MEET THE MENTORS
Terry Sivesind
MERLIN Executive Director
Jon Alling
Founder of Human Crafted, engineer and product designer
Anthony Ascione
Global sales and marketing executive
Geoff Baker
Corporate counsel at Renaissance Learning
Diane Ballweg
Civic and nonprofit leader and owner of Endres Manufacturing
Brooke Barney
Marketing Communications Manager, First Supply
Dennis Barnum
Startup and growth specialist
Jane Boutelle
Chief Customer Officer and co-founder of Digsite, an agile consumer insights platform
Mike Bress
CFO and strategic advisor to venture- and private equity-backed companies
Robert Brose
CIO at Blue Marble Payroll
Tim Burland
Biotech management, product development, and marketing (retired)
Lorie Candelmo
Sales and marketing executive in global rubber products industries
Bryan Chan
President & Founder of SupraNet Communications, Inc.
Fatou Ceesay
Owner and Manager of Cairasu Home Care
Nicolas Cindric
Vice President at Cornerstone Business Services, Inc. providing M&A services
Karen Crossley
Nonprofit executive
Debby Deutsch
Founder/Principal Advocate-Patient Care Partners LLC
Allen Dines
Executive Advisor at WICS Partners, longtime leader in the Wisconsin startup community
Anne Donarski
Director of Finance and Administration at Esker
Max Duckworth
Impact investor, Co-founder of MaSa Partners
Roy Elkins
Founder & CEO, Broadjam Inc. and Between The Waves Madison Music Festival and Conference
Randy Eppli
President & CEO at Columbus Chemical Industries
Joe Flynn
C-Suite Pharmaceutical R&D Executive Leader, Principal at COMMEX Consulting
Scott Forester
Fractional CFO and Founder of ThinkForward CFO
Chris Fortune
Founder & CEO of Saris Cycling Group (retired)
Curt Frey
Senior Group Manager, Digital Experience & Product at Royal Caribbean
Keith Furman
IT Executive
Mark Gehring
EVP and CTO at ImageMover
Roman Gelman
Business & technology
Eileen Goode
Job search strategist and biotech/biopharma/IT recruiter
Dr. Phil Greenwood
Professor at University of Wisconsin
John Guequierre
Principal at I-OSC, LLC - expert on prefabricated structures
Matt Hanson
Life Sciences Executive
Wayne Harris
CEO of 6AM Marketing
Susan Healy
CFO at publicly traded and private companies
Josh Heling
CTO of Verve Industrial Protection
Laura Hilty
Strategy, M&A, and partnerships in life sciences and healthcare
Eric Horler
CEO at AIQ Solutions
Christine Hughes
Specialist in the economics and business aspects of medicine
Gregg Johnson
Biotech company founder
Michael Judge
Marketing consumer insights & teaching faculty at UW-Madison
Brian Kaufman
Entrepreneur, Product Leader
Ralph Kauten
Biotechnology CEO and board director
Nick Kiernan
Marketing, Business Development, Strategy, Media Management
Jared Klingeisen
COO at RxLightning / EMR & DCT Expert
Josh Knackert
Technical translator, commercialization specialist, former researcher
Allan R. Koritzinsky
Family law attorney (retired) and mediator/arbitrator and business consultant
Dave Kruse
CEO, co-Founder of Augment
Susan LaBelle
Strategy, product management, and marketing executive
Linda Leikness
Operational and financial executive
Steve Lipton
Nonprofit Leadership Development
Scott Little
Principal at Focal Point International
Dennis Lynch
Realtor & entrepreneur
Darryl Mataya
Executive serving the serving the community bank and credit union industries
Mike Mathews
Economic development consultant
Orla Mester
SVP Global Services and Product Delivery
Heidi Meyer
Co-Founder & Innovation Executive
Tad Milbourn
Founder of RankedVote
Paul Miller
Chief Merchandising Officer
Jim Myrland
Product development & product management
Kari Myrland
Business and technology executive
Thanh Nguyen
Business executive
Tony O'Hare
Entrepreneur and co-founder of software company for clinical trials
Tom Oakley
Mangagement consultant with significant experience with contract research organizations
Dan Olszewski
Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison
Ron Parton
Physician executive and innovator
John Pattison
Director of Partnerships, UPSIDE Foods
Dan Paulson
CEO of IDI (InVision Development International)
Robyn Perrin
Chief Communications Officer at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Matt Peterson
Business executive
Wayne Prior
Owner of Prior Engineering Services
Venkat Raman
Principal at VR Advisors LLC
Sheldon Rampton
Entrepreneur, software developer and journalist
Monika Rogers (Wingate)
Senior Insights and Technology Executive
Mark Rothwell
Vice President of Marketing at WPS Health Solutions
Mike Sanders
Board Member, EVP at Blueprint Test Prep
Rich Schifreen
Executive in biotechnology and medical diagnostics industries (retired)
Renee Schlick
Global Commercialization Marketing Manager at Promega
Brian Schneider
Medical Device Sales
Mark Schweiger
Executive, advisor, entrepreneur
Tim Seifriz
HR executive
Rebecca Selzer
Biotechnology executive, SVP of R&D
Hosung Shin
Strategic adviser to executives and entrepreneurs
Mike Shoys
Business executive
Toni Sikes
Co-Founder and CEO at CODAworx
Kurt Sippel
IT services founder & board member
Tamara Sondgeroth
Startup Advisor and Investor
Eric Steege
Growth stage product development executive and advisor
Laura Stewart
Executive Director of NAPCOR
Gary Stone
Retail/e-commerce business owner
Mary Strickland
Finance Executive, ESG Investor, Adventurer
Laura Strong
Vice President of Strategy and Healthcare at Datachat
Jon Tatooles
Co-Founder at Sound Devices, LLC
Kevin Tebrinke
Strategic Advisor, Biopharma Executive, Inventor
Derrick Van Mell
CEO of The Center for Management Terms & Practices
Michelle Venturini
Director of Human Resources at Esker Inc
Krys Wachowiak
Hospitality industry director and consultant
Hunter Wang
Operations and supply chain management professional
Janet White
Executive and advisor to life sciences companies
Jediah White
Managing Director, TASC Ventures
Don Wolf
Product design engineer
Bob Wood
Investor and advisor to startups
Jiewen Ying
Global Scientific & Business Leader at MilliporeSigma
Matt Younkle
Serial entrepreneur and experienced tech startup CEO
David Zachman
Sales executive, mentor, board member, angel investor
Jim Zellmer
Creator of technology applications that improve human lives
Nancy Zellmer
Client Relationship and Software Implementation Manager
Ben Zimmerman
Founder and CEO at Opterrix
