Advisory Board

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  Michael Sherman

  Founder and Managing Partner

  Michael founded 25K in 2014. The 25K fund presently supports a handful of companies and has approximately $1MM under management with another $2MM slated. Michael also founded Qualified Impressions in 2005.

• STRATEGY
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  Angela Stringfellow

  Strategic Advisor

  Angela works with non-profits, startups and multi-million dollar corporations, on brand development, marketing and PR strategy, business development and planning.

  

  Ian Ippolito

  Strategic Advisor

  Ian is a serial high tech entrepreneur. He founded and exited vWorker and Rentacoder to Freelancer.com.

  

  Andrew Samwick

  Strategic Advisor

  Andrew is a professor of economics and brings 25 years of research and teaching in the field to the table.

  

  Chelsea Gilbert

  Strategic Advisor

  Chelsea is a visionary and search technology expert. She's the first pass filter on all ideation and strategy.

  

  Patrick McCarthy

  Ideation and Strategic Advisor

  Patrick is lead on brainstorming and ideation contributions for 25K.

  

  Andy M Turner

  Strategic Advisor

  Andy advises on PR internationally with organizations of all sizes, from tech start-ups to SMEs, major multi-nationals and trade associations.

  

  Jeremy Watkin

  Strategic Advisor

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Aakash Singh

  Strategic Advisor

  

  Jonathan White

  Strategic Advisor

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Tim Sulzer

  Strategic Advisor

  Tim has a strong background in financial analysis and is currently an analyst at Horsemen Partners. He researches and analyzes businesses and industry financials

  

  Eric Lituchy

  Strategic Advisor

  Eric is a serial entrepreneur and veteran digital marketer. Previously CMO of Phone.com and founder of later acquired Ale in the Mail.

  

  Drew Moffitt

  Strategic Advisor

  Drew founded Forever|NOT. He's highly seasoned in developing lead generation engines and building and scaling sales processes.

  

  Jeff Burton

  Strategic Advisor and Data Scientist

  Jeff is a veteran digital analyst that works with Fortune 1000 and Internet Retailer 250 brands. He's lead on all things data related.

  

  Madison Gilbert

  Chief Operating Child

  Madison is a fearless decision maker. She towers over her peers at a whopping 3'10.

  PR / COMMUNICATIONS
  

  Media & PR Team

  Media and Communications

  25K is working with a superb team of content marketing geniuses. Together, we transform our ideas and startups into unique-newsworthy material and then work with our network to secure serious placements.

  

  Cheryl Riley

  Public Relations

  Cheryl has been in public relations twenty years. She's lead on all PR strategies, story formation and securing media placements.

  

  Liz Taurasi

  PR / Social

  Liz Taurasi has more than 20 years of experience in newspaper and online media industries. She was previously with AOL/Patch Media.

  ENGINEERING
  

  Matt Callahan

  Advisor - Industrial Designer

  Matt is a creator. He's lead on discussions related physical goods, design, functionality and engineering. He's also the creator of the Smashbug.

  

  Michael Chou

  Advisor - Industrial Engineer

  Michael is a mechanical and aerospace engineer. He successfully designed, engineered and launched the Midnight Scoop - exceeding his funding goal by $150,000 from only $17,500.

  LEGAL
  

  Adam Michael

  Strategic Advisor and Counsel

  Adam is an attorney and entreprenuer of 15 years. He has significant legal and business experience advising and collaborating with C-suite executives and early-stage startups.

  

  Michael Borrelli

  Counsel

   

  CREATIVE
  

  Kirill Levashov

  UI/UX

  Kirill handles all of the 25K front-end cross platform graphic design and art direction. He's also first in command on all design assignments related to our startups.

  

  Rittim Nandi

  Designer & Advisor

  

  Jiani Lu

  Iconographer and Artist

  Jiani is a multidisciplinary graphic designer. She's our iconographer and graphic artist focused on being a creative closer.

  DEVELOPMENT
  

  Stan Trianiz

  Application Development

  Stan is the 25K lead app developer. He specializes in building dynamic web applications using the latest technologies.

  

  Cosmin Lazar

  Front-end

  Cosmin is a senior level front-end developer that delivers high-end cross platform solutions.

  

  Nilam Shakya

  Frontend Conversion

  Nilam is a conversion wizard. He's responsible for converting our startup concept designs into cross platform web-ready pages lightning fast.

  

  Ruben Torres

  Front-end

  Ruben is a senior level front-end developer that has delivered complex web solutions for dozens of startups and specializes in web, mobile and tablet development.