A number of entrepreneurs are affiliated with the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. They provide both career and business mentoring for students, and often participate in entrepreneurship classes. They are also a valuable resource for research faculty looking to gain a practical perspective on the topics of their research.
- Ryan Allis, Founder and CEO, iContact, Inc.
- Peyton Anderson, CEO, Affinergy, Inc.
- David Babson, Board Member, 6th Sense Analytics
- Albert D. Bender, CEO, Bender Business Solutions, LLC
- Bruce Boehm, Independent Venture Capitalist
- Frank Boosman, COO, 3Dsolve
- Jud Bowman, Chief Technology Officer, and General Manager, Media & Entertainment, Motricity, Inc.
- Bobby Bahram, CFO and COO, RadarFind Corporation
- José C. Buenaga, President and founder, Biohealth Technologies and IBC Group
- Dennis Burns, Principal, TCG
- Richard Burtner, Former President & CEO of SkyBitz, Inc. and currently, the President & Founder of Entrepreneurial Business Solutions
- Yonnie Butler, Business Development Director
- Gordon Caudle, Merrill Leadership
- David Cummings, Founder, Hannon Hill Corporation
- J. Greg Davis, Former President, Guidant Japan
- Mark D. Dibner, President, BioAbility, LLC
- Keith Evans, PhD, President and CEO, Kyma Technologies
- Edward Fadel, Co-Founder and SVP Business Development and Marketing, Bright View Technologies, Inc.
- John M. Fogg, Hutchison Law Group PLLC
- Jonathan Gindes, CFO & SVP Business Development, Affinergy
- Peter L. Ginsberg, President of Peter Ginsberg Consulting, LLC
- Sean Harrison, COO & Founder, Brightdoor
- Fred D. Hutchison, Hutchison Law Group PLLC
- Ray Jacobson, CFA, VP of Investments, Golden LEAF Foundation
- Peter C. Johnson, MD, President and CEO, Scintellix, LLC
- Doug Kaufman
- Jayant Khadilkar, Co-founder and Former President, WeatherPredict
- Garheng Kong, MD, PhD, Partner, Intersouth Partners
- Karen LeVert, President & CEO, Southeast TechInventures, Inc
- J. Christopher Lynch, Partner, Wyrick Robbins
- Merrill Mason, Partner, Smith Anderson
- Robert McMahan, Senior Advisor to the State of North Carolina for Science and Technology
- Matthew Megaro, President & CEO, Quill Medical, Inc.
- Ashok Mendiratta, PhD, Chief Commercialization Officer, Southeast TechInventures
- Lorenzo Mejia, Senior EVP and CFO, SIMtone Corporation
- Eric Nelson, Vice President Business Development & Licensing, Tranzyme Pharma
- Vamsee Pamula, PhD, Co-Founder, Advanced Liquid-Logic
- Lawson Rankin, Partner, RankinMcKenzie
- David Reed, Co-Founder, Bright View Technologies, Inc.
- Erroll Reese, Founder/CEO of NoticePoint Software LLC
- John Richert, VP, Business and Technology Development Program, NC Biotechnology Center
- David P. Rizzo, Managing Partner, IDEA Fund Partners
- Scott T. Ryan, Senior Corporate Counsel, Qimonda North America
- Kurt Schmidt, Principal, Forest Creek Technology Ventures
- Christy Shaffer, PhD, President & CEO, Inspire Pharmaceuticals
- Giles Shih, PhD, Co-Founder and President of BioResource International
- D. Joe Smith, Chairman & CEO, Syntherica Corporation
- David Spitz, Vice President of Product Management and Client Services, ChannelAdvisor
- Zirui Tian, President, Precision Imaging Systems
- Grace Ueng, Founder and CEO, Savvy Marketing Group
- Joe Velk, Contender Capital
- Vivek Wadhwa, Executive-in-Residence/Adjunct Professor, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
- Max Wallace, President, Arbor Group
- Bill Warner, Founder and Managing Partner, Paladin & Associates
- Petra Weishaupt-Smith, Former CFO, A4 Health Systems
- Kenneth West, Founder & Principal, TCG
- Jesko von Windheim, CEO, Nextreme Thermal Solutions
- Scot Wingo, President, CEO, Board Member and Co-Founder, ChannelAdvisor
- Frank Zenie