STARTUP MENTORS

Offering advice and support for your entrepreneurial journey

Atlanta Tech Village has a coveted group of Advisors and Mentors available to Village startup Founders. They are a highly vetted community of people who have a wealth of experience, insight, and a pay it forward mentality. We strongly believe that every Founder should have at least one Mentor.

Advisory Board

Aly Merritt
Ania Lackey
Irina Burlack
Julie Pierre

Mentors for Founders/CEOs

Christine Jones
Aaron Hurst
Adam Lewites
Bahadir Ustaoglu
Bill Jones
Brennen Lawrence
Cameron Abt
Chelsea Seid
Diane Bloodworth
Ellen Twomey
Jake Hadden
James Summer
Jeff Goldblatt
Jermaine Brown
Kim Wilson
Mike Burke
Phil Hill
Shade Reid

advisors

A.T. Gimbel
FUNDING: Business Strategy & Venture Capital
Alexandria de Aranzeta
CULTURE: People, DEI
Andrew Tabit
BUILDING MVP: tech advisory for non-tech startup founders in the pre-MVP stage
Antoine Woods
FUNDING: Fundraising Prep, Investor Readiness
Benjamin Rudolph
MARKETING: SEO/Pay Per Click
Brian Culler
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: Org Scaling, Engineering Process, and Leadership/Strategy
Brice Nguoghia
GOOGLE CLOUD
Chantel Wayne Cohen
MENTAL HEALTH: Therapy with a Business Coaching lens
Chris Moreno
SALES & MARKETING: GTM, Sales/Distribution Strategy, Sales/Fundraising Decks
David Eramian
LEGAL: Intellectual Property
David Kurkjian
SALES: Master Messaging
Derrick DeCarlo
MARKETING/SALES: Messaging, Sales Team Development
Elissa Bordner
PRODUCT: Product Management and Product Development
Erich S. Lee
Hernando Bunuan
FUNDING: Raising from Angels and Institutions
Hilda Mwangi
CFO: Business Models, Projections, Cash Flow Management
Jacey Cadet
MARKETING & PITCHING: Startup Marketing, Building Marketing Plans, Pitching & Pitch Decks
John Dwyer
BUSINESS: Business Scaling
Josh Byrd
MARKETING: Growth Strategy, Positioning, Team Building
Joy Roberts
MENTAL HEALTH: Developing A Mental health Plan & Personal Development
Karthik Puvvada (KP)
GO TO MARKET STRATEGY
Kelly Anne O’Neill
SALES: Strategy and Growth
Kerry Rapp
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Strategy
Kim Seals
TALENT MANAGEMENT: Hiring and People Strategies
Landon Howell
MARKETING: Growth Marketing
Leila Jacob
SALES: Go to Market Strategy & Enterprise Sales
Li-Ming Pu
PEOPLE: Human Resources, Leadership Development
Margaret Weniger
SALES: Building foundations that scale, cross-functional alignment, strategy, skills process
Megan McElroy
CLOUD SERVICES: AWS
Michael Costner
DATA ANALYTICS
Mike Gomez
SALES: Complex Sales/Growth Strategies
Molly Dickinson
BRANDING: Strategy, Identity & Messaging
Patrick Terry
ACCOUNTING: General Startup Needs
Rich Bailey
PRODUCT: Customer Experience, Strategy, Development and Vision.
Scott Lopano
FUNDING: Getting ready to raise - Business Strategy, Venture Capital, and Pitch Decks
Stefanie Diaz
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Susanne Duke
BUSINESS: Enterprise Sales and Marketing Coach
Tim Dorr
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Architecture, Team Building, and Management
Wayt King
LEGAL: Early-stage SaaS startups, financing
Will Grossenbacher
LEGAL: Formation Issues, Protecting IP, Planning for an Exit
Yusuf Mohamed
LEGAL: Strategy, Operations, & Leadership