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IW Team

A seasoned group of entrepreneurs, business planning and investment experts, legal and marketing veterans and other professionals make up the core team at IW.  We have deep, firsthand experience with the challenges and triumphs that entrepreneurs and investors face in moving early-stage companies from the idea stage to commercialization.

IW also leverages a broad network of investors, mentors, technologists, and service providers to help us assist entrepreneurs.

On this page:
IW Management Staff
IW Support Staff
IW Board Members

 

IW Management and Entrepreneurial Services

Frank Demmler
Director, Entrepreneurial Executives Team

Randy Eager
Executive in Residence

Terri Glueck
Director, Community Development & Communications

Matt Harbaugh
Chief Investment Officer

Jim Jen
Executive in Residence

Rich Lunak
President and CEO

Larry Miller
Executive in Residence

Kathy M. Mitchell
Human Resources Consultant

Desmond O'Connor
Executive in Residence

Katie Parker
Program Manager, Entrepreneurial Executives Team

Patricia Rogan
Director, Finance & University Innovation Grants

Bob Starzynski
Director, Innovation Adoption Grant Fund

Deborah Walker
Investment Administration Manager

 

IW Support Team

Susan Bower
Public Relations and Investor Assistant

Cindy Franc
Assistant to the President & CEO

Nancy Lee Kiefer
Administrative Coordinator, Entrepreneurial Services

Susan Kijowski
Controller

 

IW Board Members

Joel Adams
Adams Capital Management

David E. Barensfeld
Ellwood Group Inc.

Ronald Bianchini, Jr., Ph.D.
Network Appliance

Anthony J. Bonidy
CombineNet

S. Thomas Emerson, Ph.D     
Don Jones Center for
Entrepreneurship

Ann M. Dugan
Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence
University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business

Donald H. Jones
Draper Triangle Ventures

Randy P. Juhl, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Richard Lunak
Innovation Works, Inc.

Tim McNulty
Carnegie Mellon University

David Ruppersberger
The Technology Collaborative

Sunil Wadhwani
iGATE Capital