Mentors
Meet Our 2021 Mentors
Deedra Harrington
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Cardiology
Gregg Davis
Associate Professor and Director of the School of Kinesiology (UL Lafayette)
Ryan Sullivan
Executive Vice President at VieMed
Christy Lenahan
NP Coordinator
Maren Rosen
VP Marketing at Tides Medical
Doug Payne
President of Tides Medical
Benjamin Kimball
Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at Tides Medical
Sean Dikeman
Vice President of Operations at Tides Medical
Rusty Frioux
Director of Information Systems at Tides Medical
Kevin Kaboos
Vice President, Reimbursement at Tides Medical
Aimee Quirk
CEO, InnovationOchsner
Korak Sarkar
Neurologist, InnovationOchsner
Noah Bergeron
Associate Director, Office of Innovation Management at UL
Janet Daniel Stelly
Internal Auditor at Ochsner Lafayette General (OLG)
Kenneth J Cochran
President and CEO of Opelousas General
Justin Courville
Engineer/Owner at Project JRC
Joseph Blaise Zuschlag
Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer at Acadian Companies
Parker Smith
Attorney/Founder at CoreServe Legal, LLC
Wade Berzas
Owner at Ignite Traction, LLC
Carissa Hall
Sales and Marketing Specialist at Comit Developers
William Ness
CIO at Lafayette Economic Development Authority
Tyler Rogers
Owner at 1Source Business Solutions
Matthew Delcambre
Innovation Managing Director at UL
Ericka Dees, CPA
Owner/Founder at Ericka H. Dees, CPA, LLC
Charles Edwards
CEO/Founder at One Telemed
Josh Bendickson
Assistance Professor of Management at UL
Bob Miller
COO at Global Data Systems
Tom Cox
CEO/Founder at Golfballs.com
Jaci Russo
CEO/Brand Strategist at brandRUSSO
Ben Swig
Healthcare Innovation & Strategy Senior Advisor, Acadian Companies
Josh Sommer
Vice President of New Growth at Cox Communications
Larry Simon
Interim Senior Medical Director for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Mike Dozier
Chief Information Officer at Ochsner Lafayette General
Spencer Hoyt
CFO - HAMPR + Presto Health
Laurel Hess
Founder + CEO - HAMPR + Presto Health
Zach Indest
VP Clinical Services - LHC Group
Frances Stueben
Assistant Professor Department of Nursing - UL Lafayette
Scott Guidry
General Counsel - Acadian Companies
Axel Strombergsson
Chief Operating Officer at System Insight Engineering
Ryan Ramkhelawan
VP of Venture Development at Start Co.
John George
Director, Health Strategy at CGI
Phillip Miles
VP Business Development at CGI
Bradley Schoffstall
Vice President at CGI
David Maynor
Lead Architect - Director, Consulting at CGI
James B. Peake, MD
Senior Vice President at CGI
Michael Schaefer
Senior Audit Manager at Boulay PLLP
Amanda Terry
Director of Contracts & Utilization - Supply Chain at Ochsner Health
Adam Khorshid
Oracle, Sr. Director, Business Development
Adam Khorshid is an Oracle for Startups Mentor and Ambassador. You can learn more about Oracle for Startups here. As the Sr. Director of Business Development over Cloud Technologies and Infrastructure, Adam Khorshid leads new high-growth initiatives for Oracle Corporation. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MS in Computer Science from DePaul University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.