Meet Your Mentors
The Sprint Accelerator will introduce you to some of the best, and brightest entrepreneurial, technology and healthcare minds around. Their networks are enormous, and their experience and expertise can help you take your company farther, faster. Here are just a few we’re lining up for you...
Aaron Gray, M.D.
Family & Sports Physician at University of Missouri
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Aaron McKee
Vice President, Partner Development at Zettics
ALEX ALTOMARE
Co-Founder of BetaBlox
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ALEX HIMEL
Engineering Director of Facebook
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Amy Smith
Director, Product Management at Zoll Medical
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ANDREW MAGER
Chief Listening Officer at Spotify
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ANMOL MADAN
CEO of Ginger.IO
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BEN LEGG
CEO of Adknowledge
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BILL CROUNSE MD
Senior Director, Worldwide Health of Microsoft
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BILL WHITE
SVP of Corporate Communications of Sprint
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BOB JOHNSON
President of Retail, Chief Service Officer of Sprint
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BRAD FELD
Managing Director, Foundry Group
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Brandon Marker
Analyst at Techstars
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BRENT HEIEGGELKE
CMO of Urban Airship
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BRUCE IANNI
Co-founder and CEO of ShotTracker
Chris Bernard
Partner Business Evangelist of Microsoft
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Craig Safir
Director, Cloud and Wireline Markets at Sprint
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DAN FROMM
COO/President of Barkley
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Dan Goldenbaum
Group Technical Director at VML
DAN HESSE
CEO of Sprint
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Dan Stifter
Vice President of Mass Channel Commercialization at Hallmark Cards
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DANIEL FELD
Director of Operations at Techstars
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DAVE ALTARESCU
US Director of Marketing at Spotify
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DAVE DRACH
VP of Business Development, Techstars
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DAVID BROWN
President of Techstars
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DAVID COHEN
Founder/CEO of Techstars
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David Edwards
VP and Engineering Fellow at Cerner
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David Mandell
Co-founder and CEO at PivotDesk
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DAVYEON ROSS
Tech Entrepreneur
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DEEANNE KING
VP of Care Operations of Sprint
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DENNIS BAJEC
Chief Creative Officer of Resource
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DIRK LAMMERTS
Managing Director of Burrill & Company
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Dominique Pahud
Director of Innovation and Networks at the Kauffman Foundation
DR. DAVID VORAN
Informatics Director at Truman Medical Center
DYLAN BOYD
Managing Director - Powered By Techstars
ERIK WULLSCHLEGER
Manager, Sprint Accelerator of Sprint
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Evan Conway
Chief Monetization and Strategy Officer at Pinsight Media+
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GREG HUEY
Business Development - Accelerators & Incubators at Amazon (AWS) of Amazon
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Greg Kratofil Jr.
Technology Attorney at Polsinelli
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Greg Mears
Medical Director of Zoll
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IAN KLASSEN
VP of Mobile Product, Audux Health
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IYAD TARAZI
VP of Development & Engineering of Sprint
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Jackie McCarthy
Director of Wireless Internet Development at CTIA
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James Clardy
Technology Strategist
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JAMIE JONES
SVP of Consumer Sales of Sprint
Jamie Tremaine
Co-founder and CEO of GestSure
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JANE MCGONIGAL
Chief Creative Officer of SuperBetter Labs. Author, Game Designer
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Jason Baker
Managing Director of Alpine Healthcare Advisors
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JASON BAPTISTE
CEO & Co-Founder of Onswipe
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JASON SEATS
Managing Director of Techstars Austin
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JASON TATGE
Agriculture Technology Entrepreneur
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Jay Portnoy
Chief of Allergy/Asthma/Immunology
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Jeff Hallock
Chief Marketing Officer of Sprint
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JEFF MARTENS
CEO & Co-Founder of CPUsage
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Jeff Stafford
CFO of Kansas Community Plan at UnitedHealthCare
Jody Ranck
Co-Director of Digital Health Catalyst Working Group at TM Forum
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JOE MEDVED
Partner at Softbank Capital
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JOHN FEIN
Managing Director, Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator powered by Techstars
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John Schnipkoweit
Co-Founder and CEO, NextStep.io
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John Styers
EVP of SUMOTEXT
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John Thomson
Founder of 8080 Ventures, Former Saepio CEO
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JONI COBB
Founding President & CEO of Pipeline
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JOSH MORTON
VP of IT Application Development & Operations at Sprint
