Schedule a Virtual Meeting with a Philly Startup Leader
Pictured: Jaclyn Allen, Head of Programs and Operations at PSL
It’s times like these that we need each other most. If we can’t shake hands or meet in person, thank goodness for technology. In an effort to help us keep a sense of connectedness and social interaction, we are eager to facilitate virtual support meetings as much as possible.
Below we will keep a running list of startup leaders who are able and willing to donate time for a virtual coffee with you, offering expertise and guidance in areas you need it most. Simply review the list, and reach out to the person you think might be of help to you, via their preferred method of contact.
For startup leaders & mentors
Fill out the form below if you’d like to raise your hand to be added to our running list of volunteer mentors. Once you submit your information, you will be added to our public list. Individuals will reach out to you via your preferred contact method (PSL Slack, LinkedIn, Email), and it will be up to both parties to coordinate virtual meeting times. Additionally, as a “Virtual Mentor,” you will have the opportunity to engage with the broader community during PSL’s new “Ask Me Anything” Slack series.
Virtual Mentors
Abrar Hashmi, Founder & Chief Evangelist, Agile Brains Consulting Inc.
Digital Transformation & Business Agility
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Adam Gladsden, Founder & CEO, Broad Street Labs
Cyber risk
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Adam Stern, Managing Member, HJS2 Capital LLC
SME Operations and Finance, Capital Raising, Corporate Development
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Ali Jaffar, Founder & CEO, Key Medium
Strategic Planning, Digital Transformation, Branding, Purpose-Driven Marketing, Social Impact, Nonprofit Fundraising and Management, User Experience Design, and Web Design
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Allan Kyle, Principal, EY Parthenon
Technology Architecture, Operations (IT, HR, Fin), Maturing Past Seed, PE/VC engagement, Valuation, M&A Transactions, IPO Readiness
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Allison Varnes, Co-Founder & Chairperson, JobGetter
Business Strategy, Operations, Client Relations, Product Management, Content Creation
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Andrew Baltrus, Product Manager, Indeed
Product Support, Mission & Vision Setting, Pitch Deck Support
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Ann Cosfol, Digital Strategist, Design Mind Consulting
Your digital assets, online presence, and technology solutions
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn, or Email)
Anne Bovaird Nevins, President, PIDC
Making connections between great people doing great work, especially in Philadelphia! Business growth resources
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Anne Stamer, Business Strategist & Leadership Coach, Stamer Coaching & Consulting
Start-ups, Founders, Entrepreneurs and CEO
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Anthony Putignano, Technology Executive
"How To Start A Startup", Software as a Service, Software and Systems architecture, AWS, Compliance and Governance
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack)
Aurora Archer, CEO & Founder, Bellatrix Group
Marketing, Strategy, Brand, Health, Technology
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Barbara Da Costa, Founder & Business Guide, B Consulting
Stagnation/Innovation LifeCycle, Right Fit Hiring, Time Management, Team Strengths Development, Delegation, Unique Process, Unique Ability of the Entrepreneur
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Bart Mroz, CEO, SUMO Heavy
Leadership, Operations, Business Development, Culture, eCommerce
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Barbara Keihm, Director & Talent Management & Operations, Premier Logic
HR, Talent, Building Teams, Operations Start Ups, Global Operations, Benefits, Process Implementation, Technical Consulting, Professional Services
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Benjamin Barnett, Digital Media Strategist, Philadelphia Independent Film festival
Content and Media strategy
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Benjamin Williams, COO, Exyn Technologies
Early Stage Startup-ing, Product Development, Team Building
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Bob Moore, CEO, Crossbeam
SaaS, Fundraising, Product, Partnerships
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Brad Flaugher, CTO, Inoxoft
Web and Mobile Applications, IoT, Remote Teams, Software Development
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Brandi Aulston, Founder, Hike & Heal
Health Education, Wellness Programming, Program Development, Event Curation
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Brett Buterick, Counsel, A.Y. Strauss LLC
Franchise Law
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Brian O'Neill, SVP Engineering, Kibo Commerce
Building high-performing teams and distributed systems, AI, Data & Analytics at scale.
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Brianna Wronko, CEO, Group K Diagnostics
fundraising, healthcare, biotech, engineering
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Bryan Schwartz, Director of Finance, DuckDuckGo
All things finance and accounting, Managing remote teams, Cash flow management
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Casey Stanton, Founder & CEO, CMO Exponential
Direct response marketing, Copywriting, Marketing strategy, SaaS sales
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack)
Chris Davis, Co-Founder, Revcarto
Content Marketing, Social Media, SEO
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Cynthia Dahl, Director, Detkin IP & Technology Legal Clinic, Penn Carey Law School
Legal; Intellectual Property Protection and Strategy; Licensing and Contracting
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Danielle Cohn, VP, Startup Engagement, Comcast NBCUniversal
Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, Communications
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Danish Dhamani, Cofounder & CEO, Orai
Fundraising, Pitching, Product market fit
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Darrel Herbst, VP Technology, Warner Bros Digital Labs
Technical co-founder of a startup, Scaling the product and the team, Building software as a service, Building on AWS and GCP.
