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.