Our Crew & Staff

Our crew is a devoted group of individual contributors each armed with their own skills and experiences that move MentorSchip along its journey each day. Do you want to work with us to help actualize our vision?

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Kwesi works closely with executive management to plan pricing strategies and improve key profitability metrics. He has developed an adaptive management / working style that optimizes his ability to advise leadership across the multiple Fortune 500 clients he serves (e.g., Consumer beverage, Automotive, Banking, Technology). Prior to working as a strategic management consultant, Kwesi gained significant experience in financial statement audits and conducting internal control reviews in accordance with US GAAP / IFRS. He has completed audit / reviews for a variety of SEC Registrant and privately held companies and holds an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license. His key skills include Strategic Pricing, Merger and Acquisition, Financial Modeling, Stranded Cost Analysis, Profitability Benchmarking, KPIs, Vendor Analysis, Contract compliance, Conflict Resolution, Procurement Negotiations, Audit Reviews. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwesi-thomas-3445b55/

Jasmine is our social media, blog and communications lead who works to advance our marketing campaigns. She is new to software development but is highly interested and motivated to be on the forefront of our novel technology. She has computational, analytical and web development skills that are particularly focused on user experience.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminegunter

Sonya is our versatile technical animator, creative technologist, and VR/AR artist/developer. She has managed communications and organization for workshops and general lab operations, instructed tech workshops  and aided in publicity and outreach for code oriented . Lastly, she has helped establish practicum resources and creative hubs in the art/technology community. Her key skill areas include 3D modeling and animation, virtual and augmented reality development,  interactive design, generative design and simulation, FX animation, visualization and teaching. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonya-neunzert-b60960113/

Bryan is our executive data systems validation engineer and is a computer engineering doctoral student focused on developing technologies and techniques for securing data in the cloud and the Internet of Things. He is experienced in software development, verification, and validation for mobile applications, telecommunications networks, avionic displays and radios, transportation recorders, and agricultural data-recording displays. Bryan’s strengths include the ability to establish rapport with diverse groups and to identify root-causes for defects. His key skills are Agile Software Development, Agile-based Software and Hardware Validation (i.e. Black Box Testing, White Box Testing, Regression Testing), Test-Driven Development, IBM’s Rational DOORS, Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, PREP, Subversion, GitHub, Trello, Jira, Eclipse, Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Android SDK, MARS Assembler, and Code::Blocks 10.02, Lotus Notes, DirectX, Office 365, Python, R, Ethereal Wireshark, Ada, C/C++, Java, XML, Visual C#, TCP/IP Networking Protocols, SQL and XHTML 1.0 Strict.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanhall279/

Kamau currently serves as our executive test engineer. He is our most distinguished member having over 40 years of experience with networks, design flows,  and system optimization. He is passionate about using mathematics and computational algorithms to advance machine learning capabilities. He is a very forward thinking revolutionary and out go-to source for guidance. He feels it is his purpose to design solutions for the problems and issues that are being created in today's world. His key skills include designing/building systems with a heavy focus on fractal, tesseract based algorithms, ES/ML, firmware engines, mathematical/ visual/pattern based modeling and structures and familiarity with hi-capacity /hi bandwidth networks to use a photonics networking system structures needed for real-time IoT sensor data processing.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamau-j-r-0636a715a/

Lovester is our frontend AR Unity developer. He is trained in engineering and technology integration. He possesses experience in both virtual and augmented software development. Former military officer with proven analytical problem solving, team player, and tested leadership skills in a stressful environment. Possess both the intrinsic as well as the acquired ability to research, interpret, and analyze complicated material and concepts from multiple sources within a short period of time. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lovester-posey/

Anselm is our outside advisor and works to advance our web infrastructure. He is very interested in nurturing whole systems, a diversity of viewpoints and resilience in human and natural ecologies. His mantra is that if we can "see better"; to see what affects us all as stakeholders, then we can bring our minds to bear on solving almost any problem. Often as not this can mean some reframing especially if the project is already over budget or under duress. He thinks of himself as an artist, and he loves working with artists, but he often does heavy-lifting, pitching with a running app, not a powerpoint, and listening carefully to all stakeholders and then creating tools and processes to help us succeed. His key skills include digital payments, web wallets in immersive 3d mixed reality. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anselm/

Kevin is our executive operations officer who works to advance our goals, product strategy and campaign deliverables. He is an entrepreneur with an extensive career in business development. He has over 9 years experience at an investment management firm working as an associate and executive lead. He started a 501(c)(3) charity (Cold Pizza, Inc,.) feeding the homeless of San Francisco which inspired him to attend law school. He strives daily making his career about improving the lives of others. He is a veteran of the Army and now enjoys helping other founders. He strongly believes that he only involves himself in businesses that make the world a better place as part of their primary operations. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinsgillespie/

Stedwin currently serves as our business strategy advisor. He is trained in financial and revenue modeling, quantitative data analysis, and operational procedures. He has experience functioning as a commercial strategy and financial consultant for local startups, a venture associate for a small angel fund, sales operation analyst for a large semiconductor company, and is currently serving as revenue/data analyst for a Beaverton-based tech startup. His key skills include ERP functionality (NetSuite, SalesForce, QAD), Tableau (Desktop, Prep, and Online), SQL, and Excel." ​https://www.linkedin.com/in/stedwin-coleman-188242145/

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