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Dave Clarke, Digital Strategist, Authentic Matters
Digital Marketing, Startup Marketing, Remote/WFH
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
David Hunter, Manager, Accenture
Strategy, DE&I, Finance, Hiring, Go To Market, Program and Project Management
(Preferred contact method: Email)
David Nankervis, Director of Account Management, Liongard
Building Account Management, Sales Developement Reps, & Customer Success Teams
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Donna Cordner, Managing Partner, Robin Hood Ventures
Finance, Capital Raising, Digital Health, Consumer Goods
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Dylan Foley, Director of Sales & Operations, Juno Search Partners
Operations, Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, Finance
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Eamon Gallagher, Director, Strategic Innovation & Startup Acceleration, University City Science Center
Law, operations, delivering product sales, raising capital/pitch decks, identifying & hiring talent
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Ella Jankoski, Implementation Manager, Roundtrip
Implementation; Client Success
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Eric Redline, VP Business Technology - Americas, Ashfield Healthcare
Business strategy, Customer success, Launch principles
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Felix Korostin, Principal, JM Search
Executive Leadership, Strategy and M&A
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Frank Vito, Associate, Kent/McBride, P.C.
ELegal Issues - Employment, Contracts, IP, Insurance, Transactions
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Fred Wilf, Managing Partner, Wilftek LLC
Legal issues, including contracts, intellectual property, privacy issues, ADA compliance, online agreements.
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Gaurav 'Rav' Mendiratta, CEO, SocioSquares
Go-to-Market, Growth Marketing, Product Strategy & Development
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Geoff DiMasi, Co-Founder, Apostrophe
Starting & Running a Business
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Greg Grissett, Principal, Offit Kurman
Intellectual property strategist for start-ups, Patents, Copyrights, General IP clearance (software & med devices)
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Greg Sterndale, CEO, Promptworks
Greg is CEO, Co-Founder & Computer Engineer at Promptworks, leading a team of 40 engineers, project managers, and designers. Technology is only as good as its design and engineering. Based in Philadelphia and NYC, Promptworks raises the bar for companies such as URBN, Comcast, IQVIA and Honeygrow by building ingenious, useful software that lasts.
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Isabelle Kent, Principal Strategist, Dedicova Consulting, VP Growth Strategy, JobAdX
HR Technology, Recruiting, Recruiting Technology, Business Development, Remote Work Culture
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn)
Jaclyn Allen, Head of Programs & Operations, Philly Startup Leaders
Startup Mentorship, Early-stage Startups, Pitch Decks, Unique Value Propositions, Customer Discovery
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn, or Email)
Jake Goldblum, President, Emirecovers.com
Websites Advertising and E-commerce sales
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Jason Bannon, VP Marketing and Communications, Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Brand strategy, Marketing, Communications, Client Service, Relationship Management, Collaboration, Team Management
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Jay Aigner, Founder & CEO, JDAQA
Software Quality Assurance
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Jedidiah Weller, CEO & Mobile Guru, OpenForge
Startup Consulting, Mobile Applications, Software Development, Content Creation
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Jeffrey Walsh, CEO, Nomo Fomo
Sales, Partnerships, Remote Work
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Jennifer Lynn Robinson, CEO, Purposeful Networking
Networking, Marketing, Communications, Public speaking skills, Social media strategy & engagement
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Jennifer Maher, CEO, 1776
Managing Dispersed Teams, Operations, Finance
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Jennifer Zoga, Professor, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Zoga Consulting
Truly human-centered business design including empathetic marketing, segmenting, targeting, and positioning (STP) strategy, and high-functioning, collaborative team building.
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Joe Conley, CTO, Buyside
Building cross-functional/remote teams, Data architecture, Writing, Tolkien-lore
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or LinkedIn)
Joe Corcoran, Senior Account Executive, Roundtrip
Business development, software sales, healthcare sales, startup career growth, creative career thinking
(Preferred contact method: Email)
John Trieu, Managing Director, Holman Growth Ventures
Raising capital, Financial projections, Pitch decks, Automotive sector, Enterprise software
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Johnny Bilotta, VP of Product Design & Development, myClin Clinical Oversight Platform
Software product design, Product development, Design studio method, Concepting, Rapid ideation, Design business strategy, & Design entrepreneurship
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Jonathan Hill, VP of Revenue Operations, Linode
Building and scaling your Go-To-Market strategy; Establishing operational strategies/processes to build a repeatable revenue stream.
