Articulate Process, LLC

  • Gordon Cameron

    Gordon Cameron

    Digital Product Owner, Tapp Pet Health App

  • Ryan Caradonna

    Ryan Caradonna

    Co-Founder, Lolu

  • Tom Carmona

    Tom Carmona

    Partner & Principal Consultant, ID8 Innovation

  • Nicholas Cartier

    Nicholas Cartier

    Industry Expert 

  • Buford Ray Conley

    Buford Ray Conley

    CEO, Creekstone Capital LLC

  • Robert Coop

    Robert Coop

    Chief AI Officer, Advent Health Partners

  • Edwin De Angel

    Edwin De Angel

    CEO, Invention Matters LLC

  • Jeremy Edwards

    Jeremy Edwards

    Senior Advisor | Founder & Ceo - University of Chicago | Chisel + Mallet

  • Damon Feltman

    Damon Feltman

    Founder, OXR Consulting, LLC

  • Conn Fishburn

    Conn Fishburn

    Founder, F3 Ideas

  • John Bradley Fricke

    John Bradley Fricke

    National Sales Manager, NAGL MedTech

  • Jose Abel Pedroza Gonzalez

    Jose Abel Pedroza Gonzalez

    AMS Fulfillment Operations PMO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  • Trae Gordon

    Trae Gordon

    CEO, Overcome Ventures

  • Micaela Green

    Micaela Green

    Senior Consultant, Active Digital

  • John Grillos

    John Grillos

    CEO, Grillos Coaching and Advisory

  • Muhammad Talha Haseen

    Muhammad Talha Haseen

    Customer Growth & Strategy, Fathom

  • Rahn Huber

    Rahn Huber

    Wond'ry Master Mentor - Former VU Business Librarian

  • Mark Jack

    Mark Jack

    Quantum Application Scientist, Zapata Computing

  • Eiman Jahangir

    Eiman Jahangir

    Physician/Director of Cardio-oncology & general cardiology, Vanderbilt Medical Center

  • Haein Kang

    Haein Kang

    Assistant Professor in New Media Art, Vanderbilt University

  • Blythe Karow

    Blythe Karow

    CCO, NeuroGeneces

  • Jonn Kim

    Jonn Kim

    CEO & CTO of Geeks and Nerds

  • Sukwon Kim

    Sukwon Kim

    Associate Professor of Finance, University of Tulsa

  • Landon Klausing

    Landon Klausing

    Private Equity Associate, Council Capital

  • Parvathi  Santhosh-Kumar

    Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar

    Vice President of Community Impact, America's Promise Alliance

  • Richard Lawson

    Richard Lawson

    Founder, SoCalAI

  • Minju Lee

    Minju Lee

    Management Consultant, World Wide Technology

  • Ed Lewis

    Ed Lewis

    Chief Commercial Officer, Indigo Technologies

  • Rachel  Limor

    Rachel Limor

    Creative Design Director, Implement Now

  • Robinson Littrell

    Robinson Littrell

    Manager | Strategy and Operations, Amherst Holdings

  • Marlen Lugo

    Marlen Lugo

    Visual Artist

  • Daniel Kang

    Daniel Kang

    Consultant, KPMG

  • Sean McNamara

    Sean McNamara

    Retired, Nissan USA

  • Esteban Mezquiriz

    Esteban Mezquiriz

    Director of Delivery & Strategy, Globant

  • Colleen McLeod

    Colleen McLeod

    Director, NASA

  • Laura Moran

    Laura Moran

    CEO, LPM Innovate, LLC

  • Lane Nichols

    Lane Nichols

  • Katerina Pattee

    Katerina Pattee

    Strategy and Operations Consultant, SEI

  • Bill Pirkle

    Bill Pirkle

    Sr. Marketing Leader, Amazon

  • Bonny Roberts

    Bonny Roberts

    Customer Success: Healthcare, Independent

  • Tori Signorelli

    Tori Signorelli

    Customer Experience Consultant

  • Dwayne Spradlin

    Dwayne Spradlin

    CEO, Buzz Points

  • Christian Staller

    Christian Staller

    Owner, TN Business Coaching

  • Daniel Steele

    Daniel Steele

    Founder – Silly Plants LLC

  • Megan Szerlong

    Megan Szerlong

    Senior Associate, Touchdown Ventures

  • Keith R. Thode

    Keith R. Thode

    CEO and Chief Scientist – AdvanceNet Technology Services

  • Zach Todd

    Zach Todd

    Partner, Five Stones Advisory

  • Gaurav Vaid

    Gaurav Vaid

    Founding Partner, Venturis Group Inc.

  • Lisa Voronkova

    Lisa Voronkova

    CEO, OVA Solutions

  • Ryan Wasko

    Ryan Wasko

    Director of Continuous Improvement, JR Automation

  • Aaron Wierenga

    Aaron Wierenga

    Senior Product Designer, Iron Mountain

  • Loren Wood

    Loren Wood

    Co-Founder, Impaktfel

  • Camille Iman Woods

    Camille Iman Woods

    Principal Designer, Iman & Co.

  • Shaherah Yancy

    Shaherah Yancy

    CEO, Research Lifecycle Solutions