Joel Pazhayampallil

Co-Founder : BlueSpace.ai

  • Founded drive.ai with fellow lab mates from Stanford University to build the brain of the self driving car.
  • Served management, engineering, and business roles across the company as it grew from pre-seed to post Series B.
  • Led cross functional efforts between software, hardware, and business teams to develop and deploy vehicles under tight time and resource budgets.
  • Named to 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30, Enterprise Technology and Big Money.
 
 
 
 

Strategic Advisor

Greg Lavigne

President at Data Direction-Supplying Secure Business Process Outsourcing

Experienced Technology Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the information services industry. Skilled in Start-up Ventures, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, Customer Discovery, Network Security and Document Management. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused on Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

 

 

 

 

Dan Stewart

Mentor

Relationship Manager – Automation Alley

Dan Stewart is a Detroit-based business development professional specializing in relationship building using a personal face-to-face approach. Having spent decades working in automotive engineering and manufacturing operations, Dan understands the values that drive successful business development – and it’s not an urgent scattershot transactional approach; it’s building trusting relationships with people attempting to succeed in their organizations, leaving them better off.