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Jonathan Lowe, VP Communications & PR, Letgo
Communications, PR, Reputation, Crisis Management
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Jonathan Williams, Accounting Advisory Manager & CPA, CFGI
Accounting, Tax
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Jordan Silverman, President of Sales, Budge Technology Inc.
Sales, Marketing
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Jose Moreno, CTO, JH4 TECHNOLOGY
IT services
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Josh Sapienza, Principal, Ubiquity Group
Restaurants, Hospitality
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Karen Gordon, CEO, WE DESIGN THINK
Startup advisor, Innovation Professor
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Karin Copeland, Founder & CEO, CreateXChange
Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, Fundraising, Sponsorship
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Keith Scandone, CEO, O3 World
Leadership, Operations, Business Development, Culture, Positioning, Digital Strategy
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Kevin Eckenrode, Analyst, Marion Street Capital
Finance, Business Development, Venture Capital, Pitch Deck, Market Research, Data/Analytics, Financial Modeling
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Kiera Smalls, General Manager of Bloc Delivery, Bicycle Transit Systems
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Marketing; Empathy in Crisis Communications; Startup mentorship
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Kimberly Togman, Founder & Executive Coach, Scalable Leader LLC
Working with leaders at the intersection of ambition + anxiety; Self awareness and self management; Empathy; Resilience; Prioritization; Communication and feedback
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Kyle Antoian, VP Strategic Partnerships, Epsilon
Data, Data Monetization, Media, Ad-Tech
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Lee Duan, Director of Engineering, Figure
Application Development, Product Development, Software Architecture, Scaling Teams
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack)
Levar Haffoney, Managing Principal, Vedere LLC
Cash flow management and process improvement
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Linda Ricci, Owner, Decahedralist Inc
Business strategy, marketing strategy, product development, go to market strategy, market research
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Lisa Coleman, Digital & Marketing Director, Trais
Lead Generation, Consulting, Process Improvement, Digital Strategy
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Luke Butler, Senior Director, Startup Engagement, Comcast NBCUniversal
Business Development (corporate and public sector)
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Luke Gebb, SVP, Amex Digital Labs, American Express
Fintech, Digital Payments, Marketplaces
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Mac Frederick, Founder & CEO, Momentum Digital
Small Business SEO
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Marc Wiser, Founder, Go Commercail Real Estate
Real Estate
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Margaret Bradley, VP, Strategic Initiatives, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA
Pitching, Positioning, Communicating Social Impact
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Marissa Taffer, Founder & President, M. Taffer Consulting
Communications, Project Management, Business Development, Content Creation, Employee Engagement, Team building, remote work & Change Management
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Mark Switaj, CEO, Roundtrip
Raising capital, company formation, building a team, metrics that matter
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Matthew Wampler, Founder & CEO, Vyize
Business Planning, Financial modeling, & Data Analytics
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Mark Wendaur, Attorney, Wendaur Law, LLC
Business and Real Estate Law - Contracts & Litigation
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Matt Devine, Attorney, Lex Nova Law LLC
Corporate Law & Venture Finance
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Matthew Canning, Senior Director of Experience Engineering, Comcast
Leadership, Execution, Goalsetting, Product, Software Engineering, Design, Information Architecture, Metrics & Analytics, Entertainment Industry
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Max Polec, Founder, Abstract Collective
Digital Marketing, Business Strategy, Lean Startup Methodology, Customer Discovery
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Melissa Le, Founder & Consultant, Strive With Me
Events and programming, Community building, Startup operations, Diversity & inclusion, Personal and professional development
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Michael Cohen, Executive Chairman, Myonex
Leadership, Managing Growth, B2B Marketing & Sales
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Michael Estok, User Experience Consultant, Anexinet
Workshop Facilitation, Prototyping, User Testing
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or LinkedIn)
Mike Krupit, CEO, Trajectify
Coaching, business strategy, leadership, organizational development, operations
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Mike Petrakis, Co-Founder & CEO, BACH
Fundraising
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Mike Tannenbaum, Independent Design Strategist & Coach, Humanity LLC
Navigating uncertainty, Facilitating creativity, Improving operations, Better ways of working, Effective collaboration, Experience design, Research and strategy
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Mikkel Jensen, Director, Ageras
Accounting and Tax
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Monica Siciliano, Principal/CHRO, Front Row Labs
Virtual Training, Technical & Executive Recruitment, Human Resources
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Munir Pathak, Co-Founder & CEO, Swirl
Culture, Employee Engagement, DEIB, Early Stage Startups
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Nischal Piya, Graduate Student in Computer Science & Interactive Design, Moravian College
Web-Development (Front-end)
