STARTUP advisors

Offering advice and support for your entrepreneurial journey

Atlanta Tech Village has a coveted group of Advisors available to Village startups. They are a highly vetted community of people who have a wealth of experience, insight, and a pay it forward mentality.

Advisory Board

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Irina Burlack

Atlanta tech village advisors

A.T. Gimbel
FUNDING: Business Strategy & Venture Capital
Aaron Hurst
Aditya Papanaidugari
Product Strategy, AI/ML & Business Development
Alexandria de Aranzeta
CULTURE: People, DEI
Allison Philbert
GROWTH: Strategy, Team Building, Leadership Development
Amanda Hillard
PRODUCT: Strategy, validation & prioritization, execution, customer experience
Andrew Tabit
BUILDING MVP: tech advisory for non-tech startup founders in the pre-MVP stage
Arthur Morrissette
Engineering + Product: AL/ML software development
Bahadir Ustaoglu
Founder
Benjamin Rudolph
MARKETING: SEO/Pay Per Click
Brandon Valentine
Strategy, Finance/Accounting, Fundraising
Brennen Lawrence
Founder
Brian Culler
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: Software Engineering Process and Leadership/Strategy
Brice Nguoghia
GOOGLE CLOUD
Brittany "Britt" Hunter
Leadership & Culture Development
Cameron Abt
Founder
Chris Moreno
SALES & MARKETING: GTM, Sales/Distribution Strategy, Sales/Fundraising Decks
Christa Patrylak
Growth Marketing, Subscriptions & Recurring Revenue, Customer-Focused Growth, Positioning & Branding
Christine Jones
Founder
Cindy Hancock
Revenue Operations: Scaling Systems, Driving GTM Excellence & Team Building
Corean Canty
Strategy, People/Culture, Positioning
David Harnett
Sales and Marketing/ Economic Development
David Kurkjian
SALES: Master Messaging
David Rubini
Product Strategy, User Experience Strategy, Partnerships
Deb Poch
Finance: Funding and Go Forward Strategy
Derrick DeCarlo
MARKETING/SALES: Messaging, Sales Team Development
Greg Collins
Leadership Development & Revenue
Hanna Woodburn
Marketing: go-to-market strategy, messaging & positioning
Hernando Bunuan
FUNDING: Raising from Angels and Institutions
Hunter Harris
Engineering: Efficiency, Rapid Delivery, and AI
Jacey Cadet
MARKETING & PITCHING: Startup Marketing, Building Marketing Plans, Pitching & Pitch Decks
Jake Hadden
Founder
James Summer
Jane McCracken
Founder
Jean-Luc Vanhulst
AI / AI Supported Software Development
Jeff Goldblatt
Founder
Jermaine Brown
Founder
Jim Schutz
Legal: Intellectual Property; Technology; and Commercial Contracts
Joey Yates
Joseph Mccoy
Product Operations, Hardware Design and Scale
Josh Byrd
MARKETING: Growth Strategy, Positioning, Team Building
Kaitlin Sitchenko
OPERATIONS: Regulatory healthcare/tech, process design, product management, and audit strategy.
Kim Wilson
Founder
Landon Howell
MARKETING: Growth Marketing
Lauren Patrick
Marketing, Communications & Social Media
Lisa McDonough
Growth Acceleration: Strategy, Go-To-Market, Sales, Customer Retention,
Margaret Weniger
SALES: Building foundations that scale, cross-functional alignment, strategy, skills process
Melanie Crissey
GTM & Technical Product Marketing
Michael Howley
International Business Development
Michael Anaya
Cybersecurity Expert
Michael Costner
DATA ANALYTICS
Mike Burke
Founder
Mike Gomez
Sales/Go-To-Market Strategy
Nandu Shah
Technology Strategy
Neelima Ramaraju
PRODUCT & GROWTH: Enterprise B2B, Customer Success, and Operational Execution
Nick Hasty
Growth, Tech (AI/ML), Product Development, Founder
Phil Hill
3X Founder - GTM, product, partnerships
Rich Bailey
Founder + Advisor: PRODUCT: Customer Experience, Strategy, Development and Vision
Richard Hesse
Procurement-Readiness & Enterprise Selling Strategy
Ryan Mack
Go-To-Market Strategy, Revenue Growth, Customer Retention
Scott Mitchell
Leadership, SaaS architecture, software engineering best practices
Shade Reid
Founder
Taylor Beauchamp
Founder
Thibault Corens
Founder
Tim Dorr
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Architecture, Team Building, and Management
Trellis Usher
Founder
Ugochi Okwu-Lawrence
Financial Coaching & Consulting
Wayt King
LEGAL: Early-stage SaaS startups, financing
Weaver Ellard
MARKETING: Growth Marketing, Websites, CRO
Yusuf Mohamed
LEGAL: Strategy, Operations, & Leadership