Team
Portfolio
Funding
FAQ
Our Programs
Call for Innovation
Women's Mentorship Program
Startup Office Hours
Get Involved
Meet The Team
Get to know the people empowering innovation through funding.
Leadership Team
Our team is made of students and alumni who draw from their diverse set of experiences and backgrounds
Jacob Cordova
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Bright Yeti, NASA, Lockheed Martin
Katherine Allen
Co-Founder
Flo-Recruit, Forty Acres Scholar
Jeff Auster
Co-Founder
PwC, Forty Acres Scholar
Clarke Rahrig
Co-Founder
Microsoft
Daniel Miyares
Director of Operations
PetPair, Uber, Facebook
Michael Johns
Director of Ventures
Flo Recruit, Argonaut, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs
Nick Spiller
Director of Marketing
Capital Factory, Beta Business, LEA
Dana Tran
Chief of Staff
Circle Internet Financial, Capital Factory
Smaran Velidi
Deal Flow Lead
Enphase Energy, UT Roundnet, BHP
Nikhil Guddati
Ventures Lead
Forty Acres Scholar, SIG, UBC, BHP
Janice Nguyen
PNC, Citi
Akash Vijay
Dallas Makerspace, Smart Materials Laboratory
Diego De Los Santos Costa
Galera
Harish Kolli
Momentum, TVG, Texas Blockchain
Rishi Sriram
BHP, Plan II, SIG
Samhith Dharani
Bright Yeti, BSI financial, Ameritrade
Sahan Yerram
Forty Acres Scholar, Texas Stock Team, 180 Degrees Consulting, BHP
Noah Kim
Agenda Health
Pranav Pradeep
Longhorn Investment team, Delta Sigma Pi, Fortitude Advisors
Eduardo Herrera
Localy
Andriy Malyshchak
Texas Robotics, ECEH, Microsoft
Revanth Poondru
BHP, SIG, UT SG, Gazelle
Mili Pathak
Finance, Community Engagement Collective, WBA
Bala Somanchi
Public Health/Business Administration, BHA, WBA
Martin Krylov
Turing Scholar, Roblox, UTPC, UCF, Beekeeper
Adyan Ahmed
BHP & Finance, Neuberger Berman, Lawtrades, Texas Wranglers
Pranav Govil
Mech E, Tech Consulting Group, EWB, TBP
Arjun Radhakrishnan
UBC, TUCG, The Tejas Club, Silver Spurs, BHP
Sheila Zhang
BHP+Computer Science(CSB), Liberty Mutual, Product@TX, Kappa Phi Lambda, CSBA
Advisors of Genesis
Andrew Bellay
Straty.com, FounderSoup, ExxonMobil
Bob Metcalfe
Polaris Partners, 3Com, Ethernet
Carol Thompson
The Thompson Group, Austin Chamber of Commerce
Jayesh Parekh
Sony Entertainment Television, Jungle Ventures
Josie Hosmer
University Venture Fund, Rockies Venture, Centric Legal Services
Rudy Garza
G51 Capital, Texas Exes
Alumni of Genesis
Aanandh Chandrasekar
FATHOM5, Capital Factory
Aiden Brasov
SG, SIG, BHP, Plan II
Alamin Momin
Alex Yelverton
PwC, Texas 4000, Sendero, Texas Health Catalyst
Alexender Lui
Alisha Gupta
Capital Factory, SELL, Humanity Rising, BHP
Anuj Jajoo
Aravind Srinivasan
Ashwin Hareesh
Ben Beverly
Brandon Chi
Catherine Cheng
Courtney O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Elaine Garner
Elizabeth Haynie
Grant Shaffer
Microsoft, JLL Technologies, Dell
Harrison Wells
Inara Haque
JD Weinstein
Juan Alvarez
Landing, Venture for America
Kelsi Kamin
Krishna Parikh
Lucious McDaniel IV
Lucky Oswal
Roblox, BHP
Manu Gorrepati
Capital One, Redfin, Point72, GroceryTV
Mohit Gupta
Nicky Cumberland
In Loving Memory
Noah Penny
Rashu Jain
Ryan Diebner
Sam Lustberg
Scott Kennedy
Skyler Frost
Sydney Fischer
Tom Jackson
Vibhav Joopelli
Zachary Ullah
Genesis interviews for its leadership team on a rolling basis, and all UT Austin students from undergrad to Masters/PhD are eligible to join. The first step is scheduling a coffee chat with one of our leaders – our schedules are open year round!
Let's chat!
Questions?
leadershipteam@genesis.com