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Opeola Bukola, Founder & Principal, Lillo Consulting
Operations, Optimization, Remote Onboarding, Marketing, Branding, Pitch Decks, Communications
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Patrick Rood, CEO, Rood Financial Services
Accounting & Tax & Business Consulting
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Pete Fleming, Head of Product & UX Design, Chariot Solutions
Design Thinking, User Experience, Product Strategy, User Research
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Peter Mellen, Founder & President, Netcito
Angel investing, Venture capital, Lean startup, Pitch decks, Financial projections, Strategy
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Peter Wight, Principal, Nockamixon Impact Development, LLC
CSR, Social Impact, Start Up Development, Consulting
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Razvan Ionescu, Director, Global Markets, Citizens Bank
Corporate Finance, Risk Management, International Operations, Corporate Governance
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Rich Laster, Business Growth Consultant, GrowExpand.com
Business Development, Sales, Sales Strategy
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Rick Genzer, Investment Director, IT, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA
Start-ups, Investing, Productization, SaaS, Enterprise Sales, Fund Raising, Pitching
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Rob Hassler, Business Development Manager, PromptWorks
Business Strategy, Product Development & Strategy, Custom Software, Strategic Growth
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Robert Edelstein, Chief Business Development Officer, OsciFlex LLC
Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, Inside Sales
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Rohan Brown, Founder & CEO, Barley Sober, Inc
Pitching
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Sahab Aslam, Senior Manager, Data Science, CSL Behring
Data Science, A/B testing, Analytics, Software development, Product management , Data visualization
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Scott Allen, Director, SEI
Financial Technology, Process Automation, Private Equity Operations, Application Development
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Scott Keeley, Patent Agent, Keeley DeAngelo IP
Intellectual property, Licensing, Product development
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Scott Nissenbaum, CIO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Start-ups, Finance, Investments, Venture Capital
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Sean Boyce, Founder, NxtStep
Product strategy
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Sean Dawes, Co-Founder, Modded Euros
Ecommerce, Customer Acquisition, Business Development Partnerships
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
Shanell Windle, Managing Principal, Equinix Professional Risk
Commercial Insurance, General Liability, Professional Liability, Property Insurance, Cyber Liability, Medical Professional Liability, Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning, Home Healthcare
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Shannon Morales, Founder, Echo Me Forward
Diversifying Your Talent Pipeline, DEI Initiatives, Tech Apprenticeship Programs, Recruiting Local Talent.
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Shannon Tornoe, CEO, President & Founder, Coast to Coast Insurance Brokers
Business Insurance, Risk Management, Finance
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Shriya Sekhsaria, CEO, Lumhaa & BodhiMetrics
Remote Teams, Design Thinking, Hiring, Just someone to say hello to/brainstorm with
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Stephanie Gillin, Owner, Grande Decor
Construction, design, business systems, building, customer relations
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Stephen Anderson, Founder and Managing Director, Marquis Advisory Group LLC
Leadership Development, Business Planning, Organization Engagement, Corporate Strategy and Execution
(Preferred contact method: Email)
T. Brad Kielinski, CEO, IT Pros
Tech + Executive hiring in the Philadelphia region: CTO to Application Support
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Talia Edmundson, Founder & Principal, HRnB Consulting
People, culture, and everything that comes with!
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack, LinkedIn or Email)
Thomas Kramer, Co-Founder & COO, Paladin Software
Startups, SaaS, Enterprise software, Product development, Product owner, Digital media, Social media, Distributed teams, Remote management, Digital marketing
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)
Todd Outten, Principal Architect, Comcast
Entrepreneurship, Technology, MVP Development, Raising Capital
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Tracey Welson-Rossman, CMO, Chariot Solutions
Marketing, Strategy
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Tracey Welson-Rossman, CMO, Chariot Solutions
Marketing, Strategy
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Trevor Kerin, CEO, Plug in Rewind
Social Impact Communications, Digital Marketing, Branding, Content Production
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Vince Trotta, VP, Data Marketplace, Snowflake
Negotiating Complex Deals, Launching New Products, Portfolio Offerings, Go-to-Market Campaigns, Developing Sales Strategy, Executive Relationship Management, Compensation Planning
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Vincent Latchford, Vice President Professional Services, Apttus
Scaling ProServ and Customer Success, Maturing Non-ACV Sales Cycles, Delivery Profitability, Developing Enterprise Customer Delivery approach
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn)
Will Budreau, UX Design Director, EY Studio PHL
Digital Strategy, User Experience Design, Service Design
(Preferred contact method: PSL Slack or Email)
William Buhler, Managing Director, Bicking Kennedy Buhler
Strategy, Funding, Information Design/Knowledge Management
(Preferred contact method: Email)
Zikria Syed, CEO, PatientWing
Startup, Business Development, Pharmaceutical Industry
(Preferred contact method: LinkedIn or Email)