Lazaridis ScaleUp
Mentors
With experience at the world’s most successful companies, our experts are a diverse group of seasoned entrepreneurs, investors and executives.
A sample of the Lazaridis Expert Network includes:
Lubna Abu-Osba
Brand Evangelist, Creative Leader
Goly Anvary
Former Head of Innovation and Digital Marketing, Gap Inc.
Amanda Ashford
Strategic Brand Marketing
Michelle Banik
Corporate Director | Chair, HRCC | Former Chief People Officer
Raif Barbaros
Startup CTO turned VC
Geoff Baum
Former Entrepreneur in Residence, Adobe | Co-founder, Garage.com
Chris Bryson
Founder and CEO, New School Foods | Founder and CEO, Unata (exited)
Chris Caren
CEO, Turnitin
José Benitez Cong
Former Nest Head of Talent | Former Tech Recruiting, Apple
Jared Drake
President and COO at WiserCare, Inc.
April Dunford
Author and Former COO, Tulip Retail
Lise Edwards
Sr. Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), Western Digital
Tobin Edwards
VP Technology, Altus Assessments
Andrew Flett
General Partner, Mobility Impact Partners
Sloan Gaon
CEO, PulsePoint
Shomit Ghose
Start-Up Advisor, Coach, Board Member
Brandon Goldman
Chief Mentor and VP of Sales, Regal Voice
Marie Goodell
Product Marketing Executive and Mentor
Chris Hallenbeck
General Manager, Data Expert, SAP Expert
Samer Hamadeh
Founder and CEO, Zeel | Scout, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tricia Heidemann
VP Global Supply Chain
Matt Horton
Executive Vice President, Energy and Charging Solutions, Rivian
Brent Ho-Young
CEO, Dream Payments
Jay Jackson
Educator, Wrestler
Jennifer Janson
Director Of Communications, OMERS Ventures
Trevor Johnston
Co-Founder / Co-CEO, Jane Software Inc.
Kim Kaplan
CEO, Snack
Guy Kawasaki
Chief Evangelist, Canva
Kerry Kellogg
Partner, 3L
Tim Kendall
Co-Founder, Moment
Michael Litt
Co-Founder and CEO, Vidyard
Tom Loverro
General Partner at IVP
Emily Mikailli
SVP People Operations, Signifyd
Thomas Nielsen
Sr. Advisor & Portfolio Specialist, Mayfair Equity Partners LLP
Loren Padelford
COO, Podium
Jackie Poriadjian
Chief Brand Officer, Sweaty Betty
George Psiharis
Chief Operating Officer, AlayaCare
Ada Chen Rekhi
Founder and COO, Notejoy
Sachin Rekhi
Founder and CEO, Notejoy
Cassie Roblin
Vice President of People at Symbio Robotics
Dennis Rohm
Engineering Leader, Amazon Web Services
Eli Schwartz
Growth Advisor and SEO Strategic Consultant
Chris Shaw
VP of Talent Acquisition, Apollo GraphQL
Adam Shevell
Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Benji Shomair
VP Commerce Business, Facebook
Julie Shulman
Director, Global Packaging Design at BareMinerals
Mike Silagadze
CEO, Gadze Finance
Nicole Smith
Founder and CEO, Flytographer
Alison Taylor
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Jane App
Rich Taylor
Marketing and Operations, Qualio
Vanessa Ting
Brand Builder and CPG Operator
Amy Vernetti
Founder, represent.us
Ann Crady Weiss
CEO, Co-founder, Hatch | Venture Partner, True Ventures
Dave Weiss
Co-founder, President and COO, Hatch
Mike Wessinger
Co-founder and Executive Chair, PointClickCare Board
Paul Work
Chief Business Officer, Siris Medical
Chris Yeh
Investor, Writer, Mentor, Entrepreneur, BlitzScaling
Beth Yehaskel
Revenue Architect, Winning by Design
Andrew Zakem
Go-to-market Executive
Jami Zakem
Founder, Customer Success Consultant, Leadership Coach