Mentors - Business & Marketing
Chris Matthews
Chris solves problems and enjoys taking things apart to see how they work.
Follow Me
Chris loves developing brands people love and has worked with giant global organizations as well as stealth startups, including Specialized Bicycles, Pebble, Plus3, and Vufine. His areas of interest and expertise are in sports, futuristic heath, and wearable technology, with a focus on tangible products and memorable experiences. When he’s not working, he’s often riding bikes.
See more of our Mentors
Will Tidwell
Principal, Oxtet, LLC
Mike Lin
Founder & Chairman at Fenix International
Jonah Becker
VP, Industrial Design, Fitbit
David Glickman
COO & Founder, Lively
Ron Evans
Technologist
Renee DiResta
Vice President of Business Development, Haven
Antoun Nabhan
VP Corporate Development, Raptor Pharmaceuticals
Ryan Block
VP of Product
Sohail Prasad
Founder & CEO, Equidate
Sharon Meers
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Edd Dumbill
VP of Strategy & Marketing, Silicon Valley Data Science
Ian Sweeney
Principal of Intersection X
Ethan Imboden
Designer
Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski
Founder and Principal at Rally Call Tactical
Imraan Aziz
Industrial Designer
Elin Elkehag
CEO & Founder at Stilla
Scott Sambucci
CEO & Founder SalesQualia
Joshua Kauffman
Designer
Calvin Chin
Co-founder & CEO, Transist Impact Labs
Brandon Drew
VP Finance and Ops, Signal Zero
Darrell Mockus
CTO, CPP Innovation Labs
Sophie Conti
Customer Experience & Support
Aaron Gebauer
Mechanical Design Engineer, Orbio Technologies
Nick Pinkston
Founder & CEO, Plethora
Kristine Schaefer
Comms Coach
Tom Dair
Independent Design Consultant
Valery Komissarova
Principal, Grishin Robotics
Kenzi Connor
President & Founder, Cloud City Development
Marcus Gosling
Design
James Clardy
Strategist
Tony Rovello
Head of Product, Brand Mobility
Jonathon Triest
Managing Partner, Ludlow Ventures
Brad Younggren
Emergency Physician, Physician Administrator, and Digital Health Entrepreneur
Sean Bonner
Co-founder and global director of Safecast
Mark Mian
Strategist
Shoaib Makani
Founder & CEO, KeepTruckin
Ron Hirson
Co-Founder
Madelynn Martiniere
Director of Community, Fictiv
Anuj Madan
Emerging Technologies Sourcing
Rory Carrillo
Medical Device Design & Development Consultant
Roy Bahat
Investor; Head of Bloomberg Beta
Jyri Engestrom
Entrepreneur; Co-founder & Chairman, Jaiku
Evan Cooke
CTO & Co-founder
Deepak Gupta
Director, Startup Advisor UC Berkeley
Mark Williams
Co-founder & General Partner, iotAces
Brent Quan Hall
VP, DxO
Jeff Beene
Design Strategist for New Products, Samsung
Alexander Baumgardt
Associate Partner, Futuredraft
David Sperry
VP of Brand & Marketing at Motiv
Megan Groves
Early Stage Branding & Marketing
David Stewart
VP Business Development, Turo
Xenia Apena
Product Lead, Vave Health
Sonny Vu
Wearables
Rob Prickett
Product Manager, Designer
Norman Liang
Venture Partner at WI Harper
Anshu Agarwal
User Experience
Andrea Quagliata
Founder & Creative Director, Quagliata Advertising Design
Jamil Miles-Connell
Marketing Consultant
Chris Tolles
CEO & Co-Founder
Marc Barros
Co-Founder
Jennifer McCormick
UX Researcher
Jeffrey Schox
Patent Attorney and Entrepreneur
Robert Lee
Advisor to Software and Life Sciences Startups
Renee Shenton
Community Manager
Brian Lee
Sr Electrical Engineer
Dakota Boin
Firmware Engineer
Julie Uhrman
Founder & CEO, OUYA
Amanda Gail Miller
Brand Strategy & Consumer Insight Consultant
Anne Merritt
Emergency Clinician
Phil Baker
Tech Columnist
Nadine Stocklin
Founder, PNG Counsel
Brian Frank
Investor & Mentor
Avery Lu
VP of Business Development at Focus PDM
Dave Merrill
VP of Enabling Technology, 3D Robotics
Mike Smart
Co-Managing Director
Amy Jo Kim
Cofounder, Shufflebrain; Creator, Getting2Alpha
Ryan Vinyard
Engineering Lead
Andre Neumann-Loreck
Founder & General Partner, Ops On Tap