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When you join the Dōjō, you are partnered with a "Blackbelt Sensei" to guide you on your journey.

 

All of our Blackbelts are deeply experienced entrepreneurs with personal experience in founding and growing companies.

Nish Nadaraja

Original director of community at Yelp. 

Mentor

Nish Nadaraja

Ken Singer

Managing Director of UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET). Prior to SCET, Ken was a successful entrepreneur who created the first enterprise app store.

Instructor, Dojo Leadership, Mentor

Ken Singer

Chris Burry

Serial entrpreneur having founded 10 companies with 3 exits (combined $1.3B value). Over the last 12 years, he has worked with over 3,000 founders in 50+ countries. These founders raised $6B+ in capital and created $20B+ in market value.

Instructor, Mentor, Dojo Leadership

Chris Burry

David Law

Director of Global Academic Programs at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. Prior to joining SCET, David held numerous sales and marketing roles at Silicon Valley startups and tech giants including Symantec where he was the Director, Global Sales Planning & Operations for 7 years.

Instructor, Mentor, Dojo Leadership

David Law

Colin Donohue

Development & startup ecosystem specialist.  He has worked in sustainable development & entrepreneurship for 15+ years and now is the CEO of Kernel (a micro-finance startup),  the Director of Startup Grind Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia), and co-founder of the Dojo

Instructor, Mentor, Dojo Leadership

Colin Donohue

Alfredo Coppola

Serial entrepreur with global experience. For the last decade, he has worked with startups around the world, helping them expand from their local market into the global market.

Instructor, Advisory Board, Mentor

Alfredo Coppola

Amy Peck

Global expert on AR/VR with experience as keynote speaker at Web Summit, SXSW, etc. and advising top companies from healthcare, education, retail, hospitality and entertainment to government and industrial users of XR.

Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board

Amy Peck

Bob Upham

Venture Partner with Antler.  Advisor & Mentor at UC Berkeley, Cyberport Hong Kong, others. Former Senior Director, Digital Products for Visa & Director, Business Development - Strategic Partnerships for Yahoo.

Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board

Bob Upham

Gail Gannon

Founding Director, NeuroTech Collider Lab at UC Berkeley.  Founder & Managing director of Ensante, finding better ways to deploy technology to redesign healthare & improve health outcomes.  Experienced VC, angel investor, and mentor with former clients such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & health care providers such as Sutter & Standford.

Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board

Gail Gannon

Gideon Marks

Anchor Mentor at Google Developers Launchpad who took 3 of his companies public on NASDAQ and led 4 others to successful M&A transactions. 

Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board

Gideon Marks

Jay Onda

Corporate Innovation & Venture Capital specialist. Former Startup Investment Director at Orange Silicon Valley.  Managed investments in AI/ML, Connectivity, 5G, Smart Cities, B2B Enterprise & Impact. Founding member Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley where he serves as Venture Partner & Director of Strategic Investments.

Mentor, Advisory Board, Instructor

Jay Onda

Ronald Weissman

Chair, Board of Directors, Angel Capital Association and former chair of the ACA's, Education and Smart Practices Committee. Chairman, Software Industry Group, Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest technology investment group. 20+ years in global venture capital and sixteen years in angel investing.

Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board

Ronald Weissman

Steve Adelman

Fouder of Nexus Partner, a Silicon Valley-based consultancy that works with tech companies to solve their hardest problems in order to accelerate their growth. Managing Director of the Wharton Business School Accelerator in San Francisco. Deep expertise in business development, market entry/go to market, corporate venturing, partnerships, corporate strategy and general management

Mentor, Instructor, Advisory Board

Steve Adelman

Ayman Fawaz

Director of Venture Technology at Siemens. He is also the Founder, President at orgo.ai. and a successful serial entrepreneur who has served as a seed investor and coach for numerous early stage start-ups, and is co-inventor on nine patents

Mentor, Instructor

Ayman Fawaz

Ben Connors

Mentor, Instructor

Ben Connors

Bill Reichert

Venture capitalist at Pegasus Tech Ventures. Formerly co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures. Co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems.

Mentor, Instructor

Bill Reichert

Christine Volden

Mentor, Instructor

Christine Volden

Eileen Goodwin

Mentor, Instructor

Eileen Goodwin

Joe Diliberto

Mentor, Instructor

Joe Diliberto

Leah Edwards

Mentor, Instructor

Leah Edwards

LouAnn Conner

Strategic global operations executive, board member, and advisor who delivers impacting value through integration, business operations, strategy, and thought leadership.  Led remote teams valued up to $100M in aerospace & telecommunications. Drove HRIS sytems touching 53,000 employees.

