Team
Resident Experts
ERA’s Resident Experts are highly experienced engineers, designers, and operations experts who are available to our startups.
Executives in Residence
Philip Neches, Founder, Teradata | Acquired by NCR/AT&T
Galina Ozgur, Global Accelerator Strategist
Venture Scouts
Nash Ahmed, Co-Founder, CEO, Undock | ERA18 W’20
Mohamed Altantawy, Co-Founder, CTO, Agolo | ERA5 S’13
Liran Amrany, Founder, CEO, Debitize | ERA12 W’17
Chebem Chukwu, Co-Founder, CEO, MobilePhire | ERA13 S’17 | Acquired by MobileSense
Carlo Cisco, Co-Founder, CEO, SELECT | ERA8 W’15
Jonathon Ende, Co-Founder, CEO, SeamlessDocs | ERA3 S’12 | Acquired by Kofile
Jacqueline Loeb, Co-Founder, CEO, Scouted | ERA10 W’16 | Acquired by Recruiter.com
Nathan Meeks, Co-Founder, CEO, Gigzolo | ERA5 S’13
Karen Moon, Co-Founder, CEO, Trendalytics | ERA4 W’13
Halston Prox, Co-Founder, CEO, HealNow, | ERA14 W’18
Arif Sorathia, Co-Founder, CEO, Karate Health | ERA11 S’16 | Acquired by Progentec
Andry Tanusdjaja, Co-Founder, COO, MuseFind | ERA9 S15
Jeff Tompkins, Co-Founder, AdvisorConnect | ERA7 S’14
Entrepreneurs in Residence
Liran Amrany, Founder and CEO, Debitize | ERA12 W’17
Rami Bitar, Founder and CEO, VidRocket | ERA3 S’12
Nik Bonaddio, Founder and CEO, numberFire | ERA1 S’11 | Acquired by FanDuel
Chebem Chukwu, Co-Founder and CEO MobilePhire | ERA13 S’17 | Acquired by MobileSense
John Corrigan, Co-Founder and CEO, SummitSync | ERA12 W’17 | Acquired by Cvent
Joseph Galarneau, Co-Founder and CEO, Mezzobit | ERA6 W’14 | Acquired by OpenX
Lisbeth Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO, KitSplit | ERA9 S’15
Brian Lee, Co-Founder, BlockStreetHQ | ERA14 W’18
Nick Miller, Founder and CEO, Parking Panda | ERA1 S’11 | Acquired by SpotHero
Sharmeen Mitha-Sehgal, Founder and CEO, AppyCouple | ERA2 W’12
Nishant Mittal, Co-Founder, Monaeo | ERA4 W’13 | Acquired by Topia
Karen Moon, Co-Founder and CEO, Trendalytics | ERA4 W’13
Erik Mumford, Co-Founder and CEO, Piiku | ERA5 S’13
Al Torres, Co-Founder, SummitSync | ERA12 W’17 | Acquired by Cvent
Nick Trusty, Co-Founder and CEO, Alumni Spaces | ERA8 W’15
Jay Shek, Co-Founder and CEO, Locality | ERA1 S’11
Warner Siebert, Co-Founder and CEO, Buzztable | ERA1 S’11 | Acquired by Sysco
Arif Sorathia, Co-Founder and CEO, Karate Health | ERA11 S’16 | Acquired by Progentec
John Williams, Co-Founder, Buzztable | ERA1 S’11 | Acquired by Sysco
Michelle Finizio, CRO, FounderMade | ERA Mentor
Michelle Finizio, CRO, FounderMade | ERA Mentor
Alumni Lead Mentors
Mark Webster, Co-Founder and CEO, Sayspring | ERA12 W’17 | Acquired by Adobe
Scott Werner, Co-Founder and CTO, Sayspring | ERA12 W’17 | Acquired by Adobe
Resident CTO
Cagatay Ozgur, Technologist, Expert Software Developer
Resident Technologists
Travis Bloom, Co-Founder and CTO, Pawlicy Advisor | ERA16 W’19
Rom Cohen, Co-Founder and CIO, Hyro | ERA15 S’18
Dan Goldin, VP Engineering, TripleLift
Michael Grassotti, CTO, LiftForward
Tom Jaklitsch, Co-Founder and CTO, Negotiatus | ERA10 W’16
Rahul Mahida, Co-Founder and CTO, Daivergent | ERA15 S’18
Carlos Montoya, Co-Founder and CTO, Stellar Employ | ERA14 W’18
Matt Pestritto, Startup CTO
Andrei Rebrov, Co-Founder and CTO, Scentbird | ERA7 S’14
Andrei Rebrov, Co-Founder and CTO, Scentbird | ERA7 S’14
Resident Product Experts
Pierre Wooldridge Mobile UX Expert
Gokce Gizer Design, Marketing and Branding Expert
Resident UI/UX Expert
Viktoriia Pshenychko Software and UX expert
Resident Growth Hacker
Cassie Lancellotti-Young Analytics and Growth expert
Resident Accent and Communications Coach
Lisa Marie Patti, M.S. CCC-SLP Accent and Communications Coach
Interns
If you’re interested in becoming an intern at ERA or for our companies, we want to hear from you! We run programs for college and grad students looking to get involved in startups and work in an entrepreneurial environment. Our founders look for interns across many functional areas from engineering to market research and UI/UX to business plans.Please email us to learn more about being an intern at ERA.
Jobs With ERA Companies
Looking to work at an ERA portfolio company? Check out our frequently updated jobs page here.