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JOSHUA KRAMMES
VP, Community Development of Softlayer
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Julee Thompson
Chief Healthcare Executive at Sprint
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Julie Dusold Culbertson
Senior Program Analyst and Team Leader at HHS/OIG/OEI
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KARAN SINGH
Co-Founder of Ginger.IO
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Kate Sommers
Director of Operations, Citizen
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Keith Berets
Partner at Cooley
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Keith Harrington
Managing Director at KBA
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Kent Westerveit
Sr. Director of Business Development at Valence Health
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KEVIN MCGINNIS
VP - Development & Operations of Sprint
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KYLE KINKADE
Founder of Monster Costume, Monocle Society
LANCE LEMAY
Managing Director of OpenAir Equity Partners
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Mahek Shah
Co-founder and CEO Symplexi and Harvard Innovation Lab
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MARCUS ESTES
CEO & Founder of Chroma
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MARIA MEYERS
Network Builder, KCSourceLink of University of Missouri - Kansas City
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Mark Clements M.D./Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. Pediatric Endocrinologist of Children's Mercy Hospitals
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Mark Hoffman
Director Center for Health Insights, Associate Professor at UMKC
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MARK LEAVITT
Quantified Self, Entrepreneur
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MARK LOGAN
SVP, Digital Innovation of Barkley
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MARK SOLON
General Partner of Techstars
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Matt Kerr
VP of Account Management at C2FO
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Matt Otterstatter
General Partner at Vilicus Ventures
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MATT SWITZER
VP of Partnerships and Corporate Development at HootSuite
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Michael Abbattista
Digital Media Executive at Spotify
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Michael Johnstone
Technology Consultant at Mark Cuban Companies
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MICHAEL ORSTEIN
Mobile Experience Manager: Nike+ FuelBand
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MICHAEL SCHWARTZ
SVP of Corporate Development at Sprint
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MICHAEL WETTA
Principal of Dundee Venture Capital
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MIKE COOLEY
VP of Value Added Services of Sprint
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Natasha Burgert
Pediatrician and Health Blogger
NICOLE GLAROS
Managing Director of Techstars
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PATRICK MORK
Former Global Marketing Director of Google Play (Android)/Google at Stealth Startup
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Paul Sonnier
Head of Digital Health Strategy at Popper and Company
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PHIL TORONTO
Manager of Emerging Technology at VaynerMedia
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RICH SCHMELZER
CEO of GeoPalz
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ROB BENSMAN
VP - Strategic Alliances of Hallmark
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Russ McGuire
VP of Corporate Strategy, Sprint
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RUSSELL BENAROYA
Co-Founder & CEO of EveryMove
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Sandeep Shah
Founder, Chairman of Mobiuso/Founder, former CEO of Skyscape
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Scott Boehmer
Vice President of Sales, Americas at Skyfire
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Scott Townsend
Director of Marketing at Urban Airship
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SCOTT ZALAZNIK
SVP of Digital of Sprint
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Sharon Fan
COO of GestSure
SHERYL MALONEY
Director of Strategic Partnerships at Citizen
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SRAVISH SRIDHAR
CEO & Co-Founder of Kinvey
STEPHEN BYE
SVP of CTO & Corporate Strategy of Sprint
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STEVE ELFMAN
President of Network, Technology & Operations of Sprint
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Sutha Kamal
SVP Product Marketing and Strategy at Nanigans
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THAD LANGFORD
Managing Director at Flyover Capital
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Tim Galles
Chief Strategy Officer at Barkley
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Tim Spilker
Vice President, Member Engagement at UnitedHealthCare
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TINA PETERSON
Manager, Sprint Entrepreneurship and Developer Programs
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TJ PARKER
CEO & Founder of PillPack
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TOBY RUSH
CEO & President of EyeVerify
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Todd Fane
Vice President of WebTPA
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Tom Brantman
Create Catalyst at Hallmark Cards
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TOM ROBERTS
SVP of Base Marketing at Sprint
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TROY HENIKOFF
Managing Director Techstars - Chicago
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VIDYA SPANDANA
Founder of Neppalli Strategy
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VONYA MCCANN
SVP of Government Affairs at Sprint
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Walt Maclay
Founder and President of Voler Systems
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WAYNE CARTER
President and Chief Executive Officer of KC Area Life Sciences Institute
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WILL SOUDER
SVP of Finance Operations at Sprint
