OUR TEAM

We’re Problem Solvers

We are brainstormers, innovators, and entrepreneurs who know how to help founders because we’ve all been there before. We’ve raised funds, launched products, and won over customers’ hearts. We know that diverse teams make innovation possible. Our perspectives have been uniquely shaped by our individual experiences, and those experiences help us bring different ideas and creativity to everything we do.

Caroline Barborak

HR Pay and Benefits

Kelley Benson

Vice President, Human Resources & Inclusion

Kirk Botula

Chief Strategy Operations Officer

Shelly Brown

Startable Program Manager

Kristen Bucci

Executive Assistant/Office Manager

Sophie Burkholder

Investment Associate

Lauren DeDomenic

Partner Engagement Manager

Luca DeGroot

Robotics Technician

Brian Dougherty

Electrical Prototyping Engineer

Kevin Dowling, PhD

Managing Director, Robotics Factory & Hardware

Kelly Englert

Grant Writer

Victoria Ewing

Director of Business Development

Cindy Franc

Program Assistant – Startable, Communications and Human Resouces

Tony Garcia

Manufacturing Program Associate

Ian Goeke

Salesforce Administrator

Jeanne Iasella

Managing Director, Life Sciences

Jane K. Joseph

Director of Communications & Community Development

Karla Karanza

Controller

Andrew Katon

Electromechanical Engineer

Accelerator Operations Lead

Linda Murphy

Office & Facilities Manager

Ven Raju

President & CEO

Joshua Sellers

Program Marketing Manager

Bob Starzynski

Chief Business Development Officer and Treasurer

Dwayne Tabb

Content Creator/ Communications Coordinator

Aaron Tainter

Director of Accelerator Programs

Matt Verlinich

Senior Program Manager, Manufacturing Program

Deborah Walker

Senior Legal Counsel

Gretchen Weaver

Director of Marketing

Steve Welles

Managing Director, Software

Board Members

Ron Bianchini

Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft; Former Founder & CEO, NetApp (Acquired by FORE Systems); Founder & CEO, Avere Systems (Acquired by Microsoft)

Stephen C. Chen

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Duolingo, Inc.

Carl Daley EVP

CFO & Treasurer, Highmark Health

Tom Jones

Board Chair; COO, CapSen Robotics, Inc.

Steven Reis, MD

Vice Chancellor for Multidisciplinary Innovations, Health Sciences; Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine