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Our Experts-in-Residence

Our Experts-in-Residence (EiRs) are hand-selected mentors that work closely with DMZ founders to help them grow and scale their businesses. EiRs have comprehensive knowledge and extensive business backgrounds and can advise founders on sales process, revenue growth, product design, pitch coaching, marketing, and more. Most importantly, they hold our founders accountable for the vision of their own companies.

Akeel Ahmad

Financial Strategy and Modeling

Alex Thibault

Business Strategy

Ali Kiassat

Sales and Business Development

Andrea Matheson

Scaling

Andreas Souvaliotis

Business Strategy

Andrew Ricchetti

AI, Analytics, Data Science

Anthony Lau

Product, Sales

Berjesty Kozanoglu

User Experience Design

Christian Grunt

Fundraising

David Ceolin

Sales, Growth, Business Models

Frank Erschen

Pitching

Gina Bowen

Marketing

Hackim Farrell

Cybersecurity, Product

Harry MacInnis

Finance & Strategy

Javed Maqsood

GTM Strategy and Customer Success

Jodi Echakowitz

Public Relations

Kareem Arafat

Senior Tech Executive

Karen Hogg

Customer Success

Martin Croteau

Strategy

Michael McCarthy

Business Strategy

Monica Abramov

Product, Retail Strategy and Marketing

Naveed Ahmad

CEO Coaching

Nihad Kamal

Marketing

Phillip Gales

Operations

Raheel Khursheed

Co-founder, Laminar Global

Rick Hill

Technology

Ryan Nahas

Sales and Growth

Shawn Compton

Technology

Sultan Mehrabi

Strategy

Ted Killin

Writing & Communications Strategy