Xperts

Our Xperts are a multidisciplinary network of innovative institutional leaders, accomplished entrepreneurs, and industry changemakers. They support student teams and xFoundry leadership.

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Academic Council
Ambassadors
CXOs
Horizons Council
Innovation Scholars
Judges
Mentors
Speakers

Guide early-stage TEAMS to success

Mentors provide expert coaching to student teams during critical competition milestones, prototype development, company launch, and beyond. Matched with student teams through careful curation, this network of experts serves as evaluators, stakeholder interviewees, panelists, office hour mentors, pro bono council, and more.  Mentors also amplify their own network through mentor-to-mentor connection and exclusive events.

Dean Chang
University of Maryland, College Park
Lee Anderson
Strategic & Operational Advisory Consultancy
Warren Kelley
University of Maryland, College Park
Phillip Alvarez
Norden Labs
Elizabeth Friedman
Bain & Company
TJ Rainsford
University of Maryland, College Park
Katherine Hill-Ritchie
TEDCO
Bailey Grisez
Boeing Phantomworks
Lottie Byram
University of Maryland, College Park
Murat Kalayoglu
Cartesian Therapeutics
Paul Kim
Xponential Venture Fund
Kaleb Kuether
Intel Corporation
Cori Lathan
De Oro Devices, Inc.
Vikram Manikonda
University of Maryland, College Park
Darrell McGraw
Consulting Solutions
Brendan McNelly
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL)
Dimo Michailov
Capital Immigration Law Group
Juliana C. Neelbauer
Ad Hoc LLC
Michael Niola
The Consulting Group
Mike Weller
University of Maryland Police
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