Rochester Office Hours with UNY100 & Mentors

Join us for a fireside-style keynote and discussion designed to be practical, candid, and highly relevant to founders and tech employees.
Founders will have the option to apply for 1:1 office hour slots with mentors and select investors to receive tailored feedback and strategic insight on their companies.
Schedule:
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Registration and Networking1:30 - 2:30 PM: Fireside Chat with Sean Colombo, moderated by Jim Hall3:00 - 4:00 PM: 1-1 Founder Office Hours (by application - please make sure you choose the right ticket type to apply!
Mentors:
Nasir Ali, CEO of UpVenturesJim Aroune, Co-founder of Brown and White VenturesNeil Bommele, Brown and White VenturesPatrick Bosek, Co-founder & CEO of HerettoJP Bourget, CEO of Blue Cycle and EIR at Lytical VenturesSean Colombo, Former Head of Growth and VP of Engineering at DuolingoNick Conn, Board Member & Founder, Casana | Principal, Happy SleepFlossie Hall, Serial entrepreneur, Mentor, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
Speaker Bios
Sean Colombo, Retired Engineering Executive, former Head of Growth and VP of Engineering at Duolingo
Sean Colombo is a serial entrepreneur, engineering leader, and RIT alumnus. Most recently, he served as Head of Growth and VP of Engineering at Duolingo, where he helped scale the company through major growth and its transition as a public company. Earlier in his career, he founded LyricWiki while studying at Rochester Institute of Technology and later sold it to Wikia/Fandom, and he also founded BlueLine Game Studios.

Jim Hall, Dean, University Studies Division, at Rochester Institute of Technology
Jim Hall, Ph.D., is Dean of University Studies and Executive Director of the School of Individualized Study at Rochester Institute of Technology. His work focuses on innovation in higher education, helping students build customized degrees that connect their interests with emerging career opportunities. He joined RIT in 2014 after serving as director of New College at the University of Alabama and executive director of the Consortium for Innovative Environments in Learning. Jim holds a doctorate in American studies from the University of Iowa.