Mentors
Nick Pinkston
Nick thinks that better tools make for a better society, so his mission is to make the tools that everyone can use improve their world.
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Nick is the Founder and CEO of Plethora, a rapid manufacturing service that lets you go from CAD to parts faster than ever before using a new kind of robotic factory that instantly configures itself to make almost anything. He also organizes the SF Hardware Startup Meetup and helped start many events worldwide. Previously, Nick started CloudFab: the first manufacturing-as-a-service API, and also HackPittsburgh: a collective workshop for the makers of Pittsburgh.
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Kristine Schaefer
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Ryan Block
VP of Product
Dave Merrill
VP of Enabling Technology, 3D Robotics
Sonny Vu
Wearables
David Stewart
VP Business Development, Turo
Jyri Engestrom
Entrepreneur; Co-founder & Chairman, Jaiku
Avery Lu
VP of Business Development at Focus PDM
Amy Jo Kim
Cofounder, Shufflebrain; Creator, Getting2Alpha
Roy Bahat
Investor; Head of Bloomberg Beta
Anne Merritt
Emergency Clinician
Andrea Quagliata
Founder & Creative Director, Quagliata Advertising Design
Shoaib Makani
Founder & CEO, KeepTruckin
Robert Lee
Advisor to Software and Life Sciences Startups
David Sperry
VP of Brand & Marketing at Motiv
Norman Liang
Venture Partner at WI Harper
Brent Quan Hall
VP, DxO
Ethan Imboden
Designer
Anshu Agarwal
User Experience
Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski
Founder and Principal at Rally Call Tactical
Joshua Kauffman
Designer
Chris Tolles
CEO & Co-Founder
Jeff Beene
Design Strategist for New Products, Samsung
Rory Carrillo
Medical Device Design & Development Consultant
Mark Williams
Co-founder & General Partner, iotAces
Tom Dair
Independent Design Consultant
James Clardy
Strategist
Nadine Stocklin
Founder, PNG Counsel
Sophie Conti
Customer Experience & Support
Brad Younggren
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Ron Hirson
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Brandon Drew
VP Finance and Ops, Signal Zero
Megan Groves
Early Stage Branding & Marketing
Antoun Nabhan
VP Corporate Development, Raptor Pharmaceuticals
Brian Lee
Sr Electrical Engineer
Phil Baker
Tech Columnist
David Glickman
COO & Founder, Lively
Edd Dumbill
VP of Strategy & Marketing, Silicon Valley Data Science
Jennifer McCormick
UX Researcher
Jeffrey Schox
Patent Attorney and Entrepreneur
Renee Shenton
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Ryan Vinyard
Engineering Lead
Sharon Meers
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Will Tidwell
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Julie Uhrman
Founder & CEO, OUYA
Aaron Gebauer
Mechanical Design Engineer, Orbio Technologies
Marcus Gosling
Design
Jonathon Triest
Managing Partner, Ludlow Ventures
Jonah Becker
VP, Industrial Design, Fitbit
Valery Komissarova
Principal, Grishin Robotics
Marc Barros
Co-Founder
Ian Sweeney
Principal of Intersection X
Mark Mian
Strategist
Ron Evans
Technologist
Deepak Gupta
Director, Startup Advisor UC Berkeley
Sohail Prasad
Founder & CEO, Equidate
Anuj Madan
Emerging Technologies Sourcing
Calvin Chin
Co-founder & CEO, Transist Impact Labs
Sean Bonner
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Scott Sambucci
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Mike Lin
Founder & Chairman at Fenix International
Andre Neumann-Loreck
Founder & General Partner, Ops On Tap
Imraan Aziz
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Chris Matthews
Marketing and Brand Advisor
Rob Prickett
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Madelynn Martiniere
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Jamil Miles-Connell
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Alexander Baumgardt
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Darrell Mockus
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Tony Rovello
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Xenia Apena
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Kenzi Connor
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Dakota Boin
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Brian Frank
Investor & Mentor
Elin Elkehag
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Amanda Gail Miller
Brand Strategy & Consumer Insight Consultant
Evan Cooke
CTO & Co-founder
Mike Smart
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