Mentor, Instructor

LouAnn Conner

Adam Engel

Mentor

Adam Engel

Agnes Brichard

Mentor

Agnes Brichard

Ahmed Bhuiyan

Mentor

Ahmed Bhuiyan

Alan White

Mentor

Alan White

Andrew Filler

Mentor

Andrew Filler

Andrew Mearns

Mentor

Andrew Mearns

Andy Colman

Mentor

Andy Colman

Andy Patrick

Mentor

Andy Patrick

Arjen Maarleveld

Mentor

Arjen Maarleveld

Aviv Shalgi

Mentor

Aviv Shalgi

Bow Rodgers

Mentor

Bow Rodgers

CJ Terral

Mentor

CJ Terral

Carl Hinrichsen

Mentor

Carl Hinrichsen

Christina Michelle Bailey

Mentor

Christina Michelle Bailey

Christine Peck

Award-winning brand & marketing expert & entrepreneur with decades of experience leading female-focused advertising, Mass Retail and CPG. She has been responsible for $40MM+ retail businesses and $50MM+ CPG businesses working with brands like Target, Nintendo, Lego & Disney

Mentor

Christine Peck

Dan Steiny

Mentor

Dan Steiny

Darell Rodriguez

Mentor

Darell Rodriguez

Dennis Kearney

Mentor

Dennis Kearney

Dogakan Toka

Mentor

Dogakan Toka

Don Lindsay

Former UX/UI at Apple, Blackberry, and Microsoft. 190 granted & filed utility patents encompassing user interface design, gesture & speech interaction and UI implementation strategies for both desktop & mobile platforms.

Mentor

Don Lindsay

Elisabeth Morris-Maragoula

Mentor

Elisabeth Morris-Maragoula

Farzad Ehsani

Mentor

Farzad Ehsani

Gregg Shibata

Mentor

Gregg Shibata

Hanz Kurdi

Mentor

Hanz Kurdi

Howard Steinberg

Mentor

Howard Steinberg

Ido Sarig

Mentor

Ido Sarig

James Daley

Co-founder of banking software company which sells the WizTM SaaS product line (acq. Wolters Kluwer, NV). He co-founded a community-bank advisory firm that did private equity financing and operational consulting. Earlier, he worked in venture capital, derivative swaps for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and on project financings for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Mentor

James Daley

James V. Linden

Mentor

James V. Linden

Jay Angelo

Mentor

Jay Angelo

Jean-Marc Frangos

Mentor

Jean-Marc Frangos

Jeff Hansen

Mentor

Jeff Hansen

Jimm Meloy

Mentor

Jimm Meloy

Joe Adamidor

Mentor

Joe Adamidor

John Linney

Mentor

John Linney

Jon Sung

Mentor

Jon Sung

Jonathon Angell

Mentor

Jonathon Angell

Jose Mateos

Mentor

Jose Mateos

Jose Munoz

Mentor

Jose Munoz

Joshua Pinheiro

Mentor

Joshua Pinheiro

Juanita Dion

Mentor

Juanita Dion

Kareem Fahmy

Mentor

Kareem Fahmy

Keiko Noguchi

Mentor

Keiko Noguchi

Keshia Theobald-van Gent

Mentor

Keshia Theobald-van Gent

Lee Shupp

Mentor

Lee Shupp

Leilani Vella

Mentor

Leilani Vella

Linda Ingroia

Mentor

Linda Ingroia

Mark Charkin

Mentor

Mark Charkin

Mark Friedler

Mentor

Mark Friedler

Marvin Liao

Mentor

Marvin Liao

Michael P. Carter

Mentor

Michael P. Carter

Mike Dovbish

Mentor

Mike Dovbish

Mudit Goyal

Mentor

Mudit Goyal

Neil Shroff

Mentor

Neil Shroff

Patrick Hanlon

Mentor

Patrick Hanlon

Peter Baldwin

Mentor

Peter Baldwin

Quintin Au

Mentor

Quintin Au

Raffaella Camera

Headed of Brands for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, building a multi-functional global team and responsible for the strategic growth of the Epic ecosystem – from tools to Fortnite. Former Partner/Managing Director at Accenture where she co-created and grew the global XR (AR/VR/3D) practice as Global Head of Innovation & Strategy. Metaverse Insider/Top 30 Leaders; VR FEST/Best VR Branded Entertainment; AIS Lumiere Award/Best Use of VR; Communication Arts; Webby; IDG’s DEMOgod Award

Mentor

Raffaella Camera

Randall Fahey

Mentor

Randall Fahey

Raul Quino

Mentor

Raul Quino

Ravi Mulugu

Mentor

Ravi Mulugu

Rob Harper

Mentor

Rob Harper

Robert Laing

Mentor

Robert Laing

Ron Drabkin

Mentor

Ron Drabkin

Rowland Chen

Mentor

Rowland Chen

Saehwan Kim

Mentor

Saehwan Kim

Sajneta Salickram

Mentor

Sajneta Salickram

Scott Nisbet

Mentor

Scott Nisbet

Skip Hilton

Mentor

Skip Hilton

Sunil Ravipati

Mentor

Sunil Ravipati

Swapnil Amin

Mentor

Swapnil Amin

Taz Patel

Mentor

Taz Patel

Tim Wagner

Mentor

Tim Wagner

Tobias Dagergard

Mentor

Tobias Dagergard

Tomasz Kolodziejak

Mentor

Tomasz Kolodziejak

Usen Udoh

Mentor

Usen Udoh

Victor Hsia

Mentor

Victor Hsia

Ville Penttila

Mentor

Ville Penttila

Walter Paulsen

Mentor

Walter Paulsen

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