Mentors

VentureSCALE's network of mentors are the who's who of Chicago Tech. We've hand selected our mentors based on their knowledge, skill and expertise as it pertains to building and scaling tech companies. Our amazing mentors are able to provide both tactical and strategic feedback & advice related to sales, marketing, operations, fundraising and overall growth.

Aaron Levy

Founder & CEO, Raise The Bar

Nate Blackburn

VP of Sales, Acquirent

Josh Fosburg

VP of Sales, KnowledgeHound

DJ Eaton

SalesOps Manager, PerkSpot

John Oommen

Founder & Managing Director, Turnaround Science

Mary Lawler

Director of Marketing, Telnyx

Karry Kleeman

CRO, LogicGate

Aaron McKee

CRO, BacklotCars

Ben Dietz

President, Mintel Americas

Kyle Lacy

CMO, Lessonly

David Cohen

VP of Sales N. America, LinkedIn

Cassandra Jowett

Sr Director of Marketing, PathFactory

Jackie Burke

VP of Business Development, Shipbob

Danny Hartman

Sr. Account Executive, LogicGate

Nicole Wylie

VP of Sales, FlashParking

Amy Dordek Dolinsky

Co-Founder, Growthplay

Dana Wright

Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners

Dan Summers

VP of Sales, Sprout Social

Steve Baumgartner

VP Sales, inRiver

Dan Stanton Jr.

Leadership Development, BetterUp

Alex Zikakis

Global Sales Performance Consultant, LinkedIn

Mark Achler

Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners

Bryan Naas

Director, Sales Enablement, Lessonly

Brian Bar

Founder & CEO, VictoryLap

Rajiv Nathan

Founder, Startup Hypeman

Rob Hughes

Head of Sales, Gravie

Anne Carter

Sr. Manager of Customer Success, Sprout Social

Rob Topping, CFA

Founder, Topping Capital

Steve Bachert

CRO, Enfusion

Ryan Barretto

SVP of Global Sales, Sprout Social

Adam Johnson

SVP of Sales, ActiveCampaign

Troy Henikoff

Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners

Tony Lenhart

Partner, Sales Empowerment Group

Ross Chaifetz

Director of Venture Capital, Chaifetz Group

Alexine Mudawar

Major Account Executive, Displayr

Alex Newmann

CEO, Newmann Consulting Group

Andrew Stapleton

VP of Customer Success, G2

Ryan Leavitt

Founder, Catapult Chicago

Benjamin Lazarov

Strategic Growth Manager, Compass

Bob Lopez

VP of Sales, DialogTech

Howard Diamond

Chief Strategy Officer, Rise Interactive

Gretchen Keefner

Regional VP, Bullhorn

Emma Galler

VP of Sales, Built In

Bret Haren

RVP of Sales, G2

Adam Goyette

VP of Marketing, Help Scout

Jeff Ellman

Co-Founder, Hireology & UrbanBound

Griffin Elrod

Empowering Sales Development, Gusto

Jessica Watts

Co-Founder, Mud City

Prince Kwateng

Sales Development Manager, Sprout Social

Jonathan Petrino

VP of Channel Sales, DialogTech

Nick Cromydas

CEO, New Coast Ventures & Hunt Club

Kelly Marberry

Sales Manager, LinkedIn

Kevin McGirl

President, Sales-i

Justin Cardillo

VP of Sales, PerkSpot

Kenny Estes

Co-Founder, West Loop Ventures

Lon Chow

Partner, Method Capital

Mark Garcia

VP of Sales, Buildout

Matt Forcey

VP of Enterprise Sales, PowerReviews

Justin Johnson

Director of Sales, HOVER

Matt Gibbs

Co-Founder & CMO, UPshow

Michael Renderman

VP of Sales, DocuSign

Nusreth Baig

Director of Sales, C3.ai

Nick Turnbull

Sales Development Manager, Builtin

Gauri Chawla

VP Global Alliances, inRiver

Joel Arnold

VP Revenue Ops, PowerReviews

Amy Mills

Director of Sales, Barcodes

Kevin Piket

National Account Executive,

Access One

Alisha Johnson

Manager Sales Development, Affirm

Ed Jaffe

Founder, Demo Solutions

James Hyde

CEO, Venminder

Sara Breen

Sales Enablement Mgr, Okta

David Rush

Advisor, Hunt Club

Shelton Banks

CEO, re:work training

Shari Lee

Mgr Enterprise Program Success, Upwork