During the iQ workshops take advantage of our network of professional mentors looking to hear about your ideas and help you develop them. These professional mentors range from current and former entrepreneurs to experienced angel investors. The mentors will attend all of the workshops, network with all of the teams, evaluate final applications, and participate in the judging process. They are here for your success! Please contact the iQ team to be in touch with any of our mentors outside of the workshops. If you are interested in becoming a mentor in the iQ program, please contact Kevin Gardiner at kevin.gardiner@uconn.edu
Biotech, Medical Devices
Startups, Mentoring, Customer Experience
Operations, Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science
Business Generalist
Consulting, Human Resources, Healthcare Industry, Investment Management, Survey Research, Databases
Innovation Quest – Managing Partner, Business Strategy, Business Development, Technology, Team Building, Product Development, Keen ability to listen
Sales
Engineering, Business Startups
Biotech, Healthcare, Engineering, Technology, Idea Generation, Product-Market Fit
Former Director, UConn Innovation Quest Program, Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Finance, Software
Biology, Science/STEM Fields, Small Business Startups in CT
Management, Operations
Innovation Quest – Managing Partner, Brand Strategy, Product Development and Positioning, Marketing, Management, Finance
Law – Patent and other areas of IP Law
Director, UConn Innovation Quest Program, Operations, Customer Service, Retail, SaaS
Entrepreneurial Finance
Law and Emerging Growth Companies
Medical Devices
Venture Capital
Medical products, Product developments, Manufacturing, Management
Law
Startups, Venture Capital, eCommerce Strategy, Technology, Consumer Packaged Goods
Business model development, Digital Innovation
Healthcare, Consumer packaged goods, Financial Services
Business Start-ups
Computer Science, Focus on operating systems and embedded system development
Manufacturing, Design, Prototyping, International Business
Healthcare with a focus on biopharmaceuticals
Technical: Scientific Imaging and Geoscientific Research
Operations: Accounting, Product Development, Small Business Management, Sales & Marketing, Capital Growth & Cashflow Strategies
Strategy
Marketing & Strategy
General Management, Product Development & Launch, Sales & Service
User Experience & User Interface Design, Digital Product Development Process, Agile Development, Waterfall Development, User Acceptance Testing, Lean Methodology
Technology, B2B, SaaS, Sales, Startups
Software Development and Commercialization, Business Startups
Marketing
Business and legal affairs